election. we ll walking through this potentially major development in just a moment. putin attempts to impose marshal law in parts of the country he annexed. on capitol hill, the top republican in the house is warning that financial support for ukraine could take a hit if the gop wins control of that chamber. good morning and welcome to way too early. thanks for starting your day with us. we re going to begin with new evidence connected to donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. according to a federal judge, trump signed legal documents claiming voter fraud in georgia. knowing that information was false. it involves one of the architects to overturn the case. he ordered him to turn over 33 new documents including e-mail that s the judge says demonstrate an effort by trump and lawyers to press false claims in federal court. according to the ruling, one of the documents includes an e-mail exchange in which eastman tells or members of trump s legal team that th
date of birth matches a georgia resident who died in 2020. 2,506 ballots were cast by individuals whose name and date of birth matches an incarcerated felony. 4,502 illegal ballots were cast by individuals who do not appear on the states voter rolls. that s january 4th, donald trump, two days before the january 6th attack on the capitol speaking in georgia and making those claims about election fraud in georgia he knew were false, and now a judge says trump and his legal team also knowingly made those false claims in court. that s a problem. we ll have some new reporting on that. plus, an eye opening conversation with pennsylvania democrats. is abortion really a make or break issue for them in the midterms? and should president biden run for reelection? we ll play for you what voters are saying in a new focus group with elise jordan. and when asked if he would vote for trump if he runs for reelection, former vice president mike pence dodges the question and instead, hint at
you will see there today. well tomorrow, maybe they will pass a rules package. we re glad you re here on fox & friends. emily campano in for rachel. emily: honor to be here as always. pete: will cain, our man on the border this morning in el paso, texas, ahead of joe biden s highly sanitized visit down there will, even just last hour, the interview with residents, it is staggering the quality of life the way in which their quality of life was eroded. you wonder whether joe biden will actually see that. will: i m glad you guys got a chance to here that back in the studio in new york. we ll share with you, i think we have updated numbers throughout this hour, in coming minutes in fact on number of encounters, got-aways, but sometimes numbers don t tell you appropriate context. to sit here listening to the ladies lifelong residents of el paso, legal immigrants right over the border i can see it, juarez, to hear them describe what the difference in their life, to hear change, i
touch. you were right. that was kind of a buzz kill. politico sam stein, thank you for the great polling information. we will speak to you again soon. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning. stick around for morning joe, which starts right now. a senator who has never run anything at all, but his mouth. the senator obviously resorting to lying, cheating and trying to steal. senator, how gullible to you really think florida voters are? repeating yourself again. we ve seen this show before. socialist, socialist, crazy, marxist, silly when one would you prefer? on your list for talking points. look, the senator can play national security expert all he wants. i know he needs that for his next presidential run. yeah. i mean i don t know what you mean playing national security, vice chairman of the intelligence committee and previous chairman. it s actually my job. some of the highlights from last night s fiery
we know that at least 10 have been confirmed dead. officials are warning us that that number will likely be higher. significant damage i saw was on fort myers beach there have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and likely many more than that. ainsley: florida s governor ron desantis there. he is going to have a press conference today at 8:45 a.m. with an update on ian and we will bring you that live. these before and after photos are showing the extent of the damage down in fort myers. a crew is being enforced is being enforced there to prevent all of the looting. brian: that s sad to think people would be thinking about florida. 2 million people still have no power. team coverage this morning trying to cover it all. it s not easy. meteorologist adam klotz is standing by with ian s latest track. robert ray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage. robert? good morning. as we are starting to see the beginnings of sunlight on this friday, which normally would