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indeed some of those text messages came from the chamber right now. chair and vice chair investigating the january 6th capitol attack make the case for why the department of justice should charge mark meadows with criminal contercht of congress. the question is could an indictment be on the way? plus, president biden is set to visit kentucky in the wake of those devastating tornadoes. the question is how will he console the families of those who perished. and the world health organization says the omicron variant is now spreading faster than any strain before. as more companies revive restrictions, the question is mr. more states do the same? it s way too early for this. good morning. and welcome to way too early, the show that s got plenty to ask, one of the top spokespeople at the white house, straight ahead. i m jonathon lemire. let s start with us. the and mark meadows being referred to the justice department for a criminal contempt charge investigating ....
showing destroyed homes in florida as the governor warns would be criminals, you loot, we shoot. and call it a joint decision, after a yearlong review, u.s. health officials recommend loosening marijuana restrictions. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that breaking news out of fulton county, georgia, in trump s election case. nbc s blayne alexander is in atlanta. give us the latest on that, blayne. reporter: we ve seen a flurry of filings from the former president through his attorneys, saying the former president wants to sever and be tried separately from the other 18 codefendants. the reason he s listed is because of this request that we ve seen from one of his codefendants, ken chesebro for a speedy trail. we saw the judge set the date for october 3rd. the former president is saying, no, we don t want to be tried that quickly. it s not possible to prepare for a hefty trial. that s the latest of the filings. the ot ....
swamp california roads in a storm not seen since the 1990s. plus, president biden s mission to maui. the consoler in chief tries to bring comfort to a community all but wiped out in a wildfire. and a consequential week for donald trump. the former president set to surrender in charges to georgia and skip the first gop debate in wisconsin. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m danny freeman. we begin this morning with something southern california hasn t experienced in decades but people there are facing it right now. torrential record rain and strong winds from tropical storm hillary. overnight hillary has been bringing down power lines and trees, flooding streets and triggering mudslides. in fact, one mudslide forced firefighters to take fast action in san bernardino county when it came barrelling towards their fire house. trees are going. just incredible images right there. rescuers have had to pull several people from flood wat ....
weaken into a tropical storm when it makes landfall in california tomorrow but still, officials are warning millions of people the storm s path do not take it lightly. arthel: preparations are already underway in the region. normally dry areas that could see several inches of rain. california is not used to tropical storm s. the last one to hit the state was in 1939. the l.a. county sheriff s department is doing all it can to get people ready. together it we are working to perform and prepare the community with this impending or pending storm. we hope the storm does not cause any damage. and more importantly there is no loss of life. but we will prepare for worst-case scenario. father mother meteorologist adam klotz is adam, we are always hoping it s not as bad as originally predicted, how s it looking now? the goodness as this continues to weaken as it is running into colder water braid this is exactly what we expect that this was never going to be one of the rea ....
hastely-arranged statement yesterday about objects the biden administration spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to shoot down. president biden: our intelligence community is assessing all three incidents and reporting to me daily and will continue the urgent efforts to do so and i will communicate that to the congress. we don t yet know exactly what these three objects were. but nothing right now suggests they were related to china s spy balloon program. make no mistake. if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people i will take it down. harris: so they were a threat? i mean if you just pay attention to what he said. well, critics say this is familiar. better late than never. this administration has a tendency, in my judgment, to ignore problems. i mean, certainly ignore solutions. but if you won t talk about the problem it s hard to talk about a solution. harris: the president says he expects to speak with china s p ....