that case in just a moment. also on capitol hill republicans and democrats are sticking to their demands on the debt ceiling despite a fast approaching deadline. we ll look at the fall back options being discussed at the white house. and the latest from donald trump s civil rape trial as jurors yesterday watched more of the former president s video deposition. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with the scramble to avoid a first ever government default. with the clock ticking both republicans and democrats are still refusing to budge when it comes to debt ceiling negotiations. according to new reporting in the wall street journal the white house is weighing potential fall back options. people familiar with the matter tell the newspaper administration officials and lawmakers are considering alternatives like a short-term increase in the borrowing limit that would buy them time to f
We will have plenty of time israelis will have plenty o ever time to look into that. The focus now is making sure israel has what it needs to deal with the attack and making sure its citizens are safe and secured. That was u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken on Meet The Press sidestepping the deadly attacks. Well have the latest on the escalating conflict in just a moment. Plus, a look at how chaos in the house with the republicans scrambling to find a new speaker could impact support for israel. And some candidates are spreading misinformation blaming a deal with the Biden Administration. Well explain that straight ahead. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, october 9th. Im ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. And we begin with the israeli hamas war. 1,100 have died and the number is expected to rise. Hamas militants stormed the gaza strip destroying several israeli towns and communities. The chaos spread across land, air, and sea as thousands of rockets were fi
be convicted. right. those are good things in his column. do you think there would be any downside here for president biden were hunter to be convicted? of course, as the personal toll, of course. do we think there is political im impact? yeah, there are low information voters who are like, they re both in trouble with the law. i would say hunter biden is very different than donald trump and being a crack addict because you have an addiction is very different than a myriad after criminal charges, many cases which you ve been able to punt. then you have the fraud cases. i don t think they re the same at all, but i do think, you know, everything can be a problem, especially in politics. certainly, those close to president biden worry about just how he will receive this news. we know he is deeply worried about his son. also, the first lady coming back from france to go to the trial. i mean, the sister has been there. everyone in biden world, they re a close family. i t
Have ten days off, will they be rusty? there is always that conversation. they came out like a team looking to win a title last night. man, they looked good. by the numbers, this is a historically great celtics team. no one who watches them every night think they re that good. but when everything is clicking, boy, last night, they looked unstoppable. they smothered kyrie. yeah, luka got his 30 but had to work hard for it. he didn t shoot well, didn t set up teammates. mavericks only had 9 assists as a team last night, which goes to show how the celtics smothered the ball. it was a true team effort on offense. jaylen brown was big. jrue holiday played well. tatum was unselfish. yes, returning porzingis to the lineup puts them on another level. now, we have a long way to go in the series. celtics have it this year. when they greet success, they tend to take their foot off the gas and keep losing game twos in series. i d like that to end. go up 2-0, go back to dallas.
Tournaments at some of the former president s clubs. according to the paper a trump spokesperson called the case a, quote, politically motivated witch hunt. still ahead we ll turn to sports. the golden state warriors respond in a big way after losing their series at home. and a look at what happened on the ice, a pair of game twos in the stanley cup playoffs. we ll be right back. e stanley cs we ll be right back. and where it s going. (dock worker) right on time. (vo) robots can predict breakdowns and order their own replacement parts. (foreman) nice work. (vo) and retailers can get ahead of the fashion trend of the day with a new line tomorrow. with a verizon private 5g network, you can get more agility and security. giving you more control of your business. we call this enterprise intelligence. from the network america relies on. suffering from sinus congestion, especially at night? try vicks sinex for instant relief that lasts up to 12 hours. vicks sinex targets congestion at the