Fake electors plot before the 2020 election was even decided. Well have more on that video which appears to undermine some claims from the former president s legal team also ahead, the latest developments in the Georgia Election case including the proposed trial date from Fulton County District Attorney fani willis. Plus an update on the Recovery Efforts in maui amid increasing scrutiny for hawaiis electricity provider. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, august 17th. Im johnnen lemere. Thanks for starting your day with us. Well begin this morning with a disturbing situation out of texas where a woman was arrested and charged with threatening the federal judge who is presiding over former president Donald Trumps federal election interference case here in washington, d. C. The 43yearold who was denied bail allegedly threatened to kill judge tanya chutkan. We want to warn you some of these details are down right disturbing. According to an affidavit filed last wee
republicans who are refusing to take action on an issue they clapriority. and asked the question whether they re smart enough to get away with it, which i actually, you know, started thinking over the past couple days. you ve got all of these republicans who are following this guy from louisiana, who just sort of stumbled into the speakership and doesn t seem to be that effective. this guy is now putting around the republican s political neck an open border for the next eight months and all that that brings, the collapse of ukraine, to former soviet kgb agent s invasion, and the refusal to fund israel in its time of need. so you have all of these republicans in the house, a lot of them who want to do the right thing but they re blindly following this young, inexperienced speaker who is blindly following there you go. a guy with 91 counts against him. that s the important point right there. yes, it s speaker johnson voicing this, but he is a vessel for what donald
to attack me, but he won t get in front of me and answer the questions. that s nikki haley stepping up her attacks on donald trump in new hampshire just days ahead of the primary that is now essentially a two-person race. we ll bring you t lest from the campaign trail. plus some new hope for a deal to free the remaining hostages still being held by hamas. we ll go through the details coming out of those negotiations. and also ahead an update from capitol hill. foggy this morning and some snow in washington, where lawmakers have avoided the government shutdown for now but a potential package for border security and critical ukraine funding is still facing stiff opposition from maga republicans. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, january 19th. we made it to friday. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. with just four days to go until the republican primary in new hampshire, nikki haley s ramping up her attacks against front-runn
and the most important thing is, it doesn t have to be absolutely true, it has to be supportable. they have to prove that i was deliberately lying, which i wasn t. you know, it s so fascinating about what he just did there. yeah, it s good stuff. good stuff. it is as if he read david french s column yesterday in the new york times talking about maga man. mm-hmm. and what it takes to be a maga man. he mentioned rudy giuliani as the prime example but listed mark meadows, kari lake, listed a number of other people who may have all done different things in the past, may have all had different backgrounds, different political ideologies, but the key was once they became infected by trump, there were two things you had to do. yeah. again, david french wrote this before rudy went on and lied again last night. he said, number one, you have to lie. the key is, if you re going to follow donald trump, if you re going to be a part of donald trump s team, you ve got to be
holiday just ahead. and also we will bring you the breaking news out of the middle east where a hostage and prisoner release between israel and hamas is expected to happen about one hour from now. the deal comes after weeks of negotiations bringing hope that a humanitarian pause can hold paving the way for more aid into gaza. we ll also have a live report from tel aviv straight ahead. good morning, and welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this friday, november 24th. i m jonathan lemire. we hope you had a happy thanksgiving and we appreciate you joining us this morning, and we ll begin with major developments in the war between israel and hamas. just a short time ago, a temporary truce took effect, a so-called humanitarian pause. it comes after both sides agreed to a prisoner exchange. the release of 50 israeli hostages in gaza and 150 palestinians held by israel. addition, moreumanitarian aid will be allowed into gaza with one border official saying that at least 60 trucks