politicsnation, tonight s lead, compromise in congress. we start tonight with breaking news out of washington, house and senate negotiations have hammered out a spending deal, just 12 days before another shutdown deadline. house speaker, mike johnson, is laying out the details in a letter to his republican colleagues. more than one and a half trillion dollar plan includes nearly 900 billion for defense and more than 700 billion for other programs. meanwhile, in less than 24 hours, president biden will hold his second campaign event of 2024 in the state that made his 2020 nomination and presidency possible. hill returned to the historic in charleston, the scene of a racially motivated mass shooting nine years ago that left nine black worshippers dead. coming up, we ll talk to the pastor, the reverend eric manning, about how his congregation has healed and what president biden s return means for charleston s black community. the president spent his weekend, the th
for almost 25 years. saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. just some of the scenes from florida yesterday. we got a better look at the destruction left behind by hurricane ian. we re tracking the storl again this morning. it is set to make land fall. the united states for a second time. meanwhile, congress is up against a deadline to keep the government running. and to provide critical awed for storm victims. also on the i had, the wife of a supreme court justice makes an alarming statement to the january 6th committee. that s all ahead on way too early. good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday, september 30th. thanks for starting your day with us. will we ll begin with the latest on ian. it has intensified into a hurricane again and is heading towards south carolina. after leaving a trail of absolute destruction in florida. it s expected to make land fall in charleston around noon today as a category one storm.
we should point out nbc news has not yet verified that reporting half what we do have this afternoon is new reaction from a spokesperson for mark meadows. joining me now, luke broad january broadwater, matt miller, and joyce vance. luke, who exactly could be picking up these legal fees for at least it seems a dozen witnesses testifying before the january 6th committee? well, there are two funds that are funding witnesses lawyers. one is the save america pac which is run directly connected to donald trump. the other is the cpac first amendment fund which its director says consults with donald trump and donald trump s allies directly to decide which witnesses it will cover. so these are they offer both free legal advice to the witnesses and then also will pay for their attorneys fees if needed. this came to a head this week when cassidy hutchinson said she had to switch attorneys because she felt only with a new attorney could she be more forthright and testify publicly a
Trump throws his support behind jim jordan for speaker, but will it make it easier for him to claim the gavel . And the jobs report stunner, the big numbers that economists didnt see coming and how the markets are reacting. Plus, two people charged in a fake elector plot in michigan try to argue theyre not guilty. Just brain washed. How that worked out for them. And why the new jerseys Attorney Generals Office is reexamining a deadly car crash from years ago involving senator menendezs wife. Our nbc News Reporters are following the latest developments. First we want to go to capitol hill where nbcs Gary Grumbach has more on the endorsement that could shake up the speakers race. Youve got jim jordan reveling in the endorsement from the former president , Steve Scalise seems to be playing more of an inside game. Talk us through it. Reporter jim jordan and Steve Scalise are really spending the day on friday here on zoom calls. Theyre meeting with different parts of the republican caucus.
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