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will. my commitment to the safety of the jewish people, security of israel and its right to exist as an independent jewish state is iron clad even when we disagree. >> that was part of president joe biden's speech yesterday at a holocaust remembrance ceremony at the u.s. capitol. he condemned a rise in anti-semitism and violent protests over the war in gaza. we bring you more of his comments just ahead. meanwhile, quite the split screen as former president trump was in court yesterday face-to-face with stormy daniels. we'll go through her testimony and bring you expert legal analysis on the key moments. and also ahead an update from capitol hill where speaker mike johnson continues to talk with the far-right lawmakers who are threatening to remove him from leadership. good morning and welcome to

"way too early" on this wednesday, may 8th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a busy morning, and we begin with the donald trump criminal trial. stormy daniels is scheduled to return to the witness stand tomorrow. the courtroom recessed today following the most compelling testimony so far in the case. the adult film star testified yesterday about the sexual encounter she says she had with trump back in 2006 and the deal struck for her during the 2016 presidential campaign. daniels took the stand describing how she first met trump at a 2006 golf event in tahoe and later in his penthouse where they discussed putting her on his show the "the

apprentice." todd blanche moved for a mistrial saying the testimony was full of information the judge deemed irrelevant. judge juan merchan shot down the request but acknowledged there were, quote, things that would have been lefter unsaid saying he would strike some of daniels testimony. the judge added he was surprised there were not more objections from the defense. when asked if she would keep things confidential after the event she said absolutely not. after the "access hollywood" tape went public in 2016 trump's lawyer then michael cohen wanted her silence. daniels said her motivation was

not money and that she just wanted to get her story out publicly. she also acknowledged that she hates donald trump. joining us now msnbc legal analyst charles coleman who of course has been following this case very closely. charles, thanks for starting us off this morning. let's just start with your reaction to stormy daniels testimony. were you surprised at the amount of detail she provided? and how effective do you think she was? >> well, good morning, jonathan. i do think this was the blockbuster moment that so many have been waiting for, and it lived up to everything of its building and then some. i was surprised prosecutors allowed stormy daniels to go into the level of detail she did regarding donald trump and at the same time i think it's in part donald trump's fault for number one creating a space where there was a question who she actually had relations with and trying to damage her credibility that away as opposed to conceding this actually happened in a way that would

have allowed them to make more objections around the details of their encounter. then number 2 when she was testifying, i was a little bit more surprised they didn't launch objections. so it's not a surprise to me the mistrial wasn't granted, but i think it's very telling judge merchan himself acknowledged he expected to have heard more objections from the defense. >> so take us next then to what the defense's next moves might be. you just covered the attempt to get a mistrial. she'll be back on the stand tomorrow. this case always takes wednesdays off. what do you think the cross-examination will look like? >> i think they're going to continue to try to get at the motive of stormy daniels being ultimately motivated by money. i think her ultimately acknowledging she hates donald trump is a very big win the from, i think also the notion they've been able to identify

the different ways she has made money in fact around telling her story, and she hasn't just told her story for free. please understand it's not unlikely we're going to see another motion for a mistrial at the conclusion of the prosecution's case if not an all together dismissal. and this quite frankly could result in a motion for appeal from the defense. but, again, because they failed to object to some of that testimony coming in, it is going to be difficult to make the argument there are so prejudiced by stormy daniels testimony that this case should be thrown out. >> the line the people call stormy daniels one is one will stay with us for a long time. while she'll certainly be the flashy story there's another major legal trump development i want to ask you about down in florida where former president trump's classified documents trial has been postponed indefinitely.

the trial had been scheduled to start later this month, but u.s. district judge aileen cannon, announced the delay in a new order yesterday. cannon argued it would be imprudent to finalize a trial date, when various pretrial issues and deadlines have yet to be resolved. trump, of course, is charged with mishandling classified records and obstructing the government's attempts to retrieve them. he's denied any wrongdoing. the new ruling is a significant blow to special counsel jack smith and his team who argue that trump's lawyers had ample time to prepare for this trial, a trial, charles, many legal experts think would be the best against trump, the easiest to prosecute and certainly a very serious matter. so let's get your reaction here to the judge's decision to delay the trial indefinitely. when do you think it might ever occur? >> well, it's certainly not going to occur before the election, i can tell you that,

jonathan. i think donald trump has gotten a ton of help from outside and aileen cannon is on that list. this is not a huge surprise necessarily. there are other cases where judges need to put other matters on hold. so i can't say this is unprecedented in terms of the steps -- that judge cannon has taken with this order but at the same time in many respects we in the legal community knew something of this nature was going to come. we didn't know it would be this extreme necessarily, but the fact she's delayed the trial doesn't necessarily mean justice will be denied. i think you're absolutely correct that this is a straightforward case. i think jack smith will be able to proceed at some point. the question just becomes what is that point. >> right, and if donald trump were elected this november as the trial hadn't happened yet, could certainly instruct his justice department to make it go away and a number of trump friendly decisions from that judge there in florida. we appreciate the ground you

covered for us this morning. next up on "way too early" donald trump compares the recent pro-palestinian campus protests to the deadly january 6th capitol attack. plus we'll take a look at the new legal battle between the popular social media app tiktok and the u.s. government. we've got a lot more to get to this morning. those stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. check on sports and weather when we come right back it's a beautiful... ...day to fly. wooooo!

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was asked about his actions after the 2020 election and whether or not he would accept the results of this year's contest. take a look. >> there are folks who say that if you are elected again that you are a threat to democracy because of what happened on january 6th. what is your response to that, and would you accept the results of this election? >> well, look at what's happening right now. look at biden's a threat to democracy. january 6th was nothing like this. they're ripping down all our schools. they're ripping down our institutions. they're protesting all over the place and very violently, too. >> there have been other close races and men have said for the betterment of the country, we're going to have move on and accept the results of the election. would that have been the right course of action? >> no, it would have been a terrible thing because you have to get the election straightened out. you have to have fair and free elections. >> so much to fact check there in fact these campus protests

have been nothing like the january 6th riots. meanwhile more than a dozen conservative judges say they won't be hiring law clerks that attended columbia university because of how the school has responded to those pro-palestinian protests. the 13 judges all appointed by former president trump sent a letter to the university and dean of the law school this week saying they've lost confidence in columbia as an institution of hihigher education. the letter goes on this way. columbia has instead become an incubator of bigotry. as a result, columbia has disqualified itself from educating the future leadersf our country. the dean of columbia's law school put out a statement in support of students arguing that columbia law graduates are consistently sought out by leading employers in the private and public sectors including the judiciary. to politics now. it was a winning night for two trump-backed republicans in indiana. in the primary race for governor

mike braun clenched the nomination. he's expected to face democrat jennifer mccormick this fall. braun's win helps congressman jim banks, another trump backed candidate to run unoppose to secure the gop senate nomination. that leaves his house seat up for grabs. in the presidential primary president biden easily won all 79 delegates. but on the gop side, something of note. trump lost a chunk of vote toorz a candidate who isn't even in the race. despite dropping out back in march, nikki haley pulled in more than 21% of the vote, nearly 125,000 votes. hours after the results were called trump claimed that he wasn't concerned about gaining haley's supporters. >> because first of all biden he's the worst president in the history of our country.

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severe weather monday, tuesday, and into thursday. also watching fire risk in the southwest. it's hot there, too, low humidity. and back to the west cooler air working in. big difference there. that's going to bring the chance for higher elevation rocky snow. spring snow in portions of of the west. the big story is the severe weather threat. you can see heavy rain falling. that's where you see the bright colors, the reds, the oranges, the yellows. we have tornado watches in the pink box, and severe thunderstorm warnings in the orange boxes. lots of lightening here and heavy downpours that could lead to flash flooding. 56 million people impacted by the threat for severe weather all the way, again, from texas into portions of of the north east. we're look at this red area. that's a moderate risk. this will be the likely spot for seeing really strong storms ef-2 or greater, damaging hail 2 inches or larger. strong tornados, winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour. when you see this orange shading, illinois, port smith,

springville, nashville, tupelo down through texas and dallas could see strong storms through today. we're really warm and as jonathan mentioned 89 degrees in d.c.. the jetstream lifted so far to the north letting all this warm air in and opening the door for that. 13 degrees above what is typical this time of year. could see record breaking territories, charlotte is 90. we're looking at temperatures once again into the 90s. look at corpus christi near 100, 12 degrees above average in batten rouge, augusta, 88 degrees there. >> michelle grossman, thank you as always. next up here we'll bring you the latest on that possible cease-fire deal between israel and hamas and we'll take a look what the white house is saying about where negotiations stand. we'll be right back with that. td

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welcome back to "way too early." it's a little bit ahead of 5:30 a.m. here on the east coast, 2:30 out west on this wednesday morning. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we turn now to the middle east, and the white house is remaining somewhat optimistic that a cease-fire deal can be reached between israel and hamas. negotiations resumed yesterday in chi cairo. national security spokesman john

kirby says he does believe the two sides should be able to close the remaining gaps. the biggest sticking point is whether israel will officially end the war. under the current proposal the second phase calls for a sustainable calm. hamas interprets that phrase as israel withdrawing its troops. israel, however, says each phase of the cease-fire is temporary and that the idf will continue its mission of dismantling the terror group. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is even suggesting hamas' decision to accept the cease-fire proposal was meant to stall israel's offensive in rafah, adding that the offer is very far from what israel has been demanding. joining us now national reporter for politico, alex ward. good to see you. let's get your analysis here informed by the sources you're talking to. how far apart all the two sides by the cease-fire deal. do you think the u.s. is warranted to be somewhat

optimistic? >> they're closer than people think and further away. they're closer in the sense that the main issue is the sustainable calm you just talked about. and the time line when to release hostages. those are big issues, but it tells you they've narrowed down those big issues down to those two. so it's how they can figure this out in order to get an actual deal done. that's going to be quite a bit, though. i don't think it's necessarily happening today or tomorrow. it could be sooner than that or maybe a bit later than that. but at this point we sort of know what the sticking points are. >> heading to israel today as has been reported. as this is happening, you helped break news yesterday on why the biden administration is holding up types of weapons to send to israel, first time they've done that. walk us through what this means, what sort of weapons. what's the thinking behind it? >> so a lot of them are these bigger bomb, like 2,000-pound

bombs, small diameter bombs, and these were held up by the administration mainly to send a signal ahead of the rafah offensive, that the administration is concerned the use of these bombs inside the city would put the over million palestinians in and around it in danger. knowing the israels were planning to authorize a rafah invasion at some point, this was held up and clearly a shot across the bow sent to the israeli government to say don't go in without the civilian protection plan in place, and that we should note, though, about the 840 or so million dollars worth of weapons approved by congress to israel in a recent traunch, all that is going. so this is pretty limited stop, but it is still targeted. >> and there's some blow back on the right to the president for doing this, for being supportive of israel they say. so let's talk about what that rafah operation could look like. what is israel signaling as to the scope and the timing?

>> so we know they've just done eastern rafah, and they've taken the crossing. if they were to do a more major operation, that would take some time. part of is it they need more troops to arrive. they need more troops to come into rafah, they'd need to station more equipment around. and if they pulled that off that would require a massive campaign around the city. that would require sending more troops into the area, taking out more tunnels, more air strikes. so that could be a major, major situation that again puts a lot of people at risk. you talk to the administration to combine sort of the two things we talked about, at this point the plan is get a cease-fire deal done. that is what will most likely stop a rafah invasion. we're now at this point israelis are potentially on the precipice of a major operation. the state department may call a

prelude. >> the biden administration calling attention to how netanyahu has conducted this war and now we're see concrete steps to limit those efforts. part of that cease-fire deal is the release of hostages. what's the latest u.s. officials think in terms of actually how many hostages are left and still alive? >> it's supposed to be 33 rosh wherewith, and one of the things that surprised officials that part of the deal would be remains, they would not necessarily be hostages alive. we're in a pretty horrible situation where a majority -- not a majority, excuse me, but some of the hostages we know about would not return in the way they were taken which is a horrible situation and one of the other snags of this whole conversation. >> those talks continue today. we'll keep you posted. terrific reporting as always. national reporter for politico alex ward, thank you again. we'll have you back very soon. still ahead here we'll go live to cnbc for an early look what's driving the markets this morning after the dow clenched

its longest winning streak of the year. plus tiktok takes the u.s. government to court over the new law that would force its chinese owner to sell the popular chinese social media app or face a ban. we'll dig into that straight ahead. >> but before we go to break, a quick look at the paper back release of my book. covering how donald trump's big lie didn't just shape the 2020 election but doing so right now in 2024. my book updated in paper book on sale now. appreciate it if you give it a read. "way too early" will be right back. read "way too early" will be right back

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longest win streak since december. what should we expect from wall street today? >> yeah, good morning, john. look, certainly the market is trying to find its feet as it were, right? and a lack of movement really by the way of data on the economic front. there's a whole host of earnings news, and that's really what's shaping this multiple movement. yesterday we saw disney take a fall of 9.5% on its share price on back of what was actually an earnings estimate that pretty much met a lot of the market's estimates. of course they had few issues when it comes to bud light and an anti-lgbt that has unfortunately impacted a lot of their sales as well. but they are managing volumes, which did decrease 0.6%. that's very interesting to kind of note as well overall when it comes to how things are fairing for other companies. but the market itself is still looking for more data, right, and that also came in the form

and saying maybe no interest rate cut at all is in play then this year. so that will certainly be one interesting element to note, and if you're looking for more fed speakers susan collins is expected to speak a whole host more before the end of this week. >> so disney just had its worst day in 18 months despite posting strong earnings. explain that to us, please. >> and just explained a little bit of that. they kind of met a lot of their estimates for the most part, right? top line $14.5 billion when it comes to their revenue. 2.6% uptick actually when it comes to that one. on the bottom line where earnings are, that went up 16%, 75 cents a share for that one. significant uptick when it comes to that overall trade picture for disney actually. and they manage to turn a profit when it comes to hulu as well,

hulu and disney plus. it's the first time it's happened since 2019 when it launched, and of course two quarters earlier than the market had anticipated. the problem, however, is that consumers are fearing -- investors are really fearing, however, for the theme parks business. the cfo, hugh johnson, really speaking about how they're worried, you've seen a normalization in theme park entrances and sales, meaning part of the business that has really held them strong for quite some time may be beginning to fade and anticipated 12% growth in the quarter coming. that looks like it will be fading away. >> so the fate of tiktok has been much discussed here in washington here in recent months, and the company is now suing the u.s. government over a new law that could force a nationwide ban of the popular app. arabile, please tell us more. >> yeah, i mean the ceo had always said they would rather be -- no longer be in the united

states than sell it. that is clearly just them being -- really taking this right now. the u.s. government saying they'd rather ban as well, tiktok saying they violate quite a few laws with the secrecy acts and a few other issues they could actually detailidateue to the chinese government, and those are the fears of course having seen recently the impact as well tiktok has had on consumers across the united states plus the amount of data that tiktok collects on a daily basis, all of that impacting just how the u.s. government sees tiktok then. a few other people interested in buying tiktok. bytedance, the owners of tiktok saying they're not willing to sell at all. >> cnbc's arabile gumede, thank you as always. ilst. ahead here, president biden condemns the recent rise in anti-semitism and addresses the protests over the war in gaza. we'll play for you part of his

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president biden condemned the rise of anti-semitism during a speech he delivered yesterday at a holocaust remembrance ceremony. the president drew a parallel between the holocaust and the october 7th attacks by hamas, which he said were driven by an ancient desire to wipeout the jewish people. he also talked about the protesters in colleges in america. >> we respect the fundamental right to free speech, to debate and disagree, to protest peacefully, and make our voices heard. i understand that's america, but there is no place on any campus in america, anyplace in america

for anti-semitism or hate speech or threats of violence of any kind whether against jews or any violent attacks, destroying property is not peaceful protests. it's against the law. and we're not a lawless country. we're a civil society. we uphold the rule of law, and no one should have to hide or be afraid just to be themselves. >> joining us now democratic congresswoman of vermont. congresswoman, so good to see you this morning. i was in that room, the beautiful space at the u.s. capitol. there were holocaust survivors there. it was an emotional ceremony held every year, and the president deliver these forceful remarks about anti-semitism. what is your reaction to what he said? >> do you think he went far enough? >> so glad we're talking about this this morning. my grandfather was killed in the

holocaust, and whenever holocaust remembrance day rolls around i always have an opportunity to reflect on how anti-semitism has impacted my family. and so i think an important thing that came out of that speech was an acknowledgement of two truths. one, anti-semitism is real. it is being used by people in power to sow division and fear as it has been throughout history. and there's also a place in this country for our first amendment rights to be used in protest of the government. and it is frustrating for me that you have voices on college campuses right now legitimately criticizing netanyahu, criticizing the war in gaza and side by side there are people at those protests who are saying things that are anti-semitism, so we all have to be better about demanding that the

rhetoric that is employed does not veer into anti-semitic tropes. >> it's important to strike that balance. what more can college administrators do? what more can the president and federal government do? >> i'm very encouraged by a bipartisan bicameral bill put forth by jackie rosen and senator langford as well as representative manning and chris smith on the house side. what we need is an actual plan. we don't need more resolutions that are not actually achieving the goals of reducing the anti-semitism in this country. because what we know is anti-semitism is manufactured by people in power to sow division and fear. and although anyone can employ it, it most serves those folks who want to use division and fear to keep their power. and so what's exciting about the rosen, langford, and manning and chris smith bill is that it's actually looking to establish an

office finally at the national level that is going to put things in place to reduce anti-semitism on college campuses and not just a feel-good resolution that people can get behind that doesn't actually achieve anything. >> so this speech, of course, was given at a time of a precarious moment in the war in gaza, cease-fire for hostage talks ongoing. no deal yet, and also the administration has now decided to limit some of the weapons that will go to israel, not send some of the bigger bombs out of fear it would go to rafah and take a toll on the civilian population there. what is your reaction to that decision by this white house? >> i think that's reflecting what most americans are feeling right now. in my conversations with constituents, what they say to me is i support a safe secure israel, and i also need to see a course correction in this, you know, horrific offensive in gaza. and i think one of the critical points of contention is this

invasion of rafah that netanyahu has been threatening for many, many weeks now. and it is so crucial that we continue to be a voice that is pushing back against this administration in israel that has been using excessive force within gaza. and i don't absolutely -- i don't think ultimately it's achieving the aims that israelis want a safe, secure israeli and also a path to a path to a two-state solution. that's what most americans want. >> and do you should be the one lead israeli at this moment and in that future? >> i've been very outspoken that i don't think that he is the right leader for israeli. i think we have seen more and more protests, people taking to the streets saying -- many voices saying he should have resigned when it first happened. it was a colossal failure of

intelligence. i'm referring to october 7th. that horrible, horrible attack and so it is not ensuring the safety and security of israelis to continue to incite this continued violence in gaza. >> democratic congresswoman becca, thank you for that this morning and we will talk to you soon. >> thank you. up next, house speaker mike johnson has an idea now of what it would take for congresswoman marjorie taylor greene to back down from her ongoing bid to oust him. we will go over her list coming up. the break away from stormy daniels' testimony at donald trump as hush money trial and how she described their allegedly sexual encounter and the warning from the judge from

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welcome back. house speaker mike johnson appears to be open to at least one of the demands that congresswoman marjorie taylor green is pushing on him as she threatens a vote to force his ouster. in a news conference yesterday, the speaker said congress would take action to address what he called the coordinated political attacks against donald trump by department of justice special counsel jack smith. those comments came shortly after greene shared a list of things she was demanding of johnson which included defunding that probe in temporary restraining order trouble. >> these cases are plain and coordinated and a clear attempt to keep donald trump in the courtroom and off the campaign trail. that is what this is. it's an election interference

and borderline criminal conspiracy and the american people see right through it. president trump has done nothing wrong and continues to be the target of endsless will you fare. it has to stop and you'll see the united states congress to get down to the bottom of this. all of these need to be dropped because they are a threat to our entire system. >> later in the day, greene was vague whether she still plans to bring a motion to vacate telling it's up to johnson. brendon bouck is joining us. good to see you this morning. let's talk about the strategy. it seems that marjorie taylor greene has backed off a little bit. to be fair some of her demands aren't feasible. one is no longer to fund ukraine. there is not an ask to do that this year and that money already got through the next congress will deal with it. what do you make of where things stand?

>> if she does damage away this could be a situation everybody wince. mike johnson gets to video the vote. democrats don't have to vote for somebody they franklin don't like but marjorie taylor greene gets to walk around and reserve the right at any point she can do and fen peel following her around in the hallway and ask her questions. what she is asking for simply will not fanned. they will not be able to defund the probe. no chance they don't care. they will make the asking be on the rileds of it with conservatives. at some point she has to make a decision whether this is something she wants him to allow him say he is for or whether he tries to fight those forthese things on the floor and have a government shutdown before the election. >> trump has made it somewhat obvious he does not support a motion to vacate not now. he doesn't want that interparty

chaos. let's move to 2024. we know who was going to win in indiana. striking that a significant percentage of republicans still cast their ballot for nikki haley who has been out of the race since march and a deeper indiana. what warning signs should we take for donald trump? >> we know indiana will go red in this election but you have a significant number of people who perhaps are either just protesting the fact that donald trump is their nominee or i guess the question you have to answer do these people, they, obviously, prefer nikki haley over donald trump but do they prefer joe biden over donald trump? when you have a significant portion of your own who is not reliable for you and you're making absolutely no effort to win them back, at some point that could become problematic. donald trump's entire playbook has nothing to do with the appealing to nikki haley

supporters. it's entirely about making joe biden unelectable or unacceptable. it's popular in circles to say i don't like donald trump and i don't like joe biden either and hold my nose and do it. they don't like donald trump. they are not voting for him in the primary if given an option but when it comes down to it, they probably will be -- >> those on the fence voters, how do you think the split screens are playing? details aired out yesterday from stormy daniels. president biden delivering a speech with holocaust remembrance yesterday. do you think any of this is going to move the needle? >> it's something is going to move the needle. you expect it to be weeks like this and i think we need to see more polling to see for it shakes out. this should be a great reminder why people didn't like donald trump. a lot of this is baked in the cake. we know a lot about what stormy

daniels is talking about and heard about it for years. six months to an election these are things people are processing. hopefully you expect would be a polling that demonstrate what is happening in the world matters but we haven't seen a lot. this has been a remarkably steady race. if he goes through this entire trial and joe biden stays above the fray and no meaningful removement, i don't know you can say it has any impact at all when it comes six months from now. >> you're clear. not that many polls since the trial started and we will be looking for that. great analysis. thank you, brendan. thanks to all of you getting you "way too early" on this wednesday. "morning joe" starts right now. >> saying his lawyers had no time to prepare. no one