Election interference trial. Well have legal analysis on both of these Big Developments in just a moment. Plus new polling on president joe bidens reelection bid and the major concern that most americans have about a possible second term. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, august 29th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. Well begin this morning with a decision that sent waves through the nations capitol yesterday, a start date for Donald Trumps federal election interference trial. In washington, d. C. District court judge Tanya Chutkan ordered Jury Selection to begin on March 4th Of Next year, just one day before super tuesday. Now, prosecutors when asked for the trial to begin in early january of next year while trumps lawyers had proposed that it not start until april of 2026. Yesterday judge chutkan said that neither of those dates were acceptable but that, quote, this case is not going to trial in 2026. The decision was met with push ba
was, as predicted by some, overshadowed by technical glitches. also new overnight, america s credit rating is at risk. a key rating agency now put the u.s. on watch. the one week to go until a possible default. and house speaker kevin mccarthy is set to send house members home for the weekend with no deal. meanwhile, u.s. intelligence is indicating that a ukrainian group may have been behind that recent drone attack on the kremlin. officials picking up chatter of ukrainians blaming one another. and anti-lgbtq campaign takes on corporate america again. target remove sometimes pride merchandise after some employees were threatened. and fans around the world are san. she was the queen of rock n roll, tina turner died at age 83. we re going to remember her life and her legacy on cnn this morning which starts right now. she was the queen. the queen. simply the best. we re going to honor her this morning. you re going hear a lot of tina turner this morning. get re
musk. desantis making light of last night s rocky rollout. we had a huge audience. it did it was the biggest they had had ever had. it did break the twitter space. so we re really excited about the enthusiasm but ultimately about the future of our country. lawrence: okay former president trump campaigned saying, quote: ron desantis botched campaign announcement is another example of why he is just not ready for the job. the stakes are too high in the fight to save america is too critical to gamble on first timer who is clearly not ready readyfor prime time. his re-election donation page with the caption this link works. the king of fumbles is making fun of desantis. i find that interesting. ainsley: good point. he made the announcement last night on this platform that most people don t use a lot. we were all talking about live on air. and lawrence is texting us saying it s basically a conference call. brian: trying to help us on the show yesterday. ainsley: basi
desantis is finally in the race for president but not without a hitch right out of the starting gate. the governor s unusual choice to announce in an audio interview with elon musk on twitter, it was plagued by glitches and started 25 minutes late. desantis on fox later making light of the technical difficulties and laying out his vision for leading the country in a different direction. i m running to lead a great american comeback. we know the country is on the wrong track. we see it with our eyes. we feel it in our bones. we see the border being overrun, we see crime infesting the cities. what i will do is help restore normalcy to our communities, integrity to our institutions and sanity to our society. jessica dean is in miami with more on desantis big unveiling. r do you go with the crowd or do you look at the data yourself and cut against the grain? and i chose to do the latter. reporter: florida governor desantis attempt to declare candidacy for president in
progressive democrats will get their chance to sound off at a news conference later this hour. the chair woman threatening repercussions far from washington if president biden gives in to gop demands for spending cuts. i think it would be a huge backlash from our entire house democratic, you know, caucus, progressives, but also in the streets. sandra: and the dow did take a hit over a lack of progress on those debt talks. here you have it, down for the entire session at the moment off 200 points as we head into the last couple hours of trading, we ll be watching it. welcome back. john: the dow goes down, the dow goes up. let s hope. sandra: i knew that was coming. john: america reports rolls into a second hour. john roberts in washington. a lot of heads, sandra. sandra: sandra smith in new york. john: larry kudlow with his take in a few minutes, but begin with the fox news alert. my name is yolanda. [gunfire] stay down and get down. john: brand-new video