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about this moment, hearing from president biden noting the frustration that president zelenskyy has publicly been discussing over their paths to nato, and also hearing president biden say talking about the resilience of the ukrainian people that they set an example to the world of about what courage means and zelenskyy speaking to the american people saying you have to know that the money that you re spending is not just for fighting. you re spending this money for our lives. an important moment could be an iconic image, an enduring image of the show of support and solidarity with ukraine as they continue to fight with this war. let me bring in arlette saenz traveling with the president in lithuania. that was pretty amazing what we saw and the extent of which the leaders let us hear the conversation. yeah, it really was, kate and it shows the type of unit that
sunlight to bring out of them that which god put in them. we are not doing that. we are failing these kids spectacularly and this unholy alliance with the democrats and teachers unions drives me nuts. why have we allowed that to continue? you said it beautifully, sean. one thing we have to do is define merit. what does merit mean? you said it really well. it means a system where everyone, no matter who they are, can achieve their own god-given potential. some on sports field where we don t apply race-based preferences. some in the classroom. sum and music. whatever their god-given potential is to achieve that without any human bin standing in their way. that s what a meritocracy is. that is what america was founded on. a big problem starts with the department of education at the federal level. what did biden say today? as soon as the decision came down he said he would direct the department of education to find alternatives. that s why a said that as u.s.
highly dynamic. i think there could be a lot of new developments that will be taking place. so i don t think the tlaet threat to putin s rule is by any means over at this point. john brennan, thank you so much. your experience is invaluable to us. we really appreciate it. thank you. thank you. and we just heard president biden say that he and president zelenskyy will be speaking again either later today or early tomorrow after sunday s call that they had concerning the situation in russia and the impact on the war in ukraine and importantly on the counteroffensive. they also talked about the upcoming nato summit two weeks from now in lithuania which zelenskyy said he will not be attending if he s still being blocked from early admission to nato. on the battlefield ukraine s counteroffensive has been meeting stiff russian resistance. in some places three layers deep i m told. but the deputy defense minister of ukraine says ukraine has regained roughly 50 square miles of land so fa