ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is getting ready to head to washington as congress remains deadlocked on sending more military aid to his country. se said to me, the entire house house and speaker mike johnson. they have been repeatedly sounding the alarm for weeks, running dry and the dire consequences of that happening. saying, quote, in the midst of a border crisis, zelenskyy will come to washington, and care more about his border than our own. arlette sainz joins us now. arl arlette, does the white house sound like this visit and its profile could change the dynamics of the negotiations? well, we certainly hope so, phil, and volodymyr zelenskyy is often viewed as the best advocate for his own country s needs, and the white house is hoping by having zelenskyy here in washington, that that will apply some additional pressure on lawmakers up on capitol hill. now zelenskyy will meet here at the white house with president biden, but he also will have a series of
World. i m wolf blitzer in vilnius, lithuania, and you re in the situation room. we re live in vilnius, lithuania, as president biden is flying back to washington from europe right now. we re watching all of these developments. the president wrapping his urgent talks with nato and nordic allies and sending a very stark message to vladimir putin. cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz is joining us right now from helsinki fi, finland. arl arlette, does the president feel he accomplished his goals. reporter: president biden told reporters he did feel he accomplished the goals he set out to meet as he traveled here to the nato summit over the course of the past week, and he argued he comes out of the summit with a strengthened nato alliance, and also an alliance
White house. arl arlette, thank you. house republicans are stopping just short of calling for new york congressman george santos to resign. you know him. he s the one who lied about his education and his work history, and his family history, so much. over the weekend, in an interview, house oversight committee chairman republican james comber called santos a bad guy. cnn national politics reporter eva mckend is with us now. so republicans now, i guess bad mouthing him, but they re not actually doing anything more than that, at least not yet. what can you tell us? they aren t, victor. what i can tell you is the democrats are taking this fight right to his district. new york congressman ricky torres will be meeting are residents. torres and goldman have been leading the charge here. they sent a note to republicans asking who knew what and when? a superpac expressed concerns
President biden is on a western campaign swing ahead of the midterms but don t expect to see him in arizona or nevada despite marquee senate and house races that could tip the balance of power in congress. arl arl arlette is traveling with the president in oregon. oregon is usually locked up by now. what s the president doing there? reporter: well, jim, president biden is wrapping up his four-day western swing that really took him to states that were democratic strongholds. he traveled to places like here in oregon which he won by 16 points back in 2020, believing that these are areas where he and his policies will help the democratic candidates. the president campaigning in part here in portland on behalf of the democratic candidate for