clear that donald j. trump is a target of the investigation. we ll have legal analysis what that means for a possible indictment in just a moment. meanwhile trump s former running mate is now his newest challenger in the 2024 presidential race. we ll have more from mike pence s campaign launch. plus that hazardous haze that s been covering the northeast is expected to kick back up today. we ll get the latest time line for when the wildfire smoke from canada could finally clear out. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. nbc news has learned that former president donald trump s attorneys have been told that trump is a target of the justice department s investigation into the former president s handling of classified documents after he left the white house. prosecutors told trump s attorneys about their client being a target in that probe during their meeting monday at the doj headqu
we fail to pay our bills. we re going to come together because there s no alternative. we have to do the right thing for the country. we have to move on. those were president biden s comments on the debt ceiling negotiations just before he took off for the g7 summit in japan. we ll have the very latest on the budget talks and the president s trip overseas. he has arrived. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 18th. i m jonathan lemire. because right now these are indeed live pictures from hiroshima, japan, where president biden is meeting with japanese prime minister kishida ahead of their bilateral meeting. g7 leaders are gathering there where they will likely focus on the war in ukraine and tensions in asia. the president, of course, had announced he was cutting short his planned trip to the pacific, no longer visiting papau new guinea or australia in order to get back on sunday to continue those debt ceiling negotiate asians. we ll bring you
Gaza as negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release continue. Well bring you the very latest out of The Middle East straight ahead. Plus, well go through yesterdays key moments in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial including the judges warning about potential jail time for the former president. And well get an update live from capitol hill on the looming threat to remove Speaker Mike Johnson. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, may 7th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the Israeli Defense forces announcing theyve taken operational control of the gaza side of the Rafah Crossing. The military released this video overnight of troops entering the area and beginning a, quote, precise Counter Terrorism operation. Israeli Officials Say they seized a crossing after receiving intelligence it was being used for terrorist purposes. No evidence to support that claim was provided. The idf also conducted air strikes th
countries, too. so it s a bit of a juxtaposition and weighing up of these pros and cons. overall 2.9% is the figure we expect for gdp globally then in 2024 as perhaps some of those inflation increases and interest rate increases perhaps begin to come off a little bit and the global economy begins to spur up again. also the opening of china may then be fully in effect. that may too then things up significantly. that seems to be the story right now. cnbc s arabile gumede live from london, thank you as always. still aheed here on way too early, mike pence has entered the race as president taking shots at his former boss but also didn t rule out supporting trump s campaign. we ll have those comments for you next. trump s campaign we ll have those comments for you next she picks only the perks she wants and saves on every one! all with an incredible new iphone.
when you take a look then at the cost of the emergency takeover itself they re going to make around 35 billion u.s. dollars at the same time, so they stand to gain and lose in this respect. plus ubs is also estimating it could rack up around $4 billion just related to regulation matters, so there s still a lot to put this to bed. and while the end isn t close by, the ceo says they could see themselves finishing off and settling all of this before the end of the year, so that is certainly the hope. cnbc s arabile gumede live from london, thank you as always. still aheed here access to an abortion pill faces a new legal test in federal court that so many women rely on. we ll have the very latest next. . we ll have the very latest next. . just swipe and it lasts all day. secret helps eliminate odor, instead of just masking it. and hours later i still smell fresh. secret works. ohhh yesss.