right now, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is at the white house meeting with president biden. a fierce standoff in congress over ukraine aid. biden wants to send an under 61 billion dollars to keep. house republicans will not sign off on more aid until they get a series of immigration measures passed in return. earlier today, zelenskyy met with members of the house and senate to try and persuade them to try and change some minds. he argues this political deadlock is a dream come true for vladimir putin. let s get to cnn s mj lee at the white house and moderate who s live for us on capitol hill. first to you, mj. biden and zelenskyy essentially see eye to eye on the issue of military aid. so what will they try to get accomplished during this meeting? reporter: boris, president biden and president zelenskyy may see eye to eye on this issue, but frankly it is not up to them. it is up to congress. right now, what we are seeing on capitol hill is a total impasse over
In february the u. S. House and senate presented a congressional gold medal to honor members of the First Special Service Force in world war ii. The First Special Service Force was an americanCanadian Special Operations Unit formed in 1942. Congressional leaders and two Veterans Speak at this ceremony. Ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the United States house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. And welcome to the United States capitol. Its good to see all of you here today. Since the days of the Revolution Congress has awarded gold medals to express the peoples appreciation for distinguished achievements. The first recipient was general George Washington himself in march of 1776. Today, pursuant to House Resolution 324 we will present a gold medal in honor of the First Special Service Force. The force was activated in 1942 as an elite unit of 1,800 american and canadian commandos. Just how elite . Well, for every man the
Devils brigade. I was on the hallowed grounds of arlington today to see the canadian cross of honor erected in 1930 by our government in those majestic fields to honor the 3,000 americans who died in world war i serving with canadian units. And the heroics of the devils brigade continue. Our joint defense of north america through norad, korea where tommy prince served in the battle of kapyong, in the korean war. In afghanistan, where the 40 americans who died serving alongside canadians in kandahar are held as close to our chest as the 158 men and women we frost that dangerous province. And today our Royal Canadian air force and our soldiers from the jtf 2, the successor unit to the devils brigade, are serving in iraq in cause of freedom and alongside our allies and friends like those in the United States. So its my honor to represent canada here today to thank you for recognizing these special, special veterans and allowing us to remember the service and sacrifice their unit remembers
Conference at the may flower hotel in washington dc. This is about 45 minutes. I am enjoying the First Experience at the conference, and i am very plead to be introducing the next speaker Andrew Roberts. Coming from the National World War One Museum and memorial in kansas city, we have enjoyed many partnerships and looking forward to the next partnership this weekend. I have been excited to work with the church chill center and andy, i dont know where he is now, on a new Young Professional Group thats having an event next weekend. That event has completely sold out, so thats really exciting news for everyone here. As someone that works in social media 24 7 i cant help but wonder what winston would have done if he had access to twitter at 3 00 a. M. , but i encourage everyone here to continue to tweet out using the churchill2016. The social media team has been doing a wonderful job. And Andrew Roberts is on twitter, as well, so it is absolutely ok. I emailed Andrew Roberts a few times a
Tough place. I rode the high road and got knocked back down into the valley but the best thing about being in the valley is you learn when you get back up how you can do things better so it can change. I dont see it right now. I dont see it with mitch mcconnell. I dont see it with nancy pelosi. I do see hope in paul ryan. I dont know what to expect of schumer who will probably be the Senate Democratic leader. Hes smarter than reed. Hes every bit as partisan as harry reid. Theres one difference, hes transactional. He can do business. They dont say itthat way in new york city but they understand. So there is hope out there but it begins with the white house. Ive got to get a different mro coming out of that place. Watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. With the upcoming president ial elections, book tv in our companion network have teamed up. We will have some time today for questions and ive been asked to remind you that those who query our distinguished guest with the vid