intensifies his nuclear rhetoric amid a faltering military campaign in ukraine. the biden administration says it has told russia privately exactly what the consequences would be for using a nuclear weapon. we ll have the very latest on that. plus, a head turning new revelation concerning the attack on the capitol. what a former adviser to the january 6th committee says about a phone call between the trump white house and a rioter while the attack was underway. also this morning, tropical storm ian has just strengthened into a category 1 hurricane as it continues its track toward cuba and florida. we re watching that. and it is just six weeks until voters decide the balance of power in congress. we ll tell you where things stand this morning and what s in play. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s monday, september 26th. we begin with the new polling from the new york times that shows 54% believe donald trump threatened american democracy when he left office. 51
can t replace something because i don t like coal, i don t like gas, i don t like oil. okay. the bottom line is we do it better. the rest of the world is using it more than ever before and we need to help our allies, don t you think by doing it better and cleaner, it s helping the environment also, and if you put more product in the market, don t you think the prices will come down if you are independent and basically we are secured as a nation. you cannot remain the super power of the world if you don t have energy independence. it doesn t work. if you re relying on the rest of the world to produce the energy for you that you won t do yourself and your allies are looking at how you re going to help me, you won t help yourself, this is one time, joe, this is a time in history, it s a moment of time that we have never been able to get democrats who truly voted for permitting reform are willing to do it now because there s something in it for everybody. they re willing to do it, and our