ukraine. one of the most important story lines of 2023. the divide in the republican party about ukraine. alexi buchanan, thanks very much. and thanks for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning. morning joe starts right now. a dictator, building an empire, will never be able to ease the people s love of liberty. brutality will never ground down the will of the free, and ukraine, ukraine will never be a victim for russia. never. president joe biden marks one year of war in eastern europe with an impassioned speech promising continued support for ukraine and laying out the stakes of the conflict. meanwhile, we re were learning more about the special grand jury that investigated potential 2020 election interference by former president donald trump and his allies. we ll play for you new comments from a key juror in the case, as some republicans are still trying to figure out their messaging on donald trump and his third presidential campaign. als
at the etihad stadium as english premier league winners manchester city took on german champions bayern munich while benfica hosted inter milan in the first leg of their quarterfinal. now to bring us up to date with a busy night of action, our reporterjoe linskey has joined us and is with us now. joe, really good to see you. let s start by talking about that game in england, then manchester city. they looked very impressive, didn t they, against bayern munich? yeah. paul, this has been one of the great european nights really for manchester city in the champions league, 3 0 winners against the german champions bayern munich at the etihad stadium. city manager pep guardiola recognising this as a real statement scoreline from his team, but also saying they ll need to be wary of defending that lead properly when they meet again in that second leg next wednesday in bavaria. the spanish midfielder, rodri, he opened the scoring for city with a brilliant curling effort on the edge of
supporters and fans. hopefully it is up supporters and fans. hopefully it is up to us to take them back there. hello again. a match like manchester city against bayern munich has tentacles that spread far and wide. just the two managers involved in the champions league quarter final first leg tonight conjure up four different rivalries with five clubs. the story of pep guardiola and thomas tuchel goes back a decade and takes in ten meetings, which are rarely run of the mill. one beats the other to league titles, the reverse is true in the only champions league final between them. and as of last month, both teams have managed bayern with tuchel taking over the club guardiola left in 2016 and is playing against for the first time since. nesta mcgregor is at the etihad for us. nesta, neither at bayern nor at city has guardiola won this competition, and as ever, it s part of the conversation. when ou talk it s part of the conversation. when you talk about it s part of the conve
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