the decision has yet to be made by poland. it's interesting when you consider the fact that zelenskyy has now spoken not just to the president in the last few days but he held a secure video conference with the entire u.s. senate and members of the house as well. the pressure on the biden administration from his own colleagues but the democratic party is increasing to take further action now. we've heard that from speaker pelosi on the oil ban and we hear that in providing more military assistance as well. so this is another factor for the biden administration as they try to do everything in lock step with our european allies, there's increasing political pressure at home to take a stronger stand even beyond that. >> there does seem to be a chorus of voices speaking in congress. let me turn to richard engel, who is on the ground in kyiv. over the weekend there were these reports of a potential cease-fire to allow safe passage to civilians so that they could escape through humanitarian corridors but that quickly