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Hill to deliver an address to u.s. lawmakers. i just want you to take a listen to what nes spokesperson john kirby said on our air this morning about the overall purpose and timing of this visit. >> the president really believed that as we approach winter, as we enter clearly and have been in a sort of a new phase in this war, mr. putins aggression, that this was a good time for the two leaders to sit down face-to-face and talk about not only what the united states is doing now and will continue...

Terrorism, and -- therefore, you know, have the united states phase out those sanctions in order to incentivize russia to do that. theres a lot of questions swirls about whether president zelenskyy, when he comes to congress tonight, will endorse this idea. lawmakers are waiting, and nancy pelosi in particular is waiting to see whether he does that. if she does, were told this could be introduced by her as a stand-alone bill and russia could be designated as this aggressor state. >> tasha, great...

For president zelenskyy to visit washington, visit the white house now. >> theres a lot going on in the war in ukraine obviously. and we are in a new phase, if you will. the winter is coming, air defense capabilities are now the most important capability that ukraine needs and must have to help defend itself. so the president believed as we approach winter, as we enter clearly and have been in sort of a new phase in this war, mr. putins aggression, that he believed this was a good time for the t...

Particular time? enormously significant. its the - particular time? enormously significant. its the first i particular time? enormously i significant. its the first foreign trip hes — significant. its the first foreign trip hes done since the war began and not _ trip hes done since the war began and not only is that a sign of how confident— and not only is that a sign of how confident he feels, security and a physical— confident he feels, security and a physical sense, he is not worried ab...

Aggression, and i should point out, that is a shared goal by president biden. he too has been trying to rally international partners to continue supporting ukrainian efforts and to that end we know that he will be unveiling a new aid package that amounts to some $1.8 billion, of course, going to include the patriot missile system incredibly sophisticated and ukrainians have been asking for for so long and i think we cant overstate just what a pivotal moment in the war this visit is coming on. u....

President zelenskyy, in person, might ask president biden for. u.s. officials have said that we are appears to enter a new phase of this war. heres john kirby talking about this this morning. >> the capabilities we have been providing have evolved over time. when it first started we are talking about the javelin anti-tank missile, now air defense, because the war has changed and the weighed ukrainians have been attacked have changed. air defense is of prime importance. well see where it goes goi...

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Choose to do this? >> one thing ive been struck by is they keep saying new phase of this war. john kirby from the national security council was saying that to us this morning. you heard president zelenskyy saying that earlier today as well. saying, essentially, this war is far from over and were essentially bracing people for that. but it raises questions of how does it end. and they keep talking about just a just piece. john kirby said earlier that something that zelenskyy wants here. but it wa...

Starving people, cutting them off from one another. its the latest example of the outrageous atrocities that the russian forces are committing against innocent ukrainian civilians, children and their families. the united states is working together to provide critical equipment to make emergency repairs to their power transmission systems and strengthen the stability of ukrainians grid in the phase of russias targeted attacks. were working to hold russia accountable to make it easier to seek just...

Checkbook necessarily. ambassador volker, are we closer to a semblance of an end to this war? >> well, first off, lets dive in on the money for a second because the administrations request was $38 billion to congress for additional support for ukraine and it was congress on a bipartisan basis, republicans and democrats who increased that to 45 billion for ukraine because they saw the rate at which we are using those resources already. and i think its appropriate that there not be a plank check f...