intervention in ukraine and suggested that putin be reinstated as a g7 leader. jeremy diamond is joining me right now. what more are you hearing? >> that's right, fredricka, multiple sources are now telling cnn that the president is seriously considering blocking that $250 million in military aid to ukraine. this was aid that was previously approved by congress for this fiscal year and the trump administration has now placed that aid under review, and if it doesn't go forward with approving that aid in the coming weeks effectively, that aid will be blocked and will not go to ukraine. one source is telling us that the white house has already begun to notify relevant agencies and congressional committees about its intentions to block that aid, but the source is stressing that the president hasn't yet made a final decision. as you mentioned, all of this comes on the heels of the president suggesting that he would like to re-include russia into the g8, which is currently the g7, following russia's