ukraine. one of the most important story lines of 2023. the divide in the republican party about ukraine. alexi buchanan, thanks very much. and thanks for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning. morning joe starts right now. a dictator, building an empire, will never be able to ease the people s love of liberty. brutality will never ground down the will of the free, and ukraine, ukraine will never be a victim for russia. never. president joe biden marks one year of war in eastern europe with an impassioned speech promising continued support for ukraine and laying out the stakes of the conflict. meanwhile, we re were learning more about the special grand jury that investigated potential 2020 election interference by former president donald trump and his allies. we ll play for you new comments from a key juror in the case, as some republicans are still trying to figure out their messaging on donald trump and his third presidential campaign. als
reporter: how young do you think they were? probably as young as 12. reporter: how did that strike you when you saw someone that young working a job like this? it kind of makes you sick. you walk through the plant, you can t walk through it without getting animal parts on you or blood all over you. reporter: the company disciplined an employee in 2021, according to an internal pssi report reviewed by nbc news. the employee who handled hiring for multiple plants was found to have hired the name known minor two separate times in the span of six months under two different names. the punishment, according to the document, a demotion, and a hiring policy review. were managers ever worried that they d be disciplined for hiring children? no. reporter: the former manager says the more common outcome was to hold the frontline worker accountable. you just terminate the child terminate the undocumented worker. reporter: in december the company signed a consent decree