biden met face to face with poland s president duda during which he reiterated america s commitment to its european partners and called article five of nato, quote, sacred. unity has been president biden s core message as he spent the week meeting with world leaders to fortify america s alliances as the world faces this extraordinary challenge. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy who spent the past month lentlessly advocating for his country s needs while remaining in the capital see it of kyiv addressed those world leaders on thursday. what results from this trip has a chance of affecting the outcome of this war. while a number of european countries have remained reluctant about imposing energy sanctions against russia, the u.s. announced yesterday that it s going to work to supply the eu with natural gas which is a step toward becoming less dependent on russia for energy supply. i m going to talk more about that later this hour. amid the stories and images of total horror and des