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the future and we've been making sure we're part of these very important diplomatic conversations that are happening. >> prior to the summit, canada made a significant upgrade to its support for the eastern facing nato nations as you know i was visiting estonia recently, leaders of those nations describe the threat of russia attacking nato in the east as very real. is that one reason that canada stepping up in support? do you consider that threat genuine? >> of course we consider that threat genuine. but not only that, jim, when nato calls, we answer. and so we agreed at the past nato summit in madrid last year that we would be bringing up many of the eastern flanks to bring grades. we wanted to make sure our presence in latvia was in
years of experience serving under different administrations. this is not a political fight that i think senator tuberville thinks that it is. >> another topic here. we just have the news that turkey has now agreed to back sweden's nato bid. it was a year ago at the nato summit in madrid that there was agreement then but since then turkey has been throwing up roadblocks there and earlier today there was some question as to whether turkey would come through. can you let us know exactly how this came to be, what agreements were made? was anything offered in return? >> well, thanks for the question. unfortunately i'm just hearing the news as you're reading it out to me so i'm not exactly sure if any arrangements or agreements had been made but we've been confident that sweden would be the 32nd country admitted to nato. so if there is a clear path and turkey has lifted its opposition to sweden joining nato, we certainly welcome that news. i just would mention that on
there's a reason i ask that, which is -- is he thinking of asking her to stand for nato secretary general? >> look, i can say the two leaders have a broad agenda that they will discuss on monday. they will review our efforts as nato allies and partners to strengthen trans atlantic security and bolster economic prosperity. discuss our unwavering support for ukraine in the wake of russia's brutal war of aggression and efforts to train ukrainian pilots on the fourth generation aircraft, including f-16s, so coordinate whether it's climate change, energy security, global issues, and so he's looking forward, the president i can say is looking forward to his conversation with her. they had a good conversation when they met in nato summit -- last year nato summit in madrid, he's looking forward to continuing that conversation.
identified by dna technology. griff: we are almost out of time but i have to ask you because there's republicans, there's a big debate over continued support. so for all the members of congress, what's at stake if ukraine loses? >> the latest nato summit in madrid has said very clearly the biggest real threat to the nato membership as well as to the u.s. in particular is russia. american taxpayers at the moment are paying 50 cent per day to hold back the evil empire that wants to destroy ukraine, wants to diminish nato and wants to resurrect the empire of evil across european continent. so there's not an option for us to fail. there's not -- it's in our common interest to continue to fight. we will do the fighting, give us the tools. give us the weapons.
borisjohnson peak, which was the third day of cop 26 in glasgow, just as all the world leaders went home. boris johnson's team were in their hotel and they were all quaffing champagne, apparently because they just felt that they'd had a whole series of victories. i wasn't in the hotel and then i went home, got a call saying on the today programme, tomorrow morning you're going to be talking about this owen patterson thing, which i hadn't heard about until that night. i think that's very astute. thank you so much. and then just another moment, not so much a turning point, but the bit where the skids properly kicked in. i remember when we got back, beth, from the trip to. we'd been at the nato summit in madrid. were you on that trip? no, because, remember,| you could only do one bit. the two by—election losses. and he had this press briefing where he got all the pack- in and being johnson and optimistic, he'd kind of gone, "well,
going to stop flowing. this newest package from the biden administration, nearly $3 billion, that's a huge amount of money. will there be a point, though, where the u.s. just cannot afford to send any more assistance? >> i can tell you what the president's committed to, and he said this loud and clear when he was at the nato summit in madrid, that the united states is going to continue to support ukraine for as long as it takes. and he meant every word of that. i won't get ahead of the announcements of future aid and assistance, but you understand that there are going to be future packages of aid and assistance coming from the united states, as well as from literally dozens of other countries, jake. there's been no sign of letup by the united states or any of our allies and partners in terms of finding new ways to provide security assistance to ukraine. we know that the clock is not on ukraine's side. we know the sense of urgency and we're going to continue to try to meet that. >> yesterday, you told cnn the biden administration has not yet come to any independent conclusion on who might have been responsible for that car bomb attack that killed darya dugina.
hearing about the fate of shinzo abe. relations were further strained even in the past couple of weeks with fumio kishida appearing to step up to strengthen ties with the u.s. in attending the nato summit in madrid. officials here took note of that. they were not pleased with that. they are seeing an impact on regional relations. again, all linked to what is expected to be a chinese move on taiwan. again, much of this is still reverberating across the region. as you say, leaders around the world are expressing their condolences. so many of those leaders had met shinzo abe, had relations with shinzo abe, and so the news is still sinking in. again, for the people in japan, to lose such a prominent figure in such a violent way is quite jarring. >> yeah. >> nbc's janis mackey frayer
arlette, obviously white house officials waking up to this news this morning, any reaction yet? >> reporter: so far no reaction from the white house, john. but president biden is wake up here at the white house this morning to this new news that one of the u.s.' closest allies, the leader of that country of the united kingdom, will be resigning. of course, boris johnson has been an especially key ally when it comes to the issue of russia and ukraine. now, yesterday, the white house declined to engage in these questions about the resignations that were taking place over in the british government as well as declined a way in on specifically those calls for boris johnson to resign as prime minister. president biden last saw johnson when he was traveling abroad last week for the g7 summit in germany and the nato summit in madrid. president biden has been working incredibly closely with johnson when it comes to russia and ukraine. trying to ensure that ukraine has the support that they need, but also trying to counter
breaking this morning. but yesterday white house press secretary karine jean-pierre simply saying that the white house is not going to weigh in on the political process of another country, but insisting that the u.s. and uk relationship remains strong. now, president biden last saw boris johnson when he was traveling in europe last week, in germany for the g7 summit. and then later the nato summit in madrid. and, of course, boris johnson has been a key and close ally for president biden, particularly when it comes to the issue of russia and ukraine. there have been areas where there has been some tensions, the two leaders have been at odds on things when it pertains to northern ireland and brexit, but when it comes down to the u.s. and uk response to russia and ukraine, the two leaders worked closely together to ensure that ukraine has the support that they need, but also trying to counter specifically