from actual voters and caucusgoers instead of faceless polling percentages. what will they say and how much say will they have? there s so much swirling around the republican primary this year. so much that could change everything and yet so much that could change nothing. let me explain. the accepted wisdom right now is that donald trump will be the nominee. but what happens if he can t get on the ballot? there are two states, maine and colorado, saying someone who incited an insurrection can t run for federal office. will other states follow? and if they do, will the supreme court be forced to get involved? there s also the issue of the other legal cases against donald trump. the federal criminal cases. the election interference case is still technically scheduled for march 4th. will it still happen? briefs are due today at the d.c. appeals court where a three-judge panel is going to decide whether donald trump immune from prosecution. if they say no and the case does go to
Live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. A Mass Murderer is on the loose in maine today. One officers say has military training, a proficiency in weapons, and multiple ways to evade police. That Reality Compounding the fear and grief for locals trying to process the 565th Mass Shooting in the u. S. This year. In this case, 18 dead, 13 more wounded, and the Peaceful Community of lewiston changed forever. This city did not deserve this terrible assault on its citizens, on its peace of mind, on its sense of security. No city does. No state, no people. So now as Law Enforcement is in a fullscale search to track down the suspect, robert card, they are also trying to piece together the details of who he is and why he may have done this. Plus, with word that he had been committed to a Mental Hospital earlier this year, a critical question, why did he have a gun and not just any gun, but an assaultstyle rifle in the first place . We start right there in southern maine, a state and communit
Are at. With your expertise. Can you tell us what is happening, why it so important and if its possible that israel will allow people out . I tend to agree that we are in a holding pattern. The big story is when and if israel will launch its offensive in the north. Down at the Rafah Crossing, one of two crossings, this one is into egypt, is where the anticipation is around this morning. We had reports that there was going to be a temporary truce to allow a very, we are talking very small number of Palestinian Americans across into egypt. As you were saying in your introduction there, there are several thousand people at the Rafah Crossing waiting to go. But the temporary truce has not been agreed. We have actually had a statement from the israeli Prime Ministers for saying that there is no ceasefire. When we talk about a ceasefire, we only talk about a limited truce in terms of down there. There has been no sign of a Ceasefire Debt up in the north. Hamas still continued to fire rockets
Gaza as negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release continue. Well bring you the very latest out of The Middle East straight ahead. Plus, well go through yesterdays key moments in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial including the judges warning about potential jail time for the former president. And well get an update live from capitol hill on the looming threat to remove Speaker Mike Johnson. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, may 7th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the Israeli Defense forces announcing theyve taken operational control of the gaza side of the Rafah Crossing. The military released this video overnight of troops entering the area and beginning a, quote, precise Counter Terrorism operation. Israeli Officials Say they seized a crossing after receiving intelligence it was being used for terrorist purposes. No evidence to support that claim was provided. The idf also conducted air strikes th
speak to if that community. there is not haley voters for a traditional path there. we got to go. we could talk about this and i hope we do soon. thanks, guys. and cnncnn cnn this morning continues. good morning. let s get right to it. president biden s foreign policy set to face yet another major test as he departs today for a high stakes meeting request chinese president xi jinping on the sidelines of a big economic summit with other global leaders. we are learning of a potential u.s./china deal on fentanyl. as president biden is jug his support of israel s war against hamas with the peril around gaza s hospital. the president and the government he leads is now just three days away from a potential shutdown. a vote is set for today to avert it. the measure includes no funding for the war in ukraine or israel s war against hamas. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. let s begin. the families of hostages being held in gaza are marching from tel av