district attorney calls a special grand jury. and for the second time in three years lawmakers on capitol hill are talking about police reform following a black man s deadly encounter with officers. plus president joe biden sends a message to speaker kevin mccarthy, show me your budget. that s all ahead on way too early. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with a move that could mean potential criminal charges for former president donald trump just as he ramps up his latest run for the white house. a grand jury has been convened in the case of hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels by trump back in 2016. that s according to sources familiar with the situation confirming the development to nbc news and first reported by the new york times. the times reports that manhattan district attorney alvin bragg started presenting evidence to a gra
it will reduce the tailpipe emissions that poison our air. kevin: and helps prevent the wildfires that create toxic smoke. that s why calfire firefighters, the american lung association, and the coalition for clean air support prop 30. naomi: i m voting yes on 30. the top stories tonight, control of the senate cowell come down to georgia. the two men battling for a crucial senate seat pulled no punches during their debate. plus, from the white house to the courthouse. why former president trump must answer questions under oath just days from now. and as the city of new york deals with a flood of migrants, these new arrivals will soon have a vital refuge while the courts decide if they can stay. you re in the cnn newsroom. and the battle for georgia that could decide control of the senate for what may be the only time before election day. the democratic hopeful hoping to keep his job, senator rafael warnock, maintaining a slight lead over republican, herschel walker. but w
scandal that has the uk in an uproar thousands of victims. this phone hacking crisis is escalating and getting closer and closer to the center of power. this is the most humble day of my life. facing widespread public anger, news corp withdrew its 12 million dollar bid to take over bskyb. james had been a step away from being the official heir. but he had made all the wrong z dec decisions, and he s essentially kind of run out of town. it is like a stick of dynamite that has exploded inside the family. ladies and gentlemen, my father, donald j. trump. most people think that the start of the trump political rise happens famously on the golden escalator at trump tower, when he announces he s running. but in our reporting, we learned that it truly started months earlier. in early 2015 rupert murdoch s office gets a call. it s ivanka trump. the ties between the trumps and the murdochs are deep. jared, when he bought a weekly newspaper in new york, the new york
strikes across the country. and, a victorious comeback. brazil s former president, lula da silva, beats his far right opponent, jair bolsanaro, to win his old job back. labour is demanding that the home secretary, suella braverman, addresses mps today about worsening conditions at a migrant processing centre in kent. many migrants that arrive in small boats are processed at the port of dover. but some are moved to a holding facility further north in manston where there is overcrowding, and there have been reports of a diptheria outbreak. let s take a look at what s been happening in more detail. over the weekend there was a petrol bomb attack at a home office migrant centre in dover. hundreds of people were then taken to a migrant processing centre in manston. last week, the independent border inspector, david neal, told mps he had been left speechless by the really dangerous situation at manston. the government said it was controlling immigration and deterring traffickers
for their own lives. guess you heard this morning i tested positive for covid. but i ve been double vaccinated, double boosted, symptoms are mild. it is friday, july 22, 9:00 a.m. in the morning here in london, 4:00 a.m. this washington where the january 6 committee has just provided its most revealing look yet into the trump white house as the capitol riot took place. former aides testified that trump watched the riot on tv but ignored all pleas from his family and top advisers to intervene. and while vice president mike pence was whisked to a secure location inside the capitol, the committee presented chilling testimony that pence s security detail feared they might not make it out alive. members were starting to fear for their own lives. there were a lot of there was a lot of yelling, a lot of a lot of very personal calls over the radio. it was disturbing. i don t like talking about it. but there were calls to say good-bye to family members. for whatever the reas