Wednesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. New York City officials say drivers could expect the slowest traffic of the year, you know traffic is slow when biden says, im just going to get out and walk. [ laughter ] earlier today, President Biden delivered his final u. N. Address. Biden called for concern and then added do what the hell you want. I dont care anymore. Good morning, welcome to Morning Joe. Its wednesday, september 25th. Were going to bring you the big moments from President Bidens final u. N. Address, calling for Unity And Partnership, amid growing global turmoil. Meanwhile, Donald Trump continues to take a much different tone on worldwide issues including the russian invasion of ukraine. Hes also doubling down on his commitment to tariffs. Well play for you those comments. It all comes as Vice President Kamala Harris is set to give a major economic address and close the gap on Who Americans Trust more to handle the economy. Only with willie and me we have the host
not the last aid package for ukraine has been overwhelmingly approved by the u.s. congress. a rare and notable achievement given the deep political divisions between democrat and republican lawmakers. on thursday, the $40 billion aid package for both military and humanitarian assistance passed the senate, but not without opposition. 11 republicans voted against the bill in defiance of republican mitch mcconnell. anyone concerned about the cost of supporting a ukrainian victory should consider the much larger cost should ukraine lose. president biden is now heading to south korea and is expected to sign the bill into law once he arrives. but wait there s more. just as the senate approved that $40 billion, the biden administration announced another security package worth $100 million and the flood of money to ukraine comes at a critical moment. ukraine s top military commander claims his troops have broken the russian siege s at kharkiv and miykolaiv and says ukrainia for
potentially devastating hardship for the north korean people. our thanks to will ripley for that report. well, there s usually nothing suspicious about a congressman giving a guided tour of the capitol to his constituents, but when that tour takes place a day before insurgents loyal to then-president donald trump storm the capitol, that seems to raise a few questions, which the january 6th select committee wants answers. cnn s ryan nobles reporting in from washington. reporter: the january 6th select committee has in its sights a republican member of congress, looking for more information that they believe is a key part of their investigation. this time, it s congressman barry loudermilk of georgia. they want to know more about a tour that loudermilk gave on january 5th, the day before the insurrection at the capitol. this tracks back to an accusation made by a congresswoman in the days after january 6th, where she alleged that she saw members of
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capacity to fulfill his duties as president of the united states, which is, of course, an important and stressful job. of course, wolf, as you know, the white house is pushing back on this report. they won t entertain questions about dr. lee s books or the meetings with congress but they say any question about the president s mental fitness is disgraceful. pretty extraordinary, this whole notion. thanks very much for that, ryan nobles reporting. the house intelligence committee chairman struck a new deal with the justice department over documents and witnesses he s requested happening shortly after a very unusual meeting on capitol hill involving the fbi director, deputy attorney general and the speaker of the house. let s go to our justice correspondent evan perez. he s learning more about the meeting. evan, what can you tell us? this was a very unusual meeting and came about because devin nunes had been threatening to hold the senior leaders of the justice department and fbi in c