district attorney calls a special grand jury. and for the second time in three years lawmakers on capitol hill are talking about police reform following a black man s deadly encounter with officers. plus president joe biden sends a message to speaker kevin mccarthy, show me your budget. that s all ahead on way too early. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with a move that could mean potential criminal charges for former president donald trump just as he ramps up his latest run for the white house. a grand jury has been convened in the case of hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels by trump back in 2016. that s according to sources familiar with the situation confirming the development to nbc news and first reported by the new york times. the times reports that manhattan district attorney alvin bragg started presenting evidence to a gra
surprisingly are in allegiance with both of these comments. also tonight, russia unleashes a new round of air strikes against ukrainian civilians. trump s lawyers meet with federal investigators as trump again says the documents are, quote, mine. the fallout today from racial slurs caught from an l.a. city council president who as of now is the former l.a. city council president. good evening. i m jason johnson in tonight for joy reid. we begin with the shamelessly unapologetic racism and xenophobia on display this weekend. not surprising. the twice-impeached former president is doing a traveling road show around the country. most of the offensive commentary seem to follow him like rats to garbage. first alabama s tommy tuberville. republicans refused to condemn his comments. don baker suggested tuberville should have been more polite with his racism. the next day, georgia s congresswoman said hold my racist beer and joined in on the racism, targeting immigrants. joe
now, an interesting fact is that the prefect of rome today, italian media expects during those days between that and the future, tearing the, fifth next thursday, he expects about 60,000 people to come down for that occasion. compare that to the more than 4 million pilgrims who came down for the funeral of the last pope who died, who was, of course, john paul the second. then on thursday, the vatican said that the funeral wouldn t be held in the morning, in st. peters square. you will be presided by pope francis, again, the first time in modern times we know that a pope has presided over another. then, the body will be buried in the vatican grotto, which is a tumult near st. peters to me, below st. peters basilica, and an interesting fact about that is that is where john paul the second was buried before he was moved to the final resting place inside st. peters basilica. claudio, i want to ask you here. have you been able to chat with anybody? what is the lasting legacy you
phang show this morning. with all of our live tv grand lands, i ll see you tomorrow morning at 7 am eastern. velshi starts right now. good morning to you, particularly early morning here in arizona, it is saturday october the 29th. i m ali velshi in phoenix, arizona for another edition of velshi across america. only ten days left in this midterm election, cycle this worst first nation since donald trump began spreading the big lie, following his lost of joe biden in 2020. that lie, of a stolen election that wasn t stolen, fueled the violent insurrection at the capitol on january 6th. it is still spinning off new lives today, creating an atmosphere in which the future of democracy itself remains in doubt. the threat of violence, and intimidation hangs in the air. particularly here in maricopa county arizona. on the day that the mob swarmed the cat bottle, roz on january six, some carried rough vince assaulted wang forsman s officers, many of them were explicitly looking fo
massive bridge linking russia to the annexed territory of crimea. why this is a big deal both strategically and symbolically and how ukrainian and russian officials are now reacting. also, a major shakeup in uvalde, texas. the school district suspends its entire police force and puts two officials on leave. how if families are reacting. plus hurricane ian blasted its way through florida, knocking out electricity to millions. one community in the storm s path never lost power. how they made it through relatively unscathed. hopeful news in the fight against breast cancer. new day starts right now. it s great to be with you this morning. it s saturday, october 8th. thank you so much for spending some of your morning with us. boris, sorry you re not. you re stuck with me now. that s right. we re grateful to have you, amara. i m so pumped that this is your new home. congratulations to amara walker, being named the new co-anchor of weekend new day. thank you. of