defamation, claiming the network pushed a, quote, fantastical story about him. well, they did day after day after day. how many lawsuits? ray epps and his wife have had to move to an undisclosed location because their life has been threatened so many times because of the lies that a former fox news host told about them. new this morning, hollywood actors are swapping scripts for picket signs as failed negotiations late last night set the stage for another strike in the entertainment industry. this is a big one. it is a big one, willie. i mean, got a lot to talk about today. obviously, the strike. also, ray epps, that s incredible, what s happened to him. tragic what s happened to him and his wife. but also, the christopher wray testimony yesterday, if you want to look at how perverse trumpism is and what it s done to my former party, look no further than the disrespect they show to the fbi, talking about defunding the fbi, lying about the fbi, making up conspiracy t
a faster downturn than other countries and interest rates could rise again. there are growing concerns about a growing shortage of family doctors in england, as a new study predicts a quarter of posts could be vacant by 2030. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk will provide an extra billion pounds of military aid to ukraine, almost doubling the amount of support provided to fight the russian invasion. it s after president zelensky urged nato leaders to give more help to the country, saying the war effort was costing more than £4 billion pounds every month. the uk is second only to the us in terms of military aid for ukraine. the government says the new cash will go towards sophisticated air defence systems, electronic warfare equipment, drones, and thousands of pieces of kit to transform ukraine s defences. the uk will have provided £3.8 billion in support since the start of the invasion. that includes 1.3 billion of already commit
international pariah. things have changed since the american media attention was focused here on the finnish capital. we ll have coverage all day long. looking forward to that. jonathan lemire, appreciate your reporting. we ll see you soon. still ahead on morning joe, national security council spokesman john kirby joins us on the heels of president biden s meeting with president zelenskyy at the nato summit yesterday. plus, we ll turn to the 2024 gop primary race and new reporting about the growing number of ron desantis donors voicing concern about his presidential campaign. also ahead, the deadline has passed for hollywood to avoid a major actors strike. we ll go over what happens next after those failed negotiations late last night. and americans got some unexpectedly good news on inflation yesterday. steve rattner joins us next with more on what it means for the
ukraine s president zelensky addressed the nato summit yesterday and said the ukrainian war will determine the future of the world order. a lot of pressure on nato members to continue to deliver and support ukraine. 0ne members to continue to deliver and support ukraine. one of them i m delighted to bejoined by now, the prime minister of slovenia, thank you very much for taking time away from the talks to talk to us. this summit has perhaps been the biggest overhaul from summit has perhaps been the biggest overhaulfrom nato summit has perhaps been the biggest overhaul from nato since the end of the cold war, has it gone far enough in terms of expectations for the troop numbers and what was promised? i think yes, but more important than that, i think yes, but more important than that, we i think yes, but more important than that, we need to distinction between short-term that, we need to distinction between short term and long term. in long term, short term and long term. in lon
it s a big departure, right now, what we re seeing with the biden administration approach, to how the former president, president trump, had, you know, his approach to the russian president. and they don t want president biden to commit to anything, you re right, to commit to anything that he can t follow through on, and to say anything that will later, you know, that he needs to be accountable for. i think that they want to see where this meeting can go. some people in these briefings have said, you know, leave room to try to keep some sort of relationship with russia moving forward. but also be very clear on how tough you can be. and so they want to come out of this without making any promises, without any sort of commitments. and really, you know, not setting high expectations for what will happen. yeah. all right, let s talk about china for a second. this was, of course, something that has been front and center at the g-7 and then at the nato summit yesterday. but you re also tal