Happening now in the newsroom, a heartbreaking loss for u. S. Womens soccer. Off the post sweden can win on this kick. Plus one on one with Donald Trumps lawyer who claims trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election were aspirational, not criminal. And lost at sea for two days in a boat only 12 feet long. Well show you the incredible rescue. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this sunday, im fredricka whitfield. Donald trumps lawyer doubling down that trump was within his First Amendment rights when he told former Vice President mike pence not to certify the election results. The Attorney Says it all boils down to the way he asked. And all of this played out in the open. Its all free speech. There was a Supreme Court decision that says when youre exercising free speech, youre not engaging in a fraud on the government. Unfortunately most people dont understand thats just one example of the actions. Its very political. Thats just one
have ever faced charges in connection to the payments to daniels, even though trumps was implicated in the case by the federal government. back in 2018 in a sentencing memo for michael cohen, federal prosecutors said that trump, quote, acted in coordination with and at the direction of individual one. individual win is none other than the ex-president himself. the meeting today is also taking place at a time when discussions of the criminal culpability is being royaled by allegations of the veteran prosecutor mark pom rans who said the question of criminal culpability over hush money payments is one of many significant unanswered questions about the multiple state, local and federal investigations into the ex-president. watch that. i am myself at a loss to understand what happened at the conclusion of the hush money investigation or for that matter why there was no federal investigation of trump s business finances, husband tax returns, his financial statements shs when th
you can see in this video right here, held out a key chain with two sharp point ts on it. cnn s evan perez is following all of this for us. he s here with me now. evan, what more are we learning about this man? that video, again, we ve shown it a number of times. very alarming. it s a very disturbing thing to happen, obviously. li lee zeldin, a congressman was on stage when this attack happened. the suspect s name is david j jakabonis. he s charged with assaulting a member of congress with a deadly weapon. you can see that he s carrying this object, he has this object in his hand as he approaches the congressman. now, according to the federal criminal complaint, these are federal charges that he is now facing. he told the fbi that he had consumed whiskey on the day of this attack and that he, quote, must have checked out as he walked on stage and asked if zeldin was disrespecting veterans. we should note that according to the army, jakabonis had served in the army. he s a v
Palestinian, arab, jew, muslim, christian, everyone. You cant give up what makes you who you are. If you give that up, then the terrorists win, and we can never let them win. President biden back at the white house this morning after a jampacked trip to israel where he promised continued support for americas ally and cautioned against ragefilled vengeance. Meanwhile, his administration is working to address the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza ahead of the an expected Ground Invasion by Israeli Forces that could begin any day now. Well go through all of that straight ahead. Plus, another vote on the house floor leads to yet another loss for jim jordan. Well look at where his support stands heading into a third ballot for speaker, which is set for later today. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, october 19th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us, and well begin this morning with president joe bidens historic trip to israel to reaffirm ameri
You for joining us i am trey gowdy and it is Sunday Night In America. There is war in the middle east. The Terrorist Group Hamas launched a massive Surprise Attack on israel killing nearly 1000, injuring thousands more in taking Israeli Soldiers and citizens hostage. Including women and children. It was barbaric a rather than minimize citizen casualties hamas targeted civilians including americans. The attack was launched by land, sea, and air seemed to catch one of the worlds most Battle Ready Countries by surprise. Was really leader Benjamin Netanyahu promise a devastating response israel is in the process of delivering that response. Netanyahu also told his country to prepare for war. Perhaps protracted war as Israeli Defense forces will likely go door to door looking for kidnapped citizens and soldiers. We begin tonight with trey yingst live in israel what is the latest. The Islamic Jihad entered israel fired on the border committees taking some hostage and executing others. This i