Amid threats from the farright that could lead to a Government Shutdown. Meanwhile, Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is again calling on members of his own party to support continued aid to ukraine. That comes as russian president Vladimir Putin turns to another dictator for more supplies for his military. And also ahead, an absolutely crushing start to the season for New York Jets fans with Star Quarterback aaron rogers now likely out for the year after only four plays under center. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, september 12th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with a move that was widely expected in the federal election interference case against former president donald trump. In a filing yesterday lawyers for trump officially asked the judge overseeing the trial, tanya shut kn, to recuse herself. They wrote this, judge chutkan has in connection with other cases suggested former President Trump should be p
than six weeks. and that comes as the u.s. military is becoming more aggressive in its response to attacks against service members in the wider region. we re going to go through all of that in just a moment. plus, the new donald trump dilemma for democrats. party officials seem to be shifting their strategy on how much coverage they want the former president to receive. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, november 22nd. the day before thanksgiving. i m jonathan lemire, and we re certainly grateful you re starting your day with us. we will begin this morning with breaking news. israel and hamas have agreed to a deal to release some of the hostages kidnapped during last month s deadly terror attack. qatar, which has been made the announcement late last night. the term of the agreement include a four-day pause in fighting. during that time 50 women and children will be released in stages. now, in exchange 150 palestinian women and children who ar
legend, willy mays, considered by many to be the game s greatest all around player. and also ahead donald trump s latest gaff with the city of milwaukee where the republican national convention will be held in less than a month. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 19th. it is indeed juneteenth. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. today americans nationwide are marking juneteenth also known as emancipation day. the emancipation proclamation freeing enslaved people in the confederate states was signed in 1863 but it did immediately end slavery in places that remained under confederate control. but it wasn t until june 19, 1865, two full years later, that union troops arrived in galveston, texas, and told more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state that they were now free. the news was met with large celebrations, and in remembrance black communities across the country hold events, parties, and parades. the holida
politico and co-author of the play book, eugene daniels. congresser reporter for the washington post, jackie alemany. as well as white house editor for politico, sam stein. great to see you on a monday morning. let s start with the greatest question of our age, barbie or oppenheimer. you know i saw barbie. i didn t want to great movie, fun. it was a bunch of adults in there, which was kind of fun. laugh out loud. you have the president, the political move. i can t spend 3 1/2 hours watching a movie about the bomb. i don t have the patience for it. i saw people who were seeing barbie. people were dressed in pink or barbie outfits throughout the streets all weekend long. it did almost record-setting numbers. anybody else, jackie, get to anything? i feel i failed on my patriotic duties.
differentiates them and him, it is going to be hard to see how this actually matters in a republican primary at this point. white house correspondent for politico and co-author of the play book which will be in your inbox within minutes, eugene daniels, thank you, my friend. thank you for getting up way too early on this tuesday morning. a jam-packed morning joe starts right now. we were talking about it, he said, we wanted to attack iraq and so on. you did. this was done by the military and given to me. uh, i think we can probably. we ll have to try to declassify it. figure it out. as president, i could declassify it, but now i can t. isn t that interesting? that is a recording by cnn of donald trump showing off u.s.