What action will be taken to help cities stop the bloodshed. And crime was top of mind for New York City voters who cast their ballots for the mayor. When all said and done, will a former Police Officer come out on top . Its Way Too Early for this. Good morning. And welcome to Way Too Early, the show that shuts down all the fire alarms, i think were good this morning. Unlike yesterday. I am kasie hunt, this wednesday, june 23rd. Well start with the news. Democrats say they will keep fighting after Senate Republicans on a sweeping new Voting Rights action in laws in red states. Democratic governor joe manchin voted to debate, after receiving assurances that his compromise would be considered. At the end, the vote was split 50 50, short of the 60 votes needed to overcome the republican filibuster. Heres what will we heard on the senate floor yesterday. Theres no widespread effort to stop voters from casting a ballot. And theres no design to hand states constitutional authorities over to
Ill have the Conference Pick somebody else. America wakes up without a Speaker Of The House. And plenty of questions about who could ultimately replace him. Good day to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im kasie hunt. It is wednesday, october 4. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington with congress in utter chaos this morning after the dramatic removal of Kevin Mccarthy as Speaker Of The House. Right now there is no clear replacement. No House Business is scheduled until at least tuesday. It is the first time in history that speaker has been ousted in the middle of a congressional term. An overwhelming majority ofs did actually vote to keep mccarthy in power, but it was still not enough to block the efforts of the republican hardliners who Wanted Mccarthy gone. On this vote, the yeas are 216. The nays are 210. The resolution is adopted. Without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The office of Speaker Of The House of the United States house of representa
These decisions should not be between a person who needs health care and the government and politicians. It should be between a woman and her doctor, that is the ultimate goal right there. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs yesterday highlighting her Executive Orders to prevent abortionrelated prosecutions as her state is now at the center of the fight for reproductive care. Well have the latest on efforts to repeal that states controversial abortion ban in just a moment. Also ahead, Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial is still on track to start on monday, and now were learning who may take the witness stand. And well look back on the life of o. J. Simpson, one of the most divisive figures in modern american history. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, april 12th. Im jonathan lemire. We made it to friday. Thanks for starting your day with us. We will begin here with this headline. The first criminal trial of a former american president is set to get under way on monday. This
we are live in the newsroom in washington. good evening. today donald trump and ron desantis held dwelling campaign events in iowa. the florida governor is in the hawkeye state wrapping up a campaign tour of all 99 counties in iowa but high- powered endorsements from iowa s governor has not had mucht on the poll numbers. desantis showing in the polls that he is back behind donald trump, whose lead appears to be growing at this point. the former president is pushing lies about the 2020 election, saying he hopes judges will let them prosecute that race. he is claiming his rival is handing out these signs. look at these on screen right there. these signs say biden attacks democracy. he is encouraging his supporters to enter ballot counting facilities to guard the votes. we are live in iowa. steve is in newton with the campaign and kristen holmes is in cedar rapids with team trump. pretty astonishing to hear trump s allegation that president biden is waging a war on democracy as
spokesman john kirby with an uptate on the number of american hostages still being held by hamas following the release of a 4-year-old girl. the humanitarian pause in gaza remains in effect this morning. we ll have the latest on when more hostages could be freed. also ahead, an update on the college students of palestinian descent who were shot in burlington, vermont. we ll hear from the mother of one of the victims. plus, as if a rematch of 2020 wasn t bad enough, donald trump is bringing back a top issue from his 2016 campaign. it s a pledge on which he never delivered. we ll explain what that is. i mean, it s unpopular, too. why would we deliver on that? he is once again going to promise something that s extremely unpopular with people. we re talking about, you know, the wall street journal lead, talking about israel and hamas extend the truce two days. the new york times lead the same, talking about how israel and hamas agreed to extend pause and swap. mika,