any moment now we expect to see president biden welcome one of america s strongest nato allies to the white house. the meeting is russia s invasion of ukraine is just beyond the one-year mark. the pentagon has announced another $400 million aid package for kyiv. phil mattingly is live. we ll start with you and what you know about the president s meeting with chancellor schultz. it s a critical meeting and sounds like something with of meeting when it pertains to this war with the allies and alliance that s been together. it stead very fast. there is probably no more critical leader at this point than chancellor schultz. this is a relationship. the two leaders get along quite well. no staff component between the two leaders who have been critical to an alliance that has produced a significant evolution in terms of the types of weapons, the capabilities that they provided over the course of the year. there have been points where the germans haven t gone as far and throughou
well. no staff component between the two leaders who have been critical to an alliance that has produced a significant evolution in terms of the types of weapons, the capabilities that they provided over the course of the year. there have been points where the germans haven t gone as far and throughout there has been one through line and that s been president biden s efforts to maintain the unity that has kind of been so steadfast. that is included when it came to providing leopard tanks. the president, even though he was initially against it, said he would be willing to provide ta tanks on the u.s. side. when you talk to officials in the leadup to this meetings, the coordination and what it means for the europeans and nato allies going forward is critical, essential. if you take a look at the aid pact released today by the u.s. has inside of it, it not major