thank you very much, joe fitzgerald. tricia with the sam cisco chronicle. >>> today is women's equality day. first passed in 1973, it is a day to celebrate women earning the right to vote, 100 years ago. we have come a long way since then. according to the center for women and politics there are now about 10 million more women registered to vote then men. in presidential elections more women than men have been casting about since the 1980s. number will many running for office also continues to grow. what is this trend mean for fall elections and the future of our country waxy joining us now to discuss the impact of women in politics is amy allison, founder of, she the people. >> my honor, thank you. >> tells a little bit about what she the people is and how you kicked it off. it is only been around for the last three years ago. >> it builds political power for people of color. we want to understand what this vast, growing, remarkable, critical group of people, who are voters and organizer, and leaders in this country, bu

fitzgerald with that report. jonathan lemire, how much longer will joe biden continue to supporting ukraine and zelenskyy? obviously the u.s. has been extraordinarily important in their ability to push back against the russians. does the president still stand shoulder to shoulder with those efforts. >> i was in the room in madrid this summer when president biden said when asked that exact question, said as long as it takes. and we have seen no evidence that his answer has changed since then. and white house officials have suggested they will keep doing so. the defense department has had the largest investment yet to head to ukraine for weapons and for supplies. they do feel like this is an existential moment here to defend not just ukraine, but democracy itself. and they feel hopeful about ukraine's chances here of holding off russian advances. they've -- officials have told me in the last day, they think ukraine will be slow going but the counter offensive will be successful to push russia back and they want to make sure ukraine is well armed before the winter comes so they could try to hold position and