And although i will no longer be a candidate, i will not stop using my voice for the things i believe in. In all likelihood donald trump will be the republican nominee when our Party Convention meet in july. I congratulate him and wish him well. I wish anyone well who would be americas president. Our country is too precious to let our differences divide us. That was part of nikki haleys speech yesterday announcing the end of her president ial campaign. It means we are now 242 days away from a rematch between President Biden and former President Trump. But today the focus shifts to washington and President Bidens state of the Union Address. Well go through what hes expected to say tonight to congress and the american people. And meanwhile, on capitol hill lawmakers appear to have another deal in place to avoid a partial Government Shutdown. But speaker johnson again needed support from democrats to overcome dissent from within his own party. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on
should happen now it should get dismissed. we re not going to stop on this nothing s changed. we believe he s overstepped. two top republicans in the house are promising to investigate the manhattan district attorney following the indictment of donald trump that comes as the former president is escalating his attacks on social media which now include a call to defund federal law enforcement. meanwhile mike pence will soon have to testify before a federal grand jury in one of the cases tied to trump. we ll tell you which one and why the former vice president appears finally ready to talk. plus the gop controlled statehouse in tennessee could take historic action today against three democratic lawmakers. we ll explain the controversy connected to calls for new gun legislation. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, april 6th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin today with the fallout from this week s historic arra
weaponizing that infamous laptop. plus a chilling new revelation about the torture suspect taken down by oregon police. his bloody trail may now include two murders. and america s big move to try to counter china, the new u.s. military foot hold just announced right near taiwan. welcome to our viewers in also united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with an aggressive new legal strategy from hunter biden, he is calling for criminal investigations of rudy giuliani, a computer repair shop owner and several right wing political figures. hunter biden alleges laws were broken when they attempted to weaponize his personal information against his father. more now from evan perez. r reporter: hunter biden is accusing critics of distributing his personal data reported to come from a laptop left at a repair shop. attorneys for the president s son sent letters to the delaware attorney general, justice department and irs seeking investigations of a numbe
i don t think spying is the right way to describe it. i have seen no evidence that the chinese government has access to the data. they ve never asked us. i find that actually preposterous. american data has always been stored in virginia and singapore in the past and access of this is on an as required basis. as required by engineers for by engineers, bytedance and the communist party. no, no. lawmakers grilled tiktok s ceo over hours on user data and the company s connection to the chinese government. we ll have much more from that contentious hearing just ahead. plus, while no movement from the grand jury, there was a busy day outside the courtroom in manhattan during the hush money investigation with the d.a. s office calling out house republicans and donald trump ranting about the prince harry prosecutor and also ahead, the latest on a drone strike in syria that has killed at least one american and injured a handful of u.s. service members. good morn
prime minister, shinzo abe, a transformative figure and an important ally to american presidents, has been assassinated by a gunman at a campaign rally this morning. the killing sending shockwaves through a country completely unaccustomed to gun violence. on capitol hill right now, donald trump s white house counsel pat cipollone testifying at a closed session of the january 6th committee about those key moments described by previous witnesses where he was warning the white house and the president against illegal efforts to overturn the 2020 election. that panel is preparing to hold two more public hearings next week. at the white house this hour, president biden taking executive action to defend abortion rights, trying to ensure access to abortion medication as well as emergency contraception. this in the aftermath of the supreme court s decision overturning roe v. wade. even as the last abortion clinic in mississippi is shutting its doors. and a strong jobs report out t