ukraine. one of the most important story lines of 2023. the divide in the republican party about ukraine. alexi buchanan, thanks very much. and thanks for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning. morning joe starts right now. a dictator, building an empire, will never be able to ease the people s love of liberty. brutality will never ground down the will of the free, and ukraine, ukraine will never be a victim for russia. never. president joe biden marks one year of war in eastern europe with an impassioned speech promising continued support for ukraine and laying out the stakes of the conflict. meanwhile, we re were learning more about the special grand jury that investigated potential 2020 election interference by former president donald trump and his allies. we ll play for you new comments from a key juror in the case, as some republicans are still trying to figure out their messaging on donald trump and his third presidential campaign. als
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classmates. sam was part of the rally back in 2018. sam, i wonder, what is like for you to be back here today. in 2018 you are on the stage. you are here today, four years later, what does that mean to you? is little bittersweet knowing that the reason we are here today is because there s more bodies that have been lowered into the ground. the rate of gun violence is climbing, raided the homicide, a shooting, mass shootings in, it is only been increasing. we are here to emphasize the importance of a common sense legislation. tell the people in congress and senate that we need these things passed in order to reduce the amount of bodies that we are losing every single year to everyday gun violence. sam, i wonder what it is like going through what you went through, being in those classrooms on february 14th 2018, but it s like when you wake up to what happened in uvalde? it is traumatizing. it is triggering, every single time. a conversation of gun violence is personal to
talk. [speaking spanish] joining me now is sam brock in uvalde with the latest on the shooting. also he s in houston where the show must go on for the nra. first use them, it s very hard to watch, to hear, and process what happened there. then we learned of the injured children calling 9-1-1 for help. didn t get there in time. it all feels impossible and we are not even there. here in the studio. but you there on scene? what are you learning sam? well certainly it s gut wrenching alex. you talk to parents here, and they say it feels like the floor falls from underneath them every time they hear these press conferences. the changing narratives. also that the help was there on. time there were 90 law enforcement officers inside at 12:03, that s the same time the 9-1-1 calls were coming from the classroom. the incident commander based on the volume of shots, and initially they re 100 shots fired in the first few minutes, and then slowed down, that incident commander made
that shows donald trump s lead only growing in the republican presidential primary. we ll have a lot more on thoz numbers in just a moment. meanwhile, half of congress returns to capitol hill today with a long to-do list including a new federal budget, but demands from far-right members of the house could complicate getting a deal done before the end of the month. plus vladimir putin is turning to yet another dictator for more weaponry for his war in ukraine. we ll have that brand new reporting straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, september 5th. i hope you enjoyed the long weekend. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. new polling shows that donald trump s republican primary lead is growing as support collapses for the person who was once viewed as his most viable opponent. in the latest wall street journal survey 359% of gop primary voters say that trump is their choice for 2024. that s up from 48% in