down. the united states and nato and a coalition of more than 50 countries standing strong with ukraine, we will not walk away. >> that was president joe biden pledging not to walk away from defending ukraine as he commemorated the 80th anniversary of d-day. in this next hour biden will meet with ukraine wherein president volodymyr zelenskyy in paris amid russia's ongoing aggression and tensions over the pace of military aid, and biden then later delivering a major speech on democracy. plus we now have a date when israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will address congress as a growing number of democrats and the biden administration have become critical of israel's ongoing handling of the war. and steve bannon has been ordered to report to prison to serve his contempt of congress sentence. we'll discuss why his lawyer brew up over the ruling and how bannon himself responded. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this friday, june 7th. folks, we made it to friday. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we will, of course, today continue to follow president biden's overseas trip to france where in just a couple hours he is set to meet with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in paris. following that meeting, president biden will return to normandy where he will visit the american cemetery there and then deliver remarks at the famed point to hawk cliffs. the speech today is expected to focus on the sacrifices made by u.s. soldiers during an existential fight between a dictatorship and freedom. today's events followed yesterday's proceedings honoring the 80th anniversary of d-day, where the president spoke about the importance of standing by ukraine and standing up to strongmen. >> the autocrats of the world are watching closely to see what happens in ukraine, to see if we let this illegal aggression go unchecked. were we to do that, it means we'd be forgetting what happened here on these hallowed beaches. >> while president biden didn't mention donald trump by name yesterday in normandy, his campaign did release three new as that say the former president is unfit for office. >> a good commander in chief is someone who gives a [ bleep ]. i served in the united states marine corp. >> i served from the 1990s into 2014. >> i was a navy pilot for eight years. >> it's the first time i'm shaking the hands of a president of the united states. it was pretty impactful to me to see an individual that supports troops not just on the battlefield but when we return home. zbhp i see a man in joe biden who accepts accountability and responsibility, and when i see his predecessor donald trump i see a man only in this for himself. >> who criticizes veterans, who doesn't see it as important for him to go to the funeral. >> donald trump has zero accountability in his life. >> i think the election is the difference between authoritarianism. >> i i come to see a president that cares about maintaining democracy. >> donald trump is not fit to be commander in chief. he's not fit to lead a squad, and he's definitely not fit to be the president of the united states. >> we're going to hear from president biden later today delivering a major speech about the need to defend democracy, and there will be implicit contrasts just like that painting his predecessor as a danger to democracy at home and abroad. meanwhile, the president's meeting today with ukrainian president zelenskyy comes as the united states announced a new round of military aid for the war torn country. according to associated press the new $225 mimmian aid package includes ammunition that kyiv's forces could use to strike threats inside russia in order to defend the ukrainian city of kharkiv. last week the president shifted his position and gave ukraine permission to use u.s. supplied weapons to strike targets inside russia that are supporting moscow's offensive in kharkiv. staying overseas now but turning to the middle east. the leader of hamas says he'll only agree to the latest cease-fire proposal if israel commits to permanently ending the war in gaza. the statement was made in response to the three-phased plan that president biden publicly unveiled a week ago. under this proposal phase two would be an end to the war, which is a sticking point for israel. far-right members of israel's government say the conflict can only end once hamas is eradicated, a goal u.s. officials feel it truly impossible. meanwhile, dozens of people including children were killed in an israeli air strike at a united nations school in gaza. it happened overnight thursday. the israeli military says it was targeting a hamas compound that was embedded inside the school. the idf claims about 30 terrorists were staying in classrooms, using it as some sort of a base. the strike, however, is facing international criticism as gazan health officials say at least 40 people were killed. israel so far has only released the names of the nine terrorists that it says died in that attack. meanwhile, the united states says it will wait and see on what information israel released about the strike before considering any action. the state department says it expects the idf to be fully transparent. this as "the washington post" reports that a u.s.-made bomb was used in the strike and coming just a week or so after that attack on a tent city in gaza killed dozens of civilians including children. additionally, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will come to the united states capitol next month. according to punch bowl netanyahu is now slated to address congress on july 24th. all four leaders of congress issued the invitation last month. several democrats in the house and senate have said they'll boycott the speech in protest to netanyahu's handling of the war in gaza. meanwhile, president biden addressed israel's war with hamas during an interview with abc news yesterday that he taped in normandy. biden says he believes netanyahu has acknowledged concerns from the white house, pointing to the way that israel has adjusted its strategy involving rafah. >> is benjamin netanyahu listening to you? >> i think he's listening to me. they were going to run to rafah full boor, invade all of rafah, take it out, move with full force. they haven't done that, and what they've done is agreed to a significant agreement that if, in fact, and look it's being backed by egypt and backed by the saudis, being backed by almost -- we'll see this is a very difficult time. >> still ahead new polling shows just how close the presidential race is between president biden and donald trump. we're going to dig into those numbers and the states that could make the biggest difference. plus, we'll bring you the latest from hunter biden's federal gun trial following emotional testimony from his former romantic partner and widow of his brother, beau. those stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. sports and weather when we come right back 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happened. the impeachment hoax number one, impeachment hoax number two. everything's all hoax. >> just about all of that is not true. trump will be ipnev this wkd. meanwhile president biden's team has hired a republican operative in a attempt to sway voters. weatherford, a staunch critic of trump and previously served as the chief of staff to former republican congressman adam kinzinger, himself a staunch critic of trump. the move comes after the biden campaign launched an ad back in april appealing to nikki haley's supporters. joining us now white house politics reporter for bloomberg, christian hall. good morning, christian. let's talk about trump's return to the trail first and foremost. there's actually a school in the biden camp trump in a way was shielded since he say on the trial. now he's back out in public and people are listening to him that could be bad for trump, that he'll say things americans don't agree with, and i think that will be a big part of the debate in a few weeks. give us a sense how the event went, and what is the trump strategy for putting their guy back on the campaign trail? >> well, i think we saw at the event yesterday what trump is really going to try to focus on is the border, right? republicans and trump alike really see that the border crossings -- historic border crossings that are happening right now are very unpopular with a lot of americans, so i think what we're going to see trump do out on the campaign trail over the next few months is really hone in on what's going on the border. we saw he really shot down president biden's executive order to kind of sway illegal border crossings, so i think the trump campaign is banking on immigration as a key issue for voters ahead of november's election. >> and what's the sense there as to the impact of the hush money conviction particularly on whether it's sort of undecided or maybe waffling republicans, those nikki haley republicans, for instance, that maybe don't like either person and now we're debating what to do. what's the latest how the biden team is trying to take advantage to reach them? >> yeah, i think what we're going to see biden, the campaign do is really talk specifically to these voters and constantly remind them of why it is imperative that they vote for his campaign. they're going to try to paint trump as a criminal, right? they're going to try to paint him as extreme. i think we're seeing biden right now while he's abroad he's really talking about how the trump administration would be a threat to democracy. i think all of these things are going to be central to the biden campaign and president joe biden. he's going to paint himself as i am not trump, i am the same, you know, candidate so you should get behind me. >> a lastly, christian, give us an update on trump's vp surge. he certainly seems to be enjoying the drama. give us an update as to where things stand. >> well, i think things are certainly starting to heat up. we heard that a lot of the candidates have submitted documents, that the potential candidates trump is looking at. i also think that it's notable that a lot of the people he's considering have connections to capitol hill, right? i think it just shows how much donald trump has influenced what's happening up there in congress right now, so things are definitely heating up, but there's no rush for trump to get ahead and, you know, announce a candidate. he is able to have all of these people go out as surrogates for him on the campaign trail, act as fund raisers, so there's really no rush for him right now to choose someone. >> all right, white house politics reporter for bloomberg, christian hall, thank you for joining us this morning. meanwhile, four new polls participate a picture of a very close election between president biden and donald trump, but a cup of surprising states possibly in play. according to the latest fox news survey, trump leads biden by just 4 points in florida, 50 to 46 among registered voters. although that margin is similar to trump's three point victory back in 2020, most experts have viewed the sunshine state as getting even redder since then, though the presence of some abortion restrictions could be factoring in there. meanwhile, this even more surprising. in virginia, a state that biden won by more than 10 points in 2020 and truthfully hasn't been in play for long for quite some time, this one fox news poll, anyway, shows biden and trump are in a dead heat, 48-all. not quite sure i believe that, but something to watch. the survey also finds trump leading biden by 5 points in nevada 50-45 and by 5 points in arizona, 50-46. we should note, though, that the results from all four of those states are within the margin of error. we have also seen margeps in a couple states close even further in the wake of a conviction, dead heats, pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, and a few other battlegrounds. next up we'll turn to sports with highlights from game one of the nba 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