ukraine, the president of ukraine says he s preparing to welcome a high level u.s. delegation. president volodymyr zelenskyy says secretary of state antony blinken and lloyd austin will visit kyiv today. i shall be meeting with the state secretary mr. blinken and the defense secretary, and we will be waiting for the time when the security situation allows for the president to come and talk to us. president zelenskyy says he ll welcome blinken and austin with a request for specific weapons and assistance. and he says leaders, quote, should not come here with empty hands. we need to point out the u.s. has not confirmed this visit by secretaries blinken and austin. meantime, the most intense fighting remains in the eastern and southern parts of ukraine where uk intelligence sources say ukrainian forces have successfully repelled numerous russian assaults in the donbas region. russian officials confirm last week that their goal is full control of the eastern donbas region,
we re following a pivotal moment in the midterms as we come on the air with the final countdown to that critical debate in pennsylvania. john fetterman and mehmet oz facing off for the first and only time ahead of election day. this hour, what to expect and what to watch for. and why republicans are now pumping a new round of $6 million into the race. our political experts are here standing by. also this hour, new details on two one-time close aides to former president trump. nbc news confirming one member of his white house inner circle talking to the january 6th committee. while another is trying to get out of talking to the georgia grand jury. the new legal filing just dropping this afternoon. we re live with those developments. plus, president biden making a new public plea for americans to get their covid booster shots with cases rising across the country and new worries about a so-called triple demic. one of the nation s top health officials, dr. anthony fauci, here
pennsylvania. where lieutenant governor john fetterman has won the democratic senate nominations, nomination just days after suffering a stroke. his campaign says he doesn t expect a full recovery. fetterman will now face off with the winner of what is turned out to be a very competitive republican primary. with former hedge fund manager david mccormack, trump back doctor oz, and conservative commentator kathy barnett. doctor oz is one of the many candidates endorsed by the former president. another, doug mastriano. remember this name. he has won the republican nomination for governor of pennsylvania. this man, he was at the capitol on january six. he refused to accept the results of the 2020 election, and he is now going to be running, come this november. meanwhile, we had just learned that north carolina congressman, madison cawthorn, called primary challenger chuck edwards to concede his race. we ve got a lot to cover, so you know the one person who is going to be here to
other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. we are joined by congressman james comer of kentucky. he is the ranking republican on the house oversight and reform committee, the ranking member. wrapping up your sixth year in congress, welcome back to washington journal. guest: it is great to be back. host: we finished the last hour talking about our viewers talking with our viewers about an aid package and now a senate action having move forward last, what was your view on that measure and how did you vote on it? guest: i voted against this package. i voted in favor of the earlier package. i support ukraine. i support everything they are doing. we have already given them over $10 million. it is important that ukraine defeats russia. we have a terrible inflation problem here in america and it has was created by overspending in washington. why can t we give ukraine a little bit at a time instead of one big blank check? one of the things that some s
what can you don on do on executive action? pres. biden: not much on executive action. i have to convince congress to go back to to what was passed years ago. reporter: what do you think about next steps in congress? do you think there s an opportunity for more movement there in. pres. biden: the answer is, it s going to be very difficult. but i m not going to give up trying. reporter: [inaudible] pres. biden: we have enough laws on the books to deal with what s going on now. but we have to deal wit. look. part of what the country has to do is look in the mirror and face the reality. we have a problem with domestic terror. it s real. i know you don t want to not you, but people don t want to hear me saying. he s the president, he s a democrat. but the intelligence community has been saying, it s what the military has been saying for a long time. there s nothing we can do about there s nothing new about this. nothing new about this. and look, there s a lot of people li