he dropped lensky. he didn't let the lens could come and see him before the meeting with a boot. and these are the subterranean submarine colorless which are currently in play. and however much i agree with you again about the role of victoria newland and the you and all the rest of it. that was a long time ago and things are moving on. i'm not trying to paint a rosy picture, but it's different. the reality is different from the rhetoric i completely agree with you, you know, you know, thomas. so, i mean, how do we move forward here? because, i mean, what we saw with joe biden's, you know, his trip to europe. i mean, obviously top of mine for me and the binding ministration is not really russia, though. they have to play to this retro gate conspiracy. nonsense because they had painted them all themselves into a corner on that. but their real message was china. and so, you know, i always find it really curious, you know, every once in a while the new york times will say, well, maybe we should have a better relationship with, with russia because of china. well, that horse left the

you, you worked for the mayor of italy glitch go, what do you think about the wisdom of lensky tweeting out that ukraine is? what nater, i would not advise them tweeting at anything that would have had such a negative response from the americans. i mean, i think with a file he said that, you know, ukraine joining nato is not on, on the agenda to makes it look a little silly. so i think was a bad move on to let's, he's part. but having said that, i am all in favor of nato expansion in article 5 is a very important article in natal charter. and i think it should be brought into include some other countries. certainly what we saw with the, the aggression of russia was gotcha crimea, and eastern and ukraine. but it was, it was not exactly the smartest statement put out there. well, knowing what the reaction was and you think that expansion, obviously russia and the global south arguably say that's a violation of the terms of guarantee given to go. but you of, and previous russian leaders, i mean what, where is by non stuff. i mean, a surprise that he chose victoria newland famous, was sayin

unfortunately, the previous president did not allow that to happen. president lensky did, and he does not interfere in the operations of the court when the constitutional court of ukraine and other body of our judicial system tries to destroy an anti corruption reform. it was the president who step in immediately. and then he was followed by the government and the parliament who restored parts of critical legislation that was declared new and void not invoice by, by the consitutional court. things are happening and you know, every country is, is a difficult combination of various factors. but this country is moving in the right direction and those who are calling enough to move foster, they cordially invited to come, enjoy us and help us. that's easy. well, those who are you cordial, inviting with those who were there last week? if you look at the state department, human rights report, the latest one, what, what is the, what's damaging western confidence in you is this continue drumbeat of human rights abuses that are reported in your country as pointed out in the latest human rights

s what's provoking was coating lensky, to make a move to make a move. and russia responded very quickly with 75000. well, i'm trips and the united states realize, oh crap, something something series is about to happen. and days after that happened is when biden called and said, hey, let's have a summit so it's they need to find a way to back down from what they've started. okay, glenn, weigh in on that here because i think that's very, very interesting. maybe for one, for once in a very long time, they realize how bad things could get by provoking russia through a proxy like ukraine. are there other reasons in your mind for the summit? because daniel gave me a good one. is it a good enough one? go ahead, glen. well, i agree with daniel that the crisis and ukraine was mr. spurred his effort by, by the coal for the summit. because holding the cost in 2014, you know, you were the means agreement. us the reached agreement for political settlement, however, was never happy with the terms of the agreement, thus the washing spent 7 years trying to ukraine law

joe biden has reassured ukrainian president vladimir lensky, that he would stand up for ukraine in its tensions with russia. what leverage does the american president have in the dialogue with his rushing counterpart for linear 6 years or the 5th for sure. unfortunately, the position of the united states and its nathan allies on matters relating to ukraine, has a destructive character simply because unconditional support ukraine actually means indulging here on the point of non compliance with the minced protocol. i would hope that the sides will concentrate on an agenda of conciliation and addressing matters where we can achieve positive and constructive results by means of refreshment and cooperation. support of dover on the english south coast could start turning away child migrants within days and local council says it services is just overwhelmed by newcomers. situation though the town has faced before, i am deeply saddened that we are now seeing a repeat of the same crisis 9 months ago. while there have been a number of welcome measures from government. we have not seen what is m

pick up on there was a little bit of excitement of days ago during the nato summit, when president lensky of ukraine tweeted. nato had just confirmed that ukraine could apply to could join nato. ukraine has been in the kind of waiting room in front of later for a long time. joe biden quickly came out and sort of denied that and said, no, you know, ukraine would have to do a lot still to, to join nato. pushing with us about that, and he said that there was no change in the situation or later, there was nothing to discuss. now let's bring it to perhaps what the reaction might be here in germany, for example, to base. what has this had you think the tone of this press conference, if you know before, we have to wait and see what president biden says. but you know, there has been a sort of a desire here in germany. and of course the you for tensions to be east a little bit. yeah. would that, would you say it's being interpreted? well, i think we'll see how this is received. but broadly, i think the europeans, not just the germans, but broadly the europeans were glad to see the summit happen. t

there was a lot of talk about ukraine. nate, nate, so meeting now they the ukranian president, let me lensky tweeting out. we're on track basically to be a member of nato. ukraine ever joining may alliance is the register of red lines for moscow. there was a give credit where credit to a solid answer from joe biden, the u. s. president, in response to that, he said, you know, anybody can join this club, but you've got to meet criteria. they haven't sorted out corruption. if they look at things like that and other things, perhaps one day, what is the realistic situation when it comes to ukraine ever joining the nato alliance? i see that who has some concern me because when i was in russia, i was there as the president of the foreign affairs committee of our apartment. and i saw they are in a certain way and in they are afraid of me to tell me not to speak of at least the british promise nato was not new for him. i can see if the nature is also the ukraine. that is the right part, russia and i would be very careful. can i ask, i'm not rope as chairman of the foreign festivity for switzerland.

baku, we'll| go to rome, but on the fringe of the continent, their euros dream has come alive. joe lenskikick off in saint petersburg — russia blew group b wide open after a 1—0 win over finland. it was finland's first appearance since their match against denmark, in which christian eriksen had a cardiac arrest during the game and they showed their support to the dane before kick off. but russia took the three points with this goal — a moment of quality from aleksey miranchuk giving them their first win of the tournament, after losing their opening game to belgium. 19—year—old jack draper has become the youngest british player to reach an atp quarter—final since andy murray in 2006. he's beaten the world number 39 alex bublik, winning both sets in tie breaks after beating the third seed jannik sinner in the first round. he'll now face cameron norrie in an all—british quarter—final on friday. norrie came through a comfortable straight sets win over russian fifth seed aslan karatsev, a semi—finalist at the australian open. norrie, ranked a career best 41st in the world, has won 1a matches a

lenski, ives or we did not get a chance to talk beforehand because i have a lot of questions.to talk about the gun violence issue. i appreciate the fact that we funded research for the first time in a very long time. i'm wondering what the president's issues talking about more local intervention, what that means, i do see that rolling out -- how do you see that rolling out? that kind of violence and death by guns that we see in our communities, particularly our inner-city and low income communities? dr. walensky: thank you so much for that question. we are looking forward to seeing how the investment of the initial funds from the fiscal year 2020 and 2021. looking forward and using the template of information that we need from the national academy of medicine to inform the kinds of research that is being done. the research has to be at the local level. it has to be related to behavioral health and mental health but has to be the neighborhood level. not every neighborhood is going to be the same so the signs we are going to do is about who, the how, the white -- the why and we

concerned the administration waived sanction, i'm pleased president biden invited president did a lensky to a white house visit and i'm grateful the administration announced $150 million in security assistance so ukraine. this week president biden has an opportunity to pivot from the trump administration's disastrous legacy that left the trans-atlantic relationship in tatters. the congress and our caucus stand ready to work with the administration, to counter russian aggression by increasing ukraine's security and democracy assistance. onward, liberty. onward, ukraine. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the letter is entered into the record. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: to address the house for one minute and ask unanimous con sent. the speaker pro tempore: -- consent. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i rise as a fellow texan to offer my deepest sympathy to my fellow colleagues in the austin area, congressional colleagues,