are, then, i just sent out to a lot of people in this piece we sent to president zelenskyy in congress, what he did say, he talked about the relevance and he said, if needed, we propose to create a union of responsible countries that have the strength and consciousness to stop conflicts immediately, provide all the necessary assistance in 24 hours. what do you think we should make of that comment? this is someone who is frustrated with the reluctance or refusal of nato to come to ukraine s direct defense. you re not going to create some new organization that s going to be more capable than nato. you re not going to create some new organization that would, within 24 hours, be willing to come to ukraine s direct defense. so i see it more as a plea. i think the more serious question is, will the united states or will the other members of nato provide more in the way of military equipment
good morning. i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. an impassioned plea for help. president zelenskyy taking his appeal to congress and president biden this morning. asking for a no-fly zone over ukraine and a direct plea to president biden to rise to the occasion to defend not just ukraine but the world. iwhat it takes to be the leader of the world means to be the leader of this. this, in your country, doesn t depend anymore on you and your people. it depends on those next to you and those who are strong. strong doesn t mean meek.
engage at a level that i don t think we re prepared to. reporter: now, even as zelenskyy also called for transferring those aircrafts that he has called for to come into his country, there is still some resistance from democrats in particular, one of them the senate intelligence committee chairman mark warner who told me earlier right after the speech that going that far might not be the most effective route, instead calling for those anti-craft missiles, anti-tank aircraft in that regard. so there is support for taking some steps. maybe not as far as what zelenskyy wants, but undoubtedly there will be more action by congress. whether that s enough to deter what s happening in ukraine right now remains to be seen, but still debate about how far washington should go. no question. it s a good point, because the military officials say the key is surface-to-air missile report at this point. they downplayed the actual
for ukraine. they have some jets that have not flown, they may not have enough pilots to put those planes in the air. i think what president biden is going to do is try to respond to the pressure that zelenskyy put on congress, that congress on putting on president biden without crossing the lines that he thinks are unwise and potentially escalatory toward a direct conflict with russia. so you see that with the military assistance 2r00 billio over the weekend, 800 million today that the president is going to announce. we ve had a couple billion dollars since president biden has taken office. you ve also just had congress pass legislation with $13 billion total in aid to ukraine. there is a lot of humanitarian assistance there. as our colleague, retired general hurtling has said, there is a lot of assistance the united states is doing under the wire that we don t know about. the united states is going to continue doing that but try not
more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. we witnessed history this morning. the ukranian president volodymyr zelenskyy in an address to congress this morning, again making an impassioned plea for further help to protect his