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good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this monday, august 1st. im jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin with the situation in ukraine. in a significant breakthrough this morning, a ship carrying ukrainian grain set off from the port of odesa to for the first time since the war started back in february. ukraines minister of infrastructure tweeted this video of the vessel which is carrying more than 26,000 tons of corn and is on its way to lebanon. the ship is ...

World news, its newsday. Good morning. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the us House Of Representatives has narrowly passed a Republican Party proposal to repeal barack 0bamas affordable healthcare act. After suffering an embarrassing setback in march, President Trump finally notched up his first major legislative victory. The vote in the House Of Representatives was tight, though. 217 to 213 with no democrats voting in favour. But quite how quickly this wi...

World news, its newsday. Good morning. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the us House Of Representatives has narrowly passed a Republican Party proposal to repeal barack 0bamas affordable healthcare act. After suffering an embarrassing setback in march, President Trump finally notched up his first major legislative victory. The vote in the House Of Representatives was tight, though. 217 to 213 with no democrats voting in favour. But quite how quickly this wi...

Drones, more stingers, more everything. >> republican senator ben sasse, you just heard there at the end will be a guest coming up on "morning joe." following zelenskyys address to congress, president biden promised more military support to ukraine with an additional $800 million in aid, the president was also straid straightforward about the -- was also straightforward about his outlook on the war. >> i want to be honest with you. this could be a long and difficult battle. the american people...

Stead fast in his commitment for regular order and review. and with a deadline fast approaching that would likely end the republican effort once again, for mccain the choice is between his friendship and his legacy. >> i am looking at it very carefully, the provisions, how it affects arizona. >> mccains decision on health care comes at a pitt altime. not only on the legislative calendar, but at the stage of his remarkable life. the senator, war hero, candidate for president and long-time mafr ri...

The quote, the downward spiral. we heard from mitch mcconnell. an interview about an hour ago. typical mcconnell understatement. says he wants to see a little less drama from the white house because theyre trying to move forward on their agenda. i am standing here in the dirksen building on a hearing on medicare. they wont make much headway if all the oxygen is being sucked up by the latest tweets and controversies. i have spoken with several senators going into this hearing. again, an unrelated...

Precipitated it why now randomly especially when their parents were so concerned in putting out world bulletins to find them, just asking them to get in touch. british police have said that if they returned home, they will not be brought up on terror charges. they will simply be reunited with their families there is a real effort here to lure, sort of attract the girls to come home. but the girlings have been stead fast in saying that they are staying put. >> amy, thank you. and a new presidenti...

A deal that meets our core objectives. >> its no secret the president wanted to see the prime minister lose, wanted to see him weakened. >> i think its a personal grudge and i think its rotten. >> in the oval office they have had very frosty meetings before and its clearly getting frostier. >> its been shameful the way we have treated the best ally we have. >> we have been stead fast in the defense of israel. >> this deal would pose a grave danger to the region and to the world and would threate...

A deal that meets our core objectives. >> its no secret the president wanted to see the prime minister lose, wanted to see him weakened. >> i think its a personal grudge and i think its rotten. >> in the oval office they have had very frosty meetings before and its clearly getting frostier. >> its been shameful the way we have treated the best ally we have. >> we have been stead fast in the defense of israel. >> this deal would pose a grave danger to the region and to the world and would threate...

its the race between romney and gingrich that is dominating coverage. new polling shows a statistical dead heat. 36-34. well within is the five-point margin of error. romney there at the 36. thats from the sampling done sunday, monday and tuesday. now, as always, expect those numbers to change. expect tomorrow nights debate to move that the needle, as well. also expect more of what we saw today. each candidate hammering the other. >>. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the gingrich campa...