alliance. the white house hoping the nato expansion will send a message to russia. rumors of the death of nato s unity were greatly exaggerated. vladimir putin has been counting on the west to crack, nato to crack, the transatlantic alliance to crack. he has been disappointing at every turn. reporter: president biden skipped a leaders dinner at the presidential palace here this evening, sending jait antony blinken in his place instead. this is the third time at one of these large summits where the president has either left a dinner early or skipped it entirely. the white house explains the president was taking time to prepare for a major speech here in vilnius tomorrow, as well as that final day of the summit. he will then head on to helsinki for his final leg of the trip. arlette saenz live in vilnius, thank you so much. let s move to ukraine for reaction and how it may impact the carrying out of the war. cnn senior national security
the definition of white nationalism and we ve seen that, particularly from republicans. they ve refused to confront the true definition of christian nationalism and its impact on american politics. we ve seen that with white supremacy, white nationalism. if you won t accept the defi definition, you can t take the next step as to really being honest about its impact in society, its impact in politics, and the fact that people like donald trump have curried favor with white nationalists. and that s part of the coalition he built that helped him become president. if you don t want to confront those realities, then perhaps you refuse to even accept the definition. and jeff zeleny, to people watching around the united states and the world, senate protocol, senate privileges, the right of one senator to hold up everything might seem absurd. but you heard manu put it that senator mcconnell thinks this is a bad idea. leader mcconnell, tuberville
to meet democratic reforms. i can t put a timetable on it. this is about the substance of democratic and security sector reforms and getting those right. and of course, that in many ways turns on the particular steps that are taken. reporter: the president walking a diplomatic tightrope on ukraine, while at the same time celebrating sweden s expected acceptance into nato, a move turkey was blocking. i hope we can make it even stronger. reporter: a victory for biden and his allies, resulting from months-long behind-the-scenes work. made all more historic by the agreement reached yesterday reporter: only achieved, cnn learned, after a critical diplomatic effort centered around a pair of old senate colleagues brokering a tenuous deal on selling f-16 fighter jets to turkey. in turn, turkey stood aside and sweden expected to ascend to the
the ukrainian battle flag reporter: seeking a clear roadmap for his country to join nato. translator: i would like the summit to become a total assurance of the decisions that we deserve. nato will give ukraine security. ukraine will make nato stronger. reporter: nato secretary-general proposing a simplified entry process for ukraine, but a communique from nato allies tonight falls short of offering zelenskyy any timeline to enter the alliance. we will issue an invitation for ukraine to join nato when allies agree and conditions are met. reporter: zelenskyy put nato allies on blast in a tweet, stating, it s unprecedented and absurd when time frame is not set. neither for the invitation nor for ukraine s membership. uncertainty is weakness. president biden came into the summit saying ukraine was not ready to join nato, as russia s war rages on. and said the country still needs
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