Saying that he will talk about the criminal charges he faces just as the judge in the January 6th Case sets a new date for his lawyers and the Special Counsel to appear in court. Plus, a big win in ohio. Voters overwhelmingly reject efforts to make it harder to change the states constitution. What this now means for the upcoming November Ballot measure on abortion. And a major Leadership Shakeup in the president ial campaign of Florida Governor ron desantis. Well tell you who he just replaced as he tries to reboot his struggling 2024 bid. Good morning. Welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 9th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And weve got a busy show of news. Lets get right to it. Donald trumps lawyers have been called to appear in court later this week after a judge rejected their apparent attempt to delay what is normally a routine procedure in the 2020 elections case against their client. After days of back and forth regarding a protective orde
we ll get an update on the current state of the virus amid a rise in hospitalizations across the united states. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 6th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with the stiffest punishment handed down so far for anyone involved in the january 6th capitol attack. enrique tarrio, the former national chairman of the proud boys, was sentenced to 22 years in prison following his conviction on a seditious conspiracy charge for playing a central role in the 2021 insurrection. his sentence is the longest so far, surpassing the 18 years given to oath keeper s founder stewart rhodes. now, prosecutors had sought a 33-year term for tarrio. wearing an orange jumpsuit, an emotional tarrio offered apologies to law enforcement and washington, d.c. residents for his involvement. he asked the judge to show mercy and vowed that he is done with politics. the judge timothy
biden doing adds to th but ifat you watch a longer version of that same moment or watch it from other angles, you can see biden is watching other parachuters out of frame and giving them a thumbs up. but 90 minutes after the rnc posted their video, the new york post reposted it, but this time with the video cropped so you never see any of the parachuters biden is looking at, making him seem even more out of it. and of course hours later the rnc s video got the fox news treatment. during a parachute demonstration biden got dazed and confused, how shocking and started to just wander off like that as other g7 leaders looked on in agony. fox news says the other world leaders looked on in agony, never mind the fact the other leaders are quote on the record calling biden s acknowledgement of other parachuters, quote, very polite. the next morning the story was the front page of the new york times quote, meander in chief. trump s campaign quick to push that out on his own acco
lot still to learn. we re going have to learn and learn soon with the growing impact of climate change. dr. gupta the other health story we re following, covid-19. to be clear this is not a surge this summer, at least not yet like previous summers, but cases are up, hospitalizations are up across the country, so give us an update. but then secondly tell us as we head into the fall what americans should be doing, the young, adults, the elderly, what should we be doing in terms of vaccinations? what should we be receiving and when? well, thanks, jonathan, for that critical to stay prepared for the fall and winter here. where are we? we re about 9,000 hospitalizations across the country from covid-19. let s give some context here. what does that mean? in january this year we re at 45,000. we re 20% the level the worst we ve seen from covid so very
orleans, phoenix, and orlando will be among the hottest cities this week with heat indexes as high as 115 degrees. the national weather service is now recommending people stay in air-conditioned places, drink lots of water, and wear light, loose-fitting clothes. joining us now nbc news medical contributor dr. ven gupta. great to talk to you again. it s been an extraordinary summer of heat around the world but certainly here in the united states. what are some of the biggest health concerns as this record breaking heat wave continues? and do you have any other advice to add how people should try to protect themselves? jonathan, thank you for always highlighting this vital story, something we need to be talking more about. at first the problem here amongst the highest risk counties across the country southwestern florida. we know 45% of vims in those