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 bidens speech yesterday at a Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony at the u. S. Capitol. He condemned a rise in antisemitism 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 facetoface with Stormy Daniels. Well 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 farright lawmakers who are threatening to remove him from leadership. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, may 8th. Im 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 president ial 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 trumps 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. Lets 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 its in part Donald Trumps 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 didnt launch objections. So its not a surprise to me the mistrial wasnt granted, but i think its very telling judge merchan himself acknowledged he expected to have heard more objections from the defense. So take us next then to what the defenses next moves might be. You just covered the attempt to get a mistrial. Shell be back on the stand tomorrow. This case always takes wednesdays off. What do you think the crossexamination will look like . I think theyre 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 theyve been able to identify the different ways she has made money in fact around telling her story, and she hasnt just told her story for free. Please understand its not unlikely were going to see another motion for a mistrial at the conclusion of the prosecutions 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 shell certainly be the flashy story theres another major legal trump development i want to ask you about down in florida where former President Trumps 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 governments attempts to retrieve them. Hes denied any wrongdoing. The new ruling is a significant blow to special counsel jack smith and his team who argue that trumps 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 lets get your reaction here to the judges decision to delay the trial indefinitely. When do you think it might ever occur . Well, its 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 cant 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 didnt know it would be this extreme necessarily, but the fact shes delayed the trial doesnt necessarily mean justice will be denied. I think youre 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 hadnt 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 propalestinian Campus Protests to the deadly january 6th capitol attack. Plus well take a look at the new legal battle between the popular social media app tiktok and the u. S. Government. Weve 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 its a beautiful. Day to fly. Wooooo my life is full of questions. Mom, is yellow a light or a dark . How do i clean an aioli stain . Thankfully, tides the answer to almost all of them. Why do we even buy napkins . Use tide. Can cold water clean white socks . It can with tide. 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As we turn to some of the mornings other top headlines, donald trump is now saying that the protests that are happening on College Campuses are far worse than the january 6th insurrection. In an interview with the nbc news affiliate in lancaster, pennsylvania, Yesterday Trump was asked about his actions after the 2020 election and whether or not he would accept the results of this years 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 whats happening right now. Look at bidens a threat to democracy. January 6th was nothing like this. Theyre ripping down all our schools. Theyre ripping down our institutions. Theyre 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, were 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 wont be hiring law clerks that attended Columbia University because of how the school has responded to those propalestinian 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 theyve 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 columbias 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 trumpbacked republicans in indiana. In the primary race for governor mike braun clenched the nomination. Hes expected to face democrat Jennifer Mccormick this fall. Brauns 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 president ial 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 isnt 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 wasnt concerned about gaining haleys supporters. Because first of all biden hes the worst president in the history of our country. Theres never been a president so bad, so hes incompetent. So theyre all coming to me. We see it already theyre all coming to me. A lot of republicans nervous in fact trump has not had any outreach to those haley supporters, and it is noteworthy hes continuing to lose support of some in his own party including that deep red state like indiana. Coming up next well turn to sports and the pair of blowouts in the nba playoffs plus both of last nights stanley cup matchups were decided in overtime. Well show you who came out ahead and with which team let a three goal lead slip away. Those highlights and a look at the forecast when we come right back. K at the forecast when we come right back its tough to breathe and tough to keep wondering if this is as good as it gets. 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Stops on a dime, and his brilliance has been incredible. Derek white made seven of the celtics 18 three pointers against the Cleveland Cavaliers last night including that one. Whites 28 points over a sixgame span with the most in franchise playoff history. That one there helped boston build a 15point lead heading into the fourth quarter. Whites 25 points along with a team high 22 scored by jalen brown lifted the celtics to a 12095 victory over the cavs in their second round opener. Celts didnt play their best but still a comfortable win. Game two in boston. Out west in Oklahoma City the top seeded thunder made easy work of dallas in that series game one rolling to a victory last night. Theyll meet again in okc tomorrow night for game two. The losing night for dallas fans continue in the nhl as the stars blew a three goal lead against the Colorado Avalanche in their second series opener. Miles wood helping the mavs complete in over time scoring that back hender about 11 minutes into the extra period. Theyll still be home ice tomorrow night for game two. Meanwhile back east at Madison Square garden the New York Rangers outlast in over time. Vincent scored that power play. Hurricanes have played tough both games but blue shirts keep winning. We turn now to Major League Baseball and well start in chicago and a tie game between the cubs and visiting padres in the bottom of the ninth. In the air, right field. Busch has walked it off. Leads off the inning with a game winning home run. Cubs beat san diego 32. There was a scary moment in saint lewis between last nights game between the cardinals and new york mets. The catcher broke his arm. You see it here when he was hit by the swing of the batter. You can see the arm. Lets not talk about that any further. Martinez was given first base because of the rule of catchers interference. He had to the commit the game. 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