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♪ ♪ good morning. im kristen fisher. >> im jim sciutto. joe biden is meet virtually with g7 leaders and the ukrainian president as the world marks one year since russias full-scale invasion of ukraine. the u.s. has pledged another $2 billion in aid to the country and announced new sanctions against russians, and the people who help them around the world, particularly procuring weapons for that invasion. defense secretary lloyd austin vows the u.s. will stand by ukraine, using a p...

Right now. do you disagree? >> well, everything we give them, almost everything were giving them now was viewed at once not necessary or escalatory. so tanks are a good example. that debate over tanks was finally ended, but because of that delay, i dont think the first abrams will get to ukraine before 2024. the same thing will be said in the future for f-16s or the longer range weaponry. we stalled himars, and then they changed the course of the war to a large extent. they pushed the russian fo...