Good morning, welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, march 13th. We have so much more to get to with that hearing yesterday on capitol hill. Democrats pressed the former Special Counsel on his language about President Bidens memory while republicans wanted to know why the president wasnt charged. Meanwhile, also on capitol hill, today the who house is expected to vote on a bill that could lead to a ban on one of the most popular apps in america. Well explain that legislation. Well also get analysis on the alarming comments from russian president Vladimir Putin this morning about the threat to use nuclear weapons. Hes saying that if russias sovereignty or independence is threatened, he will use nukes. Good morning, everybody. Along with willie and me, we have the host of wasteway, bureau chief at politico jonathan louisiana mere. Msnbc contributor Mike Barnacle and jonathan martin. Great group this morning. Also has President Biden announced a new Weapons Package for ukraine. According
They didn t see us. they didn t know we were here so they just started to work on houses. and so i took the tank in my sights and i fired a rocket. and goodbye to him. the destroyed vehicles are stamped with an o. ukrainian officers here tell us this identifies them as russian units that entered from belarus to the north. oleg is is the officer who commanded this operation. as for now looking at previous fighting we ve had i can tell you we are trained better, he tells me. we have stronger morale and spirit because we are at home. they are afraid. but they go because they re made to. he has been battle hardened ever since the first russian invasion in 140. he says his side has enough weapons ammunition and determination to win. i can tell you i m will go sure the russians are regrouping and not retreating, he says. besides, we are preparing ourselves to go forward.
Southwest. more rain expected on the way is never a good thing especially when you already have flooding in the area. keep in mind, some places are expected to see from an inch of rain in half an hour. that makes it so deadly. emergency officials in boulder saying do not leave your home and don t go out on the streets because the roads are impassible and it s hard to get that and out of boulder. thank you, appreciate it. new dramatic developments overnight that could change the situation on the ground in syria. first, cnn has learned that after months of delays, u.s. funded weapons have now begun flowing to the syrian rebels. this is an escalation of america s role in syria s civil war. included on the list of weapons ammunition and what is called light weapons and communications equipment that is not made in the united states but it is paid for by the cia. now, despite the war that the
Traveled back home to cleveland to prepare for her wedding. more than 100 people on that watch list so far. and new video of the bridal shop vinson visited being decontaminated. at last check her family saying vinson in stable condition. the 21-day monitoring window ends for the first 48 people who came into contact with thomas eric duncan. that includes his family and his fiancee, louise troh. the u.s. has air dropped weapons ammunition to help kurdish forces. they are defending kobani against isis fighters. the drops come after more than 100 air strikes by u.s. led fighters it s helped push isis back. if he continues to present us with major targets as he has done in the kobani area, then we ll service those areas. the air drops are almost certain to anger the turkish government.