Smiths case . Plus, americans in iran, out of prison and now under house arrest. The rare move marking a bright spot in u. S. Iran relations. The new details were learning about the tentative deal to free them and what iran is getting in return. And senator joe manchin says hes seriously thinking about leaving his party as he weighs his own political future. Why manchin might be stepping away from the democrats and what it could mean for the Balance Of Power on capitol hill. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, august 11th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin with breaking and tragic news out of hawaii where wildfires continue to ravage the Island Of Maui. At least 55 people are now confirmed dead, and that number is only expected to rise. Four major fires are currently burning across the island. Theyre being fueled by dry conditions and strong winds caused by a passing hurricane. The fires have destroyed Historic Buildings and
People over the years. Im not the only one. And wasnt very good in a lot of ways in terms of his representation. And also the things he got in trouble for were things that had nothing to do with me. He got in trouble, he went to jail. This had nothing to do with me. When are they going to look at all the lies in the last trial. He got caught lying to them in the last trial. He got caught lying, pure lying. And when are they going to look at that . Donald trump may have violated the gag order in his Hush Money Trial by ranting about Michael Cohen yesterday who is expected to testify at some point. Well get expert legal analysis on that and yesterdays Opening Statements. Plus, well go through the newly unsealed transcripts in the classified documents case, which show a former white house staffer tried to warn the former president about the legal issues he could face. And well have the latest from capitol hill on foreign aid funding passed by the house as well as threats to Mike Johnsons
Tom brian, before we talk about that forecast, what do you make of the fiscal first quarter. Some pretty big numbers reported. Some big numbers, but a little lighter than consensus, around 48 million iphone units, 22 million ipad units, a little less than consensus, and a little disappointing to investors, and certainly when you have the forecast that was light on top of it, it makes for a disappointing quarter. Tom i can already hear those apple shareholders saying financial expectations are just impossible for apple to exceed. Theyre so high. What do you say to them . Well, i think investors may have caught up to apples stunning growth, but perhaps the law of large numbers, i think growth is getting increasingly harder to achieve. I think the easy growth has already happened in the iphone in developed markets like the u. S. The next wave of growth will come from emerging markets, from china and lowerpriced phones. So apple may have a harder time getting that sort of growth. Tom i thi
Information related to the Hillary Clinton email investigation was fake but felt he needed to take action anyway because he was concerned that if the information became public, it would undermine the investigation and the Justice Department itself. Now, this is according to multiple sources, talking to my colleagues, simone and gloria and myself. Now, these concerns were a major factor in comey deciding to publicly declare that the Clinton Probe was over last summer without consulting then attorney general Loretta Lynch. Now, you may remember that earlier this week the Washington Post reported on this intelligence and the doubts about its credibility. The fact that comey felt he had to act, based on russian disinformation, is a stark example of how russias interference impacted the Decision Making at the highest level of the u. S. Government during the 2016 campaign. Now, the russian information at issue claims to show that then attorney general lynch had been compromised in the clinto
Them brand safety tools and adjacency controls to help the brand feel comfortable on the site. two of america s largest luxury brands are merging. tell us about it. that s right. so tappestry has agreed to buy versace and michael khors for $8.5 billion. if you haven t heard of tapistry, they own coach. they said they would pay about a 60% premium to where the stock has averaged over the last couple months or so. no surprise we saw shares jumped. shares dropped around 13% yesterday in trading. ultimately what they re trying to do here is create competition with some of those european luxury powerhouses. they said the combined sales of these two units will be about $20 billion, but you ve got to