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united nations chief visits the country. we ll get a live report from the ground. and the january 6th committee ready to go public. as the chairman announces the date of the first open hearings. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday. april 29th. i m jonathan lemire. president biden is asking congress to fund a sweeping aid package aimed at keeping ukraine in the fight against russia for at least the next five months. the president is proposing $33 billion in military, economic, and humanitarian assistance. it s more than double the size of the nearly depleted $13.6 billion aid package that was approved last month. the president announced his proposal by acknowledging quote, the cost of this fight is not cheap. we either back the ukrainian people as they defend their country or we stand by and as the russians continue they re , atrocities and aggression in ukraine. every day, they pay the price with their lives for this front and so we need t ....
i am eric shawn. hi arthel. arthel: hello eric hello everyone i m arthel neville. president zelensky announced a plan bidding yesterday it is the first american delegation especially once the defense secretary arrives, to be on ukrainian soil since the war began. that meeting is one of several big stories we are following this hour over in france, projections show voters have reelected president emmanuel macron for a second term paid his far right challenger marine le pen conceded about two hours ago back at home the search for missing soldier for the third day he went missing friday after jumping into the rio grande river to save to migrants who appear to be drowning. authorities say those migrants are suspected of drug runners from mexico. will have more stories on that story in a moment but right now are going to get the latest from ukraine, trey yingst is live in kyiv. arthel good afternoon per the reports of those critical u.s. officials here on the ground in kyi ....
expected land fall. we ll have the latest forecast for that storm which is projecting to be a big one. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, august 29th. i m willie geist. we have the host of way too early and bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. nbc s ken dilanian and former analyst lisa rubin. good morning to you all. let s dive right now as we begin with a start date now set for donald trump s federal election interference trial. district court judge tanya chutkan ordered jury selection to begin on march 4th of next year. that s just one day before super tuesday. prosecutors had asked for the trial to begin in early january of next year, while trump s lawyers proposed it begin in april of 2026. yesterday, judge chutkan said neither of those dates were acceptable, but, quote, this case is not going to trial in 2026. that decision was met with pushback inside the courtroom from trump attorney john lauro, who was cautioned twice by the judge to turn down th ....
prison. what happens is these boys are hurting, they know something is wrong, and most of them respond out of anger and frustration, and that s what you see is going on. so john smith baker started fathers in the field, a group that mentors fathers, hunting, fishing, to provide a strong role model. 1960, 5% of children were born out of wedlock, and today, 40%. but changing the outcome is much harder. back to you. john: it could be a big issue in this year s election. william, thank you. sandra: the white house now, sorry, getting to florida now, where they are giving an update, officials in florida are giving an update on preps for hurricane idalia. obviously one of the biggest concerns as you heard from the white house podium, the briefing room there, is the storm surge along the west coast. they are talking about preparations right now. we are going to dip in and listen. counties versus us getting the information and making sure it gets down to the county le ....
in federal student debt for thousands of public service workers. [ applause ] it was a bold decision by biden. i m not sure march madness is the best time to give everyone more money. that s right, biden canceled almost $6 billion in debt. the one guy was like, now, do me. please. donald trump could use the money because he is days away from potentially having some of his assets in new york seized. we ll tell you which properties new york attorney general letitia james appears to be targeting. plus, a development that should be surprising to no one. a deal between donald trump and the rnc will make it more likely that donor money is spent on his legal bills. and we ll have a look at president biden s time on the campaign trail this week, which included a new nickname for his predecessor. good morning. happy friday. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, march 22nd. does it feel like friday, joe? yes. [ laughter ] yes. does it feel like friday? it felt l ....