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biden was photographed next. in the press, which is not gave a single question to ask, came out together as well as want to join nato expansion of the biden alliance. called a victory for democracy, neither more nor less new countries joining nato are not a threat to anyone and have never been nato's goal to protect against aggression. standing. today together we reject. a bloody assertion that power breeds right by the representatives of serbia or libya in the white house. at that moment it was not, so the peace-loving nato is biden. could speak to anyone without hesitation, and his guest of the exodus began to surrender the exam for the north atlantic for the president does not carry. it also contained elements of an english exam. it was necessary to win the accent by reading on a piece of paper. i want to assure that finland will become a strong nato ally and we take our security very seriously. the finnish armed forces are among the strongest in the euro. about the indestructible swedish army, the prime minister of sweden, who is biden, came up with a new surname during the meeting, not anderson, but anderson di

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president biden said the countries have the backing of the u.s. in joining nato. is is about 25 minutes. >> the finnish president and the swedish prime minister join president biden at the white house to talk about their bid to join the nato alliance amid russia's invasion of ukraine. president biden said the two countries have the complete backing of the u.s. in joining nato. this is about 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, accompanied by the president of the republic of finland and the prime minister of sweden. [band plays "hail to the chief brts] -- "hail to the chief"] pres. biden: please be seated, thank you. it's not only a beautiful day, this is in my view and the view of my team, a momentous day. it's a very, very good day. today i am proud to welcome and offer the strong support of the united states for the applications of two great democracies and two close, highly capable partners, to join the strongest, most power. defensive alliance in the history of the world. two proud, independent countries exercising the sovere

mark: at the white house, president biden back to finland and sweden's bids to join nato. in the face of opposition from turkey. mr. biden met with the finished president and swedish ambassador a day after the countries applied to become members of the defense alliance. pres. biden: this is about the future. this is about a revived nato that has the tools and resources , the clarity and conviction to defend our shared values and lead the world. mark: turkey's president has blocked the two countries former nato applications from moving forward, claiming they support kurdish militias. the united states has identified its first case this year, the so-called monkeypox virus, adding to a growing number of confirmed and suspected infections in the u.s., portugal, and spain. the massachusetts health department reported the case of an adult male who had recently traveled to canada where some monkeypox -- monkeypox infections had been identified. monkeypox is a rare abrupt intensely serious viral illness -- but potentially serious viral illness. senate majority leader chuck schumer

plan and attacking ukraine was to try the week in nato, believing some nato members simply wouldn't follow the u.s. lead. in joe biden is essentially pointing to the fact that nato could become stronger with an expanded membership because of what has happened in ukraine. he put out a statement in the last few hours saying that he is looking forward to welcoming the leaders of finland and sweden to the white house. adding that the united states is firmly committed to nato, and also the commitment to article five, that is, if you attack one, you attack all. that is ironclad. he believes the ascension of both finland and sweden to nato will be relatively problem free. they still have the issue to deal with the turks. the turks are deeply concerned about some of the stances that finland and sweden have taken in the past, particularly when it comes to the pkk in turkey. but it's clear that this white house doesn't believe that those obstacles are insurmountable. >> russia says 700 more ukrainian fighters in mariupol steel plant has surrendered overnight. this video released by the russian defense ministry is shed to show

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s. president joe biden has given his full support to sweden and finland joining nato. the nordic countries applied to join the alliance this week in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. but turkey has blocked this start of accession talks alleging the 2 countries support a kurdish militant groups. the finish navy training alongside a u. s. warship. it's a site that may become more common here in the baltic sea. if finland and sweden are admitted into nato. that something president biden told the leaders of both countries he fully backs. they are proud to welcome and offer the strong support of the united states. for the applications a to great democracies, and to close highly capable partners to join the strongest, most powerful defensive allies in the history of the world. but while biden may be keen to welcome sweden and finland into nato, se if you would have turkey's president, edwin has made clear that he has objections in his durham addressing the turkish parliament on wednesday, he accused the 2 nordic countries of supporting kurdish militias of turkey cons

nato. that something president biden told the leaders of both countries he fully backs. they are proud to welcome and offer the strong support of the united states. for the applications him to great democracies and to close, highly capable partners to join the strongest, most powerful defensive allies in the history of the world. but while biden may be keen to welcome sweden and finland into nato, se if you would have turkey's president, edwin has made clear that he has objections in his europe. addressing the turkish parliament on wednesday, he accused the 2 nordic countries of supporting kurdish militias of turkey considers terrorist groups i go on and up. we have finished. president said that they were trying to address techies concerns. the whole aaliyah's assa nato allies . we will commit to turkey security, just as turkey will commit to olive security. we take terrorism seriously. we condemn terrorism in all its forms, and we are actively engaged in combating it. we are open to discussing all the concerns. turkey may have other nato nations competing. the turkeys r

not only for nato and the 2 naughty countries, but also for biden himself to w's. washington bureau chief in his fall there, thank you very much. in this from all the more serious international repercussions of the war and ukraine. i earlier spoke to a leading historian, sir christopher clock, a veteran advocate for european unity and author of the book, the sleep orcus, it details how europe unknowingly walked into wood. what one. i begin by asking him whether he so parallels with a worn ukraine today. will be for the before the war i had actually broken out. i felt i couldn't see some parallels. partial parallels the, the constant huge concentrations of troops along the ukrainian border reminded me a bit of what happened in the winter of 1911 to 12. and the russians and the austrians come to mobilize against each other along the austrian, the, that the border between the older and urine empire and the russian empire that sort of cat and mouse game of counter mobilizations. it was, it was an echo of that. but now that the war is broken out, i must say, i think tha

today, finland and sweden submitted their applications for nato membership. president biden has welcomed those applications, and he looks forward to working with nato allies and with congress on a swift accession process. it's all happening again. we got the audio. small interruption of the accession process right there. but everything will be on track just fine. tomorrow morning, the president will welcome the president of finland and the prime minister of sweden to the white house to coordinate on the path forward. and the three leaders will also have the chance to compare notes on our united efforts to support ukraine in its defense against russia's brutal invasion. they will also have the opportunity to speak to the press and the public to affirm our shared vision for a peaceful and secure euro-atlantic region. this is a historic event, a watershed moment in european security. two nations with a long tradition of neutrality will be joining the world's most powerful defensive alliance. and they will bring with them strong capabilities and a proven track record as security

joe biden believes that nato will be stronger. he thinks it will send a very clear message to russia and to others, thinking that russia's plan in attacking ukraine was to try and we can nato believing that some natal members simply wouldn't step up simply wouldn't follow the u. s. lead. and joe biden is essentially pointing to the fact that nato could become stronger with an expanded membership because of what has happened in ukraine . in fact, he put out a statement just the last few hours saying that he is looking forward to welcoming the leaders of finland. and sweden to the white house on thursday, adding that the united states is firmly committed to nato and also the, the commitment to article 5. that is, if you attack one, you attack all that is absolutely iron clad. and he believes that the ascension of both finland and sweden to nito will be relatively problem free. they still have the issue to deal with the turks. the turks are deeply concerned about some of the stances that finland and sweden have taken in the past, par

biden wanted. he wanted really to be a on a on nato as well as european union prior to the biden administration, nato was almost defunct. but now with this work going on, nato is strong and a dull is so all of the nato countries are providing assistance. in fact, just 2 nights ago i had dinner with the swedish and finnish ambassador. they were making a very strong pitch at that dinner to get the congress. basically the senate to immediately allow a modification of the nato treaty to at finland and sweden. this was precisely but couldn't did not want to happen. >> congress understand that is expecting things to move a little bit faster here in terms of this takeover of this invasion. so how important is this speed of the the things that we're looking at getting involved with with passing this this bill and getting this funding and equipment to the ukrainians in this effort. >> well, first of all, the existing appropriations and the it the equipment, that's all that they've been authorized is flowing. if we can do this. and now the month of may, there will be a continuation. there will be no no interru

having to know nato members in the high north or has the security of our alliance deepen our security cooperation across the board and did abuse washington bureau chief in his paul told me how biden is supporting sweden and finland in their bits to join nato. well, and nick, we just saw the press conference from president biden and the 2 leaders of finland and sweden and all 3 of them really wanted to celebrate this as a very historic moment. which indeed it is because we have to keep in mind that this, the nato membership of sweden and finland would kind of end a 200 years or so of military, none, alignment of these 2 countries. so both, all 3 of them i shall say, really try to put out a, a happy mood and a, especially a president biden. also kind of try to draw attention to the fact that he himself really sees him as kind of the builder as a very strong and important force in this movements toward the extension with 2 members of nato. so it was a moment of celebration and the moment of unity. ok, but spoiling the celebrations, as we all know, is turkey, which has expressed skepticism about the 2 countries. joining me to howard our, the americans and president bun, hoping to ove

ukraine, comes after senate lawmakers sent a $40 billion aid bill to president biden's desk the two countries applied to join the nato alliance president biden calling their application a victory to democracy. >> there is no question, nato is relevant it is effective. it is more needed now than ever. the lies of decades past is still indispensible lies of the world we face today. >> not everyone is on board. erdogan double down on his rejection. kayla tausche now, will this complicate the process >> direct talks can result turkey's concerns. today in the rose garden, the president says the country are committed to turkey's security and engaged in combatting terrorism. the opposition could delay the application process that historically has taken more than a year to complete most recently, afexperts say nao could fast track finland and sweden membership because they already have close ties. >> they need all the requests. that's why the process is just a question >> vladimir putin continues aggression leading to new urgency for ally leaders putin appeared but didn't rule out for provocation. russia had no problem of th

bidens war. putin warned us or he warned the world he did not way ukraine in nato and biden specifically said we invite ukraine to nato. putin said don't do it and biden came on the radio and said pruden will attack russia. we knew they would attack because he did not want them in ukraine. this is russia's missile crisis. we put missiles in northern italy in 1960, russia put missiles into cuba in 1960-1961. they took them up because we took our missiles out of northern italy and greece. this is russia's missile crisis. why would we want to put missiles on the ukrainian/russia border? . i don't know why the biden administration came up with this idea. they want to ruin washer -- ruin russia and that is ok but why kill ukrainians to do it? host: this is from the editorial side of the wall street journal this morning from their opinion pages, the former chess player and chairman of the review democracy initiative, the headline of his editorial says this is no time to go wobbly on russia. he writes the goal is to save ukrainian lives as western leaders say in the only way to do it his arm ukraine wit

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the finnish president and the swedish prime minister join president biden at the white house to talk about their bid to join the nato alliance amid russia's invasion of ukraine. president biden said the two countries have the complete backing of the u.s. in joining nato. this is about 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the

nato. president biden, before he departed on the trip, wanted to make clear that the u.s. finland joining nato. they have both been long-time neutral countries that have gone to the conclusion, made this application, due to the russian aggression in krukraine, and th president offering the support at the white house for the two leaders. >> arlette signs from the white house. let's continue our conversation with a staff writer for the new yorker. susan, it is interesting. the president asking the president asking the leaders of finland and sweden to come to the white house. he wanted the world and putin and president erdogan to see the united states is fully behind this expansion of nato. let's address the turkish issue. erdogan says no, that he will vote no. he would have to vote yes for this to go forward. what is he looking for? >> you know, that's a good question. i do think it is an indication really of bargaining to come as opposed to a flat declarative statement of no. and you know, if you talk to experts, that's certainly their view of what erdogan is after. there a

nato country. just as president biden said, nato is very much committed to defend every inch of the territory. >> ifcrossed the border it would trigger article 5 and be a big problem for everybody. i want to ask you something that our last guest shot, video along the ukraine/polish border of all the trucks lined up. some shut off for days trying to get through customs. do you know what's going on here? >> well, the ukrainian-poland border is the only border with european and ukraine. of course, there's hun hungary. so there arebstacles and challenges of course. we're working hard to open our border for our ukrainian friends. for the customs for the trade, in order to survive this difficult time. but you know, more than 3 million ukrainians have already crossed the polish border. many of them, the vast majority stayed in poland. mostly women with kids which we are trying to help first. and then, of course, trucks trains. just yesterday, our minister of infrastructure had a very good meeting at the border in order to find a way to solve this issue. >> millions of refugees have entered your country. de

then here, and today the president is biden, and received at the white house, uh, the leaders of finland and sweden yes, the countries that applied yesterday to join natodelivered a speech in which he strongly supported, and their applications to join nato, uh, glorified. i would say an ode to the north atlantic alliance itself, but uh, nevertheless, we are seeing that there is already a very serious split in nato itself, and there are countries that opposed quick and automatic approval. uh, joining finland and sweden and nato is, first of all, turkey well, the president of croatia is also criticized this decision. but er, erdogan, and who is naturally known for his mores. uh, he brought up the issue of the kurds, yes, that sweden and finland support the kurds. first of all, they have close ties with the kurdistan workers' party and it is unacceptable for turkey, respectively, their entry into nato, but dmitry it seems to me that the problem here is more fundamental than the kurds. namely, that we are seeing a precedent when nato countries are trying to achieve the realization of their interests, when nato countries create a precedent that nato will no

she just held talks with us president joe biden about the 2 nordic countries applications to join nato, president biden. so he welcomed bits to join that lives in the u. s. would be supporting them in the process. me, president, her name is still a said finland was open to discussing turkish concerns about their applications. he also said helsinki was prepared to commit to turkey. security. turkish government has said that it will oppose members for sweden and finland over receive support for the current will. here in germany, chancellor, olaf sholtes is pledged to supply more weapons to ukraine to work quickly to make you were up independent of russian energy. he was addressing german law make as a head of an extraordinary european council meeting. later this month to discuss the war chancellor, sholtes and russian president of lot of your poaching was making a mistake. if you thought peace could be imposed on you crate by force. not emerg locked, quoting putin still believes that he can bomb his way into dictating the piece of it, but he's wrong of yes, he was wrong in judging the un

nato. joe biden talking to the leaders of both countries just yesterday or so, signaling support. but his turkey that might be trying to throw a spanner in the works, sir richard type ad one, the turkish president saying that he has a problem with these 2 countries joining saying that they, he sees them as harboring terrorists. now there's this to people by surprise here, there's lot of kind of questions about whether to add a one who's very well known as so transactional deal may, can maybe he wants something in return for supporting a finland and sweden adjoining data. you can certainly expect that the turkish foreign minister taking part in this nato talked in berlin this weekend. he's going to get a lot of attention from his colleagues about why turkey seems to be opposing this at this point. at the g 7 meeting, the de blue chip international is richard walker. thanks so much. we'll ukrainian forces appear close to claiming victory of a rush of the attempt to take the 2nd largest city hock, heave western military analysts. a 3rd russian troops were withdrawing from areas aroun

. >>> happening now president biden vows nato will be stronger against russian aggression stand ing with the leaders of both finn land and sweden as they seek to join the nato alliance. we'll get an up to the minute assessment about the war from the pentagon press secretary john kirby. he's standing by life live. >>> also growing concern the u.s. about the potential spread of another deadly virus. the cdc is now discussing whether to offer vaccinations for people at high risk of what's called monkey pox. a rare case has just been confirmed in this country. >>> and as the buffalo shooting suspect appears in court, there's a new report just outside tout that some 15 peopl signed into an online chat room where he invited people to watch the racist attack where it happened. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm westolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with president biden hitting vladimir putin with a one-two punch. the united states now poise d t send billions of additional dollars in new aid to ukraine as the president is pr

biden at the white house. just a short time ago, we saw the two nordic leaders arrive at the white house as they push forward with their bids to join natont biden when they deliver remarks in the next hour. of course, we'll take that live. meanwhile, the uk's ministry of defense has released a new and damning intelligence update, saying that, quote, in recent weeks russia has fired senior commanders who are considered to have performed poorly during the opening stages of its invasion of ukraine. it also notes that, quote, a culture of cover-ups and scapegoating is probably prevalent within the russian military and security system. and many officials involved in the invasion will likely be increasingly distracted by efforts to avoid personal culpability for russia's operational setbacks. let's bring in retired four-star general barry mccaffrey, nbc news analyst. that sets us up well for my first question. if putin was a strategist, which he is not, what strategy would there be at this point for him to claim any part of ukraine? >> i think he's run out of ideas. it's an astonishing strategic failure. the whole notion of him increasingly m

the white house, so wait for the king's signature for everything it won't take long today biden said that natoimportant now more than ever, nato needs light more than ever , and this is all happening in the context of this application by finland and sweden and, again, the resistance of turkey, what are the moods in the united states of america, in relation to, first of all, probably the position of such a turkish radical as we are we will be against sweden as a team in nato, as of now, as usual , in other institutions, we will connect america. and they say that this issue is not critical, radchenko, everything will be resolved in the end. on concessions, also on the voice of america told information from our experts that some of them claim that this is a way for turkey to achieve its benefits in the political arena, they say thank you for turning on and happy vyshyvanka day incidentally by the way, a lot today kateryna besides did you see people in embroidered dresses in washington? i haven’t seen them yet because they haven’t run much and i’m working now. and if i were more of an adult among

senate of the united states just passed a $40 billion aid package now on its way to president biden's desk. natos worked swiftly and in concert to provide significant lethal aid. those stinger missiles and javelin missiles, anti-ship missiles, ammunition and body armor and other critical material that has made possible the brave ukraiian fight against rrussia's invasion of ukraine. in recent days, advancd how itzers have come in. that has helped facilitate success in pushing back against putin's aggression. i understand the frustration that president zelenskyy and others have expressed in the past with nato not sending in nato troops or nato jets to enforce a no-fly zone. i also respect and agree with the decision to not escalate to a direct russia/nato conflict. >> the president released the last $100 million of the last ukraine aid. is that going to get there? we heard about zelenskyy talking about the donbas region descending into hell. >> the war shifted from what it was early, large tanks and personnel carriers tries to seize kyiv and kharkiv, to an artillery battle with smaller units of in

before he left from joint base andrews biden endorsed nato membership for sweden and finland. >> theyery nato requirement and then some. and having two new nato members in the high north will enhance the security of our alliance and deepen our security cooperation across the board >> minutes ago the senate voted 86-11 to pass $40 billion aid bill for ukraine it now goes to president biden for his expected signature >>> and reuters reports biden is prepared to sign off on another $100 million in military help for ukraine as soon as today and at their meeting in germ nip the g7 finance ministers say in a draft communique they will continue to support ukraine throughout the war and are prepared to do more as needed. tonight on the news with shep smith a major military morale problem. why desertions from the u.s. navy have doubled in the past few years. that's an interesting one. kelly, back to you >>> we'll see you very soon. still ahead, my next guest sees a recession at the end of the year the fallout for markets and how he's shifting his investment strategy because of it >>> welcome b

biden at the white house. it's after they submitted a formal applications to join nato. they need the backing of all 30 members of the military lines. turkey has expressed its reservations, but biden says the applications will be ratified, finland, and sweden make nato stronger. not just because of their capacity, their strong, strong democracies and a strong united nato is the foundation of america security. by joining nato allies make a 2nd commitment to one another. attack on one is an attack against all what has correspond. kimberly elk it has standing by for slide you've been following. let's force through the day. kimberly how much of a rocky road ahead is it full sweden and finland, considering the american president seems so adamant that this will be ratified. well, it's a rocky road, given the fact that the u. s. president believes it is necessary to have the full weight of the white house behind the applications of finland, sweden, because a well, the white house is confident that it can get over the 1st hurdle. there still opportunities for turkey, which curren

nato. joe biden is said to meet the finish and sweetest leaders on thursday to discuss their nato ambitions nearest president responsible for a litany of public bloopers wrong words and fights seems to found himself arrival in a recent speech, one of his predecessors, george w bush dropped a gaff of his own mistake in ukraine for iraq. the decision of one man to launch a holy, unjustified, and brutal invasion of iraq. i mean of ukraine. sees a rack. i mean, of ukraine. director anyway. 75 ah, boy, shoes, 2003 invasion of iraq ruined the countries economy, left it in positive poverty and cost approximately 200000 lives for the blooper dancers age. while some suggested the slave was purely bushes, conscience speaking, human rights watch has referred to it as the quote, freud in slip of the century. ah, well here we have to some of the latest pitches from the as of style fight in a dumbass city of mar, you pull, where more ukrainian competence are surrendering on thursday. russia says that $1730.00 troops, including nationalists from the hours of battalion have hunted themselves over in the pa

in the region and they're saying we think we need to join nato now, but it is a bit of a more tense moment that you will hear from president bidencials because of what turkey is doing here and they are the single greatest hurdle right now to finland and sweden actually joining the nato alliance because every single country of nato is going to sign off and say yes in order for this to come to fruition and right now turkey is the holdout. just so folks understand what they're saying is they believe that there are kurdish terrorist organizations that are having some activity in finland and sweden, they want those countries to go after those terrorist organizations because there are correlations between what they're doing and what the pkk in turkey is doing. that's an organization that wants an independent state in turkey, it's been in this long-term battle with the turkish state. so what turkey is trying to do here is use this moment as a moment of leverage, right? i think the question is, okay, so what is turkey actually going to get? are they going to get finland and sweden to crack down on these organizations? are they also quie

. >>> happening now president biden vows nato will be stronger against russian aggression stand ing withan up to the minute assessment about the war from the pentagon press secretary john kirby

president joe biden this thursday strongly backed inland and sweden's bid to join nato as the nordic sed to address concerns raised by turkey. there is bipartisan support in u.s. congress for ratification. president biden: sweden and finland have strong democratic institutions, strong military, and strong and transparent economies and a strong moral sense of what is right. they meet every nato requirement and then some, and having two new nato members in the high north will enhance the security of our alliance and deepen our security cooperation across the board. >> meanwhile, the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken accused russia of using it as a weapon in ukraine. they accused russia of holding hostage the food supply for not just millions of ukrainians but also millions around the world who rely on ukrainian exports. blinken appealed to pressure to stop locking ukrainian exports. >> $30 billion -- that's how much the world tank has committed to spending in an attempt to battle the ongoing world food crisis. the financing will include efforts growing food. >> it is aimed to secur

s. president joe biden has given his full support to sweden and finland joining nato. he met the 2 countries leaders at the white house of great. they formerly applied to join the alliance in.