senate side. watch this reaction from jen psaki. i think what is most important for people to know out there and to understand is the reason why the president proposed these requirements, which includes not just a vaccine requirement but also a testing option. testing once a week, which we feel and the american people feel is quite reasonable in order to keep workplaces safe, schools safe, keep stores safe where people are out there christmas shopping and holiday shopping safe. martha: republican senator john cornyn of texas joins me. good to see you. good to have you with us this afternoon. so she is saying that these mandates have to stay put and that just because you have a majority of senators that think that the mandates are unfair, perhaps unconstitutional, movement like that in the house as well, the president won t sign anything that would overturn these. i think it s useful to put on
schools safe and stores safe for people out there christmas shopping and holiday shopping safe. we also know that it s steps that economists support, steps that 60% of businesses have already put in place. so we re hopeful this doesn t come to the president s desk. i can t make a prediction of that. i d leave that to the vote counters or the whip counters in the house. if it comes to his desk, he will veto it. apart from what president zelensky has asked the president for today, can you clarify what ukraine has formally requested of the u.s. as they prepare for any potential invasion? have they requested support for air and naval defense or electronics? we re not getting to specific requests from diplomatic and defense channels from the ukrainian government. if they want to speak to that, they can.