Ratchet up for outreach to republicans as she campaigns with former gop congresswoman, Liz Cheney for the very first time well be carrying their remarks in the Battleground State Johnson live also breaking a new Court Filing by Donald Trump asking a federal george to throw all the criminal charges in the January 6 Elections Subversion Case against him. This comes just hours after new details on the special counsels Bombshell Evidence against the former president was unsealed for us, plus israel is launching fresh airstrikes in southern beirut tonight. As it is vowing a strong and painful response to the unprecedented Missile Attack by iran earlier this week. And warning the israeli retaliation will happen soon. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im Alex Marquardt and youre in the Situation Room Breaking News this hour longtime republicans stalwart Liz Cheney is making good on her promise to do whatever she can to help Kamal
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with katie phang in for ari starts right now. Hi, katie. Hi, nicolle. Thank you so much. Welcome to the beat for the rest offuous. I am katie phang in for ari melber. We start with flashing Warning Signs for american democracy at a Pivotal Moment in the American Campaign season. As of tonight President Biden and former President Trump have clenched the threshold for meeting they primaries. Its the earliest matchup in nearly a quarter of a century. In 2000 al gore and george w. Bush clenched their nominations just four days earlier than joe biden and donald trump. Of course, that election ended at the United States Supreme Court. And this election starts there. Trump set to make the unprecedented argument for total president ial immunity in his coup case next month, as accountability for january 6th rioters dpriends forward. Just today a federal judge ordering that a trump
Donald trump is now the Presumptive Republican nominee for president. His only opponent in this race, former governor nikki haley, had vowed to stay in the race through super tuesday. And this morning after only winning the state of vermont and the city of washington, d. C. , nikki haley dropped out. Now, if there was anything truly significant about haleys campaign, it was the degree to which it was a symbol of the dissatisfaction for donald trump. Yes, nikki haley advocated about Theal Deficit but really the whe point of the project was to offer republicans an alternative to the guy with the orange blow out. So when nikki haley dropped out this morning the big question was who was she going to endorse . You might think this would be a moment the last Person Standing between donald trump and the take over of the gop wouldnt just tupitulate to donald trump. Maybe she wouldnt endorse joe biden, but couldnt she, wouldnt shet suggest her supporters didnt have to vote for trump, that there
questions to consider if the war between hamas and israel ever ends what should happen the day after the day after? the proposal that prime minister netanyahu is already turning down. and leading this hour the justice department out today with its report on the uvalde massacre detailing a list of failures on may 24, 2022, when an 18-year-old gunman made his way inside robb elementary school. young students and teachers were left trapped in the classroom with the gunman more than han hour after officers arrived on the scene. instead of confronting the gunman the justice department found officers waited and more response and more equipment. instead of storming into the classroom police were waiting around for a set of keys, keys to open a classroom door that probably already unlocked. not to mention the terrified parents left waiting outside for hours wanting to run into the school, told they couldn t, learning little to nothing about the status of their children. just hours
that elected us. and thes bing i can say or that i think can be said about the current deal on the debt ceiling is that it could have been much worse. that was republican senator mike lee and then independent senator bernie sanders sharing their pretty negative opinions on that debt ceiling deal, which is now headed to their chamber. we ll go through the tight time line the senate now has to get this bill to president biden s desk ahead of default. meanwhile, florida governor ron desantis is ramping up up his criticism of donald trump after taking heat from the former president for months, and that comes as two more prominent republicans are ready to jump into the 2024 race. we ll look at the impact chris christie and mike pence may have on the growing field. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 1st. we are in june. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with a big deal on capitol hill. the house