Wavering on him ahead of next years elections. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, august 1st. We are in august already. I am jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this new month with a possible new indictment against former President Donald Trump for his alleged efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election. The grand jury Hearing Testimony in special counsel jack smiths investigation is expected to be back in session in washington today. Now its been two weeks since trump announced on social media that he received a Target Letter, which is an indication that charges could be brought in the very near future. That letter suggested that the former president could face charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, Depriving Voters of their rights, and witness tampering. Trump seems prepared to be preparing for another federal indictment against him, posting yesterday on truth social that he assumes one will be
been recovering ahead of europe. but the continent is showing signs of recovery finally as inflation in the region continues to fall from last year s peak although better if not confident from the u.k. what s the latest from europe? 5.3% is the inflation print out of the euro zone itself. that does give the slight relief for the overall print and does point to the ecb, the european central bank, perhaps looking at it and saying to themselves perhaps we can see some betterment here. but there s warnings things will continue to be a lot more difficult. interest rates will continue to head a bit higher overall as well, so it isn t going to be just easy. but as you said an improvement in that growth number does point towards a slight recovery and a betterment overall for europe, so not doing as bad as some would have thought. arabile, the sale of beer is down in a big part of the world. tell us more.
on a path for conflict with germany. it is unclear whether germany will let the weaker european nations spend more. then you have greece. that s the really the most nerveracking develople. the political parties lost in parliament yesterday. that opens up the possibility that s the new leaders could reegg in or even d to leave the euro. that is bigger question for the euro zone itself. is the destabilization of the countries that support the unification of that currency. did any of these new leaders talk about that? when they were running and the fact that that s something they would have as an option potentially. that will be big a headache for germany and germany s angela merkel. yes. during the recent campaigns that hasn t been discussed directly, no, that did not happen in france or germany. however in greece that has come up. the situation doesn t seem quite
once hoping that their latest emergency bailout fund for greece would go through smoothly, and protect the euro zone as a whole so there s obviously not good news for the euro zone as greece continues to act in turmoil and the next 48 hours, eric, right here in athens could prove pivotal not only to greece s future but the future of the euro zone itself. all right. good job. so we ll be following what s happening over there because, unfortunately, it affects us over here. now to your headlines. lawyers getting ready to deliver closing arguments in jackson s doctor, dr. conrad murray. if he s found guilty in his role in jackson s death, he could get four years in prison and lose his medical license. tugboat captain sentenced to one year in prison for plowing his barge into a duck boat in philly killing two tourists. the captain was distracted apparently making and receiving 21 phone calls with his wife while their 6-year-old son