Annual g 7 summit. Chief National Affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is up bright and early traveling with the president in brussels. The white house is laying out expectations for the nato summit. What are you hearing Behind The Scenes . Reporter well, good morning. President biden is going to be arriving here to nato. As you said, its his first time here as Commander In Chief but not to nato overall. Hes carrying the message hes been delivering throughout his European Tour of america is back. Of course, no place like here at nato is that America First agenda from the former trump era still echoing. Of course, it was some three years ago right here where President Trump threatened to withdrawal from the Military Alliance. Thats ancient history, at least for now. There are questions about the commitment of the u. S. But President Biden made a Brief Reference to this yesterday as he traveled here to brussels. We do not view nato as a sort of protection bracket. We believe that nato is vi
Annual g 7 summit. Chief National Affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is up bright and early traveling with the president in brussels. The white house is laying out expectations for the nato summit. What are you hearing Behind The Scenes . Reporter well, good morning. President biden is going to be arriving here to nato. As you said, its his first time here as Commander In Chief but not to nato overall. Hes carrying the message hes been delivering throughout his European Tour of america is back. Of course, no place like here at nato is that America First agenda from the former trump era still echoing. Of course, it was some three years ago right here where President Trump threatened to withdrawal from the Military Alliance. Thats ancient history, at least for now. There are questions about the commitment of the u. S. But President Biden made a Brief Reference to this yesterday as he traveled here to brussels. We do not view nato as a sort of protection bracket. We believe that nato is vi
Support to get as Many Americans vaccinated as fast as possible. The pentagon says theyre going to be deploying 1,100 troops to five vaccination megasites all over the country. Three of those sites are still tbd. The first in california. The pentagon says that those first troops should be arriving there in a little over a week. What we know is that 1,100, an initial group, one team of 222, will be deploying to california to a site in california in the coming days. We expect they will get on site, on or about the 15th of this month. Martha this is part of President Bidens push to get 100 Mass Vaccination Centers in a month. The pentagon has asked fema to provide 10,000 Service Members to staff the centers. Todays announcement marks the beginning of fulfilling that request. Vaccinating teachers, its been a big topic in the White House Briefing room all week after the director of the cdc said it was safe to reopen schools without Vaccinating Teachers first. But the White House Press secre
She cant ignore the literal elephant in the room, the gop. Thats because right now republicans face a reckoning. It centers on two key figures representing two directions for the party. Congresswoman Marjory Taylor greenes comments are putting her party on the spot. Today, lawmakers will have to go on the record over whether or not to strip her of her committee assignments. In the next hour, the white house or rather, the house will start proceedings to make that happen. When it comes to conference chair liz cheney, republicans were okay saying one thing about her publically after she voted to impeach former President Trump but in a closeddoor meeting last night, a majority voted to keep her in a position of leadership even after her break with the former president. More on that in moments. Right now, the white house is trying to keep the focus on Foreign Policy. That includes a trip to the State Department and President Bidens first major policy remarks since taking office. In 30 minu
Smiths case . Plus, americans in iran, out of prison and now under house arrest. The rare move marking a bright spot in u. S. Iran relations. The new details were learning about the tentative deal to free them and what iran is getting in return. And senator joe manchin says hes seriously thinking about leaving his party as he weighs his own political future. Why manchin might be stepping away from the democrats and what it could mean for the Balance Of Power on capitol hill. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, august 11th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin with breaking and tragic news out of hawaii where wildfires continue to ravage the Island Of Maui. At least 55 people are now confirmed dead, and that number is only expected to rise. Four major fires are currently burning across the island. Theyre being fueled by dry conditions and strong winds caused by a passing hurricane. The fires have destroyed Historic Buildings and