attorney responded. ashley: why vana whites lawyering up. my stars. watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. president biden heading to chicago to tout his record on the economy and what he s calling bidenommics. carley: doug luzader has more. douglas: the administration really leaning into an area that has been a weak spot, the economy. we will hear this term again and again, biden-omics. what is it? the white house released this statement moments ago. bi biden-omics, our economy has added 800,000 manufacturing jobs and unleashed manufacturing and clean energy boom. we are just seeing the first impact of all the historic legislation that he was able to achieve in the first couple of years. now is the time with all those accomplishments, the president can take this message to the american people and say this is what biden-omics is. douglas: voters are not optimistic. 83% have a negative view of the economy, just 18% positive. repu
from his own lawyers, and furthermore, there s evidence of him saying things that are completely incompatible that this was an idea. do you believe he lied to the justice department do i personally believe it? yes, i do. that s former attorney general bill barr, continuing his criticism of done in another sunday show interview. we ll have more of barr s damning comments about the president in just a moment. meanwhile, 2024 republican presidential candidate chris christie is mocking the rnc for its loyalty pledge we ll explain. and we ll have the very latest from beijing as u.s. secretary of state antony blinken meets with chinese president xi jinping amid heightened tensions between the world s two largest economies. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 19th, juneteen. i m job nathan lemire. thank you for starting your day and week with us. former attorney general bill barr is offering a scathing new case against former president donald
improve under johnson, who has several conflicting comments on whether he is defunding the city of police. we know the city of chicago rebuked this call to defund this bit. this system of incarceration and policing, this is real political gold. i never said we ll take money from police. the 150 million was not redirecting the funds from police? directing dollars to make sure we hire and promote 200 more detectiveses, to make sure we are implements laws on the books like red flag laws, i never said i would cut the police budget. ashley: here is lauren with more. new chicago mayor brandon johnson will be sworn into a job with no small task, figure out how to stop crime? his city and learn to work with police and his constituents even though he was part of calls to defund police. he says his policies go after root causes of crime. chicago police report murder is slightly down from this time last year, but still in the hundreds and motor vehicle thefts up 130%. just y
knows, when someone is under investigation for fraud. republicans are demanding answers from joe biden on the weaponization of government. it s a damming new controversy after the irs showed up at the home of a twitter files journalist, the same day he was testifying on big tech censorship. seems like a pretty big deal that biden should want to address, but his administration has no explanation. what does bother you? it s certainly something that i would want to look into. i m not aware that irs agents do that except, as you said, in cases where there is an investigation. if you could respond to this. i m afraid i ll have to refer you to the irs. that s stonewalling, not sitting well with jim jordan. the chairman telling biden it s time to start talking. just give us the answer, and if it is chance, then just tell us but tell us what it is. i don t know how it takes so long to figure this out. we may look to subpoena the documents, any communications relativ
Documents at his country club. It comes as trumps legal team picks up a significant win in court. And in uvalde, texas, there is a mix of anxiety and fear for students and staff today as they start a new school year. For some parents, promises of increased security arent enough to send their kids back to class. Good morning. And welcome to Way Too Early. On this tuesday, september 6th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. A riveting new twist this morning, following the fbi search of former president Donald Trumps maralago home in florida. A federal judge has approved a request from trumps attorneys for a Special Master to review the material seized during last months search. Temporarily blocking parts of the justice departments investigation. U. S. District judge cannon, a trump appointee, stated in her ruling yesterday, that the Special Master should be able to review the seized documents to address questions of attorneyclient privilege, and to litigate claims of