from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news right now. vice president kamala harris is heading back to washington after taking part in the munich security conference. the vice president using her keynote speech today to condemn moscow while formally announcing the u.s. has determined russia committed war crimes against ukraine. in the case of russia s actions in ukraine, we have examined the evidence. we know the legal standards. there is no doubt, these are crimes against humanity. [applause] u.s. calling off the search for the unidentified object over lake huron. that is two of former objects shot down by the u.s. military which included that chinese spy balloon. the last hour, democratic making member of the house adam smith spoke with me about the questions and concerns that still remain over the spy balloon that moose mystery objects. if the hobbyist and meteorologists can do this, so can the russians and
retaliation. senator tom cotton calling on the white house to take a stronger stand against china in support of taiwan. president biden and the white house is going out of their way to minimize this visit, to say it s merely a private visit, not to defend the rights of senators and congressmen. not only are we going to continue this practice, but we ll stand up to any provocation that china undertakes in the western pacific because of these meetings. senior national correspondent william la jeunesse l live in si valley. with many western countries angry for china right now for a variety of reasons, this is an opportunity and pivotal moment for taiwan, which is about the size of maryland with a population of florida. taiwan is david. china is goliath. that s one reason president tsai needs support not just from the white house, but members of congress, including speaker pelosi, formerly, of course, and speaker mccarthy to counter that threat. china claims the island as i
and right to privacy. president biden lays out the threats from maga republicans when one of several speeches in the final six days until the midterm elections. we ll look at what the white house and democrats have planned for the final days of the campaign. plus, republican congresswoman liz cheney is crossing party lines, making good on her promise to help defeat election denying members of the gop. also ahead, the man accused of trying to kill nancy pelosi s husband makes his first appearance in court as more disturbing information is coming out about that attack. we re also following alarming developments in the war with ukraine. there is new reporting this morning on high-level talks inside the russian military about using a tactical nuclear weapon. and good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, november 2nd. joe is back. along with joe, willie and me we have the host of msnbc s politics nation and president of the national action network re
the eastern city of chittagong. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. the queen has expressed her hope that her platinum jubilee celebrations will focus on what brings us together, on what unites us, not what divides us. my guest on the programme has had to spend much of her career worrying about exactly the opposite, about extremism and how to counter it. she is dame sara khan. herjob now is the government s independent adviser for social cohesion and resilience. before that, she was the country s first counter extremism commissioner. born and raised in bradford to pakistani parents, she once said, there is something going horribly wrong within muslim communities. we need to have an open and honest debate about that. words which won her praise from some, but criticism from many within her own community, who said that she was fuelling rather than countering some of the prejudices about muslim people, and in partic