our republic. they are angry and they are determined, but they have not seen anything like the power of americans united in defense of our constitution and committed to the cause of freedom. there is no greater power on this earth. and with god s help, we will prevail. it is the top of the fourth hour of morning joe. welcome back. it s 9:00 a.m. in the east, 7:00 a.m. in jackson, wyoming, where republican voters yesterday ousted congresswoman liz cheney. former president trump had made cheney his number one target on his revenge tour against republicans who stood against him after the capitol attack. cheney s battles with trump cost her her spot in house republican leadership, and now her house seat entirely. her loss also means eight of ten house republicans who voted to impeach trump will not be in congress next term. and this morning liz cheney spoke with savannah guthrie on the today show about her election loss and the state of the republican party. look, as we
america s commitment to allies in the region of course after months of focus on ukraine and russia s invasion there. the president s first stop is south korea, where he underscored the importance of this region and this moment. listen. so much, so much of the future of the world is going to be written here in the endopacific over the next several decades. we re standing at an inflection point in history where the decisions we make today will have far reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. the issues the president is facing and tackle anything asia are serious ones. impactful ones, including a looming threat of a possible missile test coming from north korea while biden is overseas. and problems elsewhere, being flown to the president right now for his signature is the bill that congress just approved to give $40 billion of additional aid to ukraine. and that s just to name one of many. let s start in seoul, south korea. jeremy diamond is there. j
looming in the background, china, which has been flexing its military power in the region recently. north korea, which may launch a missile test during the president s visit to the pacific region. and, of course, the war in ukraine. president biden called out vladimir putin in his remarks today, and he s set to sign off on a major aid package while in asia to help ukraine. cnn s white house correspondent jeremy diamond is in seoul following the president. so, jeremy, what else happened on biden s first day there? reporter: well, alison, in his first remarks in south korea, president hailing the u.s./south korea relationship as a linchpin of peace, prosperity. there are heightened intention with north korea as u.s. intelligence indicates that north korea could potentially test fire an intercontinental ballistic missile and or a nuclear weapon while president biden is here in south korea or while he is in the region as he goes to japan next. that has, of course, heightened
Argue it is a distraction to move our eyes from russia. The same speech they always give. I dont know what in particular provoked this response. Behindthescenes the Trump Administration has been working to erode support for irans leaders including launching a new media outlet to help uranium is get around internet censorship. Not only television but radio, digital and social media so ordinary iranians in iran and around the world can know that america stands with them. Reporter back to some of these potential agreements with north korea, one of the things to be watching for is the possibility that some of the remains of Fallen Service men and women in the korean war, a possibility their remains could be coming back to the United States as early as friday. The date is important because
this friday is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the korean war. Thank you very much. The Associated Press Definable Trump doctrine as suffer no slights and counterpunch harder th
at the missile test site as somebody put on twitter. i think it was ian bremer. gives a whole new sense to take your daughter to work day, right? i mean, first showing he associates her with north korea s nuclear weapons. some people have suggested that maybe this means he is indicating she s a successor. all right. maybe in the future. i feel like there s something to that whole next generation thing. he knows what s going on in washington, and there s been a lot of speak this week about the next generation. so maybe that s his way of saying us, too, here s our next generation. making the point. exactly. all right. david sanger, thanks so much. coming up, human rights organizations slamming fifa s president after he called criticism of qatar s treatment of migrant workers a hypocrisy just hours before the world cup is set to start for the first time in the middle east.