That more than half of all americans have now been infected. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, april 27th. i m jonathan lemire. the united states is set to lead a new coalition of global allies to coordinate defense and humanitarian aid to ukraine. secretary of defense lloyd austin announced what is being called the ukraine contact group yesterday while leading the first official meeting at ramstein air base in germany. there austin and joint chief of staff chairman mark milliconvened officials from more than 40 other nations to discuss the assistance efforts. i like this whole group today to leave with a common and transparent understanding of ukraine s near-term security
While poland says it s been working for years to reduce reliance on russian gas and there wouldn t be a shortage of gas in polish homes. many see that move by russia and in response to what is happening in germany right now, where the u.s. is set to lead a new coalition of global allies to coordinate defense and humanitarian aid to ukraine. secretary of defense lloyd austin announced what it being called the ukraine contact group. yesterday, while leading the first unofficial meeting at ramstein air base in germany. there austin and joint chiefs chairman mark milley, convened officials from more than 40 other nations to discussion the assistance efforts. i d like this whole group today to leave with a common and transparent understanding of ukraine s near-term security requirements, because we re going to keep moving heaven and earth, so that we can meet them.
Those are two different things. okay but here s one of the problems. reince priebus. white house officials are constantly leaking to the press about him. he got little respect. you think he was treated unfairly? now i think that reince priebus with all of the different factors we have all read about within the white house, was not set up to succeed if you will. he was not set up to fail but he was not set up to succeed from the get go. in the think it gave him a difficult set of circumstances to try and navigate. and i think general kelly will now come in. and be a commander of that white house. he is a no-nonsense - there austin that they report to the new chief of staff. that is a different characterization for them to put themselves in. to be subordinate to general kelly i think is an important first step. dues are that they will