Wavering on him ahead of next years elections. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, august 1st. We are in august already. I am jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this new month with a possible new indictment against former President Donald Trump for his alleged efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election. The grand jury Hearing Testimony in special counsel jack smiths investigation is expected to be back in session in washington today. Now its been two weeks since trump announced on social media that he received a Target Letter, which is an indication that charges could be brought in the very near future. That letter suggested that the former president could face charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, Depriving Voters of their rights, and witness tampering. Trump seems prepared to be preparing for another federal indictment against him, posting yesterday on truth social that he assumes one will be
Today on inside politics, more problems, more money. Donald trumps donors foot an enormous legal bill and the trump coconspirator accused of trying to destroy evidence for the boss sees the inside of a federal court. The polls. All of them. All for donald trump. Republican voters fall in line behind the frontrunner as ron desantis reasons for running appear to fall flat. And the president corrects how he counts. Joe biden acknowledges his Seventh Grandchild for the first time and now he hopes it returns to being a private matter. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Up first, Saving America or saving his skin. Today we see on paper how much money from donors donald trump spent on legal bills. Sources put that number north of 40 million for his own defense and the defense of those who are sticking with him. This morning, cnn cameras captured the glimpse of one of those individuals Carlos De Oliveira, the man federal prosecutors say schemed with mr. Trump and w
After trump trounced haley in her home state of South Carolina. But the latest primary results holds some Warning Signs for the republican president ial front runner. Asa hutchinson, the former president ial candidate, is here to discuss the election, in the future of the gop. Which he says trump is turning into a pro putin party of grievance. The toll of war. Ukraines president says 31,000 ukrainian troops have been killed since the russian invasion began two years ago yesterday. As republicans continue to block much needed military aid, we will take a closer look at potential backup plans to get ukraine the help it desperately needs. And, the maga agenda, from abortion to immigration. We will dive into how donald trump and his allies are planning extreme policies, for a possible second trump term. I am jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. With the South Carolina republican president ial primary in the rearview mirror, all of the attention has turned to michigan. On tuesday, vo
Ephemeral legislation. Yeah. That went from being the word of the day a couple days ago, to now i think its the word of the week. Ephemeral or malodorous, its one of the two. Its still early. We have a couple hours ahead. Maybe we can find another one. Meanwhile, the Florida Governor is seizing on a potential weakness in trumps third president ial bid. Well show you what he had to say about that, and how he responded to questions about his last name. Is it desantis, is it December Desantis . Did he answer it . He did, and it was unrevealing. Huh. Republicans are still upset with Kevin Mccarthy over the Debt Ceiling Deal. Wah. One calling for a day of reckoning. Are you kidding me . It is a day of reckoning for the extremists, who thought that they were going to be able to hold, not only congress and Kevin Mccarthy and the president hostage, but also hold the United States economy hostage. They werent able to do it. These guys struck a deal, and struck a deal that passed overwhelmingly.
Single Campaign Event since lawning his Reelection Bid and theyre reporting bidens staff intentionally tries to keep his schedule light. That report reads in part in private some officials acknowledge that they make they may want to consider reasonable accommodations, interesting word, not to physically tax an aging president , his staff schedules most public appearances between noon and 4 00 p. M. And leaves him alone on weekends as much as possible. Interesting. Anyone can trip at any ager but for an biden is the Chief Executive and just embarked on campaign asking voters to keep him in the white house till age 86 and polls show trouble of enormous anxiety and donald trump did rallies in a day and sometimes past midnight and most president s do events before noon and after 46789 most president s have the competency and stamina to do so, kaylee and jim garaday wrote a really nice analysis and sharpest and strongest communication tool by this administration cents is the president himse