v is chief, political correspondent, melinda crane. melinda, you've had a chance to watch shine myers full speech already. what stood out to you about of this year? well, 1st of all, of what we just heard there in regard to the war in ukraine, he often is seen or, or sometimes is seen as a german leader who has been somewhat to conciliatory to russia. also could have been expected as a social democrat, but also as a lutheran, to use this speech, to give a broad appeal for peace. now, for perhaps even negotiations and he didn't do that. he was very careful to say when peace comes to warren people, it's not around the corner, it's going to take a while. and to imply that when it comes is essentially in the hands of the ukrainians, not on a western tide table. and he said, as we heard, that piece needs to be fair, not to reward russia for land grabs essentially to recognize the suffering of the ukrainians. and i think that's notable. i also think it's notable that he took a distinctly more positive tone than we sometimes heard from him in

ahead and for more on that address on joint here in the spirit of your senior political analyst, melinda crane. melinda, wonderful. to see you. we heard about, you know, thanks. i just, i my are saying and at germans are standing with ukrainians. despite the hardships it's causing back in germany. does that kind of job with the reality you're seeing on the ground here? certainly germans have been welcoming, as he said in the clip that we heard earlier. there have been many, many germans showing enormous support and generosity to the 1000000 ukrainians. germany has take it in that is the highest number and absolute terms just behind poland. poland has taken in more, but certainly the ukrainians who are here say that they do feel welcome the majority, in fact 37 percent would like to stay. however, some cities, including berlin and others, are struggling now to find accommodation for ukrainian refugees. their number living intense, now here in berlin, and that is leading to a shift in attitudes, particularly in the eastern part of germany where far right politicians have done their best to stir

increasing number of germans saying they do have concerns that the country may have taken in too many melinda crane there. and we'll have president stein myers address in full at the end of this short, all pope francis has delivered his annual christmas day address to worship visits and peters basilica in rhyme. this, he is speech focused on conflict and war around the world, particularly in ukraine. a christmas overshadowed by the conflict in ukraine. francis stands of the horrors of war and the destruction caused by 10 months of fighting. and mixing b for beef. nachos y rose, let us see the faces of our ukrainian grimace and sisters together for who were celebrating christmas in the dark and cold or far from their homes. i may, the lord inspire as to offer solidarity to those who are suffering already. a may he enlightened bos you half a power to silence for weapons and puts an immediate end to this war, which that were in shane shaka. francis drew attention to other war zones around the world no longer and the head lice for just syria and yemen. he delivered his traditional or be it or be blessi

will announce a significant new package of security assistance to help your crane defend itself against russian aggression. melinda herring is a ukraine's specialist and deputy director of the atlanta counsels ye ranges into. she says the landscape security will be a priority. it's a big deal because there are enormous security concerns. we know that the russians wanted to whack volota bear zalinski back in february. so this i, this visit had to be kept a secret. it was a secret until the 11th hour until it was no longer a secret. i think it's also significant that he's coming to washington 1st to say thank you to president biden, and that he's also going to congress. so he's, i expect him to spend most of his time and energy on capitol hill because he knows that capital l hill has the most sympathy and can do the most for him. i think he's less concerned about congress than we were. you know, 33 months ago, it looks like congress is going to continue the same policies toward ukraine on, on a weapons. in particular, republicans are solid, where republicans are not solid. and we're, i'm worried is budget support. a