far two often far too often. we have to do something to stop gun violence ripping apart our communities. ripping apart. [ applause ] good morning and welcome to morning joe. that s president biden joe biden delivering a speech. another deadly shooting. we re going to have more on the victims and the expected gunman just ahead. and the white house talks about three unidentified objects that were shot down over the last week with a new explanation of what they could be. and we re going to have new reporting from the justice department that could overcome claims of attorney-client privilege from one of donald trump s lawyers ominous news for mr. trump. mike pence continues to stonewall any efforts to get him to testify about january 6th. good morning. welcome to morning joe. i was thinking we could talk about the new york times story do we have the times here? new york times on italy s prime minister surprising europe or i m going to take you know whe
soon. putin s speech comes with new reporting this morning on china s growing concerns about russia s weakened status on the world stage. meanwhile, we will hear from president joe biden later this morning as he is in poland now to meet with allies following that historic trip to ukraine. also ahead, the maga members of congress staying on brand, criticizing the president for visiting ukraine. we ll go through some of their comments. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 21st. with me here in new york, way too early host and the white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. at the table with joe in washington, pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. former white house press secretary now msnbc host jen psaki. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. also with us, founder of the bulwark, charlie sykes. joe, incredible, staggering, historic scenes yesterday of president biden walking th
eating. the us central bank announces the biggest rise in us interest rates in nearly 30 years to combat surging inflation. and spain, southern france, and parts of italy swelter through an extreme heatwave: authorities are warning of water shortages. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. new us aid for ukraine worth a billion dollars has been announced by president biden. it includes additional artillery and coastal defence weapons, as well as ammunition for artillery and advanced rocket systems. new pledges came from nato members who met in brussels. the us defense secretary said he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine gets the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. here s a little of what lloyd austin had to say. we can t afford to let up, and we can t lose steam. the stakes are too high. ukraine is facing a pivotal moment on the battlefield. and we re seeing what president zelensky warned us about. after failing to take kyiv and rea
nazi invasion in 39, the horrors of soviet occupation from 45 to 89. they re defined by it, shaped by it. yet, here they are, just on a beachhead of freedom. no longer in west germany. now in an old warsaw pact country. this is a country, and i actually reminded my guests, mark brzezinski, the ambassador, my brother was kind enough to have a gathering of guests and thought leaders there. i said, i saw your monuments to those who died in the warsaw ghetto. i saw the s.s. prison where resistance fighters were killed. i said, i understand why history hangs so heavily over you. i m curious, where is your monument to solidarity?
so many of us who are outside of ukraine are very fortunate that president xi has made one misstep after another misstep over the last five years. they re not in an economic position to do that right now. if they were growing at 8 or 9% like they were a few years ago, maybe they would take that chance. i don t know that they can take the chance now. we ll see. willie, the longer this war goes also not good news for vladimir putin who may be trying to stall until he thinks donald trump is going to get re-elected president of the united states. the longer this goes, the more we see those old warsaw pact country supplies running out and western weapons getting into the hands of trained ukrainian fighters. at that point, things go from bad to worse for mr. putin. they re using that soviet era equipment on the side of russia. the president, president biden will be in poland next week.