republicans take a key step today even though they failed so far to find any evidence of wrongdoing by president biden. and now the supreme court will have to rule on the election subversion case. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is tuesday, december 12, and in just hours president volodymyr zelenskyy will start a series of meetings on capitol hill with senators and members of the house. he will urge them to pass billions in proposed military aid to his country that have been hung up over republican demands for major changes to the biden administration border policy. speaking to national security officials yesterday, zelenskyy said the big winner of a stalemate in washington is russia. if there is anyone inspired by unresolved issues on capitol hill, it is putin. this is a last ditch effort to break the stalemate as republicans and democrats refuse to bunch on border policy. clare sebastian is joining us live from