Will. My commitment to the safety of the jewish people, security of israel and its right to exist as an independent jewish state is iron clad even when we disagree. That was part of president joe bidens speech yesterday at a Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony at the u. S. Capitol. He condemned a rise in antisemitism and violent protests over the war in gaza. We bring you more of his comments just ahead. Meanwhile, quite the split screen as former President Trump was in court yesterday facetoface with Stormy Daniels. Well go through her testimony and bring you expert legal analysis on the key moments. And also ahead an update from capitol hill where Speaker Mike Johnson continues to talk with the farright lawmakers who are threatening to remove him from leadership. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, may 8th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We have a busy morning, and we begin with the donald trump criminal trial. Stormy daniels is schedule
the news continues, the source with caitlin collins starts now. tonight, straight from the source, he became the base of abortion rights in a deep red state. the personal story that may have helped sweep the democratic governor to victory. she is here tonight. plus, the fbi seizing the phones and the ipad of the mayor of new york city, marking a significant escalation of a corruption investigation. eric adams saying tonight he has nothing to hide. after resigning from office nearly 20 years ago, over a scandal with a male staffer, the former new jersey governor, jim mccready, once back into politics. he is here to make his case for a second chance. i am caitlin collins, this is the source. tonight, democrats are seizing on a galvanizing force in politics, one that led them to a string of victories on election night. even in the unlikeliest of circumstances in pretty red states, ruby red states, actually. making abortion access presenter of their campaign and their campaign
it looked like when robert f. kennedy junior officially announced that he would run as a third party candidate for president. [crowd chanting] [applause] i need my speech. [laughter] you can t read anything. you can t read anything. what? [crowd chanting] it s upside down. it s upside down. it s upside down. that is how rfk junior began his independent bid for the presidency last month, and that is kind of how it s been the whole time with rfk junior. his campaign has been full of unfortunate stunts, like pushing videos of himself doing pushups shirtless for the camera, for no reason at all. he is trafficked in wild conspiracy theories that are more suited to the dark web or a reddit page. covid-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people. the people most immune are ashkenazi jews. i don t know what happened on 9/11. i mean, i understand with the official explanation is. i understand that there is the scent. so there s that in your mind that al-qaeda was resp
thursday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now, good evening, alex. alex wag chris, domestic polin israel, netanyahu s ability to survive are just a dimension address that never ceases to stop me. it does seem like particularly with the war effort right now, andy fractiousness and the rage s government, even some of it beforehand, but in the aftermath, there is pressure building up in the chamber. we ll see where that goes. we will. thank you, my friend. thank you at-home for joining me this evening. if you missed it, this is what it looked like when robert f. kennedy junior officially announced that he would run as a third party candidate for president. [crowd chanting] [applause] i need my speech. [laughter] you can t read anything. you can t read anything. what? [crowd chanting] it s upside down. it s upside down. it s upside down. that is how rfk junior began his independent bid for the presidency last month, and that is kind of how it s been the whole time
intimidated out of their convictions, but now what they ve green lit is the destruction of our democracy. people don t believe in election result, do we live in a democracy? and that is exactly the question, right? because we know that the big lie didn t succeed this time in getting president trump reelected. remember, in 2016, he was pushing the big lie, but he won that election, and so you know, you didn t get the metastasizing of the big lie and the way we see it in 2020. but the big lie is succeeding in undermining our democracy just as you outlined, nicole. the former president is continuing to wield the being lie in the gop because despite being out of office, he s very much in power. it s why you have steve scalise dodging the very simple question, do you think the election was stolen from donald trump? senator chuck grassley is willing to share a stage with the former president after