he rattled off a lot of different kinds of assistance. it is all equipment that the u.s. has given ukraine so far. ukrainians van v. been asking for f-16s that s not on the list of things the president gave as half a billion dollars. while the president was sitting down next to zelenskyy. a pool reporters asked him if there was going to be any new equipment he said he would have an announcement later today. we stay tuned for that buff, to the aspect of this being such a big surprise, we saw the president and the first lady have a much more active saturday night out and about in washington, d.c. he went to george town. they went to one of the smithsonian museums. they went out to dinner at a restaurant, which they almost never do while they were in washington, d.c. it appears this might have been part of this elaborate ruse to then sneak the president out. because, just yesterday, john kirby said this and now we know that when kirby said this, the
thank you for expressing them this. more on. thank you. lisa: president biden makes unannounced trip to ukraine. what we know about the half a billion dollars of additional assistance the u.s. is sending to the war torn country and stick with us because florida governor ron desantis will join us live, my governor, stay tuned for that. if your business kept on employees through the pandemic, getrefunds.com can see if it may qualify for a payroll tax refund of up to $26,000 per employee, even if it received ppp, and all it takes is eight minutes to get started. then we ll work with you to fill out your forms and submit the application; that easy. and if your business doesn t get paid, we don t get paid. getrefunds.com has helped businesses like yours claim over $2 billion but it s only available for a limited time. go to getrefunds.com, powered by innovation refunds. when your cat s hungry, you definitely know. when he wants your attention, he makes it clear. when he wants to be left
russia that russia has been using to try to target ukraine. as you remember, prior to february 24, last year. xi jinping and putin met and they struggled with no limits partnership, right? they are not true partners in the true sense. they are more of adversaries. but their marriage of convenience because they are both hell bent on challenging the united states. so, they are about to start providing. my intelligence and assets tells me lethal weaponry. so the major thing, the major threat that we should now be concerned about instead of hyper focusing on this conflict which the pentagon typically does, fighting the last war, we need to focus on the big picture. so, here s the biggest threat. if russia and china challenge us in the two theater war. we are going to have a really hard time prevailing. because as i said, we are
we saw a huge motorcade. we thought he might be coming and as you know we have seen this in presidential administrations past, quick secret visit to afghanistan or iraq, you usually don t know about it until it s already happened. this time he saw him on the ground and certainly a huge boost for ukraine and it comes at really a critical time. zelenskyy has said this is the most important visit ever in the history of u.s. ukrainian relations and president biden spoke briefly to the media after the meeting and he said in addition to announcing about $500 million worth of military aid, he said he took some credit for predicting the invasion and helping to keep the world together in the year since that happened. here is president biden. i asked you what is there, mr. president, what can i do for you? how can i be of help? and i don t know if you remember what you said to me but you said and i quote: gather the leaders
president was already on his way to ukraine. listen. well, we, obviously, are maintaining a high degree of solidarity with ukrainian people. there are no plans for the president to enter into cushing e. ukraine on this particular trip. pete: they published the president receiving the daily and then leaving this evening. this visit to ukraine comes at perilous moment in this conflict that a lot of ukraine watchers are very worried about because it appears that the chinese are at least open the idea of helping russia that would mean china and russia vs. the u.s. and the rest of nato. that would be a huge conflict. antony blinken says he warned his chinese counterpart about that this weekend.