we re about 21 minutes past the hour. and we are watching an unfolding situation in ukraine. where russia is continuing its invasion. we re told that ukrainians are actively fighting in the streets. president biden is scheduled to meet with his national security team later this morning for an update on the situation. in eastern europe. and we ve got more from the region coming up throughout the morning. so stay with cnn. now, some historic news from the nation s capital. president biden making history by nominating judge ketanji brown jackson as his first supreme court pick. and if confirmed judge brown will be the first black woman to sit on the nation s highest court. she s currently on d.c. s federal appellate court and considered the front-runner for the vacancy since justice stephen breyer announced he s retiring. president is facing pushback from some gop members.
continues to monitor the unfolding attacks by russia on ukraine. later this morning, he and vice president kamala harris will be speaking with members of their national security team, as they continue to receive those updates. but they ve really been receiving on a daily basis. now, while the president is here in wilmiwilmington, delaware, h access to all of the secure capabilities to be able to hold these types of calls with his top officials as he looks to gain more information. now, yesterday, president biden spent about 40 minutes on the phone with ukrainian president zelenskyy. and one thing that the president did during that call, according to the white house, is really commend the ukrainians for their efforts amid the bombardments and attacks. one other thing that the zelenskyy side said they had talked about concrete defense assistance. and late last night, the white house announced that president biden had authorized the state department to release about $350 million worth of
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who are unvaccinated. dr. anthony fauci comparing it to a war. we will win this war with this virus. we know what public health mitigations work. we have just got to hang in there. we can t give up. reporter: with christmas and new year s eve approaching the tsa expects more than 20 million americans to fly between december 23rd and january 3rd and there are concerns that holiday travel will super charge a spread. if you re wondering about holiday get together, this doctor has advice on what family and friends should do so they can celebrate without worries. get tests for your house and use testing before you meet with other people this holiday season. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. president biden is preparing to address the covid crisis in a speech on tuesday. let s get to white house reporter jasmine wright, traveling with president biden in wilmington, delaware. what are we expecting to hear
here s the president. there s nothing in any of these pieces of legislation that s radical, that is unreasonable. and president biden in wilmington, delaware, this weekend, we re not sure exactly when he is returning to the white house. however he s going to michigan as i mentioned on tuesday. several other stops expected over the weeks and possibly months, depends on how long this takes to get through congress, but right now it s deadlocked. eric? eric: the moderates and progressives on both sides, david, thank you. arthel? arthel: as that stalemate grinds on, could there be compromise on the horizon? progressives are indicating they may be open to loring the price tag on lowering the price tag on the infrastructure bill. what the president has said is there s going to have to be some give and take. i think that s right. the 6 trillion dollars i originally proposed was probably too little. 3 1/2 trillion should be a minimum, but i accept that