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
and the case and expose them to threats. in a legal filing split on thursday, smith said cannon applied the wrong legal standard when she ordered the unsealing of documents and she needed to reconsider to prevent manifest injustice, endangering witnesses by revealing their identities. well, late last night, after reading that motion, canyon road smith needs to hand over documents anyway, and again, but today. we have several correspondents and analysts in place covering today s new developments for you. joining me now we have katie phang, an attorney and host of the proceeding show, the katie phang show here on msnbc. and investigator for the january 6th. katie, bring us up to speed on what this dispute between cannon and smith is all about. there are certain parts of the discovery process to happen in a criminal case and during the discovery process, there is and change of information. in fact mar-a-lago, because it s a classified documents case, it s governed by somet
all on the most reliable 5g network nationwide. ditch the other guys and you ll save hundreds. get a free line of unlimited intro for 1 year when you buy one unlimited line. and for a limited time, get the new samsung galaxy s24 on us. tonight on three 60, a federal appeals court deals with former president a major blow, saying he must stand trial for january 6th and that no former president has immunity for crimes committed in office. also tonight, in a primetime exclusive interview, what former presidential candidate chris christie makes of the ruling and why he s not endorsing anyone this primary season. and later, the jury s verdict on a school shooter s mom and the unprecedented charges against her in this crime. we will hear from the parent of two with his victims. thanks for joining. us in addition to all of that is breaking news on the capitol as republicans try to do something which hasn t been done since 1876, impeach a cabinet secretary. their effort and their fa
on a u.s. base in jordan that killed three service members and injured dozens. here s what we know about the attack. you can see it in the middle of your screen, it was a logistics place where army and air force personnel are deployed as part of the effort to prevent the resurgence of isis. the pentagon reporting in the last hour all three killed were members of the army reserve. they are 46-year-old sergeant william jerome river, specialist kennedy l. sanders, 4 years old from georgia and 23-year-old specialist breonna moffett also from georgia. a drone struck the living quarters of the base where some of the troops were sleeping. eight of the injured had to be evacuated out of jordan because of the severity of their injuries. that s according to u.s. central command. an umbrella group of iranian-backed militias has claimed responsibility and brand-new reporting on what went wrong. the new york times reports air defenses failed to stop a deadly attack on a u.s. military ou
but nikki haley is not giving up without a fight, as president biden kicks off a key endorsement. then, the former president also looking for a showdown in court, where he could testify as early as tomorrow. and with business leaders thinking as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening, once again i m stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. today donald trump and joe biden are making a serious pivot towards a general election. nikki haley says thc ll in the race after trump s double digit win in new hampshire last night. haley is already looking ahead to south carolina s primary, that is one month away. it s halle s home turf she was born and raised there and served as governor for six years. tonight interest and she went after donald trump and challenged his to a good old fashioned debate. bring it donald, show me what you got. the political elites in the state, and around the country have said that we just need to le