every single day what the meaning of the word courage is. freedom is priceless. it s worth fighting for. for as long as it takes and that s how long we re going to be with you, mr. president. the white house did tell russia hours earlier that president biden would be there. officials said mr. biden wanted to deliver a powerful message of u.s. support for ukraine just days before the first anniversary of the war. the president deciding on friday that traveling there was a manageable level of security risk. the visit coming after vice president harris accused russia in munich this weekend of crimes against humanity. later speaking with me exclusively about it. the legal significance of that as a former prosecutor, well, the significance is that we have made a formal declaration. it s very important that the united states speaks truth, difficult though it may be for some to hear. and former president carter surrounded by family after the 98-year-old s decision to begin hom
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of the american people. there is huge pressure to get this done because president biden is off to japan tomorrow. he was then due to go to australia and papua new guinea, but now has cut short that trip in order to get this over the line, and i did ask mccarthy and mcconnell if they put pressure on mr biden to cut short that trip and if, therefore, the us was neglecting its foreign obligations because they just can t find a solution. they do not answer the question, but mr mccarthy did say it is up to the president as to what he wants to do with his schedule. there are still some sticking points to get through with the negotiations, but bear in mind when they do reach a compromise that will probably take a week for it to get through congress, so time is ticking for the congressional leaders to get this through. nomia iqbal in washington. former uk prime minister liz truss is in taiwan for a five day visit. the former leader made a personal plea for her successor, rishi sunak, to brand
it s in neither side s interest for china to take this on, supporting this rotten regime in moscow. i asked the administration official last week whether they had even reached out and tried to ask mccarthy not to go to china, to taiwan, and the answer was if we couldn t stop nancy pelosi from going, what makes you think we could even bother to ask mccarthy not to go at this delicate time? but then the situation with china right now is so fraught and we re in this you know, terrible situation with russia. the president in the middle of this going without any kind of military support into a war zone is pretty amazing so i did want to ask you about that, also. just what that means. my own sense is he really wanted to go face-to-face, eye to eye, with zelenskyy and talk to him about his needs.