With russian president vladimir putin in just two days. Question, what s at stake? plus, benjamin netanyahu out. His former aide neftali bennett in, as the israeli parliament approves a new government. The question is what s it mean for peace in the region? and new reporting on the heavyhanded tactics used by the trump department and the question did the trump doj really spy on the white house council at the time. It s way too early for this. Good morning. Welcome to way too early. I m kasie hunt. The president is preparing for a high stakes meeting with russian president vladimir putin set for wednesday. It comes in a tense time with disputes over hacking and human rights and like the ousting of alexei navalny. The u. S. Sanctioned russia in april over alleged interference of the hacking of the solarwinds software company. But attacks are still coming from russian soil like the recent hack that crippled the u. S. Fuel supply. Nbc asked the president why he believes putin remains unmov
The associated press, jonathan lemire. What time did you land last night? air force one got back right around 11:00, snagged a couple of hours of sleep, happy to be here this morning, staying away from anything that looked like it could be tea or coffee or anything else the russians may seriously, how are you feeling? everything good? i am fine. A little tired, but fine. You re alive. That s right. A giger counter. So you need a giger counter. Willie, you saw the picture yesterday, five russians on one red sox fan and, you know, it s kind of like when i saw the picture, do we have that picture? i hope so. It s coming. When i saw the picture, five russians named igor, coincidentally. All of them named igor. Off me, igor. Anyway, it was kind of like the opening scene of batman with christian bale where they have to separate him from all the prisoners, because he s beating them all up. You know what, you needed to be removed, jonathan. And they removed you. You need to listen to the russi
examine both the prosecution and the defense in this case in addition to the tremendous stakes of this trial represents. not just for derek chauvin but racial justice, policing, and civil rights in this country. more than anything, the trial of derek chauvin and the death of george floyd will end up being far more than the trial of one police officer and the death of one black man. this is a test of the system. black people have, for years, pointed out the killings by police are merely contemporary lynches. the first-hand knowledge of the interactions, it sounded unlikely. video started to appear and we watched people snuff the life out of black people suspected committing petty crimes or no crimes at all. they were dead and there s evidence. i m not a lawyer and i m not the jury, what i know is what the entire world knows. after his arrest, with derek chauvin s knee on his neck, he complained about being unable to breathe. despite telling police what has been documented as m
giving up. chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-host, kelly o donnell, garrett haake on capitol hill, chris lieu, former deputy secretary of labor in the obama administration and david jolly, former republican. garrett, you ve been chasing this senate vote since they gavelled into session today after their long night of reading, the reading marathon. how long is the process going to take? any way to estimate? reporter: this could be a very long process. sort of a popular parlor game on the hill to ask senators when they think they ll be done. the ones i ve talked to expect it will be well after midnight. so far there have been more than 250 amendments filed although in contrast, the last time we did one of these there were more than 900 amendments filed and only about 40 got voted. we re till looking at dozens of amendment votes and debates on each one of those that could take us well into the wee hours of saturday morning, andrea. david jolly, we re at