members at a base in jordan. joining us now, nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons joins us from erbil, iraq. we do not have keir yet. we are waiting to get him. we are waiting to get in to you some of our correspondents waiting at the pentagon. help us understand the planning that did or did not go into this attack, the targets of this attack, the significance of this group. again, this is breaking news happening as we come on the air. we have learned that there has been a strike against an iran-backed armed group in iraq. the pentagon suspects led the broad coalition of iran-backed militias behind the attack in jordan that killed three u.s. troop members. we are getting on air, our correspondents at the pentagon to break down what this all means, the planning that was behind this attack, whether or not this was part of the tiered approach we have heard so much about from the u.s. government in the past few days, the significance of the attack, how these ta
Were committed beyond a reasonable doubt. That was arizonas Attorney General announcing grand jury charges against 11 Fake Electors including seven of Donald Trumps key allies in their attempt to keep trump in power after the 2020 election. Well go over what the sweeping indictment reveals, plus hours from now the former president will be in New York City for his Hush Money Trial just as the Supreme Court in washington, d. C. Hears his immunity case. Our legal expert joins us on what to expect. Also ahead, after months of negotiations on capitol hill, President Biden signed the foreign aid bill into law, clearing the way for crucial assistance to ukraine. So how soon will americas ally get their much needed weapons . Hey, good morning. Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, april 25th. I am sam stein in for jonathan lemire. Whens he coming back . We begin with the latest out of arizona where a State Grand Jury has indicted 11 socalled Fake Electors along with several other allies o
the presidency into a dictatorship, after his friend and ally sean hannity gave him repeated chances to deny it. we will play it all in a moment. judge for yourself. president biden telling donors off camera, he is not sure he would be running for re-election if donald trump weren t. but retracts that when reporters ask him about it later. would you be running for president if trump wasn t running? i expect so. look, he is running. i have to run. the former president responding in iowa. president biden says he is running because you are running. do you have any comment? i doubt it. i doubt that. they don t want me to run. everybody wants to run against biden. president biden speaking this hour as the deep partisan divide over gop demands to restrict the right to asylum at the border tanks aid to ukraine and israel in the national security supplemental budget, after senate republicans storm out of a classified briefing with secretaries of state, defense and the d
right now on andrea mitchell reports, breaking news across capitol hill. a bipartisan group of lawmakers calling the presidents of elite universities on the carpet over their response to a spike in anti-semitism on college campuses. what is it about the way that you hire faculty and approve curriculum that s allowing your campuses to be infected by this intellectual and moral rot? leadership matters. you are leaders. in academia, at your institutions as well. new grave warnings from fbi director chris wray over domestic and foreign threats to the homeland, surging since the start of the israel/hamas war and a push to reauthorize a controversial surveillance tool. as the threats from foreign adversaries to our homeland continue to evolve, the agility and effectiveness of 702 will be essential to the fbi s ability really our mandate from the american people to keep them safe for years to come. also this hour, nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel live from
could collapse at any moment. what we know about the talks happening right now behind the scenes, and what happens if it all falls apart. a reminder, the current pause expires in just two hour s time. in the meantime, egypt says these 11 israeli hostages are being handed over today. this in exchange for the 33 palestinian prisoners. so we will get to that, plus the other end of the current cease fire. it still appears to be holding, much needed humanitarian aid continues to across over into gaza, a total of 200 trucks are expected to get in today. also today, a visit to israel from elon musk. he toured a kibbutz with prime minister benjamin netanyahu a little earlier, and also met with idf soldiers and family members of those killed on october 7th. what we know about the deal that he has struck with israel. we ve got a whole lot to get to, so we re going to get started with the reporting. joining us from tel aviv, we have nbc news correspondent david noriega. from doha, qatar