become available for children in the coming weeks. the question is can the country finally get some control over covid? and a mysterious fireball seen in the skies over michigan. the question is was it a comet, space junk, or perhaps a ufo? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that hopes the flying object was william shatner going for an encore. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, october 22nd. we ll start with the news. the house has voted to hold steve bannon in contempt of congress for ignoring a subpoena from the house select committee that s been investigating the january 6 attack at the capitol. the final tally, 229-202. that means nine republicans broke with their party to support the resolution. seven of those nine previously voted to impeach president trump following the insurrection. one of the republicans who voted in favor of the resolution was congresswoman nancy mace of south carolina. she spoke to report
trial. we ll have expert legal analysis for you on that in just a moment. also ahead, the end of an era for senate republicans. the party s longest serving leader in the upper chamber is stepping down at the end of the year. we ll take a look at mitch mcconnell legacy and who could replace him. and that comes as congressional leaders now have a deal to fund part of the government for a few more weeks, giving lawmakers a little more time to get a lot done. o get a lot done good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 29th, a weekday, just what we needed this year to be a little longer. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we begin with some massive news that broke late yesterday. the supreme court has agreed to consider former president trump s claim of presidential immunity in his federal election interference case. the conservative court s decision to hear the case will further delay a potential trial. the high court has
10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 pacific. i m jose diaz-balart on a busy morning. charges could come any time against the man suspected of attacking house speaker nancy pelosi s husband paul. we have new details on palm pelosi s condition. plus, we are eight days out from the midterms. both sides are bringing in high-level help. live at the supreme court where arguments in what could be landmark cases get under way with the fate of affirmative action on the line. and breaking overnight, conditions in kyiv dteriorate. 80% of consumers in kyiv have no water. we ll get a live report from the ground meanwhile, back here in florida, residents still in recovery mode one month after hurricane ian devastated communities. we will speak with female fema administrator about that. and we begin this morning with the attack on husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. this morning paul pelosi remains in the hospital and in intensive care surrounded by family, according to a source with know
youngstown wouldn t have lost 50,000 jobs and those steel workers would not be coming up to me telling me you failed them. ohio senate nominees tim ryan and jd vance face off in youngstown and they weren t the only ones to hit the debate stage last night. we re taking a look at georgia and utah as well. in ukraine, more russian strikes in kyiv this morning. this time appearing to target the country s electrical infrastructure. we ll have the latest from the war-torn country. and also this morning, the trump organization is facing new scrutiny after documents show the company charged the secret service more than $1.4 million for agents accommodations while protecting the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, october 18. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. insults and accusations flew last night at the final ohio senate debate between congressman tim ryan and jd vance, the two clashing on everything from a
Those who died were children, women and older people. the bridge had just opened four days before after being renovated. meanwhile, voters in brazil, the world s fourth largest democracy, elected a new president just yesterday. luiz lula da silva will be sworn in on january 1st after narrowly defeating jair bolsonaro by less than two percentage points. with us now is carrie kahn, international correspondent for south america who is based in rio. it s great seeing you. this is the first time that an incumbent has lost in brazil s 34 years of democracy. what s the mood on the ground there today? it was a very close race. separated by 2 million votes. that s out of 110,000 that were cast yesterday. it s a very divided country.