From Donald Trumps legal team. Well get expert legal analysis on that and what we can expect in court today. Meanwhile, the former president in his campaign seem to be growing concerned about robert f. Kennedy jr. Based on Donald Trumps new rant about the Third Party Candidate on his social media site. Plus well have more reaction from capitol hill on President Bidens decision to with hold some weapons shipments to israel over a possible invasion of rafah. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, may 10th. We made it to friday. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We have a lot to get to this morning, and well begin with the donald trump hush money criminal trial, which picks back up later this morning, a day after Stormy Daniels finished taking the stand, testifying more than seven hours over a twoday period. Yesterday the defense aggressively tried to poke holes in daniels credibility, accusing her of extortion, rehearsing her testimony, and changing her story. All of Which Daniels denied, going toe to toe with the Defense Attorney with several sharp exchanges. At one point daniels said that if she were making up her sexual encounter with trump, she would have written a much better story. Also during crossexamination daniels testified that she never spoke to trump about the 130,000 Dllz Hush Money payment that she received from ex trump attorney Michael Cohen, and that she had no knowledge whether trump was aware of or involved in the transaction. When pressed daniels also noted that she did not negotiate directly with cohen either but that her lawyer at the time, a man named Keith Davidson, did so. Following daniels the prosecution called a series of new witnesses. One of them included trump executive Trump Organization executive assistant rebecca who testified about how checks were handled both before and during trumps time in the white house. And the time witness yesterday was Madeleine Westerhout. She served as trumps Perm Secretary and director of Oval Office Operations for the Trump White House until august of 2019. She described trumps working habits including his use of social media and that he would sign every check by hand in his office and return them to her in a folder. Westerhout wiped away tears when describing how she was fire from the position after she shared private details about the job and the trump family during a dipper with reporters that she believed was offtherecord. Despite that, she spoke warmly of the former president , participating a picture of a family man who cared deeply about his wife. Westerhout will return to the Witness Stand later this morning and well have more on this trial later in the show. To washington now where republican lawmakers are criticizing President Bidens threat to with Hold Weapons Shipments to israel. In an interview on cnn wednesday night, biden said he would not give the idf bombs or Artillery Shells if israel invades rafah, a Southern Gaza city where more than a Million People have sought refuge. Now some House Republicans are trying to prevent any delays in arms shipments. One texas congressman introduced a bill that would transfer weapons to israel within 30 days of procurement. Another house maker is preparing articles of impeachment against biden, charging the president with abuse of power. Meanwhile, in the Upper ChamberSenate Republicans voiced their frustrations saying the president s decision to delay arms to israel undercuts the 95 billion foreign aid package Congress Approved last month. I fought for months to secure passage of the National Security supplemental to support israel, ukraine, and all of our Agent Partners and to make important investments in our own military. Ive stood up to the opposition of my own party to do the right thing. If the commander in chief cant muster the political courage to stand up to the radicals on his left flank and stand up for an ally at war, the consequences will be grave. This is insane what is being suggested by this administration after the congress in huge bipartisan fashion supported over 14 billion to go to aid israel, this administration would decide without any input from congress or anybody else that because they dont like the way that israels defending itself against this threat, that somehow theyre going to start cutting off the very assistance that the United StatesCongress Said that we want sent to israel to our ally to make sure theyre able to defend themselves and to root out this this Terrorist Organization operating on their border. What youre doing is youre saying hamas has put palestinians in the cross hairs of israel so stand israel down . Thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard in my friggen life is that you tell the person whos about to be wiped off the map youve got to slow down because your enemy is making it hard on the Palestinian People to survive because they choose to put him in harms way. Two facts checks here. The white house is continuing to send defensive weapons to israel including to replenish the iron dome system. And secondly it was republicans and their interparty squabbles that held up the aid to israel and ukraine for months until it was finally passed just a couple weeks ago. Meanwhile the Democratic Party is divided over bidens threat to with hold those arms. The president is facing some criticism from lawmakers in Battleground States where his position on israel carries the most political risk. When the war started last october the president s staunch support for israel alienated him for some voters. Others, however, praised his position. Now as he shifts his stance, the Democratic Party remains divided. John fetterman of pennsylvania called the president s threats deeply disappointing. The congressman of florida reiterated that sentiment saying the move sends a message to israel about its use of force. But also hamas, that means telling them that means the war is going to go on. Meanwhile many progressives who earlier criticized bidens handling of the conflict are now calling the decision to with Hold Arms A Step In The Right direction. The white house, however, insists that it still supports israel. One Senior Administration official tells nbc news that bidens decision was, quote, motivated by our National Security interests and by our values, not by politics. Joining us now congressional reporter for axios, steven newcomb. Good to see you this morning. This is nuanced argument thats sailing over the heads of most in washington as that often is the case. You got into some reporting for axios about the democrats, some praising bidens decision, some disagreeing with it. Tell us a little bit more as to their reactions and how the white house is responding. Yeah, good morning. I think overwhelmingly on capitol hill we saw in the senate but in the house as well there was not unanimous democratic support for the decision here from the president , but it was pretty overwhelming. Now, there were some standouts like John Fetterman and there were some others in the house who were upset about the decision to with hold the aid. But by and large it was what we saw was Many Democrats falling behind the president and sort of giving him some leeway in the administration, some leeway to try and deal with the government on this one. So we heard republicans and theyre outraged. Just remind viewers here. Theres nothing really they can do here, and lets knock down the bad faith argument where there are some comparing what biden did to trumps efforts to extort ukraine in holding back that shipment in order to get president zelenskyy to investigate the bidens. Again, the u. S. Is continuing to send aid to israel just defensive aid. Right, exactly, defendantsive aid. And there are folks in the senate, for example i talked to senator mark kelly a few days ago, and he said, look, i have grave concerns about the way that israel has been using their offensive weapons, and if were in a position where, you know, we have a position of leverage to make sure that especially with the invasion of rafah that whatever offensive that they that they go forward with, that, one, if the u. S. Does not agree with it, it will not use u. S. Weapons, but sort of trying to shape the offensive there and make sure that its acceptable on the white houses terms. And lastly this comes of course the real chaos in the House Republican party. Speaker johnson looks like hes survived for now a motion to vacate, but youve got new reporting about the judiciary chairman there, jim jordan, and his power play. Tell us about it. Jim jordan, you know, sort of came into congress as a conservative flamethrower, obviously tried to run for speaker after former Speaker Mccarthy was ousted last year. But jim jordan has been doing the rounds and quietly sort of trying to build allowances with moderates and that includes fund raying around the country. Obviously that holds a lot of weight in washington as we go toward 2024. And all signs point to him sort of quietly trying to build these alliances to whether it is a Speakership Bid in 2025 or the most likely outcome if House Republicans are in the minority if he can launch a bid for Minority Leader that can possibly be catapulted into a speakership if they were to win back the majority. Some Smart Reporting there. Congressional reporter for axios, thank you for starting us off this morning. Still ahead here on Way Too Early, what were learning about nikki haley meeting with some of her biggest donors next week after she dropped out of the president ial race earlier this year. Plus as mentioned earlier donald trump goes on the defensive against Robert F Kennedy jr. Showing the Third Party Candidate is siphoning votes away from the gop nominee. 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 [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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