hours to discuss a response if ukraine comes under attack, it also states that washington will support kyiv in the military support through training and cyber security efforts, additionally, the us will help the crane receive compensation for damage caused by russia. here is what president biden and president zelensky said. we have signed the strongest agreement with ukraine and the us since our independence. and this is an agreement on security and thus on the protection of human life. fiur protection of human life. our coal is protection of human life. our goal is to protection of human life. our goal is to change protection of human life. our goal is to change ukraine s crumble goal is to change ukraine s crumble defends for the long term. our lasting peace for ukraine must be underwritten by ukraine on ability underwritten by ukraine on ability to defend itself now and to ability to defend itself now and to deter future aggression anytime and to deter future a
ukraine receive compensation for damage caused by russia. here s what presidents biden and zelensky had to say after signing. and we have signed the strongest agreement between ukraine and us since our independence. and this is an agreement on security and thus, on the protection of human life. our goal is to strengthen ukraine s credible defence and deterrence capabilities for the long term. a lasting peace for ukraine must be underwritten by ukraine s own ability to defend itself now and to deter future aggression any time in the future. for reaction here in washington to the us ukraine agreement, i spoke to congressman gabe amo, a democrat from rhode island who serves on the house committee on foreign affairs. congressman, i want to start with the new security pact announced by the us and ukraine that s supposed to show the us s long term influence and also interest in ukraine. what do you make of this agreement? well, look, i think this is exactly the type of commitment t
to washington. i m rich edson in for bred baier. the defense is presenting its case in hunter biden s felony gun charges trial. the prosecution rested this morning. the big question this evening will the defendant take the stand when court resumes on monday. there is a new development in the criminal case against former president trump it. resulted in his conviction last week of 34 felony counts. it involves a social media post that may have foreshadowed that outcome. correspondent david spunt is in wilmington, delaware tonight with the details. hello, david. david: rich, good evening. this is an interesting development. the verdict in donald trump s manhattan case came out on may 30th, a day before may 29th, the judge announced today to both parties that someone posted on social media they are a cousin of one of the jurors and they said the juror told them that donald trump would be convicted. essentially foreshadowing that conviction a day later on may 30th. fox news reac
to, we look at the status of russia s imprisonment of americans including whelan and wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich. you know, when we do our work, none of the deals that we bring together are fair or just. it gets criticized a lot. mickey bergmann has spent the last decade helping free americans overseas including russia. he worked on negotiations alongside former ambassador for the united nations bill richardson. he now directs global reach for richardson center for global entertainment. criticism on this the more you do the deals the more you incentivize taking more americans. recent arrest of u.s. citizens could be response to failed negotiations to release paul whelan. we are learning new information tonight about the american citizen being detained in russia on an espionage charge. bret: in december of 2018, whelan was in russia for a friend s wedding when he was taken into custody on espionage
brian todd, cnn, jacksonville, florida. we have newly released video showing paul whelan, an american who is being detained in russia since 2018. this video shot by russian state media last may, you can see whelan in prison wearing a prison uniform and eating in a cafeteria. he was sentenced to 16 years in prison in russia on an espionage charge that he denies. salma abdelaziz is joining us to talk about this. did we learn anything from this video and why release it now and what is the latest on his case? i think u.s. diplomats are pouring over the video asking that exact question, why now. why release this video now. it was shot by russia state media in may. you can see him there in various scenes in the prison, in the cafeteria, in the yard, part of prison activities. we ve silenced the video because the russian reporter is speaking over most of it.