We are going to continue our fight against this judge.

We think he's totally conflicted.

He's a conflicted judge, as you know, we're an appeal.

There has ever been a judge more conflicted than this one, so we'll see how that all works at.

He learned that paying taxes was something people who worked for living did, not him.

You learned to tell them people you're fired with something to laugh about.

I guess that's how you look at the world when you're in Park Avenue of Marilago.

If you grew up in a place like Scranton, nobody handed you anything.

Donald Trump in court, President Biden,

on the campaign trail, a contrast that we expect to see much more of in the coming weeks.

We'll have a recap of how both presidential candidates spent their day. That's straight ahead.

Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, the threats to end Mike Johnson's speakership are growing as he prepares to bring multiple foreign aid bills to the House floor.

And also ahead, we'll go through the new U.S. response to Iran's failed airstrikes on Israel.

Music failed airstrikes on Israel. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Wednesday, April 17th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire.

Thanks for starting your day with us.

We have a very busy show for you this

morning, and we'll begin with Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial with seven jurors now seated

after what was clearly a productive day in court yesterday. The jury is anonymous, so their names

were not used in open court. But here's what we do know so far.

The group to this point is made up of four men and three women and include two attorneys,

a salesman, a nurse, an IT consultant, a teacher, and a software engineer. Other potential jurors

...