If you do think there should be, the number is 202 7488000. If you dont, 202 7488001. A special line this morning to hear specifically from those who have recently lost their jobs, 202 7488002. You can send us a text, 202 7488003 is that number. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise catch up with us on , andl media, cspanwj facebook,. Facebook. You can start calling in now on those phone lines as we show you a chart about what congress and the president have approved so far from it comes to coronavirus relief. Thattrillion, including inst spending bill from back march, followed by the Families First Coronavirus Response act, the bulk of it coming from the , 2. 7 trillion, and the additional money approved in the paycheck protection program, additional money needed to heat that going last month. Of course, the unemployment numbers we learned on friday, stand like this as of april. 14. 7 jobless rate, 27 million in the month of april. Economic projections
That shows Donald Trumps lead only growing in the republican president ial primary. Well have a lot more on thoz numbers in just a moment. Meanwhile, half of Congress Returns to capitol hill today with a long todo list including a new Federal Budget, but demands from farright members of the house could complicate getting a deal done before the end of the month. Plus Vladimir Putin is turning to yet another dictator for more weaponry for his war in ukraine. Well have that brand new reporting straight ahead. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, september 5th. I hope you enjoyed the long weekend. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. New polling shows that Donald Trumps republican primary lead is growing as support collapses for the person who was once viewed as his most viable opponent. In the latest Wall Street Journal survey 359 of gop primary voters say that trump is their choice for 2024. Thats up from 48 in april. In second place do
Do looking at the big picture, some delays on the 10 and the mini stack with some slowing. We have a new crash on the 202. We will look at that in a few moments. Clouds and radar, you can see not a lot happening. A few clouds but those will breakup and go away. We will keep things clear today. The meantime, heres a look at some current temperatures across the valley. 70 mesa. 68 glenn dale. 68 deer valley. I dont into the 50s maybe low 60s. I will double check that. The pollen forecast is in the medium category. Coming up, i will break down the temperatures hour by hour for today. A major scare for a family as a little girl is nearly snatched outside of her home. That creep trying to take her while her mother was screaming at him to get away. Megan thompson is joining us out there. Reporter after the father decided to take action, chasing this guy into the desert for it was this black escalade, this one that the guy approached, opening the car door and trying to yank that girl from the
We tried to ask him. What did you hear . One thing that stuck out to me was how confident he sounded about virginia and Hillary Clintons chances there. It didnt seem he thought there was any chance donald trump would win. Obviously hes going to be saying this but the way he was saying it made it seem like he was much more concerned about ohio and pennsylvania. At the same time the trump team has said there are some democratic states in play for us. I think he was not buying that. Obviously they ohio pennsylvania thing is a huge point of concern. The governor said it is something you see secretary clintons strategists say. He was very disciplined in pushing that message today. You made the comment that they are driving a bus through this area. Is that significant . The symbolism could not be more clear. As soon as they leave pennsylvania tomorrow, theres a toly here in philadelphia kick off a bus tour that will kaineclinton and through pennsylvania and ohio. Go tore going to pittsburgh,
Thomas jefferson to steve jobs. People with character disorders that had difficulty butting to other people were amazing movers and shakers. I wrote a chapter on jefferson. Jefferson, of course, is americas most articulate proponent of freedom and most articulate enemy of tyranny. With his own daughters, he was a control freak. He told them what to do, what to wear. Jefferson also was an amazing politician. We all know how brilliant he was. Election ofut in 1804 he was jefferson was a great visionary thinker and a great leader, but as a dad, soso. He also neglected his daughters a little bit. Paris come heo sticks them at a convent school. One of his daughters famously had to be shepherded from london when she comes to visit him in paris. This question of how one leads a nation and a family sometimes there is a big disconnect between the public and the private man. Another example would be franklin roosevelt, who was a great communicator. He was one of the great president s of the 20th