the secret planning for president biden s very dangerous travel to kyiv and the direct messaging he s sending to vladimir putin as the russian leader is expected to unleash a major new military offensive in the weeks ahead. key white house official john kirby joins us this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and this is a situation room special report. president biden is in poland this hour after personally delivering a strong message of support to the people of war-torn ukraine. his high-stakes, high-risk trip coming at a pivotal moment in the fight against russia s unprovoked invasion. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly is traveling with the president. good morning, mr. president. reporter: for president biden, a dramatic moment months in the making. one year later, kyiv stands, and ukraine stands. democracy stands. reporter: to mark the resilience of a nation and u.s. support after mor
and former chancellor, nadhim zahawi. does the prime minister agree that any politician who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money? since i commented on this matter last week, more i information has come forward. and that is why i have asked the independent adviser- to look into the matter. we will take you to washington and listen to presidentjoe biden talking about ukraine. listen to president joe biden talkin: about ukraine. , . , . talking about ukraine. democrats and reublicans talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress have - talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress have stood . republicans in congress have stood together. the us has worked in lockstep with our allies and partners around the world to make sure the ukrainian people are in the strongest possible po
2014. more pressure over the tax affairs of his conservative party and the labour opposition goes on the attack stability is the prime minister agree that any politician who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this country is who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this count owe in this country is not fit to be in charue owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money - owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money was | owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money? breaking news from washington and his significant decision in the war in ukraine. 31 of its advanced m1 abrams tanks to the front line. earlier today, we had a similar announcement from german chancellor after days of deliberation. it s different prison biting first. recommending this step because it will enhance ukraine s capacity to defend its
any moment now, president biden will pledge to add american battle tanks too. that prompts a dramatic warning from russia. red lines are a thing of the past. plus, he did it too. the president s allies see a classified discovery at mike pence s house as a political gift to defuse a three-week-long white house crisis. and retribution on capitol hill. the house speaker kevin mccarthy refuses to seat a pair of democrats on the house intelligence committee. next up an attempt to remove another democratic lightning rod from the panel that oversees foreign policy. eric swalwell would be in the private sector and can t get a security clearance there, we are not going to provide him with the secrets to america. hakeem jeffries has 200 other straight to the white house and the president of the united states. yesterday marked 11 months since russia s brutal full-scale invasion of ukraine. 11 months in which ukrainian people have showed putin and the world the full force of th
being there for us. let s bring in brigadier general patrick ryder. thanks so much for being here. it was just a few days ago that we heard about how these m1 abrams tanks were too labor-intensive, too complex, too hard to refuel, and too hard to send to ukraine. what changed in the past couple of days? well, it s important to highlight too, that what we have been focused on is the near-term ri requirements for ukraine on the battlefield, the capabilities that they need to be immediately effective to address the things that sam highlighted. however, we do assess that ukraine requires a combination of armored personnel carriers, fighting vehicles, and tanks to be able to have the maneuver capability that will need to be successful, both in the near term and in the longer term in this fight, and so really what you are seeing here is the united states making a commitment, demonstrating its commitment to ukraine for the long-term, combined with the near-term capabilities that