no problem coming out and lying the world. we just saw that with this chinese spy balloon. it s the nature of a communist dictatorship to lie to their own people, to lie to the world. that s republican senator dan sullivan of alaska responding to a new report from the energy department on the origins of covid. we ll take you through the latest developments in just a moment. plus, ukraine says it needs more fighter jets as the war entered its second year, but the pentagon and president biden do not appear ready yet to make that commitment. and meanwhile, the first lady seems to give away the president s plans for 2024. we ll show you what she said. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll start with the new report on the positives of co-vichltd according two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, the federal energy department says it has, quote, low confidence th
his fight over a subpoena all the way to the supreme court. plus, new audio tonight in outfront from the front lines. newly drafted russian soldiers saying they haven t been paid, they have no helmet, no flack jackets and no basic training. and he is the world s richest man by a long shot. is he about to have maijor influence on two massive global conflicts? why the biden administration is now considering teaming up with elon musk. it is exclusive cnn reporting this hour. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, trump subpoenaed. the january 6th committee in its most aggressive move yet officially serving the former president with a subpoena for documents and testimony about the insurrection. it is a ten-page document. got it here. and it lays out the committee s findings. it makes it clear, they say, that trump is the, quote, central figure in the committee s investigation. they say, and i quote, we have assembled overwhelming evidence
Dawns early light if what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous figh oer the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O, say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the Home Of The Brave Pete here we go on this saturday morning. That was our nations anthem. It is may 189th, year of our lord, 2024, and im joined by a Sleepy Will Cain and Rachel Campos duffy. Rachel rachels sleepy ooh too. Pete youre the most sleepy. A. Rachel do i look the most . I had the most help. Will we had a Big Night Last night. Several of us went to see morgan wallen, rachel and i. And though that didnt put us into bed until roughly 1 30, i think we actually got more sleep than our own pete hegseth. Pete because i was in your hometown until about 9 30 last night, and then the i flew over rach
right now on ana cabrera reports, the largest ever recorded lead so close to the iowa caucuses. new polling this morning showing donald trump well out front five weeks from those caucuses, just as he doubles down on his vow to be a dictator on day one. plus, an 11th-hour reversal. the former president not taking the witness stand today in the massive new york civil fraud trial. what to expect as the case nears the end. later, at least six people killed after tornadoes ripped tlup tennessee. where this extreme weather is heading next. s heading next thank you so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with new polling out this morning showing donald trump expanding his lead in iowa five weeks out from the caucus, and more than 50% of iowa republicans now say trump is their first choice. this as the gop front-runner doubles down on his controversial comments about being a dictator on day one. i said i want to be a dic
strategic plan than it is the current interests in ukraine. terrific analysis as always. national analyst clint watts. still ahead, we re going to switch to business news with a live report from cnbc. we re taing an early check of the markets which is up. we ll see where wall street thinks it s heading next when we come right back. s heading next e come right back.