The building that he died defending. Overnight, President Biden and the first lady, as you can see there, as well as the lawmakers who sicknick died protecting, paid their respects. A congressional tribute will be held later this morning. And today, House Managers will lay out their case against former President Trump for inciting that insurrection. They argue that mr. Trump is singularly responsible for the deadly capitol siege. They want him barred from ever seeking Public Office again. Mr. Trumps lawyers claim their clients speech was protected by the First Amendment and a Senate Conviction would be unconstitutional. This morning, President Biden weighs in on this. His brandnew interview ahead. We also have breaking new reporting about the meeting overnight between House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy and congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene. Greene has endorsed statements calling for the execution of democratic leaders. She has harassed survivors of school shootings. She suggeste
midwest. i started watching more what they did during this legislative session. i thought, man, they ve done an awful lot. maybe it s that florida is the iowa of the southeast. i don t know. florida ron desantis laying it on thick with praise for iowa during a barnstorm trip over the weekend as he takes advantage of donald trump canceling a campaign event in that state, and that comes as there s new polling in several states with hypothetical matchups between president joe biden, trump, and desantis. we ll take a look at the latest numbers. we ll also have an update on the debt ceiling negotiations as the clock is ticking before president biden takes a trip to january for the g7 summit. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. the two front-runners for the 2024 republican nomination were both expected to be in iowa over the weekend, but concerns about extreme weather kept
nbc news poll finds voters do not want him to run again g dem. we ve including half of democrats. tr again. there s no we ve made a lot of progress and we have to keep it going. voters don t want to see former president trump run again. there s no crime. i got indicted for no crime. and yet, he has huge support within the gop even after his arrest and he s the clear front-runner is america ready for a biden-trump sequel biden-trump sequel. i ll talk to chris sununu who is considering his o i ll talk to new hampshire s chris sue knew new who is considering his own precedential run in 2024. plus, trigger. for this man to sit on his porch and fire at a car with no threat is just angers me so badly. the wrong driveway, the wrong doorbell and the wrong car, simple mistakes that all ended in americans being shot. mr. yarl is fighting for his life. in a nation of guns and growing distrust what will it mean knocking on a stranger s door safe again. and ethic
shocking statements from the duke and duchess of sussex, known by their earthly names as harry and meghan, in their interview with oprah winfrey, meghan revealing for the first time thoughts of suicide and stunning questions about racism within the royal family. in those months when i was pregnant, all around this same time, so we have in tandem the conversation of, he s not going to be given security, he s not going to be given a title. and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he s born. what? and who who is having that conversation? with you? what? so um there is a conversation hold up! there are several conversations. there s a conversation with you with harry. about how dark your baby is going to be? potentially. and what that would mean or what that would look like. who. and you re not going to tell me who had the conversation? i think that would be very damaging to them. meghan also shared her fe
News, analysis and interviews with politicians and observers. Cnns Abbie Phillip is live at the white house. The president just had an event where he met at the white house with republican lawmakers. Did he clarify anything today . Reporter well, nia, the president just let reporters into the room for that meeting. It was originally scheduled to have been closed, but he said nothing. He didnt respond to questions about any of these issues floating around him. He didnt expand on any of his comments or explain, you know, his view of the situation. But what he has been doing over the last day or so, specifically in a lengthy interview with fox news that aired last night and today, is really take the lead in the administrations response to all of these problems. Theres no question the white house staffers were caught by surprise by a confluence of bad news stories. Paul manaforts verdict and also Michael Cohens guilty plea, but President Trump has been the one left to test out various stra