before leaving warsaw this morning the president met with leaders from nato s eastern flank and reaffirmed their joint commitment quoting the white house here to, quote, stand with the ukrainian people for as long as it takes. vladimir putin was also alliance building, meeting with china s top envoy saying cooperation between their two countries is very important for, quote, stabilizing the international situation. russia wants weapons from china. the pentagon spokeswoman today warning, quote, it would certainly be a miscalculation of china to provide lethal aid to russia. president biden had a similar answer today when abc s david murer asked him. what s your message to putin on that? it s a big mistake, not very responsible. but i don t really think he s thinking of using nuclear weapons or things like that. he snled the opposite today suggesting it s a war of restoring the ocean russian and soviet empire, speaking at a concert marking tomorrow s defender of the fathe
he snled the opposite today suggesting it s a war of restoring the ocean russian and soviet empire, speaking at a concert marking tomorrow s defender of the fatherland day he said the battle is happening on, quote, our historical borders meaning not the contemporary internationally recognized borders russian forces crossed a year ago this week when they invaded ukraine. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly in warsaw for us tonight, fred pleitgen, and clarissa ward. phil mattingly starts us off. what is the feelings among the white house officials of the trip as it wraps up? reporter: anderson, in talking to white house officials over the course of the last several weeks of the broad outlines of their efforts related to the one-year mark of this invasion, i m not sure at this moment you could say they could have scripted a better 72-hour period for their goals. there was the shock visit to ukraine, which is kind of a jolt to the collective system of the world as the