youngstown wouldn t have lost 50,000 jobs and those steel workers would not be coming up to me telling me you failed them. ohio senate nominees tim ryan and jd vance face off in youngstown and they weren t the only ones to hit the debate stage last night. we re taking a look at georgia and utah as well. in ukraine, more russian strikes in kyiv this morning. this time appearing to target the country s electrical infrastructure. we ll have the latest from the war-torn country. and also this morning, the trump organization is facing new scrutiny after documents show the company charged the secret service more than $1.4 million for agents accommodations while protecting the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, october 18. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. insults and accusations flew last night at the final ohio senate debate between congressman tim ryan and jd vance, the two clashing on everything from a
everywhere. we need to call this out. with respect to israel, our relationship is ironclad. and it is rooted in shared values and interests. donald trump clearly doesn t understand that either. trump s comments also prompted responses from several jewish organizations including the anti-defamation league. they say these are dangerous comments at a dangerous time. trump has been invoking anti-semitic tropes for years about jewish power, about jewish greed, about dual loyalty. and the oathkeepers trial resumes later this morning a day after the prosecution introduced evidence that the founder spent as much as $20,000 on rifles, ammunition and other equipment as part of a cross-country weapons buying spree before the january 6 attack on the capitol. the small arsenal included at least three rifles and an
him doing a lot of the same things that we have already seen in the past few months. that s town halls, you know, fundraising for candidates and holding these rallies, although i will point out there was one mailer that came out from the former president yesterday in support of blake masters and his senate campaign in arizona where the funds actually were split between masters and trump himself. and let s zero in on one state, and that s georgia. herschel walker raised some eyebrows in his debate the other night where he said, hey, joe biden did win the 2020 election, which is not the party line that a lot of trump-backed candidates tow. we know that in 2020, trump s rally for the senate runoff post november was a disaster and frankly kept a lot of republicans home. mitch mcconnell thinks that anyway. do we believe that trump s going to go to georgia. what sort of help might he provide walker where he s certainly a polarizing figure in that state. we have seen that the former
assessments suggest that their stock of cruise missiles, long range sophisticated weaponry, is dwindling. and so they are relying on these rather crude blunt instruments. an iranian drone costs about $20,000 a pop, so these are cheap, but can be quite deadly flying bombs essentially. i forget how many warhead they pack. but the fact that putin has to go to iran in the first place and ask canyou guys give me something that i can rain fire down on the ukrainians with is very indicative that his war machine is kind of grinding to a halt. certainly he is taking huge numbers of casualties as well, particularly the new recruits. michael weiss, thank you. great to see you. still ahead here, a look at hugh the white house is responding to former president trump s recent remarks about american jews.
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