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Has been darkened by the shadow of war. An illegal war. Like every nation in the world, the United States wants this war to end. No nation wants this war to end more than ukraine. Thats President Joe Biden during his United Nations speech yesterday urging the world to stand with ukraine. Well break down his Call To Action for the u. S. Allies and president zelenskyys warning to World Leaders on how russian aggression could expand beyond the borders of ukraine. Plus, we take a live look at capitol hill as House Republicans are barrelling toward a Government Shutdown as Party Infighting tanks their own spending bills. That stunning defeat is now spending speaker Kevin Mccarthy scrambling while facing fresh challenges to his leadership. And also ahead a Colorado State University Player and his family now hit with Death Threats after he was involved in a play that hospitalized the star player from the rival team. Well tell you the backlash hes receiving and what colorados new head coach, dion sanders, is now saying. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, september 20th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. With a War In Europe raging and global tensions on the rise, President Joe Biden took the stage in new york yesterday with a message of support for ukraine. In his third address to the u. N. General assembly, he urged allied nations to not abandon that war torn country. And for the second year in a row, his speech centered on the need to continue backing that sovereign nation as it defends itself from russias invasion. In front of hundreds of representatives from across the world, President Biden condemned russias assault and warned that moscow is counting on waning interest from the rest of the world in continuing to support ukraine. Russia believes that the world will grow weary and allow it to brutalize ukraine without consequence. But i ask you this. If we abandon the Core Principles of the United States to appease an aggressor, can any member state in this body feel confident that they are protected . If you allow ukraine to be carved up, is the independence of any nation secure . We have to stand up to this negative aggression today and deter other wouldbe aggressors tomorrow. Thats why the United States together with our allies and partners around the world will continue to stand with the brave people of ukraine as they defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity and their freedom. Today ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the u. N. Security council here in new york in what could be a tense moment. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov may be there for the address as russia does have a permanent seat on the council. Yesterday the kremlins mastercard to inu. N. Was seated in russias chair during zelenskyys address to the assembly in his speech the wartime leader warned of russias aggression and the kremlins desire to turn ukraine into a weapon against others. When hatred is weaponized against one nation, it never stops there. Russia starts a new war. Parts of moldova and georgia are occupied. Russia has almost swallowed belarus. It is obviously threatening kazakhstan and other baltic states, and the goal of the present war against ukraine is to turn our lands, our people, our lives into a weapon against you, against the International Rules based order. Many seats in the General Assembly hall may become empty, empty if russia succeeds with its treachery and aggression. Joining us now correspondent for axios, ryan heath. Thanks for being with us this morning. We saw president zelenskyy give that address and he was in the audience when President Biden spoke. Theres been notable absence from the u. N. This week. In fact, four of the five current members of the p5 are gone. That includes russia and china. Give us an overview what the u. N. General assembly means right now. How effective could it be on a number of issues including continuing to support ukraine. Were looking at a lot of death prattle. The u. N. General assembly is where the world body gathers, it has to gather. Have any of the numbers moved on whos on ukraines side versus russias side here . No. And you have this Split Screen Experience with the world is worried about climate change, Artificial Intelligence, but those arent the topics the buddy can tackle because its gridlocked around these other geopolitical tensions. And Antonio Guterres whos the head of the United Nations, he literally said to cnn yesterday, he doesnt have any power. He doesnt have the power to change anything, and the architecture has to completely change. All hes got is a voice now. So thats not a situation you want to be in as the world confronts more and more of these complicated challenges. You did mention some of the other topics of discussion here, you know, President Biden certainly he spent a lot of his address yesterday on ukraine, right, but he talked about the global south. He talked about reaching out to the developing world, and there are things like Artificial Intelligence and climate change. Tell us about those. Can any progress, steps in the right direction we made on those issues . So i think what were seeing is that change comes from it bottom up or from markets than it does from political leaders. So its an extremely vibrant scene in new york. Its not just the leaders creating the vibrancy around these issues. You have to create new technologies going to come up with Climate Solutions because rich governments clearly arent transferring the money to african governments, other developing nations to put the changes in place that would get them cleaner energy systems. On Artificial Intelligence, we all dont know exactly where thats going to go, but we know theres going to need to be some form of guardrails. What you see instead is Civil Society and companies stepping up while governments figure out what that technology is all about. One day that might end up in a global treaty situation, but were a long way from that now, and thats amazing given weve all spent this year talking about a. I. But thats not a factor in these discussions. Lastly and briefly we mentioned the zelenskyy addressing the council today. I think thats a plain bit of political theater intention. Its progress that zelenskyy is here. We know lavrov loves to play up the cameras. Hes not a classy diplomat, so the two will just go head to head if theyre in the same room. Were always grateful when you can join us. Lets turn now to capitol hill where yesterday House Republicans continued fighting over two need to pass bills, one on the military and one on Government Funding. On the first front five republicans joined the entire Democratic Caucus to kill a vote to debate the defense funding bill, which is just a first step in getting a bill through the house. All five cited spending as their main reason for voting no. On Government Funding a vote that was planned for yesterday was scrapped after roughly a dozen republicans said they simply would not support it. While their reasons vary, steeper Spending Cuts and more conservative Wish List Items are on the top of their list. Some of the Freedom Caucus members are even threatening to try to oust speaker Kevin Mccarthy if their demands are not met. There are now fewer than 11 days left before Government Funding expires and a full shutdown begins. And amid the infighting in the House Republican conference, many members are publicly venting their frustrations. Speaker mccarthy and gop members who represent bidenwon districts spoke about the Current Situation yesterday on the hill. Youre asking me a lot of questions. Think about what theyre talking about. Theyre voting against even bringing the bill up to have a discussion about it. You did more than 170 amendments. But the idea you vote against a rule and even bring it up doesnt make sense to me. Im disappointed. I am pissed off. Our inability to bring this package to a floor vote because of these five individuals who decided to put their personal agendas ahead of the basic requirements of our troops is extremely upsetting to us. It is a bad look to not be able to get a rule through the floor. And when you do that, what youve effectively done is hand the keys over the majority over to the minority. Just thought conservative republicanism. This is stupidity. The idea were going to shut the government down when we dont control the senate, we dont control the white house, these people cant define a win. They dont know how to take yes for an answer. Its a clown show. Meanwhile, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell is urging House Republicans to pass a Government Funding bill. During his Weekly Press Conference Yesterday Mcconnell warned that shutting down the government will just create more problems for the gop. I think all of you know im not a fan of Government Shutdowns. Ive seen a few of them over the years. They never have produced a policy change, and theyve always been a loser for republicans politically. Mcconnell is not wrong there. Still ahead here on Way Too Early, more on the House Republicans who plan to hold the first hearing on the Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden as soon as next week. Well tell you what they plan to focus on and how the white house is responding. Plus what to expect from attorney general Merrick Garlands testimony before the House Judiciary Committee later this morning. Those stories, more on the United Nations General Assembly as well as a check on sports and weather when we come right back. D weather when we come right back. This isnt charmin no wonder i dont feel as clean. Heres Charmin Ultra Strong. Ahhh my bottoms been saved with its diamond weave texture, Charmin Ultra Strong cleans better with fewer sheets and less effort. Enjoy the go with charmin. ella fashion moves fast. Setting trends is our business. And less effort. We need to scale with customer demand. 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Welcome back to Way Too Early as we turn to some of the mornings other top headlines now. Just two days before a possible Government Shutdown, House Republicans plan to hold the first hearing on an Impeachment Inquiry into President Joe Biden. A week from tomorrow a House Oversight Committee Spokesperson says the panel will discuss, quote, constitutional and legal questions surrounding the president s involvement in corruption and abuse of public office. Committee chairman james comer also says that he intends to issue a pina as early as this week for the bank records of President Bidens son and brother. So far republicans have presented no evidence showing any wrongdoing by President Biden himself. In a statement yesterday the white house blasted the planned Hearing Writing that for publicans, quote,baseless personal attacks on President Biden are more important than preventing a Government Shutdown and the pain it would inflict on american families. Elsewhere on capitol hill attorney general Merrick Garland will testify before the House Judiciary Committee today. The republicanled committee is expected to grill the attorney general at the hearing which is titled oversight of the u. S. Department of justice. Its scheduled to start this morning at 10 00 a. M. Garland is expected to stress dojs objectativity despite the gops Impeachment Inquiry and anger over the special counsels probe of hunter biden. An excerpt of the attorney general Opening Statement reads in part this way. Our job is not to take orders from the president , from congress, or from anyone else about who or what to criminally investigate. As the president himself has said and i reaffirm here today, i am not the president s lawyer. I will also add that i am not congress prosecutor. The Justice Department works for the american people. Still ahead well bring you highlights from across major league baseball. 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To houston now. Austin hayes slug two home runs and drove in four for the al east inning. Houstons lost in wins for both the Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners cut the lead to just a half game lead. Two way superstar Shohei Ohtani will likely not pitch again until the 2025 season. He cleared out his locker at Angels Stadium over the weekend and underwent season Ending Elbow Surgery yesterday to repair the torn ligament in his throwing elbow that ended his ability to pitch last month. Ohtani kept hitting for a few weeks, and now hes done for the season. Ohtanis doctor says he expects the stupor star will be available as an opening hitter on the mound next year and return as a pumper in 2025. Ohtani announced he had a procedure in an Instagram Post writing it was very unfortunate i couldnt finish on the field but ill be rooting for the boys until the end. Im work as hard as i can and do my best to come back on the diamond stronger than everch and ohtani enters an offseason where he is a free agent. Well see how the surgery impacts his value. Colorado State University Athletic Director joe parker is telling espn that police are investigating Death Threats against a member of its Football Program as well as his family. The threats began after Defensive Back Henry Blackburn was flged for a late hit during saturdays game against the University Of Colorado which left colorados two way star Travis Hunter with an undisclosed injury. He had to be hospitalized. Cellphone numbers from black burn and his mother were reportedly published on the internet saz were the addresses for his home on campus and his familys home. He made a tremendous hit on travis on the side line. You can call it dirty, you can call it he was just playing the game of football. But whatever it was, it does not constitute that he should be receiving Death Threats. He does not deserve a death threat over a game. At the end of the day this is a game. Someone must win, someone must lose. Everybody continues their life the next day. Very unfortunate. Im saddened if theres any of our fans thats on the other side of those threats. I hope and pray not. But that kid was just playing the best of his ability and he made a mistake. Time now for the weather and lets go to meteorologist Angie Lassman for the forecast. Hows it looking out there on this wednesday . Is it september or is it july . Because these temperatures across parts of the great lakes and midwest seems like something youd see for the summer. Were running 10 to 15 degrees above normal across this region. Look down through tex. It has been a relentless i dont know five months for folks in texas. No relief in the Heat Department for them, and we look across the same region as we get into tomorrow, still 80s in minneapolis, upper 70s for milwaukee, low 80s for indianapolis as well. So really warm kind of mild conditions stretching well through this week and into early next week. You can see even as far east as places like philadelphia, well be running below normal before we get back to those typical rangers we expect before late september. We also have a chance for stronger storms and heavy rains for the plains. Oklahoma and arkansas that could see upwards of 2 inches of rain. The Flooding Concern will be there but also potential for large hail, maybe gusty winds. Another thing to watch an area of low pressure likely to form across parts of the southeast and bring some Drenching Rain to much of the east coast. This will be something that we watch well into the weekend, jonathan. It could make it a little bit of a soggy weekend for folks in that region. Umbrellas, maybe some indoor plans are going to be necessary across the north east, basically boston down to georgia. Angie lassman, thank you for that i suppose. Well talk to you again tomorrow. Still ahead here on Way Too Early, ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the United Nations and then head to washington later this week where hell visit with President Joe Biden at the white house tomorrow. Hear the message Speaker Mccarthy is going to have for zelenskyy. Well be back with that. R zelenskyy. Well be back with that. High p. Boost® high protein. Now available in cinnabon® bakeryinspired flavor. Learn more at boost. Com tv trelegy for copd. Birds flyin high, you know how i feel. Breeze driftin on by. You know how i feel. You dont have to take. [coughing]. Copd sitting down. Its a new dawn,. Its a new day, its time to make a stand. And im feelin good. Start a new day with trelegy. No oncedaily copd. Medicine has the power to treat copd. In as many ways as trelegy. With three medicines in one inhaler,. Trelegy makes breathing easier for a full 24 hours, improves lung function, and helps prevent future flareups. Trelegy wont replace a rescue inhaler. 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Yesterday Speaker Mccarthy said he has no plans for committing more funding to ukraine and he has, questions, quote, for zelenskyy. Take a listen. I have questions for him. Wheres the accountability on the money we already spent, what is the plan for victory . Russia invading is wrong, its an atrocity and we want to make sure that ends. I also have said from the beginning no matter what the issue is, i want accountability for whatever the Hardworking Taxpayers spend their money on and i will plan for victory. I will follow what happens in congress, but i will have questions for president zelenskyy. Joining us now White House Reporter for the Washington Post here in new york for the u. N. General assembly. Tyler, good to see you. Yesterday, of course, President Biden delivered his speech to the General Assembly and the need to support ukraine was a major piece of it. Last years speech was pretty much entirely about ukraine. This year he hit some other topics, too, which in some ways reflects i think the challenge to get people to stay focused on supporting on ukraine. Whats your early read from the white house . Do they think his message is received not just by foreign leaders but republicans in congress trying to slow down that funding . Look, the president has a tough task in trying to rally support not just here in the u. S. But around the world to ensure that theres additional aid coming to ukraine. I think that was the point of his speech yesterday is that its not just ukraine, its every country is at risk if the u. S. And other allies pull back support from ukraine at this critical moment where theyre trying to rally the world to continue to support it in its counter offensive. Whether or not that received a message among House Republicans in particular remains unclear. Its not clear theyre looking to President Biden for advice, but he does have some key partners in the senate in the Republican Caucus in the conference that want to support ukraine. So as zelenskyy comes to d. C. , its his challenge to convince those skeptical republicans that it is in their interest and in the worlds interest to continue to support ukraine against russia. Some white house aides have told me in the past whenever zelenskyy has a moment in a speech to u. N. Or comes to washington, they see poll numbers go up, that more and more americans at least briefly say, oh, we should be supporting this because hes such a charismatic figure and emblematic of the resistance in ukraine. How does the white house want to try to arrange this to build that support . Zelensky is a powerful speaker who has that Stage Presence to rally people to his side. I think the white house will try to stage zelenskyy in a way that gives him the largest platform possible to ensure that his message is well received. Obviously weve seen him come to washington before, making that first daring trip under cover to the white house and appearing with the president. You know, channelling that emotional outrage and anger he and the ukrainian people feel from this ongoing invasion. I think thats what well see when he comes to washington. Ee saw that yesterday at the United Nations. Today zelenskyy is expected at the u. N. Security council and making these high profile stops to make sure his message reaches millions of americans. We heard from President Biden yesterday how he often frames this next century, this conflict between democracies and autocracies and reaching out to nations around the world to say you should be with the u. S. And our allies in a rules based order. Yesterday i was struck how he spoke about other places, haiti, vietnam, other parts of the global south and developing world to try to make that pitch. I think its in the prism of the ongoing competition between china and the u. S. Biden spoke about that yesterday. But when you look at who was in attendance and not in attendance, joe biden had the stage to himself. Russia not sending their key leaders or diplomats to the u. N. This week. It was an opportunity for joe biden to assert the leadership and build up relationships in the global south. Thats why we saw so much of the speech devoted to issues in ukraine. Obviously ukraine is a top priority for biden this week, but he also wants to make sure hes building in roads with countries on these issues that affect them day to day whether its climate change, human rights, global financing. All of those are keys for the president. Terrific insight as always from the Washington Post. Good to see you. Thanks for being here this morning. 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That entrenched Movement Towards the upper spectrum closer to 100 does mean inflationary pressures will persist, so that might be a key worry for the fomc as well as fed chair jerome powell. Overall this time around the expectation is for a hold on Interest Rates at their current level. Perhaps another 60 chance they could actually hold again in november, but it does mean 40 chance they could also hike. Well, certainly people watching fed chair powell, dubbed by some as the most interesting man in the world. Now, amazon and target said they would hire thunes of workers ahead of the busy Holiday Shopping season. Its almost that time of year again. Tell us what prompted this decision. Yeah, how do you know youre getting close to the end of the year . Well, amazon and target and all the major retailers have decided to increase the number of staff count. 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Its not just possible. Its happening. Welcome back. The White House Team President Biden was gng to send to detroit to help resolve the auto workers strike, well, theyll no longer be traveling to michigan. A white house official tells nbc news that the Biden Administration and the union agreed it would be better to speak virtually soon. The acting Labor Secretary and a senior white house advisor may still visit detroit next week, but thats not confirmed. Nearly 13,000 workers walked off the job at three plants, one in missouri, one in ohio, and one in michigan. That happened on friday after their contracts expired. Theyre striking against detroits big three auto makers, general motors, stellantis, and ford. Joining us now White House Reporter for politico and west wing political coauthor laura egin. So good to see you. Lets talk about this strike, when the Biden Administration is considering more forcefully stepping in, but lets also consider the politics of this. They have not offered an endorsement yet, and we know donald trump is heading to detroit next week to try to talk to some of these Union Workers to try to win some of their votes. Thats right. I think that trumps decision to go there next week has put them in a bit of a tough spot. We talked to some democrats who have said, look, this has sort of boxed the president in. Now any decision the white house makes they send someone to detroit. Behind the scenes and privately in the white house folks are having discussions about do we send someone, someone high profile from the administration to the picket line . They have not made decisions on that yet, but i think this whole episode just underscores the difficult position that the president is in here especially as Labor Leaders have criticized him for not being more forcefully supportive of the Union Earlier on throughout this whole process. Certainly michigan cant be overstated how important michigan is to the electoral map particularly for democrats. Hard to imagine the president being reelected if he cant win there. Well certainly be watching this in the days ahead. You had a good story this week how the Biden Campaign is trying to set the record straight regarding Donald Trumps stance on abortion. Walk us through, first of all, what trumps gyrations have been as hes been seemingly trying to moderate where he stands on this and what the white house is trying to do to highlight what hes actually done. Thats right. Trump we know politico has reported has expressed to republicans about the partys position on abortion. He clearly recognizes the vulnerability that abortion is for the republican party, and we saw in his interview with Meet The Press on sunday that he tried to moderate his position on it. He said he wanted to find peace on the issue. He said he was going to bring both sides together. He criticized ron desantis for the abortion ban he signed into law in florida obviously sort of ignoring the fact that he appointed the Supreme Court justices that helped overturn roe v. Wade and got us to the position we are in now when it comes to abortion rights. And the Biden Administration really came up forcefully against this interview and against trumps comments trying to correct the record, trying to remind reporters, remind voters that trump appointed the Supreme Court justices that led to the overturn of roe v. Wade. And i think their forceful response underscored a few things. One, were essentially in what feels like a general election in some sense and that they really view abortion as incredibly critical to their success in the 2024 reelection. Even though trump has a record torun on in a way he did it in 2016, there is some concern if he were to moderate on this, it would be an incredibly big issue for them. Trumps push for Union Workers feels like a general election play. The white house highlighting the abortion record feels like a general election play. Lastly talk about that idea of abortions, thats been such a defining issue the last couple of elections. The white house feels thats the going to be the case next year as well. Absolutely. I think what we saw just the past few days showed they saw the results from midterms. Abortion helped win some seats for democrats and that they view this as an incredibly important issue to the president s success in his reelection. And certainly polls suggest even voters arent too enthusiastic about President Biden, there are issues they care deeply terrific stuff. Really good story. Thank you for joining us this morning. Well talk to you again soon. Up next here on Way Too Early President Biden is set to meet with World Leaders as he wraps up his trip to new york in the United Nations General Assembly. What we can expect from those highprofile talks. Then on morning joe, nato secretary Jens Stoltenberg will be live in studio. Plus, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnells warning to his party. Two democratic lawmakers will join the conversation on what they see as a viable option to prevent it. Also ahead, were going to get some brand new polling that shows donald trump is now expanded even further his lead in the republican primary. Whats behind the bump and what gop voters are now saying. Morning joe just a few, short moments away. A few, short moments away did you know most dish soaps dont remove all the grease, even with scrubbing . Whaaat . I just cleaned those. Try dawn platinum. It removes 99 of grease and food residue. Thats why dawn is trusted to save wildlife affected by oil. Dawn platinum cleans to the squeak. Oh what a good time we will have you can make it happen yeah oh now, try new Dietary Supplements from voltaren for healthy joints. 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We will push back on aggression and intimidation and defend the Rules Of The Road from freedom of navigation to overflight to level economic Playing Field that it helps safeguard security and prosperity for decades, but we also stand ready to Work Together with China On Issues where progression hinges on our common efforts. Welcome back. That of course was President Biden yesterday, addressing tensions between the United States and china during his speech at the u. N. General assembly. The president will wrap up his trip to new york and the u. N. Today with two critical meetings with World Leaders. Ill be part of the White House Press pool today. Biden will hold a bilateral meeting with brazils president and after theyre expected to launch a new partnership with the u. S. And brazil expanding workers rights. Prior that, the president is scheduled to sit down with netanyahu. Joining us now our president , richard haass. Richard, great to see you this morning. Lets start with actually that bb meeting on the horizon this morning. Netanyahu wanted a white house meeting today. White house said no. The two are meeting on the sidelines of the u. N. Today. Do we think that President Biden will be somewhat stern with netanyahu . Theres a lot of things on the agenda. The president will put down markers about judicial reform, democracy and the palestinian issue. The president is also trying to negotiate this big deal with saudi arabia, security guarantee, a Nuclear Program for them. Wants saudi arabia to normalize relations with israel. Bb wants that. What will the israelis do for the palestinians . Will that do enough . That will be essential to get congress to support any Security Agreement with saudi arabia. The big part of the conversation besides the judicial democratic issues is what will the israelis be prepared to sign up when it comes to showing some progress on the palestinian issue. That big deal potentially in the works with saudi arabia, a, how likely do you think it happens . And b, do you think its a good idea . Its not obvious to me this Israeli Government can agree to Meaningful Movement on the palestinian issue or restraint on settlements. Congress will be weary of giving saudis security guarantee. Odds are slightly against it. All depends on the details. Nuclear programs, Nuclear Programs. How conditional would a security guarantee. Exactly what would the israelis be prepared to sign up to on the palestinian issue. We have to hold our judgment until we see the specifics of the threeway deal. We came into this block the president talking about china, stressing again they want the nations to be derisked, not decouple. Saying again theyre not looking restrain any countrys ability to grow. Whats your read of what we heard from the president and his position . The reality is theres not a dimes worth of difference biden and trumps position against china. So were now using slogans like derisking Not Decoupling. You cant decouple these economies. Theyre too big, too entertained. Were trying to find the floor in u. S. chinese relations. Its not what we can accomplish together. Its what we can avoid. The only good news the last few weeks as you know the pace of diplomatic interaction has gone up dramatically. Theres hopes that President Biden and president xi jinping will meet in november in san francisco. Thats not set in stone just yet. China, of course, xi jinping skipped this meeting. A lot of World Leaders skipped this particular United Nations General Assembly. What does that tell you . What is your sense of how powerful or not, how important or not the u. N. Even is. Its not. Four of the five permanent members of the Security Council didnt shoip, the worlds most populous country, india, Prime Minister modi didnt show up. Its not what happens at the u. N. , what happens around it. The meeting with Prime Minister yetten ya hue. The u. N. Itself is gridlocked. It no longer can get things done. Its effectless on ukraine. Cant manage u. S. chinese relation. Doing very little on climate change. Its essentially irrelevant. Its sidelined for the most part when it comes to great power politics. Gridlocked like the traffic around it. Richard, very quickly, do you think the president zelenskyy mentions this week from the u. N. And now goes to washington that will move republicans at all . No. I think hell be in some ways a casualty of the gridlock to use the word again in washington over budgets. But, no, i dont think he changed the International Debate about ukraine or the u. S. Domestic debate unfortunately about ukraine. Richard haass, Terrific Analysis as always. We appreciate it. Thank you to all of you for getting up Way Too Early on this wednesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. I think all of you know im not a fan of Government Shutdowns. Ive seen a few over the years. They never have produced a policy change. And theyve always been a loser for republicans politically. Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell with that warning for House Republicans. Mika, its what we said yesterday here. I have been through Government Shutdown or