recuse herself from donald trump's classified documents case despite recommendations to do so from two other federal judges. and democrats are targeting a 150-year-old law in their latest effort to protect reproductive rights nationwide. all right, good morning. welcome to "way too early" on this friday. thank god, friday. june 21st. i'm sam stein in for jonathan lemire. for the first time in months president biden has overtaken donald trump in national polling averages. according to the poll aggregate site, 538, biden took a 0.8% lead in the race yesterday. that is the first time biden has led at least since march, which is as far back as the website's tracker goes. the change comes after a series of recent polls showed biden narrowly ahead of trump though all the results were within the margin of error. there's new audio now of donald trump admitting he lost the 2020 election and then quickly reverting back to the big lie. comes from research from the new book "apprentice in wonderland" by ramin setoota. trump's admission he lost came in his conversation with renaldo rivera. >> he did a good job. he was smart, cunning. he did a good job. >> and are you guys still close or -- >> no i don't think so. he is -- after i lost the election -- i won the election, but when they said we lost, he called me up three or four times. >> in another conversation between trump and setoota, the form president claims joan rivers voted for him in 2016 despite the fact she had died before the election. >> joan said she was a republican, did you know that? >> i thought she might have been a republican. >> a lot of '80s characters in these clips. president biden meanwhile traveled to camp david last night where he'll spend the next few days with a team of advisers to prep for the upcoming presidential debate. the plan is for biden to remain at camp david until at least monday, but he may stay longer if need be. as the june 27th date draws closer, preparations will likely include a full-length mock debate. campaign officials say the president is gearing up to hold donald trump accountable for his extreme record and dangerous things he's been saying on the trail, mainly ripping away reproductive rights, promoting political violence, undermining our democratic institutions, and doing the bidding of billionaire donors to fund tax giveaways to the ultra-wealthy and corporations. while donald trump and his team have long down-played he does any formal debate at all, it's not exactly winging it. trump has been holding informal policy sessions where he'll discuss topics that will likely come up, issues the trump campaign has maintained are notable weaknesses for president biden. we're told he'll discuss the economy and inflation with senator j.d. vance, immigration with former white house aid steven miller and former acting head tom and held a series of sessions with his former acting directing of national intelligence and senior advisor says trump also met with senators eric schmidt and marco rubio. next week trump is planning a debate and watch party in atlanta, which is set to be attended by several allies and vice presidential hopefuls. all right, joining us now white house bureau chief for "the washington post." tolo, what do you make of these two contrasting styles of debate prep, somewhat unexpected but curious what works best for each individual here. >> we'll find out in terms of and seeing it and both trying to shift the pilot point and biden wants to build on the moltm. trump wants to stop biden's momentum and they're both going to come out swinging during this debate. >> what are the hurdles if you talk to people involved in the debate, what do they think are the hurdles biden has to clear if they themselves admits a high stakes affair? >> first they think the way he looks, his stamina on stage, coming over the hurdle of being seen as too old for the presidency, that's the biggest thing they want to accomplish. even if they don't ding donald trump on all his missteps and misstatements they want biden to look presidential. >> are they at all cognizant of the fact incumbent presidents tend to do very poorly when it comes to their first debate. what comes to mind for me at least is watching barack obama and mitt romney in that 2012 debate which went disastrously. >> they want to do the prep. they don't want to take this for granted. they don't want to fall into the trap previous presidents have saying i'm a president, i deal with issues of national security all the time, i get a briefing book all the time, i have all this information already in my head. they want to actually go through these mock debates, not take this for granted, realize donald trump is unlike any other debater they've come against and really take the time to prepare for it. >> and then how much do they imagine that the issue of hunter biden, his conviction will come up in the debate basically because donald trump forces the issue? >> they're prepared for that. they know it came up in 2020 and biden's response then was pretty well received. he said i love my son, he really pushed back against donald trump as a father and not just as a president. now that hunter biden has been convicted, biden is going to really need to showcase this is personal issue, it's a family issue, an issue of addiction and not anything that has to do with the presidency. >> the flip side of this is of course donald trump has been convicted, right? and we've seen a little bit of -- i don't want to say double speak from the white house, but they initially were very hesitant to push on the conviction issue. but then we saw an ad campaign or ad released that was extremely hard on donald trump and his conviction. what should our expectations be for whether the president himself goes to that well during the debate. >> i wouldn't be surprised to hear him say the words convicted felon, donald trump you are a convicted felon. they've seen the polls shift in the last several days at the same time donald trump's conviction has become a national story. they are aware people are seeing donald trump as a convict felon and they want it to be in the minds of the independent voters. >> that'll be interesting. last question and more substantive one, the biggest policy stuff happening right now prior to the debate are a series of immigration actions the president is taking unilaterally, first to more or less shutdown a huge swath of the border making it tougher for asylum claims to process, and secondly by granting essentially protective status to a class of citizens, spouses of american citizens who may be here undocumented. talk to us a little bit about those two actions, the purpose and goals behind them, and what ultimately the president hopes to achieve both on a substantive level and politically. >> the president realizes immigration is tough issue for him. they're not too comfortable with it based on the polling, so he took action to shutdown a lot of action at the border, but at the same time he realizes people who have been here in the country a long time are more sympathetic class of people, and he wants to show he's thinking about those people and thinking about immigration and not demonizing all immigrants the way donald trump does. he wants to be able to showcase to his liberal base he does care about immigration, he does care about immigrants but he's not going to allow as many people to come over the border as has been coming. he's trying to calibrate between his liberal base and take action on those fronts and see how it plays out in the debate. >> thank you so much for getting up with us, man. appreciate it. take care. all right, before we go to break, the supreme court will hand down more decisions starting at 10:00 a.m. this morning. there's still over a dozen cases left on the court's docket and justices must rule on several hot button issues including abortion, guns, the issue of former president trump claiming broad presidential immunity. the justices are expected to release most of those decisions by the end of the month. and still ahead what we're learning about the judge in trump's classified documents case refusing to step aside despite multiple calls to recuse herself. plus, the former governor of puerto rico is detailing a conversation he had with former president trump and what he said about the possibility of nuclear war. those stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. n we come right back this isn't charmin! no wonder i don't feel as clean. here's charmin ultra strong. ahhh! my bottom's been saved! with its diamond weave texture, charmin ultra strong cleans better with fewer sheets and less effort. enjoy the go with charmin. if you have chronic kidney disease you can reduce the risk of kidney failure with farxiga. because there are places you'd like to be. farxiga can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration, urinary tract, or genital yeast infections, and low blood sugar. a rare, life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. stop taking farxiga and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this infection, an allergic reaction, or ketoacidosis. ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ want a next level clean? 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"the new york times" reports that two more experienced colleagues contacted judge aileen cannon by phone shortly after she drew the assignment to oversee the case in june of last year. one of them was chief judge in the southern district of florida, the other has not been identified. but the paper cites two people briefed on the conversations. judge cannon was appointed to the bench by then-president trump in 2020. "the times" reports that judge cannon's assignment to the case drew attention because she had scant trial experience and had previously shown unusual favor to trump by helping him in a criminal investigation that led to his indictment. doj special counsel jack smith charged trump with illegally storing classified documents at mar-a-lago after leaving the white house in 2021 and resisting federal efforts to get those files back. trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges. in just hours a new hearing will take place in donald trump's classified documents case, the first of four over the next week. today's hearing deals with a motion by trump's defense team to have the indictment against the former president dismissed on grounds that special counsel jack smith's appointment is not constitutionally valid. a source familiar with trump's plans confirm to nbc news that trump will not attend today's hearing. then early next week there will be two hearings on monday and another ones relating to evidence in the case in trump's conditions of release. despite these new hearings judge aileen cannon has yet to set a trial date. the former governor of puerto rico reportedly says that donald trump talked to him about preparing for a nuclear war while he was president. according to the hill when has obtained an excerpt from an upcoming memoir, the conversation happened when trump visited puerto rico after hurricane maria in 2017. while overseeing the storm's damage from the helicopter trump allegedly told the ex governor, quote, nature has a way of coming back. well, it does until it doesn't. who knows with nuclear warfare what will happen. okay, trump then allegedly added, quote, but i tell you what, if nuclear war happens we won't be second in line for pressing the button. in a statement to the hill a trump spokesperson did not deny the former president made those remarks but instead said he, quote, abhors the idea of nuclear war. still ahead we'll turn to sports with a preview of game six tonight in the stanley cup finals. plus, the los angeles lakers have a new coach. we'll break down the details of the deal to bring j.j. reddic to l.a. those stories and a check on the weekend forecast when "way too early" comes right back. d foreco early" comes right back. ♪ ♪ have you always had trouble losing weight and keeping it off? 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>> we're did. we're told they did, but this is all authentic. >> okay, that is incredibly cool, and i would highly recommend they did it for a lot of games. it was part of one inning broadcast in black and white last night during the game between san francisco the giants and st. louis cardinals at rickwood field, america's oldest ballpark. major league baseball honoring the legacy of the negro leagues in birmingham, alabama, just days after the death of the legendary say hey kid, willie mays, at the age of 93. mays, who was born in nearby westfield played his first professional home games there in 1948 as a member of the birmingham black barons. the giants and cardinals took the field in the game umpired by the game's first ever all black crew. the 99-year-old former black baron and st. louis cardinal bill greasen the oldest negro leaguer throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. what a sight, incredible. as for the game the cardinals beat the giants 7-6. but, frankly, who cares? what an honor, an amazing night. meanwhile, to the bronx, new york yankees judge extends his mlb home run lead with his 27th long run, two run shot, hit outright there. third inning, made little difference for the yanks as they were clobbered by the baltimore orioles in yesterday's game between division leaders. you hate to see it. poor yankees. punctuated by a sixth run second inning the 7-5 victory gave the o's two out of three against the yanks. new york now clings to a half game lead against baltimore atop the al east, but look at those pesky sox just ten games back, got to love them. in the nba they settled on their next head coach. the team will reportedly hire j.j. redick an espn analyst to lead the franchise. meanwhile the city of boston will celebrate the nba championship celtics. boston is pretty used to championship parades at this point, should go smoothly. and a new nhl champion, meanwhile, could be crowned tonight. the florida panthers will try to closeout the edmonton oilers on the road in game six of the stanley cup final. now to a big night at the olympic trials for u.s. swimmer lily king. the five time olympian qualified for the second event of the game which is followed up by a pool side proposal from her boyfriend, james wells. king is poised to compete at her third olympics next month. looks like she said yes there, just confirming, and will be the first american swimmer to compete in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke in three consecutive games. well-done. quite the proposal. smart to do it before the olympics i think. you never know how those are going to go. time now for the weather. for that let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman for the forecast. michelle, i know it's bad. just lay it on us, just how bad is it? >> it's bad, sam. i'm so sad to tell you this because you're in d.c. and you're going to see triple digits by tomorrow and also sunday. it's going to feel so hot there, too, once you factor in the humidity. we're waking up to 64 million people from the great lakes, under heat alerts once again the dangerous heat alert does continue, heat advisories, heat warnings, where you see the hot pink color that a heat warning that includes pittsburgh. and this is why. the numbers are soaring once again into the 90s, near the triple digits in some spots. look at louisville, 98 degrees today. you factor in the humidity, it'll feel like 102, feeling like 97 in d.c. today, but much better than what it feels like sunday. 96 new york, we'll have a reprieve and looking at temperatures only in the 80s there where a little boundary setup there. charleston, west virginia, 95. 91 in detroit. hot today, another hot day tomorrow with that high pressure tacked in place. we're looking at temperatures near 100 decrease in nashville. the heat index when you factor in that humidity feeling like 100 degrees. 94 in pittsburgh, baltimore 98 degrees, 99 in richmond, feel like 103, feel like 100 degrees in raleigh. and another hot one and temperatures right near 100 degrees in d.c. on sunday. we improve a bit. i say improve but still in the mid-90s monday ands. new york city we're looking at 94 and 90 on monday and 80 degreeses. that is hot temperatures and hail and damaging winds and a few tornados possible as well. throughout the high plains into the upper mississippi valley especially where you see that yellow shading so great falls and also indianapolis could see storms later this afternoon. and flash flooding as well and we're seeing some lightening as well this morning here and thunder and portions of in the northern high plains, and there's that flash flood risk as we go through today especially throughout minneapolis and sioux falls. unfortunately that summer scorcher will continue so stay cool as we go throughout this weekend. >> michelle, that was horrible like all of it. there was nothing good about that. >> i'm so