classified documents. what he wanted his lawyer to tell the national archives. also ahead, another headline making moment for herschel walker s senate campaign. as new documents reveal the pro-life republican appears to have paid for an abortion. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, october 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for starting your day us with. we have a new development in the mar-a-lago document case. the washington post reporting that former president donald trump asked one of his lawyers early 2022 to tell the national archives that trump had returned all materials requested by the agency. but that lawyer, alex cannon, declined to do so because he was not sure if that claim was true. that s according to people familiar with the matter. we now know that in fact that was not accurate. thousands more government documents, some highly classified, were found at mar-a-lago through a grand jury subpoena back in may and then, of course, that
welcome back to way too early. the cdc will not maintain a list for travel advisories for foreign countries. they will now issue travel health notices for concerning variants or other situations that could change travel recommendations. the decision comes as fewer countries test and report covid cases limiting the agency s ability to accurately assess travel risks. back in april, the cdc dropped the do not travel warning that they had in place for about 90 countries because of the virus. joining us now, physician and fellow at the brookings institution, she is an msnbc medical contributor and a former obama white house health policy director. we re always so grateful when you can be with us. let s start there, the decision to no longer maintain that list of travel advisories. is this a sign of a new chapter