war against hamas as fears of a potential escalation in the region intensifies. plus, russia pounds ukraine s two biggest cities in a new wave of attacks. the assaults are likely to strain nuclear s defenses as the country continues to plead for more military assistance from the u.s. and donald trump is appealing the landmark ruling from maine that disqualified him from the state s primary ballot. later in the program, we ll be joined by maine s secretary of state to talk about her decision there and charlie sykes with his new piece that asks, is disqualifying trump anti-democratic? we ll get the answer along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent to bbc news, katty kay, and founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes is with us. willie, we are going to start with some political snapshots of where the race stands, and then we ll get to all the big major news breaking overnight. we have a lot to
in terms of what america means and what it might mean a year from now depending on the outcome of the election. and jonathan, the president of the united states is going to be charged with giving a speech about this country, i think, on january 6th in valley forge, pennsylvania. his presidency, will, i think his re-election campaign will officially be reignited on that day in talking about all of the issues that we face as a country going forward, including the immediate future as well as the long-term future of a thing called democracy. let s remember that joe biden didn t plan to run for president in 2020. as he tells it, he saw the marchers in charlottesville, those racist marchers. that s a theme he s returned to time and again while in office,