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even as the threat of a north korea missile test looms during this visit. all this is a balancing act as russia's war in ukraine hangs over the white house. today in another public show of support, the president met with leaders of finland and sweden as they pushed to join nato, a historic step as more countries unite against russia and condemn its invasion. the big question here is can turkey get on board? we are following all the headlines out of ukraine and the state of play there. first, let's start at the white house and we are joined now. arlette, tell us more about the preside...

night. the marquee race clearly is this one in pennsylvania in the keystone swing state of pennsylvania. you have dr. oz versusday mccormick versus kathy barnett. the top three on the gop side to replace senator pat toomey who is retiring. many scratched their heads over how the pennsylvania gop party oversaw this whole thing and why they would have allowed it to become a battle, a three-way battle. they each have 20% in the layest polls. now it's down to the wire on the gop side. early on, a big battle for the nod from the former president. that went to dr. oz. that was a move that ...

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ukraine. jim? >> anderson, thanks so much. this is "cnn tonight." i'm jim sciutto live from lviv in ukraine, along with the great laura coates in the u.s. the pentagon says tens of thousands of russian troops have now amassed in eastern ukraine. one of putin's commanders claims their new goal is to take full control of not just the donbas region in the east but southern ukraine to provide a land corridor to crimea and perhaps go further. still, president zelenskyy expressed hope and defiance tonight. >> translator: we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition ...

right? he's going to keep pushing, but it's also not clear, don that russian forces are capable of achieving what putin wants and certainly not quickly and that adds up to sort of a depressing conclusion and that is that this war could drag on for some time, with a lot more fighting, a lot more bombing, sadly, a lot more civilian casualties, and really a world war ii-like battle in the east. this has the potential for a long, hard, and deadly slog. >> jim sciutto, see you get some rest. thank you for your coverage. this is "don lemon tonight" and we have new video which shows the bru...