The Victory Plan that president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will present to the White House tomorrow, has been kept largely under wraps untilJoe Biden has seen it. But some elements of the plan have been briefed, including the need for more timely decisions from western allies. The us president is still lingering on his decision as to whether the longer Range Atacm missiles can be used on targets inside russia. Today at the general assembly in New York, zelenskyy was Exhorting The International Community not to forget ukraine or the dangers of a nuclear disaster that russia poses inside his country. Now, putin does seem to be Planning Attacks on our nuclear power plants and their infrastructure, on our nuclear power plants and infrastructure, aiming to disconnect the plants from the power grid. Any missile or drone strike, any critical incident in the Energy System could lead to a nuclear disaster. A day like that must never come. And moscow needs to understand this and this depends in part on
ac 360 starts now. good evening. president biden is in poland tonight after making a surprise and history-making journey to kyiv on this president s day. after months of secret planning and elaborate preparation, the united states met with ukraine s president just four days short of a year since russian forces invaded. and with reminders of the continuing threat surrounding the two leaders. [ siren ] many american presidents have made dramatic trips before, nixon to china, kennedy, reagan to is the berlin wall, and presidents have visited u.s. troops in war zones, but never like this. this was the first trip ever by an american president would into a war zone without the protection of u.s. troops on the ground or american warplanes patrolling the space overhead. american air assets were active on ukraine s border and moscow was told about it in advance. as for the president s own message, here is some of what he had to say. it was one year ago in week that we spoke on t
preparations the president of the united states met with ukraine s president just four days short of year that russian forces invaded. with reminders that continuing threats quite literally sounding all around, the two leaders. many american presidents have made dramatic trips before, nixon to china, reagan to the berlin wall and president xi visited u.s. troops in war zones but never like this. this was the first trip ever by an american president into a worn zone without the protection of u.s. troops on the ground or american warplanes controlling the airspace overhead. american air assets were active on ukraine s border and moscow was told about it in advance. as for the presidents own message, here is some of what he had to say we know, it was one year ago this week. that we spoke on the telephone with the president. it was very late at night in washington, very early in the morning here in kyiv. russian planes were in the air and tanks were rolling across your border.
With the israeli gaza strip. Im confident theyre going to act on the rules of war. Theres a standard that democratic countries and institutions will go by, and so im confident that theres going to be an ability for the in gaz have access to medicine and food and water. That was President Joe Biden yesterday on 60 minutes as palestinians in gaza are in dire need of humanitarian aid. Well go live to israel in just a moment. Meanwhile, the United States military is increasing its presence in the middle east amid a threat from iran and another terrorist group. And also ahead, back here at home, an update on the speakers race. Republicans have a vote planned for tomorrow, but it appears that their nominee does not have the support he needs. Well go through that and what could come next on capitol hill. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, october 16th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us that is poised to be a busy week. Well begin this mor
outside the courthouse but, yesterday, the biden campaign held the surprise event there. i don t understand that. we will tell you who was there and dig into that campaign strategy. also ahead, the latest from gaza where israeli forces are moving into the city of rafah. it comes days after an israeli air strike ignited a deadly fire at a camp for displaced palestinians. let s dive in to our top story. after 21 days of heated testimony, the defense and the prosecution delivered closing arguments yesterday in donald trump s criminal hush money trial. nbc news laura jarrett has a recap. the first trial of an american president soon in the hands of seven men and five women. prosecutors closing their case arguing former president trump orchestrated a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election to pull the wool over voter s eyes, they say, by ordering the payoff of stormy daniels and covering it all up. they tried to establish a pattern of mr. trump damaging stories