4:00 in new york. today, monumental breakthrough in the sometimes frustrating pursuit and pace of accountability and justice. the aftermath of the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. in the 785 days since the insurrection he incited, donald trump has managed to squirm his way through an impeachment, wiggle past the bipartisan congressional investigation, stretching presidential immunity to great effect so far. now the justice department says in a brand-new court filing, such immunity should not shield donald trump from multiple civil suits brought by police officers and members of congress. in that new filing, in the course of urging an appeals court to reject trump s immunity claim, the justice department was very careful to avoid taking a position on whether trump is actually liable for causing the riot. the new action does open new doors of potential accountability for him. doj s essentially telling the court it does not believe trump can use immunity to avoid civil litigat
tonight on the reidout my goal, this is not revenge. what this is is account ability. i don t want to see anyone including donald trump indicted, incarcerated simply because i fundamentally disagree with them this is all about accountability he needs to be held accountable for his dirty deed michael cohen testified before a grand jury. and with the walls seeming to be closing in, trump is once again calling for an investigation of the investigation. also tonight, president biden reassures americans that their money is safe in the bank, after two recent bank failures and we ll look at the role trump era deregulation played in the financial havoc in silicon valley we begin tonight with mike pence. a former vice president who quite possibly is most famous for his tongue biting silence. but believe it or not, mike pence used to talk for a living. seriously, he was a right-wing talk radio host in the 90s, true story meaning it was once his job to say what he thought.
Is a wonderful man. Hed oftentimes have a friend for dinner. Remember the last scene . Excuse me, im about to have a friend for dinner, as the poor doctor walked by. Hannibal lector, congratulations. The late, great Hannibal Lecter. Yeah. Donald trump in new jersey, of all places, praising a fictional Serial Killer. That was good. This is exactly, mika, this is why the Biden Campaign desperately wants to see more bizarre moments like this during trumps rallies. I promise you, theyre more upset donald trump is in trial right now than donald trump, because they know when he goes out on the road, people see, the guy is just not there. He is celebrating a fictional character there who one of the most grotesque, horrifying people of movie history. Yeah. By the way, if youre going to a rally like that, why are you cheering that on . What can you be thinking at that rally other than, this doesnt make sense . That is my point. This is why i disagree with the concern he is in court rather than
He became the governor of north dakota. The numbers there, the numbers that hes done there, the job that hes done is unparallel, and his wife is incredible. So get ready for something, okay . Just get ready. But doug burgum has been incredible, and the countrys lucky to have him. That was donald trump over the weekend in new jersey, introducing the man who could be his running mate this november. Well have more from the former president s rally, including his praise for a fictional Serial Killer. Meanwhile, trumps former fixer is expected to take the stand today in the criminal hush money case. Well get expert legal analysis ahead of Michael Cohens blockbuster testimony. And also ahead, well have the latest from the middle east, as hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing from Southern Gaza because of israels looming Military Operation in rafah. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, may 13th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And
Images. Wow, from the Northern Lights coasttocoast, even into the deep south overnight. Yeah. The Northern Lights, i mean, you can see them here in the south. Beautiful. I didnt get a chance there to see them because i didnt wake up last time. Now that you, allison, i tried i did not know but you will have another chance and were going to talk more about the timeline of that coming up. Okay. So well look forward to that. This is all coming from the strongest solar storm in nearly 20 years hitting earth right now. And it is far from over, as alison said, were Tracheid Tracking rather any potential problems so global communications, because thats a possibility too. Yes. And as we mentioned, if you miss it last night, you will have another opportunity again to see it yet again tonight. Again as bases as far south is florida, youre looking at an image here, just kinda looks weird having that palm tree in the foreground. The Northern Lights in the background, but some places, even as far aw