Trumps interview with new Meet The Press moderator kristen welker. Well have more of his comments including the delusion hes taken credit for following the 2020 election. Plus, President Joe Biden is in new york this morning ahead of the speech tomorrow in front of the United Nations. Well have a preview of what else is on his agenda for the highly anticipated summit. And also ahead, the latest from capitol hill on the looming Government Shutdown. Republicans have a new shortterm solution, but its not clear if they have enough votes from within their own party to pass it. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, september 18th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And well begin with this. Former President Donald Trump takes responsibility for trying to overturn the 2020 election. Let that sink in. In a wideranging exclusive interview with new Meet The Press moderator kristen welker, trump saud it was, quote, his call to believe the false claim that the 2020 president ial election was rigged. Take a listen. Were you calling the shots then, mr. President , ultimately . As to whether or not i believed it was rigged, sure. Okay. It was my decision. But i listened to some people. Some people said that. Like guys like bill barr, whos a stiff, but he wasnt there at the time. But he didnt do his job because he was afraid. You know what he was afraid of . He was afraid of being impeach. He was petrified to be impeached. He was, how do you not get impeached . Dont do anything. Well bring you more of what trump had to say throughout the morning. Meanwhile special counsel jack smith is seeking a gag order for donald trump in the criminal case against him citing the president s former attacks on those Involved In D case. Smith filed the motion late friday. It reads in part this way. Through false public statements, the defendant sought to erode public faith in the administration of the election and intimidate individuals who refuted his lies. The defendant is now attempting to do the same thing in this criminal case, to undermine confidence in the criminal Justice System and present disthe jury pool. Now, if granted, this order would bar trump from making inflammatory or intimidating statements against potential witnesses, attorneys, court personnel, or potential jurors. Not to be deterred, though, the former president continued his attacks short hi after the gag order was requested both on social media and on the campaign trail. Deranged jack smith, has anyone ever heard of him . I wonder what his name used to be. Jack smith. Sounds so nice, doesnt it . Hes a deranged individual, and he wants to take away my First Amendment rights. If i win and lets say somebody comes along on the democratic side and they look very strong, i can call my attorney general, i guess am i allowed to call him and say, you have to indict him on something. Just find anything. You can indict him for anything you want, just indict him. Trumps lawyers have until friday to respond to smiths gag request. President biden is in the You Nate Nation no, for the United Nations summit. The president has not met with benjamin netanyahu. Benjamin netanyahu wants a white house visit. Hell have to settle for this. Ukrainian president zelenskyy will also be there. Several usual attendees are skipping this weeks summit its, though, including the leaders of france, the united king tom, china, and russia. This comes two days after the summit in india. Joining us now, laura solomon. Great to see you this morning. Today is more Domestic Politics, fundraising. Tomorrow is really the day it starts. Give us your thoughts on particularly ukraine. For biden this is a big deal. This is a chance to engage with his counterparts all over the world, particularly ukrainian president vladimir zelenskyy, as you said, jonathan. Hes going to be one of the top and this comes as the counteroffensive is going pretty slowly. The waur has entered its 19th month and there are fears the money is drying up as the u. S. Careens toward a Government Shutdown. So President Biden is expected to talk with his allies to try to drum up support for the war. The other person hes going to be meeting with is is wray hi Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. One topic thats expected to come up is the grand peace deal that the Biden Administration has been pushed wherein saudi arabia would normalize relations with israel potentially. This is something the white house has been pushing especially since china has stepped in recently to be a peacemaker there. Its gotten a deal between iran and saudi arabia also. So this is something that the white house is really pushing. And in addition to meeting with president zelenskyy and ukraine, that is going to be a very top priority. That oohs great point how this is an important moment for the president to win over domestic minds as well about ukrainian funding, the republican bill sent forward last night. Its going to be a flash point in the days ahead. Lara, talk to us also. So many of these other World Leaders are staying home. No surprise that Vladimir Putin wouldnt travel to the u. N. , but neither is xi jinping in china. What opportunity does that give the president to talk to other allies . That is actually a big opportunity. This is something my colleagues pointed out in politico last week and early this week that four of the five other leaders are not in attendance. There are a lot of other summits going on. Prince charles is visiting france. So there are a lot of reasons the leaders are not coming here today and this week, but it does give an opening for President Biden to push his agenda. He will talk to World Leaders across the world stage. And ukraine, its an opportunity to bring other leaders to ukraines side of the fight. President zelenskyy is going to be going on his own Charm Offensive in conjunction with President Biden. Zelenskyy and biden are expected to try to drum up support for the war in ukraine against russia from places like latin america, asia, africa, countries that so far have been reluctant to go against russia in ukraines war. Yeah. There will be a lot of developments. Ill be going there myself and bring my own reporting to the show as well. But, lara, we want to talk about the abortion law and tuberville. How does it fctor into his ongoing Military Block kind thats received so much criticism. What weve learned is as few as 2 people in the last year has actually used the policy the pentagon has. The policy is paying for troops who have to travel to seek abortions. You think about troops stationed in places like texas, louisiana, places that have a lot of Military Bases but have very, very restrictive abortion rules, and troops, of course, cant decide where they live, so theyre stationed there for years at a time. This policy pays for to travel, to fly, to drive to seek an abortion. What were finding is only a very few handful of troops are using this policy because theyre nervous it compromises their anonymity and privacy and might open them up to stigmatization. Senator tuberville is holding up all of these military promotions over it, really causing chaos at the pentagon. Hes saying only a few people are using it, so maybe the pentagon should drop it. On the ore side, the pentagon says abortion rights, Reproduction Rights are important to us and something were not going to compromise on. Its unclear where its going to end. Pentagon reporter for politico lara seligman. Thank you for seeing us this morning. Still ahead on way too early, well bring you the latest on the united autoworkers strike against the detroits big three and how the white house may be getting involved in the negotiations. Plus, President Bidens sarcastic response to the house Impeachment Inquiry. Those stories and a check on weather and sports when we come right back. K on weather and sports when we come right back age is just a number, and mines unlisted. Try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for Muscle Health versus 16 grams in ensure® high protein. Boost® high protein. Now available in cinnabon® bakeryinspired flavor. Learn more at boost. Com tv mom bringing in a new roommate to save money is that the plan . Now available in cinnabon® bakeryinspired flavor. dad well we gotta find some way to save. So say hi to glen. From work. glen hey. Thats my mom. mom i think i have a much better plan. We switch to myplan from verizon. We get exactly what we want and save big. 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Nearly 13,000 employees at three plants in missouri, michigan, and ohio, walked off the job at midnight on friday when their fouryear contracts expired. The union is demanding up to 40 wage hikes over four years along with shorter workweeks and better benefits. Union Officials Say since negotiations resumed, theyve had, quote, reason play productive talks with ford and plan to meet with General Motors as well. Both of those companies along with Stellantis Have offered 20 raises. The union, hour, rejected that. Now the white house is stepping in to help. President biden dispatched a team to support talks between the union and the automakers. The president spoke about the issue on friday saying he understands the workers frustrations. Ive been in touch with both parties since this began over the last few weeks and over the past decade. Auto companies have seen record profits, including the last few years because of the extraordinary skill and sacrifices of the uaw workers, but those record profits have not been shared fairly, in my view, with those workers. Lets be clear. No one wants a strike. Let me say it again. No one wants a strike. But i respect their right to use the strike in the collective bargaining situation. They sacrifice so much to keep the industry alive and strong especially during the pandemic. The workers deserve a fair share of the benefits they helped to create with the enterprise. The president has closely aligned himself with labor and has much as stake if the Company Takes a hit. Well have much more when uaw president shawn fain joins us later on this morning on morning joe. Now to a tragic story out of los angeles. Authorities are asking for Help Tracking Town the gunman who ambushed a sheriffs deputy. Nbc news Correspondent Dana Griffin has more. Reporter the Desperate Search for a gunman who killed Los Angeles County sheriffs deputy. We need to get this guy off the street. Reporter while on duty saturday, Surveillance Video appears what is a black vehicle pulls up to the deputy. The car pulls up closer, stops, and takes off. The video is the focus of the investigation. The 30yearold field trainer was a Third GenerationLaw Enforcement officer engaged to be married just four days ago. He was shot in the back of the head, according to investigators. He was just driving down the street, and if no apparent reason, somebody decided to shoot and murder him. Reporter moments after being shot, sirens blair as a line of Patrol Vehicles support his trip to the hospital. A Good Samaritan found the deputy and called 911. Later that night, a somber salute as the officer covered by an American Flag is wheeled out of the hospital. 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