Georgia in this final week . Plus, the president continues to say were rounding the corner on the pandemic, despite the u. S. Reporting its highest numbers of new covid cases yet. The question is, will hospitals be able to make it through the winter . And another outbreak at the white house, this time in the Vice President s office, with a close contact to mike pence testing positive. The question is, should pence be quarantined . Its definitely way too early for this. Good morning, and welcome to way too early, the show that continues to lift up the medical teams on the front lines. Thank you. Im kasie hunt on this monday, october 26th. Well start with the news. The white house is dealing with another outbreak of covid19. Five of Vice President mike pences aides have tested positive for the virus, including his chief of staff, marc short. The Vice President s office said in a statement saturday night that short began quarantine and that he was cooperating with contact tracing. A sourc
Ten u. S. States reported on friday the highest number of new covid cases ever. That figure coming from Johns Hopkins university. One of those states is wisconsin, where the president held a Campaign Rally on saturday. As you can see here, he had one the same day in michigan as well, which has also been breaking covid case records. Instead of mentioning these alarming new figures, the president criticized the states governor for how these handling the pandemic. I want to play you a little bit of that. Get your schools open. The schools have to be open, right . It will happen. Lock her up, lock her up lock them all up. Lock her up, lock her up so those lock her up chants you heard are for michigan governor gretchen whitmer, the same governor who was the target of an alleged kidnapping not earlier this month. She says this is exactly the kind of rhetoric that is putting her, her family, and other officials in harms way. She says its just one of the ways mr. Trump is trying to fire up his
Tonight, as we come on the air, what could be the biggest storm of the winter. The midwest and then the east coast bracing for a treacherous commute tomorrow morning. In some places blizzard warnings already in effect. Thousands of flights already canceled coast to coast. The Ripple Effect being felt already. Also just in tonight. President trumps pick for the Supreme Court. When asked about what the president has said about judges, his nominee, neil gorsuch, reportedly saying those words are quote, demoralizing and disheartening. Our team with new reporting. Taking on nordstrom. President trump takes direct aim at the Department Store after learning they are dropping his daughter, ivankas, brand. Tweeting from the official president ial account. Stocks taking a hit in the moments after. Inside the devastating tornado outbreak tonight. Families who rebuilt after katrina and their new heartache. And the circus tragedy. The high wire fall. And the famous name. Good evening you and its gr
A look at the days news and headlines. At low containment. Bill its a big job. Probably something we deal with all week. Thank you live in redding, california. Sandra President Trump raising the stakes in the battle over the border wall threatening to shut down the government if he doesnt get the funding he has been demanding. The President Firing off this warning a short time ago tweeting quote, i would be willing to shut down government if the democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security. Which includes the wall. Must get rid of lottery, Catch And Release, etc. And go to system of immigration based on merit. We need great people coming into our country. Doug mcelway live at the white house this morning. Doug, an interesting tactic to see a republican president embracing the prospects of a Government Shutdown. It sure is. History has shown that whenever there has been a Government Shutdown in the past it is the Republican Party that takes the blame for it and in the aftermat
Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Okay, this person is trying to move a conversation in this direction for this purpose. So it seems a little obscure, i dont understand where are theyre trying to go. Is it a pr strategy or is it a legal strategy . Is he a lawyer or a spokesman we have michael avenatti, lanny davis and Rudy Giuliani out there just talking away. I dont think any of them are actually coming up with a cohesive legal strategy for what they need to do because they want to win the pr battle. Lan ny is not allowed to talk. Whatever were talking about now, i have a feeling Robert Mueller has already been over that. But Rudy Giuliani is acting like a squirming coil an going all over the place. Hes saying donald trump never hacked the dnc. No one ever claimed that. Hes also saying that donald trump Didnt Attending T the me with russians. Take a listen to what else he said. This russian meeting, he wasnt there. He wasnt at the meeting. He did