right now. you look at mariupol and odesa, and that entire region right now i think is where putin wants to go next. they have surrounded the town of mariupol and they need more equipment today. they need it right now. they don t need bureaucrats in washington trying to worry about how they might offend putin, they have got to worry about what the world is going to think if biden doesn t help zelenskyy. brian: ukraine s ambassador in washington, d.c. met with general atomics, the maker of the reaper drones and predator drones. trying to work out a deal to get them to use them. can they do that without the government s permission? well, there s a number of things that can be done that is being done. we re trying to break some of the log jams. that s one of the reasons we went to poland and romania to meet with prime minister, defense minister, talked about some of the things that they are getting now that are working and some of the things that they need that they don t have yet. ag
this continues to a stalemate, putin will keep taking more and more, 5 or 6 years from now lick his wounds and we ll be right back at this. we have to help zelenskyy win, but that is not the objective of this white house. trey: is there any level of that might spur them to do more. helping zelenskyy win is not their objective, it is fear of escalation from putin, there is no ultimate, do barely enough to help zelenskyy, but we re letting putin set the ceiling of what type of aid we give them. but let s look in contrast to morris johnson, who boris johnson who is on the ground, walking alongside zelenskyy, british
them with no guarantee they re going to increase their rate doesn t seem like the right decision. are you concerned they won t maximize the use of the planes if they get them? are you confident they can fly these polish migs? i havebeen told they know how to fly them. they ve been trained by the united states. with respect to any other reservations, we didn t hear those from president zelenskyy, so we ought to be resourcing him and his commanders to what they feel like they need in order to get this done. but the bigger picture here is not just about aircraft. it s about ensuring that they have battle space dominance. right now the battle space is the air. as long as russia has control of the air, it s going to be near impossible i m told for ukraine
devastation and horror on ukraine, bombing apartment buildings, maternity wards, hospitals. reporter: hours earlier zelenskyy delivered a direct and emotional appeal and a historic address to congress. translator: russia has turned the ukrainian sky into a source of death for thousands of people. reporter: zelenskyy pleading with u.s. lawmakers, calling for help from all u.s. politicians and closing the skies. reporter: to create a no-fly zone over ukraine, is this too much to ask? something that russia would not be able to terrorize our free cities. reporter: zelenskyy showing a video highlighting how ukraine has changed drastically in the last three weeks, zelenskyy even
criminal. that was the shift initially when they said they were going to to let the legal process play out. they re still documenting the process and crimes that putin is committing, but the white house is saying, yes, he is prepared to call him a war criminal now. the legal process, natural repercussions of this remains to be seen. mainly this is a symbolic statement coming from president biden, but the white house said he was speaking from the heart when he said, yes, henao believes putin is a war criminal. kaitlan collins, thank you for that report from the white house. joining me to discuss more is senator todd young who served on the relations committee and is a former marine and navy captain. thank you so much for joining me. first, what s your reaction to president zelenskyy in his address to you and other members of congress? i was riveted by the presentation by president zele zelenskyy. he made a very strong cogent