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
governor, as your senator, as your secretary of state, as your attorney general, then democracy as we know it may not survive in arizona. that s not an exaggeration, that is a fact. that was former president obama hitting the campaign trail hard for democrats talking on election deniers in battleground states. that guy is pretty good. he s good at what he does. he s got a future in politics if he decides to go that way. president biden makes the fate of our democracy a key issue just days before voters decide who will control congress and the future path of our country. also ahead, new polling in several crucial races, including pennsylvania where voters are weighing in on the only debate between senate candidate john fetterman and dr. oz. plus, there are new details in the plot by trump s attorneys to overturn the 2020 election. his lawyers had a specific justice in mind, and we ll tell you who that is. and one of former president donald trump s top advisers has
powell tries to force down inflation. let s get right to it. joining me now is full disclosure host, robin, have we gotten the number yet? lass it come out? or are we still waiting? still waiting for it to come out. we re waiting, all right. another 75. 75 basis points. what is that going to mean? i got it tell you, i got a song in my heart, special thanks to the bee gees. because we re dealing with the cpi that s still high and the fed will have to hike which we just won t like la la, la, la. and did i just destroy my career? i loved every moment of it. oh, the title is called how deep is this inflation? i really want to know. and that s the question on everybody s mind. are we going to go to 5%? 6, 7%? how deep is the buying power and consumer demand in this economy that we have to snuff out and i don t think mr. powell knows. we have it official. three quarters of a point. 75 basis points. i was talking to steve retner today about when the bottom is and whe
president of the united states call his predecessor a threat to this country. that s exactly what we heard tonight from president joe biden about donald trump and trumpism in his renewed battle for the soul of america campaign, this time ahead of the midterms. what is happening today in america, he says, is not normal. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. they promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed the united states capitol on january 6th, brutally attacking law enforcement, not as insurrectionists who placed a dagger at the throat of our democracy, but they look at them as patriots. and they see their maga failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election as preparation for the 2022 and 2
planning to talk to ahead of the fall. also scheduled to get an update on the president s covid diagnosis from the white house. the doctors saying the symptoms are almost totally gone. i want to bring in nbc white house correspondent mike memoli and correspondent shaq brewster with where america is at with abortion access with indiana being really the focus at this moment. talk about vice president harris trip there and what it means. reporter: we have seen the vice president do the event in indiana multiple times, speaking with democratic lawmakers where republicans control the levers of power and abortion access is under assault and today with the visit to indiana is we have the indiana legislature considering what would be a total ban on abortion and we have of course a case that the president highlighted. the 10-year-old girl from indiana the victim of rape traveling to get the kind of health access she needed. this is part of what the vice president s message is t