defending mr. biden s controversial decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. the hard but necessary choice amounted to this. if we didn t do it, if we don t do it, then they will run out of ammunition. if they run outof ammunition, they will be defenseless. every ally said they understand why we re doing this, when we re doing it. my conversation this morning with nato s secretary-general, one day after he successfully worked with turkey and sweden s leader to alleviate concerns and pave the way for sweden to join nato. sweden will become a member of the alliance. that s good for sweden. it s good for turkey. it s good for whole of nato. with both in the alliance, the whole task of protecting the baltic area becomes so much easier for this alliance. this is important for the whole nato, but in particular this region. good day. i m andrea mitchell in lithuania. we begin with the scene moments ago. president zelenskyy at a concert here at nato just hours after he
and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo. maxes for h s foster has the da. just ahead this is an historic step. it makes us stronger and safer. mr. putin s political objectives are further dividing nato. this is my home. that is my garage. what have you lost? we don t know yet. this is an all hands on deck response. we have not seen this since irene and in some places it will surpass even that. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, july 11, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 11:00 a.m. in lithuania where nato is meeting. j joe biden met with lithuania. allies will focus on the war in ukraine. and the white house will send united positive signal on ukraine s path to membership but declined to provide a time table. and an official says mr. bipartisan will meet with president volodymyr zelenskyy on wednesday. cheers on eve of the summit amid a rapid reversal of turkey joining nato. stoltenberg said turkey has now d