grabs, dysfunction and this is not a partisan criticism. understand this, it s embarrassing, it s dysfunctional. it s dangerous, it s stupid. those are the word that is republicans have used. 11 rounds of voting and we still don t have a house speaker. as the deadlock enters a fourth day we have new reporting about another potential deal in the works that just might give kevin mccarthy the gavel. plus, we get the latest from the war in ukraine as russia calls for a brief cease-fire to observe the orthodox christmas holiday. ukrainians leaders are dismissing the idea. some good news, damar hamlin is showing improvement after collapsing on the field during monday night football. the buffalo bills safety is alert and responding to commands. we ll show you what his doctors are saying. good morning, and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, january 6th. it is, of course, the second anniversary of one of the darkest days in our nation s history and we wi
ow. in a moment we ll be joined by two former obama campaign insiders with the scoop on what s really going down with obama himself hitting the campaign trail. here are the numbers. 14 million people have already turned out to cast early ballots. that outpaces the same turnout in 2018 by over-1 million votes. it s easy to forget because a lot happened become you 2018 was the first election after trump became president that was a huge, huge resistance mobilization, but we are above that. meanwhile, voters today also very concern about rising prices and inflation. the economy did grow last quarter, ending what was a nix month documented slump. is that what people are feeling? not yet. meanwhile, the candidates are out trying to make their closing arguments. by january i m going to be feeling even better. [ cheers and applause ] but he will still be a fraud. i just want to save as many live as possible. i think that s the goal of a pro life policy. you re saying you don t
go after biden as a way to extort ukraine and all that mess, for him january 6th was a breaking point. here s the news he made, what he said on the beat last night. january 6th was the red line, for two reasons. number one, as ambassador i learned as we go around the world, the thing that autocracies people in autocracy look at us, people in fledgeling democracies look at us the way we turn other keys. we didn t do that. trump didn t do that, and for me that was unforgivable. then the insurrection, the riot, whatever you want to call it. he could have stopped it, could have prevented it did didn t do it. for that reason and that reason alone, i cannot support him for re-election. david? well, i wish we had more of those voices out there. listen, i agree. i don t see any sign there s going to be a red wave. we re going to have a lot of close elections. i think it s too early to tell
support the constitution of the united states shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. it was cawthorn who tweeted two days before the deadly insurrection in part i quote him january 6th is fast approaching and the future of this republic hinges on the actions of a solitary few. it s time to fight. and here s just a little of what he said on january 6th, and months later about the people arrested for storming the capitol. wow, this crowd has some fight in it. the democrats with all the fraud they have done in this election, the republicans hiding and not fighting, they are trying to silence your voice. what are you doing to support the 535 americans that were captured from january 6th. political hostages. the big problem is we don t know where all the political prisoners are. out front now, ron fine, the