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consequences for workers access to the cash to b built to now piñera employee to actually cover the expenses we got, the thing i am mostl worried about. the news coming even as president biden and the countr get good news on the economy a a whole. we created more jobs in the two years and an administration that created th first four years and i think all of thi matters. it is no accident. it means our economic plans ar working and now the bigges threat to our recovery is th reckless talk, the reckless to my maga friends. they are threatening to fall o the national debt. in fact, planning to fall as some republicans seem to b doing puts us very much at risk the president referring t new debt ceiling demands from group of republican hous members second but economi gains in jeopardy. i will talk to congressman mar takano ahead about that as well all of that plus this. bring it on, all alone issue later who refused to quit when her teammates did taking on th state champi
examined the evidence, we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt these are crimes against humanity. vice president kamala harris says russia must be held accountable to actions against ukraine. meanwhile secretary of state antony blinken meets with his chinese counterpart to address the suggested surveillance balloon shot down earlier this month and it comes with king jong-un issuing a direct threat to the u.s. and south korea. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 20th. i m jonathan lemire alongside nbc s ali vitali. we have breaking news this morning. president joe biden is in ukraine. he made the trip ahead of the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. he had been scheduled to depart tonight from washington to poland. he would give a speech marking the anniversary of the war and the u.s. s commitment to ukraine s cause, but he made this trip days in advance. we re seeing now brand-new images of president biden
course? i think the president going to kyiv doesn t settle that problem once and for all. ideally, it would have been great had he shown up, you know, with senator mcconnell or somebody like that who is strongly in support of the war. again, it sends a reassuring message to ukraine about american staying power. which, jonathan, is critical for europe. europe has followed behind and with the united states for the most part. this is leading from ahead, and that is what is required in this instance. we are now past 6:00. welcome to morning joe at this morning. joe, mika and willie have the day off. i want to bring in katty kay, special u.s. correspondent for bbc news, into our live, rolling coverage of this presidents day and president biden s surprise trip to ukraine, one meant to show a real symbol of solidarity, katty, with kyiv, as it has weathered russia s invasion now for 12 months. yeah, jonathan, what a day for us to kick off presidents s day, to see these images.