Its opening up pandoras pox. The bill seriously undermines Civil Liberties by essentially banning a platform that 150 million americans use to engage in free speech and expression. Thats just some of the debate over tiktok yesterday taking place On The House Floor before lawmakers voted by a massive margin to pass a bill that could potentially ban the popular app. Well go through where the legislation will stand in the senate. Plus, donald trump is expected to be in court today for a hearing in the classified documents case. Well have legal analysis for you on that and on the charges against the former president that were just dismissed in georgia. And well show you President Bidens message to voters as he looks to secure more support in key Midwest Swing states. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, march 14th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. The house has overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill that could ban tiktok here in the United State
The type of issues youd expect to hear in an election year. Biden set out his achievements and whats next for his presidency. He also took aim at his likely republican opponent in november, former President Donald Trump without mentioning him by name. And it was clear that the president saw his speech notjust as a state of the Union Address but also an address about the State Of The World and americas role at the centre of it. History is watching. The United States walks away, it put ukraine at risk. It is at risk, everyone will be at risk, and broadening others to do what they wish to do us harm. My message to President Putin will ever know for long time a simple, we will not walk away. Iv e ive heard many of my republican and democratic friends say china is on the rise and america is falling behind. Theyve got it backwards. To the leadership of israel i say this, humanitarian assistance cannot be a secondary consideration or a bargaining chip. Protecting and saving innocent lives hav
Request to limit what the former president can say about the case against him. Now accusing federal prosecutors of trying to restrict trumps First Amendment rights. Do they have a case on this at all . Trumps former white house lawyer ty cobb will be with me. Plus, a deadly strike. Russia ramping up attacks on civilian targets. We are learning tonight of a russian plot to assassinate the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. And an alarming scene as a massive brawl breaks out between a black man and a group of white voters in montgomery, alabama. And tonight police are vowing to make arrests. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, team trumps response. The former president s legal team just now responding to a request from the Special Counsel that came after trump posted if you go after me, im coming after you. All caps. Trumps team arguing that his ability to share information in the January 6th Case is covered by the First Amendment. They say in a trial
On key issues at home the economy, immigration, and reproductive rights the type of issues youd expect to hear in an election year. Biden set out his achievements and whats next for his presidency. He also took aim at his likely republican opponent in november, former President Donald Trump, without mentioning him by name. And it was clear that the president saw his speech notjust as a state of the Union Address but also an address about the State Of The World and americas role at the centre of it. History is watching. United states walks away, it will put ukraine at risk. Europe is at risk. The free world will be at risk, and modern others to do what they wish, to do us harm. My what they wish, to do us harm. My message to president putin, who have known for a long time, is simple. We will not walk away. Cheering. I have had many of my republican and democratic friends say that china is on the rise. And america is falling behind. Theyve got it backwards. The leadership, i say this. Hu
Social media. Hello, well come everyone, sandra smith in new york. We have made it to wednesday, rich. Rich we have indeed, im rich in for john roberts. According to documents, white house officials asked facebook if it could provide special access to tools that would target users hesitant to take vaccines and spreading misinformation. Sandra also show Biden Administration officials berated facebook employees for not sharing enough data and alluded to the site being more difficult to deal with than other social media platforms. Rich Hillary Vaughn is live on capitol hill. Hillary, did the white house try to have more control on covid content on facebook than it originally claimed. Thats the big take away from the documents that we obtained. Really publicly the white house was claiming they were just trying to help facebook combat misinformation on their platform. Behind closed doors, it is clear that white house officials were trying to have much more influence on the platform and get