solidarity with other industries. while this incident came about spontaneously, they did find that organizers from amazon and starbucks unions showed up to help them and vice versa. sneets. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. president biden will be meeting with president zelenskyy at the g7 summit in japan. ukraine already scored a key victory after the u.s. has signalled it will now permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the war-torn nation. other g7 leaders issued a statement of support, saying, quote, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. high on the agenda, western leaders are also weighing in on how to confront china s increasing military power. phil mattingly is in hiroshima, japan. what can we expect from this highly anticipated meeting between biden and zelenskyy? reporter: you know, the symbolism is obvious. we ve seen it not just here in hiroshima, but also over the course of the last ten days with pr
he s leading us to a depression. trump asked supporters on wednesday to name one thing that has gotten better under biden and, i don t know, there s a lot, i can think of a lot, but i think maybe number one is we re drinking less bleach. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is friday, december 15th. senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling the bluff, he has hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid which includes critical funder for ukraine. also ahead, how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. plus, rudy giuliani s defense team takes a very odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation case. i will tell you about their pitch to the jurors. with us this morning we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, member of the new york times editorial board mara gay, host of the podcast unbrand with donny deutsch, and the co-founder of punchbowl news don bresnahan.
ahead on cnn newsroom, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will attend the g-7 talks in person. we ll go live to hiroshima and london for the latest. congress and the white house could be close to a deal to avert a default on the united states debt, but will there be a cost for democrats? disney cancels plans for a $1 billion campus in florida but makes no mention if this is related to the house mouse s ongoing spat with governor ron desantis, as he is expected to make a big announcement of his own. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so it is 4 p.m. in hiroshima, japan, where the annual g-7 summit is now underway. soon they add a special guest, ukrainian about the volodymyr zelenskyy. he s due to attend the gathering after first stopping in saudi arabia to attend today s arab league summit according to cnn sources. that meeting will also be significant. already ukraine is top of mind in japan. the uk and european union have announced new
her a liar. carroll had accused trump of raping her in the changing room of a luxury department store in 1996. she also claimed that trump defamed her when he called her quote a complete con job after she went public with the allegation in 2019. after three hours of deliberation, the jurors said trump did not rape carroll, though they did uphold her other complaints. the ex president has been ordered to pay carroll $5 million in damages. his legal team has already said they will appeal the ruling. carroll released a statement following the verdict: we also heard from the former us president. he continued to deny the accusations. he shared this post on his social media platform truth social. i have absolutely no idea who this woman is. this verdict is a disgrace, a continuation of the greatest with hunt of all time. absolutely a shame. earlier i discussed the verdict with sarah krissoff former federal prosecutor in the southern district of ny, joe moreno former federal p