youngstown wouldn t have lost 50,000 jobs and those steel workers would not be coming up to me telling me you failed them. ohio senate nominees tim ryan and jd vance face off in youngstown and they weren t the only ones to hit the debate stage last night. we re taking a look at georgia and utah as well. in ukraine, more russian strikes in kyiv this morning. this time appearing to target the country s electrical infrastructure. we ll have the latest from the war-torn country. and also this morning, the trump organization is facing new scrutiny after documents show the company charged the secret service more than $1.4 million for agents accommodations while protecting the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, october 18. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. insults and accusations flew last night at the final ohio senate debate between congressman tim ryan and jd vance, the two clashing on everything from a
and thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this tuesday morning. morning joe starts right now. the media suggests they are not paying attention to the concerns of every day voters. you want to sweep it under the rugment i don t want to talk about this any more than anyone else. when the barbarians were at the gate, you were happy to let them in. they were people that behaved badly on that day. i m not one of them. ms. abrams is going to lie about my record because she doesn t want to talk about her own. i don t have the luxury of being part of a good old boys club. debate night in ohio, utah, and georgia with the midterms exactly three weeks away, things are getting a little heated. steve kornacki is standing by at the big board. did you see that guy beforehand, he s going into the whole rage thing. out of hand. this guy s crazy. the state of the race, which is what we really want from him. republicans claim to care so much ab
we have seen that the former president s new super pac, maga inc. has shelled out some money for ads targeting warnock in georgia in support of herschel walker. i don t know of any specific plans at the moment for the former president to appear in georgia. in the coming weeks, i would certainly expect him to do so, he has shown that he s supportive of walker even in the face of all of these recent controversies and walker himself appeared on one of donald trump s very favorite shows, sean hannity, and sort of a fox news rally for walker, but i would certainly expect the former president to continue to support walker in that race. fox news rally, well said, and i think we can imagine trump won t be able to resist staying away. politico s meredith mcgraw, thank you so much. we re grateful for your appearance this morning.