quadafi raged on for 95 minutes and 8 seconds, a diatribe against the u.n. from a jumble of handwritten notes and waving a copy of the u.n. charter and pretending to rip it up. it should not be called a security council. and he made no mention of the lockerde by scotland plane. and who called him? somebody by the name of lee harvey and jack ruby called lee harvey. whyle did he kill him? mystified the u.n. and the white house i t wouldn t try to begin to explain the actions today. the speech from the libyan dictator was weird. really weird.at he called for the u.n. headquarters to be relocated to libya so that he could avoid jet lag, but remarkably, this was not even the weirdest part of quadafi s visit to the united states. the weirdest part was his attempts to find somewhere to pitch his tent literally. he liked to travel with a tent that we set up wherever he is going and not talking about a small camping tent, a big structure to hang out with entourage and
nearly a decade in a russian prison. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. news from last night, senator kyrsten sinema has agreed to back democrats reconciliation bill. clearing the way for a vote later this week. her decision comes after days of fellow democrats lobbying her on the deal. in a statement last night, the senator said she would come on board after the carried interest tax provision was removed. lawmakers also agreed to combat droughts that plague her home state of arizona. democrats are now just waiting for the sign-off from the senate parliamentarian. majority leader chuck schumer says the final version of the bill will be introduced on saturday. the senate will take today off before a long day tomorrow a rare saturday. even rarer one in august. there will be up to 20 hours of debate after the first procedural vote. and then comes what is known as a voter-a-ra mr. a where senat
each party. once the debate is over, they will vote to a vote-a-rama a bunch of amendment votes that concludes with a final vote to pass that package and who knows when that will be. a big step in the right direction. watch this space. way too early with jonathan lemire is up next. after days of negotiations, arizona senator kyrsten sinema says she is on board with a proposal to address key pieces of president biden s agenda. we ll take you to the latest version of the bill and how soon it could pass. plus, sandy hook families finally get some justice, against a plan they say has made their lives a living hell. we ll explain how a mistake by alex jones lawyer could also help the january 6th committee. and ahead, the latest on brittney griner s future. what the kremlin and the biden administration are saying about a potential prisoner swap, now that the wnba star is facing