ukraine s first lady in a speech to congress detailing the suffering caused by russia s invasion and causing for more aid to defeat the enemy. translator: you help us and your help is very strong while russia kills, america saves. i appeal to all of you on behalf of those who were killed, on behalf of those people who lost their arms and legs. i am asking for weapons. weapons that would not be used to wage a war on somebody else s land but to protect one s home and the right to wake up alive in that home. the comments follow new revelations from the white house that putin s army is planning to tighten its grip over eastern ukraine by annexing the donbas region and the territories surrounding the crimean peninsula, fortifying their position away from the port city of odesa. at the start of the year, russia told the world it was not planning to invade ukraine. now we are expected to believe that they re not going to plan to annex ukrainian territory. annexation by force w
done enough so that they could mount a legitimate and potentially successful counteroffensive? we need to do more. that s the key question, chris. what more can we and should we do? i met with pentagon officials, intelligence community folks as well as white house staff. what we need to do is increase the pace as well as the amount of our deliverables. it s fine for congress to pass a supplemental. it s great for the pentagon to say the help is on the way. i have traveled that rail line from the polish border to kyiv. it goes further to the eastern front. we need to put that artillery on those trains as well as the other munitions and arms that are needed, whether it s tanks or missiles, air defense, all of it needs to go to ukraine more quickly. i think they can mount a counteroffensive if they have that help, including, by the
the foreign minister said. ambassador, ellison, thanks to both of you. connecticut democratic senator richard blumenthal serves on the armed services committee and is just back from a trip to ukraine as well as meeting with president zelenskyy. let me pick up with where the ambassador left off. in the discussions with president zelenskyy, did he convey fears about the potential for annexations? do you believe that ukraine giving up territory may be at this point the only way to end this war? at this point, chris thanks for having me the people of ukraine are in no mood to give up territory. they are as fiercely dedicated to the defense of their country as they have been from the start. the eloquent really emotional appeal to our hearts made by the first lady of ukraine is exactly the message that i heard from president zelenskyy. the need for air defense, to stop that terror from the skies,
of odesa. at the start of the year, russia told the world it was not planning to invade ukraine. now we are expected to believe that they re not going to plan to annex ukrainian territory. annexation by force would be a violation of the u.n. charter. we will not allow it to go unpunished. we begin with the extreme heat. there s a good chance if you are watching, you are better off indoors. nearly half of the u.s. population waking up this morning in a city where temperatures are topping 90 degrees today. another 44 million facing triple digit heat. in dallas, highs the last three days were 106, 109 and 109, with 94% of the state experiencing drought conditions. nbc s sam brock is in dallas for us. i m sorry that you are there. how are you? how are the people of texas surviving this heat? this is downright dangerous. reporter: look, chris, it is
over in the big lie. the wisconsin assembly speaker is saying trump is urging him to decertify biden s win in wisconsin. actually, just called him last week. if trump supporters are hoping that he stops focusing on 2020 and starting focusing on 2024, this is not a good sign. that s right, chris. this just shows former president trump s continued fixation on replaying the 2020 election, which is something that most republican leaders are hoping to put in their rearview mirror. they want to talk about the midterm elections in november. they want to be talking about what republicans could do if they take over the majority of the house and senate and look forward to the 2024 presidential election and here is trump the de facto leader, one of the most popular republicans in the country, somebody who has intense loyalty from republican-base voters, continuing to make his points,