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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...

The caucus could go, and when mark meadows left in 2020 to become donald trumps chief of staff and jim jordan then also, you know, became part of leadership and is now playing a smaller role in the caucus, we have seen our influence change, and so i think its going to be very interesting to see how the current caucus tries to grow with influence and its ranks and a new congress. >> trump has withheld his support for mccarthy to be the next speaker for republicans to take control of the house. sp...

In ukraine. >> garret, lets talk about lindsey graham yesterday. seven republican senators did not back it yet. we are looking at them right now. alexander and collins and murkowski and romney. what do you read into that? >> i see a lot of people here who could not be influenced toz donald trump either because they are retiring. romney whos bullet proof in utah does not need support from donald trump to get reelected. i see a couple of folks facing tough reelection fights, susan collinss a and g...

Kentucky to continue to be majority leader feels pressure? >> he doesnt feel pressure from his reelection campaign. he feels hes well positioned in a state president trump handily won. at the same time, if you interpret his language and position right now, you see a majority leader who knows so many of his lawmakers, susan collins in maine, up in 2020, face tough reelection fights and they cant go back and talk about inaction. hes been open in his public words to some kind of legislation if ther...

He feels hes well positioned in a state president trump handily won. at the same time, if you interpret his language and position right now, you see a majority leader who knows so many of mhis lawmakers, susan collins in maine, up in 2020, face tough reelection fights and they cant go back and talk about inaction. hes been open in his public words to some kind of legislation if there is bipartisan support. but actions speak in washington, and remember, as he said, hes not bringing the senate bac...

Solution without a deal for the wall. both are facing tough reelection fights in 2020. for more, i want to bring a texas republican kevin brady prayed the top republican on the house ways and means committee. a man who knows how to crunch the numbers and the money. great to see you. thats important to mention, because this is about money. this is about crunching numbers. how do you get to a place where it looks like everybody gets to take something home as a win? >> yeah, first, happy new year, ...

Finds, you are going to vote no on kavanaugh because you disagree with him on substance, and you have since the beginning. if the fbi, though, does not find anything conclusive or anything that would be a smoking gun or any serious or direct corroborations of any of the allegations, would you understand why a couple of your colleagues, senator heitkamp or senator manchin, would end up voti voting yes? after all, theyre in really red states and facing competitive reelection fights. >> i would und...

Democrats in tough senate reelection fights to vote for him as well. i think it is entirely likely that this is a confirmation that will move forward on at least a modestly bipartisan basis and that we expect, barring some any disclosure, for him to be on the court when the supreme court reconvenes on the first monday in october. >> there was a lot of sound and fury over the last week, a lot of document dumps and i am spartacus moments and parsing of e-mails from 15 years ago. is there any chanc...

>> i won in places that are optimistic, diverse, dynamic, moving forward. his whole campaign, make america great again, was looking backwards. you dont like women getting jobs, you dont want to see that indian american succeeding. whatever your problem is, im going to solve it. >> now hillary is getting backlash from our own party with democrats facing tough reelection fights. some are distancing themselves from the former secretary of state, missouri senator claire mccaskill saying those are fi...

Chip or the budget versus daca. we talked about the democrats. who had to break ranks because theyre in tough seats and tough reelection fights. and democrats who are people who are potential 2020 candidates. senator warn, senator harris, maybe murphy. those folks know they cant go on a debate stage in 2020 and say they caved in to republicans. thats not going to go well in a democratic primary. this really is going to be solved by democratic leadership. and by those democrats who are in the mid...