very dangerous, and i hope that as the nation watches that we to say we should sound the alarm across the nation we re entering dangerous territory. that was one of two democrats in tennessee that was just expelled after participating in a gun violence protest on the floor of the statehouse. we ll have much more on this partisan punishment just ahead meanwhile on capitol hill one of donald trump s most vocal allies in congress sends a subpoena to a former prosecutor in the manhattan district attorney s office we ll explain why this move may backfire on jim jordan, and we ll dig into a bombshell report exclosing years of lavish vacations taken by supreme court justice clarence thomas, all paid for by a gop mega donor all right, good morning. and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 7th. i m sam stein in for the irreplaceable jonathan lemire. republican legislators in tennessee voted yesterday to expel two black democrats from the statehouse over their protest o
we owe them action. we have to do more to stop the gun violence of ripping communities apart and ripping apart the soul of the nation, protect our children so they learn how to read and write instead of duck and cover in a classroom. president joe biden expressing solidarity with the victims of the nashville school shooting as we learn new details about how police were able to stop the shooter within minutes of entering the building. plus a federal judge said former vice president mike pence must testify into the probe into donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and the latest from israel as benjamin netanyahu and president biden trade word amid ongoing protests across that country. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 29th. i m jonathan lemire thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with the latest from nashville. we re learning more about the victims, the shooter, and the police response to the tragedy. we ll begin
of the american people. but make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. president joe biden addresses the chinese surveillance balloon and other objects shot down by the military in recent days. more of his comments and his message to beijing in just a moment. plus former president trump claims total exoneration following the partial release of a grand jury report on election interference in georgia. we ll explain why that s not even close to being true. and also ahead the latest update from the epa on the major ohio train derailment which is now a focus of many conspiracy theorists. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, folks. we made it. friday, february 17th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning in washington where president joe biden spoke extensively for the first time yesterday about his administration s decision to shoo
how did this happen? that s an excellent question, katy. the balloon was able to get past our west coast anti-balloon defense system, the seattle space needle, but once it was here, we were able to keep an eye on it with our sophisticated tracking technology of going like this. our thanks to saturday night live there. there are rising dramatic tensions, however, between the united states and china after a white house decision to shoot down that massive spy balloon. we ll walk through what happened and take a look at the growing fallout. plus a powerful earthquake leaves hundreds of people dead in turkey and syria. this morning rescue crews are searching through the rubble for any survivors. and heading into 2024, democrats have approved a new primary calendar, reshaping the way the party picks its precedential nominees, but there are still some potential challenges ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 6th. i m jonathan lemire
persons. i m going to pray for their families because they didn t deserve this either. they brought disgrace to evan. that s the mother of tyre nichols. it sparked protests across the country and more action from the memphis police department. plus, we also got our first look at what happened the night paul pelosi, the husband of nancy pelosi, was attacked in the couple s san francisco home. it comes as the man accused in the assault makes bizarre and disturbing comments about the case. and donald trump makes a run for the white house. the white house has a different approach. we ll explain how. that s just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, january 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. memphis police have showed police video showing officers beating tyre nichols. due to the graphic nature of the video, we re not going to show it on this show. body video and cameras show officers hitting, kicking, and pepper