we must vote knowing what at stake and not just the policy of the moment. but institutions that have held us together as we saw a more perfect union are at stake. we must vote knowing who we have been, what we re risk of becoming. president biden laid ous the threats to democracy. ahead of an election that he says will be a defining moment for our country. we ll have much more on his speech straight ahead. meanwhile, there are new details in the plot by donald trump s attorneys to overturn the 2020 election. his lawyers had a specific judge in mind. we ll tell who you that is. and also ahead, the latest from a major meeting in germany. the united states and allies are outlining the next steps in support of ukraine. good morning. welcome to way too early. thank you for starting your day us with. we ll begin with president joe biden s speech on the midterm elections and the future of our nation s democracy. the president delivered the remarks last night from washington s
what the hell is the matter with us? i m not joking. think about it. what are we doing? president joe biden gives a fiery and impassioned speech in pennsylvania, vowing to ban assault-style weapons while calling out republicans for criticism of fbi following the search of mar-a-lago. we ll have much more of the president s remarks just ahead. meanwhile, there are several new developments in the justice department s investigation into the former president, including this picture from the doj, showing some of the documents seized. we ll walk you through everything that s happened overnight. also ahead, qanon and dangerous conspiracy theories. that s how donald trump spent his time yesterday on his fledgling social media platform. we ll explain how it is part of a growing trend for the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with that breaking news overnigh
and, the race to save the giant sequoias in yosemite national park as a wildfire threatens trees that have stood for thousands of years. but we start with the january 6 house select committee final push with two more public hearings set to take place this week. this is going to be a really big week for the investigation. committee members are looking to build on the momentum. from the previous six hearings. the next one is set for tomorrow afternoon and will focus on what some panel members call the martialing of the upon. it will include evidence of coordination between former president trump, his top aides and associates, and white nationalists or militia groups such as the proud boys and the oath keepers who, members say, led the assault on the capitol. the thursday hearing will zero in on trump s actions. or inactions as vice president mike pence and house and senate lawmakers and hundreds of police officers came under attack. thursday s hearing is expected to be held in
nara, about 20 miles southeast of osaka. the chaos from the shooting and the subsequently takedown of the man police say carried out the attack was caught on camera. we want to warn you though, that you may find this video very disturbing. y find this video vey abe shot mid speech. he was immediately air-lifted to a near by hospital. after officials say he went into a state of cardiac arrest. the suspect, according to police there, is a former member of japan s navy. speaking to the country after the attack, the country s current prime minister, and abe s successor, called the shooting a quote despicable act that we cannot allow. joining us now live from beijing is nbc news foreign correspondent janis mackey frayer, obviously the shooting rocking the region. there what is the latest on how the former prime minister is doing? reporter: we have reports from ntv, a broadcaster in japan, that the hospital where they have been fighting to save shinzo abe s life will be holding
leaving former obama adviser david axelrod to take this warning. but you do have to link to where people live. and right now people are at the gas prices are coming down. they re still high . they re going to grocery stores. they watch those numbers climb. he needs improvement on inflation. he needs public attitudes to improve and he needs to be careful about not. or in reality, how fast it got this bad and all the ridiculous things that the democrats say now, they can t define what a recession is . and here s the point, john . if it s not going to happen, why you have to redefine it if we re not really going to have a recession. why do you care about the definition or changing the accepted definition and whether you call it a recession or not? fox news digital found that americans are feeling the pain. we checked gas prices lately. have you checked the interest rates? absolutely. we re in a recession. economy isn t growing. don t seem to be growing anyway. we can t k