of attrition or a grinding stalemate prevails and zelenskyy knows he is going to have to push hard to get even more weapons and even more support if he wants to be able to kind of push this over the edge so to speak, and he also knows that s going to be a challenge, that there are changes happening next month in congress, and so that s why he s there, to deliver that message not just to president biden, not just to the house and the senate, but also, i think, to the american people to make that appeal on a personal level, and in doing so by the way, he is also sending a very bold message to the west in terms of, look. we are united. we are staying the course here, and also to president putin who just earlier this week left the country to visit belarus, and what a stark contrast that is, victor, to see president putin sitting there in freezing cold
when republicans take over the chamber next year, and now these transcripts are really going to be a key piece of evidence in the hands not only of prosecutor, but also defense attorneys, journalists, and hist historians. cnn has learned that that special counsel jack smith has actually sent a letter to the committee asking for all the evidence that it has collected. the committee has been sharing some of that, and going forward, even trump s attorneys, they want to see these transcripts too. as they said, they conducted approximately a thousand interviews. they will release hundreds of transcripts and it s interesting which ones get released. we re all standing by. paula, thank you. top of the hour on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor blackwell. right now, president biden and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy are meeting at the white house. this is zelenskyy s first overseas trip since russia invaded ukraine. he said he made the trip to
and nato was helping to build in ukraine. cruise missiles, drones, and of course, aircraft. the u.s. resisted this for months. should they have handed this over, or given support before now? in retrospect, you have to say yes, but of course, we don t really know, you know, how we we didn t know at the time how good ukrainians would be at fighting this, and you don t need to fight something into this in the mix when it s going to be lost. the ukrainians have proven they cannot only win, but they can hold onto the things that we give them. mr. ambassador, we saw president biden and president zelenskyy in the oval office a few minutes ago. they will be back at 4:30 eastern to take questions from the press. take us inside the rooms and the conversations that are happening now. what are they discussing? what does each side want to know from the other? well, they re going to be discussing the course of the war. i mean, this is the first time that the president that both president
question, and as you heard just now from the ambassador, real questions about how does this end, to what extent does the u.s. go? there will be tough conversations had behind closed doors, even if in front of the cameras, you will see a lot of displays of solidarity, unity, and partnership going forward. and we ll see that solidarity, unity, and partnership i assume in the next hour when president biden, president zelenskyy take questions from the media. clarissa ward, colonel layton, ambassador dalder, thank you. as the supreme court weighs the restriction of title 42, cities along the border continue to face a major humanitarian crisis. the mayor of el paso, texas joins me next. plus, it s crunch time on capitol hill. congress still has to vote to keep the government open before friday s deadline. can they get it done before lawmakers leave for christmas? . good thing gertrude found delsym.
as president. unlike any other person in our country, or, in fact, in the world, and up until president trump, all of our presidents have, in fact, from ford moving forward, released their tax returns, and they were subject to enormous scrutiny from nonprofits sous as well as special interest groups which we ll not see from this president. former president trump said for a long time, he was under audit, we know now, at least through the irs, that program was not happening. delegate stacey plaskett, thank you for being with mes. in just minutes, president biden and president zelenskyy will hold a joint press conference from the white house. to a joint congress. we have much more on the historic visit, ahead. s going ? where s regina? hi, i m ladonna. i invest in invesco o qqq, a fund t that gives me access to the nasdaq-100 innovations,