illegal arms dealer and lied to authorities about all of those things and now is actually on the run after being indicted? that s who james comer and the republican party is defending? that is. this so-called whistle-blower is now facing charges on all of that. that s interesting. we ll have more on that. interesting tact for any party. republican senator tommy tubberville of alabama is backing up on comments about white nationalists serving in the military wait. i m confused here. you have the republicans in the house who are supporting a guy who like funnels illegally iranian oil to the communist chinese and is an illegal arms trafficker and illegal agent for the communist chinese and then on the senate side, you have a 57, 58-year-old guy from alabama who refuses to call white nationalists racists? is this i guess i don t know, is this their 2024 strategy? and senator tuberville had been to be dragged kicking and screaming to that position. he said i de
donald trump in a defamation lawsuit. we ll explain why the doj is backing off its previous position. plus two months worth of rain in two days. vermont is just starting the recovery process from that disaster. we ll get an update from one of the state s top lawmakers. all right, good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 12th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. we begin with the major developments out of the nato summit in lithuania. the alliance says it will invite ukraine to join but only when allies agree and conditions are met. the group did not give a time line or details on what those conditions might be. vague wording is in line with what president joe biden said last week, calling a pathway to membership for ukraine, quote, premature while it is at war with russia. as the new york times points out, it appears the president and like minded allies have prevailed over poland in baltic nations that wanted a formal invitation for ukraine t