donald trump in a defamation lawsuit. we ll explain why the doj is backing off its previous position. plus two months worth of rain in two days. vermont is just starting the recovery process from that disaster. we ll get an update from one of the state s top lawmakers. all right, good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 12th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. we begin with the major developments out of the nato summit in lithuania. the alliance says it will invite ukraine to join but only when allies agree and conditions are met. the group did not give a time line or details on what those conditions might be. vague wording is in line with what president joe biden said last week, calling a pathway to membership for ukraine, quote, premature while it is at war with russia. as the new york times points out, it appears the president and like minded allies have prevailed over poland in baltic nations that wanted a formal invitation for ukraine t
anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. we are trying to the russian presidents and national address just ahead and china s top diplomat is in moscow to meet with his russian counterpart as the u.s. warns a beijing could increase its support for russia s war efforts. plus, the earthquake hit areas and turkey in desperate need of access to health care and military aid, we are live in scandinavia. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton! it s so the coming hours, u.s. president joe biden s had to meet with nato secretary general and leaders of the group known as the bucharest nine during his final day in poland. the book resonant is made up of nations that sits on the most eastern part of that nato alliance. you see that country there. that meeting only one day after mr. biden delivered a rallying cry to declaring ukraine will never be a victory for russia. he repeatedly called out putin a by name and just as he did a day earlier in kyiv, h
president biden earlier said that israel was losing international support because of what he called its indiscriminate bombing of gaza. our north america correspondent shingai nyoka explains why the us voted against the resolution. it s no surprise they did that, in fact the text of this particular resolution was similar to the one that was debated on friday, with the security council where the us blocked it, vetoed it, and there really was no expectation that the us was going to vote against it. 153 countries or member states of the un, voted in favour of this immediate call for a cease fire, or call for an immediate cease fire and those countries included india and canada. 23 countries abstained, and i think it s interesting to note that the uk is increasingly abstaining in these votes. the uk un ambassador barbara woodward said the support for israel that the uk supports israel s right to defend itself against hamas but said it must be targeted at, must be targeted to achi
their cause. he then headed to meet with presidentjoe biden, who announced an additional $200 million in weapons and equipment for ukraine, but the wartime president is still hoping for more. today s discussion across both parties in both chambers were very productive. i thank you for the bipartisan support. as we approach christmas on behalf of all our ukraine families separated by war and our sons and daughters on the front, ukraine s greatest wish is to reach a victorious and. it s mr zelenskyy s third visit since the war began and second in just the last few months. the funding he wants could mean the difference on the battlefield as the war ticks closer to its second year. congress has approved more than $111 billion in total since the war began. but the biden administration says that money is running out. mr biden told mr zelenskyy that it would be a christmas gift to russia s vladimir putin if congress fails to pass fresh aid. putin is begging on the united states to d