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Ephemeral legislation. Yeah. That went from being the word of the day a couple days ago, to now i think its the word of the week. Ephemeral or malodorous, its one of the two. Its still early. We have a couple hours ahead. Maybe we can find another one. Meanwhile, the Florida Governor is seizing on a potential weakness in trumps third president ial bid. Well show you what he had to say about that, and how he responded to questions about his last name. Is it desantis, is it December Desantis . Did...

declaration about the war in ukraine. well have that for you in just a moment. also ahead special counsel jack smith responds to a request by donald trump lawyers to delay his trial in the classified documents case. they want to do that after the 2024 election. plus hollywood officially goes dark for the first time in over six decades as writers and actors are now together on the picket lines. good morning, and welcome to "way too early" on this friday, july 14th. im ali vitali in ...

tonight on "the reidout" -- >> what about 2024? >> we will see if this is a legal and valid election. >> just to be very clear, i dont hear you committed to certifying the election results. will you only commit to certify the results if -- >> if theyre constitutional. >> does that mean former president trump wins? >> it phenes if theyre unconstitutional. what we saw in 2020 was unconstitutional circumventing of the constitution. >> elise stefanik refusing to commit to certifying the wi...

ephemeral legislation. >> yeah. >> that went from being the word of the day a couple days ago, to now i think its the word of the week. ephemeral or malodorous, its one of the two. >> its still early. we have a couple hours ahead. maybe we can find another one. meanwhile, the florida governor is seizing on a potential weakness in trumps third presidential bid. well show you what he had to say about that, and how he responded to questions about his last name. is it desantis, is it decem...

from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. its one pm eastern, eight pm as night falls on gaza and israel. we begin this hour with breaking news on israels intensifying offensive in gaza, with new video showing fires burning on the gaza side of the southern border with israel. here is what we know, new at this hour. there are new warnings that the intense bombardment of gaza in the last 24 hours is only the beginning. the idf says, all civi...

And you know, hes been trying to balance doing the right thing from a foreign policy level, whats in the best interest of the u.s. and in the region with domestic politics. and the timing of this issue couldnt be worse from a domestic policy perspective because of what youre saying here with certain voting demographics particularly in the black community, younger black americans, and arab americans in this country and places like michigan, which is a really important state, key swing state. this...

Because you know what? along with passing more legislation than anybody else in the past 20 years, he fell off a bike. along with pushing back china and expanding the u.s. military presence around china that actually stops them from being aggressive, even more aggressive, he tripped over a sandbag. >> i hope hes okay. that looked like it hurt. >> hes fine. its perhaps the bumping of the head when he got off marine one when he got back to the white house that may have hurt even more. but you have...

Job. she did damage both side on either side. she was driving a prius so in the end it kind of balances out. good for her to get out there and try to drive. but its aptly true that this is stunning incompetence on both domestic and foreign policy level. and its all been done in just a year that we have seen so much decline in so many different ways. but, i think that people are trying to blame just joe biden. as you point out in showing some of these other examples. there is really incompetence ...

Diplomatic aides would not be going to the olympics because of the human rights abuses and other things china has been doing. that is intentional, but it is a diplomatic high wire act. and that is not that different from the high wire act that he is engaging in as we speak in this call with vladimir putin. these are the two most prominent, important players on the world stage that are the most difficult to deal with for any u.s. president. and at least for now, this is one of the most important ...

Americans are out of afghanistan. we will continue to hold them accountable and that is what our mission is. i know there has been a great deal amount of mistakes and one of the greatest tragedies this country has seen on a foreign policy level. right now our whole focus should be just getting americans out. but there has to be accountability in the future that this mistake can never happen again. there are many places well have to look. not just from the state department, the intel, to the deci...