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replace him? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early. the show that gives us answers in the form of a question. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, august 12th. we ll start with the news. today the fda is expected to approve covid-19 booster shots for people with weakened immune systems. it comes as covid cases surge across the country, including a growing number of pediatric patients. morgan chesky has the latest. reporter: as covid cases surge yet again the fda looks to speed up the time line for booster shots. they ll look at a shot for pfizer and moderna boosters. unvaccinated patients filling up hospitals as schools face push back over mask mandates. i m not willing to play russian roulette with someone s life like that. reporter: the delta driven surge, in pennsylvania up 120%, in tennessee 40%. one in four new cases are kids under 17. now we re seeing more kids who are symptomatic and more kids being hospitalized due t ....
what s worse, recording yourself in the middle of a crime scene or not even knowing which building was being overrun, that lack of awareness and basic civics didn t make it any less dangerous for officers like eugene goodman who faced down the january 6th insurrection even if some republican lawmakers are pretending it never happened. and speaking of that, one of the few republicans to stand up for the constitution, liz cheney is seeing a surge in fundraising, and as kasie hunt points out, i wonder why those numbers were leaked to a long time political reporter in new hampshire. 2024 anyone? plus, another political casualty of the trump era. former senator jeff flake lands a new gig in the biden administration. while the state of tennessee takes a giant leap backward on basic health. why state officials there are stopping all vaccine related outreach to minors, not just covid vaccines, all vaccines. the virus meanwhile continues to flare up in serious ways with cases ....
member of the new york times editorial board, mara gay. and white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire, doing double duty this morning. so a couple of things. first of all, it s june. i mean, come on. where did oh, my god. i m sorry, when did that happen? i thought we were like middle of february. no. really, i need to reed the paper a little bit more. check the calendar. and let s look on set. this is incredible. look at this shot, joe. here we are all the time at the top of our apartment building at 30 rock. never left new york. but look at that, onset, and we ll see you there i think at some point. how was memorial day? willie, how was your memorial day? what did you do? unfortunately, i spent most of it watching the yankees be swept by the lowly detroit tigers and plummet to 5 1/2 games back in the al east. so it was a cold, rainy memorial day here in the new york renal . it s been a year and a half since we ve had a gro ....
watch dog group calling the ruling, quote, a smoke screen? s it way too early for this. good morning, i m kasie hunt on this thursday, may 6. welcome to way too early our top priority is delivering the news. with her role in jeopardy, congresswoman cheney is out with a new op-ed in the washington post where she must decide whether to accept or reject trump s crusade. writing, quote, trump is seeking to unravel critical elements. confidence in the role of elections and the rule of law. no other american president has ever done this. the republican party is at a turning point and must decide whether we are going to choose truth and fidelity to the constitution. we must stand for conservative principals and stay away from the trump cult of personality. in our hearts, we are devoted to the american miracle and believe in a rule of law, prosperity and opportunity brought by low taxes and fiscally conservative policies. history is watching, our children is watching. we must ....
republican leaders. the question is, what s going to come of this? it is way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early i m kasie hunt. the family of the north carolina man shot and killed by police last week were finally able to see some of the footage from the incident. family were only allowed to watch 20 seconds of video. even from that, it was clear brown posed no threat and both of his hands were on the hands of the steering wheel of the car. nbc news has not seen the video. the county attorney sought redactions. it is like we are death all odds in this world. my dad got executed just by trying to save his own life. the officers were in no harm of him at all. it is just messed up how this happened. speaking with brown s neighbor in elizabeth city, north carolina where she witnessed the whole or deal. he pulled up in that driveway. or he lost control. he went in that driveway. she is related to the victim through marriage. they shot u ....