election. we ll walking through this potentially major development in just a moment. putin attempts to impose marshal law in parts of the country he annexed. on capitol hill, the top republican in the house is warning that financial support for ukraine could take a hit if the gop wins control of that chamber. good morning and welcome to way too early. thanks for starting your day with us. we re going to begin with new evidence connected to donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. according to a federal judge, trump signed legal documents claiming voter fraud in georgia. knowing that information was false. it involves one of the architects to overturn the case. he ordered him to turn over 33 new documents including e-mail that s the judge says demonstrate an effort by trump and lawyers to press false claims in federal court. according to the ruling, one of the documents includes an e-mail exchange in which eastman tells or members of trump s legal team that th
touch. you were right. that was kind of a buzz kill. politico sam stein, thank you for the great polling information. we will speak to you again soon. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning. stick around for morning joe, which starts right now. a senator who has never run anything at all, but his mouth. the senator obviously resorting to lying, cheating and trying to steal. senator, how gullible to you really think florida voters are? repeating yourself again. we ve seen this show before. socialist, socialist, crazy, marxist, silly when one would you prefer? on your list for talking points. look, the senator can play national security expert all he wants. i know he needs that for his next presidential run. yeah. i mean i don t know what you mean playing national security, vice chairman of the intelligence committee and previous chairman. it s actually my job. some of the highlights from last night s fiery
and then you kissed his ass and then he endorsed you and you said he s the greatest president of all-time. you were there to stand up for our constitution but when the barbarians were at the gate you were happy to let them in. i think i disagree with everything my opponent just said including the words but and the. a big debate night both contentious and personal. i m john berman with brianna keilar, and bad blood between tim ryan and j.d. vance playing out on the debate stage last night in ohio. saw it in the first clip. sparring over rtd economy, inflation, clashing over racist rhetoric and abortion. more competitive than expected in a state donald trump carried twice. both men describing each other as asskisser and succops and that was the more friendly part of the debate. if you can believe that. in utah, flashes of evan mcmullin attacking incumbent senator mike lee accusing him of betraying america on january 6th and a chance to confront lee over text messa
inflation and racist rhetoric. yes, joe biden is our president. he was chosen in the only election that matters the election held by the electoral college. whether there were errors, whether some states might have conducted their elections better than others, there s always room for debate and questions about that. for you to talk about the importance of the electoral college i think is rich. you know exactly how important it is, and i think you knew how important it was when you sought to urge the white house that had lost an election to find fake electors to overturn will of the people. you were there to stand up for our constitution, but when the barbarians were at the gate, you were happy to let them in. the ohio senate race more competitive than expected in a state that donald trump carried twice. both men accused each be other of being a sss lickers and suck ups. and republican senate lee betraying america on and after january 6th, among other things. i think
youngstown wouldn t have lost 50,000 jobs and those steel workers would not be coming up to me telling me you failed them. ohio senate nominees tim ryan and jd vance face off in youngstown and they weren t the only ones to hit the debate stage last night. we re taking a look at georgia and utah as well. in ukraine, more russian strikes in kyiv this morning. this time appearing to target the country s electrical infrastructure. we ll have the latest from the war-torn country. and also this morning, the trump organization is facing new scrutiny after documents show the company charged the secret service more than $1.4 million for agents accommodations while protecting the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, october 18. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. insults and accusations flew last night at the final ohio senate debate between congressman tim ryan and jd vance, the two clashing on everything from a