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his mar-a-lago resort. we'll go through the charges and what's next in the case. plus, this indictment from a florida grand jury is significant when it comes to a venue for a potential trial. we'll explain why. and we'll have the reaction from trump's republican rivals in the 2024 presidential race. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this friday, june 9th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. nbc news can confirm that former president donald trump has been indicted by a grand jury in florida in connection with special counsel jack smith's investiga...

Both of those are less serious than trump's alleged efforts to stay in power following the 2020 election. if convicted of a serious crime, 84%, 84% of democrats as well as 63% of independents trump should not be allowed to serve as president again. 39% of republicans agree. while 43% say that a conviction should not be disqualifying. overall the poll shows trump's legal trouble has done more to help his standing with republicans than hurt it. 27% say it has given them a more positive view of the former president while 22% say it has made them feel more negatively about him. 43%, though, day it...

Is eugene scott right? >> he might be right. except that when people start to suffer economically, that is, they look at their iras, 401(k)'s and what they planned to retire on and see them decrease, people get nerkvous. when they look at food inflation, they get nervous, and when farmers, you know, have lost contracts and can't replace them, it's not worth it to place, you know, plant the next crop, they get nervous and that's what people tend to vote on. i think trump's reelection is the economy is central to his case for reelection, and he's very much in danger now of almost single handedly...

Mascinations in washington is eugene scott. we are in constant crisis mode with the president and administration. he has giant goals as well. repealing health care, putting something else in, tax reform. is this all getting in the way? >> it seems like it. he definitely has tried to do a lot within 13 days. not even two full weeks. a lot of that has been hit with criticism. there's been a bit of push back if he will actually do what he said he wanted to do. i think he and his supporters are surprised by how critical people, including members of his party, have been on things he campaigned on. ...

Option reducing the 60 votes needed to a simple majority. >> if we end up with the same gridlock longer than eight years, in all fairness to obama f we end up with that gridlock f we can, mitch, go nuclear. that would be an absolute shame if a man of this quality was caught up why in the web. it is up to mitch. >> democrats are divided how far to take the fight over the nomination. we also learned the first phone call made after gorsuch was to judge merrick garland. the stone walled pick for the supreme court. his spokesman said gorsuch made the call out of respect. >> a lot of politics to dis...