soaked in blood, roaring guns sound every hour. trenches in the donbas changed hands several times a day in a fierce combat and even hand fighting by the ukrainian donbas stands. some of president zelenskyy s powerful and historic address to congress tonight. this is his first trip outside ukraine since the start of the war, at a time when his country fears a new russian offensive may be coming. back with us tonight to discuss, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, william taylor. he s also the united states institute of peace vice president in europe. mister ambassador, i m so glad you re here with us tonight after the house historic remarks. what s your reaction to what president zelenskyy said? how big is this for the war? i think this is an enormous moment for the war. i think as he said, we could be looking at a turning point next year. we could be looking at the
there are some republican members of the house that are not so supportive. there are some members of the house that are not supportive. not many. they re not that many. we saw a lot of republicans in the house today, in the crowd today. most of them were clapping enthusiastically. most republicans, virtually all the democrats, are strong supporters of these packages, these assistance packages of weapons, a finance, of humanitarian, of energy support. so, this is going to pass. i m convinced this will pass. i think president zelenskyy did himself a great service this afternoon, this evening, both at the white house and at congress, in building support, making the case for this, explaining, as you say, stephanie, explaining to americans why this is so important to pass that 44 billion, to pass that larger effort.
tonight as exactly atm ring possibilities. eastern, as president zelenskyy was speaking to congress, the lights went out at the new york landmark rockefeller center christmas tree. and lights were turned off around the world at the request of president zelenskyy, in solidarity with ukrainian people, many of whom are without electricity tonight due to the russian war on ukraine. [silence] tonight, president zelenskyy goes to washington. ukraine s leader reassures congress it s a funding is not
gentleman s top lieutenants just did that. and the other is my cooperating in the investigation and prosecution of others. and i assume that s precisely what they re going to do. so, if they were caught, and they had done something wrong, and they have criminal exposure, and they want to sort of lessen the impact, then you plead guilty and you cooperate. and that s bad news for the guy who is left holding the bag. or to use another metaphor, the guy who is still standing when the music stops. that seems to be mr. bankman-fried. he has top lieutenants now cooperating against him. that makes for a very bad day. the music has stopped. and for sam, the party is absolutely over. gentlemen, we are 15 minutes in. and you absolutely made us smarter on a host of topics tonight. thank you for joining us. luke broadwater, clint watts, and chuck rosenberg. when we come back, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine bill taylor is here on president zelenskyy s historic address to
themselves. they are standing up to the russians. they are determined to continue to stand up to the russians and to succeed. president zelenskyy said it a couple of times this evening, we will succeed, we will win this war. he believes that, they believe that. they ve got this spirit. they ve got the determination. they ve got the grit. it s their soldiers, but it s also their people. their society, their individuals, they are all in. and they re going to win, and stephanie. i believe they will. they ve also got the support of the u.s. and our nato allies. congress is proposing over 44 billion dollars in new aid. and zelenskyy said something really interesting tonight. he said this money is not charity. it is investment and global security. do enough americans realize that? probably not. and that s why it s so valuable for him to come speak to americans. he spoke to americans tonight, from the beginning to the end.