72 hours House Speaker mike johnson, hoping enough cover, keep his job and Vice President Kamala Harris taking a fight for reproductive rights two democrats in arizona 6 00 a. M. Here in washington alive. Look at our Nations Capital on this friday morning its friday. We made it. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. Donald trump is going on trial. His Delay Tactics and legal maneuvers seemingly exhausted Jury Selection Set to begin monday in new york in the former president s Hush Money Trial, that process expected to take a week or possibly longer. Judge juan merchan says he expects the trial to last six to eight weeks. Sources tell cnn Law Enforcement is deploying a multilayered Security Plan on social media. And in the streets of new york city. As trump is required to attend every day. And while that could limit his ability to hold rallies, he has shown plenty of willingness to turn Courtroom Appearances into Campaign Events. In the runup to the t
Floor. That is simply what this rule vote was. And yet they still couldnt get it over the finish line right now. Now what we are hearing from the Speakers Office is that there is a hope that they might be able to go back to the House Rules Committee restructure this rule and create some kind of harmony among republicans to actually get this debate started on the floor. But again, they are up against a deadline as intelligence officials are making clear that they our very concerned about fisa not being reauthorized by the april 19 deadline, arguing that the impact on their ability to collect intelligence would be severe at a time when there are so many threats happening. Against the United States at the same time. Now, there is a big question right now about what johnsons future holds, what his speakership holds given that threat for Marjorie Taylor greene and republicans are just frustrated with the level of tumbled and chaos that they are experiencing day to day working in their jobs.