When it first started, we talking about the javelin antitank missile, now we re talking about advanced air defense, because the war has changed. reporter: now, president zelenskyy will be on u.s. soil for a matter of hours. in the evening he heads over to capitol hill to address lawmakers. it will be very interesting to see how the two leaders talk about this just peace that zelenskyy has been talking about. jim? m.j. lee, thank you. will ripley is in the ukrainian capital of kyiv. i wonder, as you speak to ukrainians as this news comes out, they re about to see their president standing on the floor of the u.s. congress. how important is this to the
September but what s the time line on passing this? reporter: well, jericka, the house is not in session in d.c. this coming week. so we know that democratic leaders are trying to get this doe as quickly as possible, this month ahead of the memorial day recess. but again, the exact time line remains to be seen. we also know that president we also know that president biden will be traveling to alabama on tuesday to visit a lockheed martin facilities that manufactures javelin antitank missile, one of the key weapons systems the u.s. has been providing to ukraine,. duncan: thank you, covid-19 cases are rising once again with limited impact though. more than half a dozen states have seen reports of new infections double in the past two weeks. hospitalizations are up 15 percent in the same period. but vaccines have met far fewer severe cases, today in china the country s latest outbreak