declaration about the war in ukraine. we ll have that for you in just a moment. also ahead special counsel jack smith responds to a request by donald trump lawyers to delay his trial in the classified documents case. they want to do that after the 2024 election. plus hollywood officially goes dark for the first time in over six decades as writers and actors are now together on the picket lines. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, july 14th. i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. president joe biden wrapped up his five-day european trip to finland yesterday with nato s newest memberch it ended decades of neutrality in april when it became the alliance s 31st member. the country shares 830 miles of border with russia. president biden yesterday celebrated finland s membership and nato s united front against russian president vladimir putin. mr. president, at this critical moment in history, this inflection point, the world is watching to see will w
lithuania. president biden has already sat down with the leader of the host country and has plans for two high profile meetings on the side lines there. it and the nato secretary-general already calling this summit a historic meeting following a diplomatic break through. we ll explain that in just a moment. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, july 11th. i m ali vitally in washington, and jonathan lemire, again, beating me with the backdrop this time in lithuania where he s covering the nato trip overseas. set the scene for us. reporter: yeah, ali, good to see you. nato summit just under way. as a few minutes ago the president has arrived at the summit site after earlier in the day paying a visit to the two leaders of the host country here, lithuania. lithuania very much in the shadow of the war. belarus just a few miles from here, from the border. also just a couple miles from russia itself. we should note the ukrainian flags outnumber the lithuan
the president orders strikes. the united states will step up and respond when our forces are attacked. we ll take further action. and comes under fire from republicans. this doesn t have to happen. why did it take so long. plus border battle. the senate s deal is trash. the details of the immigration deal emerging and republicans are the hill are more divided than ever. you have to read the bill. don t be ignorant. read the bill. as the crisis continues, what comes next? and replacing george santos. we taraveled to new york for a look at a election with national implications. it is tough. if you voted for the former vez, why not. and santos joins us to share his thoughts on the race. inside politics, the best reporting from inside of the corridors of power starts now. good morning and welcome to inside politics sunday. i m manu raju. the u.s. pounded iran backed groups in the middle east for a third straight day today. following waves of air strikes
as where the republican contenders are campaigning today. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, july 6th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we re learning new details this morning about the search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago golf club carried out by federal agents last year after a less redacted version of the search warrant affidavit was made public late yesterday. the newly public portions of of the document reveal that the federal agents investigating trump s connection to classified materials told the judge who signed the search warrant that they were concerned the location of some of the documents were unknown. the affidavit indicates that justice department officials became concerned after viewing security camera video from mar-a-lago that they had obtained from trump s company. the affidavit reveals the video showed a trump employee since identified as aide and former white house valet walt nauta moving
and so he got upset and so he said he d take one and he d challenge me to one and he d beat me. maybe he would, maybe he wouldn t. but what i said is, okay, well, if that s the case, then get on a debate stage and let s go. bring it, donald. show me what you got. nikki haley going after donald trump at the very start of her speech in her home state of south carolina. a real shift from previous rallies. we ll have more from the campaign trail and the new polling from the gop front-runner. plus we ll bring you the latest from capitol hill where there are now serious doubts about the possibility of passing a border bill, which includes urgent funding for ukraine. and also ahead, we ll explain the new action by israeli forces inside gaza that could create even more tension with the biden administration. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 25th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we begin this morning with the race