remains held up in a domestic policy squabble among us. lawmakers over the us mexico border. janelle zalinski today also met with the speaker of the house and with other us lawmakers. what was he able to convince them to do were sick, as well from the looks of it. we don't know the, the week is not yet over, but not much. it's important to realize that republicans are, and i'm on the list on this. there are those who genuinely so far as the creed, but are still willing to use the ukraine aid as a bargaining chip in order to gain concessions for the us mexico border. and there are the republicans who don't support ukraine for 8, but for whom the republican demand for board a reform has provided some cover. so it is this dynamic sense of landscape was walking into is that the thing that is holding up ukraine a has very little to do with ukraine at all. and it's very hard to see what he could say or do to influence that dynamic. now of course, this is all coming out of time where you cranes counter offensive is largely seen in washington to have sold, and this is leading to questions over ukrain

now my colleague janelle demario is following this story. janelle zalinski arrived to a much pessimistic, much more pessimistic mood compared to when he swooped in last winter for a hero's welcome in washington. is there any sign that he has a swede, republicans to get the funding that he says his country needs steps of the mood definitely watched more differently this time around, even though by most accounts that closed door meeting between us lawmakers and zalinski wasn't seeing us particularly hostile republicans were already telegraphing ahead of this meeting that there was very little of that zelinski could say that would move them from wanting to see a u. s. mexico, a board or deal a tighter board or a deal agreed before any more ukraine aid could be released. now of course, so this means that republicans are essentially using ukraine aid as a bargaining chip in order to achieve domestic policy goals around immigration, around, around the border around asylum policy. of course, these are obviously very important to republican avoiding issues ahead of an election year and 2024. but

washington she has been covering this very important day of meetings for the grading and president janelle zalinski is meeting right now with us. president biden. what more do we know about what these 2 presidents are talking about? as indeed we had just heard from them a few moments ago. do you know this has a meeting about one pretty much as expected bite and used it as an opportunity to express solidarity for ukraine, saying that the u. s. stands by ukraine. and i suppose the, the big issue announcement of that he made in his remarks was that he, he declared another 200000000 and draw down funds for ukraine. and this is, of course, so something that so long as he can take home with them. so he doesn't kind of go home empty handed, but of course this is a far from far cry from the 61000000000 dollar funding that i taught biden wanted to see past for ukraine. that of course, is currently in gridlock among us lawmakers. now as far as the lens keys party use this as an opportunity to call, once again for the aid that ukraine needs, he wants better air defenses. he wants to be able to get the ukraini

that was dw, corresponded janelle dom aloud, and as zalinski tries to drum up support in the us, there has been another russian missile attack on the ukrainian capital. the mayor of cuba says several people have been wounded to the un general assembly has overwhelmingly back to resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and gauze of 153 countries voted in favor with only 10 against, including the us. and these real germany and 22 others epstein. unlike security council resolutions, those passed by the general assembly or not legally binding head of the vote. israel's human representative condemned the resolution. he said a ceasefire would only benefit from us, which is regarded as a terrorist group by many countries. no more crimes, more heinous than the atrocities from us committed. and those that support this resolution are giving the terrorist a free pass. a ceasefire means one thing, and one thing only ensuring this, the survival of hum us back in the middle east is realize, begun inspecting a trucks and buy one for goza at the care room, show them check point. offici

ability to destroy process logistics on my colleague janelle, doing well and has more now on the meeting between these 2 presidents, between zalinski and by you know, this has a meeting that one pretty much as expected bite and used it as an opportunity to express solidarity for ukraine, saying that the u. s. stands by ukraine. and i suppose the, the big issue announcement of that he made in his remarks was that he, he declared another 200000000 and draw down funds for ukraine. and this is, of course, so something that so long as he can take home with them. so he doesn't kind of go home empty handed, but of course this is a far from far cry from the 61000000000 dollar funding that i taught biden wanted to see past for ukraine. that of course, is currently in gridlock among us lawmakers. now as far as the lens keys party use this as an opportunity to call, once again for the aid that ukraine needs, he wants better air defenses. he wants to be able to get the ukrainian forces to disrupt person logistics. those are the things that he mentioned, but so you know, both these leaders have an uphill climb and convincing the washington esta

during zalinski shore trip to dc, but without the support of congress, he could only sent him home with the fraction of the funding he's hoping for. earlier i asked the w as washington correspondent janelle dom island, if there was any sign that the republican blockade could soon be resolved as well. if there was any sign that the republicans are willing to make concessions, we haven't seen that was so much evidence of that yet. the fact is that the republicans had their position on this, even before the lensky came, and that the landscape, and even after the landscape arrived and talk to them and, and give a speech. so there's a, there's very little sign that he was able to move them from their positions. but i think it's important to realize that, you know, there is, this is an amano, this among republican. now there's an, a monolith in thinking law, the republican lawmakers that there are those who generally support aid for ukraine, but are still willing to use of ukraine aid as a bargaining chip in order to extract concessions on the us mexico border. and there are those republicans for whom the ukraine aid is loss over priority, but for whom perhaps these republican demands for a bo