kick russian out of ukraine. there is no question that president xi is watching. putin is watching to see if the west, if the united states and europe lose interest in ukraine and if we do, then i think it potentially gives him a green light. so, we are on the cusp of the post world war ii order where big nations didn t change their borders through force coming apart. and i think right now the most important thing that we could do to stop china from making a move on taiwan is to make clear to the ukrainians we re with them today and in the future to make sure they regain their own sovereignty. senator chris murphy, thank you very much for being on this morning. we will be in touch. so we are well into the fourth hour of morning joe right now. let s talk more about the bills to help veterans that republicans blocked. joining us now, retired sergeant ted corcoran. he s a disabled veteran and a veteran advocate who suffers from the effects of burn pits. he s now organizing
both parties chart a course for the november midterms. plus we have the latest on the ground in pennsylvania. as the republican senate candidates battle for control of the vote count in a raiser tight race that is heading for a recount. and breaking just last hour, nbc news confirms that the fbi has been investigating an apparent plot by an ohio man with a plot he developed to assassinate former president george w. bush. all the details coming pup. welcome to meet the press daily. voters are voting in s.e.c. country. there s the music. it is a special meet the midterms edition of meet the press daily. we have an is s.e.c. slate today. primary elections in arkansas, alabama, georgia and texas. they now have two schools headed to that conference. polls will close in less than six hours. it just means more today because georgia has emerged as one of the top battlegrounds in the nation for november and beyond. it s not texas or florida anymore. georgia is now the swing state
Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york. Theres no shortage of news today in the legal troublesing the disgraced expresident and current gop front runner, including a third trump lawyer and fourth trump associate earlier today Pleading Guilty in the Fulton County Criminal Election interference case. We begin with a moment years in the making at Aen Manhattan courthouse. The disgraced expresident coming face to face with Michael Cohen, the former fixer who said he would take a bullet for donald trump now, Star Witness In That Civil Fraud Trial that threatens to bring down the trump business empire. Here is what Michael Cohen said on arrival at court today. Let me just turn around and say that this is not about donald trump vs. Michael cohen. This is about accountability, plain and simple. We leave it up to the judge in order to make all the duststorm nations. I thank you all for coming. A few hours later in what he called a, quote, heck of a reunion, he took the stand in the 250 million civi
this is an ad that s going to run for two weeks and hit battleground states sbnded to target women in those states. it fwoez to show that the campaign is going to double down on abortion rights going into the election. seeing it as a way forward and trying to, as they say, stay above the fray and focus on the issues. thank you. turning to the scorching heat gripping parts of the country. 90 million people across more than 15 states are waking up under some kind of heat alert this morning. triple-digit heat and 90s are expected in the south today and tomorrow. look at all of the red. but a bit of a cooldown could be on the way. meteorologist allison chinchar is with us. when can we see cooler temperatures? that s the question many people want to know. it s coming for most folks in the south. yo just have to get through the weekend. so we have a lot of these excessive heat alerts across
expansion in adding two countries that many believe will have a remarkable impact on containing vladimir putin, containing russian aggression. what can you tell us? missouri s senator avoiding another conflict. but he just announced just a few moments ago that he would oppose sweden and finland joining nato. nato themselves have agreed the member states to let them in. it fwoez back to a vote to all the member states. it s a formality. it will pass every nation out there, but every senator does get a vote. there was an expectation that rand paul might just vote present, but everyone else is going to vote yes. josh hawley saying he s going to oppose it. and he thinks that our nato partners should be paying more and the u.s. is undually