politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. air raid sirens rang through the ukrainian night as russia lobs artillery, drones and missiles in every corner of the country. that as the united states delivers a public warning to china, do not dispatch weapons to vladimir putin. plus, the chairwoman of the republican national committee thinks she can get donald trump to put pen to paper and say yes to supporting the party s 2024 nominee, even if it s not him. and new intelligence pushes the energy department to change its view of how the covid pandemic began. the agency now believes the virus leaked from a chinese lab. up first for us this hour sh, turnover and triage in ukraine. president zelenskyy dismissing the commander of joint force operations. mr. zelenskyy did not explain why or why now, as this leadership shuffle collides with a new russian offensive. 14 iranian made aircraft buzzing over kyiv. they shot towdown 11 of those drone
hi there, everyone, here we go again. it s 4:00 in new york. at this hour, the house of representatives is completely and totally paralyzed. it is unable and incapable of swearing in members, forming committees, setting rules for itself, passing legislation even in the case of an emergency, couldn t do any of those things. it s a state of chaos and paralysis that is unprecedent ed in modern american history and it is all because the new republican house majority cannot agree on who should lead it in the 118th congress. house gop leader kevin mccarthy has moved into the speaker s office already, appears to be living by the motto, if at first you don t succeed try, try, try, try, try, try again. he has now lost five votes for the speakership, a sixth vote is underway. it s already clear from the math that mccarthy doesn t have the votes to become speaker of the house of representatives this time either. democrats for their part quietly made history yesterday by choosing the fir
between president biden and governors to discuss plans to protect access to abortion. this morning the trial of wnba star brittney griner began in moscow. we ll bring you the very latest. we start this friday morning with the holiday rush. if you hit the road or the skies this weekend you will not be alone. far from it. according to aaa nearly 48 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more. that s almost at 2019 pre-pandemic levels. if you thought high gas prices would slow down traffic think again. ron allen is talking to drivers in new jersey. good morning. 42 million drivers exec expected to hit the road this weekend. that s a lot of problems potentially. reporter: there they are right over there. a bunch of problems starting over there. new jersey turnpike heading south to philadelphia and beyond. yes. the traffic is already piling up. it is only what? 10:00 in the morning. the worst time is afternoon and gets worse as the day wears on. this is the first su
Thanking for spending time with us. As mentioned you can find the entire full interview with robert f. Kennedy now. You can watch it for free on msnbc. Com ari. Or our youtube playist if you have any reason you want to watch it. If not, join me here tomorrow. The last word with Lauren Odonnell is up next. They want to keep me off the campaign trail. It is one of the many lies Donald Trump Tells me about his criminal hush money trial. It is a lie because there is always one day a week donald trump is free to campaign. That day is today. Wednesday. But donald trump doesnt have any Public Campaign events scheduled for his day off from court. Instead, he is spending the day at maralago. According to axios, quote, trump flew home to palm beach florida where he is expected to join supporters who bought at least 47 trump n ts at 99 each. According to a copy of the Dinner Invitation reviewed by axios. The Company Selling trump nfts isnt connected to his campaign. Last year, trump reported maki
campaign can do to win back those votes. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, september 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with the latest out of fulton county, georgia. we ve learned that former president donald trump might try to move his pending election interference trial out-of-state court and into a federal one. in a court filing yesterday trump s attorneys formally notified the judge of the possible effort to make that move explaining that any decision must be filed within 30 days of trump s arraignment. that would give the former president until the end of the month to decide how to proceed. now, trump s former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, has already pushed to try to move his case to federal court and had a hearing on the matter last week. the judge is expected to make a ruling on the meadows request in the near future. meanwhile, fulton county d.a. fani willis is accusing o