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What action will be taken to help cities stop the bloodshed. And crime was top of mind for New York City voters who cast their ballots for the mayor. When all said and done, will a former Police Officer come out on top . Its Way Too Early for this. Good morning. And welcome to Way Too Early, the show that shuts down all the fire alarms, i think were good this morning. Unlike yesterday. I am kasie hunt, this wednesday, june 23rd. Well start with the news. Democrats say they will keep fighting after Senate Republicans on a sweeping new Voting Rights action in laws in red states. Democratic governor joe manchin voted to debate, after receiving assurances that his compromise would be considered. At the end, the vote was split 50 50, short of the 60 votes needed to overcome the republican filibuster. Heres what will we heard on the senate floor yesterday. Theres no widespread effort to stop voters from casting a ballot. And theres no design to hand states constitutional authorities over to the federal government. Our democratic colleagues are struggling to accept this reality. And what would be more hypocritical critical and cynical . That invoking Minority Rights in the senate, as a pretext for preventing debate about how to preserve Minority Rights in the society. There is no effort in any state in america to suppress votes, based upon suppression of minority participation. What this is really about is an effort for the federal government to take over the way we conduct elections in this country. It is a solution in search of a problem. Regardless of what may be happening in some state, theres no rationale for federal intervention. My colleagues, my colleagues, a senator 60 years ago held that the federal government should never intervene to protect Voting Rights, this body would never have passed the Voting Rights act. The republican leader uses the language and the logic of the southern senators in the 60s who defended states rights. And it is an indefensible position, for any senator, any senator, let alone the Minority Leader to hold. All right. Joining us now congressional reporter for politico, olivia devers. Olivia, great to have you here. Lets talk about the facts. At the end of the day, this is about power, and specifically for republicans to try to hold on to power as much as they can. Kasie, this is a major setback for democrats, basically the push to get the ethics and reforms bill. And without the republicans on board they were unable to get the filibuster. There are things democrats can do, again, that was a huge setback and a major fail of something they have promised to deliver. They can try to make another push in the fall. They can break up this bill and try to do it in bits and pieces and get republicans voting on certain aspects of it. Or they could be trying to put Election Spending in a reconciliation bill. But they dont have to go and get the ten other gop votes. But democrats havent really figured out how theyre going to do that. Schumers saying theyre not done fighting as the Vice President , but they havent previewed how theyre going to go forward with this. And, of course, they really have an Activist Base on this issue thats really pushing them particularly hard and was particularly disappointed by what unfolded yesterday. Olivia, lets talk briefly about the infrastructure deal. We thought we were going to get something on yesterday, on monday excuse me, on monday, early this week, at the very least. We still havent really seen a framework that people can agree on. The white house has weighed in and hung up the talks. Where do you think things stand and is there actually some resolution by the end of the week . Were seeing more talks, theres more meetings today. But the more they start fleshing out, the more they say they have to iron out the various differences. But one thing i found interesting talking to republican sources in the senate. They, too, are preparing for the talks to fall through. And ive been told from sources that they are already planning amendments in the event that democrats go through with the Reconciliation Process if these talks fall apart. Democrats, too, like senator Bernie Sanders with the 6 trillion way of moving forward with the infrastructure and other acts of sort of a way Going Forward. But in terms of these discussions, both sides are saying that theyre holding out hope and theyre optimistic. Its just theres a lot that they havent been able to come together on. Right. Its almost impossible to identify one significant source of new money that everyone says, okay, great, we can agree on that. Lets also hit on one more topic that bubbled up yesterday, actually right or in the immediate aftermath of the Voting Rights bill failing on the floor. And thats the possible formation of a select committee to investigate the january 6th attacks. There was some confusion late in the day as to exactly how this was going to play out. But clearly back in the conversation, what are House Democrats thinking in terms of what to do about investigating that . Democrats are saying that they absolutely want to do something. At first, it was that pelosi was planning to go forward with this. And its about whether shes going to be making her decision which we already heard beforehand. But democrats really want happen on january 6th. They couldnt get the gop support to examine one of the more deadly atrocious days of an attack on our nations capitol. So, theyre trying to figure out how to move forward in a way that they can examine it without republicans turning it into this partisan, you know, crazy, back and forth between the two sides and they can actually get answers. Pelosi hasnt said how shes going to do that, but the select committee is the most likely option that shes going to do according to my conversation with sources. Politicos olivia beavers, thank you so much for getting up with us. We appreciate your reporting this morning. Lets go now to the coronavirus pandemic with the pace of vaccinations falling, the white house is going to admit that theyre likely to miss President Bidens goal of getting 70 . Many the target had been received for americans 30 and older, but its going to take a few more weeks to hit that number among younger americans. Where the country has more work to do, particularly with 18 to 26 year olds. The reality is many younger americans have felt like covid19 is not something that impacts them. And theyve been less eager to get the shot. Has this white house said, what went wrong . Was the goal too high, the number was not attainable . Sure. Well, we dont see it exactly something went wrong. How we see it, we set a goal, an ambitious goal, something the president has done from the very beginning. And were expected to meet that goal just a couple weeks after july 4th. And white house official dr. Anthony fauci issued a stark warning, watch. Similar to the situation in the u. S. , the Delta Variant is currently the greatest threat in the u. S. To our attempt to eliminate covid19. Good news, the vaccines are effective against the Delta Variant. Conclusion, we have the tools, so lets use them and crush the outbreak. Lets use those tools. The Delta Variant now makes up about 20 of all coronavirus cases in the united states. That is a 10 jump from just two weeks ago. Meanwhile, more than 150 employees of houston Methodist Hospital have either resigned or been fired after refusing to get the covid19 vaccine. Earlier, a hospital suspended 178 employees for two weeks without pay for not complying with regulations that they be vax nature against covid. In response, 117 employees filed a lawsuit over the requirement but it was later thrown out by a judge. Houston methodist is one to impose a Vaccine Mandate but more have followed suit. Including the majority of hospitals in the united states. All right. I think at this point, we are going to have to take a real quick break. We will see you in just a moment. If you have moderate to severe psoriasis, Little Things can become your big moment. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not a cream. Its a pill that treats Plaque Psoriasis differently. With otezla, 75 clearer skin is achievable. Dont use if youre allergic to otezla. It may cause severe diarrhea, nausea or vomiting. 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Looking for the alley, he puts it down he puts it down its over Deandre Aikens in the final pass, takes the suns from 103 to 102 win. While they compete for spots in the finals, the Detroit Pistons are looking ahead to next season now with a legup in the 2021 draft after securing the first overall pick. Follow next seasons draft board will be the Houston Rockets and the cleveland cavaliers. Lets go to the ice where the visiting Montreal Canadiens are one win away. In the 41 victory in game five of the semis. And to major league baseball, where the games top prospect, 20yearold Wander Franco was called up earlier in the day to make his major league debut. The Switch Hitter did not disappoint making his greatest impact in the fifth inning with his Team Trailing by three runs. Franco, walked, scored flied up to center. Drive to left field. He hit it out of the ballpark. His First Major League hit a threerun homer. Wow, francos threerun blast ties the game at 5. But they go on to beat the rays 95. And then seven in a row with a slump in the a. L. East. Finally in philadelphia, two days of baseballs enforcement of rules against grip enhancers. Max scherzer appeared fedup when phillies manager joe girardi requested a third. After scherzer running his hands through his hair which he said looked suspicious. And stared down girardi while walking off the mound. And then scherzer set off a confrontation in the opposing dugouts, Prompting Girardi to walk on the field and get ejected from the fame. The nats beat the phillies 32. For weather, lets go to meteorologist bill karins for the forecast. Bill, good morning. Good morning to you, kasie. A lot of people have the heat on in the car this morning in the northeast. Its a little chill in the air. The northeast is kind of the exception. The rest of the country is going to bake in the days ahead. First, a Severe Weather threat during the day. Not much rain, rain in areas of illinois. Later on, well turn our attention from nebraska, we could have strong storms late this afternoon, north of kansas city, omaha to des moines. Tomorrow is the much bigger threat day. We may get a few tornadoes out of this tomorrow, st. Louis, kansas city and des moines. This is sort of the battleground where the heat is going to build and also kind of cool from areas coming down the northern plains. Part of the huge Weather Stories were going to have this upcoming weekend is a recordbreaking heat wave in the pacific northwest. Were under heat watches from seattle to portland to medford. Alltime record highs. The northwest, a lot of people, at least some people, dont even have air conditioning. It could be 110 in spokane. It could be a 100 for two, three days in a row in portland. Thats the story were going to watch for the upcoming weekend and for today, the northeast stays chilly, a beautiful afternoon. Low humidity. Just enjoy it. 78 in d. C. And new york. 75 in boston. We could have airport delays, miami, tampa, even new orleans could get a thunderstorm storm. Middle of the country is somewhere all the hot weather is. And then for tomorrow, another great day on the eastern seaboard. The exception being florida with showers and storms. Heres the map i was talking about, this is the six to tenday temperature outlook. And the northwest, kasie, is going to see high temperatures 20 to 25 degrees warmer than they normally are for this time of year. Well talk more about that in the days ahead. If youre in the northeast this morning, enjoy it. Get out there now. It sounds great. Bill karins, thank you very much. New reporting about former president trumps efforts to get Saturday Night Live to stop mocking him, get this, by getting the Justice Department involved. Okay. Well be back in just a moment. Nucala reduces eosinophils, a key cause of severe asthma. Nucala is not for sudden breathing problems. Allergic reactions can occur. 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Im someone who traffics in whats happening by the numbers. And i am not going to be the next mayor of New York City, based upon the numbers that have come in tonight. On the republican side, Guardian Angels founder curtis sliwa won with 72 of the vote. And andrew yang will join morning joe for his first interview since conceding. A new troubling story. A new report finds four men that took part in the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi were trained in the united states. In arkansas, in a contract approved by the state department. The tier one group. The official says theres no word that the men who approved the training knew the men were involved in a crackdown in their own country. Mohammed bin salman. And shows not to directly punish the crown prince this is after former President Donald Trump claimed the cias evidence was inclusive. And then theres this, former President Donald Trump reportedly wanted the Justice Department to start Saturday Night Live from mocking him. A rerun of snl in March Of 2019 sparked an angry tweet from the president , asking if the federal Election Commission should look into the show, quote, mocking him. But according to the daily beast, the wounded Commander In Chief took it a step further. According to two people familiar with the matter, they write, trump asked advisers about the federal communications system, the court system and most confusingly to some lieutenants the Department Of Justice could do to