moment. plus president joe biden is ready to make more stops on the campaign trail. but some democratic candidates aren t exactly eager to join him on stage. also ahead, the latest from ukraine. as its forces launch a major counter-offensive to re-take a russian-occupied area in that country s south. good morning. welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 30th, i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. nbc news has learned that some of the documents recovered during the fbi search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago resort potentially contain attorney-client privileged information. according to a court filing yesterday, the team used by the justice department has finished its examination of the possibly privileged documents, sorting through them and reviewing any material that could be part of congressional investigators and it would undermine trump s efforts to have a special master over the files. over the weekend a federal judge i
9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. we have a lot to cover this hour including the latest on the investigation into the scores of documents recovered at former president trump s mar-a-lago resort and how the justice departments findings may undercut calls from team trump for an outside evaluation. also why didn t they ask for this a long time ago. this is been going on a long time. i know. also president biden will deliver a prime time address on the continued battle for the soul of the nation. this thursday we ll get a live report from the white house on what is in store. and, has the next race for the white house begins to heat up, author david priess has a reminder, that not everyone needs to run for president. that conversation is ahead. as we talk about joe biden having a speech about the soul of the nation. and we talk about donald trump and overshadowing this and talking about this, this hour, overshadowing are republican senators who are threatening
Im going to allow an opportunity for every Single Member of the house to vote their conscience and will on this. Im willing to take personal risk for that because we have to do the right thing and history will judge us. I do not spend time Walking Around thinking about the motion to vacate. I have a job to do here and im going to do the job. Regardless of personal consequences, thats what were supposed to do. Speaker mike johnson pushing forward with a series of aid bills despite push back in his party. The question is how much will he need to lean on democrats to get that funding passed . Plus the senate dismisses articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. And what to expect today when Jury Selection picks up again in former President Trumps hush money trial. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, april 18th. Im ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. And we begin this morning on capitol hill where House Speaker mike johnson is digg
with a comeback over the blue jays last night. aaron judge broke a two run single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. it keeps new york atop the al east. it keeps new york atop the al east one half game ahead of the baltimore orioles who notch a fourth consecutive win yesterday. never hit a walk-off home run. until now maybe. deep right field. that two-run homer hit by cedric mulleins walked the orioles with a 4-2 win over the minnesota twins. my god, we need lemere for sports. and time now for the weather, which i actually think i can help us do. angie, i don t know. i love the yankees but i generally am not a baseball fan. tell us where we are weather
fritz. the u.s. open one of the best events of the year. turning to major league baseball, in the battle for the american league mvp award was on full display at angels stadium in anaheim. the slugger aaron judge, that guy, again, launching his major league leading 50th homerun of the season. you see it there. judge is now on pace to hit 63 this year. which of course would be the american league record. and he s now just the tenth player in major league baseball history to record 50 homerun seasons, more than once. really impressive. but it was the two-run homer hit by the fifth, in the fifth inning by the reigning mvp, angels two-way superstar ohtani that made the difference in los angeles, with a 4-3 win over the still slumping new york yankees. and albert pujols, retiring slugger, hit the 694th homer of his career in last night s 13-4 victory over the cincinnati reds. it marks the 450th different