the new reporting that they are the latest targets of the special counsel investigating donald trump and january 6th. and ron desantis is cashing in, giving donald trump a run for his money, and the florida governor hasn t even jumped into the race yet. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. outfront tonight a major warning from president biden to vladimir putin, as new images show the true state of putin s fighting forces. take a look at this new video of ukraine attacking russian positions on the front lines of bakhmut. putin s troops are suffering heavy losses. and you can see that on stark display in this new video posted on social media and verified by cnn. dozens of coffins containing the bodies of russian fighters. they had reportedly been fighting with putin s private force, the wagner group, which is fighting in bakhmut. you can see death certificates with names and even the russian region that they were from. and i l
Democrats in both chambers to remind the american people of what is at stake. the chinese are watching to see the resolve of the u.s. and our european allies. the rest of the world is watching. and it s critical that ukraine win this fight that we beat back and assist them in beating back an attempt to take part of their country by force. if that happens, no country in europe is safe, no democracies around the world are safe. so this is not just the fight for the ukrainian people. it s a fight for all of us who care about democracy, the rule of law, territorial integrity of countries. and i think everyone understands that it s going to be a long fight, it s going to be an expensive fight. but the cost of not supporting them in their victory will be much higher. and i think it s incumbent on all of us to continue to make that case to the american people so that we continue to have strong bipartisan, bicameral support. and, congressman, what i m hearing from you is there is still work
Mutual understanding, this is very useful for all of the country. for ukraine, for the united states. i want to thank the congress for bipartisan, bicameral support. i m am looking forward to good meetings with the members of the congress and their support. this is the visit that i m here today to meet with congress. the main issue during my today s talks is to strengthen ukraine. next year our movement forward to fight for our freedom and independence. i have good news returning home. president biden announced a new package of defense support, about $2 billion u.s. dollars and the strongest element of this package is the patriot battery systems. something that will strengthen our air defense significantly.
0 wednesday december 21. the story goes on. look forward to seeing you back here tomorrow. thanks for spending your time with us. we look forward to the news conference at the white house in short order. you ll see that as your world continues moments away. see you tomorrow. have a great evening. thanks from our people to your ordinary people, americans. i really appreciate. i think it s very difficult to understand what it means when we say appreciate. but you really have to feel it. thank you so much. look who dropped in the neighborhood. you re looking live at the white house where in about a half an hour or so, president biden and president zelensky will be holding a joint news conference, this is as he prepares to address members of congress with lawmakers poised now to approve another $45 billion in aid to ukraine. a lot of that tucked in to that $1.7 trillion dollar under the spending initiative. we have you covered in every way with everyone with jacqui heinrich at the wh