donald trump in a defamation lawsuit. we ll explain why the doj is backing off its previous position. plus two months worth of rain in two days. vermont is just starting the recovery process from that disaster. we ll get an update from one of the state s top lawmakers. all right, good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 12th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. we begin with the major developments out of the nato summit in lithuania. the alliance says it will invite ukraine to join but only when allies agree and conditions are met. the group did not give a time line or details on what those conditions might be. vague wording is in line with what president joe biden said last week, calling a pathway to membership for ukraine, quote, premature while it is at war with russia. as the new york times points out, it appears the president and like minded allies have prevailed over poland in baltic nations that wanted a formal invitation for ukraine t
news around the world, right? this is the most important thing to happen. it just seems that ticket master as well as taylor swift just not getting along. someone else even posted like there were more than 1 million people in the queue ahead of them and then ticket master saying they d put those tickets on pause and that another date for the sale of those tickets which is six tour dates will then be announced, but no announcement has been put in place as yet, and this also follows on news we heard not so long ago, that disabled fans are struggling to get tickets at the stadium for the heiress tour here in the united kingdom. it does seem the taylor swift concerts aren t necessarily getting off the way she would definitely like. so those dates are going to be a difficult one. ticket master still has to make up for quite a lot on this one. i mean ticket master, you have one job, sell tickets. that s it, all you got to do.
staying there than being vp, which doesn t have any authority. not a total denial. a trump campaign spokesperson said ron desantis isn t anybody s guy. he s not the guy. he s just a guy. ron is just there. sullen and sad because his numbers are as tiny as him. joining us now, political reporter for the washington post, maryanne levine. great to see you. governor desantis may have brushed off the vp position but what about the other candidates? could we see the lower polling candidates push to be vp? the rumor mill is swirling about a few of them? no one is saying they re running for vice president. there s obviously speculation about whether candidates who aren t polling as high as nikki haley or tim scott, if they would take an offer to be vice
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