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Way Too Early with Jonathan Lemire

933 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 170 ratings

“Way Too Early” covers both the day’s inside-the-beltway political news as well as the critical stories shaping the national conversation leading into “Morning Joe.”

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Episodes

Way Too Early 2/16/21

February 16, 2021 11:11 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MB

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is doubling down on calls for a 9/11-style commission on the Capitol attack.

Way Too Early 2/15/21

February 15, 2021 11:07 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MB

The Senate acquitted former President Trump for a second time over the weekend.

Way Too Early 2/12/21

February 12, 2021 11:11 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB

Democrats wrap impeachment case against Donald Trump.

Way Too Early 2/11/11

February 11, 2021 11:09 - 37 minutes - 26 MB

Impeachment managers lay out their case against Trump.

Way Too Early 2/10/21

February 10, 2021 11:11 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MB

Opening arguments begin Wednesday in Trump impeachment trial.

Way Too Early 2/9/21

February 09, 2021 11:11 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB

The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins on Tuesday.

Way Too Early 2/8/21

February 08, 2021 11:08 - 36 minutes - 25 MB

Trump’s second impeachment trial begins on Tuesday.

Way Too Early 2/5/21

February 05, 2021 11:11 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MB

House votes to remove Rep. Greene from committees.

Way Too Early 2/4/21

February 04, 2021 11:07 - 37 minutes - 25.4 MB

GOP Rep. Liz Cheney survives attempt to remove her from party leadership.

Way Too Early 2/3/21

February 03, 2021 11:09 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MB

House impeachment managers: Trump’s responsibility for Capitol riot was ‘unmistakable’.

Way Too Early 2/2/21

February 02, 2021 11:11 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MB

Biden meets with Senate GOP on scaled-back virus aid package.

Way Too Early 2/1/21

February 01, 2021 11:11 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MB

Group of ten GOP senators set to meet Biden at White House on Monday.

Way Too Early 1/29/21

January 29, 2021 11:10 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House next week will pass a budget resolution, the first step in setting up the reconciliation process that would allow Democrats to approve a coronavirus relief bill without Republican votes.

Way Too Early 1/28/21

January 28, 2021 11:08 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MB

The Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism advisory warning Wednesday, citing a “heightened threat environment across the U.S.,” weeks after the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

Way Too Early 1/27/21

January 27, 2021 11:13 - 36 minutes - 25 MB

Most Senate Republicans back measure saying Trump impeachment trial is unconstitutional.

Way Too Early 1/26/21

January 26, 2021 11:08 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MB

Senators to swear in as impeachment trial jurors today.

Way Too Early 1/25/21

January 25, 2021 11:13 - 33 minutes - 23 MB

House to transmit Trump impeachment article to Senate on Monday.

Way Too Early 1/22/21

January 22, 2021 10:42 - 12 minutes - 8.43 MB

President Biden unveils 'wartime' strategy to combat the coronavirus.

Way Too Early 1/21/21

January 21, 2021 10:43 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

Biden signs executive orders on Covid-19, climate and immigration.

Way Too Early 1/20/21

January 20, 2021 10:44 - 10 minutes - 7.16 MB

Joe Biden is set to become the 46th president on Wednesday.

Way Too Early 1/18/21

January 19, 2021 16:55 - 12 minutes - 8.82 MB

New footage from 'The New Yorker' shows accounts from the Capitol siege.

Way Too Early 1/19/21

January 19, 2021 10:45 - 11 minutes - 7.9 MB

QAnon adherents discussed posing as National Guard to try to infiltrate inauguration, according to FBI intelligence briefing obtained by the Washington Post.

Way Too Early 1/15/21

January 15, 2021 10:44 - 9 minutes - 8.56 MB

Security tightens around Capitol ahead of Biden inauguration.

Way Too Early 1/14/21

January 14, 2021 10:42 - 10 minutes - 9.99 MB

The House impeached President Donald Trump on Wednesday for a second time, charging him with "incitement of insurrection" for his role in the violent riot by a pro-Trump mob in the U.S. Capitol that left five people dead and terrorized lawmakers as they sought to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory.

Way Too Early 1/13/21

January 13, 2021 10:40 - 10 minutes - 9.43 MB

A growing number of Republican lawmakers publicly endorsed impeaching President Donald Trump ahead of a Wednesday vote in the House.

Way Too Early 1/12/21

January 12, 2021 10:33 - 10 minutes - 9.22 MB

President Trump and VP Mike Pence meet for the first time since the Capitol Hill insurrection.

Way Too Early 1/11/21

January 11, 2021 10:44 - 10 minutes - 9.62 MB

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that lawmakers will move forward with impeaching President Donald Trump if other efforts to remove him from office fail.

Way Too Early 1/8/21

January 08, 2021 10:51 - 11 minutes - 11.6 MB

A U.S. Capitol Police officer has died a day after clashing with a pro-Trump mob at the U.S. Capitol.

Way Too Early 1/7/21

January 07, 2021 10:42 - 12 minutes - 12.2 MB

President Donald Trump on Thursday committed to "an orderly transition" of power soon after Congress confirmed President-elect Joe Biden's election win, and following the storming of the Capitol by a mob of violent Trump supporters.

Way Too Early 1/6/21

January 06, 2021 10:37 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

Democrat Raphael Warnock defeated Republican Kelly Loeffler Tuesday, NBC News projects, in one of two critical runoff elections in Georgia that will determine control of the Senate.

Way Too Early 1/5/21

January 05, 2021 10:41 - 10 minutes - 9.36 MB

Trump airs election loss grievances on the even of crucial Georgia runoffs.

Way Too Early 1/4/21

January 04, 2021 10:45 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MB

President Trump begged Georgia's secretary of state to overturn the election results in an astounding hourlong phone call obtained Sunday by NBC News in which the president offered a smorgasbord of false claims about voter fraud and repeatedly berated state officials.

Way Too Early 12/30/20

December 30, 2020 10:42 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday shot down a Democratic bid to answer President Donald Trump's call for increased direct coronavirus payments to Americans, but the measure's ultimate fate in the GOP-controlled chamber is unclear.

Way Too Early 12/29/20

December 29, 2020 10:42 - 10 minutes - 9.98 MB

The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed a bill Monday evening to increase direct coronavirus relief payments to some people to $2,000, although the measure faces an uphill battle in the Republican-run Senate despite support from President Donald Trump.

Way Too Early 12/28/20

December 28, 2020 10:40 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

President Donald Trump backtracked Sunday and signed a $2.3 trillion package that combines Covid-19 relief with government funding.

Way Too Early 12/23/20

December 23, 2020 10:37 - 11 minutes - 11 MB

Trump pardons former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, ex-GOP congressmen and others

Way Too Early 12/22/20

December 22, 2020 10:38 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MB

Attorney General William Barr undercut President Donald Trump's election conspiracy theories Monday, saying he would not appoint special counsels to investigate allegations of election fraud or Hunter Biden because there is no need.

Way Too Early 12/21/20

December 21, 2020 10:41 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB

Congress finally agrees to $900B virus relief bill.

Way Too Early 12/18/20

December 18, 2020 10:45 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB

The suspected Russian hacking campaign that has torn through the U.S. government zeroed in on more than 40 organizations, Microsoft’s president said Thursday.

Way Too Early 12/17/20

December 17, 2020 10:39 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MB

A $900B relief bill is expected to be released on Thursday.

Way Too Early 12/16/20

December 16, 2020 10:40 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell finally recognizes Joe Biden's victory.

Way Too Early 12/15/20

December 15, 2020 10:45 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MB

The Electoral College officially seals Biden's victory, Bill Barr is set to step down and coronavirus deaths in the U.S> top 300,000 as the first U.S. vaccinations begin.

Way Too Early 12//14/20

December 14, 2020 10:42 - 10 minutes - 9.96 MB

Electoral College votes today to make Biden's win official.

Way Too Early 12/11/20

December 11, 2020 10:45 - 13 minutes - 12 MB

FDA panel endorses Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine.

Way Too Early 12/10/20

December 10, 2020 10:42 - 10 minutes - 9.65 MB

Coronavirus infections are driving hospitals to the breaking point.

Way Too Early 12/9/20

December 09, 2020 10:38 - 10 minutes - 9.27 MB

The Supreme Court rejects bid to nullify Biden’s Pennsylvania win.

Way Too Early 12/8/20

December 08, 2020 10:42 - 10 minutes - 9.81 MB

Georgia re-certifies Biden's victory after Trump-ordered recount fails.

Way Too Early 12/7/20

December 07, 2020 10:42 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

Biden officially secures enough electors to become president.

Way Too Early 12/4/20

December 04, 2020 10:44 - 12 minutes - 11 MB

The president is disappointed with his AG Bill Barr, saying he 'hasn't looked' for voter fraud.

Way Too Early 12/3/20

December 03, 2020 10:42 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB

Trump escalates baseless claim of voter fraud in 46-minute video rant.