Save it. Hard to guess what stories democrats would be shouting on any given day. The narrative flipflops are at a dizzying pace. After 2016 when voters picked republicans, secretary clements and a whole series of democrats called the new president illegitimate that russia had probably or definitely hacked into the voting systems and changed the tallies, a baseless conspiracy theory, a big lie. Four years later, they kept insisting that democracy was broken and democrats had to overhaul it. Hr1 was written and introduced on that pretense as recently as last summer when the 2020 election was looking close, democrats and Cable News spent multiple weeks in literal hysterics over what they said it was a massive secret Election Conspiracy revolving around the postal service. Another big lie. It was one frantic meltdown after another, constant, silly claims that our democracy was dying. Last november, their story turned on a dime. Because democrats got election results they liked a lot bette
united nations chief visits the country. we ll get a live report from the ground. and the january 6th committee ready to go public. as the chairman announces the date of the first open hearings. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday. april 29th. i m jonathan lemire. president biden is asking congress to fund a sweeping aid package aimed at keeping ukraine in the fight against russia for at least the next five months. the president is proposing $33 billion in military, economic, and humanitarian assistance. it s more than double the size of the nearly depleted $13.6 billion aid package that was approved last month. the president announced his proposal by acknowledging quote, the cost of this fight is not cheap. we either back the ukrainian people as they defend their country or we stand by and as the russians continue they re , atrocities and aggression in ukraine. every day, they pay the price with their lives for this front and so we need to cont
top diplomat antony blinken on a surprise visit to kyiv. also tonight. at least two french prison officers are killed in an ambush on a prison van near normandy in france. the prisoner was being taken from court to a prison and escaped after the attack. more protests rock the georgian capital tblisi after its parliament passes a controverisal law that opponents say will stifle dissent and curtail the country s attempts tojoin the eu. and trump on trial: his former lawyer michael cohen resumes testimony in new york saying he lied out of loyalty and to protect the former president. we ll bring you the latest, live from new york. we start with news from the surprise visit from antony blinken. america s top diplomat antony blinken, says the war with russia is at a critical moment . the us secretary of state made the comment during talks with ukraine s president zelensky in kyiv, also promising america s unwavering support in the fight. mr blinken, was speaking after
this is about 50 minutes. good morning. thank you for joining us on political live for this program. my name is angela and i am managing editor for lytic up. this marks the 11th year we are hosting this summit featuring back-to-back conversation with governors across the country discussing how they are solving the most pressing issues in their states. we would like to thank microsoft for sponsoring these conversations. we will hear more from them in a bit. this past year has tested the leadership of governors. multiple crises have hit the u.s. that wants, the pandemic and economic recession, sudden shift remote schooling, racial injustice and police brutality protests, and a tense presidential election. these pushed governors to command the national spotlight. today journalist from across the political newsroom will be hosting one-on-one conversations with governors from north carolina, arkansas, michigan, maryland, colorado, and washington state. these interviews are part
already way up in the dakotas. behind it we have cold air funneling in as well. tomorrow will be even cooler than today, but we ll get rid of the moisture. i m sure you will love to hear that in the weekend ahead we ll have a little warming. you want to stay tuned for that forecast. right now as i m hoping for justice after her daughters death. hailey vargas was just 16 years old. she was shot at a party last saturday. the suspect has not been caught. jamie spoke with her mother and jamie, she s hoping that suspect will be found. hailey s mother is pleading for this now. find the person wanted in the shooting. hailey was just 16 years old when she was shot in this neighborhood. the mother is hoping somebody will have the courage to come out. somebody is out there that knows something and saw something. whoever s mother that is, they know. if you had to bury your child, you would understand the pain i m going through. she says this was the year she finally daughter go