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hello. thanks for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. president biden will officially meet with ukraine s president zelenskyy at the g7 in japan tomorrow. the white house confirming just a short time ago ukraine scored a key victory with the u.s. after the biden administration signaled it will permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the war-torn nation. other g7 leaders have been meeting with zelenskyy. they offered their support for, quote, as long as it takes. g7 meetings are not just about ukraine. leaders are also weighing in on how to confront china s increasing military power. cnn s phil mattingly is in hiroshima. can you give us a preview of what the meeting might be like? reporter: a preview of the day, because i think that s important in the context of things. yes, the bilateral meeting between president biden and president zelenskyy, the first face-to-face meeting between the two since president biden s surprise trip to kyiv earlier this year. there was also a
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta. four, three, two, one. engine s full power. and liftoff. falcon 9, go axiom. [ applause ] together we expand this is a beautiful sight if you just missed it, right now four private astronauts are on the way to the international space station. the axiom 2 mission blasted off from the kennedy space center just minutes ago. we ll go there live in just a few minutes to wrap up some really remarkable developments on the space coast. but on the meantime, here in atlanta and in washington, negotiations are resuming to confront the looming debt crisis. the talks will be at the staff level for the moment but they will set the stage for a high-stakes meeting between the president and kevin mccarthy. they spoke today and this new glimmer of optimism, if we could believe it, comes as the prospect of a quick compromise appears increasingly bleak. are you at all optimistic about what we could accomplish today. could we g
morning. president biden is headed back to washington after wrapping up a consequential g7 summit. the president says he has a call scheduled with house speaker kevin mccarthy once his meetings conclude in japan. debt ceiling talks appear to stall with negotiators on both sides saying they were unsure when they would meet again. republicans have called for a deep spending cuts in exchange for support to raise the nation bore heing limit. the president said that many of republicans demands are unacceptable. president biden held his first face-to-face with ukrainian president zelenskyy since they met in kyiv in february. during the sitdown, president biden announced a new $370 million $75 million security assistance package to ukraine. team coverage from around the globe. sam kiley is live in kirstjen nielsen. we begin with phil mattingly in hiroshima. we heard president biden speak, a big chunk of about the latest on the debt ceiling and doesn t seem like there is much
thank you so much for joining me. ukraine s president zelenskyy is looking for continued support in the war with russia. the leaders have responded, releasing a statement saying, quote, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. president biden is expected to have face-to-face talks with zelenskyy. in a significant win for ukraine, the u.s. has signalled it will now permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the w war-torn nation and support in the pilot training. western leaders are also weighing their options to confront china s increasing military power. cnn s phil mattingly is in hiroshima, japan. what do we expect could come from president biden s meeting with zelenskyy? reporter: it s interesting. this will be the first time they ve met in person since president biden s surprise visit to kyiv that was so symbolic in the moment, but also at the time, according to officials involved in that meeting, when the president arrived, very subst