johnny irwin died at the age of 50. he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2020. a statement on his instagram account said it is with a heavy heart that we share the news of his passing. a truly remarkable soul, he brought fought bravely against character with the strength and courage and touch the lives of so many with his kindness and warmth and infectious spirit. presidentjoe biden is to take part in a ceremony for the repatriation of the bodies of three american soldiers killed in a drone attack in jordan. the plane carrying their bodies will arrive at an airforce base in delaware. the first lady and the president pay their respects along with us armed forces. the three soldiers, sergeants williamj rivers, kennedy sanders and breonna moffett died in the strike near the border with syria on sunday. the white house has said the attack on its military base which wounded a0 others was carried out by an iran backed militia called islamic resistance in iraq. iran has denie
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
general bill barr. last week, that focus will shift to the effort to pressure state legislatures to unlawfully result reverse the result of the 2020 presidential election. scheduled to appear as a witness on tuesday s georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. in the early 2021, raffensperger was thrust into the spotlight with audio and phone call between him and then president trump was released. remember, during that call, trump asked raffensperger and other georgia election administration officials to find some more votes for him. all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes. which is one more than we have. because we won the state. so we re gonna do to get those? i only 11,000 votes. fellas, i need 11,000 votes. give me a break. the call was made just four days before the insurrection of the capital. a few weeks ago, raffensperger also appeared before a special grand jury investigating possible election interference conducted by trump, and his associ
the big weekend show begins with the fox news alert. i m guy benson with nicole saphier, anita vogel and joey jones. fox news confirming the u.s. troops killed when a black hawk helicopter crash during a training mission in the mediterranean sea on veterans day while they were special operators from the 160th special operations aviation regiment. one of the most elite helicopter pilot groups on earth, this is the u.s. conducts additional airstrikes on iranian proxy groups in their facilities and their personnel in syria that in retaliation for dozens of attacks against u.s. bases and military in the middle east. lucas tomlinson is live in delaware, president biden is spending his weekend there, give us a update on the airstrikes pretty significant development, yes? that is right we learned a pair of u.s. air force fighter jets that carried airstrikes in eastern syria targeting a training facility according to lloyd austin. it we received reporting from jennifer griffi