Problems with legitimacy in our most recent election, theyre suddenly afraid to even talk about these issues and figure out a solution on the floor of the senate. President obama Talking About the filibuster. What will Joe Manchin do . Plus, new reporting on the January 6th attack on the capitol. The agency said they did not have Advance Warning of the violence. The question is do new documents tell a different story . And a new study on the benefits of coffee. The question is have researchers discovered a new benefit . Its way too early for this. Good Morning And Welcome to way too early, the show that has always believed coffee is good for you. Im Kasie Hunt on this tuesday, june 22nd. Well start with the news. A critical vote is set for today on whether to debate a sweeping voting Rights Bill being enacted in republicanled states. The motion, which, of course, needs 60 votes to pass is expected to fail in the face of republican opposition. But if democrats are united, it could give more fuel to those who want to eliminate the filibuster. The person to watch is Joe Manchin. Sorry. Were in the middle of a Fire Alarm drill. Now Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is trying to help to convince them to pass the bill as a way to make changes. Its a vote on whether the senate should simply debate the issue about Voting Rights, the crucial issue of Voting Rights in this country. We shouldnt have to debate the Voting Rights. We shouldnt have to debate Voting Rights on the floor of the united states senate. Thats rights should be sack crow sangt. I challenge you, republican senators, come to the floor. Defend these policies. Tell us how they secure the vote. Tell us how they prevent nearly nonexistent voter fraud. Joining us now, reporter for the Washington Post, eugene scott. Eugene, you may or may not have heard the Fire Alarm. I am definitely awake now. This has become the absolute Center And Touchtone for activists in the democratic party. This is an existential issue for so many people. Were watching senator manchin, and its interesting that Senator Sinema of arizona came out and said she wont change her mind, even though she might support s1. Thats true. And sinema has been in support of keeping the filibuster in place. She argues thats because she represents arizona, a very independent state, previously represented by John Mccain who was not as partisan as were currently seeing both parties being. Thats led to great frustration for her party and democrats as a whole who are frustrated with the issue at hand right now, which is Voting Rights. As you know, as you stated, republicans have not even suggested, at least a significant number of republicans, that they would be interested in debating this topic thats going to be so essential to how we move forward in this democracy that has been threatened very interestingly and has been looking forward to 2022 to see whos going to represent washington in all of the 50 states. Lets Take A Look at a little bit more of what President Obama had to say about this as we head into this day. Take a look. Ill be honest. The bill doesnt have Everything Id like to see in a voting Rights Bill. It doesnt address every problem. And i want to also be clear republicans in congress, in the senate have every right to offer their own proposals. So, eugene, i dont see a world where republicans actually want to make any changes, do you . Well, no. They havent proposed any. And its a reminder during the Trump Administration, the republicans were against the affordable care act, but had not put forward anything to replace it. Mitch mcconnell has made it clear. His main priority is to stop the biden agenda, not replace the agenda, but stop things moving forward that democrats put for the people, and this right now is the present example of that. All right. The Washington Post, eugene scott. A always, we appreciate you being with us. Still ahead, a Supreme Court Ruling against the ncaa paves the way for college athletes to get paid. Plus, Bibi Partisan Infrastructure Changes going forward and well have a check of the weather when we come back. D well have a check of the weather when we come back no way. Nice clubhouse. So, how do you want to play this . Fast. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Yeah its good to be back. Welcome to allstate, are you down, dddown, dddown, dddown where were driving down the cost of insurance. Are you down, down ddown, down . 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He announced the news on Instagram Yesterday saying hes not doing it for the attention but because he feels Representation And Visibility are underrepresented. I wanted to take a moment to say im gay. I finally feel comfortable to get it off my chest. Im a really private person. I hope you know im not doing it for attention. I think Representation And Visibility are so important. I hope one day videos like this and the whole coming out process are just not necessary. Until then ill do my part. He said he, quote, agonized over the moment for the last 15 years and only decided to go public after receiving support from his family and friends. The 28yearold pledged a 100,000 donation to the trevor project. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell welcomed the announcement saying, the Nfl Family is proud of carl for courageously sharing his truth. 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Finally in chicago, the Cubs Player was benched after a lapse in fourth inning. He ran from first to third on a Routine Flyout to left field, apparently losing track of the fact there was only one out and was doubled up at first base. Whoopsie. All right. Time now for the weather. Lets go to Meteorologist Bill karins for a check on the forecast. Bill, good morning. Good to see you. Hey, good morning to you, kasie. Yeah, we had a lot of Thunderstorms Yesterday in the Ohio Valley throughout the northeast. This morning were going to take those storms to the southeast. So its going to be an active weather day. Not too dangerous. Were not going to have a lot of problems like severe storms, but we could have Flash Floods. We have a Flash Flood warning up in georgia where they could get a little bit of rain. But were watching from biloxi to pensacola. This is the same rain brought by claudette. You can see some of the Heavy Rain down on the gulf coast. Houstons got showers and storms, nashville had rain, and now youre clearing out. Atlanta, it will be in the next hour or two. Bring the umbrella. Its going to be a little wet. Well have some from d. C. To New York but not like what we had Last Night. Most of the rain in the northeast is over. Wilmington, charleston, some hitandmiss storms in florida. This Cold Front will stall in the South Tomorrow and well get Heavy Rain. Probably your typical Heavy Rain in florida, but much of the East Coast will see improved weather. Were targeting southern alabama, southern georgia, the northern Half Back Up To New Bern and the outer banks. Notice the temperature much cooler. The great lakes, even areas like d. C. And New York. Yesterday was near 90. Todays only going to be in the 70s and getting cooler during the day. Unfortunately the heat in the west is not recordbreaking like last week, but its still going to be 100 in salt lake city, 109 in phoenix. 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According to the report, quote, users in multiple online groups and platforms talked about traveling to the capitol and making plans to start a Refb Liegs on that day. It doesnt say whether the is Fbis Review was conducted before or after January 6th, but they do seem to clash with christopher wrays comments that the bureau did not have intelligence about the deadly capitol attack. Meanwhile Nbc News has received more information. They released three videos connected to the case of charles donohoe, the president of a local proud Boys Chapter who was involved in planning, organized, and leading members after the attack on the capitol. This video shows before the attack with one person yelling, lets take the bleeping capitol. Donohoe can be seen here with long blond hair stealing a stolen Police Shield with another proud boy. The video shows he and another Man Breaching the capitol. A man is wearing a Red And White face covering along with a few others. The video was edited prior to Nbc News obtaining it. [ bleep ] [ shoulding ]. You may have noticed thats the same man with donohoe stealing the police riot shield. He used it later to break a window. Its all part of conspiracy charges donohoe is facing. Hes pleaded not guilty. Meanwhile senators on Capitol Hill are optimistic a bipartisan bill could be released soon. Senator Tim Scott. We are in the process of allowing our Law Enforcement groups Tone Gauge in the community and to communicate back. They have communicated back over the weekend. So we have things to work on and now we have to go through the process between torn and tomorrow of disstill whether there is agreement. Are you still seeing that thats a problem . Were making progress now. Okay. Were pretty close to getting all these things on the same page. Pretty optimistic. Dick durbin tills Nbc News he and Senator Booker believe it could be completed this monday. Jake, good morning. Its always good to see you. I know you are writing in Punch Bowl this morning about the Police Reform bill. They had a June Deadline. They may blow through that, but this seems pretty optimistic. Where do things stand . It does, kasie. One other thing Tim Scott said, to paint the picture late Last Night or early Last Night at the Senate Vote Series off the senate floor, i said to him, you know, what are you looking for here . Do you need to see progress this week . Next week . He said we need to see something that shows me im not wasting my time. And he said that Law Enforcement partners, so constituents basically, people who had interest in a police refort deal, are currently reviewing the legislation, which is a good thing. Theyre trying to get partners onboard so they can reform police laws. I would say the fact that they set this June Deadline and theyre blowing through it and theyre still working at the pace with which theyre working seems to me to be a good sign for this process. I will caution and you know this well. Once you get into putting this into legislate Irv Language and start trading this provision for that provision, legislation can come undone pretty quickly as you and i have seen many, many times. But this does seem to have one of those, you know, really good feeling and a good vibe behind it. I would anticipate they would get a principle in the next week or two. Some bipartisan optimism this morning. Jake, lets stick with the theme and talk about infrastructure because i know theres some movement there. Were waiting on the White House to be, you know, clear about where they stand on some of these things. We got a little bit of detail yesterday. Theres still that continuing frustration from some progressives about how this compromise is shaping up. They want guarantees. I wuc talks with senator merkley. Where does this complicated Calculus Stand Today . Well, i think theres progress being made, kasie, and the White House dispatching three aides to Capitol Hill this morning with the idea of trying to wrap up some agreement or trying to get a better handle on whether there is an agreement, these three White House aides include brew shety, terrell, and deese. And theyre really trying to figure out if this bipartisan group has any chance. They suggest they do have a chance, but, again, putting this in legislative language is quite tough. And, frankly, a lot of democrats are starting to wonder why theyre giving so much time, and thats a legitimate question because the White House is saying theyre not going to continue to give it unlimited time as they continue to give it unlimited time. Joe biden clearly wants some sort of agreement here. I would say theyre probably closer than a lot of people think. But, again, getting this into legislative language is quite difficult, and theres a lot of anxiety on the left, and there will continue to be. Were getting toward The End of june, and theres basically no progress on the floor to an agreement. Jake, speaking of anxiety on the left, lets talk for a second on the voting Rights Bill thats set to be on the floor, the procedure, i should say. Were going to have a procedure real vote on floor today. Its become something thats existential for so many people and become a real focus for activists on the left to get members of congress to vote for this. Senator sinema clearly had to come out and say in the Washington Post shes not going to break the filibuster. Are democrats just setting themselves up for disappointment with this, or i mean, how do you see this as its evolving for the rest of the year and also into Campaign Season . I think they are setting themselves up for failure, but they have to. This is a key Agenda Item for them, as you noted. Kyrsten sinema, people need to get their expectations in check in that the filibuster is going nowhere. It may not be what you want to hear, but the filibuster is here to stay. It seems to be some Pipe Dream that people that the filibuster is going to be blown up. I think the better option, clearly the better option for democrats is to find Agenda Items that have 50 votes or 51 votes, and if you want to find have more aggressive and ambitious legislation, you need to win more senate seats, bus the current construct, the current senate democrats have is not lending itself to blowing up the filibuster unfortunately. So, yes, this thing is going to fail at some point. Its not going to get the 60 votes thats needed. Joe manchins compromise hes Put Forth is not really much of a compromise at all since republicans are against it and even some democrats are against it. 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Mike, good morning. Always good to see you. Lets start with the Meetings Yesterday, the details of this plan, because the White House obviously doesnt seem interested in these ideas to help pay for it, which has been the hardest part all the way along. What are they thinking, and how is that affecting the talks that are going on today . Yeah. Well, the fact that the White House has to keep reminding both democrats and republicans on The Hill that this gas tax, indexing it for inflation is a clear Red Line for them is not a positive sign for the prospect of these talks, but you have to sort of consider where the president ultimately stands on this. Remember, hes been focused on his foreign trip for the better part of the last two weeks. Now hes back in washington really getting his hands dirty with the negotiations, and even though there are a lot of folks in the White House who would love nothing more than to drop the pretence here, go reconciliation, be realistic about whether republicans are going to be there at The End of the day. The president reviews this as core to his Campaign Promise to bring the country back together to try to show government can work. Remember, that was a key part of what he was preaching overseas, this idea of showing democracies can deliver for the people. So for the president , getting a bipartisan win here is a double win. You get the substance of an Infrastructure Deal, and you show that you can make government work. If you end up having to concede and go reconciliation, youre potentially setting yourself up for a double loss. You havent brought the country together as republicans will No Doubt argue, and you may not get this bipartisan get any substantive accomplishment here if the democrats cant get their own house in order. Thats why it looks like and there are a lot of democrats frustrated that this is taking so much time. You know, the president might be the most eager person in the White House to keep these bipartisan talks going. Thats the explanation. We saw significant Meetings Yesterday with the two democrats who he had called out as sort of the most republicanfriendly Joe Manchin and kirsten sinema. The readouts focus on two different issues, manchin on Voting Rights and sinema on the Infrastructure Talks, but you can be sure both talks came up with both senators at the same time. Yeah. Well, mike, how is the White House thinking about the intraparty democratic politics on this . I was talking with senator a me pennsylvania avenue, if they Cant Figure out how to say yes to the bipartisan deal and the Reconciliation Package that includes Climate Provisions at the same time, he wants a guarantee both of those things will pass he may not vote for it and says he speaks for potentially many other democrats as well, which could make this deal trickier, how is the White House thinking about that group . Thinking about that group, and theyre critical in a Reconciliation Bill because Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin might be nervous Passing A Bill with Bernie Sanderss Name on it. Remember the campaign about infrastructure was to basically say their Infrastructure Deal was also their climate proposal. So you can understand senator marquee, senator White House, some of the other climate focused lawmakers on The Hill who see the Infrastructure Talks moving in a direction that might leave climate to the sidelines and theyre frustrating. An interesting insight into the president s thinking on this when we were on the foreign trip and i had a chance to be in the pool one day, talking to a White House official, whats the president Talking About, trying to get him to talk publicly what hes talking privately. They said, Senator Markey, hes ticked off what he was Hearing Back in washington about raising the prospect that they might sit out on a Reconciliation Vote or in a bipartisan vote if they dont necessarily prioritize climate change. This is a president trying to do everything he can to remind democrats that some progress is better than no progress. They feel you can get something done here with republicans and that builds momentum further down the road to do more and be ambitious on climate but obviously not an easy message from him, even to somebody like Senator Markey whos been around in washington, not as long as Joe Biden but not far behind, lets say. Mike, thank you as always for your sharp reporting. 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Right now theyre the g21, the 12 members, what we were picking up Last Night is that they want to grow that number but make sure theres one republican for every one democrat. So you inch that number up, some people call it the noahs ark strategy, you have two by two. And then you can get to the point where the president comes out publicly and supports it, potentially before the July 4th recess at The End of this week. And democrats who havent said whether or not theyre for it, theyll be frozen and itll be difficult to join elizabeth Warren And Bernie sanders who said they wont support the bill unless it includes all the thing or unless there are additional bills and you get to the 3, 4, 5, 6 Trillion price range. Some progressives saying i might consider this but you have to promise to do the Reconciliation Bill and the votes will be there. Can they marshall this kind of public support to get where they need to be . Im a little skeptical about that. So just by the math, theyve got you know, theyve got ten to get to 60 right now. The question is how many above ten can the ten republicans just to be clear, how many more republicans they get which allows them to lose democrats and stay above the 60 vote threshold. You and i have probably made this Mistake Dozen times in our career where we try to be whips and whip the vote and count the votes, but i suspect the White House has a better Whip Count than i do. Now Whip Counts can be bronk and the White House does rely on Report Ers to ferret out whos saying what publicly. Elizabeth warren was clear to me saying multiple trains can leave the station, to use her metaphor, there can be a 1. 2 trillion Infrastructure Package that leaves the station then there has to be another station leaving the train and those trains need to leave kind of at the same time and they need to know whats on the train before they vote for it. Its not clear the progressives are going to allow themselves to get rolled but it seems, heavy on the seems, thats where the conversation is going. Thank you for being with us. This is something to watch the next couple week, the potential divide between the White House and progressives. Youll see it in the infrastructure negotiations, when they vote on voting Rights Today in the senate. Thank you for getting up way too early with us this morning. Morning joe starts right now. Its The End of june 2020, and Trump Trapss back from tulsa. Right now the next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surgings. Okay, mr. Surging general. Forget critical numbers, what about what really matters Tv Rating numbers. This just came out. Trump rally gives Fox News the largest Saturday Night audience in its history. Lies from New York its Saturday Night. Why is America Coo Coo for covid . 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