indeed some of those text messages came from the chamber right now. chair and vice chair investigating the january 6th capitol attack make the case for why the department of justice should charge mark meadows with criminal contercht of congress. the question is could an indictment be on the way? plus, president biden is set to visit kentucky in the wake of those devastating tornadoes. the question is how will he console the families of those who perished. and the world health organization says the omicron variant is now spreading faster than any strain before. as more companies revive restrictions, the question is mr. more states do the same? it s way too early for this. good morning. and welcome to way too early, the show that s got plenty to ask, one of the top spokespeople at the white house, straight ahead. i m jonathon lemire. let s start with us. the and mark meadows being referred to the justice department for a criminal contempt charge investigating the ja
already see this movie? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that really could use a long weekend. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, october 8th. we ll start with the news. with just days go before the federal government was set to default on its national debt for the first time ever, the senate passed a short-term measure to raise the country s debt ceiling. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell provided democrats the ten votes necessary to advance the bill yesterday after a tense stalemate. the new measure lifts the country s borrowing cap by $480 billion, temporarily putting off what secretary janet yellen warned would be a, quote, utterly catastrophic democratic crisis. they look to early december when the next new limit expires and they ll have to negotiate the debt limit all over again. despite the votes democrats needed this time, mcconnell insists that won t be the case in december. former president donald trump
to homemade firearms and untraceable weapons. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, april 12th. i m jonathan lemire. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is condemning statements about arussian separatist leader calling for the use of chemical weapons against ukrainian troops defending the besieged city of mariupol, in the nightly address zelenskyy had concerns about the reports and says the government takes threats like these very seriously. take a listen. ike these very seriously. take a listen. according to the new york times, zelenskyy s comments come after a russian separatist leader said on russian television that moscow should bring quote chemical forces to use in mariupol and smoke out the moles, referring to ukrainian forces. meanwhile, an ultra nationalist part of ukraine s national guard, is alleging that a drone dropped a quote poisonous substance of unknown origin in mariupol. now, nbc news has not been able to independently veri
and although i will no longer be a candidate, i will not stop using my voice for the things i believe in. in all likelihood donald trump will be the republican nominee when our party convention meet in july. i congratulate him and wish him well. i wish anyone well who would be america s president. our country is too precious to let our differences divide us. that was part of nikki haley s speech yesterday announcing the end of her presidential campaign. it means we are now 242 days away from a rematch between president biden and former president trump. but today the focus shifts to washington and president biden s state of the union address. we ll go through what he s expected to say tonight to congress and the american people. and meanwhile, on capitol hill lawmakers appear to have another deal in place to avoid a partial government shutdown. but speaker johnson again needed support from democrats to overcome dissent from within his own party. good morning and welcome
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