Wavering on him ahead of next years elections. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, august 1st. We are in august already. I am jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this new month with a possible new indictment against former President Donald Trump for his alleged efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election. The grand jury Hearing Testimony in special counsel jack smiths investigation is expected to be back in session in washington today. Now its been two weeks since trump announced on social media that he received a Target Letter, which is an indication that charges could be brought in the very near future. That letter suggested that the former president could face charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, Depriving Voters of their rights, and witness tampering. Trump seems prepared to be preparing for another federal indictment against him, posting yesterday on truth social that he assumes one will be
his fight to remain on colorado s ballot to the supreme court. what his lawyers are arguing and why the former president is now concerned about how the justices may rule. plus, we ll dig into house speaker mike johnson and the 60 other republicans and their visit to the southern border. their new ultimatum, and what they re prepared to do with the government if democrats don t agree to their demands. and also ahead we ll show you the confrontation between governor ron desantis and one of his own supporters who accuses the presidential candidate of going soft on trump. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with this news. former president donald trump s legal team has officially petitioned the supreme court asking it to overturn the colorado ruling that found him ineligible to run for president. last month colorado became the first state to rule that trump engaged in an i
negotiations. we re live with where the deal stands less than two weeks before the june 1st deadline. in georgia, new reporting about when former president donald trump could possibly be charged in the investigation into whether he interfered with the 2020 election in that state. and a major development in the disney versus desantis feud. the company pulls the plug on a billion dollar project in florida. we begin this very busy hour in new york city where right now 30-year-old street performer jordan neely is being laid to rest. he died earlier this month on the subway after being held in a chokehold. the president of the national action network and msnbc host reverend al sharpton will deliver neely s eulogy. and at the request of his family. the former marine accused of putting neely in a chokehold, daniel penny, has been charged with second degree manslaughter. he has not yet entered a plea and his lawyers say neely was aggressively threatening passengers and penny ne
great state of iowa. a brewing battle over who has the harshest vision from america. trump and desantis prepared to do it out in a fight for the gop nomination. plus, the greatest ongoing shift towards authoritarianism, if they work literally wrote the authoritative study on the subject. also, the harsh realities, now that title 42 is history is easy to forget, this is a humanitarian crisis, there are enormous hurdles for those arriving at our border by the books. we are going to show. you and holding a line on reproductive rights in south carolina. one of the woman fighting to keep an ultra restrictive abortion ban from becoming law is with us. this is american voices. . we begin this hour with the humanitarian crisis at our southern border with mexico. as the u.s. struggles to meet the reality of the growing complexities of migration. this new reality demands every imagining of our immigration system, a system meant for the realities of past decades. new data from the dep
of royalties on an ai colab using her voice. as we gauge on into the brave new world of music. steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. another career for you, steve. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports, let s get right to it. at this hour, the next potential candidate to take on former president trump is hinting that he s getting ready to jump into the 2024 race. we ll tell you when that announcement could come. plus, escaping war torn sudan, armed at u.s. drones helped escort hundreds of americans on a 500 mile journey over the weekend to a key port city after having to flee the country and fierce fighting. and zero leads a massive man hunt is underway in texas to find the suspect responsible for a mass shooting that left five dead including a 9-year-old boy. where that investigation stands now. plus, slow moving disaster, the mississippi river is set to crest today as homes are already seeing serious flooding across iowa and illinois