history. it comes every five or six generations. so much has changed in america and around the world. but the decisions we make, the decisions you make, over the next two to three years are going to determine the fate of this country. not until for the next decade to two decades. president biden makes the first of what will be several speeches, now less than a week until the midterm elections. we ll look at what the white house and democrats have planned for the final days of the campaign. also ahead, the man accused of trying to kill nancy pelosi s husband makes his first appearance in court. as more disturbing information is coming out about that attack. and in ukraine, officials say russian forces are clearing out civilians in a significant southern city, where a major battle for the region appears to be on the horizon. good morning. and welcome to. way too early. on this wednesday, november 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we re
mitchell reports, house republican leader kevin mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. also this hour, i will speak to dr. zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid-19 in the u.s. and we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to pope emeritus benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursday s funeral mass. good day, i m andrea in mitchell. happy new year, everyone. well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, kevin mccarthy has to win over the hard line house conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. tomorrow the new congress returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. but at this hour no one knows how long it s going to take for republicans to secure the majority vote
and nail gun who tried to break into an fbi field office today. investigators now looking into whether the suspect had ties to right wing extremism. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. tonight, countdown. there is a deadline on the table, 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. that s when a judge says he needs a response from president trump to the doj, so he can make a formal ruling on whether to make that search warrant of mar-a-lago public. it comes as attorney general merrick garland took the step today of speaking out. breaking his silence, saying that he signed off on the warrant to search trump s mar-a-lago home personally, and he s doing it by the book. now formally requesting a judge to make the search warrant and supporting documents used in the search of trump s mar-a-lago public. just now, the justice department filed a motion in the southern district of florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt, relating to a court approved search that the fbi condu
what is interesting is the role of the high level officials that some of which are obviously played out in public view. in the end, fani willis decided for whatever reason that she was not going to bring those charges, perhaps because of the additional political implications of it, and the difficulty that it would present for her case, kate. interesting. evan, thank you so much. paula, as well. they will continue to work their sources on this. sara? we wanted to talk to some of the politics of this, and we want to go to chief congressional correspondent manu raju up on capitol hill. and you talked to senator graham about this, and the biggest revelation about this, and really what we have here is who the grand jury thought should be indicted and who wasn t indicted and what the law is, and we don t have the details of the how they got to that place and the evidence that was put before the grand jury in this 25, or 26-page report. but you have had a conversation with linds
we ve been apart from each other for a good while until now. scatter family and friends. create new memories. let s make a special time of every moment we have. get ready. it s about to be a fun time. where everybody s in the same room. it s gonna be a great christmas day. ready, it s about to be a fun time. oh, yeah. [ applause ] bravo. beautifully done. that was jakailin carr singing great christmas as part of the all american christmas concert series. thank you so much for being beinghere this morning. thank you so much. she will performing oh, holy night coming up. rachel: can t wait for that. we never miss a reason for a concert series. christmas certainly qualifies. rachel: oh, holy night qualifies for sure. i love oh, holy night. rachel: me too. moving to some other topics this morning, starting with this. you may have seen this late yesterday, but the president of the university of pennsylvania has resigned, as has the board, the ch