Plus, were learning more about the failed Plea Agreement for hunter biden and the questions raised by the judge in that case. And also ahead well bring you new reporting on a private meeting between President Biden and former president obama over concerns over the 2024 election. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, august 3rd. Im jonathan lemire. Weve got a big day ahead. Thanks for starting it with us. Well begin in the nations capitol where just down the street from where he was inaugurated back in 2017, the former President Donald Trump will be criminally charged today for allegedly trying to disrupt the same government he once swore an oath to protect. Around 4 00 this afternoon, trump will be arraigned in d. C. Federal court on four Felony Charges stemming from his alleged efforts to block the peaceful transition of power following his loss in the 2020 election. The charges are conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proce
rights and basic decisions than any court in recent history, and that s what i meant by not normal. that was president joe biden on msnbc yesterday reacting to rulings from the supreme court overturning affirmative action in college admissions. we ll break down these landmark decisions. meanwhile we re just a few hours away from two more major rulings from the high court, one of which addresses the legality of an executive action from the president. plus, we ll take a look how americans feel about the issue of affirmative action and the growing calls to expand the highest court in the land. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and we ll begin this morning with the landmark decisions from the supreme court ending the systematic consideration of race-based affirmative action in college admissions. the court ruled that the programs at the university of north carolina and one at harva
muse mauz hello, and thank you so much for joining us i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. this morning divided they fall, the republican party grappling with whether to go all in on trump or break away after his historic indictment. we ll have a live report from capitol hill and break down the new reporting about his legal troubles. plus, extreme weather battering the south. we re talking 5 inch diameter hail, and rare june tornados in the southeast leaving thousands without electricity, while houston s implementing an emergency plan to help residents deal with triple digit temperatures. we re looking at approximately ten days of over 100 degrees, and you know, with record breaking days as well. and later, an indictment for danny wenny. the this-year-old marine veteran is facing a second degree manslaughter charge for putting jordan neely in a deadly chokehold last month. and we re keeping a close eye on the supreme court with a handful of working days left,
recording pressuring michigan election officials not to certify the 2020 election results. overseas, police release body camera video about the shooting in prague that left 14 people dead. back here in the u.s., the humanitarian crisis at the border reaching record levels after a week of never before seen numbers of people crossing into the united states. and we begin this hour with yet another report of detailing former president trump s alleged efforts to halt the certification of the 2020 presidential election. new recordings reportedly detail trump pressuring canvassers in michigan to not certify the state s 2020 election results, which he lost. he reportedly told them, quote, we can t let these people take our country away from us. the detroit news says the recordings were made by someone presen f the conversation, but were obtained by intermediary who was not present. nbc news has not heard or verified the recordings. in response, the trump campaign says, quote, a
you with us, it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and a lot of news to cover this hour including a major house vote on the debt deal set to happen today, right now kevin mccarthy is trying to hold back a republican revolt. dozens of gop members have come out against this bill. progressive democrats aren t happy either. the whip of the progressive caucus will join us live. and breaking 2024 news this morning, a familiar name is getting ready to enter the race, chris christie hoping to be a disrupter to the trump desantis dynamic. plus, a dangerous moment high in the sky when a chinese pilot flies just a few hundred feet away from a u.s. surveillance plane. tensions between the two nations threatening to boil over. and later, at least five people are still unaccounted for after that iowa apartment building collapsed with two of them thought to be buried beneath the rubble. with we re all heartbroken. we re all confused. we re all looking for answe