griff: hour two, here we go, i m griff jenkins. aiming to keep the focus on the latest jobs report amid the fallout. lucas tomlinson is live on the north lawn with the latest. reporter: good afternoon. all week the white house has refused to rule out the biden family from its list of suspects of who brought cocaine into the white house. white house press secretary karine jean-pierre even called it irresponsible to even can th. earlier you had a former justice department attorney asking the question that many americans are asking today. she s the one that s irresponsible in not giving a direct answer. it s very simple to come out and say no member of the biden family had anything to do with this cocaine, and the white house intends to insure that whatever staff member or guest put this cocaine in the white house is fully prosecuted under the law. we ve not heard that from the white house press office, and you have to wonder, why not? reporter: there s the question. now,
Partners together, private companies in large numbers in order for us to leapfrog and feed the ukraine of the future. that can only happen if the security is addressed. and nato is a alliance or family, if i may say, of one countries with the of countries with the same values, countries who believe in democracy, who believe that democracy has to defend itself. and ukraine also has a lot to add to nato. so e y, in the future this is the on yes, in the future this is the only viable option. for all of us to return where we can focus on how to increase prosperity for our countries, how to develop in the areas like food security, energy security which are disrupt by this russia s unprovoked, brutal war. griff: can i just ask you, ambassador, there are reports that the u.s. was having back door talks with russia to try to
Begin to prevail, despite their poor performance on the battlefield, so far. so, zelensky will have several issues he has the to confront, yes, he has given up on wanting tojoin nato, yes he is willing to talk about neutrality, but then, what about neutrality, but then, what about those two eastern provinces luhansking and another one, will he insist they become part of ukraine or accept they will be part of a greater russia? there is as i mentioned before the corridor that has been opened up now, from crimea, through mariupol, through to the donbas region. his people have captured that ground, through the fighting in the last 33 days, is putin going to give it up? is zelensky going to insist it is given up? this is a major issue that will have to be talked through rather than round the negotiating table and the unpalatable compromise may have to be that the ukraine of the future is not the same size and