some hope that, one day again soon, we may have two functioning parties in america still ahead on morning joe, we re going to be talking about a big move this is a big move can t wait to hear what david ignatius says about it, about poland sending fighter jets to ukraine. plus, some of the nation s biggest banks are stepping in to rescue first republic bank we re going to go with the extraordinary effort to reassure americans that our banking system is safe. also, the senate takes the first step toward repealing the legal authorization for the war in iraq 20 years later you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. introducing new sweet and savory crepes. for a limited time, buy one, get one free. with five flavors that are delicious any time of day. only from ihop. download the app and earn
joe, poland has been rock solid in supporting ukraine. when you re in poland, as i know you and mika have been, you feel this intenseidentification the polish people have with ukraine s fight. they think this is our fight, too. i have to say, i think the initial impact of the soviet fighters coming from poland and slovenia to ukraine will be most important on morale. this is a tough time for ukraine. they re getting battered on the front lines around bakhmut the level of casualties, the loss of human life, the way in which ukrainians feel that deeply, that s a key part of the war for most of us it s powerful. so this will be a shot in the arm. our allies stand behind us we ll get some air power in terms of actual effects on the battlefield, most of the people i talk to say don t expect radical changes a key issue is whether they will be useful in close air support
to keep things in perspective here, mara we have a guy who talked ability ame about american carnage when crime was at a 50-year low illegal crosses across the southern border was at a 50-year low. the economy was doing pretty darn well, a hell of a lot better than when we left, but he talked about carnage because he wasn t in office he was talking about, on our show, how he respected vladimir putin so much more than barack obama. that putin was a strong leader we kept saying, well, he kills journalists, he kills politicians, he was a strong leader he respects vladimir putin while attacking the united states then, of course, at the beginning of the russian invasion, what did he say? he said, it was beautiful, his
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and betrayed, i am your retribution. i am your retribution. we refuse to let our state descend into some type of faucian dystopia, where people s rights were curtailed and livelihoods destroyed. a self-loathing has swept our country. it s in the classroom, the board room and the back rooms of government. if you were looking for a blueprint to ruin america, you would make sure that our borders are unsafe. a blueprint for ruining america? i mean, again, it s so dystopian and so out of line with what s actually happening day in and day out, week in and week out. ashley, they have decided that hating on america, that being negative all the time is going to scale into election victories. what s going on? well, they certainly have they re following the lead of