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today s headline from the national review. president biden in kyiv, walking in a war zone amidair raid sirens and no real guarantee of security. the white house took all the steps it could, slipping out of d.c. in secret early sunday morning, swearing the reporters on board to silence, even taking their phones. air force one got him as far as poland, but after that, no marine 1. potentially no beast either. the president s legendary bombproof limo. the white house is being tight lipped about every detail so far. president biden relied on the ukrainian rail service, a ten-hour train journey from the border to kyiv. a source familiar tells nbc news the president could have gone to other easier to access locations inside of ukraine, but that he chose kyiv to highlight the capital is still standing. and he did, making a point of declaring it such, and promising that the u.s. will help as long as it takes. we have details on what went into this extraordinary trip along with ....
Ukraine today. what is his message going to be when he gets to where you are? reporter: i think you re going to see him build on the message he laid out today in kyiv standing shoulder to shoulder with president zelenskyy which is that the united states stand with ukraine and will be with ukraine for as long as it takes. he announced the military aid you talked about, half a billion dollars, and he really tried to make the point both in terms of the optics and the words that he used, powerful words to say that ukraine still stands, democracy still stands. of course the challenge moving forward, how to keep the global community unified in this fight. republicans have said they re not going to write a blank check to ukraine. that s part of the message when he speaks in warsaw tomorrow, and he s going to build on the ....
It s interesting just before this you had the uk prime minister boris johnson and german chancellor that they weren t willing to give them tanks. that was one step too far for them in terms of offensive weaponry but to have boris johnson in kyiv standing by him after giving the ukrainians 120 armored vehicles and also promising more economic sanctions is significant. the question, though, is, you know, there s been a lot of pressure, jacqui on them to do more than just incremental week by week sanctions and the more war crimes that we see the more atrocities that we see, it s going to be continued pressure on whether or not we need to go all the way, that is with oil and gas embargoeses in europe and further even here perhaps you heard our interview with democratic congressman. the u.s. is on the leading edge trying to push europe away from dependence from russian oil and gas so good to hear it from ....
Strength. they are a very weak economy. appears their military is not as strong as they thought. and just it is amazing to me that we are so in fear of him, we should be prudential and wise and make the intelligent judgments. he will keep testing you, which is what they were pointing out, general, thank you so much. f your service and your very important commentary here. thank you, mark. mark: we ll be right back. ....
Strength. they are a very weak economy. appears their military is not as strong as they thought. and just it is amazing to me that we are so in fear of him, we should be prudential and wise and make the intelligent judgments. he will keep testing you, which is what they were pointing out, general, thank you so much. f your service and your very important commentary here. thank you, mark. mark: we ll be right back. are you taking a statin drug to reduce cholesterol? it can also deplete your coq10 levels. i recommend considering qunol coq10 along with your statin medication. the brand i trust is qunol. ....