head back because it s what five or six, seven in the morning there, and our teams are going to continue working. now, we have had a packed few days here at hiroshima and you think we have had productive meetings at the g7 summit. we also held the quad meeting in hiroshima rather than australia and important bilateral discussions with prime minister kishida of japan, prime minister albanese of australia and president zelenskyy of ukraine as well as the prime minister of india. this is my third trip to the indo-pacific as president and i look forward to rescheduling my stops in papa new guinea and australia later. i have spoken with the prime minister of papa new guinea and secretary blinken is traveling there to meet with the pacific islander partners and yi am goig to be hosting the leaders of the pacific islander forum in washington this fall because i won t be able to make it to papua new guinea. and prime minister albanese, we will have a state visit later this year. i al
f-16s, fourth generation fighter bombers to the ukrainian war effort because they are a strategic weapon and would prance help to keep in a future dispensation russian troops out of ukrainian territory permanently. that s essentially what the u.s. president was saying they were intended for as well as the nearer-term combat operations they might be useful, not in the summer offensive which could come far too soon for the training ar supply of these aircraft to come through. sam kiley, thank you let s talk with aaron david millers as well. aaron, you know, this, obviously, was hugely consequential this g7 summit, especially when it comes to ukraine and china. what were the biggest takeaways for you especially when we saw the g7 leaders showing their resolve when it comes to supporting ukraine for the long haul and, obviously, it was
back a sense of normalcy, taking the temperature town and yet the former president is far and away way the leading con tenor to be the republican nominee in 2024. congress now dwaded after the midterm elections is once again doing what congressing do over the course of the last decade and raises real questions about whether or not the u.s. is moving in a different direction than where it was perhaps for the four years that led to events that looks to foreign leaders like completely polar opposite what they would ever kpkt the united states to operate like as, or whether or not this has become kind of the new norm. and i think all of that feeds into it, guys, and i think there is a broader concern despite the fact this was screwed as a successful g7 summit. phil, aaron, lynn, thank you, sam kylie in ukraine as well.
isn t selling arms to syria. secretary of state, clton, says the evidence is clear. vladimir putin isn t telling the truth. the job report for just a moment. we will begin this hour with dangerous weather here in washington and along the mid-atlantic coast. you see it there down to the carolinas. right this minute, things are especially bad right here in the district of columbia, maryland and northern virginia. highways are choked, airport delays, excuse me, are building up. the storms couldn t have hit at a worse time. friday afternoon, lawmakers rush to get out of town and the tourists were in. chad meyers standing by. chad shall getting better or worse. depends on where you are, john. getting worse for people in the south side of baltimore. right here, to the south of town, a tornado warning. that storm has been on the ground with that warning since buoy, maryland. at least 20 miles have seen a little bit of damage with the cell. here is washington, d.c. the square rig