volodymyr zelenskyy is getting another multi-million dollar package as they meet at the summit and the fighting on the ground continues. there s nothing on this. solemn words from president zelenskyy. he says the city is in ruins. plus no breakthrough in the debt ceiling talks yet, but president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are expected to talk ahead. and voters are going to the polls in greece. we ll go live to athens for the latest. and we begin with a busy day in japan as the u.s. says it will provide ukraine with another $375 million in military aid ahead of that country s expected counteroffensive against russia. u.s. president joe biden made the announcement as he met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in the final hours of that g7 summit in hiroshima, japan. have a listen. today i m announcing the next package to ukraine, a pack thaj that includes more artillery and munitions. mr. president, what you ve achieved is a matter for the entir
after talks in brussels. at the same summit, leaders agreed to open membership talks with ukraine and moldova and to grant candidate status to the country of georgia. all three nations have been pushing to join the alliance. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, called the decision a victory for ukraine . the president of the european council charles michel said age talks would continue next year. he said important progress had been achieved at the summit. tonight we sent a very achieved at the summit. tonight we sent a very powerful - achieved at the summit. tonight we sent a very powerful signal i we sent a very powerful signal to the european citizens, a very powerful signal to the ukrainian citizens because we have decided to grant status to georgia to open negotiations with ukraine, and with moldova to make a very important step with bosnia and herzegovina, because we will open the decisions and a report will be issued by the commission in the coming weeks to make
with real questions and answers. not scripted. peter: no big kickoff rally today. so far all we have got is this very short teaser ad. courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. peter: as usual, white house officials say they don t want to weigh in on elections because of the hatch act. but they are happy to speak about ron desantis florida. lawmakers, republicans in florida, have attacked diversity. they have an attacked inclusion efforts. they have limited the teaching of black history. and they have launched attacks on the lgbtq youth, immigrants, educators and women s reproductive freedom that s what you have seen from lawmakers in florida. desantis is not clearing the feecialtiond the primary field of other trump challengers. glenn youngkin, rumored to be considering a run. his top staffer says glenn youngkin is focused on virginia. anyone who anonymously says otherwise probably isn t as close to the governor as they wan
progressive democrats will get their chance to sound off at a news conference later this hour. the chair woman threatening repercussions far from washington if president biden gives in to gop demands for spending cuts. i think it would be a huge backlash from our entire house democratic, you know, caucus, progressives, but also in the streets. sandra: and the dow did take a hit over a lack of progress on those debt talks. here you have it, down for the entire session at the moment off 200 points as we head into the last couple hours of trading, we ll be watching it. welcome back. john: the dow goes down, the dow goes up. let s hope. sandra: i knew that was coming. john: america reports rolls into a second hour. john roberts in washington. a lot of heads, sandra. sandra: sandra smith in new york. john: larry kudlow with his take in a few minutes, but begin with the fox news alert. my name is yolanda. [gunfire] stay down and get down. john: brand-new video
it s come on the final day of the g7 summit of world leaders in hiroshima. president zelensky s surprise appearance has dominated the g7 meeting. he s taken part in the so called family photo with leaders of the world s most powerful democracies. it s part of a multi day diplomatic tour to solidify support for an expected spring counter offensive against russia. president zelensky also had bilateral talks with president biden. take a listen. today, i m announcing the next tranche of us security assistance to ukraine. a package that includes more ammunition, artillery, armoured vehicles to bolster ukraine s battlefield abilities. and the united states continues to help ukraine respond, recover and rebuild. and we re also supporting your pursuit of a just peace. just one aspect of ukraine s sovereignty and territorial integrity. it has to be non negotiable. itjust has to happen. so, mr president, what the people of ukraine are defending, what you ve achieved is a matter for the