this sailing excursion in the bah ham answer and surprised when they saw a hammer head shark and really surprised when this he saw a dog jump in the water to go head-to-head and thrash around for a while before the shark swam off and the dog p paddled back. here is harris faulkner. >> harris: fox news alert. president biden steps away from the war zone he left yesterday. at this hour he is in warsaw, poland expected to speak on the war in ukraine a year later. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." the news reverberating around the world. the presence of the american commander-in-chief was impressive and bipartisan

positive response right away. then russia and china took the spotlight. >> they can't be silly people. they want to deliver us a strategic defeat while crawling into our strategic nuclear objectives. regarding this, i have to say that russia suspends its participation in the new start treaty. >> harris: vladimir putin suddenly pulled out of the last nuclear treaty between his country and the united states. today we are watching to see what will china do after reports the communist nation is considering sending weapons to help out russia win its war and take ukraine? here at home there are plenty of questions about what exactly america's role should be with ukraine. >> what does success look like for the united states? it can't be a blank check until zelensky decides he wants to go to the bargaining table. >> former u.s. ambassador to the

united nations and now republican candidate for president nikki haley is in "focus." we begin with fox news white house correspondent peter doocy traveling with the president in warsaw, poland. peter. >> already today here in warsaw president biden has been trying to reassure polish leaders who are concerned that russia could potentially take ukraine and then just roll tanks over this country's border. >> president biden: we reaffirmed our iron clad commitment to nato security including guaranteeing that the command headquarters for our armed forces in europe were going to be in poland, period. >> american's top diplomats have their hands full. xi and putin will meet. their foreign ministers meeting tomorrow as the u.s. has concern

about china helping russia and russia says they're pulling out of the new start nuclear arms control treaty. >> the announcement is deeply unfortunate and irresponsible. we'll be watching carefully to see what russia actually does. we'll make sure that in any event we are postured appropriately for the security of our own country and that of our allies. >> putin has no plans to meet at the moment to cooperate with the west. in fact, he is blaming the west for his army's invasion of ukraine. >> i want to repeat, it is they who have started the war. we used and are using force to stop it. >> president biden disagrees with that and we expect him to expand on that theme later on today. at this speech which should start in a few minutes and it is not the solemn set of remarks that we were kind of told to

expect based on the threats that he sees, it has almost a campaign rally feel. like if they were having a campaign rally for democracy, harris. >> harris: thank you for that color. thank you very much, good to see you, peter. great reporting. look at the headline the sums up president biden's speech. the latest clash with putin after the surprise ukraine trip. china is wrapped up in all this, too. their foreign minister issued this warning. >> china is deeply worried about the escalation of the conflict and possible spiral out of control. we urge certain countries to immediately stop fueling the fire. stop shifting blame to china. >> harris: apparently that wasn't enough. now we have a follow-up statement. china directly names the u.s. as fueling the conflict as the quote biggest source of weaponry on the battlefield. still our secretary of state

antony blinken had met with that very official. after their talks blinken said china is considering providing lethal support to china. so i guess that meeting didn't make any difference. the current united nations ambassador has this message. >> efforts by the chinese and others to provide lethal support to the russians in their brutal attack against ukraine, that's unacceptable. again that would be a red line. we made clear to the chinese that there will be consequences should they make that unfortunate decision. >> harris: hum. consequences. the "wall street journal" editorial board is asking what will biden do if beijing sends military aid to moscow? nikki haley 2024 republican presidential candidate and former u.s. ambassador to the united nations and former south carolina governor great to have you in "focus." we'll get to running for the white house in a moment. first i want to lean in all the

way on your acu men. what will it take to get us out of this mess? what do we face if china puts weapons on the ground for russia to fight ukraine? >> first of all, let's remember that china, before even the ukrainian/russian situation happened, china and russia claimed they were ultimate partners. they made that partnership to stay together from the very begin with iran as their junior partner. to see this, you don't let the distractions of the blustering talk fool you. they are basically just trying to scare the united states. and trying to scare the west. we can't shake in our boots. we need to be strong and let russia and china know what we expect of them. this is no different -- china typically got weapons from russia, not russia from china. russia would get parts from china. this is just china trying to make this bigger thing and trying to threaten us and run

scared. look, we watched biden run scared the last two years. america needs to stand up and say we are going to have the backs of ukraine. we will continue to do what we need to to allow them to defend themselves and defend their freedoms and rights and you, if you decide to go and partner with russia and go down this road you will pay the same price russia paid. china doesn't want that. china sees what has happened to the russian economy and sees how isolated russia has become. so don't let the words fool you. we need to stay focused and determined and can't be distracted. >> harris: do you have faith when the u.n. ambassador says there will be cons kenss that the biden administration will thrill ai ply some consequences. we've seen so many things from them. they were spying on us. there has been a tick up in how much they want to mess with us. >> look, i don't have any faith in the biden administration. this starts with you look at the fall of afghanistan and what

that told the world. you look at the fact biden fell all over himself to try to get back into the iran deal. the idea that americans and american children would look to the sky and see a chinese spy balloon looking back at them? they know this is the weakest president we've ever had and try to get away with as much as they possibly can during the next two years. >> harris: that tips us into what i've heard you say why you want to run for president. axios cnn, many media outlets reported in 2018 you had if not the highest popularity among american politicians, very, very close to it, including among democrats. 75% republicans, 55% democrats, 63% independents polled at that time said they supported you. you had great approval ratings. why didn't you run when the wind was at your back? i look at your recent polling it is 3 to 6%, somewhere in there

and you are going up against donald trump. why now? >> first of all, early polling in any presidential race doesn't mean anything. so those polls don't matter. look, do you run when you feel like the country needs you? right now i look at the fact that we saw that fall in afghanistan, our kids are so far behind in education, we don't know if we can catch them up. mothers can't get baby formula. families can't afford groceries. more than that, i was a governor and took a hurting state and turned it to the beast of the southwest. i took the kick me at the u.n. i'm the wife of a combat veteran. i have a daughter getting married and a son in college having to write papers to write what he doesn't believe in to get an a. let's start growing the momentum

back to our country and make us strong again. >> harris: those are platitudes of running and a great speech on a stump. we need specifics. right before the mid-terms i had a live audience election night and what we learned was exactly what we saw a few hours later. independents especially are no longer impressed with republicans making a bunch of promises. they want to see action. inflation reduction act from biden didn't do that. it spent money on climate change. what will you do to make the price of flour and bacon and everything we put in our refrigerators cheaper? >> multiple things we have to do. first d.c. has a spending addiction. we have to put them on a diet. 15% of our budget is interest. we need to quit borrowing money. these earmarks that both republicans and democrats started need to stop that. when you look at inflation, supply chain, the reason supplies are so high, we need to start making things in america again so that's not the issue. then we have to open up the

energy sector to bring the cost of utilities down. when you do those things, that's the start. we have to remind d.c. this is the american taxpayers' money, not the other. right now we see $12 million on a baseball stadium in new york, $15,000,002 million for hip-hop museum in new york. that's insanity when families can't afford things. you have 50% of families saying they make less money than they were a year ago. >> harris: i want to get to some of the sexist and racist remarks against you. what is your foreign policy on ukraine right now? how much money should we be spending? everybody from congressman waltz in florida to others are saying what do we do at this point? just open the checkbook? what do you do? >> we don't open the checkbook.

we shouldn't send blank checks. we need to give them the equipment to defend themselves. this is not a war about oesch yeah and ukraine. it is one about freedom and one we have to win. >> harris: i announced your white house bid a week ago and the liberal media are losing their minds. don lemon had a lemonism. he kicked off the disrespect with his now infamous comments on your being past your prime age. it has gone and on from there. >> you are not a new generation. you are 51. she may be younger of most of those people but her rhetoric is the same. >> not all skin folk are kinfolk. the alpha with brown skin. she uses her brown skin as a weapon against poor black and brown folks and to launder white supremacist talking points.

>> harris: that is unbelievable. you say what? >> it is not a surprise. they've done this for a long time. you read how i do with independents and suburban women. they know i'm the biggest threat liberals have ever seen and scared about it. you want to tell me i'm past my prime. hold my beer and watch this. where we will take america will change all of that and they know how hard i'll work and how tough i am. bring it, we're ready. go to nikki haley.com and join us. >> harris: hunter biden is 53. the president is 80 and his children are older than you. i don't really understand where this comes from. the race element will be interesting in your state, your home state of south carolina because democrats now want to tip the table. they want to start there and scoop up the black vote early in the primary season.

what do you say about that and what do you think you are facing? do you think you can win your own state? you have trump potentially desantis, potentially tim scott and you have to get the black vote. at least some of it. >> i'm very proud of south carolina and more than that south carolina people know what i did for them and took the state from double digit unemployment and made it the beast of the southeast. i reformed any education. any child that can't read by the third grade has to be held back. i passed voter i.d. and e-verify saying no illegal immigrants could get jobs in our state and when we have a white supremacist shooter come and shoot people in a church, we had vigils and hugs and we showed the entire world what grace and strength look like. the people of south carolina have been very good to me and i will forever be grateful and work hard to get their support again.

you can look at my announcement. we had a few thousand people there and felt the love and i will make them proud in the process. >> harris: how do you beat trump? >> i talk about joe biden. i'm not worried about trump. this is about making sure we do something different and leave the status quo behind. we can't keep losing. it is time that americans know what it is like to win again. we have lost enough. we talked about past history issues enough. let's focus on getting our country back. let's get rid of socialism and defeatism and show our kids how to love our country. a strong and proud america. go to nikki haley.com and join us. >> harris: thank you for being in "focus." good to see you. mayhem in democrat-run austin, texas, dangerous drag racing taking over the streets now. police unions taking on austin's mayor saying defunding the police movement is putting

everybody in danger. look at that. florida governor ron desantis calling out blue cities in their own backyards. >> we don't put up with woke ideology. we do not surrender to the woke mob. my state is where woke goes to die. [applause] >> harris: new york's cities mayor lashed out sparking a war of words over woke policies. i think he might have touched a nerve there with eric adams. pete hegseth in "focus" next. us. here goes nothing. but for a young homeowner becoming their parents, it's a learning opportunity. come on in. [ chuckles ] the more, the merrier. paris, huh? bonjour! we got any out-of-towners in the elevator? tom. it is not easy. 10th floor, huh? must be a heck of a view. okay, see how everyone else is facing this way? progressive can't save you from becoming your parents, but we can save you money when you bundle home and auto with us.

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>> in florida, our crime rate is at a 50-year low. as much as i would like to say that somehow we're so special, we aren't special and not any

better than anybody else. we have good policies and leaders that will stand behind the people that wear the uniform. >> harris: it could be a blueprint for a 2024 bid. florida governor ron desantis on a pro-police tour to blue cities in new york, pennsylvania and illinois. he brought some tough talk on new york's soft on crime policies including its woke bail laws. new york city's mayor eric adams pushed back on some of the state's progressive crime policies. that didn't stop him from trolling desantis's visit. adams tweeting this. welcome to new york storks a place where we don't ban books, discriminate against lgbtq neighbors use asylum speakers at props orlet a government stand between a woman and healthcare. we are happy to teach you something about values while you're here. desantis's campaign fired back. they are using twitter. nice rhetoric but here is reality. more americans fled new york city than any other metro area

last year. more americans moved to florida than any other state. you know crime is pushing people out of new york city. florida's crime rate is at a 50-year low. maybe it's you who can learn from ron desantis. pete hegseth, co-host of "fox & friends" weekend. if you didn't have your twitter machine on you would have missed that. i think there was smoke coming out of it. >> it's true. obviously i agree with the desantis characterization of this. vis-a-vis eric adams and how he characterizes abortion on demand and teaching kids transgender issues in first grade. it is nonsense going on in new york city. what the desantis camp. when you play sports and you are on the field and winning by 25 points. somebody on the losing team tries to trash talk you and that's eric adams. you point to the scoreboard and

say scoreboard. that's what the desantis team did. look at the scoreboard. people are fleeing our city precisely because of the policies that you want to tout. they are moving specifically to our state of florida and other free states because, as ron desantis and his camp pointed out, donald trump originated the idea of law and order in the modern republican party talking about it. support your cops and let them do their job and everything else can slide from there. you take care of bad cops when you do. teach real history, not a twisted version that reintroduces racism, exactly what dei is. dci. equity really is a form of communism. call it dci. that's what they are pushing. everybody looking at the picture objectively knows that florida is a better quality of life. eric adams knows that, too. he goes down to the border to complain about the border while

keeping a sanctuary city in his own city. >> harris: he has been complaining recently about the prosecutors and repeating of crime in his city. he knows. it hurts more when somebody from outside comes in and has a bigger bull horn than you do and has that scoreboard. he knows what the truth is. he was a republican for most of his career, by the way. co-host on the view ripped into governor desantis over hissed indication policies. they can't let him go. >> i live under governor ron desantis. what this is all about is fanning the flames of grievance, of white grievance. what this is all about is manufacturing culture wars that do not exist. what will he be against today? ap, dei, i think he will ban the alphabet. >> harris: the best part about that is i live in florida.

well, if it's so bad, why doesn't she leave? >> it's so perfect. they don't understand the irony of any of it, either. as they yell about it from new york city where surely ana nav navarro. she got trump derangement syndrome and swung in the other direction. there needs to be something, there should be a vaccine. not mandated. if you want to take it get back to reality. a red pill vaccine. she probably takes private security. i'm speculating. from wherever she stays in new york to the studio and has security when necessary because that's how the elites live. ultimately everyone else gets to deal with riding the subway while she for the weekend vacations in florida where she knows the law enforcement are empowered to do what they do. a massive bubble and why that show is just silly. >> harris: this is deadly

serious. i'm trying to wrap my mind around why this is even happening. police unions are clashing with the mayor of austin over the chaos in that city. the latest shocking incident happened saturday night. remind you, cops have a lot they need to be doing. check this scene out. racers shut down austin center hurting a police officer in the process. see for yourself. crowds are throwing rocks and bottles and pointing lasers at police officers. the austin police association blames austin's policymakers and the defund the police movement for slow response to any of this. they just don't have enough people on the ground anymore. austin's democratic mayor says the union is misrepresenting the facts. here is a quote. the austin police association posted some false comments on sunday that appeared to wrongly

conflate this illegal incident with important community conversations about safety and oversight. the co-founder of the group save austin now says police staffing is at crisis levels. watch. >> the question we are midst of a -- it is a police staffing crisis, around 350 officers down. 230 vacancies. we're at risk at losing 100 officers in six weeks. this is simply a numbers game. >> harris: pete. >> a community incident. just conflate -- the reality is, the democrat party has created an anti-police sentiment. they have peddled they believe for political benefit for the last 2 1/2 years. austin's police department was defunded. now they are trying to refund it and rehire as you pointed out. what you are seeing on your screen is illegal. you can't throw rocks and

bottles at cops. you can't block the street. and so anyone that does that should be arrested. but because handcuffs have been put on cops, not criminals, the cops drop back. the ferguson effect. amplified after george floyd. police officers keeping good citizens safe aren't allowed to do so. we watch -- they are completely complicit with this. the first part of our conversation, in florida this isn't tolerated. in new york city and austin it is. you get more of what you tolerate. >> harris: everybody has to get in on that. it is a fire now. you get emergency crews. it is horrible. pete hegseth. great to have you in "focus." a lot we got to today. thank you. critics accusing vice president kamala harris of bold faced hypocrisy for tweeting this picture. many wonder why the little girl had to wear a mask?

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area. the visit comes one day ahead of former president donald trump coming here to east palestine. cleanup efforts continue here more than two weeks after the derailment. some in the town want to press on pointing to the schools being open again, others don't trust what the government is telling them. norfolk southern, too. some people have been grateful for the $1 thousand checks and other expenses. other people are angry. we spoke to a representative from norfolk southern. >> we have been here since the day after the derailment. many different demands that specialize in different aspects of community response and we have been here from the beginning. number two, we're here to help. >> the state of ohio and hhs has set up a free medical clinic set to open at 12:00.

open by appointment only. many say they don't trust the cdc. >> harris: norfolk southern wouldn't go to the town hall or do it by zoom. give me a break. thank you. i want to bring back pete hegseth now, co-host of "fox & friends" weekend and pete, we're watching live breaking news with the president getting ready to address this large crowd and all of us around the world from warsaw, poland. we have already heard from the president of that country of poland and their ambassador to that country. now with no introduction but fanfare the president will begin. what does he need to tell america about the war in ukraine? >> oh man, i've got my thoughts and so do so many others. grand imagery in front of us. what's the end state? he keeps talking about victory.

what does that mean? because the analogy of world war ii is what everybody wanted to use, vladimir putin will march across europe. it's not true. it feels a lot more like a world war i moment where alliances are shifting and being formed in a very unholy one between russia and china and talk of military cooperation. one miscalculation and escalation and we risk a wider war. as joe biden has said we'll fight as long as it takes. in iraq and afghanistan who heard similar words and invested in victory at those places i look at those turned out. not a lot of good american interests came out of that. it feels the same way in ukraine. i hope they can repel the russians. what americans' interests are at this point are very unclear. a big distraction from our real enemy in the communist chinese who are moving in dramatic ways and now looking to partner

further with china. this speech comes alongside china and russia coming together. >> harris: the president of the united states has come out and may take him a moment to speak. what you say about china is so true. they are spying on us, they knew they had a pandemic long before they told the rest of the world what was going on inside their country. they had people dying. they knew what was going on and to this day they won't let countries in to figure out ground 0 conditions for when covid-19 began. the president of the united states on the war in ukraine. let's watch. >> president biden: one of our great allies, president duda, mr. prime minister and mr. mayor, to all the former ministers and presidents, as well as mayors and polish political leaders from all across the country. thank you for welcoming me back to poland. you know, nearly one year ago --

nearly one year ago i spoke at the royal castle here in warsaw just weeks after vladimir putin had unleashed his murderous assault on ukraine. the land war, world war ii had gun. the cornerstone of peace and prosperity and stability on this planet for more than 75 years were at risk of being shattered. one year ago the world was bracing for the fall of kiev. well, i came from a visit kiev and i can report kiev stands strong. [cheers and applause] kiev stands proud and stands tall and most important it stands free. when russia invaded, it wasn't just ukraine being tested, the whole world faced a test for the

ages. europe was being tested. america was being tested. nato was being tested. all democracies were being tested. the questions we face are simple as they were profound. would we respond or would we look the other way? would we be strong or would we be weak? would we be, all our allies united or divided? one year later, we know the answer. we did respond, we would be strong and we would be united and the world would not look the other way. [cheers and applause] we also faced fundamental questions about the commitment to the most basic of principles. would we stand up for the sovereignty of nations? would we stand up for the right of people to live free from naked aggression and stand up for democracy?

one year later we know the answers. yes, we would stand up for sovereignty and we did. yes, we would stand up for the right of people to live free from aggression and we did. and we would stand up for democracy and we did. and yesterday i will be on w honored to stand with president zelensky in ukraine that we will stand up for these things no matter what. when president putin ordered his tanks to roll into ukraine, he thought we would roll over. he was wrong. the ukrainian people are too brave. america, europe, coalition of nations from the atlantic to the pacific we were too unified. democracy was too strong. instead of an easy victory that he predicted putin left with burned out tanks and russia's forces in disarray.

he thought he would get -- he got the natoization of finland and sweden. he thought nato would fracture and divide, instead nato is more united and more unified than ever. than ever before. he thought he could weaponize energy. to crack your resolve and europe's resolve. instead we are working together to end europe's dependence on -- he met the iron will of the nations of the world that refused to accept fear and force. he found himself at war with a nation led by a man whose courage would be forged in fire and steel president zelensky. president putin is confronted with something today that he

didn't think was possible a year ago. the democracies of the world have grown stronger, not weaker. but the ought congratulates of the world have grown weaker, not stronger, because in moments of great upheaval and uncertainty that knowing what you stand for is most important. and knowing who stands with you makes all the difference. people of poland know that. you know that. in fact, you know it better than anyone here in poland because that's what solidarity means. when the beautiful city was destroyed after the warsaw uprising during decades under the iron fist of communist rule poland endured because you stood together. that's how brave leaders of the opposition and the people of belarus continue to fight for their democracy. that is how the resolve in

moldova -- [applause] the resolve of the people of moldova continue to live in freedom and on the path to e.u. membership. the president is here today and i'm proud to stand with you and the freedom-loving people of moldova. give her a round of applause. [applause] one year into this war putin no longer doubts the strength of our coalition. but he still doubts our conviction. he doubts our staying power. he doubts our continued support for ukraine. he doubts if nato can remain unified. there should be no doubt. our support for ukraine will not waiver, nato will not be divided and we will not tire. [cheers and applause]

president putin's craven lust for land and power will fail and ukrainian people's love for their country will prevail. democracies of the world will stand guard of freedom today, tomorrow and forever. [cheers and applause] that's what is at stake here, freedom. that's the message i carried to kiev yesterday. directly to the people of ukraine. when president zelensky said he came to the united states in december, quote, he said the struggle will define the world and what our children and grandchildren, how they live. and then their children and grandchildren. he wasn't only speaking about the children and grandchildren of ukraine. he was speaking about all of our children and grandchildren. yours and mine. we're seeing again today what the people of poland and the people across europe saw for

decades, appetites of the auto congratulates. they onto understand one word, no, no, no. no you will not take my country, you will not take my freedom or my future. i'll repeat tonight what i said last year in this same place. a dictator built on rebuilding and empire will never be able to ease the people's love of liberty. brutality will never grind down the will of the free and ukraine -- ukraine will never be a victory for russia, never. [cheers and applause] three people refused to live in a world of hopelessness and darkness, you know, this has

been an extraordinary year in every sense. extraordinary brutality from russian forces and mercenaries. they have committed depravities. crimes against humanity without shame or compunction. targeted civilians with death and destruction. used rape as a weapon of war. stolen ukrainian children in an attempt to steal ukraine's future. bombed train stations, maternity hospitals, schools and orphanages. no one, no one can turn away their eyes from the atrocities russia is committing against the ukrainian people. it is abhorrent. it is abhorrent. but extraordinarily as well has been the response of the ukrainian people and the world. one year after the bombs began to fall, russian tanks rolled

into ukraine. ukraine is still independent and free. [cheers and applause] from kherson to kharkiv ukrainians have reclaimed their land. more than 50% of the territory russia held last year. the blue and yellow flag of ukraine proudly waves there once again. president zelensky still leads a democratic-elected government that represents the will of the ukrainian people. and the world has already voted multiple times, including the united nations general assembly, to condemn russian's aggression and support a just peace. each time in the u.n. that vote has been overwhelming and in october, 143 nations in the united nations condemned russians illegal annexation. only four in the entire u.n. voted with russia, four.

so tonight i speak once more to the people of russia. the united states and the nations of europe do not seek to control or destroy russia. the west was not plotting to attack russia as putin said today. millions of russian citizens only want to live in peace with their neighbors are not the enemy. this war was never a necessity. it is a tragedy. president putin chose this war. every day the war continues is his choice. he could end the war with a word. it's simple. if russia stopped invading ukraine it would end the war. if ukraine stopped defending itself against russia it would be the end of ukraine. that's why together we are making sure ukraine can defend itself. the united states has assembled a worldwide coalition of more

than 50 nations to get critical weapons and supplies to the brave ukrainian fighters on the front lines. air defense systems, artillery, ammunition, tanks, armored vehicles. the european union and its member states have stepped up with unprecedented commitments to ukraine. not just security assistance but economic and humanitarian and refugee assistance and so much more. to all of you here tonight, take a moment -- i'm serious when i say this. turn around and look at one another. look at what you've done so far. poland is hosting more than 1.5 million refugees from this war, god bless you. generosity and willingness to open your hearts and homes is extraordinary. the american people are united in our resolve as well, all across my country and big cities

and small towns, ukrainian flags fly from american homes. over the past year, democrats and republicans in the united states congress have come together to stand for freedom. that's who americans are and that's what americans do. [cheers and applause] the world is also coming together to address the global fallout from president putin's war. putin tried to starve the world blocking the ports in the black sea to stop ukraine from exporting its grain exacerbating the global food crisis that hit developing nations in africa especially hard. instead, the united states and the g7 and partners around the world answered the call with historic commitments to address the crisis and bolster the global food supply.

this week my wife, jill biden, is traveling to africa to help bring attention to this critical issue. our commitment is to the people of ukraine and the future of ukraine. ukrainians free, sovereign and democratic. that was the dream of those who declared ukraine's independence more than 30 years ago and led the orange revolution and the revolution of dignity. who braved ice and fire and the heavenly hundreds who died there and those who continue still to root out kremlin's efforts to corrupt, coerce and control. a dream for those ukrainian patriots who fought for years against russian aggression in the donbas and the heroes who have given everything, given their lives in the service of their beloved ukraine. i was honored to visit the memorial in kiev yesterday to pay tribute to the sacrifice of

those who lost their lives. standing alongside president zelensky. the united states and our partners stand with ukraine's teachers, hospital staff and emergency responders, the workers in cities across ukraine fighting to keep the power on in the face of russia's cruel bombardment. we stand for the millions of refugees of this war who found a welcome in europe and the united states particularly here in poland. ordinary people across europe did whatever they could to help and continue to do so. poleish businesses, civil society. cultural leaders including the first lady of poland who is here tonight have led with heart and determination showcasing all that's good about the human spirit. madam first lady, we love you. thank you to all. [applause] i'll never forget last year

visiting are e with refugees from ukraine who just arrived in warsaw. seeing their faces, exhausted and afraid holding their children so close worrying they may never see their fathers, husbands, brothers and sisters again. in the darkest moment of their lives, you the people of poland offered them safety and light. you embraced them. you literally embraced them. i watched the looks on their faces. meanwhile, together we made sure that russia is paying the price for its abuses. we continue to maintain the largest sanction ever imposed on any country in history and will announce more sanctions this week together with our partners. we'll hold accountable those who are responsible for this war and we'll seek justice for the war crimes and crimes against humanity continuing to be committed by the russians. you know, there is much for us

to be proud of over all that we have achieved together this past year. we have to be honest and clear eyed as we look at the year ahead. the defense of freedom is not the work of a day or a year. it is always difficult. it is always important. as ukraine continues to defend itself against the russian onslaught and launch counter offensives of its own it will continue to be hard and bitter days. victory is in tragedy. ukraine is steel for the fight ahead. the united states and our allies and partners will continue to have ukraine's back as it defends itself. next year i will host every member of nato for our 2024 summit in the united states. together we'll celebrate the 75th anniversary of the strongest defensive alliance in the history of the world, nato.

[cheers and applause] and let there be no doubt the commitment of the united states to our nato alliance and article five is rock solid. [cheers and applause] and every member of nato knows it and russia knows it as well. an attack against one is an attack against all. it is a sacred oath. [cheers and applause] sacred oath to defend every inch of nato territory. over the past year, the united states has come together with our allies and partners in an extraordinary coalition to stand against russian aggression. but the work in front of us is not just what we're against, it's about what we're for. what kind of world do we want to build? we need to take the strength and capacity of this coalition and apply it to lifting up the lives of people everywhere, improving

health, growing prosperity, preserving the planet, building decent security. treating everyone with dignity and respect. that's our responsibility. the democracies of the world have to deliver for our people. as we gather tonight, the world in my view is at an inflection point. the decisions we make over the next five years or so are going to determine and shape our lives for decades to come. that's true for america and for the people of the world. while decisions are ours to make now, the principles and the stakes are eternal. the choice between chaos and stability, between building and destroying, between hope and fear, between democracy that lifts up the human spirit and the brutal hand of the dictator who crushes it. between nothing less than limitation and possibilities.

the kind of possibilities that come when people who live not in captivity but in freedom, freedom, freedom. there is no sweeter word than freedom. there is no nobler goal than freedom. no higher aspiration than freedom. americans know that and you know it. and all that we do now must be done so our children and grandchildren will know it as well, freedom. the enemy is a tyrant and the hope of the brave and the truth of the ages. freedom. stand with us. we will stand with you. let us move forward with faith and conviction, an abiding commitment to be allies of darkness but of light. not of oppression but of liberation. not of captivity, but yes, of freedom. may god bless you all. may god protec