Occupation of a building there. Well have the latest on that situation and the growing demonstrations on campuses across the country. That comes as theres some optimism that a ceasefire in gaza and the release of israeli hostages could soon be reached. Wellbri you those developments out of the middle east. And also ahead a preview what we can expect in court today when Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial resumes in manhattan. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, april 30th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the growing unrest at Columbia University. Overnight propalestinian Student Protesters occupied a campus building. Its hamilton hall, the same building students took over back in the 1960s. That building just a few hundred feet away from the guzza encampment site. It came just hours after the university began sus spending students who refused to leave that encampment. The tents have been up for nearly two week
All of the events and tickets online. A few tickets left in kingston, new york for saturday may 4th. That will do it for me for now. Now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Finally something to watch ly on tv on a saturday night before snl. Finally. Rachel, of course, the breakingh news of this minute is the celtics 102, miami one 88. They are up 31. I have arranged with adam silver, the nba commissioner, to make sure the celtics are not playing after 10 00 p. M. On any night of the playoffs so that i can watch. People ask is what we do with our political capitol we accrue by having television shows. I think that is a very noble use of it. Rachel, being the multitasker that i am, i was i watching you and the celtics and i loved that you went into detail. I just cant get tired of reviewing the detail of who has not shown up for donald trump and hes begging them to show ng up at this trial in manhattan and hes pretending there is some problem. I have been doing my credit
Just Vice President , and shes also just a total disaster. Shes this craven and calculating political animal, but she spends all her time having to put out fires of her own making, fires of her staffs own making. Shes just a disaster. And one of the sort of signature production things in the show, one of the things that the show does to great effect is that they use every last second of the show, during the end credits of each episode, the image on the right side of the Screen Squishes down a little bit, and they highlight in this while the credits are rolling, they highlight these campaign screwups and their various pr disasters. The end credits are like the best thing in the show. It the end credits in one show might be her ranting to her staff after a puff piece Television Interview turned out to be substantive or her awkwardly trying to connect with High School Students who are visiting the Vice President s office. If you have seen the show, you know about this excellent trickn bas
Order of the court. He gets a big Reality Check in court during the very beginning of his criminal trial. And why a Supreme Court move could chip away at the First Amendment. We will be joined live this hour. And the worst of the week. Two more republicans spouting out violent rhetoric. Two of their supporters. After four days of jury selection. In the hush money trial. We have our jury. Five women, seven new yorkers. Five that come from all walks of life. Lawyers, teachers and others professional specs as well as six alternates on monday. They will all meet for the first time when Opening Statements get underway. They only came face to face with ask former President Donald Trump. They sat for hours of proceedings. Just like any other defendant facing charges. The state of new york. Thrust from his big podium. He was forced to face reality. For once he was not allowed to say a single thing to defend himself. He had himself described as a racist, sexist, narcissist. He is very selfish a
Hes a great student and very proud of the fact he did so well and was looking forward to for years to have graduation with his mother and father there. And i cant go to my sons graduation, that i cant can go to the United States Supreme Court that im not in georgia or florida or North Carolina compaining like i should be. Thats donald trump falsely claiming that the judge in the Hush Money Trial wont let him go to his youngest sons graduation. Those comments came after a long day in court from the former president. Well have the full recap for you straight ahead. Well also bring you the latest from The Middle East where israel is weighing its option for a retaliatory strike against iran as the countrys allies are urging restraint. And meanwhile on capitol hill it appears that Speaker Mike Johnson is going gamble on foreign aid spending by bringing four separate package tuesday the house floor. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, april 16th. Im jonathan lemire. T