coldest winter in a decade. we will have extensive coverage. and we find out out how this 170 year old indigenous canadian jacket ended up at a vintage store in northern england. we start with the issue dominating discussions among ukraine s allies sending leopard ii tanks to kyiv. the german chancellor 0laf scholz has decided to send leopard ii tanks to ukraine. we should know we haven t had any direct comment from the german governmentjust yet, when we hearfrom them the german governmentjust yet, when we hear from them we will pass on immediately. 0ne we hear from them we will pass on immediately. one of the countries at the heart of this has been poland. poland has said it will send the german made battle tanks to ukraine within two weeks, whether or not germany gives its approval. the polish prime minister, speaking to the bbc, had this message for germany. i hope this reply can come as quickly as possible. well, germany played a key role in building up the huge russian
that s why the world works with servicenow. former president trump was interviewed by sean hannity on fox news and when hannity brought up trump s claim he declassified the documents at mar-a-lago, he gave an interesting explanation. is there a process? what was your process to there doesn t have to be a process, as i understand it. different people say different things, but if you re the president of the united states, you can declassify just by saying it s declassified, even by thinking about it. [ laughter ] hannity was like, i get it, you re going to plead insanity. now it s making sense. welcome back to morning joe. it is 6:00 in the morning tong west coast as you look at los angeles, 9:00 in the east on this friday, september 23rd. a busy hour ahead, including the new pressure on donald trump s legal team to prove in a court of law the allegation trump has been making in public that the fbi planted evidence at mar-a-lago. there is also new reporting showing
well, germany played a key role in building up the huge russian offence for this war by buying russian gas, trading with russia big time and now, special responsibility is on german shoulders, and we do expect their contribution, we expect quick decisions, we expect more openness towards ukrainian needs. so let s take a closer look at germany s role in all this. the leopard ii is operated by about 20 countries worldwide, and it s made in germany. but it gets more complicated, because other countries that operate the tanks have to ask germany for permission to donate them due to german export restrictions. the leader of the nato alliance has been meeting with the new german defence minister in berlin. consultations amongst allies i
and now, special responsibility is on german shoulders, and we do expect their contribution, we expect quick decisions, we expect more openness towards ukrainian needs. so let s take a closer look at germany s role has been in all this. the leopard two is operated by about 20 countries worldwide and it s made in germany. but it gets more complicated because other countries that operate the tanks have to ask germany for permission to donate them due to german export restrictions. meanwhile, the leader of the nato alliance has been meeting germany s new defence minister boris pistorius in berlin. here s nato s secretary generaljens stoltenberg. consultations amongst allies i will continue, and i m confident
credit for seeing very clearly what russia was up to and coordinating a response to it that has been effective, responsive to ukrainian needs, and responsive to the notion that democracy around the world is under assault. i think today is extremely significant. obviously a gross miscalculation of historic proportions potentially by vladimir putin when he launched this invasion. he felt it would be a walk in the park. obviously, it s been anything but that. what happens from here in your experience, david? you have an authoritarian, a tyrant in the form of vladimir putin, who is accustomed to getting his way and squashing dissent. does that happen again this time or is it a little bit different now? well, there s so much that s invisible to us. a lot of the reporting that comes out of russia in russian is through sources that i would say i m not saying that