Hour with the cast of In The Heights. This is American Voices. Hello, everyone. Im alicia menendez. Donald trump has been out of office for over 140 days now, yet the damage hes inflicted on democracy continues to be revealed. New reactions tonight to news from the New York Times that his department of justice subpoenaed the Communications Records of lawmakers and their families, including a minor. Illinois congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi called for Attorney General Merrick Garland to clean house. I was a little disappointed quite frankly that we learned about this secret subpoenas of Intelligence Community members from apple and not from Merrick Garlands Justice Department. They need to also show that they are Cleaning House and that they come clean with any other secret subpoenas or investigations or inappropriate targets. The Justice Departments internal watchdog is launching an investigation into federal prosecutors use of secret subpoenas to obtain records from apple concerning tw
To solve. Love triangle . Thats what we thought. The obvious suspect, the missing man. The obvious problem, no one could find him. This guy is potentially very dangerous. But what was real . And what was pretend . This is as diabolical as any case ive ever seen. Enter the actors. Theyre trying to say im somebody that im not. Was the killer really missing . Or was he hiding In Plain Sight . I said, this Son Of A Bitch is dirty. Somebody knew the truth. Dont, dont, that cant be found. And this father refused to give up until he knew it too. Everything is based on me knowing the whole story. Places please. Theres an empty theater. A script full of twists. A troupe of actors. And someone who set the stage for an unbelievable tragedy. Im buying it. Im buying it hook, line and sinker. All of it so well done it was hard to tell what was real and what was an illusion. I just remember his Performance Being it was very, very real. This is a story of a man who seemed to be at the end of his rope.
It really is way to early on this monday on august 21st. Im Katty Kay On August 21st in for jonathan lemire. We begin with the Tropical Storm pummeling Southern California. Hilary is already smashing records for rainfall across california with some parts of the State Reporting nearly 3 inches of rain yesterday. In addition to the Tropical Storm, Southern California residents also experienced a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake yesterday. Officials are reporting it did not cause serious damage, but it did produce several aftershocks. In response to hilary, governor gavin newsom declared a State Of Emergency. Hilary is the first Tropical Storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, almost a century. Turning to politics and new polling shows Donald Trumps hold on the Republican Base is as strong as ever. In a yougov survey, trump leads ron desantis, 62 to 16 . In third place is entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Hes at 7 . All the other candidates at 5 or less. Among them, the poll shows they trust t
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
Fourth indictment of donald trump. The former president and 18 others are now facing Racketeering Charges in georgias 2020 election case. We will have indepth analysis on the sprawling indictment straight ahead. Meanwhile, donald trump is once again using his legal troubles to raise money from his supporters. Well have more on that and his response to the historic charges. Plus the reaction from both sides of the aisle here in washington. Not surprisingly the majority of the Republican Party is showing no signs of moving away from donald trump. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, august 15th, a historic morning. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We will get right to the extraordinary headline. For the fourth time in as many months donald j. Trump, the former president of the United States, is facing another criminal indictment. The latest charges came late last night from Fulton County, georgia, where trump is 18 others were named in a sw