perform surgery heas been destroyed. right now we cannot treat our wounded. reporter: now i also just now interviewed an adviser to the mayor of mariupol, kate, who said that perhaps surrendering to the russians may be the best case scenario if those soldiers can t get out of that facility and if there s no way for them to fight their way out and actually win. wow. scott, thank you very much. really appreciate it. the dire situation in ukraine in this moment also marks a true shift in the biden administration s view of the war, acknowledging that this could go on for a long time, could go on for years. that is what is behind the president s new ask to congress. an additional $33 billion in funding to help ukraine defeat russia. there are already signs from capitol hill that this might not happen quickly. cnn s lauren fox is live on the hill with the latest for us. lauren, what have you heard since the president rolled this out yesterday?