After a tense showdown on Capitol Hill, Congress narrowly avoids plunging the American

economy into crisis. With the debt ceiling raised, temporarily, the question is, are we really

going to do this all over again in December? Plus, Senate investigators lay out in striking detail

Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election. But with his inner circle refusing to testify, the question is, will anyone be held accountable?

And it wouldn't be Friday without a little wild space news.

NASA wants to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid to change its direction.

The question is, didn't I already see that movie?

It's way too early for this. It's way too early for this.

Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that really could use a long weekend.

I'm Jonathan Lemire on this Friday, October 8th. We'll start with the news. With just days to go before the federal government was set to default on its national

debt for the first time ever, the Senate passed a short-term measure to raise the country's debt ceiling.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell provided Democrats the 10 votes necessary to advance the bill yesterday after

a tense stalemate. The new measure lifts the country's borrowing cap by 480 billion,

temporarily putting off what Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned would be a, quote,

utterly catastrophic economic crisis. Democrats will now look ahead to early December when the next new

measure expires, and Congress has to negotiate the debt limit all over again. Despite providing

Democrats the votes needed this time, McConnell insists that won't be the case in December.

Former President Donald Trump urged Republican senators to vote against the deal

to raise the debt ceiling and accuse minority leader Mitch McConnell of folding to Democrats.

Trump further criticized McConnell's leadership during a phone interview on Fox News.

The Republican Senate needs due leadership. I've been saying it for a long time. Mitch is not the guy. He's not the right guy. He's not doing the job. He gave them a lifeline. It's more than a lifeline. He gave them so much time now to figure out what to do because they were in a real big bind. They wouldn't have been able to do anything. He had the weapon and he was unable to use it.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina echoed the former president in a scathing

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