and when i was sworn in to the virginia house of delegates onjanuary 10th, 2018, for my first of what'shree terms, you know, that day, i was the only out and seated trans state legislator in the country. and now, here we are, fast—forward to 2022, now there's eight of us. take me back to early 2017 and being sworn in as the first transgender elected legislator to take a seat in a state legislature. yeah. so it was... so i was... so i kicked off my first campaign onjanuary 3rd, 2017, and 53 weeks later, onjanuary 10th, 2018, that's when i was sworn in to the house of delegates, and i had to win a four—way democratic primary first injune of 2017. and then i took on a 13—term incumbent. he had been in office for 26 years — since i was seven years old — and he was the self—described chief homophobe of virginia... and i want to stop you there because that interests me. now, you say to me, ijust wanted to prove myself as a regular politician who could deliver for my constituents on everything from roads to refuse collection, but surely... "regular" is a strong word! well, yes. surely there wa

i want to take you back to 2017, one journalist danica was running for the house of delegates. term incumbent, republican bob marshall. marshals virginia sulfuric reined chief homophobic proposed a bar bill that would limit transgender peoples access the public bathrooms. danica won that election against martial, becoming the first openly transgender person to serve in any u.s. straight legislature. and she sends one legislator the times. she has a new book out this week called brenda page, and it's out at a time when republicans are doubling down on martial style homophobia and transphobia. virginia delicate danica rome joins me now. thank you so much for coming on the show, congratulations on the new book. republicans have increased, not decrease, they're anti-lgbtq attacks since you entered politics five years ago. what has that been like for you to witness that republican intensification of bigotry? whether you see it on fox, whether you see don say gay bill? >> to be honest with you, while you see the stuff happening and so many other states and everything, i've led the ch

of self to? >> there's no better way for us to end this conversation then on that comment. thank you very much, virginia house delegateis burned the page. i'm looking for the full title. >> it's burned the page. >> we'll tell you again with the full name is. delegate danica roem, thank you very much for coming to the sunday. show >>, well thank you so much, jonathan. it's great to be here. >> coming up in the next hour. west virginia senator joe manchin has backed out of a major spending bill with president biden before. now, the white house wants to bring it back to the negotiating table. but the senator manchin's word even mean anything? plus, how long can war wage on where neither side has incentive to negotiate peace? let's just say, the diplomatic community is not optimistic. then, some very special guests are coming to sound off. you don't want to miss dynamic duo, actress cheryl lee ralph, and her husband state senator vincent hughes. they're going to be here live. stay with, us there's much more of the sunday show ahead. ch mor of the sunday show ahead we believe there's an innovator in all of us. ♪ ♪ that's w

it's a dangerous thing and you know, the house speaker and that delegation which included some of the finest members of the house, i think every time we're out there publicly expressing our solidarity with zelenskyy, it's good. more important is that we have a president who is started in the policy, and i think they've done an excellently brilliant job of providing the resources necessary for zelenskyy and these incredible ukrainians to fight back. so it's a public relations move. it would benefit them politically. i don't put my president into a war zone at this point. >> fair enough. the shaun, let me pick up on what norman mentioned, policy. something we were discussing earlier on the show. when austin was in kyiv, he said one of the open u.s. war insist to degrade and weaken the russian military. at what point do you think it's justifiable support for the ukrainian government and military to become perhaps a more questionable proxy war against russia by the u.s.? >> yeah, i mean, it can be very problematic. i think right now, the problem that biden has said is pretty judicious. yo

speaker of the house nancy pelosi became the highest ranking u.s. official to visit ukraine. pelosi led a delegation of house lawmakers to the war stricken country. well, she vowed american support washington, d.c., correspondent raquel martin has that story. during her visit. speaker of the house nancy pelosi told the president of ukraine that the u.s.. >> we'll stand beside ukraine until the end of this war. and despite typical division on capitol hill, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they're ready to lend more support to ukraine. >> mean, it sunday speaker nancy pelosi and a delegation of lawmakers made a surprise visit to the capital of ukraine where they renewed america's promise to being there. when want go time during a sit-down meeting. pelosi, hank the president of ukraine for continuing his fight for democracy. the visit comes as russian aggression continues to escalate in parts of the countries on abc's this week, ukraine's ambassador to the u.s. said pelosi's visit speaks volumes as ukraine continues its battle on the ground. we need all the assistance we can get at the request

of us this morning. we'll have much more on her life and legacy coming up. >>> but we do begin with the war in ukraine. overnight speaker pelosi and a delegation of other houseaking a surprise visit to kyiv to meet with president zelenskyy before heading to poland for talks with officials there. >> in kyiv relatives of ukrainian fighters holed up in the steel plant in mariupol rallying in the streets calling for more evacuations of their families from the besieged city. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: well, eva, good morning. the meeting this weekend here in kyiv is the latest visit to ukraine by high-ranking u.s. officials. and the meeting is part symbolic and also part strategic as war grips this country. overnight ukrainian president zelenskyy releasing a video of house speaker nancy pelosi and the congressional delegation making an unannounced visit to ukraine. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: the delegation meeting with zelenskyy in kyiv saturday. pelosi pledging american support saying more u.s. aid is on the way. >> our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done. >> reporter: this as zelenskyy pleas for continued military equipment.

a group of a $135.00 plan elders choose more than $14000.00 delegates, representing different parts of the country than those delegates elect. representatives of the 2 houses of parliament. one is the house of the people with 275 members. and then the senate chamber, which has $54.00 seats that have already been elected. both houses been elect the president through a secret ballot who appoints the prime minister in turn with for the cabinets. ah, let's bring in our guess in mogadishu, ali watson electra or the east africa university and for the minister of education in the point land state of somalia. in doha, we're done. i li, somalia analyst who is a senior advisor to the mayor of mogadishu. also in mogadishu, muhammad mark executive director of mccarty and also executive director of the somali at these forum. welcome to the program ali. how crucial is this election which is about she's over a year behind shadow all. oh, thank you very much on thank you. having me for having me actually, i think it's a good to have an election after we're done was a time whereby we were expecting it may take longer 2 years, 3 years. it may not even take place. so bringin

of support from the u.s. to ukraine. >> yeah, house speaker nancy pelosi led the first official u.s. delegation there. president volodymyr zelenskyy says the visit is an important sign of the u.s. commitment to ukraine. in a news conference just a short time ago, speaker losey was aske

house speaker nancy pelosi became the highest ranking u.s. official to visit the war torn country. the bay area congresswoman led a delegation of house lawmakers to tour the destruction. >> during which she vowed american support for ukraine. washington, d.c., correspondent raquel martin has the details. during her visit. speaker of the house nancy pelosi told the president of ukraine that the u.s.. >> we'll stand beside ukraine until the end of this war. and despite typical division on capitol hill, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they're ready to lend more support to ukraine. >> mean, it sunday speaker nancy pelosi and a delegation of lawmakers made a surprise visit to the capital of ukraine where they renewed america's promise to being there. when want go time during a sit-down meeting. pelosi, thank the president of ukraine for continuing his fight for democracy. the visit comes as russian aggression continues to escalate in parts of the country on abc's this week, ukraine's ambassador to the u.s. said pelosi's visit speaks volumes as ukraine continues its battle on the ground. we need all the assistance we can get

, matt, as we mentioned a few moments ago house speaker nancy pelosi met with president zelenskyy in an unannounced trip to kyiv. she was with the delegation of house democrats. you can see the intelligence committee chairman adam schiff, chairman meeks and others. it's always important, i think, significant to see u.s. officials, high-level u.s. officials on the ground with president zelenskyy. we saw it last week and are seeing it today. what can you tell us about this? >> yes, and this isn't a one-off. it was just last week that you and i were talking about the last senior u.s. delegation to come here, that being secretary of state antony blinken and secretary of defense lloyd austin and then president biden a few days later requests $33 billion, some humanitarian and some to the heavy weaponry zelenskyy administration has been requesting for a while now and then a few days later the speaker of the house, one of the highest ranking government officials in the united states, shows up here with a senior delegation. the symbolism not lost on president zelenskyy. he thanked nancy pelosi for coming here, bringing some of her fellow democrats, s

a surprise visit by house speaker nancy pelosi she and a delegation of other members of congress walked the streets with ukraine's president. pelosi later saying we're there for the fight and you cannot fold to a bully. tonight after days and weeks of calls to evacuate civilians trapped in the besieged city of mariupol, the international committee of the red cross saying it is helping facilitate safe passage still, hundreds of civilians may remain inside a steel plant there. the mayor saying with thousands dying in that city, the war must stop. we begin with kelly cobiella in ukraine. >> reporter: tonight a surprise show of support for ukraine. house speaker nancy pelosi leading a delegation to kyiv, meeting with president zelenskyy. the visit under wraps until today for security reasons speaker pelosi telling the ukrainian leader the u.s. is with you >> we are visiting you to say thank you for your fight to freedom. and so our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done. >> reporter: zelenskyy grateful for the visit saying this is a signal of strong support for ukraine. t

such of powerful effects is that the russian house, which was usually a place of grandiose parties with a black cut of champagne, turned into a russian house of war crimes this year, where all delegatesm all countries attending the world economic forum this year can see with their own eyes the photos evidence and facts of the russian aggression in ukraine, and we are waiting for the effects of this world economic forum . leaders from all over the world, we managed to prove for sure that russia is not part of the civilized western world, we still have a little more to win in this war and prove again that we are such a part and that we are not just beggars or guests asking for help, this is broadcast by hanna shelest director of the security studies program of the ukrainian foreign policy council prisma, congratulations ms. hanna, good evening, and in the continuation of our conversation, please share your own feelings about what to expect from this year's davos and to what extent the sounding of the theme of ukraine is important, and it is this platform, how significant is the speech of the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, according to your feelings, please, in any platform,

. >> well, today, speaker of the house nancy pelosi became the highest ranking u.s. official. >> to visit ukraine, pelosi led a delegation of house lawmakers to the war stricken country where she vowed american support. washington, d.c., correspondent raquel martin has more. >> during her visit, speaker of the house nancy pelosi told the president of ukraine that the u.s. we'll stand beside ukraine until the end of this war. and despite typical division on capitol hill, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they're ready to lend more support to ukraine. >> i mean, sunday speaker nancy pelosi and a delegation of lawmakers made a surprise visit to the capital of ukraine where they renewed america's promise to being there. when you want go time during a sit-down meeting. pelosi, thank the president of ukraine for continuing his fight for democracy. the visit comes as russian aggression continues to escalate in parts of the country on abc's this week, ukraine's ambassador to the u.s. said pelosi's visit speaks volumes as ukraine continues its battle on the ground. we need all the assistance we can get at the request of th

of the month. >> reporter: buses carried civilians to safety from mariupol and plans to evacuate more. this woman said all the time we spent in the bunker they were bombing . the house speaker and a delegation of fellow democrats met with the polish president in warsaw after a secret trip to kyiv over the weekend. >> this is a crucial moment in politics for us. >> reporter: congressional democrats are hoping to pass the presidents request for an additional $33 billion in ukraine aid the of the month. president biden is traveling tuesday to a facility in alabama that produces missiles which is among the weapons the u.s. has provided to ukraine. >> he will deliver remarks about the security systems we provide and highlighting the urgency of the request to congress to pass funding quickly. >> reporter: russia's assault rages on in eastern and southern parts of the country although ukrainian forces fight back. the naval part released this which they say shows a drone strike on russian patrol boats in the dark see. >> reporter: we do know a week after a u.s. prisoner swap with russia, there is a new hope for another detained american in syria. this was all because ed o'keefe had asked the questi

the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine a strong signal of bipartisan support for ukraine kyiv was visited by a delegation of the supreme housegress headed by the leader of the republican the minority in the senate , mitchell macondal, they met with the president, volodymyr zelenskyi noted that ukraine is fighting russia, defending not only its state, but also democratic values ​​and freedoms, the president noted the special role of the united states in strengthening sanctions against the aggressor, in particular thanked the congress for the adoption of laws banning the import of russian oil and suspending trade relations with russia and belarus the initiative was approved by the house of representatives , negotiations with creditors are currently ongoing so that they remove the interest that ukraine pays for service of foreign loans, the state authorities will also convince the international monetary fund, the world bank, to provide our country with additional financing on preferential terms, the final no to kremlin political forces, volodymyr zelenskyi signed the law banning russian parties, the verkhovna rada adopted it la

all americans great on president vladimir zelensky of ukraine, welcoming speaker of the house, nancy pelosi and a delegationratic lawmakers. visit for everyone and so commitment is to be there for you until the fight . is it done? it happened over the weekend unannounced, political experts say that's likely to stay out of harm's way. the congressional delegation made the trip as they look to discuss president biden's $33 billion relief proposal to support ukraine by indicating that the congressional leadership is on board with this, it sends a signal that the united states is seriously and going all out. and providing military aid and related assistance to the ukrainians. among those representatives is east may congresswoman barbara lee. after meetings with president alinsky , the group met with polish president andre duda. in warsaw , polish communities for its role in helping ukrainian refugees. and i'm very grateful that we can here and talk about our relations. pelosi released this statement after that meeting this morning, saying, in part, our members discussed our country's continued commitment to ukr

of delivering services and safety for community members in crisis. >> $730,000 has already been secured to get it up and running. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi and her delegation of lawmakers met the ukrainian president this weekend and kyiv with efforts underway in mariupol to evacuate civilians stranded at a steel plant. elise preston reports now from new york. >> reporter: how speaker pelosi led a half-dozen other congressional democrats and highly secret visit to the capital of ukraine and they met with president zelenskyy and his aides for about three hours. >> our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done. >> reporter: in poland sunday, she also stressed america's commitment to ukraine during the russian onslaught. >> do not be bullied by bullies. we are there for the fight. and you cannot fold to a bully. >> reporter: the national guard of ukraine released video footage it says shows a strike on russian military equipment in the region and in the port city of mariupol, the un is helping to coordinate a so- called safe passage operation to evacuate ukrainians from a massive steel plant and ukrainian fighters and civilians are stranded and

house speaker nancy pelosi became the highest ranking u.s. official to visit ukraine. the leader leading a delegation of house lawmakers to the country where she vowed american support. washington, d.c., correspondent raquel martin has more. mean, sunday, speaker nancy pelosi and a delegation of lawmakers made a surprise visit to the capital of ukraine. >> where they renewed america's promise to being there. when want go time during a sit-down meeting. pelosi, thank the president of ukraine for continuing his fight for democracy. the visit comes as russian aggression continues to escalate in parts of the countries on abc's this week, ukraine's ambassador to the u.s. said pelosi's visit speaks volumes as ukraine continues its battle on the ground. we need all the assistance we can get at the request of the president. members of congress are bowing to move swiftly to get more weapons and humanitarian aid to ukraine. this week, president biden asked congress to pass a massive 33 billion dollar aid package. time is of the essence. texas republican congressman michael mccall says it's critical. congress act

. >> she was asked this question again because congressman adam schiff who was a part of the house delegation, came back and said he thinks it's only a matter of time before president biden himself makes that trip. the white house press secretary making clear that there are still no plans for the president to go on such a trip, though they are constantly assessing the situation and saying that the president certainly would like to go, but of course, in the past, the white house has been pretty clear about the very serious security concerns about such a presidential trip. so again, at this moment in time, no such plans exist for him to go. but yeah, this was a surprise trip, an unexpected trip that wasn't announced ahead of time for security reasons, where members of the house went to ukraine and met for several hours with the ukrainian president. they said that they really wanted to get a sense from the ground directly from the president himself on what exactly the needs are, what the situation is on the ground, and then they also made another trip to poland where they could get a better sens

ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine, a powerful signal of bipartisan support for ukraine kyiv was visited by a delegation of the upper housenorable congress headed by the leader of the republican minority in the senate mitchell mcconnell, they met with the president volodymyr zelenskyi noted that ukraine is fighting russia, defending not only its state but also democratic values ​​and freedoms, the president noted the special role of the usa in strengthening sanctions against the aggressor, in particular, thanked the congress for the adoption of laws banning the import of russian oil and suspending trade relations with russia and belarus, zelenskyy hopes to strengthen sanctions and in the future, ukraine is being talked about everywhere, to provide our state with necessary support people's deputy mykola knyazhytsky called at the international conference europe of the carpathians. it was held in the polish city of krasichchyna. people's deputies and members of local self-government and scientists of the carpathian region, as well as representatives of great britain and the united states, were present at the discussion. in a

exhausted soldiers is the extraction procedure a powerful signal of bipartisan support for ukraine kyiv was visited by a delegation of the upper house of the us congress led by the leader of the republican minority in the senate mitchell mcconnell they met with president volodymyr zelenskyi noted that ukraine is struggling with russia, defending not only his state but also democratic values ​​and freedoms, the president noted the special role of the usa in strengthening sanctions against the aggressor, in particular, he thanked the congress for the adoption of laws banning the import of russian oil and the suspension of trade relations with russia and belarus. zelensky hopes that sanctions will be strengthened and ukraine will be talked about everywhere in the future. it is necessary to provide support to our state. in the polish city of krasychyn, people's deputies and members of local self-government and scientists of the carpathian region were present at the discussion and also the representatives of great britain and the united states, in addition to local problems, they also discussed the situation in ukraine, then he did not c

the speaker of the house lead a congressional delegation to keep and spend 3 hours with the ukranian president vladimir zalinski. he will not be bullied by bullies, essay making threats. you cannot act down. that's my view of it that you were there for the fight. and you cannot. you cannot fold to a bully. we're in the u. s. delegation discussed the big 3 issues for the ukrainians, security, humanitarian support and financial aid. we need this bills for ukraine's fight for freedom of president joe biden has already announced a new $33000000000.00 aid package. senate leader chuck schumer says they're going after russian president vladimir putin, friends and allies in the legislation of the 33000000000. i will be adding provisions that allow us to go after the oligarchs take their money and send it right to ukraine. this is the kind of stuff we're talking about. yas mansions, at the moment, you can seize assets and fries them, new legislation would make it easier to season sale. funneling the money back to ukraine is a tactic used against organized crime in the us. there will be process

. >>> new video of house speaker nancy pelosi and a congressional delegation in poland. they met with the polish president. this comes two days after nancy pelosi and representatives met in kyiv with the president of ukraine. pelosi is the second in line to the presidency after the vice president and the most senior american lawmaker to visit ukraine since russia's war began more than two months ago. she sent out a statement a couple of hours ago saying further informed and deeply moved by our experiences throughout our engagements in poland. a delegation will return ready to continue our work until victory is won. once she does get back in congress, returns to session debating a big aid package for ukraine, we will keep our eye on it. >>> a man is dead after a south bay crash involving a vehicle and a bicyclist. the cyclist was pronounced dead on the scene. the second person in san jose to be hit and killed by a car this past weekend alone. >>> a person is under arrest after a crash involving several vehicles at a busy intersection. in the area of capital expressway and

of negotiations, after many attempts, meetings, people, calls, countries, proposals finally. nick: earlier in kyiv, president zelenskyy welcomes house speaker nancy pelosi and a delegation of democratshe most senior american to visit since the invasion. >> a frontier of freedomnd your fight is a fight for everyone. our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is do. geoff: nick joins us now from lviv. we heard the phrase, until the war is done -- do the u.s. and ukraine have different definitions what winning the war looks like? nick: it is a key question and there is no one answer. at the least, everly wants ukraine to evict pressure from the territory they have seized since the ferry for the invasion, southern and southeastern ukraine. but russian controlled territory in the eastern donbas since 2015. does it include that territory? zelenskyy has only saide will not cede any territory. the british said their policy was to help ukraine enough to evict russia from the donbas. there is a policy debate in the u.s. administration about how far to go. all they will say for now is the goal is to help ukraine in some kind of negotiated settlement, and that means helping ukraine w

when you consider something like two thirds of the republican delegation in the house of representatives voted to overthrow the election, these people hate america. and they are so consumed by their own hate, that they spread into their constituents. i actually think their constituents are getting a little sick of it. and my hope is, as i said before, the real big fear is not electing more democrats. it is voters coming to their senses and stop electing hate filled people who want violence and will do anything necessary to get their way. >> you make an important point and you also draw the difference between what people see in the partisan lives of all this. we've heard so many politicians say every election is the most important. that does tire people. can everybody and everything be that important. this is a time for choosing america when you look at the pressures over choices between hate and racism, or just trying to have an equal pluralistic society. are we going to have a democracy or not? we have people, for example, the new nominee in pennsylvania who say not. people have to hear

the speaker of the house in senior congressional delegation comes on the heels of several other major world and european leaders visiting zelenskyy. what's the least visits do for them? >> they give these leaders a real, on the ground sense of the war with ukrainian people, that they are. fighting into pelosi is a big drop once she gets back to washington. she has to steer that 33 billion dollar ukrainian aid package that president biden is asking for, through that unruly congress. and i expect ali, that you want to be in a position which he sits down across the table from members who may be wavering on voting on this and say look, i was in the bunker with president zelenskyy. he tells us that he needs these weapons for these reasons. the soldiers in the donbas need them for the. yes it was interesting ali. she brought the chairman of another of very important committees with our adam shift intelligence committee gregory meeks the foreign affairs committee, and jim governs the rules committee. so i think this was a foreign trip by the speaker of the house. but as always, she has an ey

about 03:00am i the prince 5.19, right now, speaker of the house nancy pelosi becomes the highest ranking u.s. official to visit ukraine. she led a delegation of house lawmakers vowing that americans will support ukraine. our dc correspondent raquel martin has more. during her visit. speaker of the house nancy pelosi told the president of ukraine that the u.s.. >> we'll stand beside ukraine until the end of this war. and despite typical division on capitol hill, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they're ready to lend more support to ukraine. >> mean, it sunday speaker nancy pelosi and a delegation of lawmakers made a surprise visit to the capital of ukraine where they renewed america's promise to being there. when want go time during a sit-down meeting. pelosi, thank the president of ukraine for continuing his fight for democracy. the visit comes as russian aggression continues to escalate in parts of the countries on abc's this week, ukraine's ambassador to the u.s. said pelosi's visit speaks volumes as ukraine continues its battle on the ground. we need all the assistance we can get at the request of the president. members of congr

inspirational music] (music throughout) >> 7.23 and speaker of the house nancy pelosi became the highest ranking u.s. official to visit ukraine. she led a delegationwmakers and vowed america's support. washington, d.c., correspondent raquel martin has more. >> during her visit, speaker of the house nancy pelosi told the president of ukraine that the u.s. we'll stand beside ukraine until the end of this war. and despite typical division on capitol hill, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they're ready to lend more support to ukraine. >> i mean, sunday, speaker nancy pelosi and a delegation of lawmakers made a surprise visit to the capital of ukraine where they renewed america's promise to just being there. when time during a sit-down meeting. pelosi, thank the president of ukraine for continuing his fight for democracy. the visit comes as russian aggression continues to escalate in parts of the countries on abc's this week, ukraine's ambassador to the u.s. said pelosi's visit speaks volumes as ukraine continues its battle on the ground. we need all the assistance we can get at the request of the president. members of congress are bowing to mo

with ukraine olafshol from the chancellor of germany is a powerful signal to the party's support for ukraine kyiv was visited by a delegation from the upper house of the congress, led by the leader of the republican minority in the senate , mitchell mcconnell, they met with the president volodymyr zelenskyi noted that ukraine is fighting russia by defending not only his country, as well as democratic values ​​and freedoms, the president noted the special role of the united states in strengthening sanctions against the aggressor, in particular, he thanked for the adoption congress passed laws banning the import of russian oil and suspending trade relations with russia and belarus. zelensky hopes for further strengthening of sanctions. meanwhile, the foreign ministers of the group of seven countries promised to strengthen russia's economic and political isolation, to continue supplying weapons to ukraine, and to work on reducing global food shortages . caused by the war, according to reuters, the key to increasing pressure on russia is a ban or gradual cessation of russian oil purchases by eu countries the leading countries of the world will neve

of what's yours. eric: house speaker nancy pelosi leading congressional delegation for a surprise visit to kyiv. they met with volodymyr zelenksyy and dramatic support for the ukrainian resistance. speaker pelosi is the highest of ranking official to go to kyiv since the start of putin's his or her rick invasion in the country. in southern ukraine civilians evacuations in mariupol, we will go to show those who are trapped in the massive steel plant in the city. today hopes of peace continue to fade. hello, everyone, welcome to fox news live i'm eric sean. hi, alicia. >> i'm alicia acuÑa. she died of mental illness. this just weeks after she and her daughter announced plans to reunite for their first tour and in the southern border the surge of migrants continues ahead of ending title 42. homeland security alejandro mayorkas trying to clarify the administration's border strategy on fox news sunday. >> it is the objective of the biden administration to make sure that we have safe legally and orderly pathways for individuals to be able to access our legal system. we are against irregular migration a

of "the dispatch." this is "meet the press". >> this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> well, a good sunday morning. house speaker nancy pelosi made an unannounced visit to kyiv with a congressional delegation. she's now the highest ranking american official to make it to the capital of ukraine since this war started. and it's also the latest evidence that america's commitment to ukraine is only growing. amid signs that the war may end up expanding and that russia's assault in ukraine's east may be stalling. so let's take all of these in order. first, president biden is now asking congress for $33 billion in aid to ukraine. most of it, military assistance. in total, it would bring the amount of aid requested close to $50 billion. that's more than we spent each of the last five years in afghanistan, or at least on pace to do that. mr. biden's request came only days after defense secretary lloyd austin said that the u.s. wants to degrade russia's ability to make war on other countries. next, the expanding war, this past week saw explosions in breakaway region of moldova. likely caused by russia, and fires of explosion at several related war sites. many range ukrainian missiles. european union

house correspondents�* dinner returns to washington's political calendar. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, says she led a congressional delegationo kyiv to deliver a message of continuing us support for ukraine in its war with russia. she said her discussions with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, and in warsaw this morning with the polish president, andrzej duda, had centred on what more needed to be done. ms pelosi told president zelensky ukraine was fighting for everyone�*s freedom and the us would back its resistance against russian aggression "until the fight is done." she said the house of representatives was drafting a legislative package to approve president biden�*s request of $33 billion in aid for ukraine. it is with great sorrow that we come here, with great pride, we leave with a firmer understanding and more current understanding of what needs to be done, with a deeper appreciation of inspiration from those who are in this fight and, again, the resolve to move quickly. we are already writing into legislation the initiative that president biden put forth. speaking with ms pelosi, mr zelensky said ukraine

there isn't one russian delegate here today, and instead the russia house has been turned into of russia, war crimes house. and there's this rather visceral and emotional, you know, display of photos and videos of from ukraine and of the suffering that civilians are going through their, in ukraine at the hands of russian soldiers. now apart from that pretty graphic image show what was some of the landscape key messages to the global elite? why think he was really trying to tie in the whole global elite both by painting this war in ukraine as having ripple on effects for the economies of other countries, but also kind of by blaming the international community. he essentially said that the international community now was united in the face of russian aggression, but essentially this was too little, too late. and that back in 2014 russia already started it's war against ukraine and there should have been much harsher measures. then he also called, called for harsher sanctions now against russia, including a full oil embargo. and you know, russian banks basically being cut out of trading com

speaker of the house nancy pelosi has now become the highest ranking u.s. official to visit ukraine. she led a delegationhouse lawmakers vowing americans support washington, d.c., correspondent raquel martin has a look. >> during her visit, speaker of the house nancy pelosi told the president of ukraine that the u.s. we'll stand beside ukraine until the end of this war. and despite typical division on capitol hill, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they're ready to lend more support to ukraine. >> i mean, it sunday speaker nancy pelosi and a delegation of lawmakers made a surprise visit to the capital of ukraine where they renewed america's promise to there. when time during a sit-down meeting. pelosi, thank the president of ukraine for continuing his fight for democracy. the visit comes as russian aggression continues to escalate in parts of the countries on abc's this week, ukraine's ambassador to the u.s. said pelosi's visit speaks volumes as ukraine continues its battle on the ground. we need all the assistance we can get at the request of the president. members of congress are bowing to move

house speaker nancy pelosi made a visit to meet with volodymyr zelenskyy. >> reporter: a surprise show of support for ukraine. house speaker nancy pelosi leading a delegation to kyiv, meeting with president zelenskyy. the visit under wraps for security reasons speaker pelosi telling the ukraine leader the u.s. is with you. >> we are visiting you to say thank you for your fight to freedom and so our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done. >> reporter: zelenskyy grateful for the visit, saying this is a signal of strong support for ukraine. the war is intensifying by the day. the russian defense ministry says they've hit 800 targets in the past 24 hours, including a hangar storing u.s. and western supplied weapons in odesa. meantime, civilians are finally escaping the besieged city of mariupol the united nations coordinating with russian and ukrainian forces new video shows civilians helped out of the rubble by ukrainian soldiers nbc news has not been able to verify the video or when it was recorded president zelenskyy announced the first group of 100 civilians are out of that infamous steel plant, and they're working on more evacuations ma

president vladimir zelensky of ukraine, welcoming speaker of the house, nancy pelosi and a delegation of democratic lawmakers fight is a fight for everyone and so commitment is to be there for you until the fight . is it done? it happened over the weekend on announced, political experts say that's likely to stay out of harm's way. the congressional delegation made the trip as they look to discuss president biden's $33 billion relief proposal to support ukraine by indicating that the congressional leadership is on board with this, it sends a signal that the united states is seriously and going all out and providing military aid and related assistance to the ukrainians. among those representatives is east may congresswoman barbara lee. after meetings with president alinsky , the group met with polish president andre duda in warsaw, thinking polish communities for its role in helping ukrainian refugees. and i'm very grateful that we can here and talk abouti released this statement after that meeting this morning, saying, in part, our members discussed our country's continued commitment t

substance and when someone like the chairman's of the ways and means committee of the house leads a bipartisan democrat -- delegations and dublin, that is significant, particularly given the desire of the government to have a trade deal with the states and the genuine desire of the u.s. and these representatives to find an agreement that would be enhanced and not undermined and that the carefully calibrated work that has been done in respect to that would be upheld we had good discussions with them during the week. they do understand the need to work on the operational protocols, but the trade representatives and those with experience couldn't see anything that couldn't be resolved in terms of the technicalities around the protocol between the u.k. government and european union that i thought was quite helpful. >> but realistically, what can be achieved? what is the best case scenario in the worst-case scenario for you given that it was signed in 2019 and still here we are. >> best case is for the u.k. government to engage in intense negotiations with a view to bringing about a resolution to these issues. disputes o

winning this war. >> one sign of that support from the west is the visit of house speaker nancy pelosi and the congressional delegation with president zelenskyy today. what more can you tell us about that visit? >> well, we're very happy that right after a visit of secretary blinken and after the visit of our prime minister here, it was a special delight to see madam speaker with the delegation in kyiv meeting with our president. i think it's yet a sign of a very strong support that ukraine has here in the united states. we feel and we know that americans, our brothers and sisters in this fight for freedom for democracy, and as we review in the united states the next package of support to ukraine, which president biden submitted recently to congress, i believe it's very symbolic that speaker pelosi visited ukraine. >> there appears to be support for that $33 billion aid package. what more do you need? >> well, we need all the assistance we can get in defensive weapons, in military support, in financial support, but also in humanitarian support. and i think this request covers all of this area. so we look forward to di

and with the speaker of the house, congressional delegation visiting yesterday, i assume ukraine's leadership has to feel at least symbolically the u.s. is with them, joined at the hip. >> reporter: absolutely, chuck. house speaker nancy pelosi arriving here in kyiv this weekend and says to thank ukraine for a fight for freedom, telling president zelenskyy, quote our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done. her visit comes just days after two russian missiles struck the heart of the capital as the u.n. secretary general was visiting. this is the aftermath of those missile strikes. one of the missiles struck that factory just over that way, believed to be the intended target. the other missile struck that apartment building, killing one and injuring ten. the mayor of kyiv saying those strikes mount to the middle finger of russia to the west and the united nations and seen as a warning to anyone wanting to visit the capital and wanting to visit with president zelenskyy which is perhaps why speaker pelosi's visit was shrouded in secrecy and happened yesterday evening and only m

the delegation of the house of representatives of the us congress is visiting ukraine . in the amount of more than 40 billion dollars, the members of the congress decided to assure that these funds really guarantee that kyiv needs the weapons and that the ukrainian military will receive them on time. my colleague kateryna lisunova spoke with one of the members of the republican congressman brian fitzpatrick's delegation. according to him, the approval of large financial aid from the united states is not enough if this will not guarantee the necessary equipment for the ukrainian military on the front lines, it is obvious that the humanitarian front is as important as the sanctions front, but the focus of this visit is military aid, we talk to military leaders, fighters, and on the front lines to understand exactly what kind of aid they receive, what works, what doesn't , do they know how to use what they receive after the approval of a package of more than 40 billion dollars for ukraine. we decided to come here and talk to people literally on the front lines, obviously that the allocat

. >> overnight ukrainian president zelenskyy releasing a video of house speaker nancypeaker nancyd the congressional delegation making an unannounced visit to ukraine. the delegation meeting with zielinski -- president zelenskyy in kyiv saturday, pelosi saying more usaid's on the way. -- more u.s. aid is on the way as president zelenskyy pleads for more u.s. military equipment. the delegation is now in neighboring poland. >> here to send a clear message to the world. america stands with ukraine. until victory is won. >> in ukraine the bitter fight continues. u.s. officials made a plea to americans to avoid going to ukraine after marine william joseph cancel was killed. angelina jolie making her own visit to the council -- country meeting children in lviv. air raid sirens interrupted her visit. brief glimmers of hope from mariupol. 20 civilian trapped in a steel plant every two -- able to evacuate during a cease fire. >> if you will not stop this here in ukraine, he warns, it will go farther, to europe. calling for the evacuation of their loved ones, relatives of those trapped in the steel plant are rallying in

in full true, gazette stratton outside of the formal meetings. activists have transformed the russian delegates usual h q, into the so called russian war crimes house in ho photos of the toll. the war has taken on ukrainian lives, aim to cape, the human cost front and center for everyone at davos this year. they doubly correspondent, been for julian is in davos covering the for him. he sent us this assessment. this is the most urgent. well there kind of like form that i've been to over the past decade an in the past 50 years. it's the most significant, according to klaus schwab. the forums found it. we've got these problems of global supply chains. again, like we saw in the pandemic pick now because of the war in ukraine. energy prices that are shooting up inflation, which is got people wide all around the world. also food security, 25000000 tons of grain, a stuck in ukraine right now and can't get out. the only thing that continues to flow is the oil. and that's what zalinski has a big problem about because it's funding the war in ukraine for the russians. he wants an oil embargo, he wants a ban on all banks. he doesn't want the i t sector profiti