the president son was all smile last night he got to attend the white house state dinner. his appearance coming just days after he agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor trespass charges. slimming down as a sweethear deal the irs whistleblowers apparently greasing investigators recommended nearl a dozen tarts at some of those felonies it but doj officials poured cold water on all of that . one of those whistleblowers telling congress i am alleging with evidence the doj provided preferential treatment, did nothing to avoid obvious conflicts of interest and this investigation. cell, the republicans have brought a blatant example of th two-tiered justice system. obviously there s been nothing from mark garland because running the most politicized department of justice in modern times. we have demand anders from the director of the fbi and the secretary of the treasury who oversees the irs. they don t tax treat all taxpayers the same. unfortunately, americans aren t ju
forecasters say will increase before it gets better. air quality reaching hazardous levels in new jersey, washington, d.c. new yorkers were faced with the worst air quality in the city s history, yesterday. the smog, the smell. i feel i am getting a headache. feel it in my eyes. my must is more compromised than i am. asthma. when i got back from school my head was hurting. i was having bad headaches and my nose started bleeding. gillian: look at the time lapse that shows how bad things really got in the big apple yesterday. over the course of just a few hours, you can see the world trade center disappearing into an orange haze. winds are pushing that toxic cloud that was over new york further south where it will smother even more states. all that smoke is affecting major league sports. the yankees and phillies postponed their games last night. wnba scrapped the liberty s indoor game because of poor air quality. the new york post cover with the old joke today bla
other in big news, politics, music, culture, science, sports, and more. everyone seemed to be going all in all the time, and now it is time to that take a look at the crazy year with our guest. we are playing for keeps. all of the best and all of the worst 2023. welcome. it is worth asking how we got through the past 12 months. many of us hoped it would be easier than recent tumultuous years and there were moments of accomplishment and community and joy, but we were also challenged. divide over issues and often unable to agree even on what we want and it was wildly apparent where we begin with the biggest news stories of the year. the worst big news for many americans started in their pocketbooks. the economy this year was an absolute emotional roller coaster. unemployment was down and earnings were up at any moment a lot was going well. for a lot of people it did not feel quite right. flying high in april and shot down in may. worries about inflation, bank failu
documents case against donald trump. it comes as the former president is being condemned for praising a dictator. we ll dig in to both of those stories. and a look at the republican hopefuls campaigning in iowa, as two more names are likely to join the field this week. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. and we ll begin this morning with a deadly plane crash near the nation s capitol. yesterday afternoon the military scrambled two f-16 fighter jets to respond to a private business jet that was flying over restricted airspace in dc. the response caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the region around unsettled many of the residents there. here s some of the sound surveillance cameras captured. the sound was heard across many miles. the cessna was not responding to radio transmissions. it then crashed in the shenandoah wall i have in virginia. officials say ther
default. that was senate majority leader chuck schumer late last night after his chamber passed the debt ceiling bill. we ll have more on that vote and the continuing fallout in the house over the agreement. meanwhile florida governor ron desantis seizes on a potential weakness in donald trump s third presidential bid while both men campaign in iowa. and also ahead a rough moment for president biden at a graduation ceremony, which will fuel more questions about his age as he seeks a second term. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with an official deal in washington. the senate passed the biden-mccarthy debt ceiling bill last night in a rare bipartisan act in the capitol. the move ensures the united states will not default on its debt after weeks and weeks of uncertainty. the final vote was 63 yeas to 36 nays with more democrats voting for the deal than