and that obviously will change conversations we're going to have both in nato and in the e.u. i would remind you that -- >> bill: i apologize for the interruption. here is the president. >> president biden: president zelenskyy of ukraine and i told him as i have every time we have spoken the united states stands with the people of ukraine and their bravery as they bravely fight to defend their country and they are doing that. as putin continues his merciless assault the united states and allies and partners continue to work in lock step to ramp up the economic pressures on putin and to further isolate russia in the global stage. later today together with other nato allies and the g-7 canada, france, germany, italy, japan, united kingdom as well as the european union we'll announce several new steps to squeeze putin and hold him more accountable for his aggression against ukraine. i want to speak to a few of those points today. first, each of our nations is