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
we begin this hour with the urgent and dangerous situations that are unfolding today as we begin this new year here on the southern border and in the middle east. a memorial for kassam soleimani is the scene where hundreds are dead and over a hundred injuries that as hezbollah warns that they have their finger on the trigger following the killing of a senior hamas leader in beirut. pete hegseth and trey yingst are standing by with more. first, there are dozens of house republicans, you have seen them in the moments, getting off the buses. they re at the southern border right now. fox has confirmed that next week the much-discussed impeachment hearing for alejandro mayorkas who is in charge of our border with the homeland security under his watch, that hearing for his impeachment will get underway. moments ago, karine jean-pierre blamed republicans for the record surge every day, every month is a new record in the numbers of people that cross our border. we re about to hear fr
violence in the middle east exploding literally. reports of more than 100 dead as explosions rock a ceremony for a slain rainian general killed four years ago today, a top hamas leader taken out in beirut. containerships come under attack in the red sea and many companies say good-bye, we don t even want to be near the red sea. who leon panetta says we need to do to stop it. we are all over it. welcome. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it with jennifer griffin with the very latest at the pentagon keeping track of these developments and boy, they came fast and furious. well, absolutely, neil. the u.s. has pushed back on the allegations from iranian officials that they were involved in the twin bombings that killed more than 100 iranians making their way to the grave of general soleimani. the united states was not involved in any way. any suggestion to the contrary is ridiculous. we have no reason to believe that israel was involved in this explosion. today marks the fourt
democrat governor kathy hochul bolstering security after weeks of protests targeting key transportation hubs. much more on what officials are bracing for. but first, fox on top of the over the top numbers to close out 2023 at the border. migrant encounters hitting an all-time high. and on wall street, stocks hitting a series of highs, and on the campaign trail where tensions on both sides couldn t be higher. donald trump getting banned from another tate ballot. state ballot. meanwhile, republican presidential candidate nikki haley is here on that as the first big contest in two key states closes in. many. david: and good saturday morning to everyone. i m david asman in for neil cavuto, and this is cavuto live. first to the record-breaking number ifs at the border. griff jenkins is here to break it down for us. good to have you in new york, but you ve got new numbers from the border. yeah, david, it s really remark remarkable, we re going to end the year with the south
slow start, putting it bluntly, quote, welcome to the seinfeld congress. it is a show about nothing. the vote on congresswoman omar is one of the political squabbles unfolding while the nation ticks a day closer to defaulting on its debts. house speaker kevin mccarthy met with president biden yesterday, but there doesn t appear to have been any progress on the debt limit. the president did strike this optimistic tone while speaking this morning. start treating each other with respect. that s what kevin and i are going to do. not a joke. but a good meeting yesterday. we ll get latest ahead. also this morning, day four of that deadly ice storm across the south. cars are spinning out of control on highways. thousands of flights delayed and canceled. and in texas, nearly half a million people are facing the bone chilling cold without power. it is scary. definitely scary. i can say that. it is very slippery out here. probably one of the worst. we ll get an update from