A legal win for former President Trump, at least for now, an appeals court has temporarily

blocked the January 6th Select Committee from obtaining his White House records.

But the panel is still moving ahead with his investigation, giving Trump's former Chief of Staff,

Mark Meadows, an ultimatum, testify or risk criminal contempt?

The question is, will he show up for his deposition today?

Plus, after another day of dramatic testimony, Kyle Rittenhouse's defense team rested its case.

With closing arguments set for Monday, the question is this, could we see the jury consider

lesser charges in addition to the more serious counts? And the FAA is cracking down on unruly airline passengers.

Federal authorities have slapped 10 people with fines for shouting, shoving, and throwing punches

on board commercial flights.

The question is, whatever happened in the friendly skies?

It's way too early for this.

Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that honestly prefers Amtrak. I'm Jonathan Lemire on this Friday, November 12th.

We'll start with the news.

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked

today's release of former President Donald Trump's White House records related to the January 6th

capital insurrection. This, after a lower court, rejected an argument to withhold them from

the Select Committee, investigating the attack, denying the claim of executive privilege. The appellate

court fast-tracked arguments for a hearing on November 30th,

while it considers Trump's request to delay release to the committee throughout the appeals process.

In a 15-page emergency motion, Trump's attorneys argued the case presented serious, novel questions

about whether a former president can sue a successor to withhold government records from Congress,

...