so let s go. a very good day to all of the digital age is waiting. you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with breaking news. the country s largest infant formula manufacturer is under investigation by the department of justice. nbc news has not confirmed the focus of the probe taking place at the laboratory. but a company spokesperson says, quote, doj has informed us of its investigation and we are cooperating fully. a voluntary shutdown of the michigan plant last year led to a nationwide formula shortage. we are going to have more on that in just a moment for you. meanwhile, as speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden both say look forward to meeting the white house is shutting down any hope republicans might have to negotiate the country s debt. the white house spokesperson reiterated the firm stance, no negotiations on the debt ceiling. and new action to the department of justice imposing republi
Amid threats from the farright that could lead to a Government Shutdown. Meanwhile, Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is again calling on members of his own party to support continued aid to ukraine. That comes as russian president Vladimir Putin turns to another dictator for more supplies for his military. And also ahead, an absolutely crushing start to the season for New York Jets fans with Star Quarterback aaron rogers now likely out for the year after only four plays under center. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, september 12th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with a move that was widely expected in the federal election interference case against former president donald trump. In a filing yesterday lawyers for trump officially asked the judge overseeing the trial, tanya shut kn, to recuse herself. They wrote this, judge chutkan has in connection with other cases suggested former President Trump should be p
hard to watch this father/daughter saga play out on tv. i want them to go in a room and sit down and talk it out. benjamin: one of the saddest thing about this. thomas markel, 70 miles away from harry and megan, hasn t met harry, hasn t met his grandson, family breakdowns are difficult in most cases. can only imagine what it is like in the royal family, it is a sad story. jillian: good morning on tuesday morning. benjamin: the house set to vote on the revised covid-19 deal as soon as today but despite passing the last month democrats could take a position in their own party. reporter: the house has to sign off on the changes as the senate made this plan over the weekend. this is expected to pass the democrats don t have many votes to spare and are probably nervous about this vote but at the white house they are in a celebratory mood. senator manchin and senator sanders and a range of democrats in between just voted to support $1.9 trillion package that is the most progres
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something that hits really deeply close to home. if we re not heading towards a recession, why all the layoffs by these big companies? look, these are big companies and we have tech reporters and interesting to talk about and make great water cooler conversation, but honestly they re not much when you think about compared to the u.s. labor market as a whole so i think you just reeled off about 50,000 job spragues there. let me tell you, in a typical month in the united states, roughly 6 million people separate from their employers. this is the natural state of an economy. some people are getting jobs, some people are losing jobs and what normally happens is all that is going on and what s happening is they are in big headline making companies. let me ask a question, do you think we can learn a lot from the twitter layoffs about the state of economy or maybe something about a billionaire and his mood as it flukt waits day to day.