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- President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy of Ukraine

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is in Washington this evening.

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A surprise visit to his
nation's most important partner

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in its fight against Russia.

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He met this afternoon
with President Biden

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and will address
Congress later tonight.

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The visit comes as lawmakers
consider major funding increase

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for Ukraine and as the
Biden administration

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sends more weapons to
aid the war effort.

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- Welcome back, sir.

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- [Judy] In a visit
the world is watching,

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Ukraine's President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled

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outside the borders of
his battered country

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for his first known trip abroad

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since Russia
invaded in February.

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- Well, Mr. President,
it's good to have you back.

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- [Judy] His decision
to come to Washington

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on Day 301 of the war
reinforces the partnership

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between the U.S. and Ukraine

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that Zelenskyy sees as critical.

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On Twitter he said he would
meet with President Biden

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to quote, "Strengthen resilience
and defense capabilities

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"of Ukraine."

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He took that same message
Tuesday to Ukrainian troops

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in the city of Bakhmut,

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the sight of pitched and
brutal fighting in the East.

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(Volodymyr speaking
in foreign language)

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- [Translator] It is a
complicated situation.

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The enemy increases the
number of its troops.

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We will pass on gratitude from
our boys to the U.S. Congress

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and U.S. president for their
support but it is not enough.

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- [Judy] Ukrainians reacted
to news of Zelenskyy's visit,

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trusting their leader to
secure what the country needs.

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(Hanna speaking in
foreign language)

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- [Translator] We hope for
support as the United States

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is one of our main partners.

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After his trip to Bakhmut
which is my home city,

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I hope Zelenskyy
will be able to share

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his firsthand experience
about what's going on there,

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how our cities are being ruined,

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how our people are being killed.

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I think no one in the
U.S. can remain careless

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and that support will only grow.

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- [Judy] Russia has hammered
Ukraine with missiles

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and drone strikes
in recent weeks

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as Moscow shifted its strategy
to inflict even more pain

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on Ukraine's people,

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repeatedly taking down
the electrical grid

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amid freezing winter cold.

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But more air defense
is on its way.

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The U.S. announced today
that it would provide

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an additional $1.8 billion
in military aid to Ukraine

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with for the first time,
a patriot missile battery

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and precision-guided
bombs for fighter jets.

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With those, the U.S. aims
to help Ukraine bolster

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both its air defense
and attack capabilities.

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Meanwhile, Russia
send a stark warning

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against further American
military aid to Ukraine.

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(Dmitry speaking in
foreign language)

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- [Translator] Weapons
supplies continue,

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the assortment of supplied
weapons is expanding.

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All this leads to an
aggravation of the conflict

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and does not bode
well for Ukraine.

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- [Judy] And in a speech
to top military leaders,

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Russia's President Vladimir
Putin vowed to continue the war

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no matter what.

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(Vladimir speaking
in foreign language)

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- Of course, combat
and military actions

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always bring tragedy
and human losses

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but since it is inevitable,

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it is better that it
happens today than tomorrow.

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I have no doubt that all
the goals we set ourselves

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will be achieved.

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- All my appreciations
from my heart,

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from the heart of
Ukrainians, all Ukrainians.

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- [Judy] Back at
the White House,

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Zelenskyy thank the
U.S. for support

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and presented President
Biden with a medal

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won by a Ukrainian officer
given at the officer's request.

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Later standing side by
side with Zelenskyy,

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President Biden said
the new aid package

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would send a powerful
message to Putin.

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- He was wrong, wrong and wrong.

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He continues to be wrong.

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The sooner it is clear that he
cannot possibly win this war,

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that's when the time we
have to put this president

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in a position to
be able to decide

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how he wants the war to end.

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- [Judy] They spoke about
weapons, energy sanctions,

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and support for peace talks.

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Zelenskyy urged the U.S.
to stay engaged in the war

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and in its support of Ukraine.

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- We really fight for
our common victory

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against this tyranny that
is real life and we will win

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and I really want win together.

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Thanks so much.

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Not want, sorry, I'm sure.

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- His last stop is
his first in-person

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address to Congress where
he will ask lawmakers

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not to forget about Ukraine.

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In the day's other news, as
President Zelenskyy arrived,

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the U.S. Senate
confirmed Lynne Tracy

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as the new American
ambassador to Russia.

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She sailed through
on a 93 to two vote

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in a signal of U.S.
solidarity with Ukraine.

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Tracy is a career diplomat

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and the first woman to be
U.S. ambassador to Moscow.

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A second massive winter
storm in as many weeks

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is rolling into the
nation's midsection tonight.

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The system is on track to
bring blizzard conditions

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to the northern
plains and the Midwest

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and frigid conditions all
the way to Florida by Friday.

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Heavy snow already blanketed
parts of Washington state

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and western Canada.

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Some 200 million
people across the U.S.

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are now under extreme
weather alerts.

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Along the U.S. southern
border, thousands of migrants

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waited again today
looking for the end

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of a pandemic era ban on asylum.

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For now, the so-called
Title 42 restrictions

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on legal protection
once migrants enter,

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remain in force pending a
U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

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In the meantime, many
migrants have been camped out

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in the cold just inside Mexico.

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Some say they can't
wait much longer.

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(Elis speaking in
foreign language)

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- [Translator] I'm going
to ask for permission

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to see if they let
me enter legally,

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and if not then I'm
gonna try to stay to see

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if they give me asylum
and if not, then migrate.

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Because I wanted to get
ahead for my children.

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And honestly, I've lost
a lot of time already.

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- The Biden administration
has asked the Supreme Court

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to let Title 42 lapse but
not until after Christmas.

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States supporting the
restrictions have warned

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that ending them would
overwhelm services and shelters.

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In Britain, growing
labor troubles

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became even more serious
today as ambulance workers

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went on strike across
England and Wales.

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They staged the one day walkout
to demand better staffing

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and higher wages in the
face of soaring inflation.

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Paramedics insisted they had
still answer lifesaving calls.

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- Nobody takes this lightly.

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I've been talking
to people inside,

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nobody wants to be on strike.

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We hate it like we don't
want patients to suffer.

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I certainly don't.

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I'm not withdrawing
my labor today

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but I thought it's important
to stand in solidarity,

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send the message out.

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- The ambulance crews
plan another one day
strike next week.

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Nurses have already held
two walkouts this month.

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Elon Musk now says
that he is ready

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to let someone else run Twitter.

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That's after users asked him
to step down in an online poll.

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Musk tweeted today that
I will resign as CEO

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as soon as I find someone
foolish enough to take the job.

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The billionaire's
take over of Twitter

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with sudden policy shifts as
unnerved users and advertisers.

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On Wall Street, stocks
finally rallied on a report

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that showed consumer
confidence improving.

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Major indexes were
up 1.5% or better.

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The Dow Jones Industrial
average gained 526 points

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to close at 33,376.

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The NASDAQ Rose 162 points,
the S&P 500 added 56.

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And pro football great
Franco Harris has died.

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He was a Hall of
fame running back

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for the Pittsburgh Steelers

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who won four Super
Bowls in the 1970s.

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In 1972, Harris made
the legendary play

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dubbed The Immaculate Reception,

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scooping up a deflected
last second pass to score

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and win a playoff game.

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Franco Harris was 72 years old.

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Still to come on the "NewsHour",

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Ukraine's president
prepares to address Congress

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as the war grinds on.

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A congressional committee
votes to release

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former President
Trump's tax returns.

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Two film critics give their
takes on the best movies of 2022

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plus much more.

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- [Announcer] This is the "PBS
NewsHour" from WETA Studios

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in Washington and in the west

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from the Walter Cronkite
School of Journalism

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at Arizona State University.

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- Late today, the January 6th
Committee released transcripts

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of nearly three dozen of the
more than 1,000 interviews

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they conducted during the
18-month long investigation

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into the capitol attack
and President Trump's role.

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The Congressional
Committee will be releasing

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its final report tomorrow.

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Jeff Bennett has more.

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- Judy, the reports
released tomorrow

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comes after committee members

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held their final business
hearing where they referred

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former President Donald Trump
to the Department of Justice

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on four criminal charges;

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obstructing an official
proceeding, making
false statements,

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defrauding the U.S. and
inciting and insurrection.

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Joining us to discuss what we
can expect in the full report

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is January 6th Committee member,

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Democratic Congressman
Jamie Raskin.

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It's good to have you with us.

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And congressman, we
expected the full report

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to be released today.

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We learned late in the day

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that it's actually
coming tomorrow.

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What accounts for the delay?

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- And I believe that
there were printing issues

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at the government
printing office

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and so it got pushed
into the evening

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and we decided to just wait
till tomorrow early in the day.

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- So when that full
report does arrive,

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how will it to include
the transcripts,

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all of the witness interviews,

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all of the underlying evidence
gathered by your committee

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over the last 18 months.

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How will that full report
expand the public knowledge,

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the public understanding of
what transpired on January 6th

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and who ultimately
bears responsibility?

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- Well, it will supply a lot
of details and a lot of color

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to the basic
elements of the story

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that the public I think
already understands.

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We have a president
of the United States

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who refused to take
no for an answer

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from the American people who
gave more than seven million

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more votes to Joe Biden than
they did to Donald Trump.

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It was 306 to 232 in
the electoral college.

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The same margin that Trump had
defeated Hillary by in 2016

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which Trump had declared
an absolute landslide

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but he wasn't going to
take no for an answer.

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And so he began a multi-pronged
assault on the election.

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He tried to get the
legislatures to overturn it.

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So the whole story is told
in detail in our report,

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that doesn't mean
we got everything

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because there were a bunch
of people who blew off

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their subpoenas or came in
and took the Fifth Amendment

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but we certainly understand
every basic element

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of the assault on democracy
and how 150 of our officers

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came to be wounded
and injured by the mob

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that Donald Trump whipped
up on the ellipse.

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- A question about
information sharing

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because the Justice Department
has been conducting its own

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wide-ranging investigation
into the insurrection

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and the efforts by Donald
Trump and his allies

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to overturn the election.

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The January 6th Committee
is now sharing evidence

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with federal prosecutors
who for months were critical

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of the panel for
refusing to send over

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witness interview transcripts
and other information.

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Why not share that information
earlier in the process?

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- Well, look, we were working
on our own investigation

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and these things are
enormously time consuming

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and our staff was
overburdened and staggering

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under the weight of
the work as it was.

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So we've gotten to the end,

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we've made it clear we
were gonna turn over

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to the Department of Justice
all relevant information

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that they're seeking.

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And indeed we want the whole
public to be able to see

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exactly what we've learned
from this bipartisan inquiry

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into the worst violent
domestic assault

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on the peaceful transfer
of power and Congress

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and the vice president
in our history.

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- As you mentioned, the
January 6th Committee referred

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four members of Congress,
all Republicans,

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to the House Ethics Committee

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for ignoring
congressional subpoenas.

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The Ethics Committee is
unique in that the membership

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is evenly divided between
each political party,

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an equal number of
Republicans and Democrats.

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Still, Republicans are set
to take control of the House

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in a couple of weeks time.

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Do you expect this
committee to operate

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in a nonpartisan fashion
regarding these referrals?

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- Well, no, I wouldn't
expect them to operate

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in a nonpartisan fashion.

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I would expect them to operate
in a bipartisan fashion

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because I'm
realistic about that.

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But I do think that there's a
profound problem that is posed

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by members of Congress who
receive a congressional subpoena

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to come and to give
information and to testify

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about what they know,
who just blow it off

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and refuse to do that.

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That's a very serious problem.

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Congress issues subpoenas and
we expect people to comply

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with them under the rule of law.

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What does it do to the
credibility of Congress

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and our ability to
enforce our own subpoenas

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if we have members of Congress
who don't even respect

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that process enough to show up

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and at least to assert
some kind of legal immunity

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or constitutional privilege
if they think they've got it.

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- Lastly, the executive summary

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of the committee's
spinal report,

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the executive summary that
came out this past week,

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it doesn't address
questions of why the FBI,

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why U.S. Capitol Police and
other law enforcement agencies

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didn't do more to increase
security on that day.

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Will we get more
clarity on that issue

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when the final report comes out?

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- Yeah, the final report has
a lot more detail on analysis

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of different things that
people said about that.

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There clearly was
information coming in

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through different
law enforcement and
intelligence channels

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that there were going to
be large numbers of people

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coming to Washington
and many of them

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on the extremist
websites were saying

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that they wanted to storm the
Capitol or attack the Capitol

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or attack officers and so on.

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And of course, the president
of the United States ultimately

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is the chief of the executive
branch of government

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but he had no interest in
defending us in this case

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as we saw on January 6th itself

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when the riot was
actually underway,

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the attack on his own
vice president and
members of Congress

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was underway and he did nothing.

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He didn't get in
touch with the FBI,

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didn't get in touch with
the joint chiefs of staff,

15:24.490 --> 15:26.759 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
he didn't get in touch
with the police and so on.

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So clearly he wasn't doing
anything before that.

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And then other different
individuals did different things

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and we discuss it but overall,

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it was simply not up to
the task of dealing with

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the size of the crowd,

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the mob that came to
attack the Capitol

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as incited by Donald Trump.

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And so that's a serious problem
that we'll have to look at.

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None of that absolves
or exonerates Donald
Trump in any way

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of what he did because he
was the one who unleashed

15:56.689 --> 15:58.157 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
the whole sequence of events.

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He called for the rally
right at the exact same time

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Congress was meeting
in the joint session

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under the 12th Amendment.

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He urged everybody to
come for a wild protest

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and became the first
president in American history

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to try to assemble a crowd
quickly to become a mob,

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to attack the peaceful
transfer of power.

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So he's the one who's
responsible for it.

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It's like a bank robbery
where you've got a mastermind

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of a bank robbery take
place and the bank is robbed

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and then you ask questions
afterwards about,

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well, were there people who
are somehow cooperating with it

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or were there people

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who should have done
something differently?

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How could we fortify
ourselves in the future?

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All those are legitimate
questions but none
of them absolve

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Donald Trump of his central
culpability in this matter.

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- Democratic Congressman
Jamie Raskin,

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member of the January 6th
Congressional Committee,

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thanks as always for your time.

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- You bet.

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(bright upbeat music)

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- We return now to
our top story tonight,

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy's surprise trip

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to Washington.

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He met earlier today
with President Biden

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at The White House.

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And for more on their meeting,
we're joined by Amanda Sloat,

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she is the National Security
Council Senior Director

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for Europe.

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Amanda Sloat, hello, welcome
back to the "NewsHour".

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So we know some of this
trip was certainly symbolic

17:23.876 --> 17:26.412 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
to thank the President, to
thank the American people,

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but we also know it was about
talking to the president

17:29.748 --> 17:32.384 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
and others about
needing more help.

17:32.384 --> 17:34.686 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
How would you split
up the purpose of it?

17:36.088 --> 17:38.390 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
- I think it certainly
did both of those things.

17:38.390 --> 17:40.692 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
President Biden spoke to
this in the press conference

17:40.692 --> 17:43.529 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
saying that nothing beats
face-to-face interaction

17:43.529 --> 17:44.930 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
with fellow leaders.

17:44.930 --> 17:46.098 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
President Zelenskyy of course,

17:46.098 --> 17:47.833 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
was here in Washington
last September.

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The two presidents have
had a number of phone calls

17:49.968 --> 17:52.504 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
throughout the course of the
war but this was the first time

17:52.504 --> 17:54.440 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
for them to be able
to speak face-to-face.

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And I think it was
really important for
President Zelenskyy

17:57.242 --> 17:59.778 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
to be able to check in with
President Biden to discuss

17:59.778 --> 18:02.748 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
the progress that his forces
have made on the battlefield,

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to discuss the
security assistance

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that the United States
has been providing

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and how that has been
helping Ukrainian forces

18:08.654 --> 18:11.223 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
and then to talk
about the way forward.

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- We just spoke a few
minutes ago on the program

18:13.192 --> 18:17.129 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
with two analysts who talked
about what they understand

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to be what the Ukrainians
are asking for,

18:19.631 --> 18:24.636 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
both more air defense, help
and more offensive capability.

18:25.571 --> 18:27.473 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
How would you break that down?

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I mean, what are they asking for

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and what is the administration
prepared to consider?

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- I think President Zelenskyy's
main message in the meeting

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to President Biden and
I think his message

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in Congress tonight was
of one of appreciation

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for all of the support
that had been given.

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As President Zelenskyy made
clear in the press conference,

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he sees this victory as
very much a joint one

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with his forces on the ground
and the security assistance

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from the United States.

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We have been focused
throughout this conflict

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on ensuring that the security
assistance we provide

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meets the needs of the
Ukrainian forces on the ground

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as the war evolves.

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And certainly as Russia has
stepped up its brutal attacks

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on Ukraine's critical
infrastructure,

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air defense has become
ever more important.

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So this is a capability
that we have been working

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to give the Ukrainians
and today's announcement

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by the President of
a Patriot battery

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certainly is a big
component of that

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as well as a renewed
commitment to continue engaging

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our allies and partners
to provide that.

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The nearly $2 billion
security assistance package

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announced today also includes
more ammunition and artillery.

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So today's package was a step
toward addressing their needs

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both on the defensive side
as well as on the artillery

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and ammunition side as well.

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- Well, the Patriot systems
certainly do address their needs

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what they say are their
needs on the defensive side.

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How much further though

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is the administration
prepared to go?

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At one point today, President
Biden at that news conference,

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spoke about providing
longer range weaponry

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risk breaking up NATO.

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To what extent is that a
concern for The White House?

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- So we have continued to
adjust the security assistance

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that we have provided to
meet the needs on the ground.

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If you remember back 300 days
ago when this war started,

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it was Russian tanks that
were rolling towards Kyiv

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and at that point
providing anti-tank

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and anti Armour systems was
what the Ukrainians needed

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and that was what
we've provided.

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And certainly the war
has continued to evolve.

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Part of the security
assistance package

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that we provided today
included new capabilities

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including these aerial
precision munitions

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which does give the
Ukrainians an additional tool

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in their arsenal which
is gonna help them

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on the battlefield.

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- Is it fair to say Amanda
Sloat that there are

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ongoing conversations though
about beefing that up,

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about doing more for the
Ukrainians as they think about

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wanting to strike deeper
into the Russian front?

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- So far we have seen the
Ukrainians make very good use

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of the capabilities that
we have been giving them

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including these HIMARS and
Gimlet systems and ammunitions.

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And we committed in today's
security assistance package

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to give them more of that.

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But certainly as we have
throughout the conflict,

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we will continue very
active conversations

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with the Ukrainians as the
situation on the field evolves.

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- So it it sounds
like at this point,

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the administration's
not prepared to say

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what might be
possible down the road

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because it's pretty clear the
Ukrainians are asking for more

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as time goes by.

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- You know, today we
announced one of our biggest

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security assistance packages
to date continuing to work

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with Congress as they finalize
the supplemental budget

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which will hopefully
continue to give us

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the security assistance
funds that we need

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to go into the year.

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We will continue
providing the Ukrainians

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with the assistance that
they need on the battlefields

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and will continue to
remain in close touch

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with their military
as we have been.

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As the situation evolves,
their needs evolves

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and the counter offensives
continue into the winter

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and then the following months.

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- To what extent
is President Biden,

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is the administration concerned
about support at some point

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weakening for the
war that Ukraine is
waging against Russia,

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it's now been almost a year,
it will be in February,

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how deep are the frankly,

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American pockets to
continue to support the war?

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- President Biden has been
clear from the beginning

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and he reaffirmed that
both privately and publicly

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to President Zelenskyy
that the United States

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is gonna continue to support
and stand with Ukraine

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as long as it takes.

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I don't wanna get ahead of the
congressional deliberations

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but certainly they have been
working on a very sizable

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package of funding that would
enable the administration

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to continue supporting
the Ukrainians

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in terms of their
security assistance needs

22:49.301 --> 22:53.171 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
as well as their economic
needs and humanitarian side.

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So to date, we continue
to have very strong

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bipartisan support for
Ukraine and for their cause

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and we remain confident here
that that's going to continue.

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- As I mentioned, you're the
National Security Council

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senior person for Europe.

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It's clear that the Europeans
are not doing as much

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for Ukraine as the
Americans have been.

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They've certainly
provided some support,

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what kind of conversations
is the administration having

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with Europeans about doing more?

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- The Europeans
certainly have stepped up

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to help the Ukrainians.

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It is certainly true
that the United States

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is the biggest provider
of security assistance

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but there's a large number
of countries in Europe

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and more broadly that have
also contributed capabilities

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to the Ukrainians.

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The Europeans certainly
have borne the brunt

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of the refugee crisis.

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Many of them are housing upwards
of millions of Ukrainians.

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They have also been
a very strong partner

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in terms of the implementation
of sanctions and again,

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with some of their economic
impacts have really borne

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the economic costs of that and
have continued to do things

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on the energy front as well.

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We convened a Ukraine
Defense Contact Group

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that meets regularly and as
part of today's announcement,

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we'll be continuing to encourage
our allies and partners,

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especially on the
air defense side,

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as well as to continue providing
them with the artillery,

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the ammunition and other
capabilities that they need.

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- Last thing I do wanna ask
you about Vladimir Putin,

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he's given no indication that
he's prepared to slow down,

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that he's just prepared to push
and push as long as it takes

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from his perspective.

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But do you see, is
there any knowledge

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the administration
has, any intelligence,

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that there's some light
at the end of this tunnel

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or is it just flat out conflict
as far as the eye can see?

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- Certainly nothing that
President Putin has said or done

24:45.116 --> 24:47.385 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
gives any indication
that he is prepared

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to end this conflict
anytime soon.

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We are seeing this
with continued stepped
up brutal attacks

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on civilian infrastructure
and Ukraine's energy grid,

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especially heading
into to winter.

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So we remain committed
to supporting Ukraine

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with the security
assistance that it needs

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and we also support
President Zelenskyy's

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continued public conversation
about a just peace

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and what he sees as the
essential principles

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that would be needed to
bring this war to a close

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in a way that would be just.

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- [Judy] Well, we are
going to leave it there.

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Amanda Sloat who is the
National Security Council

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Senior Director for Europe.

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Thank you very much
for joining us.

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- Good evening and welcome to
this "PBS NewsHour" special,

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President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy's address

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to the United States Congress.

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I'm Judy Woodruff.

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The president of Ukraine
landed in Washington

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a few hours ago, his
first trip out of Ukraine

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since the Russian
invasion in late February.

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He met with President Biden
at the White House earlier

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and at a press
conference afterward,

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Mr. Biden said that the $1.8
billion in additional aid,

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Patriot missiles and
precision-guided bombs

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that the U.S. providing Ukraine

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would send a powerful message

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to Russia's President
Vladimir Putin.

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Shortly, President Zelenskyy
will address a joint meeting

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of Congress.

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You can see these
live pictures now

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from the House of
Representatives.

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We are waiting for President
Zelenskyy to arrive.

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We are told and
you can see it here

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in this live video picture,

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that members of
Congress are gathered,

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a number of them in the aisles

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waiting to greet
President Zelenskyy,

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pretty much to give
him a hero's welcome

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given the way the
Ukrainian people

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and he as head of government
have conducted this war,

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surprising the Russians making
this a much, much tougher

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challenge than the Russians
expected at the beginning.

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You can see them lined
up there in the isles

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of the House of Representatives.

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So as we wait for President
Zelenskyy to enter

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the House chamber, I am
joined by two guests.

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They are retired Lieutenant
General Douglas Lute.

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He had a 35 year
career in the Army.

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He served on the National
Security Council staff

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during the George W. Bush and
the Obama administrations.

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And Stephen Sestanovich,

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he's a professor at
Columbia University

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and a senior fellow at the
Council on Foreign Relations.

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He was ambassador at large
for the former Soviet Union

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during the Clinton
administration.

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Welcome to both of you.

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We're gonna keep focused
on those pictures

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in the House chamber
so we can see

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as President Zelenskyy enters.

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But Steve Sestanovich,
let me start with you.

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We see House speaker
Nancy Pelosi of course,

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and Vice President Kamala
Harris there at the dais

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waiting to greet
President Zelenskyy.

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Steve Sestanovich, what's the
purpose seen of this visit

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by President Zelenskyy?

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- Well, Zelenskyy comes to town

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in order to get
a hero's welcome.

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He's gonna get that
from the Congress.

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He also wants to
deflect pressure

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from some parts of Congress
to reduce assistance.

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And we shouldn't forget this,

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he also wants to
encourage Congress to push

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the administration
for more assistance

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because there are plenty
of members of Congress

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who think the administration
is being too slow,

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they're too cautious

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and he wants them to
tell the administration,

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look, let's get on with it.

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We need to support the
Ukrainians against the Russians.

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- And Doug Lute, you talked
to members of Congress

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I know a good deal.

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You've been dealing with
the stresses and strains

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and tensions between a
White House and a Congress.

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What kind of conversations
could President Zelenskyy have

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while he is here?

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We don't know every
detail of the visit

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but are those the
kinds of conversations

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that could make a
difference, Doug Lute?

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- I think absolutely and
especially right now, Judy,

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because of course, in these
last days of this congress

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before the Christmas holiday

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and then eventually
the change of Congress

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with the New Year,
there's a omnibus

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or overall spending bill
pending congressional approval.

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In that bill is 45
billion additional dollars

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of assistance to Ukraine.

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So the most tactical,
immediate payoff of this visit

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to the joint session
this evening,

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is to put pressure on
approval for that spend.

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- And so, just staying with
you for a moment, Doug Lute,

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are we saying that
just the very fact

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that President
Zelenskyy is here,

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that he's making these
remarks to the Congress,

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are you saying that
could make a difference?

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- Absolutely.

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I mean, President Zelenskyy

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and we're all about
to see this, right?

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Up close and personal.

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He is very authentic, he is
genuine, he is persuasive.

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He's an iconic wartime leader,

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that's gonna make an impression
on the members of Congress.

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- And Steve Sestanovich,
we're used to seeing

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these live scenes from the
House of Representatives

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waiting for a president
to come down the aisle.

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It's typically a president
of the United States,

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it's not normal for the
Congress to open its doors

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and welcome a foreign leader.

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But this is an a case
where the United States

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has backed this conflict,
this war, has backed Ukraine

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from the very beginning
and even before that.

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So this is really
the first opportunity

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the members of Congress have
had to hear from him in person.

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He's addressed the Congress
virtually from Ukraine

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but this is the
first time in person

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so there's almost an air
of excitement, isn't there?

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- Oh, for sure.

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That's why you've got
so many members dressed

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in Ukrainian colors,
yellow and blue.

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I'm kind of surprised
that the speaker

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and the vice president
aren't in Ukrainian colors.

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This is the kind of event that
the Congress has been staging

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for 80 years since Winston
Churchill has spoke here

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after Pearl Harbor.

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I mean, the Congress is the
forum for a foreign leader

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who is counting on strong
support from the U.S. government

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to try to galvanize
that support.

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But as Doug and
I've been saying,

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he also wants to
put pressure on them

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to take specific actions.

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Typically, when a foreign
leader comes here,

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he doesn't have some immediate
legislative agenda in mind.

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But this time he does.

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- And for sure, and again,

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a reminder that this is
one of those rare instances

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in Washington these days where
there's bipartisan support

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for something.

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We just saw the Senate
majority leader Chuck Schumer

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walk down the aisle

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with the Senate Republican
leader Mitch McConnell

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and they were both
smiling and laughing,

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we don't know what
that was about.

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They may be announcing
President Zelenskyy's arrival

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right now.

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We can't tell, we can't
see everyone coming in.

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There he is.

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Yes, that was
President Zelenskyy

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dressed in his
traditional fatigues.

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What we see him wearing
when we see him appearing

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on television
frequently from Ukraine.

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There he is.

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You can see a number of
members of Congress again,

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Senate Majority
Leader Chuck Schumer,

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the Republican leader,
Mitch McConnell there

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seated on opposite
sides of the aisle.

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And as we say, you
can't stress enough,

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is one of the rare
moments when the two sides

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are in some agreement.

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So here he is, he's greeting
vice President Kamala Harris

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and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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And receiving what is clearly
a warm welcome from both sides

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of the aisle in the House.

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And again, they're
in the House chamber,

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these are House members but
also members of the Senate.

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(Congress applauding)

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He flew out of
Ukraine earlier today,

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first time he has
left his home country

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since Russia invaded
back in February.

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So that very fact alone
makes a statement.

35:24.922 --> 35:26.757 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
He flew across the Atlantic,

35:26.757 --> 35:29.060 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
arrived early afternoon
in Washington,

35:30.528 --> 35:34.765 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
met with President Biden, two
of them met for several hours.

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They've met the press

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and here he is to
address the Congress.

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Let's listen.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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- [Nancy] Members-

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(Congress applauding)

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Members of Congress.

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- I think it's too much.

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- I think you do.

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Members of Congress, I
have the high privilege

36:22.213 --> 36:25.650 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
and the distinct honor
of presenting to you

36:25.650 --> 36:28.386 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
his Excellency,
Volodymyr Zelenskyy,

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President of the Ukraine.

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(Congress applauding)

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- Thank you so much.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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Thank you so much, thank you.

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It's too much for me.

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All this for our great
people, thank you so much.

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Dear Americans, in all states,
cities and communities,

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all those who value
freedom and justice,

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who cherish it as
strongly as we Ukrainians

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in all our cities, in
each and every family,

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I hope my words of
respect and gratitude

37:42.126 --> 37:44.695 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
resonate in each American heart.

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Madam Vice President, I
thank you for your efforts

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in helping Ukraine.

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Madam Speaker, you
bravely visited Ukraine

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during the full fledged war.

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Thank you very much.

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A great honor.

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Thank you.

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(Congress applauding)

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Great privilege to be here.

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Dear members of the Congress,

38:20.064 --> 38:24.869 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
representatives of both
parties who also visited Kyiv,

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esteemed congressmen and
senators from both parties

38:32.943 --> 38:36.847 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
who will visit Ukraine
I'm sure in the future,

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dear representatives
of diaspora,

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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present in this chamber and
spread across the country,

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dear journalists, it's
a great honor for me

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to be at a U.S. Congress and
speak to you and all Americans.

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Against all odds and
doom and gloom scenarios,

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Ukraine didn't fall.

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Ukraine is alive and kicking.

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(Congress applauding)

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Thank you.

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(Congress applauding)

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And it gives me good
reason to share with you

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our first joined victory.

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We defeated Russia in the
battle for minds of the world.

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(Congress applauding)

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We have no fear nor should
anyone in the world have it.

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Ukrainians gained this victory
and it gives us courage

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which inspires the entire world.

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Americans gained this
victory and that's why

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you have succeeded in
uniting the global community

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to protect freedom
and international law.

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Europeans gained this
victory and that's why

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Europe is now stronger and
more independent than ever.

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The Russian tyranny has
lost control over us

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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and it will never
influence our minds again.

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Yet, we have to do
whatever it takes to ensure

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that countries of the global
South also gain such victory.

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I know one more I think
very important thing,

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the Russians will stand
a chance to be free

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only when they defeat the
Kremlin in their minds.

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(Congress applauding)

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Yet, the battle continues and
we have to defeat the Kremlin

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on the battlefield, yes.

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This battle is not only
for the territory for this

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or another part of Europe, the
battle is not only for life,

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freedom and security of
Ukrainians or any other nation

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which Russia
attempts to conquer.

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This struggle will define
in what world our children

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and grandchildren will live
and then their children

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and grandchildren.

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It will define whether it will
be a democracy for Ukrainians

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and for Americans for all.

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This battle cannot be
frozen or postponed.

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It cannot be ignored hoping
that the ocean or something else

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will provide a protection.

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From the United States to China,

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from Europe to Latin America,
and from Africa to Australia,

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the world is too interconnected
and interdependent

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to allow someone to stay
aside and at the same time

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to feel safe when such
a battle continues.

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Our two nations are
allies in this battle.

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And next year will be a
turning point, I know it,

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the point when Ukrainian
courage and American resolve

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must guarantee the future
of our common freedom.

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The freedom of people who
stand for their values.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

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ladies and Gentlemen, Americans,

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yesterday before coming
here to Washington DC,

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I was at the frontline,
in our Bakhmut.

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In our stronghold in the East
of Ukraine, in the Donbas.

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The Russian military
and mercenaries

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have been attacking
Bakhmut non-stop since May.

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They have been attacking
it day and night

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but Bakhmut stands.

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(Congress applauding)

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Last year, 70,000 people
lived there in Bakhmut,

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in this city, and now
only few civilians stay.

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Every inch of that land
is soaked in blood.

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Roaring guns sound every hour.

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Trenches in the Donbas change
hands several times a day

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in fierce combat and
even hand fighting.

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But the Ukrainian Donbas stands.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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Russians use everything
they have against Bakhmut

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and our other beautiful cities.

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The occupiers have a significant
advantage in artillery.

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They have an advantage
in ammunition,

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they have much more missiles
and planes than we ever had.

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It's true but our
defense forces stand.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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And we all are proud of them.

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The Russian tactic is primitive.

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They burn down and destroy
everything they see.

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They sent thugs
to the frontlines,

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they sent convicts to the war.

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They threw everything against us

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similar to the other tyranny

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which in the Battle
of the Bulge.

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Threw everything it had
against the free world.

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Just like the brave American
soldiers which held their lines

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and fought back Hitler's forces

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during the Christmas of 1944,

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brave Ukrainian soldiers
are doing the same

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to Putin's forces
this Christmas.

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(Congress applauding)

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Ukraine holds its lines
and will never surrender.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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So here is the frontline,
the tyranny which has no lack

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of cruelty against the
lives of free people

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and your support is crucial not
just to stand in such fights

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but to get to the turning point,
to win on the battlefield.

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We have artillery,
yes, thank you.

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We have, is it enough?

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Honestly, not really.

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(Congress laughs)

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To ensure Bakhmut is
not just a stronghold

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that holds back the Russian
army but for the Russian army

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to completely pull out, more
cannons and shells are needed.

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If so, just like the
battle of Saratoga,

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the fight for Bakhmut will
change the trajectory of our war

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for independence and freedom.

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If your Patriots stop
the Russian terror
against our cities,

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it will let Ukrainian
patriots work to the full

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to defend our freedom.

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(Congress applauding)

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When Russia cannot reach
our cities by its artillery,

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it tries to destroy them
with missile attacks.

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More than that,

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Russia found an ally in
its genocidal policy, Iran.

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Iranian deadly drones
sent to Russia in hundreds

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became a threat to our
critical infrastructure.

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That is how one terrorist
has found the other.

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It is just a matter of
time when they will strike

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against your other allies
if we do not stop them now.

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We must do it.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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I believe there
should be no taboos

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between us in our alliance.

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Ukraine never asked
the American soldiers

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to fight on our
land instead of us.

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I assure you that
Ukrainian soldiers

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can perfectly operate American
tanks and planes themselves.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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Financial assistance is
also critically important

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and I would like to thank
you, thank you very much

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that you for both
financial packages

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you have already
provided us with

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and the ones you may be
willing to decide on,

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your money is not charity,

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it's an investment in the
global security and democracy

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that we handle in the
most responsible way.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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Russia could stop its aggression
really if it wanted to

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but you can speed up
our victory, I know it.

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And it will prove to
any potential aggressor

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that no one can succeed in
breaking national borders,

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no one committing atrocities

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and reigning over people
against their will.

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It would be naive to wait
for steps towards peace

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from Russia which enjoys
being a terrorist state.

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Russians are still
poisoned by the Kremlin.

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The restoration of
international legal order

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is our joint task,
we need peace.

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Yes, Ukraine has already
offered proposals

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which I just discussed
with President Biden

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our Peace Formula.

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Ten points which should
and must be implemented

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for our joint security
guaranteed for decades ahead

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and the Summit,
which can be held.

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I am glad to stress that
President Biden supported

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our peace initiative today.

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Each of you, ladies
and gentlemen,

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can assist in its
implementation to ensure

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that America's
leadership remains solid,

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bicameral and bipartisan.

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Thank you.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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You can strengthen sanctions
to make Russia feel

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how ruinous its
aggression truly is.

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It is in your power to help
us bring to justice everyone

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who started this unprovoked
and criminal war, let's do it.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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Let the terrorist state
be held responsible

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for its terror and aggression

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and compensate all
losses done by this war.

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Let the world see that the
United States are here.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Americans,

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in two days, we will
celebrate Christmas.

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Maybe candlelit, not because
it is more romantic, no,

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but because there will
be no electricity.

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Millions won't have neither
heating nor running water.

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All of this will be the
result of Russian missile

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and drone attacks on our
energy infrastructure.

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But we do not complain,

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we do not judge and compare
whose life is easier.

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Your well-being is the product
of your national security,

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the result of your
struggle for independence

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and your many victories.

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We, Ukrainians, will also go
through our war of independence

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and freedom with
dignity and success.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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We'll celebrate Christmas.

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Celebrate Christmas and even
if there is no electricity,

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the light of our faith in
ourselves will not be put out.

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If Russian missiles attack
us, we'll do our best

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to protect ourselves.

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If they attack us
with Iranian drones

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and our people will have
to go to bomb shelters

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on Christmas eve, Ukrainians
will still sit down

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at a holiday table and
cheer up each other.

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And we don't have to
know everyone's wish

55:27.424 --> 55:31.695 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
as we know that all of us,
millions of Ukrainians,

55:31.695 --> 55:35.999 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
wish the same,
victory, only victory.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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We already built strong
Ukraine with strong people,

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strong army, strong
institutions together with you.

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We develop strong security
guarantees for our country

55:58.888 --> 56:02.025 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and for entire Europe and
the world together with you.

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And also together with you,
we'll put in place everyone

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who will defy freedom, put in.

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(Congress applauding)

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This will be the basis to
protect democracy in Europe

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and the world over.

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Now on this special
Christmas time,

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I want to thank you, all of you.

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I thank every American
family which cherishes

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the warmth of its home

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and wishes the same
warmth to other people.

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I thank President Biden and
both parties at the Senate

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and the House for your
invaluable assistance.

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I thank your cities
and your citizens

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who supported Ukraine this year,
who hosted our, Ukrainians,

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our people, who waved
our national flags,

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who acted to help us.

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Thank you all.

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From everyone who is
now at the frontline,

57:14.330 --> 57:18.201 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
from everyone who
is awaiting victory.

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Standing here today,
I recall the words

57:23.006 --> 57:26.309 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
of the President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

57:27.710 --> 57:30.246 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
which are I think so
good for this moment,

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"The American People in
their righteous might

57:37.720 --> 57:42.625 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
"will win through to
absolute victory."

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The Ukrainian People
will win too, absolutely.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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I know that everything
depends on us.

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On Ukrainian Armed Forces, yet
so much depends on the world.

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So much in the world
depends on you.

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When I was in Bakhmut yesterday,

58:22.465 --> 58:27.470 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
our heroes gave me the
flag, the battle flag.

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The flag of those who defend
Ukraine, Europe and the world

58:33.776 --> 58:36.079 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
at the cost of their lives.

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They asked me to bring
this flag to you,

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to the U.S. Congress,

58:41.518 --> 58:45.255 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
to members of the House of
Representatives and senators,

58:45.255 --> 58:49.959 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
whose decisions can
save millions of people.

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So let these decisions be taken.

58:54.464 --> 58:59.469 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Let this flag stay with
you, ladies and gentlemen.

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This flag is a symbol of
our victory in this war.

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We stand, we fight and we will
win because we are united;

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Ukraine, America and
the entire free world.

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

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(Congress applauding)

59:45.582 --> 59:49.919 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Just one thing, if I can.

59:49.919 --> 59:52.288 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
The last thing,
thank you so much.

59:52.288 --> 59:56.125 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
May God protect our brave
troops and citizens.

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May God forever bless the
United States of America.

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Merry Christmas and a
happy victorious new year.

01:00:04.000 --> 01:00:05.234 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
Slava Ukraini.

01:00:05.234 --> 01:00:08.404 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
(Congress applauding)

01:00:14.010 --> 01:00:17.180 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
(Congress applauding)

01:00:23.152 --> 01:00:26.322 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
(Congress applauding)

01:00:31.761 --> 01:00:35.131 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
(Congress applauding)

01:00:35.131 --> 01:00:36.666 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
Thank you so much.

01:00:36.666 --> 01:00:39.836 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
(Congress applauding)

01:00:44.841 --> 01:00:47.176 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
(Congress applauding)

01:00:47.176 --> 01:00:50.113 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
- The flag of the
Capitol today for you.

01:00:50.113 --> 01:00:51.347 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
- Okay, for me.

01:00:53.716 --> 01:00:54.784 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
- I can hold.

01:00:56.552 --> 01:00:58.154 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
- Turn around.
- Yes.

01:00:58.154 --> 01:00:59.689 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
- There we go.

01:00:59.689 --> 01:01:02.759 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
(Congress applauding)

01:01:07.764 --> 01:01:10.933 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
(Congress applauding)

01:01:14.804 --> 01:01:18.675 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
- This flag was flown
over the capitol today

01:01:18.675 --> 01:01:21.511 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
in honor of the
President's visit.

01:01:21.511 --> 01:01:22.578 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
- Thank you so much.

01:01:22.578 --> 01:01:25.748 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
(Congress applauding)

01:01:31.521 --> 01:01:34.691 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
(Congress applauding)

01:01:40.229 --> 01:01:43.399 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
(Congress applauding)

01:01:46.936 --> 01:01:50.440 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
- Well, it is hard to imagine
a more moving conclusion

01:01:50.440 --> 01:01:53.543 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
to this address, to a
joint meeting of Congress

01:01:53.543 --> 01:01:57.280 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
by Ukraine's President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy

01:01:57.280 --> 01:02:02.185 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
than to see him present the
members of Congress with a flag

01:02:03.352 --> 01:02:06.589 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
as he said himself, he
obtained just yesterday

01:02:06.589 --> 01:02:09.092 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
from his own fighters
on the Eastern front.

01:02:10.259 --> 01:02:11.594 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
It looked as if it
had their signatures

01:02:11.594 --> 01:02:12.862 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
and a message written on it.

01:02:12.862 --> 01:02:16.365 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
He presented that yellow
and blue iconic flag

01:02:16.365 --> 01:02:20.436 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
to Vice President Kamala Harris,
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

01:02:22.505 --> 01:02:25.608 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
And at the same time,
Speaker Pelosi in turn

01:02:25.608 --> 01:02:29.212 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
presented President Zelenskyy
with an American flag

01:02:29.212 --> 01:02:31.380 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
as you saw in that wooden case,

01:02:31.380 --> 01:02:33.449 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
the triangular case
that shows the star.

01:02:33.449 --> 01:02:34.884 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
She said, "This is a flag

01:02:34.884 --> 01:02:39.021 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
"that was flown over the
United States Capitol today."

01:02:39.021 --> 01:02:42.158 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
It was quite a speech,
a moving speech.

01:02:42.158 --> 01:02:45.161 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
One that President Zelenskyy
who typically speaks

01:02:45.161 --> 01:02:50.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
in his own native Ukrainian
language, he spoke in English.

01:02:50.133 --> 01:02:51.667 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
- [Nancy] The House
is now dissolved.

01:02:51.667 --> 01:02:53.936 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
The House will
continue in recess

01:02:53.936 --> 01:02:55.772 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
subject to the
call of the chair.

01:02:57.273 --> 01:03:00.610 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
- That's of course House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi

01:03:00.610 --> 01:03:05.014 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
calling this session to a
close after about a 30-minute,

01:03:05.014 --> 01:03:10.019 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
25-minute or so worth of remarks
by the Ukrainian president.

01:03:11.120 --> 01:03:14.657 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
I'm joined by
again by our guest,

01:03:14.657 --> 01:03:16.793 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
Retired Lieutenant
General Doug Lute,

01:03:16.793 --> 01:03:18.327 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
35 year career in the Army

01:03:18.327 --> 01:03:20.363 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
serving on the National
Security Council staff

01:03:20.363 --> 01:03:23.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
during the both George W. Bush
and Obama administrations.

01:03:23.766 --> 01:03:25.768 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
And also Steve Sestanovich,

01:03:25.768 --> 01:03:28.204 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
he's a professor at
Columbia University,

01:03:28.204 --> 01:03:30.473 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
a senior fellow at the
Council and Foreign Relations,

01:03:30.473 --> 01:03:33.042 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
ambassador at large for
the former Soviet Union

01:03:33.042 --> 01:03:35.244 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
during the Clinton
administration.

01:03:36.412 --> 01:03:39.248 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
To both of you, I
was taking notes

01:03:39.248 --> 01:03:43.753 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
during President
Zelenskyy speech

01:03:43.753 --> 01:03:47.857 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
which drew numerous
interruptions with applause

01:03:47.857 --> 01:03:52.862 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
from both sides of this
often very divided Congress.

01:03:54.330 --> 01:03:56.432 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
Steve Sestanovich, we were
used to seeing the members

01:03:56.432 --> 01:03:59.702 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
in opposition but they were
very much together applauding

01:04:00.903 --> 01:04:04.740 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
the representation that
President Zelenskyy made

01:04:04.740 --> 01:04:08.711 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and his expressions of
thanks to the United States.

01:04:10.613 --> 01:04:15.618 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
- For sure, he was addressing
a friendly audience.

01:04:17.453 --> 01:04:20.690 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
He had a strong
message for them.

01:04:20.690 --> 01:04:24.560 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
I'm sure that a textual
analysis will show

01:04:24.560 --> 01:04:27.296 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
that the single most
frequently spoken word

01:04:27.296 --> 01:04:29.799 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
in the speech was victory.

01:04:29.799 --> 01:04:33.202 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
He wants the support of the
Congress as he wants the support

01:04:33.202 --> 01:04:37.807 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
of the administration not to
fight to a grinding stalemate

01:04:37.807 --> 01:04:41.077 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
but to be able to keep
pushing the Russians back

01:04:41.077 --> 01:04:45.348 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
to something that can
be called a victory

01:04:45.348 --> 01:04:48.751 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
by him and his people.

01:04:48.751 --> 01:04:52.455 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
- There there were stirring
calls on his part, Doug Lute,

01:04:53.856 --> 01:04:58.494 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
as Steve Sestanovich just said
to support the Ukrainians.

01:04:59.595 --> 01:05:01.797 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
He spoke about the
courage of his fighters

01:05:01.797 --> 01:05:06.168 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
but he also, Doug Lute,
at one point he said,

01:05:06.168 --> 01:05:10.473 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
yes, thank you for what you've
given us but is it enough?

01:05:10.473 --> 01:05:12.141 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
No, he said, frankly.

01:05:12.141 --> 01:05:15.011 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
And there was a little bit of
laughter there in the chamber

01:05:15.011 --> 01:05:17.280 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
which is a reminder
that this was a trip,

01:05:17.280 --> 01:05:20.316 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
yes, it was symbolic, yes,
it was to say thank you

01:05:20.316 --> 01:05:22.618 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
but it was also to
say, we need more.

01:05:23.653 --> 01:05:25.187 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
- You know, right Judy.

01:05:25.187 --> 01:05:28.858 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
It's often said that Vladimir
Putin is playing the long game

01:05:28.858 --> 01:05:30.893 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
with the war in Ukraine.

01:05:30.893 --> 01:05:34.463 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
Meaning that he's betting
that the Western coalition

01:05:34.463 --> 01:05:37.800 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
of military assistance and
economic sanctions will crack.

01:05:37.800 --> 01:05:40.803 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
That the pressures of
inflation and energy prices

01:05:40.803 --> 01:05:44.807 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
and so forth will cause
us to be not durable

01:05:44.807 --> 01:05:46.342 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
for the long haul.

01:05:46.342 --> 01:05:51.347 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
Tonight, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
invested in his long game

01:05:52.815 --> 01:05:54.617 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and this is the long game
to cement the connections

01:05:54.617 --> 01:05:58.487 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
from the battlefield spot that
he visited yesterday, Bakhmut

01:05:58.487 --> 01:06:01.590 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
all the way to the
Oval Office today

01:06:01.590 --> 01:06:03.292 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
and then Capitol
Hill this evening.

01:06:03.292 --> 01:06:07.463 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
It was a masterful piece
of moving from the tactical

01:06:07.463 --> 01:06:10.766 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
to the strategic and
investing in the long game.

01:06:10.766 --> 01:06:13.769 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
- Very much almost, if you will,

01:06:15.104 --> 01:06:18.641 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
use of a theatrical
technique where he referred,

01:06:18.641 --> 01:06:20.977 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
back to you Steve Sestanovich,

01:06:20.977 --> 01:06:23.412 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
where he referred
to just hours ago.

01:06:23.412 --> 01:06:26.048 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
He was with his own
troops in a place

01:06:26.048 --> 01:06:27.783 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
where they've been able
to hold off the Russians

01:06:27.783 --> 01:06:29.618 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
but it's been very, very tough.

01:06:29.618 --> 01:06:32.388 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
It's certainly taken
a toll on his troops.

01:06:32.388 --> 01:06:36.258 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
It's taken a toll
on his country, it
continues to do that.

01:06:36.258 --> 01:06:38.561 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
But he made that
stirring connection

01:06:38.561 --> 01:06:42.231 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
between I was just there
and now I'm here with you

01:06:42.231 --> 01:06:45.368 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
to say thank you and I want you
to know what they're saying.

01:06:46.802 --> 01:06:49.739 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
- Judy, he went to
Bakhmut precisely

01:06:49.739 --> 01:06:52.641 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
to be able to talk
about it tonight

01:06:52.641 --> 01:06:57.580 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
and to get that flag for
the members of Congress.

01:06:57.580 --> 01:06:59.181 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
This was excellent theater

01:06:59.181 --> 01:07:00.983 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
and I don't hold it
against him at all.

01:07:00.983 --> 01:07:05.688 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
I think it was, in that respect,
a kind of master stroke.

01:07:05.688 --> 01:07:07.256 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
But this wasn't all theater.

01:07:07.256 --> 01:07:11.761 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
He had some real sort of
messages in the speech

01:07:11.761 --> 01:07:13.496 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
that were important.

01:07:13.496 --> 01:07:16.565 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
I was struck by the
sentence where he said,

01:07:16.565 --> 01:07:21.003 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
"We are going to use the
help that you give us

01:07:21.003 --> 01:07:24.040 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
"in the most responsible way."

01:07:24.040 --> 01:07:27.076 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
That's a message both
to the administration

01:07:27.076 --> 01:07:30.880 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
that's worried that long-range
missiles may enable them

01:07:30.880 --> 01:07:34.116 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
to attack Russia and a
message to the Congress

01:07:34.116 --> 01:07:36.452 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
which has been talking
about an audit.

01:07:37.787 --> 01:07:40.990 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
He's saying to both the
Congress and the administration,

01:07:40.990 --> 01:07:45.961 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
look, we've shown we can
do this as he said it

01:07:45.961 --> 01:07:49.065 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
in another point which got a
half laugh, not as big a laugh

01:07:49.065 --> 01:07:52.134 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
as the one you
mentioned where he said,

01:07:52.134 --> 01:07:55.271 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
"We've shown we know how to
use these tanks and planes."

01:07:55.271 --> 01:07:56.105 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
- That's right.

01:07:56.105 --> 01:07:57.373 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
Yeah, that's right.

01:07:57.373 --> 01:08:00.342 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
I was struck by that
as well, Doug Lute,

01:08:00.342 --> 01:08:05.147 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
where President Zelenskyy
made a point of saying

01:08:05.147 --> 01:08:07.950 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
that we use this aid
that you give us,

01:08:07.950 --> 01:08:09.485 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
this support we're
so grateful for it

01:08:09.485 --> 01:08:12.721 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
but we use it responsibly.

01:08:12.721 --> 01:08:16.525 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
He seemed to be,
clearly he was saying,

01:08:16.525 --> 01:08:19.462 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
which means it's okay for
you to give us more help

01:08:19.462 --> 01:08:21.163 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
that we will use it well.

01:08:21.163 --> 01:08:24.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
What specifically remind
us are the Ukrainians

01:08:24.400 --> 01:08:28.237 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
asking for from the
Americans in addition

01:08:28.237 --> 01:08:29.538 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
to what the Americans
have already done,

01:08:29.538 --> 01:08:32.274 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
$100 billion dollars worth?

01:08:32.274 --> 01:08:36.512 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
- Right, I would cite three
military capability gaps

01:08:36.512 --> 01:08:38.047 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
that he's trying to fill.

01:08:38.047 --> 01:08:40.382 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
One is partially addressed by
the Patriot air defense system

01:08:40.382 --> 01:08:41.650 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
that was announced today.

01:08:41.650 --> 01:08:45.688 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
So high altitude,
long-range air defense.

01:08:45.688 --> 01:08:48.858 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
So that's at least
initially on its way.

01:08:48.858 --> 01:08:52.194 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
The second though, is to
sort of refurbish his forces

01:08:52.194 --> 01:08:55.064 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
on the ground for
a spring offensive

01:08:55.064 --> 01:08:59.235 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and this means refurbishing
them with tanks,

01:08:59.235 --> 01:09:02.371 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
mechanized infantry,
carrying vehicles,

01:09:02.371 --> 01:09:06.876 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
mobile engineer support, all
so that they can come together

01:09:06.876 --> 01:09:10.613 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
in what we call combined
arms and present

01:09:10.613 --> 01:09:12.214 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
an effective offensive force.

01:09:12.214 --> 01:09:13.682 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
And then the third thing

01:09:13.682 --> 01:09:15.951 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
which is perhaps the most
politically sensitive

01:09:15.951 --> 01:09:20.956 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
is long-range strike systems
that can strike the airfields

01:09:22.124 --> 01:09:23.859 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
from which these air
attacks, drone attacks

01:09:23.859 --> 01:09:25.127 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
are being launched.

01:09:25.127 --> 01:09:28.964 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
Some of these airfields
are in occupied Ukraine,

01:09:28.964 --> 01:09:30.599 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
others are in Russia.

01:09:30.599 --> 01:09:33.869 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
And if we really wanna get
at the defense of Ukraine,

01:09:33.869 --> 01:09:37.173 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
we have to do more than
provide defense against systems

01:09:37.173 --> 01:09:39.108 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
that are already
flying in the air

01:09:39.108 --> 01:09:41.410 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
and we have to go to the
source of the launch.

01:09:41.410 --> 01:09:43.245 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
And that's really what
he's talking about

01:09:43.245 --> 01:09:45.915 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
in terms of being
responsible and so forth.

01:09:45.915 --> 01:09:48.050 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
- And Doug Lute, I wanna stay
with you for just a moment

01:09:48.050 --> 01:09:49.585 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
because earlier tonight
on the "NewsHour",

01:09:49.585 --> 01:09:53.355 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I spoke with Amanda Sloat
who's the director for Europe

01:09:53.355 --> 01:09:56.025 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
on the National
Security Council staff

01:09:56.025 --> 01:09:58.160 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
at the Biden White House.

01:09:58.160 --> 01:10:00.629 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
And when I pressed
her a little bit on

01:10:00.629 --> 01:10:03.065 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
what else is the
administration prepared to do,

01:10:03.065 --> 01:10:04.433 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
what are you not prepared to do,

01:10:04.433 --> 01:10:06.569 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
she was reluctant to
get into any specifics.

01:10:06.569 --> 01:10:08.003 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
She kept referring to what

01:10:08.003 --> 01:10:10.506 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
the administration's
already doing.

01:10:10.506 --> 01:10:13.475 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
But where does the
administration, in
your understanding,

01:10:13.475 --> 01:10:16.412 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
draw the line between what
they are prepared to do

01:10:16.412 --> 01:10:20.015 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
right now, and we know that
line has moved somewhat,

01:10:20.015 --> 01:10:23.586 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
and what they just don't
think they should do

01:10:23.586 --> 01:10:25.955 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
or can do at this moment?

01:10:25.955 --> 01:10:29.258 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
- Well, so far in this sort
of incremental approach

01:10:29.258 --> 01:10:30.960 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
to supporting the Ukrainians,

01:10:30.960 --> 01:10:35.698 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
we have avoided crossing a
line into longer range systems

01:10:35.698 --> 01:10:37.733 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
that could actually
take the fight

01:10:37.733 --> 01:10:42.705 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
to these these launching
pads inside Russia.

01:10:44.206 --> 01:10:46.976 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
And that really I think is the
most heated debate right now.

01:10:46.976 --> 01:10:49.778 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
I think increasingly
as these Iranian drones

01:10:49.778 --> 01:10:51.413 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
have an effect on
the battlefield,

01:10:51.413 --> 01:10:53.816 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
there will be a
discussion among planners,

01:10:53.816 --> 01:10:57.553 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
American planners, NATO
planners, and Ukrainian planners

01:10:57.553 --> 01:11:01.357 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
about how there are potential
ways to interdict the flow

01:11:01.357 --> 01:11:04.493 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
of this Iranian
support to Ukraine.

01:11:04.493 --> 01:11:05.894 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
But these are down the road,

01:11:05.894 --> 01:11:09.298 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
they're not yet
ready for decision.

01:11:09.298 --> 01:11:11.433 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
- Steve Sestanovich,
weigh in if you will,

01:11:11.433 --> 01:11:13.469 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
on that discussion
that's going on,

01:11:13.469 --> 01:11:16.739 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
whether it's at the level
of President Biden himself

01:11:16.739 --> 01:11:19.942 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
right now but in the
national security arena

01:11:19.942 --> 01:11:23.712 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
in the administration
about just how much more

01:11:23.712 --> 01:11:25.414 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
this administration can do,

01:11:25.414 --> 01:11:29.151 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
this government can
do to support Ukraine.

01:11:29.151 --> 01:11:31.553 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
- Look, I'm not surprised
that an NSC staffer

01:11:31.553 --> 01:11:34.523 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
is unwilling to be
drawn out on this point

01:11:34.523 --> 01:11:36.025 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
on the "NewsHour".

01:11:36.025 --> 01:11:38.894 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
Doug and I both worked
on the NSC staff

01:11:38.894 --> 01:11:42.498 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and we wouldn't have done any
more than Amanda Sloat did.

01:11:42.498 --> 01:11:46.068 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
But the administration's
very aware

01:11:46.068 --> 01:11:48.370 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
that it's gotta
keep moving forward

01:11:48.370 --> 01:11:51.573 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
to offer more capabilities
if they wanna be able

01:11:51.573 --> 01:11:56.545 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
to hold off a Russian offensive
which is probably coming,

01:11:57.946 --> 01:11:59.748 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
there seems to be some division
within the administration

01:11:59.748 --> 01:12:02.217 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
as to how likely a
new offensive is.

01:12:03.619 --> 01:12:07.623 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
But you know, Doug is right
about one of the sources

01:12:07.623 --> 01:12:10.326 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
that will empower Russian
offensive if it happens

01:12:10.326 --> 01:12:14.463 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
and that's Iranian
drones and support.

01:12:14.463 --> 01:12:16.498 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
And Zelenskyy was
very strong on that.

01:12:16.498 --> 01:12:21.503 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
He said, the two terrorist
states have found each other.

01:12:22.771 --> 01:12:26.608 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
you're trying to combine
hostility to Iran

01:12:26.608 --> 01:12:28.544 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
with hostility to Russia.

01:12:28.544 --> 01:12:33.382 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
And he said, we have got to
act in order to stop them.

01:12:35.284 --> 01:12:38.554 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
I'm sure that's gonna
be a powerful formula.

01:12:38.554 --> 01:12:41.824 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
You're going to let the
Russians launch an offensive

01:12:41.824 --> 01:12:45.094 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
that is helped by Iran?

01:12:46.528 --> 01:12:49.131 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
- And I believe and the
two of you can correct me

01:12:49.131 --> 01:12:53.135 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
but I believe what I understood
him to say in so many words

01:12:53.135 --> 01:12:56.271 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
is if we don't stop
Iran in this way now

01:12:56.271 --> 01:12:58.741 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
in helping the Russians,

01:12:58.741 --> 01:13:01.043 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
we're gonna see them
using this kind of terror,

01:13:01.043 --> 01:13:05.714 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
these kinds of lethal
drones in other theaters.

01:13:05.714 --> 01:13:07.483 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
So making an appeal-

01:13:07.483 --> 01:13:08.684 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
Yeah, go ahead.

01:13:08.684 --> 01:13:13.322 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
- He said that Iran and
Russia will be using

01:13:14.723 --> 01:13:17.760 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
these capabilities against
other American allies.

01:13:17.760 --> 01:13:21.563 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
And I'm sure there he
meant allies in Europe,

01:13:21.563 --> 01:13:23.232 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
allies in the Middle East.

01:13:24.800 --> 01:13:29.405 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
He is saying there's a
terrorist alliance here

01:13:29.405 --> 01:13:33.008 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
which you members of
Congress have got to help

01:13:33.008 --> 01:13:36.879 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
the administration focus
on and act against.

01:13:36.879 --> 01:13:40.249 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
- And Steve Sestanovich
and Doug Lute,

01:13:40.249 --> 01:13:42.551 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
I'm gonna ask you to stand
by because we are now joined

01:13:42.551 --> 01:13:45.020 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
by the NewsHour's
own Jeff Bennett

01:13:45.020 --> 01:13:49.691 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
who was in the House chamber
during tonight's speech.

01:13:49.691 --> 01:13:52.194 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Okay, I'm now told that
he's not available, sorry.

01:13:52.194 --> 01:13:55.931 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
We'll go to Jeff as
soon as he is available.

01:13:55.931 --> 01:13:58.734 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
And Doug Lute, pick
up on this Iran point

01:13:58.734 --> 01:14:02.905 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
because it's in the trajectory
of this administration's view

01:14:02.905 --> 01:14:07.910 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
of Iran has been more
than interesting to watch.

01:14:09.278 --> 01:14:11.180 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
They came into office, I
think there was some sentiment

01:14:11.180 --> 01:14:15.818 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
that it would be a good idea
to try to get the nuclear deal

01:14:15.818 --> 01:14:17.853 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
that the Trump administration

01:14:18.921 --> 01:14:20.889 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
had the United
States pulled out of.

01:14:20.889 --> 01:14:25.561 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
But Iran's behavior since
then has changed all that.

01:14:25.561 --> 01:14:27.763 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
Where do you see that right now?

01:14:27.763 --> 01:14:29.832 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
- Well, I think this
strategic goal remains

01:14:29.832 --> 01:14:32.668 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
that we are best served,
America's interests
are best served

01:14:32.668 --> 01:14:35.704 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
with some sort of
agreement with Iran

01:14:35.704 --> 01:14:40.709 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
with international inspections
that delays and complicates

01:14:41.877 --> 01:14:43.212 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
Iran's move towards
a nuclear weapon.

01:14:43.212 --> 01:14:45.247 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
So I think that's fundamental

01:14:45.247 --> 01:14:46.982 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
to the administration's position

01:14:46.982 --> 01:14:50.986 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and that negotiation
continues in fits and starts.

01:14:50.986 --> 01:14:55.023 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
But meanwhile, tactically and
across the Middle East region

01:14:55.023 --> 01:14:58.227 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
in particular, Iran is already
using these very same drones,

01:14:58.227 --> 01:15:01.730 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
the exact same models that
they've now provided to Russia.

01:15:01.730 --> 01:15:05.067 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
We have seen over Syria,
we've seen over Lebanon,

01:15:05.067 --> 01:15:09.538 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
we've seen in the Saudi
Arabian Peninsula states

01:15:09.538 --> 01:15:10.606 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
and so forth.

01:15:10.606 --> 01:15:11.807 align:left position:40% line:5% size:50%
In Iraq.

01:15:11.807 --> 01:15:14.843 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
So there's a very
definite pattern here.

01:15:14.843 --> 01:15:18.413 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
These are not sophisticated
devices but they're produced

01:15:18.413 --> 01:15:20.849 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
and launched in
such large numbers

01:15:20.849 --> 01:15:25.654 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
that no air defense system
can expect 100% success.

01:15:25.654 --> 01:15:27.823 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
So only in a few of
them have to get through

01:15:27.823 --> 01:15:31.293 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
to knock out an electrical
grid or hit a key target.

01:15:31.293 --> 01:15:35.764 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
- And Doug Lute, is what
the United States is giving

01:15:35.764 --> 01:15:40.769 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
Ukraine right now, does
that make it easier

01:15:41.904 --> 01:15:43.805 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
whether it's Patriot
or other systems

01:15:43.805 --> 01:15:45.974 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
to go after these drones

01:15:45.974 --> 01:15:48.844 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
or is that technology
just not refined yet?

01:15:48.844 --> 01:15:51.179 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
- Well, the combination of the
systems that we've provided

01:15:51.179 --> 01:15:56.184 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
to Ukraine provide perhaps an
80 to 90% effectiveness rate

01:15:57.019 --> 01:15:58.520 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
against drones.

01:15:58.520 --> 01:16:02.391 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
But look, a single
drone against a critical

01:16:02.391 --> 01:16:07.229 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
electrical infrastructure
node can knock out a city.

01:16:07.229 --> 01:16:09.398 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
So they don't have to
be a 100% effective

01:16:09.398 --> 01:16:12.401 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
for them to have a meaningful
battlefield effect.

01:16:12.401 --> 01:16:16.138 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
And that's why going to
either the launching source

01:16:16.138 --> 01:16:19.207 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
of these drones or actually
trying to interdict

01:16:19.207 --> 01:16:23.178 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
the supply chain
between Iran and Russia

01:16:23.178 --> 01:16:24.446 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
might be more lucrative.

01:16:25.814 --> 01:16:27.583 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
- Steve Sestanovich, while
we're waiting for Jeff Bennett,

01:16:27.583 --> 01:16:30.652 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
I wanna come back to you on
this sort of essential question

01:16:30.652 --> 01:16:32.921 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
of what we can expect
from the Russian.

01:16:32.921 --> 01:16:35.123 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
They've clearly been worn down,

01:16:35.123 --> 01:16:39.061 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
they've lost a lot of
their men, their troops.

01:16:39.061 --> 01:16:41.697 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
This has been a much
tougher challenge for them

01:16:41.697 --> 01:16:44.766 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
than they ever dreamed
apparently in the first place.

01:16:44.766 --> 01:16:47.035 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
'Cause here we are,
it's been almost a year

01:16:47.035 --> 01:16:49.004 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
and yet they will keep coming.

01:16:49.004 --> 01:16:52.207 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And we even heard President
Zelenskyy just tonight

01:16:52.207 --> 01:16:55.544 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
refer to their throwing
prisoners or conscripts,

01:16:55.544 --> 01:16:59.314 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
I don't remember which
word he used at this fight.

01:16:59.314 --> 01:17:02.751 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
What is the expectation that
Russia's going to be doing

01:17:02.751 --> 01:17:05.420 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
in the weeks and
the months to come?

01:17:05.420 --> 01:17:08.624 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
- Well, today the Russian
defense minister announced

01:17:08.624 --> 01:17:11.360 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
an increase in the size of
the Russian armed forces

01:17:11.360 --> 01:17:14.463 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
of 350,000 troops.

01:17:14.463 --> 01:17:19.468 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
Putin said there's no
shortage of any financing

01:17:22.437 --> 01:17:24.106 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
that you generals
have to worry about.

01:17:24.106 --> 01:17:26.875 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
He was speaking to
an annual meeting

01:17:26.875 --> 01:17:29.978 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
of the military and
defense ministry.

01:17:29.978 --> 01:17:33.081 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
He said, we are gonna do
absolutely whatever it is.

01:17:33.081 --> 01:17:38.086 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
So in the next few
months and beyond that,

01:17:39.521 --> 01:17:44.059 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
you'll be looking at probably
a somewhat increased group,

01:17:45.193 --> 01:17:48.730 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
sort of reinforced
troop presence

01:17:48.730 --> 01:17:51.900 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
in Eastern and southern Ukraine.

01:17:51.900 --> 01:17:55.771 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
You'll be looking at
weapons capabilities

01:17:55.771 --> 01:17:57.739 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
that they're
attempting to restock.

01:17:58.840 --> 01:18:03.578 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
There will be an attempt
to pull conscripts

01:18:03.578 --> 01:18:08.583 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and probably an attempt to use
the artillery that they have

01:18:09.985 --> 01:18:14.122 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and the other drones to
wear down Ukrainian support.

01:18:14.122 --> 01:18:17.993 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
Doug is right that the
air defense capabilities

01:18:17.993 --> 01:18:22.998 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
that the west has given Ukraine
enable them to shoot down

01:18:24.199 --> 01:18:28.336 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
80, 90% of the missiles
that come in every day.

01:18:29.971 --> 01:18:33.041 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
And the Ukrainians triumphantly
announce that every day.

01:18:33.041 --> 01:18:37.913 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
You know, we got 13 of
14, we got 65 of 70.

01:18:37.913 --> 01:18:42.284 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
But as he also says, all
of those that get through

01:18:42.284 --> 01:18:46.254 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
are taking a tremendous
toll on Ukrainian society.

01:18:46.254 --> 01:18:49.057 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And that's why President
Zelenskyy kept coming back

01:18:49.057 --> 01:18:52.661 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
to we're observing
Christmas Eve in the dark.

01:18:54.129 --> 01:18:58.667 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
We're cold, we're hungry but
we're cheering ourselves up

01:18:59.534 --> 01:19:02.471 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and we are determined to win.

01:19:02.471 --> 01:19:05.107 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
But he said, it depends on you.

01:19:05.107 --> 01:19:06.608 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
- And you're right,

01:19:06.608 --> 01:19:08.744 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
you're referring to that very
moving ending of his remarks

01:19:08.744 --> 01:19:11.646 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
where he said at this
Christmas, he said,

01:19:11.646 --> 01:19:15.917 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
"even if it's in the dark,
it's the light of our courage

01:19:15.917 --> 01:19:19.755 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
"of who we are that
will keep us going."

01:19:19.755 --> 01:19:23.291 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
For those of you who may be
tuning into this conversation,

01:19:23.291 --> 01:19:28.130 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
I'm with Doug Lute and Steve
Sestanovich talking about

01:19:28.130 --> 01:19:32.367 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
what the remarks were tonight
by Volodymyr Zelenskyy,

01:19:32.367 --> 01:19:34.035 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
the President of Ukraine.

01:19:34.035 --> 01:19:36.071 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
If you missed any
part of what he said,

01:19:36.071 --> 01:19:38.840 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
we just wanna bring you
now just a quick look

01:19:38.840 --> 01:19:42.277 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
at one part of his address
to this joint meeting

01:19:42.277 --> 01:19:43.178 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
of the Congress.

01:19:43.178 --> 01:19:43.979 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
Let's listen.

01:19:45.447 --> 01:19:47.749 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
- Ladies and
gentlemen, Americans,

01:19:47.749 --> 01:19:52.754 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
in two days we will celebrate
Christmas, maybe candle lit.

01:19:58.326 --> 01:20:02.164 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
Not because it's
more romantic, no,

01:20:02.164 --> 01:20:06.802 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
but because there will
be no electricity.

01:20:08.236 --> 01:20:12.874 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
Millions won't have neither
heating nor running water.

01:20:14.376 --> 01:20:17.245 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
All of these will be the
result of Russian missile

01:20:17.245 --> 01:20:21.283 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
and drone attacks on our
energy infrastructure.

01:20:22.684 --> 01:20:24.319 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
But we do not complain.

01:20:25.687 --> 01:20:29.925 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
We do not judge and compare
whose life is easier.

01:20:31.326 --> 01:20:35.931 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
Your wellbeing is the product
of your national security,

01:20:37.265 --> 01:20:40.535 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
the result of your
struggle for independence

01:20:40.535 --> 01:20:42.637 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
and your many victories.

01:20:44.072 --> 01:20:48.443 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
We, Ukrainians, will also go
through our War of independence

01:20:48.443 --> 01:20:52.380 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
and freedom with
dignity and success.

01:20:52.380 --> 01:20:54.516 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
(Congress applauding)

01:20:54.516 --> 01:20:56.785 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
- That was just one
part near the end

01:20:56.785 --> 01:20:58.887 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
of President Zelenskyy' remarks.

01:20:58.887 --> 01:21:01.489 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
And I am joined now
by our Jeff Bennett,

01:21:01.489 --> 01:21:03.959 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
he was in the House
chamber during this speech.

01:21:03.959 --> 01:21:05.660 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
Jeff, I have to say,

01:21:05.660 --> 01:21:08.530 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
I don't think I've
seen a foreign leader

01:21:08.530 --> 01:21:12.734 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
greeted as warmly as President
Zelenskyy was tonight.

01:21:12.734 --> 01:21:14.002 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
- You're right about that, Judy.

01:21:14.002 --> 01:21:15.871 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
It was an extended
standing ovation,

01:21:15.871 --> 01:21:19.107 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
a minutes long standing ovation
before he even said a word.

01:21:19.107 --> 01:21:21.910 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
To give you a sense of the
dynamic that's at play here,

01:21:21.910 --> 01:21:23.411 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
on this side of
Pennsylvania Avenue,

01:21:23.411 --> 01:21:26.014 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
of course, we saw President
Zelenskyy and President Biden

01:21:26.014 --> 01:21:28.149 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
earlier today on the other
side of Pennsylvania Avenue

01:21:28.149 --> 01:21:29.584 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
at The White House

01:21:29.584 --> 01:21:32.120 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
but his speech to a joint
meeting of Congress,

01:21:32.120 --> 01:21:36.424 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
his daring and dangerous visit
to Washington comes at a time

01:21:36.424 --> 01:21:39.394 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
when there is a
small but powerful

01:21:39.394 --> 01:21:42.497 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
group of House Republicans who
have shown an open hostility

01:21:42.497 --> 01:21:45.033 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
to authorizing
additional humanitarian

01:21:45.033 --> 01:21:47.202 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
or military aid to Ukraine.

01:21:47.202 --> 01:21:51.072 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
Back in May, there were
57 House Republicans

01:21:51.072 --> 01:21:54.175 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
who voted against what was
then a $40 billion aid package.

01:21:54.175 --> 01:21:55.677 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
In the Senate,

01:21:55.677 --> 01:21:58.280 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
there were 11 Republicans
who voted against it.

01:21:58.280 --> 01:21:59.781 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
Fast forward to
the current moment,

01:21:59.781 --> 01:22:02.851 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
you have both chambers debating
and set to take a vote soon

01:22:02.851 --> 01:22:05.153 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
on what is a sprawling
spending package

01:22:05.153 --> 01:22:09.157 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
which includes another $45
billion worth of aid to Ukraine.

01:22:09.157 --> 01:22:12.928 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
And Kevin McCarthy,
the potential House
Republican leader,

01:22:12.928 --> 01:22:14.596 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
potential House
Speaker in waiting

01:22:14.596 --> 01:22:16.498 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
if he's able to cobble
together the votes,

01:22:16.498 --> 01:22:18.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
even though he voted for
that package back in May,

01:22:18.833 --> 01:22:20.702 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
he's now encouraging
House Republicans

01:22:20.702 --> 01:22:23.004 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
to vote against this
spending package.

01:22:23.004 --> 01:22:25.507 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
He has said that he
doesn't believe the U.S.

01:22:25.507 --> 01:22:27.509 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
should be in the position
to write, what he calls,

01:22:27.509 --> 01:22:29.110 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
a blank check to Ukraine.

01:22:29.110 --> 01:22:30.812 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
What's interesting is that
you heard President Zelenskyy

01:22:30.812 --> 01:22:32.714 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and his remarks today say

01:22:32.714 --> 01:22:34.883 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
in effect, that
money is not charity.

01:22:34.883 --> 01:22:37.552 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
What it is, it's an
investment in democracy

01:22:37.552 --> 01:22:39.054 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
around the world.

01:22:39.054 --> 01:22:41.790 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
Kevin McCarthy is locked
in a white knuckle battle

01:22:41.790 --> 01:22:43.158 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
to emerge as House speaker.

01:22:43.158 --> 01:22:44.626 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
Right now as I stand
and speak to you,

01:22:44.626 --> 01:22:46.461 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
he doesn't have the votes

01:22:46.461 --> 01:22:49.698 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
and all of this sort
of suggests to me

01:22:49.698 --> 01:22:51.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
that his position
will not change

01:22:51.333 --> 01:22:53.134 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
because he won't
become House speaker

01:22:53.134 --> 01:22:56.771 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
without the support of the
Trump supporting far right wing

01:22:56.771 --> 01:22:58.039 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
of the Republican Party.

01:22:58.039 --> 01:22:59.975 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
So as that dynamic
plays out here,

01:22:59.975 --> 01:23:02.177 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
what you heard at
The White House today

01:23:02.177 --> 01:23:04.546 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
was White House officials
and President Biden himself,

01:23:04.546 --> 01:23:06.448 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
I believe said some
version of this,

01:23:06.448 --> 01:23:08.850 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
that the address tonight
from President Zelenskyy

01:23:08.850 --> 01:23:11.353 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
was not aimed at any
one political party.

01:23:11.353 --> 01:23:15.223 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
What it was, was his effort
to thank the American people

01:23:15.223 --> 01:23:18.059 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
but also to send a
message to Vladimir Putin.

01:23:18.059 --> 01:23:20.295 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
That Vladimir Putin
miscalculated badly

01:23:20.295 --> 01:23:21.763 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
at the beginning of this war

01:23:21.763 --> 01:23:24.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and that the U.S. and
its allies are determined

01:23:24.566 --> 01:23:27.302 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
to stand next to
Ukraine come with may,

01:23:27.302 --> 01:23:30.805 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
as President Biden's said today,
as long as it takes, Judy.

01:23:30.805 --> 01:23:32.340 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
- And that message came through.

01:23:32.340 --> 01:23:34.275 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
It is interesting what you
say about what's going on

01:23:34.275 --> 01:23:35.710 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
in the House among Republicans.

01:23:35.710 --> 01:23:38.546 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
Meantime, in the Senate,
there does seem to be

01:23:38.546 --> 01:23:43.518 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
a majority support
for continuing the
assistance to Ukraine.

01:23:43.518 --> 01:23:46.521 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
So Jeff Bennett was in the
chamber, I wanna thank you Jeff

01:23:46.521 --> 01:23:50.258 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and also our guest, Steve
Sestanovich, Doug Lute.

01:23:50.258 --> 01:23:53.328 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
That for now concludes
our special coverage

01:23:53.328 --> 01:23:56.197 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
of President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy's address to Congress,

01:23:56.197 --> 01:23:58.233 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
to this joint meeting.

01:23:58.233 --> 01:24:00.435 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
For viewers in the West coast,

01:24:00.435 --> 01:24:03.538 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
we will have a wrap up on the
"NewsHour" broadcast tonight

01:24:03.538 --> 01:24:06.141 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and you can follow all of
our coverage on our website,

01:24:06.141 --> 01:24:09.077 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
that's pbs.org/newshour.

01:24:09.077 --> 01:24:11.079 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
I'm Judy Woodruff,
thank you for joining us

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and we hope to see
you again soon.

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Have a great evening.

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