kimberly white, it's a signal that might be why not that might be in the comfort even you will wish trumps were union decent menial or you could forward and you can, you can really not push them then you have to provide you with any peer was on your compartment group about the the good worry about the police, my team, i build for axle switches. thought ronald, you reach your music. you got the she teach much. appreciate a she teacher. been you have to go down. starkey was wanted to be to you to understand a book for steven a you know, pretty pitching number or she keeps up at the work. i think the prestige shouldn't be prophecy and will show portraits of shoes or will grade or something. or could you put it with you a new britain, which was still it just won't unless you win business from that other when you a with shelling and bombing of civilian houses and residential areas by the ukrainian army left the residence with no choice. they had to defend themselves this time with and so new recruits rapidly enlisted in the militia. ah, anybody holderness? because ultimately jo. locally we shal

he says it's the only way to keep up the flow of weapons. dinners, our white house correspond, kimberly elk, it has more. think of what there seems to be a lot of support in the u. s. congress for ukraine. right now.

kimberly. okay. our white house correspondent, ah, the drug company, madonna, has asked us regulators to approve. it's covered 19 vaccine for children between 6 months and 6 years old. it says drug trials show 2 doses. we're safe and produced a strong immune response. right now when the children age 5 and older can be vaccinated in the us with phasers vaccine, i think there is an important unmet medical need here with these youngest kids that don't know of any of the vaccine. they don't have any other treatments. i think they have to recognize that they might indeed prioritize supplication, but they do, as you say, now have that full spectrum of data across the whole age range of children and adolescents. it's been a month since china's biggest city, shanghai went into lockdown because of a co with 19 outbreak. there's been widespread unrest among residents have complained of food shortages and tough restrictions. katrina, you reports from beijing. his factory on the outskirts of shanghai normally produces aro

$800000000.00 of military assistance to key for weapons, ammunition, and drones or white house corresponding kimberly hallett reports as the russian siege under ukrainian city of mary, a pull continues, tend on crushing any remaining resistance. the white house says it's sending new shipments of military aid to help you crazy and fight back. we're in a critical window now. and united states and our allies and partners are moving as fast as possible to continue to prod ukraine. the forces that they need, the weapons they need, excuse me, the equipment they need, their forces need to defend their nation. the latest aid package announced the same day, the ukrainian prime minister was in washington meeting with you as president joe biden, and military leaders. total's 800000000 and heavy artillery, including 72 howitzers, 144000 rounds of ammunition, and follows more than a 1000000000 in security assistance already sent to ukraine. however, with this latest dispersion, i'm almost exhausted to draw down authority. i have the congress authorized for ukraine. that's white next week. by then we'll ask congre

cruise for you, for free back ukraine, regardless of the financial cost, al jazeera white house correspondent, kimberly, how can report as russia's war and ukraine enters the new phase and in order to keep the military and humanitarian aid to ukraine flowing, we need this bills for ukraine is white for freedom. u. s. president joe biden on thursday, asked the u. s. congress for $33000000000.00 to support ukraine over the next 5 months. because to lose weight or not cheap, but k be new aggression is gonna be more costly if we allow to happen. we either back ukrainian people as they defend their country or we stand by as the russians continue or atrocities and aggression ukraine. biden's request for $33000000000.00 includes more than $20000000000.00 for military assistance, like artillery and anti aircraft weaponry, more than $8000000000.00 to help the ukrainian government continue to function, add another $3000000000.00 to help refugees. in addition, biden is also sending to congress a plan to crack down a russian oligarchy who laundry illegal and stolen money in the us through shadowy purchases of yach

kimberly hell can al jazeera, the white house, and alan fisher joins us live now from washington dc. alan, so president biden says, look, the u. s. must support ukraine at any cost, but will congress approve this latest package of a? do you think it is a huge sum of money? there's no doubt about that. in fact, the, by the 3rd of what the russian spent on defense in the last year. and why is a huge sum of money? $33000000000.00 is still falls. well short of what the ukranian president has said, he will need to rebuild his countries talking about $600000000000.00. will it go through? will you remember that the last time the u. s. announced a lot of aid and it passed with the support from both parties in congress and mitch mcconnell, the leader of the republicans and the senate said, if they want more money, then we'll give it to them. how often do you see that, that the opposite side are saying it to the president, the united states, you want more cash, just come and ask us. so how quickly could this get through? well, the senate could discuss this next week, and there could be somethi

our white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has more nice. it was a ceremony on the south lawn of the white house, had mark and historic confirmation that had been centuries in the making. it has taken 232 years and $115.00 prior appointments for a black woman to be selected to serve on the supreme court of the united states. but we've made it, ah, we've made it all along and is nominated is confirmed. judge could told you ground jackson with confirmed the nation's highest court on thursday in the u. s. senate. the significance of the world went, was not lost on camella harris, who made history is america's 1st female and woman of color, vice president. you will inspire generations of leaders. and they will see for the 1st time for women sitting on that court. and when i get to angie brown jackson's confirmation is a victory for president joe biden, whose approval ratings are in need of a boost, including among black voters who helped elect him to the white house. but on friday it wasn't his political future. that biden was focused on, but ins

white house correspondent, kimberly helicopter life in washington. many thanks. kimberly, russian president vladimir putin as abandoned his plan to stole the steel plant in mary apple where the cities lost ukrainian defenders hold up. instead. moscow will continue to blockade the site. russia still expects to capture the complex, the next 3 to 4 days dosage. murray reports now from moscow. this is what victory looks like for the russian military, nearly 2 months into moscow's so called special military operation. and its defense minister is now declaring his 1st major successor of the armed forces. so the russian federation and the peoples michelle daniels, people's republic heavily been rated maribelle. the remnants of the formation of nationalists took refuge in industrials on of those off style plant. the as of style plant remains the last stronghold for ukrainian troops in mariel pole who have refused to surrender. officials believe there are nearly 2000 ukrainian fighters hold up in and around the steel plant. for days, russian officials had been saying they

let's go to our white house correspondent, kimberly how to tell us what was said. kimberly it was a very emotional moment as judge cotton's you, brown jackson finally took to the stage. she was introduced by the u. s. president, as well as the vice president cobbler harris, but the crowd was clearly on the south one of the white house to hear from the woman who has made history becoming the 1st black woman who, when she is sworn in, in the end of june, early july will make history as the 1st black woman and she acknowledge that saying that it has taken a 115 appointments to the supreme court at 232 years. but we finally made it all of us and she was acknowledging the fact that black women have finally made it found their place on the supreme court. she also pointed out that it is of the, as has often been said, a unique system of government in the united states and that their commitment of the u. s. constitution is to achieve a more perfect union, something that she says as a justice. she will continue to strive to achieve, but the example of that is the fact that

al jazeera, white house correspondent, kimberly help it has the story. as russia's war and ukraine enters the new phase. and in order to keep the military and humanitarian aid to ukraine flowing, we need this bills for you. credit is free for free to you as president joe biden on thursday asked the u. s. congress for $33000000000.00 to support ukraine over the next 5 months. because to lose weight or not cheap, but k be new aggression is gonna be more costly if we allow to happen. we either back ukrainian people as they defend their country or we stand by as the russians continue or atrocities and aggression ukraine. biden's request for $33000000000.00 includes more than $20000000000.00 for military assistance, like artillery and anti aircraft weaponry. more than 8000000000 to help the ukrainian government continue to function and another 3000000000 to help refugees. in addition, biden is also sending to congress a plan to crack down a russian oligarchy who laundry illegal and stolen money in the us through shadowy purchases of yachts and other assets li

well let's go to a white house correspondent, kimberly hall. could kimberly, this is, is we're, we're talking a historical day for us justice. it's also an important day for the, by the ministration as well. what's gonna be happening over the next few hours? well, i can already hear the band warming off on the south lawn is the white house i'm standing on the north line. and what we expect in about 2 hours time is on that south line is that the president will be joined by his vice president, commonly harris, along with the associate justice to the supreme court, katasha brown, jackson. and she will be talking to the american public and also along with the president, vice president, they will be celebrating the historic nature of this confirmation. now the u. u. s . president is going to underscore what this white house says is a bipartisan victory. in other words, that this was a bipartisan confirmation, but as hobbies jocasta reported, it was a bit of a narrow victory for this white house. and so, even as the president will be town, this is a

kimberly held can al jazeera, the white house. germany's parliament has approved sending heavy weaponry to ukraine in what sir been a major policy shift. the decision to send a shipment of anti aircraft systems has been supported by all 3 ruling coalition parties, as well as the opposition conservatives. for weeks, germany resisted calls to provide ukraine with heavy weapons. it's longstanding, policy of not sending arms to conflicts. hills has changed completely since the start of the war. will germany's chancellor says his country's preparing for a possible situation where russia stops gas exports to berlin. olaf schultz is in japan. on his 1st trip to asia in the roll and rushes invasion of ukraine and the energy crisis are the top key issues being discussed with japanese prime minister for me. okay, shita or vega and try to be with the for and what decision the russian government will take in this regard. one can only speculate, but it makes little sense. no one has to pull here for it. and as i said, we've already started to do this before the war broke out. and we know what we hav

kimberly hell can al jazeera, the white house. alan fisher has more on this from washington dc. well, it's a huge sum of money. in fact, it's about a 3rd to what the russian spent on defense in the past year, but falls well short of what the ukranian president said he would need to rebuild his country. he's talking about figures around $600000000000.00. now remember when the last aid package was passed with bipartisan support, mitch mcconnell, who was the leader of the republican, said, if they need more money, they just have to ask. that's very rare for republican senator to essentially say to a democratic president, we're going to write you a blank check here. will this go through? well, the senate could well discuss this next week, but the house is on recess, which with 8 to ukraine, but some senior democrats are saying they want to tie, gone the new covered relief bill to this. and that means spending billions of would like to get this through. and when he was asked, how is this going to get through congress? he said, essentially, i don't care, get it done. germany's parliam

let's find out more with our white house correspondent kimberly help get. so what do we expect from bite and said akin really? yeah, the u. s. president joe biden will be talking about 2 things when he speaks from the roosevelt room in the white house in the coming hours or so. but 90 minutes time. what we expect is, if you remember, the president was talking last week about needing more money for ukraine. and the reason is, is that the white house doesn't control the purse strings in the united states as congress that does that. so the u. s. president is going to be talking about what he needs in order to make sure that ukraine gets the support that it needs from the united states. so he's going to calling on congress to pass a new legislative package ship for aid for ukraine. it's supposed to be massive. we don't know the exact dollar amount, but what we do know is that will allow for roughly another 5 months of support. so that is the 1st component of what the president is likely talk about. the 2nd component is what you touched on, and that is the new ef

our white house correspondent, kimberly hulk. it reports the release of trevor read a former us marine serving a 19 year jail sentence, and russia follows a lengthy negotiation process. the 30 year old was released as part of a prisoner exchange for constantine. yar shinkel, a russian pilot convicted of conspiracy to smuggle cocaine into the united states. yar shanker was arrested in liberia in 2010, but then extradited to the us in a statement president joe biden praised the safe return of read as a testament to the priority. his administration places on bringing home americans held hostage and wrongfully detained abroad, adding it require difficult decisions that i do not take lightly. the timing is unexpected. us russia relations are at their lowest point in decades following russia's invasion of ukraine. but the biden white house has always maintained there's value in dialogue with adversaries. for example, america or russian cosmonaut nationals are flying together and the other nurses playstation. let's continue with this ma

kimberly from the white house the u. s. and german governments of shut down the so called dog that website selling illegal items, including drugs and fake documents. the u. s. department of justice says hydro market accounted for around 80 percent of all crypto currency transactions on the doc net last year. most customers were from russian speaking countries. the website earned around $5000000000.00 in the past 6 years. hydro market facilitated the sale of narcotics full sy, these computer hacking tools and money laundering services. jody westby is chief executive at global cyber risk. she says the shut down will help to secure the global online community. well for the internet overall, it means a lot more safety for businesses. these bought nets are very dangerous, especially the ones established by g r. u. the ration military have, as you noted in death, is billions of dollars worth of damage in their attacks. it's been very difficult to disrupt them. but the united states has developed a technique where it's a court ord

kimberly help hit al jazeera, the white house that for astern are so digital marketing channel space station. in the next few hours, they'll become the 1st all civilian team to venture there. a target and be has the story. 310. lasting all from mrs. kennedy space center in cape canaveral, florida. space ex is falcon, 9 brook. it launches for a journey to the international space station pro y view inside the cabin on board. a businessman larry corner mult patheon, each instead, each paid $55000000.00 for that ticket. leading the crew for the 20, our flight is retired. nasa astronaut, michael lopez. allah, greer. it's the 1st civilian astronaut team to travel to the i assess. nathan and others say it's a milestone in the commercialization of low earth orbit. the significance of this flight is something that latham and space accent, it's other commercial partners have been working towards, you know, where they are able to take commercial industry and put it into space. and so this is the 1st step into a broader world for that. so it's very exciting. the mission is a collaboration betwee

kimberly hell can al jazeera, the white is anchored in a necessity for both countries and in a tendency by both governments to improve relations with countries. you know, the relations haven't been gone very well so, so the idea has basically tried now and it's been going through dial on the other hand, is improving relations with a lot of those countries where have tension over the last few years whether it's isn't armenia, egypt spect and interest only one woman is running in the philippines presidential election, but her campaign is gaining traction among some voters than it were brenda, whose currently vice president is getting large numbers of young people attending her rallies. jemila ellen dugan reports not from manila, white repair, it was proving so awfully with those younger voters. oh vice president lanyard bred . his rise to politics is a story like no other. her husband was a revered public servant and interiors secretary who bled though mostly shied away from the public eye, choosing instead to work as a human rights lawyer in impoverished communities. but the death of her

our white house correspondent, kimberly how could, has more night. it was a ceremony on the south lawn of the white house, had mark an historic confirmation that had been centuries in the making. it has taken 232 years and $115.00 prior appointments for a black woman to be selected to serve on the supreme court of the united states. but we've made it. oh, we've made it all along, all of us. and his nomination has confirmed judge to 20 crown, jackson was confirmed to the nation's highest court on thursday in the u. s. senate, the significance of the moment was not lost on camella harris, who made history is america's 1st female and woman of color, vice president. you will inspire generations of leaders. and they will see for the 1st time for women sitting on that court at when i get to angie brown. jackson's confirmation is a victory for president joe biden, whose approval ratings are in need of a boost, including among black voters who helped elect him to the white house. but on friday, it wasn't his political future that by them was focused on. but i

kimberly held it al jazeera, the white house. germany's parliament has voted to send that heavy weaponry to ukraine and made a change in policy. supply of anti aircraft systems has been supported by all 3 using coalition parties, and the opposition conservatives. germany had previously been resisting cause to send heavy weapons. it's longstanding policy of not to supplying arms and fester john lees so far, the only candidate in the race to succeed the carry lamb as chief executive of the territory. he was head of security during the 29th saying in terms of his plans for the territory. well, he outlined it for areas hong kong. gov that a society will be stable, stability, stability. that's something that we have come to expect from li, the former security chief. he's also announced that he will, a tycoon in the city and hong kong riches matt. les caching. so he said he's described himself as a, as a conductor, who's going to pull in everyone's strength and conduct a symphony for hong kong. going forward, he talks about this new chapter in hong kong. and brits, how are people in hong kong

let's go straight to our white house correspondent, kimberly how kit so can be of us waking up to the news. i'm biden already commenting on it. yeah, that's right. this is a case that the white house and according to a senior administration official from the state department has been working on for months. we know that there have been for allegedly smuggling cocaine into that country. and what we also know is that this has been a case that has been on the mines effort of his family to bring him home for some time. there has been a protest by this family in front of the white house, and it is something that led to a meeting with the president very recently. and perhaps even escalated this in the minds of the president. and they were gravely concerned that if he continued a detention, that he may not make it back to the united states following his release. he had been sentenced for 19 years. for what surprising is it? kimberly, when relations between the us and russia so sour at the moment. indeed . and let me just cauffron. so one can only presume that these talks will continue because

all white house correspond, kimberly how kit report as the russian siege, ukrainian city of mary paul continues tend to and crushing any remaining resistance . the white house says it's sending new shipments of military aid to help you cranium. like back. we're in a critical window now. and united states and our allies and partners are moving as fast as possible to, to, to pride ukraine. the forces that they need, the weapons they need, excuse me, the equipment they need, their forces need to defend their nation. the latest aid package announced the same day, the ukrainian prime minister was in washington meeting with us president joe biden, and military leaders. total 800000000 and heavy artillery, including 72 howitzers, 144000 rounds of ammunition and follows more than a 1000000000 in security assistance already said to you crane. however, with this latest disbursement, i am almost exhausted to draw down authority. i have the congress authorized for ukraine. that's why next week biden will ask congress for even more money to continue the flow of weapons. but as for where these weap

our white house correspondent, kimberly hulk. it has more officially the respective governments from the diplomatic level have been talking and intensely negotiating back and forth for this prisoner swab that resulted. we understand in the exchange on wednesday of trevor read for caused in 10 year a shank o. r. well, it is not has not been confirmed by the u. s. government. there are reports that this did occur in turkey. russian president vladimir putin says ukraine was pushed to clash with russia, and moscow's reaction has been just and fer it warned that any country that interferes in its special operation in ukraine will face consequences of vietnam. if anyone would want to interfere with what's happening in ukraine now from the outside, they have to know rushes response will be swifter. i'm fascinated so we have all sorts of tools that the west cannot obtain. he and we will not post of our weapons, but we will use them if need be, and i want every want to know that russia says it's suspended supplies of natural gas and bribe

kimberly help hit al jazeera, the white house mccarthy operation since the war began, including against the institutions responsible for civilian welfare reports. as russia began at cyber attacks a year before the conflict started. moscow is also accused of targeting nato member states. chief executive of global cyber risk jody. west b says cyber attacks could take a variety of forms. a destructive attack could be something actually destructive like, ah, wiping out system data of critical infrastructure so that it's not available for use by the military and the civilian population, such as utilities disrupting utilities. so the attacks can range from those types of destructive attacks. to more intelligence gathering what i would call cyber recognizance missions, where you're out to just gather information about spies or f s. b agents or military, yours or civilian officials that you want data on the population. so some of it could be that way. some of the attacks were even before the conflict began even a year before, but these, there are attacks now, some, not all, but some that have b

he says it's the only way to keep up the flow of weapons, dinner, or white house correspond. kimberly help get us more think of there seems to be a lot of support in the u. s. congress for ukraine right now. and thus, because the american public is largely in support, whether that will change is unclear. but right now the president is asking for a lot of money. here's how that 33000000000 is to break down of the out of that. 20000000000 is for weapons, military assistance. ah, a point 5000000000 is to keep the ukrainian government running so that it has the programs going to help and support the people. and then there is another 3000000000 that is roughly slated for refugee programs for those flea ukraine to other nations . the un secretary general is on his 1st visit to ukraine since russia invaded $63.00 days ago. and 10 you get irish has seen destruction near keith and is now meeting president vladimir zalinski. satellite imagery from murray. paul is revealing the damage done by russian shelling on the as the style of steel plant where thousands of ukrainian soldiers and civilians,

. >> let's bring in cnn global affairs analyst and "time" magazine contributor kimberly dozier and whiteputin thinks he's winning. and in the meantime, he is continuing to obliterate mariupol. he's now targeting even western ukraine. it sounds like he has no plans to stop. if the west doesn't get more involved right now, what does that mean? is that like a green light for putin? >> well, it sounds like putin has shifted gears. he understands that this is going to be a long, grinding fight, like it already has been in other parts of the donbas to secure his victory as he sees it of seizing crimea and taking more territory. we're hearing from the pentagon and from ukrainian officials that the russians have mostly moved in the troops that they need to conduct this new offensive, and i think all the severe fighting that we're seeing pop up, especially in the past 24 to 48 hours, that's the start of this uptick in this -- what will be artillery and just tank on tank, troop on troop battle over the east that is going to cause the kind of destruction that we've seen in mariupol but on a larger

kimberly how can reporting from the white house once more head on the aisle 0 in his hour, including the race for the french president, the narrows on the last day of campaigning before elections. and in sports, some tricky times is formula one returns to melbourne. peter will be here with that story and more ah, but 1st focus on prime minister him on con, says that he's disappointed by a supreme court verdict against him, but he's accepted the ruling. con has addressed the nation before a vote of no confidence in parliament on saturday, which he is expected to lose. the supreme court ruled on thursday that he acted unconstitutionally, by blocking a previous motion of no confidence. let's go to come on either with joining us from as long about to tell us more about what iran con, have to say to the nation. william braun, kon basically talked about the fact that they saw position which had now rallied together on a one point agenda to get rid of them. as instigated from overseas with direct and to fed and cindy internal affairs of the country. he said he was disappointed by the fact t

so we've just been talking to a kimberly hawk at our white house correspondent about that press conference. we just heard from the u. s. department of justice, outlining some of the actions that they've been taking recently in order to, to target to the what they describe as a russian oligarchs in terms of some of their, the items. for example, they mentioned the yacht called tango that had been seized in spain. it also been talking about hitting a hydra doc, net market, which had been a place where much of the of the trip to conceal been spent about $5000000000.00 with encrypt accountancy. had been spent, that had been run on servers by a russian called a dmitri. pavlov, the attorney general medic, garland seeing it doesn't matter if use, how far you sell your yacht, hide your assets or your malware. the justice department is going to find you those, the headlines we're going to be back in about 25 minutes time. see them are by are trying to, in the us sleep, walking their way to war in the struggle over ukraine. here's the test for president joe biden is really trying to do is rewrite th

s. capital let's esprit to our white house correspondent. kimberly how good, who's in washington dc. kimberly throws more about us plans to provide further military assistance to ukraine. st. department officials confirming that the united states is weighing another package of arms assistance to ukraine. this is, in addition to the 800000000 that was already supplied in recent weeks. the u. s. president has been closely close coordinating with allies, including a video conference call that took place some 24 hours ago. and we assume that this was something that was discussed, given the fact that the previous package was also done and coordination with partners and allies. we also know that the u. s. president is going to be discussing this matter with his defense secretary lloyd austin's wells. his chair of the joint chiefs when he has a meeting at 20 g m t as well as a dinner with both of those officials. and then prior to that, we know that the defense secretary lloyd austin will be meeting with the polish defense minister. so plenty of opportunity

kimberly hallett reporting from the white house pakistan's prime minister is set to address the nation before a vote of no confidence takes place in parliament on saturday or on cons, expected to lose the vote and to be ousted. the supreme court ruled on thursday that he acted unconstitutionally, by blocking a motion of no confidence do. last sunday, judge said, con, broke the law by making the president dissolve parliament and coal for an election . let's go live to come on. hi there. joining us from islamabad. so what are m. ron's cons? a political options right now. it well, it's very difficult to say because enron khan says he's going to fight in the end or door. the odds are stacked up against him. deal position of god has been celebrating thing that this is a wickertree for democracy. however, emerald hahn, i said that he is going to stick to his permission. i need not going to budge by re dining. so a precarious situation indeed. but we've been door that the prime minister was given 3 options by the bug, assigning military chief. according to the report he had met with the oppos

all right, let's go now to our white house correspondent, kimberly how kit. so kimberly, 1st of all, with sanctions, how serious an escalation and step up is this round i. it is a serious escalation. and the reason for this is that the u. s. in partnership with the g 7 nations, as well as european union in lockstep, is continuing to be not only traumatized by the russian evasion of ukraine. but now is also alarmed by some of the images. particularly the latest ones coming out of boucher that seemed to show or at least in the words of the secretary of state and the nato secretary general amount to war cry. something that the u. s. president has repeatedly, in recent weeks, alleged on the part of ludovic putin, but the russian leader is deliberately targeting civilians in this military campaign. something that violates international law. so the u. s. president just moments ago, issuing a statement saying that he is made clear russia would pay the price for what he called the u. s. president calls atrocities in boucher and it appears that this is the latest effo

a white house correspondent, kimberly how could reporting live there from washington? kimberly money thanks. no rushes president for to be approved as a band on his plan to storm the steel planted body uncle with the city's last ukrainian defenders hold up. instead. moscow will continue to blockade the site. russia still expects to capture the complex for the next 3 to 4 days. i'll just to restore safari reports from moscow. this is what victory looks like for the russian military. nearly 2 months into moscow's so called special military operation. and its defense minister is now declaring his 1st major successor of the armed forces. so the russian federation and the peoples michelle daniels, people's republic heavily rated maribelle. the remnants of the formation of nationalists took refuge in industrials on of those off style plant. the as of sol plant remains the last stronghold for ukrainian troops, mario pole who have refused to surrender. officials believe there are nearly 2000 ukrainian fighters hold up in and around the steel plant. for days, russian officials

well, let's go to our white house correspondent, kimberly hall. could it, sir, tempting to suggest the probably the hard work is already done for could sonjee brown jackson, but one would imagine it's probably just beginning what's gonna happen over the next few hours or so over the next few hours, the u. s. president, the vice president and also the associate justice to supreme court katasha brown jackson will be gathering on the south lawn of the white house. the white house says this is about celebrating the historic nature of this confirmation. but in truth, this isn't just about the historic nature of the confirmation, but also a lot about politics. this is a u. s. president that is keen to highlight to his voters and to his base that he has kept the promise that he made on the campaign trail. and that is to make sure that he got a black woman to the supreme court. so given the fact that the u. s. president's poll numbers are among some of the lowest that they've been since his presidency, the latest pulled about 40 percent approval rating. t

our white house correspondent, kimberly how can is there kimberly tell us more about the u. s. as plans for more military assistance to ukraine. we already know that the united states has recently sent 800000000 in that not only small arms and ammunition, but also radar systems, coastal defense unmanned systems as well. what we are expecting is that in another 800000000 in a package that is expected to be somewhat similar as the previous one is set to be announced some time this week that the firm by a state department official confirmed rather. and what we know is this is coming on the heels of consultations by the u. s. president in video conference. so one day earlier with his partners in allies in europe, something that he has been doing since the invasion by russia of ukraine. we also know that earlier today that the defense secretary lloyd austin, met with his polish counterpart and given the proximity of poland to ukraine. obviously, this is key in these types of discussions about the not only the transport of weapons but said in some cases, the staging of them. and then

kimberly help hit al jazeera, the white house voters in mexico will head to the polls on sunday to decide on whether the president should remain in power. manuel lopez, overdose cold full the referendum himself. he says it'll reaffirm that people are in charge. but critics say it's unnecessary and the low turn out is expected. manuel republic has more from mexico city. mexico will hold a controversial presidential recall referendum on april 10th. mexican citizens are being asked a simple question, should it mexican president under this? manuel? nope. is over. i thought be allowed to finish his 6 year mandate or not. i can follow sir lopez over there though. it has called this 1st of its kind recall vote on the government's highest office a way to empower citizens and vital for validating his presidency and doesn't look at some of the little mac and he's more than good. busy what we're seeing is some mechanism for direct democracy with old mexicans can evaluate the chief executive product after 3 years for this mechanism to be activated. a certain number of signatures are needed. in this c

when he took office, kimberly help hit al jazeera, the white house, things 12 people have been killed in flesh flooding at a mining camp in northwest columbia. although he say the workers were eating dinner when a storm struck and calls the riveter overflow flood waters destroyed one level of the camp and part of the plant. rescuers all searching for 2 people reported missing deforestation. and the amazon rain forest is moving at record pays, despite a pledge to end the practice by 2030 brazilian government data shows the level of erosion during the 1st 3 months of 2020. to set a new record. 941 square kilometers were destroyed. 64 percent more than the same period last year. now the amazon is home to about 3000000 plant and animal species and 1000000. indigenous people are lucky and have explains why deforestation should have slowed in recent months. this is the rainy season right now, and during the rainy season, lovers aren't cutting down trees because they're where they can't dry. so farmers don't burn the wood to clear the land, so there should be less activity there should be le

kimberly held can al jazeera, the white house, and alan fisher joins us live now from washington dc. alan, so president biden says the u. s. must support ukraine at any cost, but will congress approve this latest package of aid? well, it's a huge sum of money. in fact, it's about a 3rd to what the russian spent on defense in the past year, but falls well short of what the ukranian president said he would need to rebuild his country. he's talking about figures around $600000000000.00. now remember when the last aid package was passed with bipartisan support, mitch mcconnell, who was the leader of the republican, said, if they need more money, they just have to ask. that's very rare for a republican senator to essentially seat a democratic president. we are good to write your blank check here. will this go through? well, the senate could well discuss this next week, but the house is on recess, which means the earliest any bill could get to jo. biden's desk would be around me the name, so it's going to take a couple of weeks to make its way through congress. but here's the problem for j

kimberly held had al jazeera, the white house, germany's palm and his vote to send heavy weaponry to ukraine and major change in policy. supply of anti across systems has been supported by wearing 3 routing conditions. parties on the opposition conservatives. germany had previously been resisting call to send that heavy weapons. it's longstanding policy of not supplying arms to areas of conflict zones has been reversed since the war began. geminus chancellor says his country's preparing for possible shut off russian natural gas export. enough shots is in japan, making his 1st trip to asia as germany's leader ukraine war. and the energy crisis are expected to be high on the agenda of speculate, but it makes little since no one has to pull here for it. and as i said, we've already started to do this before the war broke out. and we know what we have to do, and that is exactly what we will do. ukraine, it says russia has intensify this offensive in the east of the country. there's been fierce fighting in the dots when surrounded by russian forces. nestor mated 1000 civilians are also tr

them to try to temper their spending and see some of their assets, want to go to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawk. it was quite a range of stuff fair. kimberly. but there seem to be fairly significant things that were talking about seizing assets and certain oligarchs also clumping down watch on a global dot net that christopher ray was just talking about and hitting a dot net server infection counter. yeah, i, you know, we can boil all of this down to simplify that. it really what this is, is the latest in a series of efforts by the u. s. government to disable the russian war machine to punish russia for its invasion of ukraine. and so what it is doing it is it is once again trying and coordination with g 7 nations and the european union working in lockstep, disabling the sort of ability to finance this war machine. and so this latest round of sanctions, not only goes after a russian, all a guard, but also disrupts one of the abilities of the russian federation to finance through the dark web using the bought net known as she are. you. that is currently according to us authorities attacking

kimberly help him al jazeera, the white house. coming up on this news hour from london. from the frying pan into the fire. why an indonesian bid to stabilize the price of cooking all could push food prices to boiling point caught in. meanwhile, sentences on song suit she to another 5 years in prison in the 1st of 11 corruption cases against her sport dynamo keep delight football fans in germany. details coming up later ah, the u. n. is warning, the parts of kenya, ethiopia, and somalia are facing their dry august conditions in 40 years. $20000000.00 people are at risk of starvation this year after the failure of a 4th rainy season. that security has also been impacted by conflict, poverty, and a locust invasion. while the world food program says 40 percent of somali us population faces hunger, with a wheel whisk of famine in the coming months, humanitarian catastrophe was avoided during a harrowing drive. back in 2017 thanks to early assistance and oldness of no pledge $1390000000.00 at a conference in geneva after a previous appeal in february only raised 4 percent of t