plus, the latest on house speaker nancy pelosi and taiwan. the uncertain visit is straining an already tense relationship between the united states and china. and a texas man gets the longest prison sentence to date tied to the capitol attack, but his daughters want someone else locked up, too. good morning, and welcome to way too early, on this tuesday, august 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. after decades on the run, the top leader of al qaeda has finally been taken off the battlefield. ayman al zawahiri was killed this last weekend by a cia drone while standing on a balcony in downtown kabul, second in command to osama bin laden during the september 11th attacks, and became the top leader when the united states killed bin laden in 2011. a senior administration official tells nbc news that the strike was so precise, none of his family inside the home were killed. in a rare evening address last night, president biden still isolating from covid said j
good morning. welcome to way too early. this is friday, september 23rd. i m sam stein in for jonathan. special master appointed a review the document that s the fbi seized from president donald trump s mar-a-lago home has given the former president s lawyers until a week from today. they gave them that line to back up trump s allegation that the fbi planted evidence during the august 8th search. trump and lawyers have publicly insinuated multiple times that acts planted evidence during the search without providing any proof of that claim. special master also told trump s legal team they must state by september 30 if they belief the seized items were incorrectly described in the 11 page inventory list which stated some of the documents were highly classified. trump claimed he declassified the documents he found that were found in the search that were marked classified and highly sensitive. however, lawyers have not made the assertions in actual court. yesterday s filing ju
say something about how far apart russia is from the rest of the world. and how unlikely an end to this war is any time soon. all right. the washington post misty ryan, thank you so much for joining us this morning. really appreciate it. coming up, we are live with cnbc in the latest in business news. and early look at wall street in the red this morning following a third straight day of losses for the markets. way too early is coming right back. e markets. way too early is coming right back
hanging fruit. if we can t get this done, what can we get done? yes, hard to really explain that political opposition to this one. sophia cai, we appreciate you being with us this morning. we ll talk to you again soon. still ahead, we turn to business news. wall street in the red this morning after stocks slipped on the first trading day of august. we re going to go live to cnbc for more insight to the markets next. next
persuadables out there, jon, on this issue. you couldn t be more right about your depiction of what happened on january 6th. and we heard your tease. we ll be looking for the new issue of punchbowl news. thanks. thanks, jon. still ahead, some of the business news as you start your day as omicron keeps wall street in the red. way too early is coming right back. way too early is coming back ever notice how stiff clothes