february 24th of last year. an endless cycle of destruction and resilience since then. while there he announced an additional half billion in assistance promising president zelensky that the u.s. will stand by ukraine. president biden: putin thought ukraine was weak and the west was divided. he is counting on us not sticking together. one year later, the evidence is right here in this room. we stand here together. we ll talk to former c.i.a. station chief dan hoffman. first to steve harrigan live in the capital city of kiev. steve. it really was a remarkable moment here this morning that many people looked on in disbelief at the monastery behind me built in the middle ages. inside you had president zelensky as well as president biden. before they came out, the air raid sirens rang out across kiev. [sirens blasting] no signs of any explosions or any visible signs of danger. the white house was clear to say they had informed russia about the trip before it happened. in
calculation. the rose garden meeting in 2015 where xi promised obama they wouldn t militarize the south china satisfy. it is our actions that determine how it will play out. diplomacy is important but the question i think for congressional oversight is are we doing enough? are we being tested by china, dan? you look at all these things and talk about them maybe there is some lingering questions whether they will give russia some lethal aid. you look at the spy balloon and all those things happening, the sanctions. they are mostly symbolic on the u.s. contractors but it seems to me like china is laying out some testing devices to see how the united states reacts. what do you think? i think they just continue to probe us. as len-in used to like to say, if you probe with your bay nets