both shot by police, both unarmed. i want them to say to the whole world learn to love one another again. what happened to our humanity? these cases coming as the nation prepares for the conclusion of derek chauvin s murder trial in minneapolis. the jury soon tasked with deciding the fate of the former city cop caught on camera with his knee on george floyd s neck. and tonight, news concerning some members of congress that are bound to fan the flames. congresswoman marjorie taylor-greene now trying to distance herself from new reporting that she, along with her republican congressman paul gosar are helping to turn america to quote, anglo-saxon roots. it would be called the america first caucus. a serve-page document first outlining the plans first reported by punchbowl news. america is a nation with a border and a culture strengthened by a common respect for uniquely anglo-saxon political traditions. congresswoman greene is blaming the media for taking the story out of co
angry mob would not get veto power over the rule of law in our nation, not even for one night. another flashback to exactly one year ago today, as mitch mcconnell took the senate floor ahead of donald trump s second impeachment trial. just a day before joe biden would be sworn in as the 46th president, joe. yeah. it was high drama. yeah. hard to believe, again, how much has happened over the past year. i will say, willie, that we we ll show kevin mccarthy, lindsey graham, those who have changed their positions, and mitch mcconnell has stayed the same. he still condemns it. we ve seen mike rounds, senator from south dakota, come out over the past week, saying, come on, folks. come on. he s lying. this was a fair election. joe biden is president. thune, several other people, have done that. it is important to underline that, that 93 senators called out donald trump and his lies. you have more and more people doing it every day. i understand there s this crazy underw
good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that really should get started on its christmas shopping. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, december 23rd. we ll start with the news. president biden is defending his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. here he is in a new interview with abc news. we re nearly two years in into the pandemic, presidency, empty shelves, no test kits in some places three days before christmas when it s so important. is that good enough? no, nothing s been good enough, but, look, look where we are. when last christmas we were in a situation where we were, we had significantly fewer people vaccinated, emergency rooms were filled, hospitals had backups, causing great difficulties. we re in a situation now where we have 200 million people fully vaccinated. 200 million people fully vaccinated. we have more than that that have had at least one shot, and they re getting these booster shots as well. the president also reportedly told abc
shots too? and after a dramatic manhunt, the parents of the accused michigan school teacher are entrusted. could they be changed? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that thinks the weekend went by entirely too quickly. i m jonathan lemire on this monday, december 6th, and we ll start with the news. we begin with the passing of an america hero. war hero, longtime senator, and presidential nominee, bob dole. nbc correspondent kelly o donnell has more. reporter: at the u.s. capitol, the america flag that bob dole long served under flies in his honor. senator, presidential candidate, champion for veterans and people with disabilities. the disability community is not large, but it s important. reporter: from a kansas city farm to fields of combat. bob dole carried grave wounds of world war ii through decades of public service, remembering by presidents of both parties. president biden writing, may our nation draw upon h
hours to go. now, we have to see wha comes of the negotiations that ar going . hopefully it will reach the level that we need in order to pass both of them. but we will pass both bills. the question now is whether progressives will still work to defeat the infrastructure bill. congresswoman pramila jayapal, chair of the progressive congress caucus, says she believ somewhere around 60 members were willing to vote no. remember, progrsives wanted a vote on the social spending package first and they threatened to tank any infrastructure vote unless that happened. but the issue with that sweeping package remains the $3.5 illion price tnd opsition fromwo demratic setors. it so rpriseth, that th j manch and ksten sine are bh inved to t whit hou today as legistion that wld beignifint achiement for thi president hangs i t lance. this demratic stalemate persists even as coness also faces dn a potential government shutdown and an unprecedented default on the nation s debt. senate re