with me here is us congressman hines from connecticut. you re a democrat. you re part of a big us delegation here. what is america s message to this conference? well, it s an interesting question. the message certainly from the highest ranking american here, the vice president, when she spoke, was that we are engaged in a battle, a global battle against authoritarianism and on behalf of democracy. and that is certainly the american position. there s an asterisk on that, of course, right now, because in some ways, the message is being delivered to us by our european allies. and that message is very clear, which is we had better get our act, our political act together in order to pass this supplemental, because there just is no substitute for american support. the supplemental is the bill to give ukraine roughly $60 billion of military aid that it is desperately crying out for. it s being held up by donald trump supporters, being held being held up by a minority, interestingly
the white house is warning the stakes for ukraine and for the entire world remain high. president biden is calling on american politicians to pass the latest package of military aid for kyiv, which has been blocked by common progress. congress. look, the ukrainian people fought so bravely and heroically, they put so much on the line, and the idea that now, running out of ammunition, we walk away, i find it absurd and ifind it and unethical, ifind itjust contrary to everything we are as a country. so i m going to fight to get them the ammunition they need. the ukrainian president was in munich where senior defence officials and world leaders have been gathering a week before the two year anniversary of russia s full scale invasion of ukraine. president zelensky repeated his appealfor more weapons to avoid what he called a catastrophic situation in europe. translation: we are very much counting on this positive - decision of congress. for us, this package is vital. we are not
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at the age ofjust 28 of causing trouble for causes that she believes passionately in. she is shaped also by her experience, an experience shared by so manyjunior doctors, of working on the front line of the nhs during the pandemic, of seeing so many people die so traumatically. emma runswick, welcome to political thinking. thank you for having me. you are called many things and have been since you took up this post. militant is one that keeps coming up. is that a badge of pride or is it an insult from the tabloid press? in some ways, it s a badge of pride, because what they mean by militant is organised, consistent. it means that i am one of the many standing up for doctors and patients in this country against a government and an nhs situation which is very, very difficult. so it s not something that i might necessarily choose for myself, but i m not offended by it in any way. there are other phrases. ringleader of a cabal of far left medics. hmm, interesting. i mean, i d