thank you so much for joining me. ukraine s president zelenskyy is looking for continued support in the war with russia. the leaders have responded, releasing a statement saying, quote, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. president biden is expected to have face-to-face talks with zelenskyy. in a significant win for ukraine, the u.s. has signalled it will now permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the w war-torn nation and support in the pilot training. western leaders are also weighing their options to confront china s increasing military power. cnn s phil mattingly is in hiroshima, japan. what do we expect could come from president biden s meeting with zelenskyy? reporter: it s interesting. this will be the first time they ve met in person since president biden s surprise visit to kyiv that was so symbolic in the moment, but also at the time, according to officials involved in that meeting, when the president arrived, very subst
the u.s. would be unable to pay its debt, a really catastrophic outcome the president wants to avoid. new details tied to senator dianne feinstein s health is prompting further concern among lawmakers. on thursday her office confirmed the california democrat experienced broader health complications following shingles, contradicting an earlier denial from the senator herself. a feinstein spokesperson said those complications included ramsay hunt syndrome and encephalitis. brian todd has details. reporter: senator dianne feinstein s positions on crucial committees, like the judiciary committee, select intelligence and appropriations panels remain
the president and will continue to be on the last day of his visit. phil, while for a very long time president biden has not seemed to endorse the idea of f-16s going to ukraine, he is now offering support. he says allies should do that. what has changed in his calculus? reporter: we asked the national security advisor jake sullivan about this earlier today. he said this wasn t so much a dramatic shift as it was complying with the necessarily of what ukraine needs in terms of its capabilities over the long term. this is actually a very similar almost analogous situation to the abrams tanks. president biden made clear for a very long period of time that ukraine did not need m1 tanks. they weren t going to sign off on this. then president biden signed off on it. it was supposed to be a longer
i still believe we ll be able to avoid a default and we ll get something decent done. there you hear from president biden, who has repeatedly called himself an optimist. the white house communications director released a statement basically slamming republicans for the state of negotiations, saying they were pushing the country to the brink of default and he accused them of holding the economy hostage. he also wrote in that statement that if republicans came back to the table and had good faith efforts, there was a viable path for a deal. still a little optimism there. but we know, of course, it is a long way for them to go. the republicans are also upset at the white house over the scale of spending cuts they believe the white house is not moving far enough on. this has loomed over the president s trip considerably these last few days. he ll be returning to d.c. here tomorrow. of course the x date is june 1st, potentially the first day
with zelenskyy? reporter: it s interesting. this will be the first time they ve met in person since president biden s surprise visit to kyiv that was so symbolic in the moment, but also at the time, according to officials involved in that meeting, when the president arrived, very substantive in terms of what types of defense capabilities ukraine was looking for, also how they view not just the battle space, but the actual diplomatic negotiations in the future. the president meeting this afternoon in a bilateral meeting with zelenskyy. this morning, all the g7 leaders will have a working session on ukraine as well. that was added late while president zelenskyy had been working on the possibility of coming to hiroshima over the last couple of weeks, it wasn t locked in into a couple of days