Leaders on Capitol Hill reach a deal to avoid the nation's first ever debt default.

It's a complicated process, so the question is, how soon can lawmakers get it done?

Plus, two steps back for the House investigation into the January 6th Capitol attack.

Mark Meadows is backing out of his deal to cooperate, while Roger Stone, he's pleading

the fifth. The question is, how will the committee respond? And President Biden warns Vladimir

Putin about Russia's military buildup near the border with Ukraine. The question is, will that

meeting lead to a diplomatic solution? It's way too early for this.

Good morning and welcome to way too early.

The show that has been unable to make a seamless order for 24 hours because of that Amazon average.

We'll talk about that later in the show.

I'm hungry.

I'm also Jonathan Lemire on this Wednesday, December 8th.

Let's start with the news.

President Joe Biden is warning his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin,

of heavy economic consequences if Russia invades Ukraine.

The warning came during a two-hour virtual call

that officials described as tense,

but occasionally lightened by humor.

Hello.

Good to see you again.

Unfortunately, last time we didn't get to see one another at the G20.

I hope next time we meet, we do it in person.

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