Demands despite getting the inquiry many of them pushed for. Also ahead what many are learning this morning about russian president Vladimir Putins meeting with north korean dictator kim jongun. All right, good morning. Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, september 14th. Im sam stein in for jonathan lemire. We begin this morning with the president s comments on House RepublicansImpeachment Inquiry. On tuesday speaker Kevin Mccarthy announced hes directing three committees to conduct the inquiry and claims joe biden used his position as Vice President to further his son hunters foreign Business Dealings. Mccarthy made the move without holding a floor vote. Yesterday the president addressed the inquiry for the first time at a democratic fundraiser in virginia. Biden brushed the republican move off saying, quote, not a joke, not focused on impeachment, ive got a job to do. Ive got to deal with the issues that affect the American People every single solitary day. The president also claimed that the house wants to impeach him because they want to shutdown the government. Congress faces a September 30th Deadline to pass a Government Funding Bill and the house has been unable to reach a compromise as farright republicans are pushing for deep Spending Cuts. Its believed mccarthy launched the Impeachment Inquiry in an effort to appease those lawmakers to support his stop gap funding bill. But mccarthys move seemed to have done actually very little to create favor in far right of the house. Multiple House Freedom caucus members said that while they supported the Impeachment Inquiry, would it soften the demands for Spending Cuts . Those demands are expected to come to a head in the coming weeks as the Government Shutdown looms at the end of that month. Those calls for cuts as floridas matt gaetz whos said if mccarthy doesnt have the gop doesnt cave to the gop hard liners, hell launch a vote to remove him as speaker. Yesterday mccarthy claimed gaetz was in cahoots with democrats and said his issue with the speaker stemmed from an Ethics Committee complaint. Im not going to jump into an independent detecting just a touch of bad blood between those two. Joining us now to discuss all this drama is congressional reporter for punch bowl news. Mika, thank you for joining the show, your inaugural appearance, first of many i presume. If the House Freedom caucus members were not going to soften their demands anyways, what was the basic point . What did Speaker Mccarthy really gain by launching this Impeachment Inquiry . So Speaker Mccarthy is clearly trying to appease his life link by launching the Impeachment Inquiry. The problem is the House Freedom caucus they see impeachment as a separate fight which theyre not letting up their demands which ranges of wanting to strip more aid to ukraine to taking out funding for the doj and the fbi which they argue is politically targeting conservatives, so his hands are tied even when he does try and work with them a lot of the times given the kind of frustrations of the flank and not letting up here. Youve been speaking with a lot of House Republicans this week including many of whom consider themselves moderates or more maga moderate i should say. Based on those conversations, two questions for you. One, how does that faction feel about this Impeachment Inquiry . And, two, how likely do you think this Inquiry Results in an actual article of impeachment or multiple articles of impeachment going to the floor and being voted on inhouse . Yeah, ill say moderate republicans overall have been pretty supportive of an Impeachment Inquiry. I think its going to take the test of time for them to actually support it when it comes to an actual floor vote, and its going to put them in a very tough position especially those in districts where President Biden remains popular. I will say that i think this is going to take up a lot of the rest of the congress especially heading into an election year. This is going to dominate what republicans are saying to put pressure on joe biden. The problem for them is were really going to have find strong evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors. And right now theres a lot of teasing up evidence and focus on joe bidens and Hunter BidensBusiness Dealings and bank records theres been a recent development. So were really going to see what this investigation brings. Several republicanens have said theyve not established that evidence yet. Last question for you, mika, before we let you go. September 30th the government is going to run out of funding. Im putting you on the spot. Whats the likelihood in your estimation we do have a Government Shutdown . Well, as of right now it seems likely were heading in that direction. Weve had multiple House Republicans say on the record that they believe a shutdown is going to happen. I talked to congressman tim birchet of tennessee. Last week he said hes very confident a shutdown is going to happen. The House Freedom caucus members, they say its important to get everything they want to get done even if it leads to that because they know its going to be watered down in the senate, so were really going to have to watch what happens here and theres no time for them whatsoever. Government shutdowns used to be big deals, and now they feel routine. Congressional reporter for punch bowl news, mika, thank you so very much. Turn to another story. The judge presiding over the maralago documents case has taken swift new action seen largely as a win for special counsel jack smiths team. In an order yesterday u. S. District judge aileen cannon, limited former President Trumps access to the case and barred him from publicly discussing sensitive material. Despite trumps claims he had already declassified all the documents that fbi agents found when they searched his florida resort last year, the order refers to the materials in question as still being classified. And judge cannon wrote trump and his defense team can discuss or review the classified information only inside a Court Approved compartmentalized area or authorized area quoteunquote. It was a scif which was housed there during trumps presidency. A 16page order by the Trump Appointed Judge is largely in line with a proposal submitted in july by special counsel jack smiths team for how trump and his attorneys should handle National Security information related to the case. Judge cannons ruling did not completely shut the door on trumps declassification arguments. She wrote that her order is, quote, entered without prejudice to any potential challenges including to our news raised under the president ial records act. Meanwhile, former trump Chief Of Staff, mark meadows interference case will continue on schedule. After meadows was denied an Emergency Stay yesterday. Meadows had asked the court to pause his case while he appeals the judges ruling from last week that he cannot move his charges to federal court. And now asked the Appeals Court to grant the stay. The former Chief Of Staff would have to show the following, that he would likely win on appeal, that he would likely suffer damage without the stay, that the statewide not suffer harm if he was granted a stay, and that the Public Interest would be served if he was issued the stay. In a letter to the court, Fulton CountyDistrict Attorney fani willis team said meadows did not meet that standard. The 11th Circuit Court of appeals has scheduled more arguments for meadows case for tomorrow morning. And still ahead senator mitt romney announces hell retire from congress. The utah senator cited as a factor in this decision and how it plays in politics surrounding the 2024 race for the white house. Plus, the twoweek manhunt for an escaped prisoner in pennsylvania is thankfully over. Hell have details how police captured the convicted killer. Those stories and a check on weather and sports when we come right back. T back ella fashion moves fast. Setting trends is our business. We need to scale with customer demand. In real time. jen so we partner with verizon to take our operations to the next level. marquis with a custom private 5g network. ella with verizon business, we get more control of production, efficiencies, and greater agility. marquis so our customers get what they want, when they want it. jen its not just a network. Its enterprise intelligence. vo learn more. 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Theyre the ones that need to make the decision that will shape the world they will be living in. Now, we face critical challenges, mounting national debt, climate change, and the ambitious authoritarians of russia and china. Neither President Biden nor former President Trump are leading their party to confront those issues. Political motivations too often impede the solutions that these challenges demand. The next generation of leaders must take america to the next stage of global leadership. Now, romney met with reporters yesterday on capitol hill and called on President Biden and donald trump to follow his example. I think it would be a great thing to get both President Biden and former President Trump were to stand aside and let their respected party he said he was a transitional figure for the next generation. Well, time to transition. Switching to some tragic news now, the husband of congresswoman mary peltola of alaska has died following a plain crash wednesday night. According to the faa her husband was piloting a single engine plane when it crashed shortly after take off near a small city in western alaska. He was the only person onboard. Pelttolas Team Released a statement that reads in part buzzy to all of us who knew him was completely devoted to his parents, kids, siblings, extended family and friends and they simply adored mary. We are heartbroken for the familys loss. The National Transportation safety board is leading the investigation into the cause of the crash. Meanwhile, after an exhaustive twoweek manhunt, a convicted killer who escaped a Pennsylvania Prison late last month is now back in custody. Nbc news correspondent george solis has been following this story from the very beginning and has the details on the capture. Reporter a tense 14day manhunt is finally over. Shortly after 8 00 a. M. Our suspect was captured. Reporter after an exhaustive search, escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante is back in police custody. Our nightmare is finally over. Reporter tactical teams closed in to secure the area and hours later moved in. Cavalcante did not realize he was surrounded until that had occurred. That did not stop him from trying to escape. He began to crawl through thick underbrush taking his rifle with him as he went. Reporter Authorities Say as he tried to escape, it was a k9 that took him down. Seen here in this photo the k9 identified as yoda by customs is border protection. He continued to resist but was forcibly taken into custody. No shots were fired. The store manager Saw Cavalcante being taken away. We watched him basically walk him up, one camouflaged trooper had his gun, his rifle. Reporter officers on the scene posing for this picture with a handcuffed cavalcante. Theyre not doing anything to demean or harm him in any way there. Theyve handled him well since he was taken into custody. Im proud of them and their work. Reporter the manhunt started when the Illusive Cavalcante was seen crab walking out of prison. He was spotted multiple times over the next two weeks including doorbell video where he tried to get in contact with a former coworker, then he stole and ditched a van and then managed to steal a rifle and ammo on the run. A community relieved. I feel a weight off my shoulders. A lot safer definitely because he was in our backyard. Reporter the family of the exgirlfriend cavalcante was convicted of murdering releasing a statement in part they were deeply grateful by the hard work by authorities. No one in the community was harmed, can no Law Enforcement officer was harmed. So thats really thats the win. Nbcs George Solis Reporting on a case now closed. Thank god. Now still ahead were switching to sports and a huge loss for a Playoff Contender in major league baseball. 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