following his first trip to the middle east. we ll go through what if anything was accomplished in his controversial visit with the saudi crown prince. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, july 18th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin with the latest fallout from the massacre that killed 19 children and two teachers in uvalde, texas. a damning investigative report released over the weekend said that nearly 400 law enforcement officials responded to the mass shooting but that quote egregiously poor decision making let the shooting continue for more than an hour. that report written by an investigative committee from the texas house of representatives is the first to criticize state and federal law enforcement for their role in the response. it makes the fullest account of what happened during the very worst school shootings in u.s. history. uvalde mayor don mclaughlin said the acting police chief during the shooting was placed on
many are still missing good morning, welcome to way too early, speculation is swirling after the abrupt announcement from the january 6th committee that it plans to hold its sixth public hearing today. the only thing the committee has revealed is the hearing will quote present senior committee staff have been kept out of the loop. three people tell the post that the secrecy is due in part to a credible threat against the witness. the committee announced last week that it was taking a break until the middle of july and yesterday gave just 24 hours notice about the hearing that is scheduled for 1:00 this afternoon. and to add to the fact that congress is in the midst of a two-week recess. key water gls gate figure john dean tweeted, quote, better be a big deal. there was only one surprise witness during the senate watergate committee hearings on july 16, 1973, an announced witness appeared, alex butterfield, who testified to nixon s secret taping system, forever changing hi
nearly a decade in a russian prison. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. news from last night, senator kyrsten sinema has agreed to back democrats reconciliation bill. clearing the way for a vote later this week. her decision comes after days of fellow democrats lobbying her on the deal. in a statement last night, the senator said she would come on board after the carried interest tax provision was removed. lawmakers also agreed to combat droughts that plague her home state of arizona. democrats are now just waiting for the sign-off from the senate parliamentarian. majority leader chuck schumer says the final version of the bill will be introduced on saturday. the senate will take today off before a long day tomorrow a rare saturday. even rarer one in august. there will be up to 20 hours of debate after the first procedural vote. and then comes what is known as a voter-a-ra mr. a where senat
the pair were on separate stages in arizona. and no sick days for president biden at the white house while recovering from covid. we ll have the latest on his health. a very good morning to all of you. welcome to way too early. on this monday, july 25th. we begin this morning with the latest developments from the january 6th select committee over the weekend. vice chair liz cheney one of only two republicans serving on the committee went on fox news yesterday to defend the committee s work, she exposed the network s audience to former president trump s role in the capitol riot, even noting a key editorial from the right wing new york post which is the same owner as fox, slamming trump as unworthy to become president again and pushed back on a talking point some republicans have been using to shift the focus on the law enforcement response to the riot. questioning house minority leader kevin mccarthy s motives and placing the blame squarely on trump s role that day.
state party convention. the line in those negotiations that he says he will not cross. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire. on this monday, june 20th. we ll start with the news. a new poll finds a majority of americans, nearly six in ten, believe donald trump should be charged for his role in the january 6th attack on the capitol. the abc news ipsos poll conducted this last friday and saturday after the first three hears in the attack, it found 58% of those surveyed believe the former president should be charged. that includes 91% of democrats and 19% of republicans. 60% of americans believe the january 6th investigation has been fair. and then on friday, former president trump spoke at length about the public hearings for the first time since they began. addressing a crowd at a faith and freedom coalition rally in nashville, trump continued to parrot many of his lies regarding the events on january 6th including his claim that the rioters were