right now, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is at the white house meeting with president biden. a fierce standoff in congress over ukraine aid. biden wants to send an under 61 billion dollars to keep. house republicans will not sign off on more aid until they get a series of immigration measures passed in return. earlier today, zelenskyy met with members of the house and senate to try and persuade them to try and change some minds. he argues this political deadlock is a dream come true for vladimir putin. let s get to cnn s mj lee at the white house and moderate who s live for us on capitol hill. first to you, mj. biden and zelenskyy essentially see eye to eye on the issue of military aid. so what will they try to get accomplished during this meeting? reporter: boris, president biden and president zelenskyy may see eye to eye on this issue, but frankly it is not up to them. it is up to congress. right now, what we are seeing on capitol hill is a total impasse over
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