Ahead on way too early, President Biden makes eye-opening comments about the risks of a, quote,

nuclear Armageddon and response to threats from Vladimir Putin. Plus, new reporting on what the

Justice Department believes Donald Trump is still hiding in how it has divided the former president's legal team.

And Hershal Walker offers a new denial to a report that he paid for a former girlfriend's abortion,

but then quickly backtracks when pressed by reporters. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Friday, October 7th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We'll begin with a stark new warning

from the president of the United States when it comes to

a threat of nuclear war. Speaking last night in New York City, President Biden said the risk of

nuclear Armageddon is the highest it has been in roughly 60 years since President Kennedy

and the Cuban Missile Crisis. It all stems from Russia's flailing invasion of Ukraine.

Biden said his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, is, quote, not joking when he talks

about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons, because

his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming.

Russia has faced huge setbacks on the battlefields as Ukrainian forces continue to take back land

illegally occupied by Moscow. There has been widespread concern that the Kremlin could use a weapon of mass destruction

to regain some footing in the war.

But in the words of President Biden, I don't think there's any such thing as the ability

to easily use a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with Armageddon.

The Kremlin, meanwhile, is resorting to other heinous measures in its occupation.

The regional police force in Kharkiv says there is significant new evidence of war crimes being

carried out by Russia, from torture chambers to mass graves.

Police have recovered the bodies of 534 civilians in areas reclaimed from Russian forces.

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