Think youre going to have another election in this country if you dont have one where we win. Certainly not one thats meaningful. More rhetoric by donald trump over a rally in ohio over the weekend. Well bring his incendiary remarks straight ahead. And it comes as mike pence takes a stand against his former boss. Well show you what pence said about his former president and january 6th. And, meanwhile, President Bidens campaign is reporting one of its strongest fundraising months in almost a year. Well look at whats driving the large hauls of campaign cash. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, march 18th. We hope you had a nice st. Patricks day. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And we begin this morning with a race for the white house where donald trump delivered another divisive speech over the weekend, this time while stumping for an ohio senate candidate. Just outside of dayton, the 2024 republican nominee kicked off the rally on saturday night with this. Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the horribly and unfairly treated january 6th hostages o say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly thats the former commander in chief saluting the january 6th hostages as they say. The choir singing the National Anthem. For the next hour and a half trump spoke very little about the candidate he was there to support. Instead he aired a long list of grievances and painted a bleak picture. This is while he discussed chinese made cars being imported to the United States from mexico. Were going to put a 100 tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and youre not going to be able to sell those cars. If i get elected. If i dont get elected, its going to be a bloodbath. Thats going to be the least of it. Its going to be a bloodbath for the country. Thats going to be the least of it. Shortly after the campaign, delay tried to clean up the comments states to nbc news that he was only talking about the Awety Industry and autoworkers. Others talked about that moment, but lets be clear. He said, that will be the least of it. His remarks there about a bloodbath were of the pace of the dark rhetoric that peppered that speech. Meanwhile former Vice President pence criticized the rhetoric about the january 6th defendants. Take a look what trump said followed by the comments from pence. Do you see the spirit about the hostages, that theyve been treated terribly and very unfairly . You know that and Everybody Knows that. Were going to be working on that the first day we get into office. Were going to save our country. Theyre going to, we with the people to treat those unbelievable patriots and they were unbelievable patriots and are. I think its very unfortunate at a time there are american hostages being held in gaza that the president or any other leaders would refer to people that are moving through our Justice System as hostages. Its just unacceptable. I was there on january 6th. I have no doubt in my mind, margaret, that some people were caught up in the moment and entered the capitol. Theyre certainly entitled to Due Process Of Law for any nonviolent activities that brought the assaults on police officers, ultimately an environment that claimed lives. Its something that i think was tragic that day. Ill never diminish it. Those remarks come on the heels of pence also announcing he wont be supporting trump this november. It should come as no surprise i will not be endorsing donald trump this year. Look, im incredibly proud of the record of our administration. It was a conservative record that made american more prosperous, more secure and saw conservatives appointed to our course in a more peaceful world. But that being said, during my president ial campaign, i made it clear there were profound differences between me and President Trump on a range of issues, and not just our difference on my constitutional duties that i exercised on january 6th. Pence had taken the rnc pledge, in which he said he would support whoever the republican nominee would be, and now that its trump, hes saying he wont. And he joins a list of former Trump Officials who have warned about the former president s potential return to the white house. John kelly, trumps former chief of staff, told cnns jump she toe for a new book, quote, a second term with trump particularly when he would not worry about reelection, it would be fundamentally a catastrophe more us. John bolton, trumps former National Security adviser also told the cnn reporter, i just dont think he has enough of a brain to have an articulated view on u. S. chinese policy because he thinks of everything through the prism of how does this benefit donald trump. Bill barr who served as attorney jen val called Trump A Consummate Narcissist who continue yuli engages in in bad conduct and said i have made clear i strongly oppose trump for the nomination and will not endorse trump. And former secretary mark esper has also spoken out against trump telling cbs news last year, i have a lot of concerns about donald trump. I have said hes a threat to democracy. I think the last year, certain will i the last few months of Donald Trumps presidency will look like the first few months of the next one, if that were to occur. Also during his speech on saturday, trump seemed to claim twice that joe biden won an election against barack obama or as he called him barack obama. Were leading in every single swing state against biden in the largest margins ever. You know whats interesting . Joe biden has won against Barack Hussain obama. Has anyone heard of him . In every swing state biden beat obama, and in every other state he got killed do. You think thats an honest election . Joining us now, miya. I know you were there at the rally in ohio. There was dark rhetoric including the bloodbath comments and allies trying to push back. As we covered earlier on the show, it was part of a speech that was just full of dark, dark rhetoric, including about january 6th and those, as he deemed them, hostages. So as you speak to republicans and campaign officials, how worried are they that donald trump could be hurting his chances in november by focusing on january 6th, an event that most americans believe was truly, truly a dark day in our nations history . Look, i mean there has been a ton of outrage over this, that comment in particular. I mean, the Trump Campaign has been on the defensive saying that trump was talking specifically about the auto industry. On the flip side you had democrats and the Biden Campaign seize on these remarks seeing trump as condoning political violence. But as you do, we have to look at the Bigger Picture here. When trump useds the word bloodbath while saying in the same sentence, im going to win the election in november, its causes blowback that weve seen because of the history, because of the opening scene in the rally when we see him say lighting while the National Anthem goes over the loudspeakers, and opening it up talking about the january 6th prisoners as hostages and suggests hes going to pardon them on day one. So this is not new rhetoric from trump. Weve heard him say things like this before, but were going to see him get this kind of attention if he continues to use this rhetoric because of the history and because of this continued pattern here. And the republican race is over. Its ice going to be biden and trump. Its going to change and a lot of voters are going to hear things like that. Others bothered by the rhetoric, mike pence, we played the sound earlier in this block, how he totally disagreed with the notion that these were hostages, and pence joins a long list of Trump Officials who are declining to endorse trump this time around. When you speak to the democrats in the Biden Campaign, is this something they can exploit or think may be a helpful argument . Absolutely. We think about nikki haley. Theyve been trying to go after her donors and thinking they can pull in these voters as well. Were seeing this play out in the party between the trumplike candidates and then traditional republicans. And so its going to be interesting how they continue to seize on this, but weve already seen since nikki haley trop out this attempt to pull in those voters and once again say they can have a home with Joe Bide Snoon were going to have much more on the joe biden Cash Campaign aggression and his newly aggressive travel Campaign Later in the show. 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Get a free line of unlimited intro for a year when you buy one unlimited line. Visit xfinitymobile. Com today to learn more. Welcome back as we turn to the latest in the middle east. On saturday the first food was dropped off by the world Central Kitchen working with united arab emirates. Its working at 60 kitchens across the gaza ship and a second Food Aid Ship bound for gaza is being loaded, all credit to chef jose andres. Meanwhile the white house is considering what a response might look like if israel prices into gaza without a plan to protect civilians. Thats according to one former and three current u. S. Officials. On friday top biden officials indicated they had not seen plans for an operation in rafah that Benjamin Netanyahu has approved. So far theyve been advising the Israeli Government to forgo a large operation in rafah. Instead theyve been asked to consider smaller more countertargeted terrorism campaigns. And additionally israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu commented to Chuck Schumer in which schumer called for a new election in israel. Schumer who appeared in the past to have a close relationship with the israeli Prime Minister also called netanyahu a major obstacle to peace. Take a listen to how netanyahu responded. I think what he said is totally inappropriate. Its inappropriate to go to a Sister Democracy and try to replace the elected leadership there. Thats something that the israeli public does on its own. Were not a banana republic. The majority of the public supports the policy were leading. Go to gaza, make sure we dont put into gaza the palestinians okay. And the an aisle lags of israel. The majority of the israelis enjoy the policies of my government. Its not a refrigerator policy. If senator schumer opposes these policies, hes not opposing me. Hes opposing the people of israel. It in ya hue also oppose as two f h state solution, which has been the american policy for quite some time. Still ahead, well switch to sports and the March Madness Fields are set. Well go through the top seeds of both the men and Womens College basketball tournaments. Plus a pair of breathtaking buzzerbeaters in the nba yesterday. Well bring you those highlights and a check of the forecast when Way Too Early returns. And a check of the forecast when Way Too Early return s. [coughing] copd hasnt been pretty. Its tough to breathe and tough to keep wondering if this is as good as it gets. But trelegy has shown me that theres still beauty and breath to be had. Because with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy keeps my airways open and prevents future flareups. And with one dose a day, trelegy improves Lung Function so i can breathe more freely all day and night. Trelegy wont replace a Rescue Inhaler for sudden breathing problems. 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Defending National Championship uconn was named Numb Berry One overall on sunday in the mens bracket with houston, purdue, and North Carolina join the huskies as the tournaments top seeds. The madness begins tomorrow with the mens first four. Meanwhile South Carolina was named the number one overall win err in the womens ncaa tournament as the gamecocks look to become the tenth Womens Basketball team ever to go undefeated for an entire season. They fell short of that feat last year in the final four against indicate lip clark in iowa, which received the other number one selection in the Albany Regionals yesterday. Usc and texas round out the womens top speeds. And Columbia University is in the womens first four this week, the First Time Ever the women have made it. We begin in dallas with the nba. Mavericks were tied with nuggets with three seconds left. Lets watch it. Irving for the win. A buzzerbeater. Oh, my gosh. A finish for kyrie irving. That shot is basically impossible. Kyrie irving sinks a running lefthanded hook shot. Dallas wins, 107105. There was a similar ending last night between pistons and miami heat. Less than five seconds left on the clock. Rozier, the forecourt. Two seconds. Bam adebayo from the top and he tripled. Thats about 27 feet or so. A tiebreaking threepointer, the buzzer lifting the heat over the piz tons, 104101. And now to progovernment and the 509 edition of the players championship. Scottie scheffler is the first to win golfs socalled fifth major in consecutive years. Coming back from five strokes off the lead in the final round to win with a 72hole total of 20 under. Wyndhams clarks birdie cup lifted out due to the wind. Hes the first player to shoot 65 or better in the final round. Congrats to him. Time now for the weather. Michelle, sadly it is monday again. How is it looking for the week ahead . Its looking pretty good. Its quiet after last week. The biggest story will be the chill in the air on this last day of winter. Were looking at 23 Million People impacted by freeze alerts. That goes into effect tonight into tomorrow morning. Were looking at Freeze Warnings from little rock, tupelo, atlanta, even up to charlotte tonight into tomorrow. Its going to be a chilly day tonight and tomorrow. In kansas city, just 43 degrees today. 14 degrees below normal. In the 40s, too, nashville, bristol, atlanta, 59 degrees. Thats below average too. Were going to keep it cold tonight. This is where the chill wants to come into place. Were looking at 27 tomorrow morning as a low in nashville, 27 in huntsville, nashville, tuscaloosa. You get the idea. Were going to be cool once again and then we rebounding nicely. Spring tomorrow. By wednesday, 60s in nashville, into the 70s in atlant