into former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. former vice president mike pence appears before a federal grand jury offering what could be critical testimony about trump s role in the january 6th capitol attack. and as pence was testifying the former president took his 2024 campaign to new hampshire. trump ignore his legal troubles and instead focused his attacks on president biden and other potential white house opponents. and also breaking this morning, russia launches new attacks across ukraine hitting a residential building in the central part of the country and killing at least a dozen people. we ll have the very latest on the fighting overseas. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 28th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with big news from here in the nation s capitol. former vice president mike pence has testified before the federal grand jury investigating the january 6th insurr
Qunol. The brand i trust. On this new hour, how far will trump go to get some cash . His reported pitch for a quid pro quo with big oil companies. And trump has a nikki haley problem as the clock is ticking for him to name a running mate. And calling out republicans for giving more rights to appliances than women. Im aman moyelledy, lets do it. I made a pledge to your state, you have highest energy costs in the country. In the first year, they will be reduced by 50 . Because we are going to drill, baby drill. That was trump bragging about dismantling President Bidens green agenda if he wins a second term in november. Now his positions on Climate Policy are on sale to the highest bidder. A stunning new report by the Washington Post details a meeting at maralago last month between donald trump and about two dozen top Oil Executives. Dourg a dinner, one executive complained they spent 400 million lobbying the Biden Administration and had nothing to show for it. The president had still not
Courting donors and she s one of the ones they all want on their dance card. talk more about desantis a minute here, mike. he s received a lot of criticism in recent weeks for ignoring, frankly, some of the problems in his home state. flooding in fort lauderdale. forced to pick a fight with disney. a number of republicans sharply critical of him, including home-state senator marco rubio and others who want the white house. who you talk to, do they feel desantis, considering it s early in the race does he have time to right the ship? he s starting to depend on donald trump stumbling. there s plenty of people around desantis who tell me, will tell you that they can see that happening, but jonathan, something i ve learned over many years of covering presidential candidates, back to the years when i was a young pup at the richmond times dispatch covering governor doug wilder running for president. when you re running for president, you can t afford to have distractions or weakness at
Together, we re building a better california. hi, i m richard lui with the hour s top stories. the vice president is strongly pushing back on reporting from the new york times that he is making moves consistent with a potential presidential run in 2020. the paper says he has been courting donors and attending events. that could suggest he may be making plans in case president trump is not able to run for reelection. then in venezuela, the government squashed an attempted uprising at a military base there. the country s president blamed outside forces, though critics say it s a ploy to consolidate his power. now back to lockup. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised.
This week hillary clinton announced she will start courting donors. it s guaranteed that a flood of big money will dominate this election most of it unregulated. a woman was refreshingly candid when she said her agency s ability to regulate money is worse than disfanksal. the likelihood of the laws being enforced is slim. so what s the best way to fight the culture of big money when the regulatory system is not functioning properly? also a former ftc chair joins me now. what do you think is the reason behind why they are not able to function and do its job right now? the answer is pretty obvious.