good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, april 19th. along with willie, joe and me we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at political, jonathan lemire and former navy supreme commander, admiral james stavridis. mika, what do you think about the mask mandate being voided by the judge? i just think that trains and planes are the one place where it is worth using them. and what i think differently. then you should use them. i like when joe asks mika a question. you know i m sitting here, i m being no, you think it is one area where not night clubs, like hockey admiral, will you wear a mask on a plane still? i will for a few weeks.
million in funding directly to the ukrainian military. this is staggering. this as the united states for the first time has approved the direct delivery of stinger missiles to ukraine as a part of a package approved by the white house. that decision came on the heels of germany s announcement that it will send 500 stinger missiles and other weapons and supplies to ukraine. let s bring in the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at political, jonathan lemire. msnbc contributor and best-selling author of the confidence code series katty kay is with us. the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. and former supreme allied commander, retired four star admiral james stavridis, he is an analyst for nbc and msnbc.