in response to the committee asking telecom companies to preserve the phone records of at least 11pro- trump lawmakers like marjorie taylor greene, kevin mccarthy released a statement warning the companies if they comply, quote, they are in violation of federal law and subject to losing their ability to operate in the united states if companies choose to violate federal law a republican majority will not forget and will stand with americans to hold them fully accountable under the law. da-da-da. a fact check here, companies are not breaking the law by complying with a congressional request for records. the january 6 committee responded to mccarthy s attempt to bully private companies by saying this. quote, the select committee is investigating the violent attack on the capitol and attempts to overturn the results of last year s election. we have asked companies not to destroy records that may help answer questions for the american people. the committee s efforts won t be dete
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the ticket was bought at a pizza joint just around the corner. the question is why did i get chinese instead? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that has always been mindful of its own debt ceiling. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, september 23rd. we ll start with the news. the fda has authorized a third dose of the pfizer covid vaccine for emergency use in people 65 and older as well as those 18 and older who are at high risk of exposure to coronavirus or severe illness. the boosters are going to be given at least six months after people have received their initial dose of the vaccine. it follows the advice given last week. americans 65 and older make up roughly a percentage. it comes as the cdc s advisory committee held the first day of a two-day meeting to debate the third shot with a vote scheduled for this afternoon. if they issue a recommendation and it is approved by the cdc, booster shots could begin immediat
business people, you were all saying that would have been such an easy deal to make to cut him in somehow. it just did not happen. yeah, when the prime minister breaks out his and take two shots at the french who were generally upset of this deal the way they were handled as close ally. president biden pivoted a bit talking to president macron. they made assurance. privately joe, some people at the white house are admitting behind the scenes this was mishandled. there is some finger pointing going on that as you say would have been an easy thing to say. we understand you have this deal with austria. we ll do a deal but we ll take care of you on the other end and here is how we are going to do it. it s happening and it sounds like they get something patched up yesterday. they did. here at the white house a lot is going on. president biden met with lawmakers in an attempt to get the caucus to look past divisions and support his agenda. that will includes the $3.5 trilli
mist to start the day today. that is appropriate because this is the autumn equinox. for others it feels more like late summer with some sunshine and the best of that across eastern and southern parts of england, wales and the south west clouding over at the minute and some clouding over at the minute and some cloud bringing rain across scotland and into northern ireland. quite windy this afternoon across the northern half of the uk and further south even a bit breezy than yesterday. but 22, 20 three degrees across the south of the uk. across northern scotland turning cooler at 13 or 14 degrees. this evening and tonight this band of cloud and patchy rain moving down into england and wales. in northern scotland longer spells of rain and gusty wind. up to 65 miles an hour in the exposed spots. quite a mild night and then into tomorrow this front bringing cloud south across england and wales. rain for a time across scotland and behind thatjust a hint that we will try to import s