functioning? it's "way too early" for this. ♪♪ good morning and welcome to "way too early," the show that wishes these playoff games didn't run so late. i'm jonathan lemire on this tuesday, october 19th. we'll start with the news. former president donald trump has filed new lawsuit against both the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection and the national archives. the suit, which was expected, seeks to block the committee from obtaining his administration's records from the archives. in the 26-page complaint, a lawyer for the former president argues that the records must remain secret as a matter of executive privilege. in a joint statement from the panel's chair benny toms and vice chair, liz cheney, the committee vowed to, quote, fight the president's attempt to obstruct our investigation. meanwhile the white house is ramping up the pressure on democrats to find a compromise on their vast lenl lative