its members encouraging them to participate in a special halloween contest. it was known as the nancy pelosi and harry reid burn in hell competition. yes, really. operation rescue included a video showing step-by-step how you can make your very own nancy pelosi and harry reid effigy, they even showed you how to burn your effigy once you wrote it. it was from aspects of the affordable care act. the winner of the contest would receive an all-expense paid trip to d.c. just burn the effigy. is this was a fringe group in 2009 takinging dangerous political rhetoric about reid and pelosi to a dangerous new extreme. the worry is not that violent rhetoric and mainstream politics is going to cause level-headed mainstreamer to do something insane and awful. the worry is that violent rhetoric encourages the least stable amongst us to do. a democratic leader in the house, nancy pelosi, a month before the halloween contest in 2009. how concerned are you about the tone of the political de
history. it comes every five or six generations. so much has changed in america and around the world. but the decisions we make, the decisions you make, over the next two to three years are going to determine the fate of this country. not until for the next decade to two decades. president biden makes the first of what will be several speeches, now less than a week until the midterm elections. we ll look at what the white house and democrats have planned for the final days of the campaign. also ahead, the man accused of trying to kill nancy pelosi s husband makes his first appearance in court. as more disturbing information is coming out about that attack. and in ukraine, officials say russian forces are clearing out civilians in a significant southern city, where a major battle for the region appears to be on the horizon. good morning. and welcome to. way too early. on this wednesday, november 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we re
breaking news out of arizona it was a little over a week ago when he s images of masked potentially armed individuals at ball boxes. the individuals were reportedly taking photos of voters license plates as they were voting. the arizona league of women voters sued to stop that group from intimidating voters. the doj stepped in and filed a brief in support of their argument just within the last several minutes, a federal judge has ruled in favor of the league of women voters. an organization tweeted, breaking news, federal judge rules in voters favor. that s a win for democracy. that does it for us. way too early with jonathan lemire is coming up next. seven days, seven days until the most important election in our lifetime. you heard me say it before. we re an inflexion point in