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racing toward what janet yellen calls economic catastrophe, thanks to congress and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle engaging in a game of chicken with the economic recovery at stake. america is on the verge of default unless congress raises the debt limit. house democrats expected to vote today on a bill that would essentially dare republicans to vote against it. minority leader mitch mcconnell indicating he s not budging. since democrats decided to go it alone, they will not get senate republicans help with raising the debt limit. default or economic catastrophe would be the worst birthday present ever for brianna keilar. it is her birthday today. happy birthday. thank you. on top of that, house speaker nancy pelosi says the fate of president biden s economic agenda faces a critical 48 hours. she s trying to lock down a deal on the huge spending package. also the bipartisan infrastructure deal. but as reported, it is currently open warfare between progress ....
now become evidence before a grand jury? plus, another investigation hitting close to home for the trump family as the january 6th committee seeks testimony from ivanka trump. the question is what do lawmakers want to know? and the biden administration will get another chance to warn russia against invading ukraine when secretary of state tony blinken meets with his russian counterpart at any moment now. the question is will the face-to-face ease rising tensions in europe? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that would never think about coasting into the weekend. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, january 21st. we ll start with some breaking news. we re going to be following live pictures from geneva where any moment now secretary of state blinken is set to meet with his russian counterpart, foreign minister, sergey lavrov. we can see the setup in geneva with the flags. this comes as there s a continuing milit ....
world to persuade trump to stop the violence, which he for 187 deadly minutes failed to do, or outright refused to do. the breaking news today, the select committee now breaching the innermost ring of trump s family circle. his daughter ivanka is being asked by the committee for information on her direct contacts with her dad, the expresident, at key moments on the day of the insurrection. among those moments, according to a letter from committee chairman bennie thompson to ivanka released today, quote, as january 6th approached, president trump attempted on multiple occasions to persuade vice president pence to participate in his plan. one of the president s discussions with the vice president occurred by phone on the morning of january 6th. you were present in the oval office and observed at least one side of that telephone conversation. the committee also appears to zero in on ivanka trump s efforts as the insurrection unfolded to get trump to step in and stop the vi ....
assets and misrepresented those values to financial institutions. that includes banks, insurance providers and the irs. in one case james says the organization inflated the size of donald trump s own apartment in trump tower. it claimed the home was 30,000 square feet when previous documentation that donald trump signed put it at 11,000 square feet. the difference allowed the trump organization to overvalue the apartment by $200 million according to former cfo allen weisselberg who himself is under indictment for tax fraud. james says this inflation along with others allowed for a rosier picture of donald trump s finances which could have equalled more favorable loans. the trump administration s response says in part, the only one misleading the public is letitia james. now, at the same time in washington, a revelation. the national archives is about to hand over some of donald trump s white house records to the january 6th panel. it is just four pages, but donald trump ....
face imploring them to do something about the rampant and senseless crime in america. a ucla student on the left side of the screen went to work at her part time job. she was stabbed to death in the middle of the afternoon by a complete stranger that walked into her store. her life snuffed out. this is her father, todd. the tragedy can t befall more people. it s so painful. what is endemic in our society, everybody is oriented on giving back rights and besnowing favor on people that rob others of their rights. talking about the rights that are going to criminals and the rights being taken from law abiding citizens. and 40-year-old michelle gough was waying for the subject wait. a man shoved her in. her sister said he had be in and out of mental health institutions and should never have been allowed on the streets. these women should have been alive today. the mental health system failed them. where is the u.s. department of justice on this led by merrick garland? is ....