Thanking the us on social media. Lets hearfrom residents in the capital, kyiv. Translation it will help a lot. I think that our guys will be alive. That is the most important thing, the most important, so that we have something to defend ourselves with, both peaceful people and our boys. They are our guardians, they are protecting us. This will save our lives. Of course it is not too late. In any case, aid is needed. And whether it would be later or earlier, in any case it will help. The focus is now on when that aid will arrive. Washington says the first deliveries of American Military hardware and supplies could be in ukraine within a week. Our ukraine correspondentJames Waterhouse has told me earlier about the reaction from ukrainians and from russian officials. Well, dmitry peskov, who is Vladimir Putins official spokesman, said that the passing of this bill would cost more lives, more ukrainian lives. That was his claim, and that it would damage americas image in the world. I thin
As a reminder, he was suspended from the Conservative Party over claims that he misused funds. The times reported that he is accused of Receiving Funds from tory donors which was used for private medical expenses and to pay off who he called bad people who had locked him in a flat. Alex mark menzies. Now, to ukraine. We start this hour with ukraine, which has welcomed the 61 Billion Dollar package of military aid, finally approved by us lawmakers last night. Russia says it shows that washington is wading deeper into a war that will end in humiliation. The Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, maria zakharova, said the aid which includes ammunition and air defences, was evidence that the us wants ukraine to fight to the last ukrainian. The bill will see a 61 Billion Dollar package for ukraine, package for ukraine, including ammunition and air defences. President joe biden welcomed the deal, which he said would answer historys call. Ukraines president Volodymyr Zelensky described the american su
The times reported that mr menzies is accused of receiving £14,000 from tory donors, which was used for private medical expenses and to pay off what he described as bad people who had locked him in a flat. The Conservative Party has completed its investigation and says it cant conclude that there has been a misuse of Conservative Party funds. Mr menzies has strongly denied the claims. Lets get more from our political correspondent, iain watson, whos in the newsroom. Could she remind us of some of could she remind us of some of the could she remind us of some of the allegations first . It enters could she remind us of some of the Alleaations First . ,. Allegations first . It was a rather bizarre Story Allegations first . It was a rather bizarre story. It allegations first . It was a rather bizarre story. It first allegations first . It was a rather bizarre story. It first appeared i allegations first . It was a rather| bizarre story. It first appeared in the times newspaper, but they s
Organizationally and politically. We have two reporters asked question. Niall stanage and Darren Samuelsohn. Thank you for being with us. As we get started, two questions on the mechanics. What are the numbers on your website so far . How many people have you enlisted in your campaign to impeach the president . Tom i think we are somewhere over 3. 6 million people. I have not looked at it in the past couple of days. Im sure it is over 3. 6. Inan you are running ads markets. Have any stations refused to run your ad . Tom foxs refused to run our as a couple of times. As far as i know everybody else has agreed. Susan what is your reaction to the reception do been getting . From the station owners . Tom i would say this has been we have tapped into something larger than we thought we would what we began. Our original goal was to get one million signatures. Fastert happened much than we thought. It has gone much longer than we thought. We raise our goal. Right now our goal is to get the 5 m
Susan our guest on newsmakers this week is tom steyer, the businessman, philanthropist, environmental activist has been spending much of his own money over the past year and a campaign to impeach president trump. We will talk about that effort organizationally and politically. We have two reporters here to ask questions, Niall Stanage and Darren Samuelsohn. Thank you for being with us. As we get started, two questions on the mechanics. What are the numbers on your website so far . How many people have you enlisted in your campaign to impeach the president . Tom i think we are somewhere over 3. 6 million people. I have not looked at it in the past couple of days. Im sure it is over 3. 6. Susan you are running ads in markets. Have any stations refused to run your ad . Tom foxs refused to run our as a couple of times. As far as i know everybody else has agreed. Susan what is your reaction to the reception do been getting . From the station owners . Tom i would say this has been we have ta