Good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, april 28th. i m jonathan lemire. president biden is expected to ask congress to fund a new aid package for ukraine today, and in scheduled remarks from the white house this morning, two sources tell nbc news, that the president will lay out the details of a quote massive request, which is intended to last through september. the u.s. has already provided ukraine with more than $3 billion in aid since the invasion began, including an $800 million package that was announced last week. following that spending, president biden said the white house had nearly run out of funding authorized by congress. prices for natural gas have increased after russia stoked tensions by cutting off exports to poland and bulgaria for refusing to pay with russian rubles. both countries are members of nato, and are heavily reliant on
Country and their people. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, april 28th. a lot to get to. joe and willie, the funeral for madeleine albright was so inspiring. it was so touching. it was so beautiful. she was so incredible. she really was. willie, here you have an immigrant who he says family was chased out of her country in europe, first by hitler, then by stalin. a woman who came to america and became just a clear voice for freedom, for liberty, for american exceptionalism at home and across the globe. to use that american power for the same reason dr. brzezinski and her talked about, using american power all the time for good, for liberty, for freedom,
larua: speaking of retaking america know when positions himself as the conservative ideal that the import appeared you might remember last time the red state trail blazers town hall in orlando. the sunshine state continues to dominate the national conversation for that reason, we have decided to return. so next thursday, april 28th, we are going to host a live town hall from ron desantis and other special guests. we will talk about parental rights, how they got covid, and a different kind of sanctuary state for those who no longer wish to live on some major corporations, disney. now, i promise you will not want to miss this. it is going to be awesome. can t wait. that is it for us tonight. remember, oh, my gosh, so much
But they re not idiots. i mean, they knew, certainly, how critical this was. they knew who they were and who they were working with. reporter: one week after the rehearsal, the launch window opened up, a favorable forecast and a moonless night, essential for an attack by air. they knew it could be months before the next opportunity. on thursday, april 28th, the president gathered the small core of planners in the situation room to debate the choices one last time. you had a couple of options. do nothing, an air raid with no evidence of after-action, no proof of death, or this. you were against this mission as they launched it, correct? well, as i pointed out early on, there was no consensus. the president got us all done in the situation room and he said, okay, basically roll call. what was your vote? my recommendation was to go forward. and why would you recommend that over others in the group?
Rehearsal, the launch window opened up, a favorable forecast and a moonless night, essential for an attack by air. they knew it could be months before the next opportunity. on thursday, april 28th, the president gathered the small core of planners in the situation room to debate the choices one last time. you had a couple of options. do nothing, an air raid with no evidence of after-action, no proof of death, or this. you were against this mission as they launched it, correct? well, as i pointed out early on, there was no consensus. the president got us all done in the situation room and he said, okay, basically roll call. what was your vote? my recommendation was to go forward. and why would you recommend that over others in the group? i felt the risk was manageable. the evidence, to me, was compelling enough to take the risk. i thought that we could get them in and get them out no matter what happened. whether he was there or not.