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The joint meeting of the two houses new dissolved. the house will continue in recess subject to the call of the chair. >> all right. the gavel has come down and the joint meeting is over. a rousing and inspiring speech from ukrainian president zelenskyy. he invoked history, he talked about -- he compared ukrainian soldiers in the winter in the donbas region fighting russians to american soldiers in 1944 during the battle of the bulge fighting the nazi, he quoted franklin delano roosevelt. he eve...

Point in the u.s. revolutionary war against the british. but also the battle of the -- 1940, 47 1944, a surprise attack by the germans with a far superior force, and ended up being the largest i think it was the deadliest single battle of world war ii for american forces in the entire conflict. and, it was the last major german initiative on the western, front because that fight was worth it. >> but he made the point they were there fighting like a soldiers are in december in the cold against --...

>> and we -- and we all are proud of them. the russians tactic is prim testify. they destroy everything they receive. they sent convicts to the war. they threw everything against us similar to the other tyranny, which is in the battle of the balch, threw everything it had against the free world just like the brave american soldiers which held their line and fought back hitlers forces during the christmas of 1944. brave ukrainian soldiers are doing the same to putins forces this christmas. [ appl...

>> martha: ukraines president says the turning point in the war is coming. he echoed the brave american battle against hitler at the battle of the bulge. >> just like the brave american soldiers which held their lines and fought back hitlers forces during the christmas of 1944. brave ukrainian soldiers are doing the same to putins forces this christmas. >> martha: president zelensky thanking the united states for billions of dollars in financial and military aid and saying that the money is "not...

A significant advantage in artillery. they have an advantage in ammunition. they have much more missiles and planes than we ever had. and it is true. but our defense forces stand. >> [applause] >> and we all are proud of them. the russian --s primitive. they burned down and destroy everything they see. they sent -- to the front lines. they send convicts to the war. they threw everything against us, similar to the other tyranny, which is in the battle of the bulge. through everything, again, the ...

Through everything the free world. just like the brave american soldiers which held their lines and fought back hitlers forces during the christmas of 1944. brave ukrainian soldiers are doing the same to putins forces this christmas. ukraine holds its lines and will never surrender. here in the front lines, the tyranny, which has no lack of

Churchill in some ways. we will never surrender take a listen. >> just like the brave american soldiers which held their lines and fought back hitlers forces during the christmas of 1944, brave ukrainian sol engineers are doing the same to putins forces this christmas. >> speaking of, the battle of the bulge and comparing ukrainian forces up against russia as the american forces that horrible winter up against the nazi onslaught. >> yes, one of the interesting things about this conflict has been...

It looks like they are going to get it done. >> ryan nobles on capitol hill, thank you so much. theres new reaction this morning to the historic visit of ukraines president zelenskyy to washington where he thanked president biden, congress, the american people for their support so far. he asked for more help from the u.s. in ukraines battle against russia. he met with biden at the white house after returning from visiting the front lines of the bat until eastern ukraine. zelenskyy went to capi...

Mr. zelenskyy and president biden emphasized their relationship and vowed victory over putin. >> hes going to fail. hes already failed because he now knows theres no way hes ever going to occupy all of ukraine. theres no way in which he is going to be accepted by the ukrainian people and so hes failed in the past and its very important for him and everyone else to see president zelenskyy and i are united two countries together to make sure he cannot succeed. >> they threw everything against us s...

>> we are not cheating we are allocating. here is the thing you may not know. it was written in 1944. but if you look at this today and say this looks a lot like a little date rape my heart went out to the woman she says no six times. what does he do he tries to bribe her with alcohol and tobacco. >> cheater. >> if i could just finish if you dont want to do it for the girl of the lady but then do it for mom and dad she said dad is pacing the living room and is pacing worried about