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is just ahead. and a live look at wall street. futures board is back in the green following a volatile session yesterday. well look at the challenges the fed chairman now faces in trying to bring down inflation. >> good morning. welcome to "way too early" thank you for starting your day with us. there is a lot to cover this morning after a stunning day in washington and new york. first, we learn that new york attorney general latisha james filed a lawsuit against donald trump, the trum...

mika, the feds took his phone. >> thats never good, honestly. hes the architect of the attempted coup and the feds have his phone. >> you know, we were asking, how could this guy not be in legal trouble? apparently he -- seems he may be. the battle over abortion hits the states, many are wondering if theres anything the federal government can do to protect services for women and what is the state of womens rights? well be talking about all of that. willie is with us. good morning. wi...

Why do we know about it now? why go public now with the names of your groups, the prodemocracy campaign. and why now have politico and tonight "the new york times" describe the kind of work you did now the election is done? >> we think its important story to tell about what the state partners did all over the country, the grass roots groups that engage the community. there are, again, a cast of thousands of people who actually helped avert us from the democratic collapse. its not just the groups...

The freedom caucus used to be a beacon of the right, and seen as the internal resistance movement for a lot of these conservative grass roots groups across the country. in the past few years, it hasnt been like that. it has seen its influence start to fade. there are three key reasons for that. one is they have been in the minority and the chairman of the caucus, scot perry told me that it seems like everyone is in the caucus when youre in the minority because youre unified in opposing the oppos...

Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for volunteers over the country to encourage them to do just that. the big news from today is that we have yet another bit of evidence that it really does work quite well. and as our volunteers can attest, its also incredibly easy. all it takes is a few minutes and a step and you can have a meaningful impact on the likelihood one of your fellow citizens cast that ballot. >> they say necessity is the mother of invention. i follow a lot of grass roots gro...

Infrastructure bill that moderates then will come along with them later on the larger entitlement spending look no further. this is a battle in the halls of congress but its also a battle in the base and the grass roots part of the democratic base. a group of progressive groups releasing a statement this morning saying that moderates in 2021 are repeating past mistakes in their words, and that while they say progressives have learned the right lessons, its going to be important to push forward o...

And volunteer for candidates no matter what side of the spectrum you are because engaged citizens make for a better country. >> theta, you have studied this. ive been reading the report you and your colleagues have writ n written. i want to read an excerpt. at the current pace it seems likely the pop-up leaders and grass-roots groups of 2017 will, by 2019, have repopulated the local layer of the democratic party in much of the country. national media misperceptions to the country, this wont look...

Use it. nothing happens if you just have a round table with kids. it is good optics, good for the country. i think good morale. he shouldnt lift his thumb and have a tooth any gry grin when with them. he needs to go beyond that as does rick scott who had a round table yesterday. as does every official that shows up. nobody wants talk anymore and that is what these kids are saying so effectively. they are such effective messengers. >> and you know about organize grass roots groups. these kids obv...

>> if you were president today would he still be fbi director? >> thats a really good question. i dont know the answer for that. once i wasnt president i didnt think about it, i didnt analyze it at all. so, i dont really know. >> last question for you. you have said that you are not running for office ever again. >> uh-huh. >> what do you want your public life to be like? obviously you have a career in public service behind you. you have a life as a public intellectual now particularly with the ...

Question. i dont know the answer for that. once i wasnt president i didnt think about it, i didnt analyze it at all. so, i dont really know. >> last question for you. you have said that you are not running for office ever again. >> uh-huh. >> what do you want your public life to be like? obviously you have a career in public service behind you. you have a life as a public intellectual now particularly with the book and approaching this. what do you want in terms of your public life from here on ...