empowered to wage war. joining me now, tyler pager, white house reporter for the washington post and you you eugene daniel. tyler, does the administration feel it achieved its goals it had set for this trip? yes, absolutely. it s great to join you tonight. i just got back from the trip with joe biden. i travelled with him to brussels and to poland. he was very clear that they felt this trip was a success. what they made clear was that this trip was about ensuring the western alliance stays united, as this war drags on. they want to make sure that the sanctions the west has put in place against moscow, the humanitarian and military
discuss what potential pacts could be made, for example, to provide ukraine with a sense of security if it does in fact move forward with ending this nato membership bid. but there s a couple of problems, of course. the ukrainians want a legally binding commitment from the west that would allow them to, force them, essentially, to defend ukraine in the event of another invasion. of course, the u.s. and the west have been very reluctant to put them in with the russians and unclear whether russia would go for that kind of pact. a lot of questions to be worked out here, kate. great reporting, natasha, thank you so much. with every passing day, the number of refugees fleeing ukraine continues to grow as this war drags on. the u.n. said more than 1.4 million ukrainians have fled the country with poland still receiving the majority of refugees. cnn s salma abdelaziz is in a polish border town that is welcoming thousands of people