to explore with ukrainians near realtime what their capabilities are in trying to get them the capabilities as fast as we can. you re right, another four high mars. they are being used very, very effectively by the ukrainians in the field and give standoff range, a chance to hit deeper behind russian lines and we know it s having an effect on russian operations in the donbas and south which is why we ll continue to contribute the systems as much as we can. i would note other nations are also providing these high mobility advanced rocket systems, artillery rocket systems, the u.k. has, germany has, it s a got sign. while i have you, i want to ask about house speaker nancy pelosi s possibility trip to taijuan. the president thinks this isn t a good idea. will president biden tell her directly to call off this trip? i won t speak to private conversations between the president and the speaker of the house. the speaker makes her own travel
our political ticker at the bottom of the hour about the retirement of barney frank. they had a revolution. they ve ousted a ruler and now they are about to do something that is probably the most important thing that they have done and that is get out and vote. egyptians are hitting the polls today. they are out voting. it is the first in a series of elections for parliament and president. they are all under way. even in the midst of egypt s second major uprising of the year. the goal of both is the same an end to military rule which replaced the regime of long-time president hosni mubarak in february. turnout is surprisingly strong. voting for parliament will take stages. the presidential elections are set for june. pakistan says no more business as usual with the u.s. after a weekend air strike that nato calls tragic and unintended. nato helicopters from afghanistan opened fire on pakistani forces at the border killing 24 and wounding several others. afghan officials
breaking news. the american embassy in kabul, afghanistan, coming under fire in an intense attack. word out of iran, the two american hikers convicted of espionage could soon be free. let s go ahead and start with the bold attack on america s signature presence in a war-torn country. rockets and machine gun fire aimed directly at the american embassy in kabul. gunfire coming from every corner of the building. take a listen. and we re now being told that it was a well-coordinated attack. i want to bring some more information straight from a man that i m going to talk to now. he s actually taken governor there in the embassy. i have known him for a long time. he works at the embassy and has been in afghanistan about five years now, but for security reasons, we are not going to identify him. can you hear me okay? i sure can, kyra. good morning. good morning. i sure appreciate you calling in. it seems a little quiet behind you now. when i talked to you earlier, i could actu