was and still is for infrastructure funding, and that $40 billion of the infrastructure deal was set aside to make sure what happened at that bridge does not happen at another bridge. this stop is part of biden s tour through battle ground pennsylvania, a state where a close senate race between dr. mehmet oz and lieutenant governor john fetterman who is there with limb right now could decide who controls congress. joining me from philadelphia, is white house correspondent mike memoli. you re in philly where the president will be tonight for a private fundraiser for lieutenant governor john fetterman. this stop that he made in front of that bridge today, i mean he s not just selling the bipartisan infrastructure deal, he s selling democrats. saying democrats are the ones to get it done, and that he led the way. yes, that s right, katy, the president has not necessarily been doing the kind of campaign rallies we have seen past presidents do around this time, of course, donald
your time. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. i m lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. right now, diplomatic and military gears are in overdrive around ukraine. the united nations general assembly is holding an emergency meeting after russia s newly intensified strikes. and defense secretary lloyd austin is in brussels meeting with counterparts about supporting ukraine with more weapons, sharing this message. the whole world as just seen yet again, the malice and cruelty of putin s war of choice. we remain resolute. concern is only growing this morning over what vladimir putin s next possible military moves could be as he lashes out at ukraine for a strike on his beloved crimea bridge. and president biden is painting this portrait of his russian counterpart. i think he is a rational actor who miscalculated significantly. what president biden is now saying about whether he believes putin will use a nuclear weapon. and in ukra
politics. mitt romney sent off alarms from washington to moscow when he said this about russia. this is without question our number one geopolitical foe. they fight every cause for the world s worst actors. this is the same man who warns that quote, a china is a prosperous tyranny will pose problems for us. and lame duck russian leader medvedev fired back. it is very reminiscent of hollywood in a certain period of history. my first advice is to listen to reason when they formulate their positions. reason never harmed a presidential candidate. my other advice is to check their clocks from time to time. it is 2012, not the mid 1970s. hold on. medvedev calling romney hollywood? sort of interesting that his boss likes the hollywood staging, including the taming of this tiger that was a tame cat. and riding a horse shirtless as we all do. and those instant jugs putin proudly retrieved off the coast of greece late last year that were planted for him ahead of time? well, vla
the great their economy. what does this mean? britain is staying on the sidelines keeping some anxiety in those markets. we ll have full details in a minute. we also have details about yesterday s virginia tech shootings. now police say the apparent gunman and victim did not know each other. university spokesman says the suspected shooter was not a student there and ballistics tests confirm that the same gun was used to kill the suspect and a campus police officer. the suspect apparently dye died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. they ve identified the slain officer as deriek crouse. he was 39. married with five children and step-children. police say the gunman walked right up to him and fired. he opened his car door and when they opened it he just fell out towards the ground. and then they immediately started reviving him. then they took off with some sort of automatic weapons. they started running the opposite direction after the gunman. that s so sad. a small vi
into life-threatening torrents. we ll get an update in a few minutes. but first, breaking news on the international manhunt for moammar gadhafi and members of his family. several hours ago, a senior rebel commander told cnn that one of his sons, khamis gadhafi died sunday night. also today, algeria revealed it had allowed gadhafi s wife and daughter and two of his grown sons and some of his grandchildren to enter the country for what they call humanitarian reasons. nic robertson is in tripoli now. can you update us on the latest on this humanitarian so-called giving of them refuge in alge a algeria? reporter: you know, one of the interesting things is that algeria still recognizes moammar gadhafi as the leader of libya. so what happened in the early hours of the day is that moammar gadhafi s wife, daughter, two sons, showed up at the border and crossed over into algeria. they said they re taking them in on humanitarian grounds. they want them back and if algeria doesn t s