Like Ronald Reagan im strongly in favor of exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother. You must follow your heart on this issue, but remember you must also win elections to restore our culture. Donald trump with more mixed messages on a statement on abortion yesterday leaving key questions about the issue unanswered. Well have more of his comments and show you how the Biden Campaign is responding. Meanwhile, the president was out on the Campaign Trail Yesterday announcing another major effort to bring Student Debt Relief to millions of americans. And it could be a chaotic week on capitol hill as lawmakers return from a long break with a key vote on ukraine aid in the house, which could threaten Mike Johnsons speakership. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, april 9th. Im jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. Well begin this morning with the race for the white house where donald trump is facing backlash from both sides of the aisle for his position on abortion. After months of teasing a statement trump finally spoke about the issue yesterday in a 4minute video posted to truth social. Heres a part of it. Many people have asked me what my position is on abortion and Abortion Rights especially since i was proudly the person responsible for the ending of something that all legal scholars both sides wanted and in fact demanded be ended, roe v. Wade. They wanted it ended. It must be remembered that the democrats are the radical ones on this position because they support abortion up to and even beyond the ninth month. The concept of having an abortion in the later months and even execution after birth and thats exactly what it is the baby is born. The baby is executed after birth is unacceptable and almost everyone agrees with that. My deal now is we have abortion where everyone wanted it from a legal standpoint. The states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. In this case the law of the state. Despite trumps claims we should note that polls continue to show overwhelming support for keeping abortion legal in most or all cases. And that statement about democrats executing babies after birth, thats simply a lie. Elsewhere in the video trump expressed support for ivf and abortion exceptions for rape, incest, and when the life of the mother is at risk. Afterwards democrats criticized the presumptive 2024 republican nominee for his Blanket Endorsement of state Abortion Laws, which include 14 states that totally ban it. On the other hand, many antiabortion Rights Groups and some prominent republicans ripped trump for not endorsing a National Abortion ban as many have called for. That included senator Lindsey Graham, a former trump ally, who said, quote, the former president was making a mistake. And former Vice President mike pence who called trumps statement a slap in the face to millions of prolife americans who voted for him in 2016 and 2020. Indeed, lets Dig A Little Deeper into how trumps statement yesterday caused a rift between the former president and one of his most faithful allies, senator graham. After he called it a mistake and said he respectfully disagrees abortion is a states right issue, trump simply unloaded on the South Carolina lawmaker. In one social media post trump wrote, i blame myself for Lindsey Graham because the only reason he won in the great state of South Carolina is because i endorsed him. Graham, of course, has been senator since 2003 when trump was still a registered democrat. Another post read this, senator Lindsey Graham should spend more time focusing on all of the many people being killed because of our now nonexistent border and the millions of people dying in senseless, never ending wars. And then in a third post trump wrote graham is doing a great disservice to the Republican Party and to our country and that people like him were handing democrats full control and governments. Real tension there and frequent golf partners. President biden blaming his predecessor for the, quote, Cruelty And Chaos Tat has enveloped america since the dobbs decision, adding trump is scrambling on the issue because hes worried voters will hold him accountable. President biden then made an appeal to voters in a video posted on social media. Donald trump just endorsed every single state ban on reproductive care nationwide all across the country voters are being turned away from emergency rooms, being forced to Travel Hundreds of miles or ask a judge just to get basic care they need. Thats Donald Trumps vision for this country . He said it himself, to punish women who seek out the care they need. If maga republicans put a bill on his desk, hes sign it. Ill be the reason why its restored. Well have much, much more on this story later in the show including a devastating new ad released by the Biden Campaign about Abortion Rights. Elsewhere in washington, house lawmakers return to capitol hill today after a twoweek easter break. The top priority will be ukraine aid with Speaker Mike Johnson providing a moment of truth when it comes to seeking assistance for the war torn ally. He now faces a potential vote over his ouster over the matter. Also this week we could see the house and Senate Articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary alejandro mayorkas. Lawmakers will also discuss federal funding to review the collapsed bridge in baltimore. Right now congress is awaiting a supplemental request from the Biden Administration. Joining us now congressional reporter for the hill mychael snell. How serious is the threat to his job if he proceeds to trying to aid ukraine . Johnman, look, on the situation on ukraine aid on capitol hill, the situation hasnt exactly changed for the past week and a half. Speaker mike johnson said the topic of ukraine but as the house gets ready to reconvene tonight we have no indication what speaker johnson has said on this front, what that legislation will look like, if hell add any Policy Provisions to that. A lot of folks are in the dark right now what this will look like. Speaker johnson floated some possibilities he may make this as a loan, he may include a provision that will roll back a Biden Administration energy policy, but again we dont have any concrete details. And you note the motion to vacate threat against speaker johnson, that is still very real right here. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene held a town hall in her district last night and railed on Government Funding to this issue of ukraine aid. In an interview with another outlet last week she said putting ukraine on the floor is one of the most egregious things he could do. So theres a lot of tension and pressure between these two individuals right now, and this is all going to come to a head this week, again as johnson looks poised to finally move ahead on that foreign aid supplemental. If he pushes forward especially that senate bill to get ukraine aid on the floor, do we believe democrats would step in to try to save him . Thats what sources have been telling me, jonathan, is that ukraine aid is the key issue here when we talk about a motion to vacate. Congresswoman greene said that motion to vacate right now is a warning. Now, if he were to go ahead with that senate supplemental, which you mentioned would likely receive widespread bipartisan support in the house, ive spoken to a number of Democratic House members who say they would come in and support johnson. Look, this will probably not look like a vote for speaker johnson on the house floor. Itll be a procedural thing. Democrats didnt actually vote for johnson, but they prevent this chaos from ensuing. And again its because democrats have been very adamant and a number of republicans have been as well ukraine has beleaguered forces right now. They need this support immediately in its battle against russia. Essentially democrats are thinking if speaker johnson does the right thing here, it passes, President Biden signatize, we dont have a reason to oust him because again at the end of the day he did the right thing. Well have more on the ukraine situation in a moment. Lastly give us anpidate what you think will happen for the funding on the bridge repair in baltimore. This as right now were still awaiting that formal request from the Biden Administration. Estimates have put the possible Rebuilding Effort at 2 billion, so its going to be a large chunk of money. Were seeing already conservatives voice concern about using federal funding for this Rebuilding Effort. The Freedom Caucus putting conditions on the federal funding for rebuilding the bridge. Again, were not going to see any movement on this front until we get that supplemental request from the Biden Administration. That should be coming in the days ahead. The hill, thank you for starting us off this morning. 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Netanyahu made the announcement in a brief Video Statement yesterday saying that an invasion was needed to ensure victory over hamas. But he did not reveal when the operation would begin. It comes just a day after Israeli Defense forces withdrew troops from Southern Gazas largest city, further shifting its presence in the enclave. The Biden Administration has repeatedly been warning israel not to launch an offensive in rafah say it will worsen the already dire humanitarian crisis, this as more than a Million People have sought refuge in the city. This could be a real flash point between biden and net hew. Those two men had a contentious call just a few days ago. We will keep you posted on developments in the days ahead. Meanwhile, Back State Side former President Trump has lost another last ditch effort to delay his upcoming Hush Money Trial. 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