superstar brittany grine ner russia, what the white house is now saying about a potential prisoner swap with moscow s, spoiler, it s complicated. i will tell you what americans saw today when griner had the first in opinion person visit in months. the one time adviser to former president trump getting immunity from the d.o.j. and why the government is giving kash patel a pass to try to get him to talk to the grand jury in the larlg case. and the huge amount of conservative cash pouring into midterm races that typically fly well under the radar, school boards and how it affects education across the country. i m hallie jackson. we want to bring in kelly o donnell, shaq brewster is in wisconsin, and ellison barber is in georgia, where we expect to see senator raphael warnock out this hour. kelly, i ll start you with. teeing up the speech that we expect to see from the president, if he s on time at some point this hour, talking student debt relief, coming at a time as you kno
the pair were on separate stages in arizona. and no sick days for president biden at the white house while recovering from covid. we ll have the latest on his health. a very good morning to all of you. welcome to way too early. on this monday, july 25th. we begin this morning with the latest developments from the january 6th select committee over the weekend. vice chair liz cheney one of only two republicans serving on the committee went on fox news yesterday to defend the committee s work, she exposed the network s audience to former president trump s role in the capitol riot, even noting a key editorial from the right wing new york post which is the same owner as fox, slamming trump as unworthy to become president again and pushed back on a talking point some republicans have been using to shift the focus on the law enforcement response to the riot. questioning house minority leader kevin mccarthy s motives and placing the blame squarely on trump s role that day.
Islamaphobia. To all of you hurting, i want you to know i see you, you belong, and i want to say this to you, youre all american. Youre all american. You are all americans. That is part of President Bidens address to the nation from the Oval Office Last night. The president also called on all americans as well as congress to continue to support ukraine and israel in the vastly different wars each is fighting. Meanwhile, theres somehow even more republican led chaos on capitol hill. A third vote is now scheduled this morning on jim jordans bid to lead the lower chamber, and this comes as the temporary speaker is now threatening to resign. Well go through all of that just ahead, and were going to get expert legal analysis on the surprise guilty plea for one of the many defendants in the Georgia Election interference case. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, october 20th. Its friday. We made it. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us, and well begin
Administration has started building a 20mile stretch of Donald Trumps wall . Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Congressman jim jordan, steve scalise, and kevin hern have all signed on for a televised debate monday night, as republicans struggle to find the next speaker of the house. Fox news is set to host the debate before the gops closed door forum on tuesday. It is a very unusual approach, especially following an unprecedented vote to remove Kevin Mccarthy and the decision to not air their dirty lenin in public. Donald trump threw his weight behind jim jordans pitch to become the speaker, calling him a star. But liz cheney, cochair of the january 6th committee, at which jordan, of course, refused to appear, says, jordan is part of the conspiracy. Jim jordan knew more about what donald trump had planned for january 6th than any other member of the house of representatives. There was a handful of people of which he was the leader, who knew what donald trump had pla
his mobility issues and there were some rumors circulating that in august, he s going to be visiting the tomb of celeste v, the first pope to voluntary resign and that raised a lot of questions and it raised questions when pope benedict did it and i think pope francis is open to the idea of resigning, i don t think we will see it soon because his mind is still working. we re glad for that. colleen, thank you for your time and for explaining this really difficult chapter in canadian history. up next, dualing rallies in arizona, over the weekend headlined by donald trump and mike pence campaigning for opposing candidates. and coming up, liz cheney points to a potential new witness in the january 6th committee investigation. we will hear from adam kinzinger. and the latest from the war in ukraine. as i mentioned, congressman mikie sherrill will join us on the heels of the key meeting