blunder. hundreds of thousands of students have disappeared from u.s. classrooms. so where did they go? we re on the stories throughout the hour. but first watch here. president biden: i thought it was critical there not be any doubt, none whatsoever, about u.s. support for ukraine in their war against the brutal attack by russia. the sacrifices have been far too gr great. we mourn alongside the families of those who have been lost to the brutal and unjust war. dana: president biden vowing solidarity with ukraine as he makes a dramatic visit to kiev meeting with president zelensky in a major show of support for the fight against russia. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: good morning. hope you had a good weekend. dana: not bad. bill: i m bill hemmer, good morning. to today s unannounced visit. biden spent five hours on the ground in ukraine announcing additional half billion in u.s. aid. florida governor ron desant
to today s unannounced visit. biden spent five hours on the ground in ukraine announcing additional half billion in u.s. aid. florida governor ron desantis, potential contender saying earlier russia s military is much weaker than feared and making president biden s open checkbook policy for ukraine unnecessary. i think it s important to point out the fear of russia going into nato countries and all that and steam rolling. that is not even come close to happening. they ve shown themselves to be a third rate military power and suffered tremendous losses. dana: peter doocy live in warsaw, poland this morning. evening for you. hello, peter. i was a little distracted seeing you with a new baby at home and now you are in poland. good morning. yes, i can t wait to tell my
baby about president biden s surprise trip to eastern europe. dana, we re getting new details about how exactly president biden got into a war zone in a country where there is no u.s. military presence. traveling party accompanying the president was extremely small as well consisting basically of a handful of closest aides. small medical team and security package. he took a train from poland, according to the new york times. as he walked the streets of kiev you can hear it now air raid sirens were wailing warning of possible incoming even though we can now report the u.s. gave russia a heads-up about this visit. president biden: freedom is priceless. it is worth fighting for for as long as it takes. and that s how long we ll be with you, mr. president. for as long as it takes.
bill: those comments before you woke up earlier today. president biden in an unannounced visit to ukraine meeting with zelensky as russia s unprovoked war marks the one year mark later this week. general jack keane is here to talk about this. he pledged $5 hundred million in u.s. assistance coming up on the one year mark. putin doesn t look like he is backing down at all, general. will we be sitting here a year from now marking the moment for the war entering year number three? i think that s likely. part of the reason for that has to do with the administration because zelensky has been asking for advanced weapons for some time going all the way back to last year and we slow roll these weapons and provide them piecemeal to them out of the mistaken belief that each weapon would force putin to escalate with the threat of nuclear
while there in the capital president biden signed a guest book and then he got out the checkbook announcing a half billion dollars in new security aid. no f-16s at this point like zelensky wants but not diminishing talk about zelensky is describing in historic terms. the most important visit in the history of ukraine/u.s. relationship. this is the visit in those most difficult peered for ukraine when ukraine is fighting for a road and the liberties of the world. he is also saying it will be a world war if china winds up helping russia in this war effort. that is something the top diplomats in the u.s. are warning about. we do expect to see president biden at some point today here in warsaw. we just don t know exactly when