to say about the possibility of taking the witness stand in his own defense in the classified documents case. and also ahead an update on president biden s covid status following the first lady s infection as he s set to leave today for a major summit overseas. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, september 7th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with the first major hearing for the fulton county election interference case that ended in a loss for two defendants. sidney powell and kenneth chesebro were denied their requests to split their trials. the pair each requested speedy trials but did not want to be in court together. district attorney fani willis is still pushing to keep all 19 codefendants together, trying them all on the expedited trial date that chesebro was granted. now, fulton county superior court judge scott mcafee did not seemed convinced that could be possible. it just seems a bit unrealistic
we ll get an update on the current state of the virus amid a rise in hospitalizations across the united states. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 6th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with the stiffest punishment handed down so far for anyone involved in the january 6th capitol attack. enrique tarrio, the former national chairman of the proud boys, was sentenced to 22 years in prison following his conviction on a seditious conspiracy charge for playing a central role in the 2021 insurrection. his sentence is the longest so far, surpassing the 18 years given to oath keeper s founder stewart rhodes. now, prosecutors had sought a 33-year term for tarrio. wearing an orange jumpsuit, an emotional tarrio offered apologies to law enforcement and washington, d.c. residents for his involvement. he asked the judge to show mercy and vowed that he is done with politics. the judge timothy
starts right now. martha: thank you both very much. i m martha maccallum and this is the story. former president trump about to hold a rally in virginia, a tight race right now. he s trying to become the first republican presidential candidate to win the state in 20 years. biden won by ten points last time around. we will see what he has to say. we expect in any moment and will take you there. clearly he will reflect on last night s debate, which was very consequential in many ways, not grade ways for joe biden. we will talk about that quite a bit. the president also on the campaign trail in north carolina trying to clean up on aisle 5, and he worked hard at that this afternoon to get a bounce back from a very difficult night last night. here s some of the reaction to last night in the media, after the debate. the biggest issue he had to prove to the american people was he had the energy and stamina, and he did not do that. how long do we continue to act like we did not
the disinformation democrats. that s the focus of tonight s angle. it was only a few weeks ago that we told you that the democrats were very worried. the new york times published a piece quoting various democrat officials who were concerned but had hoped that a conviction of trump would improve biden s chances of winning. well, trump was convicted and this is what happened. it did not move the needle. really not at all. and now, top party leaders are again sounding the alarm, this from axios today. senior democrats including some of president biden s aides are increasingly dubious about his theory for victory in november which relies on voter concerns about january 6th, political violence, democracy and donald trump s character. well, of course they re right to be concerned. this is all failing. the top concerns of voters remain the economy, border, inflation, the cost of everything. and biden has made it all worse. everything they try for their strategy to turn it all around
the disinformation democrats, that s the focus of tonight s angle. laura: only a few weeks ago that we told you that the democrats were very worried. the new york times published a piece quoting various democrat officials who were concerned but had hoped that a conviction of trump would improve biden s chances of winning. well, trump was convicted and this is what happened. it did not move the needle. really not at all. and now top party leaders are, again, sounding the alarm. this from axios today. senior democrats, including some of president biden s aides are increasingly dubious about his theory for victory in november, which relies on voter concerns about january 6th, political violence, democracy, and donald trump s character. well, of course, they have a right to be concerned. this is all failing. the top concerns of voters remain the economy, border, inflation, the cost of everything. and biden has made it all worse. everything they try for their strategy to tur