circumstances surrounding these claims? you have 60 seconds. as i said that s a lie and, you know, i put it in a book, one thing about my life i ve been very transparent. georgia, senate nominee herschel walker questioned about allegations that he once paid for a former girlfriend s abortion. we re breaking down the key takeaways from that closely watched debate. plus, the republican candidate for governor of arizona, kari lake refuses to say whether she would accept an election loss this november. and russia launches a new round of missile strikes on kyiv. we ll get a live report coming up in just a few moments. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this monday, october 17th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin with the war in ukraine. air raid signs are again ringing out in kyiv after another round of russian attacks against the ukrainian capital. for the second straight week, emergency crews are on the ground
well, if mr. walker were here, i d ask him about this disturbing history of violence that we ve seen from him. and we re not just talking about one woman, but multiple women. he threatened to kill his ex-wife. put a gun to her head. he s threatened other women, and when asked about that, he really hasn t given account for this kind of violence, and i want to know for him why he thinks he s ready to represent the people of georgia and if he s ready to face up to this history of violence. democratic senator rafael warnock going after his republican challenger, herschel walker who was a no show in last night s senate debate in atlanta. walker has claimed not to remember the violence. last night would have been their second meeting in two days. we ll have highlights from friday night s debate which walker did attend. we ll also preview tonight s governor s debate in georgia as early voting gets underway in that state today. plus, the pro trump election denier running for govern
enormous pressure. no decision has been made. they are investigating the hell out of this. it s going to be merrick garland s decision in the end. whatever he does, he ll be criticized. liberals expect an indictment. the strongest case and the much stronger investigation is the mar-a-lago case, the classified documents. i have heard the january 6th case, the sort of clear legal theory of prosecution isn t there. these stories of trump, you know, ordering someone to move box. one lead they were pursuing, and this isn t confirmed is i was told he was showing documents to people, showing them off. again that hasn t been confirmed. that would get a much stronger case. when he was presidential, he wasn t shy of doing so. he whipped out a kim jong un letter, hey, don t tell anyone about this. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now.