[applause] on thursday, senator chris coons took the liberty medal from washington dc to ukraine. along with senator rob portman, presented it to president zelenskyy during a meeting in kyiv. later in the ceremony, we will see a video of that presentation and senator cowan's will talk about what it was like to award the metal to president zelenskyy and whites important to the ukrainian people as they bravely defend themselves from what zelenskyy calls russia's brutal assault against our democratic values. we will share with you a video message except in the liberty medal that we received from president lynn zielinski -- president two hours ago. we are honored to share a message from president biden congratulating president zelenskyy on receiving the metal. as former honorary chairman of the national constitution center, i am pleased to join you all and celebrating a rare president biden rights. the very principles that we enshrined in our nation's founding documents, right here in philadelphia more than 200 years ago are at stake in this war today. freedom, justice, and liberty. n

[applause] on thursday, senator chris coons took the liberty medal from washington dc to ukraine.ng with senator rob portman, presented it to president zelenskyy during a meeting in kyiv. later in the ceremony, we will see a video of that presentation and senator cowan's will talk about what it was like to award the metal to president zelenskyy and whites important to the ukrainian people as they bravely defend themselves from what zelenskyy calls russia's brutal assault against our democratic values. we will share with you a video message except in the liberty medal that we received from president lynn zielinski -- president two hours ago. we are honored to share a message from president biden congratulating president zelenskyy on receiving the metal. as former honorary chairman of the national constitution center, i am pleased to join you all and celebrating a rare president biden rights. the very principles that we enshrined in our nation's founding documents, right here in philadelphia more than 200 years ago are at stake in this war today. freedom, justice, and liberty. now,

[applause] on thursday, senator chris coons took the liberty medal from washington dc to ukraine.long with senator rob portman, presented it to president zelenskyy during a meeting in kyiv. later in the ceremony, we will see a video of that presentation and senator cowan's will talk about what it was like to award the metal to president zelenskyy and whites important to the ukrainian people as they bravely defend themselves from what zelenskyy calls russia's brutal assault against our democratic values. we will share with you a video message except in the liberty medal that we received from president lynn zielinski -- president two hours ago. we are honored to share a message from president biden congratulating president zelenskyy on receiving the metal. as former honorary chairman of the national constitution center, i am pleased to join you all and celebrating a rare president biden rights. the very principles that we enshrined in our nation's founding documents, right here in philadelphia more than 200 years ago are at stake in this war today. freedom, justice, and liberty. now

senator chris coons, appreciate it. >> good to see you. >>> joining us is leon pennetta. great to see you. what is your reaction to what happened in poland yesterday? >> to some extent, it's a surprise it hasn't happened before, with a large number of missiles that are being fired by russia into ukraine. as you mentioned, almost 90 to 100 missiles were fired yesterday. ukraine is obviously trying to implement protection against those missiles as they fly in in this random terror that russia is involved in. i'm not surprised that something like this has taken place. i'm glad that it was handled with responsibility in a sense that it had to be investigated, it had to be determined exactly what occurred here. by in the end, from my point of view, it still remains the responsibility of russia because of their random missile attacks on ukraine that are producing this kind of result. >> the rt editor and chief, russian media, saying in a tweet, if this is not a deliberate provocation, then there's only one good news, the nato country is so -- i'm cleaning this up here, badly pr

let's bring in democratic senator chris coons from delaware a member of the senate foreign relations committee just in the region a week and a half ago. senator, what do you know for a fact about this explosion in poland? it in fact a russian rocket or missile that struck and killed two individuals in poland and what's your reaction? >> well, jake, if this were an intentional missile strike by russia on poland, our vital nato ally, that would be a hmajor escalation but we do not know, i do not know at this hour exactly what happened in this southeastern corner of poland earlier today. press accounts state that two people were killed when something fell out of the sky. either the parts of a missile that had been intercepted or a missile strike. so first, i think we need to investigate more thoroughly and make sure we, the united states and folks in the international media know exactly what happened and second, we need to give some time for our close and vital ally poland whose national security leadership is currently still meeting to come forward and say what they believe has happene

even after the midterm elections to congress that will be held on november 8, they noted, democrat chris coons and republican airportman reported very positive negotiations with the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, they also visited an energy facility that was recently attacked by the russians with an iranian drone. on the part of the usa, we in the united states of america are very pleased to see the progress of ukraine on the battlefield in the battle against the russian invaders, but we are sad to see how russia is using hundreds of drones and missiles against your civilian infrastructure putin continues to try to scare ukrainians and make winter dark and cold for you but we have met some refugees and we see that their determination to resist is stronger than ever what russia is doing is causing great harm we are not we can leave it as it is, that's why we are here. we talked with the ukrainian authorities , representatives of international organizations, to find out what is really happening, moreover, we are interested in what we can do to help. we also want to to express to you s

so and sky welcomed chris coons and report meant to the ukrainian capital portland, a republican, democrat, or on a joint visit ahead of us mid term elections next week. south korea defense minister is in the us, has tensions rise on the korean peninsula on something the met, defense secretary, lloyd austin, of the north korea, find a series of missiles early this week. so it responded with several notches of its own. practical hang is following the visit, the timing of this media. the pentagon is very important because things are so tense in that region. what's going on is north korea says it's launching these record numbers of missiles and sensitive areas because they feel they've been provoked by the u. s. and south korea under the trump presidency. these annual military exercises largely stopped because at the time they said they wanted to give diplomacy a chance. well, that didn't pan out. so the pentagon says they're not trying to provoke north korea . they're just going back to the exercises. they've always done. but there are a lot of us south korea exercises going on earlier. they

chris coons and i worked on a stork with black colleges and university funding. why? because we think that if you have a big need and we can help fill that and it makes the country better off long-term, why not? why wouldn't you focus more on education? >> just mentioned a few times the importance of faith in your own development. i'd love for you to talk a little bit more about what role you see the faith community, religion playing today. are the active enough in helping to heal some of these divisions that you think are hurting our country? what should we be telling leaders of faith in our community? >> i think we are not active enough. one of the things i've learned from my face is that it teaches me how to treat you, and of one's been had you may treat me back. the warning is really important as well, right? when you read matthew, you think about the mother emmanuel church shooting were a racist walk into the church and killed nine believers. and 36 hours later the family members are looking at the killer and saying we forgive you. that will change your entire co

and again with chris coons, a bipartisan bill. t.p.a. for a u.k.eement at a time when both countries are struggling with high inflation, getting a trade agreement done is for both countries, that would be helpful even if it's narrow. i was disappointed there was not a trade title to the chips and science act, but i'm ready to negotiate a grand bargain on trade during this lame duck session in congress. may only have 80 days, three hours and 14 seconds and i'm planning to do all i can to make sure the policies are advanced. i'll have more free time in 2023 so i look forward to seeing more of each of you in the next year and beyond. thank you for letting me come on via video and hope you have a great conference, take care. >> well, that was a long agenda and let's turn to our live people this time and let's start with picking up where i've kind of left off. for each of you, what's different now than it was when you were in charge and are we headed for the more fragmented, compartmentized world that some people are afraid of or not. you're senior, do

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. >> and trying to reassure them, rob portman, chris coons, and sullivan. >> u.s.aine will be unwavering and unflinching. >> and argue it's not just strategically smart, it's for survival. >> and usaid getting hope to those in the cross-fire. >> it was difficult for us. >> this aid helps us to survive. >> the pentagon has just approved another $400 million in u.s. military aid to ukraine. the thinking going forward though, anita, is at the very least, there will be more oversight of the aid dis dispenseation. >> we'll be watching that, greg palkot live in kyiv. griff: excitement building for game six in the world series, houston astros leading 3-2 over the phillies. we'll take you live to houston's minute maid park next. ♪ well the sun is shining and the grass is green ♪ ♪ i'm way ahead of schedule with my trusty team ♪ ♪ there's heather on the hedges ♪ ♪ and kenny on the koi ♪ ♪ and your truck's been demolished by the peterson boy ♪ ♪ yes -- ♪ wait, what was that? timber... [ sighs heavily ] when owning a small business gets real, progressive helps protect what yo

i ask senators rob portman and chris coons what support this country can expect during the harsh winterime has come that we go back to being in charge of our country. >> a special report on israel. who is the country's hard right kingmaker bringing netanyahu back to power? plus -- >> having a public platform that is maximally tru

. >>> and coming up on "morning joe," democratic senator chris coons is the guest, fresh off >>> welcomeys the panel's final report is almost completed. he also said there is a good possibility the report is released before christmas, but doubts it would come before the house departs for break on december 16th. the "washington post" reported on some concern amongst some committee staffers that the report will focus too much on donald trump. congressman adam schiff hope the report also includes findings unrelated to trump and that lawmakers are close to a consensus what to include. it's expected to be out before congress shifts to republicans, and ahead of the report they're still conducting interviews. a former secret service agent went on to serve white house deputy chief of staff under trump spoke to the committee yesterday and is considered a key witness to events surrounding january th. you might recall that former white house aide cassidy hutchinson previously testified that arenado told her trump became enraged after being told he couldn't join a crowd of supporters on the day of t

joining us this evening delaware democratic senator chris coons and ohio republican senator rob portman thanks for being here. i do want to start with, obviously, the news this week about the midterm elections, which actually are continuing as races are continuing to be counted and the control of both the house and senate are up in the air. i just want to get 30,000 feet. you all -- what your perception is about the midterm and the message sent by voters as you see it from both of your perspectives. senator portman, first to you. >> well, what the voters have said i, bret, we don't want to see extremes on either end so, once again, our very divided country has ended up kind of in the middle. it's extraordinary to think about this we are literally going to be 50/50 in the senate or 59-41 probably one way or the other. and in the house the majority looks like it will shift to the republicans which i think is a positive thing for the country but it's a very small majority. so, it just means that the voters have spoken, once again and said they are not interested in the extreme candidates o

we even asked a couple of senators who here, senior senators on a bipartisan delegation, chris coonsthis country of america's continued support. they would not give out any intelligence details. but suffice to say the ukrainians are saying on the ground they see no evidence of a mass withdrawal from the city of kherson. it's massively important, it's the first one that russia actually occupied on the first day of the war. and there are some fears that it could just be a faint and that ukrainians have to be very careful before they launch their highly anticipated counteroffensive to retake that city. >> you talked about to two senators. president zelenskyy, i know, met with them. what came out of that meeting? >> reporter: well, they said that they were continuing to give absolute support because, you know, with the midterms coming up where you are just under a week, there's been some chatter that there may be a little bit of wobbleness ahead gechb the economic cost of living, the inflation, and the like. and perhaps according to kevin mccarthy, there wouldn't be, quote, unquote, a bl

democrat chris coons and republican rob portman met with president zelinsky the u.than $1 billion in humanitarian aid to help ukrainians in need. we have asked questions today about making sure that the money that is being spent here for military support for budget support for humanitarian relief is needed. it is okay. eight groups on the ground have warned that although the u. s and other countries have pledged billions in aid that's still may not be enough for families without reliable heating or water this winter in light of the recent wave of anti semitic hate nationwide, a suspicious package that was left outside of birmingham, alabama synagogue prompted a big response from the bomb squad. it was called to the temple bethel today after synagogue security personnel noticed what appeared to be an unattended backpack along with the birmingham police department bomb squad, the fbi as well as a t f. we're all called in. we sent members of our bomb squad unit to the location, they observed the backpack was suspicious to them as well. the package was transported away

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bipartisan us visitors trying to reassure ukrainians republican senator rob portman, democratic senator chris coonsonal security advisor jake sullivan. us support for ukraine will be unwavering and unflinching. as for the folks here, continued us support for ukraine is not just strategically smart. it's an issue of survival, federal agency usa. i'd also getting help to those caught in the crossfire. it was very difficult for us. this aid helped us to survive. depending on approved another $400 million in military aid, more oversight and funding is foreseen. the fear is more cuts to and keep greg palkot fox news blackout city crane tonight follow heavy shelling from russia. ukraine state electricity operator implemented blackouts in kiev and seven other regions. the move comes as the operator works to manage damage to power plant moscow says a targeted power plants and water supplies in response to what it alleges where ukrainian attacks on crimea. people in kiev have been warned the outages will last an indefinite amount of time. north korea firing more missiles saturday, raising tensions in the re

chris coons was there with his colleague saying we will deliver. and rob portman is leaving at the end of the year to your point. but i actually believe that, notwithstanding again comments that certain people have made, i believe there still is strong support on the hill for delivering the necessary resources to ukraine and i think you will not see these kinds of doomsday scenarios that the pursestrings will be pulled shut and it is over. i simply reject that. i do not think our analysis of where the members are in the house and the senate bear that out. and some of the strongest voices with respect to support for ukraine are on the republican side. some of the strongest on the democratic side. there will be an increasing number of voices that will raise questions about it will be a distinct minority. george: another question. the guy i thought i had called on last time, i am calling on him now. >> jonathan with fox and a term member. i'm curious mr. sullivan what lessons did he impart to you from henry kissinger and how he ran the national securi

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we are joined by delaware senator chris coons, as we know, a good friend of president biden. in. how do you think the democrats are faring? are they meeting expectations tonight? >> certainly. by historic standards we're having a strong night. typically a president in his first midterm loses 27 seats in the house and four seats in the senate, and from everything i'm seeing so far, close colleagues of mine, friends, incumbent democrats, are having a strong night. let's take two quick examples -- michael bennet in colorado, maggie hassan in new hampshire. both of them, their last elections two years ago were very close. michael bennett is going win by -- maggie has son won by a thousand votes, tonight, 60,000 votes. in both cases they ran on accomplishments they have had in the congress as democrats and they were able to win and win strongly. >> when you say record of accomplishments, what was the common denominator in the messaging? we have seen from linsey davis in the exit polls that every one of the races with the exception of very few, the economy and inflation are the top

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two weeks ago i traveled to ukraine with my colleague from across the aisle, senator chris coons. it was my tenth visit to ukraine since the first russian invasion in 2014 when they took crimea and parts of the donbas. it is my fourth visit since russia's war on ukraine which started in february of this year. while we were there, we were able to see how the u.s. and allied help is making a huge difference in ukraine's stunning battlefield successes. since my last visit just a couple of months ago. however, we also heard and saw firsthand the clear evidence of horrific crimes that russia continues to commit against the people of ukraine. across the front line, russia has suffered major setbacks at the hands of ukrainian soldiers, particularly here in the northeast where the ukrainians have taken over important strategic areas and also down here in the southern part of ukraine, southeast where the ukrainian troops have recently taken over almost all of this blue area right up to the river and actually taking the city of kherson. kherson is a really important city. unfortunately, vla