disaster. cnn s frederik pleitgen is joining me live from ramstein air base. what do we know about the new aid package? reporter: the secretary of defense made those remarks just a couple minutes ago here and you re right, it certainly comes at a really decisive time as the war is dragging on in ukraine. on the one hand the fighting around the zaporizhzhia power plant, but then also you have the ukrainians making gains in south of the country and also in the northeast of the country as well. the secretary of defense says the u.s. wants to make absolutely clear that they remain strong in their commitments to ukraine and are going to give the ukrainians what they need to succeed. he was saying that the package from the presidential drawdown is $675 million and he listed some of the main items on that new drawdown. here is what he said. the latest package includes more gimmlecs, howitzers, artillery munitions, missiles, humvees, armored ambulances, anti-tank systems, small a
obama returned to the white house yesterday for the unveiling of their official portraits. president biden resuming a tradition that stalled under donald trump. we ll play more from the white house reunion. it was lovely. including poignant remarks from mrs. obama about why traditions like this are important for democracy. plus, former attorney general bill barr continues to speak out about the trump records case, saying the justice department is close to having enough evidence to indict him, but shouldn t. we ll discuss his reasoning. and the 60-day sprint to the midters begins today, and it seems whoever is managing the money for the republican senate candidates can t get it right. how republican senator rick scott explains burning through loads of cash with little to show for it. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, september 8th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, author of the big lie, white house bureau chi
Happening now, a federal judge is imposing the Prison Sentence for the former proud Boys Chairman who was convicted of Seditious Conspiracy due to his role in the january 6th violent attack on the u. S. Capitol. He faces a steep sentence. Prosecutors are asking for 33 years behind bars. Cnns evan perez joins me now from outside the Federal Courthouse. So prosecutors asking for 33 years. Of course, it is up to the judge within guidelines. But what do we expect here . Well, jim, the judge, timmy kelly, has given far under what prosecutors have been asking for. This is the fifth member of the proud boys. Hes one of four of them who have been convicted of Seditious Conspiracy. He wasnt actually at the capitol on that date. He had been arrested just before january 6th, before the crowd gathered that day. In part because he had weapons on him and he was involved in a previous altercation, stealing a sign at a church right here in the district of columbia. So for that reason, he wasnt here. B
make the u.s. open semis since 2006 and first black man do it since arthur ashe back in 1972. he certainly has the crowd behind him as fans have fallen in love with his story. tiafoe s dad was custodian at a tennis center when i was a kid and that is how he fell in love with the game. if you are truly passionate about something, i think anything can happen. right now i m just really obsessed with tennis and i want to see how far i can go with this thing. hearing them screaming your name and loving what you are doing, that is what it is all about. you know, everyone love as cinderella story. so let s try to make one. tiafoe wins, it would be a cinderella story. now, none of the men left in the draw have won a grand slam title. next up for tiafoe will be 19-year-old alcaraz who didn t book his spot until the wee
carlos alcarez outlasts sinner, ending this morning at 2:50 eastern time. alcaraz advances after spending 5 hours and 15 minutes. that s long, just 11 minutes shy of another u.s. open record. alcarez will meet francis tiafoe tomorrow in the first grand slam semifinal for both players. tiafoe is the first american man to make it to the u.s. open semis since 2006. following up his victory over 22-time grand slam champ rafael nadal with a straight set win