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burgers on the grill. let s take a look at some of the week s top stories. with us, the host away too early. white house chief at political jonathan lemire, you asked special correspondent for bbc news katty kay is with us. former white house director of communications to obama jen palmieri. and the president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politicsnation, reverend al sharpton joins us this morning. so get this, a memoir from donald trump s own former white house chief of staff appears to undercut the former presidents latest and many defenses for his willful handling of classified documents. earlier this week you remember this leaked audio from a 2023 meeting seemingly capturing former president trump showing off what he admitted was a classified document. this is at his club in bedminster. about a potential plan to attack iran while he was president. well, with milley, i ll show you example. he said that i wanted to attack iran. isn t it amazing? ....
reportedly planned to capture top russian military leaders. back at home, developments in the special counsel probe into former president trump s effort to overturn his 2020 loss. a star witness in georgia s investigation is due to meet with federal prosecutors today. in new york city, the former marine accused in the chokehold death of a homeless subway rider faces a judge today. and are president biden s economic policies working? he s set to deliver what is being called a major speech to try to convince voters of just that. this morning, potentially deadly, catastrophic heat across the country, threatening some 69 million people who are having to deal with those conditions. they re under heat alerts. the national weather service says temperatures today are expected to reach up to 110 degrees in texas. over 112 in louisiana. and a reminder about how dangerous heat like this is. and a medical examiner in webb county, texas, reported nine heat-related deaths in ....
shut down, in some cases, doctors stopped performing what had been routine medical care out of fear of litigation or imprisonment, leaving some women with life altering conditions and scarring, both physical and emotional. on the broad end, more than 25 million women of child bearing age from 14 to 44 live in states where it is hard or impossible to get full reproductive care. millions more say those restrictions and bans go too far. by more than a two to one ratio, voters say abortion access across the country has become too difficult, rather than too easy. when put directly to the people, abortion access has largely been a winning issue. we ve seen it time and time again. but when left to state lawmakers, buffeted by the safety of their gerrymandered districts, that access has been rolled back systematically. do those truths hold? how long will abortion be a motivating issue. and are those districts really all that safe when the vast majority of women and most men say ....
i get it. i know it s going to be cold. but think about this. you get to set the direction for the country. the first contest of the 2024 republican presidential nomination happens tonight in iowa, but voters will have to face dangerously cold temperatures to cast their ballots. meanwhile on capitol hill, its appears congress has a deal to keep the government funded until march despite threats from far right republicans in the house. and also ahead, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east following another u.s.-led air strike on houthi targets in yemen. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, january 15th. martin luther king day and also iowa caucus day. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we will begin this morning in iowa. the caucuses there tonight will be the first nominating contest of the very consequential 2024 presidential campaign. but turnout in iowa could be a real issue because it will be ....
as though in some southern areas, and weather warning by the weekend, temperatures could be approaching 30. but not for everybody. for many it would be in the low, mid 20s. this wonderful picture which i showed you earlier on, this cloud scope taken earlier today injersey. thank you very much. that is is the mortage misery time bomb about to explode? new inflation figures and an announcement on interest rates due in the next 48 hours. todayjeremy hunt said giving financial support to mortgage holders could drive inflation higher. we ll talk to economists from the left and right, and a spokesman for the uk banking industry. also tonight, it s a year since the us supreme court made its historic decision to reverse roe v wade, thus allowing american states to block women from accessing an abortion. anna collinson travels from florida to alabama to speak to medics and women. shejust told me, it s not going to make it. she got kind of choked up, actually, saying, i wish t ....