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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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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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