A very warm welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. And public here on the cnn newsroom. Joe biden tested positive for covid19. Reminder that cases have been rising across the u. S. As scientists track the variance of this virus. Russian president , Vladimir Putin may student me with koreas kim jongil and to talk about weapons. What we are learning about the potential visit and that burning man exodus. Thousands of people have been making their way out of the Festival Site after every rain turned a desert into a microphone. [music] live from cnn central. This is cnn newsroom with pollination. [music] we begin here with the United States first lady, joe biden has tested positive for covid19. The white house says she is currently experiencing mild symptoms and will only in fact remain in bidens home in delaware. However, President Joe Biden has tested negative for the virus and thats good news. Both were in delaware though for the Labor Day Weekend. Official
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
talks. cnn s brian todd is working the story. tension with the kim jong-un regime has clearly been increasing. recent days, have seen tensions between the u.s. and north korea that we have not seen since 2017, including the name calling. tension has intelligence officials and analysts worried about a missile or bomb test from the regime, and america s top diplomat on north korea is trying desperately to head that off. kim jong-un s disdis steven began, about 30 miles from korea s north border talking about the weapons talks. that are stalled. let me speak directly to our counterparts in north korea. it s time for us to do our jobs. let s get this done. we are here and you know how to