Ukraines President Zelensky has thanked Joe Biden and the us congress for a new military Aid Package Worth more than Eight Billion dollars. But its still not clear if Mr Zelensky s trip to the White House will help him get the green light to fire us made long range missiles into russia. Hes also facing another issue in the united states increasingly chilly relations with the republican party. Its candidate for the White House, Donald Trump, has accused Mr Zelensky of refusing to do a increasingly chilly relations with the republican party. Its candidate for the White House, Donald Trump, has accused Mr Zelensky of refusing to do a deal with moscow and has also once again questioned why the us is giving billions of dollars in aid to ukraine. And House Speaker Mikejohnson has accused Ukraines Ambassador In Washington Of Organising what he called a partisan Campaign Event to help the democrats. Lets speak to michael clarke, professor in the department of war studies, Kings College london.
of presidential elections, when i met you in 2016 you accurately predicted that donald trump would win. 0h, accurately predicted that donald trump would win. oh, i think we ve actually lost. are you still there professor? asked me again, you kept me waiting so long that other people are coming in. i people are coming in. i apologise but i have one more question for you. i met you in 2016 if you accurately predicted about this time last last year that year, if you look at your keys now, are you predicting it for mr trump or mr biden? i predicting it for mr trump or mr biden? predicting it for mr trump or mr biden? i have not made a final prediction. mr biden? i have not made a final prediction. but - mr biden? i have not made a final prediction. but i - mr biden? i have not made a final prediction. but i have i final prediction. but i have said a lot would have to go wrong for biden to lose this election. a lot would have to go wrong for biden to lose this election. it c
officials have been saying that this is really about the president going into a conversation where one of diplomacy is still top of the line for him. still the best way this administration thinks of handling our relationship with russia. one thing of course that is going to be on our agenda is russia s actions towards ukraine. white house officials, as well as biden ministration s traditional s have said over and over again, that the loyalty and they are backing of ukraine s unshakable. that is something that will be sort of locked in. that being said, the big question is what, does that mean for the relationship and the actions that russia has been taking towards ukraine? but we have seen a sort of military buildup there. my sense is that the biden administration does not want to say there would be american troops deployed, but there would possibly be a threat of sanctions being done. so i think that is going to be a top-of-the-line thing there. of course there s all sorts of other is
weisselberg. her lawyer tells us she met with prosecutors again on friday. she s been meeting with them multiple times over the past several months. a source familiar with the investigation says that the investigation into weisselberg is advanced and a decision about whether to charge him could come as soon as next month. the big question is what, if anything, this could possibly mean for the former president, how much of this is likely to hinge on whether weisselberg, if he s indicted, cooperates with prosecutors if in fact he has anything to cooperate about. yeah. this is the big question still, whether prosecutors have enough evidence in this investigation to bring a case against the company or the former president. and that s why there s so much attention on allen weisselberg. prosecutors have the tax returns and a mountain of records and paper evidence. but someone like allen weisselberg who s been there for 40 years could provide information about the intention behind certain
yovanovitch. what effect do you think that has on other witnesses willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing? well, it s very intimidating. reporter: the big question is what, if anything, republicans will do about it? the one house gop member said he was alarmed by the attempt to link military aid to political dirt. the president the united states shouldn t in the original phone call be on the phone with another country and raise his political opponent so this is not okay. reporter: they are considering asking ron johnson about what he knows about the president s actions. johnson discussed the matter with the president said the entire issue should not have been exposed. having this all come out into public has weakened that relationship, has exposed things that didn t need to be exposed. and also hanging over the president is a medical mystery as white house officials are not offering any details about mr. trump s sudden trip to walter reed hospital over the weeke