awesome. damian lillard like he does, coming through in the clutch to beat the pacers tyrese halburton. it was extra special for lillard. went to college in utah at weber state, wore his school jersey for the competition. so he was really pleased he was able to come through and win that three-point competition. the all-star game, team lebron versus team giannis. see it all on tnt at 6:00 evening. i m taken by mcclung. the reaction from people was priceless. he looks like somebody i used to kappy off of math class in high school. he doesn t look like a slam dunk champion. incredible. thank you so much. that s what makes it awesome. what are they supposed to look like? the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. and good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. good morning. i m boris sanchez. former president jimmy carter is receiving hospice care at his home in georgia. what we know about his condition and what his family is sayi
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his visit to washington, camped by his talks with President Biden and his speech at the National Archives tonight. Cnns senior White House Correspondent Kayla Tausche is covering all of this for us. Give us the latest on president zelenskyys momene men tus tripd his appeal for aid. Reporter the u. S. And ukrainian teams sitting across with each other as zelenskyy shared a message of deep gratitude to the west and particularly to the United States for its long Running Investment in funding set to dry up in weeks. The Biden Administration sending more weaponry, himars systems, artillery and cluster munitions for Money Green Lit by congress. Welcome back to the white house and the oval office. Reporter zelenskyy in his trademark fatigues, sharing his battlefield perspective with the white house cabinet. I think the United States of america and mr. President for the new defense package. For ukraine, a very powerful package. Thank you so much. And it has ex
line for this president, boris and amara, is about showing unity, especially as the war enters a new phase where it s become volatile and also the fact that there is no real clear path to peace that exists in this moment. so the president s trip, the white house says, is very, very important. so on monday we know that he will leave d.c., tuesday morning he is in warsaw, poland, where he will meet with president duda of poland. the white house says that president biden is expected to express deep gratitude for all that poland has contributed to supporting ukraine in this war and that includes ammunition, weaponry and human assistance when it comes to those people that have fled from ukraine into other european territories. now, also the president on tuesday will give a high-profile speech that talks about how the united states has led the effort to keep western allies united in support of ukraine and he will again double down on the fact that the u.s. continues to
provide enduring support to ukraine as long as it takes. last year we saw president biden give a speech in warsaw and that was when he appeared to call for a regime change. now the white house brought it back hours later last year. of course, we are looking to see when the president will say this in the next few days. then on wednesday the president will meet with the bucharest nine, reaffirm the u.s. s commitment to nato and the support that they are giving on the front lines and all the ammunition and weaponry and aid and humanitarian assistance and also the president will talk more about the way forward. of course, this comes at a pivotal moment because not only is it approaching the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion into ukraine, but also it comes at a time where the white house is really reaffirming and really reacclimating themselves diplomatically to talking to western allies about trying to get that spoornd also what we heard will talk about with their
$40 billion worth of equipment. you could run down the litany of the lists of the things that have been provided and they are significantly in terms of technologically advanced in the military hardware. so, general, staying with you, where do you stand on sending more advanced weaponry, f-16 ds, longer-range missiles. is it the right time? i don t think it is. here s why i say that. when you you know, you are basically dumping a lot of western technology on top of ukraine, and everyone is, who is unfamiliar with the ukrainian army says, hey, they have proven themselves capable of using it. just give it to them and they will put it to use. that s not quite true. there has been some real challenges to the ukrainian army. and what you are really suggesting is that they completely transform their military during a time of war. it has been very difficult. it isn t just putting, you know, a pilot in an f-16 fighter seat. it s also providing the support,