right, now president joe biden is in el paso, texas visiting our southern border for the first time as president. amid a record-breaking surge in migration that has strained several american cities and giving republicans a line of criticism at this hour. migrant services center which is funded by fema s emergency food and shelter program, he s meeting with local officials, faith leaders, and non governmental authorizations who have been critical to supporting migrants, economic collapse in their home countries, we will check in on the presidents border tour throughout the hour. plus, with the drama of last week s protracted battle over the speakership behind us, the house is slated to take up a rules package impacted by the unprecedented concessions kevin mccarthy made to far-right members of his caucus to become speaker. of course, the question that emerges from that is how those concessions and the enduring chaos of the speakership battle will impact how this 118t
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
to me that s corruption straight up off the bat. i don t need them. mayra flores speaking out about being rejected from the congressional hispanic caucus. we are the real voice. we are the voice of the hispanic community. dave matthews band. john fetterman holding a rally with musician dave matthews. certainly out of touch with pennsylvania values and he has not been able to defend his dangerous policies. we just trying to catch a good time even if it takes all night as i around the camp fire sipping apple pie and moon shine here we picking on them guitars. steve: good morning, rhode island. there is your 7:01 wake-up call on this thursday morning. right now you got 59 degrees there and you are going for a daytime high in the 60 s. and, because an hour ago we were talking about pittsburgh and perogies when we started that hour. i looked up rhode island. apparently they are famous for, in addition to crab cakes and clams and stuff like that, something c
raphael warnock and stacey abrams they declined our offer. we will visit with georgia voters in this hour to learn what issues are most important to them. and and we will hear from a special panel of local journalists covering these races. we are in ache worth georgia in the bell county of cobb northwest of downtown. plaintiff before we get into politics take a look at other headlines today. u.s. supreme court justice samuel alito says unveiling of roe v. wade puts his and mates in danger no. results have been made public from the investigation into that leak. a judge here in georgia is ordering former white house chief of staff mark meadows to testify before a special grand jury investigating whether then president trump and his allies illegally tried influence the state s 2020 election. meadow s attorney says executive privilege and other rights shield his client from testifying. russian president vladimir putin s monitoring drills of the country s strategic nuclear forces
for america plan. when it comes to public safety in this nation, the answer is not defund the police, it s fund the police. brian: that s like three years too late but it s about time. since taking office, crime biden s america has gotten completely out of control. think about it, shooting, murders, robberies all spiking in cities across this country. in fact, since january of 2021, crime in new york, where we are, has gone up 36%. i m safe in the studio, i think. in chicago, it s gone up 37%. that s what happens when you create a system that vilifies cops. emboldens criminals and that s exactly what the left has done in many cases president biden ignored all of that today. the way he sees it. criminals aren t the problem drum roll, please. my plan also takes common sense action to reduce gun violence. we are not stopping here! i m determined to ban assault weapons in this country! time to hold every elected elected officials are you for banning assault weapons? no.