pete: that was our nation s anthem played in warsaw, poland, ahead of the meeting between joe biden and president duda. and now, i believe, that s the polish anthem being played as well. will: they re heading into a meeting where, reportedly, we re going to hear from joe biden today on a, quote, major address regarding the war between ukraine and russia. we just saw the president of the united states shaking hands with his administration officials including jake sullivan, lloyd austin, samantha powers, tony blinken, they are about to head in for the pleating between the polish and united states meeting. i don t think it s insignificant, i sill don t understand the protocols when it comes to covid. here we are, i mean, he s outdoors, i guess, not masked. neither is anybody in the administration. he was meeting with american soldiers yesterday masked indoorses. is that the line now anymore?
the moment meeting some of those troops from the 82nd airborne division. things on this visit have had to be rejigged slightly, because when he landed here, the polish president wasn t actually here on time to meet president biden. his plane bringing him from warsaw had to turn around and make an emergency landing because of a technical issue. all was fine, the plane landed safely and president duda was put on another plane. he has landed here at rzeszow. president biden had already changed the itinerary, he will return here shortly to the airport to meet some of those humanitarian aid volunteers and talk to the polish president about the conflict next door, the pressure on poland because it is on the front line of the refugee roof response. and there is so much for the two men to talk about, given poland s key role over what has been happening in the past month.
wartime summit. neil: you know poland so well. polish president duda, mentioned the need for more military supplies, the quicker the better. he wasn t talking about ukraine. there had been a great deal of conversations among nato members to beef up troop presence and military presence in those states that border ukraine and beyond those that might not necessarily border ukraine. what do you make of that pitch and where it is going. a couple days ago the polls are happy to have the american troop presence but there point is they will fight to defend their country and they are interested in having us support and equipment to enable them to do so but it is always good
review of the troops there as wellment you know as well. you know, normally in this moment we would there s things you don t talk about when you re talking about a lot about one thing. i know it s an obvious statement, and one of them is the iran deal where we re allowing russia to sit at the table and negotiate you talk to people who have studied that closely, they re negotiating a worse deal that existed before and a potential lifeline for russia energy to iran. and so if we re really in this to create a negotiated settlement or a peace or to allow ukraine to win, you would want to be doing that on all fronts, not allowing things to work against you in the process. rachel: in fact, pete, to your point, gordon chang, you know, who s this, you know, expert on china, by the way, is very concerned about this iran deal and actually said the other day that he is concerned that if there is a negotiated settlement, that ukraine won t get the best deal because, basically, the biden
they are a key to getting u.s. military assistance across the border. we see president biden again with president duda. they re about to go in for these critical talks. matt miller, you re still watching this as well. our relationship with poland has changed appreciably, and with a number of these other front line states, where there are issues that, frankly, the biden administration has had to ignore, issues of anti-democratic movements across eastern europe in recent years, crackdowns on a free press, but right now, it s all about backing up their military needs as front line states against vladimir putin.