the question is, did you hear what mike pence did? some of broadway s biggest shows reopen, hamilton, wicked resumed performances last night. 18 months after coronavirus forced broadway to close. broadway is back. but the question is, is it back to normal? it s way too early for this. good morning, welcome to way too early, the show that has always been a rumor in the house. we ll start with the news, california governor gavin newsom survived an attempt to remove him office. the question was ask whether newsom, a democrat, should be removed. yes or no. and against 46 others, led by larry elder a top conservative radio host. newsom succeeded in rousing democratic voters with warning that a republican replacement would roll back covid protections and betray the state s character. last night, newsom thanks california voters for keeping him at arms. we said yes to science. we said yes to vaccines. we said yes to ending this pandemic. we said yes to people s right to v
finale of melrose play. title undetermined, by the way. chairman of the board. do something with that, you freak. i bet the board is spelled b-o-r-e-d. it took me about 15 minutes to recover from that. of course former saturday night live star norm mac donald who tragedy passed away after a long battle with cancer. we ll have more about his legacy coming up. norm macdonald was one of the funniest guys out there. he just held a special place in so many of his fans hearts. such sad news. truly, i mean, i gasped when i saw this yesterday. i guess he had been sick with cancer for almost a decade, and hadn t told anybody, kept it private or had told very few people anyway. nobody makes me laugh harder. i know that s for sure, and you could see it on conan s face as the clips were going on. these are the funniest people in america, conan, letterman, john stewart, and nobody did the slow burn joke on a talk show, better than norm macdonald, he would wind it up for two
with us. coming today is not easy and i recognize that you each had the option of respectfully declining the invitation to be here. but you didn t. and i hope that you understand that your presence here is not just so important to the members of this committee, to the senate as a body, but also speaks volumes for the countless victims of abuse that are out there listening or watching or will listen. or will watch. i appreciate the conversation about mental health prompted by the questions from senator booker. my wife is a very active mental health advocate and so she has trained me well to be cognizant of those issues and ask important and timely questions as well. and ms. biles, i hope you might have heard about some of our amplification of your courage from the most recent olympics to take care of yourself first. that took a lot. i ll just offer a few comments. i think most of the questions that i would raise have been raised by my colleagues. but i want to make it clear th
desantis and abbott. and this one from axios, biden declared war on the unvaccinated. and this is the nation s that are not vaccinated and the center of this so-called war is the president s requirement that those unvaccinated and working for the federal government be vaccinated. and it is praise from the union, but the governor s news is apoplectic. tate reeves says this is terrifying. we believe in freedom from tyrants. and south carolina governor henry mcmaster said we will fight them to the gates of hell to protect the liberty and livelihood of every south carolinian, and that is another quote from seven years ago. and when that is finished, they should know, we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice. because hell is where they will reside. that was then vice president biden in 2014. and in that case, he was talking about isis. that same kind of language is being used about him from some fellow americans. the president was asked today
have been evacuated from kabul over the court of this weekend, and biden said that taliban has been cooperative nerc in extenting airport perimeter but he would support sanctions against the taliban depending on the context. our correspondent is joining us from doha, qatar with the reality that is afghanistan. reporter: we joined qatari military as they flew into kabul, they took the plane and filled with with civilians bringing them back to doha with temporary housing, these scenes playing out across the runway in kabul, as american forces try to keep the perimeter around the airport it is difficult to maintain order, we ve seen this day and days of chaos, 20 people killed since this began a week ago when the taliban marched into kabul, taking over the city. our reports focused on people most vulnerable. the afghan civilians who are caught in the cross fire, doing all they can to flee . knowing brutality first hand of the taliban, also americans still on the ground, unacco