ruhle starts now. r with stephanie ruhle starts now tonight, president biden s surprise visit to ukraine, meeting with president zelenskyy while announcing more military aid. what this historic trip means for the future of the war. meanwhile, some far-right republicans criticize the presidents trip to ukraine. what we are hearing from a small but loud minority. then, ron desantis visits new york city to talk policing and crime. is this the unofficial start to a presidential run? as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. greetings, i m simone alexander s townsend, in for stephanie ruhle. president biden makes a historic top secret trip to ukraine, as russia s war there nears the one year mark. the presidents trip included a ten hour train ride from the polish border into kyiv. now, this is biden s first visit to ukraine since the war began, and it s the first from a modern-day president to an active war zone with no u.s. military presence on the ground or the ai
word. there is a significant agreement on this important so much larger than just ukraine. it s about freedom and democracy president biden gets tonight s last word from kyiv. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, president biden s surprise visit to ukraine, meeting with president zelenskyy while announcing more military aid. what this historic trip means for the future of the war. meanwhile, some far-right republicans criticize the presidents trip to ukraine. what we are hearing from a small but loud minority. then, ron desantis visits new york city to talk policing and crime. is this the unofficial start to a presidential run? as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. greetings, i m simone sanders-townsend, in for stephanie ruhle. president biden makes a historic top secret trip to ukraine, as russia s war there nears the one year mark. the presidents trip included a ten hour train ride from the polish border into kyiv. now, this is
back at president biden s wartime trip to ukraine. arizona congressman andy biggs wrote to the president on twitter, quote, you should be standing with east palestine, an american town in your own country that needs your help. and from florida, matt gates, said this on presidents day, i m not surprised that biden is ditching america for ukraine. he ditched america s interest since the start of his presidency. they can keep him. this comes amid questions of whether the republican-led house will continue to sign off on support for ukraine as the war enters year two. so here to discuss with me is leon caldwell, she s an anchor for washington post live and coauthor if its morning newsletter the earlier 202. leigh ann, greetings to you. okay, can we just be very clear. this is a very small minority leveling these criticisms. but they are some of the loudest voices in this republican led house. so what you make of that? hey, simone. they are a small minority.