Deteriorating security situation. But after 20 years of war and thousands of lives lost, the question is, what was it all for . Plus, a major Earthquake Hits haiti, leaving more than 1200 people dead. Theres been a scramble overnight to find any survivors trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. The question is what is the scope of this disaster . And as the Delta Variant causes covid cases to surge, a new warning from top u. S. Health officials. The u. S. Could soon hit more than 200,000 new cases per day. The question is, how does Americas Hospital system keep up . Its Way Too Early for this. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early, the show that has a lot of news to get to. Im Jonathan Lemire on this monday, august 16th. We have plenty going on and we start overseas where 20 years after the united states toppled the Taliban Regime in afghanistan, the group is on the verge of retaking political power. Taliban forces entered the capital of kabul on saturday, continuing a recen
Fired in letters to the house speaker. Well hear from the future governor of New York with the current governors problems not over yet. The legal and political Firestorm Andrew Cuomo is facing as he gets ready to step aside. Ahead, a new York State senator joining us live and how a new law in missouri makes it easier to free the wrongly convicted. We go oneonone with the man at the center of the fight in prison for 26 years even though the prosecutor said he didnt do it and we track down the states ag who says hes not playing politics. Do you believe theres a chance that Mark Johnson is innocent . Weve been dealing with procedural issues. Im asking on the innocence piece. Good morning to you. Im Halle Jackson in los angeles. With the action happening back home in d. C. , thats where we find ali on Capitol Hill and john. Were waking up to some developments on Capitol Hill not just overnight but even into the morning here. In the last 24 hours, we had that Senate Vote setting the biparti
Are hospitalized with covid right now than in the states previous Peak Back in july of 2020. Also this hour, the legislative Victory Lap for democrats continues. Senate democrats just passing that 3. 5 trillion budget overnight. Passed along party lines, above other things it will expand medicare eligibility. Were also watching this podium because we expect to see and hear from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer about it. Remember the once promising negotiations on a Police Reform Bill . We just got a new interview with a key negotiator. So whats the hold up . Well explain in a few moments. We start with a surge in covid cases across the country. Shannon pettymiss is there. Dasha burns is in east tennessee, and there are already dozens of positive cases among students and staff. Alison barber is in a state that has just run out of Icu Beds. And i want to bring in a doctor. A big thanks to all of you, shannon lets start with you. 15 minutes or so from now president Bide Listen be meet
There was reporteding from you and from your colleagues at the time that barrs statements and performances were out of staff and didnt match up with what we were learning in real time about the mueller report, and you have two federal judges saying just that, but what happens next . Im not sure where the Justice Department goes from here or anyone goes from here. Is this simply that will simply play out when this memo comes out and we get a greater sense about things or, you know, would the Justice Department go back and investigate . That is farfetched at this point. I think the bottom line here putting all of the legal arguments aside and the nuances of this case, this matter that has come up, the at the heart of this issue is the fact that this judge is the third judge to go out and publicly criticize the Attorney General and thats just something thats highly unusual. Judges criticize the Justice Department all the time. They disagree with the Justice Department all the time, but th
Maralago as his legal team meandered through its opening arguments. His lawyers performance was widely ridiculed, even my members of trumps own party, for this. There isnt a member in this room who has not used the term i represent the great state of fill in the blank. But nebraska, youre going to hear, is quite a judicial thinking place. We still know what records are, right . The thing you put the needle down on and you play it. Longfellow wrote, sail forth sail forth into the sea o ship through wind and wave. The moistened eye, the Trembling Lip are not the signs of doubt or fear. Not something longfellow ever thought an environment in which his poem would be read. On the other end of the spectrum, House Democrats making their argument with a gutwrenching Video Montage of clips from last months deadly attack on the u. S. Capitol, along with portions of trumps incendiary speech of that day which led with the lead democratic Impeachment Manager making this emotional plea. People died