backtracks. good morning, welcome to way too early. will we ll begin with a stark new warning from the president of the united states when it comes to the threat of nuclear war. last night in new york city, president biden said the risk of nuclear armageddon is the highest it has been in roughly 60 years. since president kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. it all stems from russia s flail invasion of ukraine. biden said his russian counterpart putin is not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons. because his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming. russia has faced huge setbacks on the battlefield as ukrainian forces continue to take back land illegally occupied by moscow. there has been widespread concern that kremlin could use a weapon of mass destruction to regain some footing in the war. but in the words of president biden, i don t think there is any such thing as the ability to easily
then, you reporting about georgia s republican senate candidate and the woman who says he paid for her abortion. a very important detail could force him to change his story again. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening, i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. there is been yet another legal setback for donald trump as he s tries to stall that whitening justice department investigation into his handling of classified records. some of which which were seized during the fbi search of mar-a-lago. today, in appeals court said it would speed up consideration of the justice department s request to stop an outside review of the documents found at his florida club. former president pushed for that review that was signed off on by a judge he appointed. today s order comes the day after trump asked the supreme court to get involved in this case. it raises the possibility federal charges, trump has yet to explain why held on to the documents and today,
people spoke about him. donald trump talked endlessly about what a great football player he was and how he would be great candidate and a great u.s. senator and oh, did i mention what great football player herschel walker was? walker himself would make appearances at events and shake hands and occasionally read a short prepared statement about how much he loved america. but even cnn ran a headline last fall that said, herschel walker is often seen and seldom heard. toward the end of last year he went on a radio show. it was friendly territory. conservative host asked walker to let loose on senator warknock, his democratic opponent. and in that moment, we found out exactly why walker s campaign tried to never let him speak. he brings up voting rights, the john lewis voting rights bill. what do you say about rafael trying to push this during this time to try to what i call federalize elections? you know what s sad about that? you use the name of a great man to bring up some
walker paid for her abortion. it comes as walker doubles down on his defense. and what a dramatic cut in it oil production overseas could mean for the price we pay at the pump here at home. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, october 6th. thank you for starting your day with us. one week after hurricane ian made land fall in florida, president biden is warning the more is coming. the president visited the battered state yesterday, just days after surveying storm damage in puerto rico. in florida, the president and governor ron desantis put politics aside as they met with residents in the ft. myers area. we were very fortunate to have good coordination with white house and with fema. i think one thing that you re seeing in this response, we are cutting through the bureaucracy. we re cutting through the red tape. and that s from local government, state government, all the way up to the president. so we appreciate the team effort. i think he s done a
so we ll get to our top story this morning. willie. it s front page of all the newspapers, pictures of president biden and governor ron desantis together one week after hurricane ian made landfall in florida, president biden warning more storms will come. the president visited florida yesterday, just days after surveying storm damage in puerto rico. in florida, president biden and governor ron desantis temporarily put politics aid aside as they met with residents in the fort myers area. we were fortunate to have good coordination with the white house and fema. one of the things you re seeing in this response, we are cutting through the bureaucracy, we are cutting through the red tape, and that s from local government, state government, all the way up to the president, so we appreciate the team effort. i think he s done a good job. look, i called him i think even before he called me when i heard the storm was on its way, we worked hand and glove. we have very different