ukraine. one of the most important story lines of 2023. the divide in the republican party about ukraine. alexi buchanan, thanks very much. and thanks for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning. morning joe starts right now. a dictator, building an empire, will never be able to ease the people s love of liberty. brutality will never ground down the will of the free, and ukraine, ukraine will never be a victim for russia. never. president joe biden marks one year of war in eastern europe with an impassioned speech promising continued support for ukraine and laying out the stakes of the conflict. meanwhile, we re were learning more about the special grand jury that investigated potential 2020 election interference by former president donald trump and his allies. we ll play for you new comments from a key juror in the case, as some republicans are still trying to figure out their messaging on donald trump and his third presidential campaign. als
ruling after another. appeal upon appeal. and even a trip to the knighted state supreme court. but today the american public finally has its hands on something donald trump as so doggedly sought to conceal. his tax returns. six years worth. and an unprecedented window and steube s financial picture. this public release, which, among other things, shows the don trump paid relatively little in taxes in the years before and during his presidency, is the end product of an effort undertaken by the house ways and needs committee. after securing their returns, which cover the years 2015 to 2020, that panel voted along party lengths to hand redacted versions of the returns to the public. before we get into what these thousands of pages reveal, in a way those who are who are not accountants can understand, it s worth noting how the committee got its hands on these returns in the first place. is the end result of its investigation into an irs policy that mandates audits of returns file
lowest level in almost four decades. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. the president is saying he wants to increase american energy production without delaying the transition to green energy and clean energy. officials are calling the move a bridge but now we know it s a bridge that leaves the strategic reserve to its lowest level since 1984. strategic petroleum reserve is more than half full. peter: still too low for critics concerned with national security. it s strategic petroleum reserve. it s not the political petroleum reserve. it s really for a time of war that we need the energy. peter: that i it s not politically motivated at all. 400 million barrels of oil that s more than any energy drawdown. peter: still blaming on russia. putin s war caused price hikes. calling on companies to pass savings on to customers. ramp up at ease. my administration has no
hi, there, everyone. it s 4:00 in the east. it took years and one court ruling after another, appeal upon appeal and even a trip to the united states supreme court, but today the american public finally has its hands on something donald trump has so doggedly sought to conceal his tax returns, six years worth. an unprecedented window into his financial picture. this public release, which among other things shows that donald trump paid very relatively in taxes in the years before and during his presidency, is the end product of an effort undertaken by the house ways and means committee. after securing the returns which cover the years 2015 through 2020, that panel voted along party lines to hand redacted versions of the returns over to the public. before we get into what these thousands of pages reveal, in a way, those of us who are not account tantants can understands worth note hough the committee got its hands on these returns in the first place. it s the end result of an
casual warning about a looming a nuclear holocaust. now, last night during a closed door fundraiserr top with other top democrats, biden claimed that this is the firstdi time we have, quote, faced since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. and thenow, because, accordingo joe , vladimir putin is notvladm irjoking when he talks about the use of nuclear weapons orwen biological weapons or chemical weapons. now, apparently, there is nothing joe going to dot it about it, but he did do this. the administration, they are buying three hundred million dollars worth of anti radiatio$n and drugs. well, that s r not reassuring. that s joe s big plan in the event that putin usesr weap? nuclear weapons. that s it. no one in the white house has articulated a strategy to deter vladimir putin or work on any diplomatic solution. now, the war in ukraine has no end in sight. and now it appears that joe biden is only bracing fort e the worst. get ready. i guess it s line up. get your radiation