This acutely. They understand the catastrophe at the border is affecting everyone, and it is top of mind for all the American People for that reason. Again, the First Priority of the country is our border and making sure its secure. I believe the president can take Executive Authority right now today to change that, and ive told him that again today in person as ive said to him many times publicly and privately over the last several weeks. Its time for action. So that was Speaker Mike Johnson yesterday following an Oval Office Meeting with the president and other congressional leaders. But in reality it is johnson, hes the one standing in the way of action on the border by blocking a bipartisan deal passed by the senate. Well bring you more about that meeting including the pressure on the speaker to avoid the looming Government Shutdown. Plus, well go through the primary results out of michigan and look ahead to Super Tuesday which is just around the corner and the latest on ceasefire
Documents. And this isnt a gotcha show, but i want to ask you about youre currently 81 years old. Who told you that. All jokes aside this is real concern for american voters. How do you address that concern as you come up to the 2024 election . Well, a couple things. Number one hes about as old as i am and he cant remember his wifes name. That was President Biden last night on late night with seth myers. Today the president could face a sizable protest vote in michigans primary. Well go through that straight ahead. Meanwhile, the president is optimistic that a ceasefire in gaza could happen in a matter of days. Well bring you the very latest on the negotiations between israel and hamas. And that comes as congressional leaders are set to meet with biden today at the white house in hopes of hammering out a deal to avoid a government shutdown. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, february 27th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin
Via tiktok the situation that exists in many schools throughout that island. That wraps up the hour for me. Im jose diazbalart. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, primary day in michigan, two frontrunners facing lastminute speed bumps on the way to their nomination. Donald trump trying to ignore an effort from nikki haley. President biden facing a protest vote from the arab American Population over the war in gaza. The president raising hopes for a hostage deal and seize ceasefire before ramada. My National Securities avisor tells me with are close. B bipartisan leaders tryingo avoid a Government Shutdown. I want to thank the leadership for being here today. We have a lot of work to do. We figure out how to keep funding the government, which is an important problem. Good day, everyone. Aisle Andrea Mitchell In Washington. Its primary day for republicans and democrats in the Battleground Stat
Donald trump agreeing to that or sticking to that, not to mention that promise will be a problem for current candidates who have already said they would never support trump if he gets the nomination. And then there are other republicans about to jump in, including chris christie, trumps number to bike and north dakota governor doug joining me now on the road, nbc news correspondent Vaughn Hillyard in des moines. , this is the first time we have seen a lot of these gop hopefuls on the same stage, why are these events crucial for these candidates . Hey, right. This really was the Summer Campaign kickoff here. But you just laid out why it is extra important. It is because the debate is just two and a half months away. And in order to spread the message for so many of these candidates to a broader part of the electorate, being on the debate stage is going to be key. You just laid out, they are not 45,000 unique donors. Some of these candidates, they are going to have to work to get to that
. that s it for us. have a great weekend. the news continues. the source with kaitlan collins starts now. and tonight straight from the source donald trump weighing in after president biden is facing no charges in his classified documents investigation. the former president claiming that he cooperated with the feds, which he didn t, also alleging that biden did not, which he did. the white house is blasting the report as politically motivated and certainly a political headache. meanwhile, a potential trump raining mate tells me she would not have done what mike pence did on january 6th, you know, abiding by that thing called the constitution. the apparent new republican litmus test to the second in line to the presidency. also tonight israel s prime minister wants its military to have plans to evacuate rafah where over a million palestinians are sheltering as the white house is warning military action there would be a, quote, disaster. i m kaitlan collins and this i