Many decades. It hasnt been done for a long time, but we are going to win new york. We are 47 days away from election day, and instead of rallying in a Battleground States, Donald Trump was on Long Island Last Night vowing to win new york, a state, of course, he lost by wide margins in both 2016 and 2020. Well have more from that event in just a molt. Meanwhile, on capitol hill, a small group of house Republicans Yesterday killed speaker Mike Johnsons Plan to fund the government. Well look at what could come next in that spending fight. And also ahead well bring you the latest out of lebanon following a second day of targeted and deadly Device Explosions. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, september 19th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, and we will begin with the road to the White House. Yesterday was supposed to be the day that Donald Trump faced sentencing for his 34 Felony Convictions in the
Text republicans, maybe just a reminder that i actually do no republicans. Is this an app . Text a republican. So i texted my republican friends and they are really saying the same thing, i asked the same question, what should or could biden say to win over the nikki haley supporters and theyve been very clear, they think that he should laser focus and they said that her base was, it was really women, who in some cases dont normally vote in republican primaries, thats her basis, they are light voting republicans, loosely attached to the party, except for in this case, they were driven to come out because of abortion and ivf and he should do a heavy emphasis on trying to win over republican women, not so much on the democracy stuff but on ivf and reproductive rights. One of the excerpts that they released, as you said in the beginning, he wont mentioned. I would be shocked by that but its clearly those dragging about Overturning Roe V Wade, he clearly has no idea about women. Hes speaki
finished. pardon-palooza. rhonda santa fouls to pardon some january 6th insurrectionists, including trump himself. what is he thinking? i m michael steele in for ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. to breaking developments tonight to begin the hour. in a history making vote, the texas house just voted to impeach state attorney general, ken paxton. a republican. temporarily removing him from office over actions of misconduct that included bribery and abuse of office. the vote to adopt the 20 articles of impeachment was overwhelming. 100 and 21 to 23. attention now shifts to the texas senate which will conduct a trial with senators acting as jurors, and designated house numbers representing their place, presenting their case rather, as impeachment managers. also breaking tonight, new developments on the critical debt limit negotiations. a short time ago, nbc news learned that president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy just finished speaking by phone. their call lasting
let s go to kelly o grady on why this is so different. kelly? well, great to see you, neil. yeah, when i woke up this morning and i heard that j.p. morgan chase had taken over first republic, it reminded of 2008 when you saw them take over bear stearns, when you saw them take over washington mutual. one of the key take-aways, the big bank banks keep getting bigger. j.p. morgan won out on a competitive bidding process. they re taking over all deposits. the bank will also make a 10.6 million payment to the fdic as part of this takeover. they were operating as usual today. the one that i m at, folks were coming in and out, checking their accounts. the president said he feels like the banking system is going to be okay. listen to this. regulators have taken action to facilitate the sale of first republic bank and ensure that all depositors are protected and the taxpayers are not on the hook. these actions are going to make sure that the banking system is safe and sounds. ma
do it for us tonight. now, it is time for the last word, with a great lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening to you, rachel. you have set the stage for this week s hearing, the january 6th hearing, which surely are the most important hearings since watergate. and i know you have mentioned your experience with the watergate hearings, and i m not sure how much you actually remember of those [laughs] of those hearings, or exactly you know, which diaper you were wearing at the time. i was six weeks old. maybe, i remember. i don t know. [laughs] so, i remember of it i was a student at the time. and watching it from that distance of a student, where i thought, i know everything. it never felt, it was no horse race component to it. i do not remember any discussion of what s gonna happen, because of these hearings. all i remember was the excitement of what are we going to learn tomorrow. what are we gonna learn, if you watch this thing today? what s gonna