words together. but it knocked me down but i m going to keep coming back up. i ve visited vocational schools, i didn t visit it with john, because obviously it wasn t clear enough for you to understand this. there s no way around it, john fetterman s health was the big issue last night in pennsylvania and he and dr. oz faced off in the only debate for the state s senate seat. we re going to have much more on the this consequential showdown, next. plus, democrats are now bracing for a possible red wave. and it even appears that strongholds could be in jeopardy. and president joe biden shares his thoughts on the midterms saying americans face a choice and the stakes could be higher. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this wednesday, october 26th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. pennsylvania voters saw their candidates for u.s. senate side by side last night for the one and only debate in the high-stakes race. lieutenant governor
or call off the mob. the committee really driving home the point that he not only failed to act but chose not to. did you ever hear the president ask for the national guard? no. did you ask him ask for law enforcement response? no. so as somebody who works in the national security space, if there were going to be troops present or called up for a rally in washington, d.c. for example, is that something that you would have been aware of? yeah, i would. we also learned during the committee s eighth hearing that there will be a season two so to speak. ryan nobles has more on last night s revelations from the capitol. reporter: there is no doubt that the january 6 select committee had been building toward that hearing on thursday night. they viewed it as their most important hearing to indicate. en en date. and one of the reasons that they moved it to primetime and completely focused on that 187 minutes where donald trump in their mind did not do enough to stop
legal jeopardy faced by donald trump. christine romans. we ll get a glimpse into the legal jeopardy faced by donald trump. a redacted version of the warrant will be released. and we may learn that what convinced the judge that there was a probable crime committed. more now from jessica schneider in washington. reporter: we could see the mar-a-lago search warrant affidavit in redacted format any moment because the federal judge bruce reinhart has ruled that the justice department must make public the version they submitted to him on thursday. is is this likely significantly blacked out, but it could still reveal a few procedural details. the judge wrote that the doj must unseal their version of the affidavit by noon on friday and we saw that the judge did agree that the doj does need to blackout substantial portions since it could reveal the identity of witnesses, law enforcement agents, it could reveal encharged parties who might eventually be charged with crimes related
the fbi s search of mar-a-lago. the department has until noon today to release it. the affidavit lays out why investigators believe there was probable cause that crimes had been committed. in his order judge bruce reinhart said the justice department made a good argument for why portions of this document behind this search should remain shielded saying, quote, disclosure would reveal the identities of witnesses, law enforcement officers. the investigation s strategy, scope, methods and grand jury information. the judge agreeing with the justice department s decision to cut as we learn new details about trump s strategy or lack thereof and the legal advice he is getting from a conservative activist. privately the president and some of his allies have become concerned about the legal fallout. joining us now former federal prosecutor ellie honing. bring us up to speed on what documents we have seen and haven t seen and the one today. john, by the time this is all over ever
message ahead of the midterms. meanwhile hours away from the release of the affidavit that led to the fbi search of mar-a-lago and the redacted document that tells us anything that we don t already know. the latest in an escalating situation in ukraine, the largest nuclear power plant goes offline after intensive fighting sparked fires in the russian-controlled silo. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 26th. i m in again for jonathan lemire, president biden stepped back on to the campaign trail yesterday, with a fundraiser and a rally in the dc suburbs of maryland. he railed against maga republicans at both events. told donors, quote, what we re seeing now is the beginning or the death knell of an extreme maga philosophy. it s not just trump, the entire philosophy, it is like semi-fascism. the rnc came back with this statement, despicable, biden forced americans out of their jobs, transferred money from working families to harvard lawyer