speaking in poland a former eastern bloc country that s no stranger to russian aggression, biden started off by saying that the war has so far defied two big expectations. one, that kyiv would fall within days, and two, that the western alliance would splinter as the war dragged on. watch. one year ago the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. well, i can report kyiv stands strong. kyiv stands proud. it stands tall. and most important it stands free. when russia invaded it wasn t just ukraine being tested, the whole world faced a test for the ages. europe was being tested. america was being tested. nato was being tested. all democracies are being tested. the questions we faced were simple as they were profound. would we be strong if we looked the other, would we be weak? all of our allies would be united or divided? one year later we know the answer. we did respond, we would be strong, we would be united, and the world would not look the other way. president biden also
thought deserved indictment. that is up to the district attorney s discretion, and she will, of course, have to go to her regular grand jury to seek those indictments. you know, i think what we re hearing today is not surprising on one level as frank and i have both pointed out. it s very surprising on other levels. but ultimately this will be a sideshow to the main event, which will be the district attorney and her regular grand jury s decisions. tell me just about that process a little bit, there will be recommendations from this special investigative grand jury that goes to the district attorney. she will make certain choices or decisionsn t what to move forward with, and then has to present that to her to a regular grand jury to get the charges, if she wants it. right. that s absolutely right. what she ll have to do, and she can do it in the form of using agents. frank used to do this, as summary witnesses to explain the