President Biden
just wrapped up a crucial
meeting over the white house
with the leaders of Poland as
he unveils new
>> Us military aid to Ukraine,
the president warning the
funding is not an excuse for
congressional inaction. Listen
package includes munitions and
rounds help Ukraine hold the
line against Russia's brutal
attacks for the next couple of
weeks for this, not nearly
enough for where I'm announcing
today. Congress must pass the
bipartisan security ago now,
which includes urgent funding
for Ukraine, we must act before
it literally is too late
>> CNN's Oren Liebermann is
joining us from the Pentagon
right now. He's got details on
is this latest package that the
president just announced,
essentially a stop gap measure.
>> Wolf, we can hardly even be
called that the white house
made clear that this $300
million package could last a
matter of weeks, perhaps as
little as a couple of weeks.
And you heard president Joe
Biden say, they're two years
into this war, this package
could help out Ukraine for just
a couple of weeks here, here is
what's in it. Some of the
critical ammunition and weapons
that Ukraine needs in its fight
against Russia, including 155
millimeter artillery
ammunition. Ukraine able to
fire much less than Russia in
this case, and having to ration
some of that anti-aircraft
missiles which are needed to
repel the Russian air assaults
that have become pretty routine
at this point Russia has used
those to devastating effect, as
well as more there, even if
it's only a little bit in the
tiny fraction of what the us
has been able to provide in the
past, Ukrainian president
volodymyr zelenskyy showing his
gratitude on Twitter or X
saying in a tweet every round
of ammunition saves the lives
of Ukrainians who faced daily
attacks by Russian occupiers.
Now both the white house and
the Pentagon made it clear that
this is only a tiny fraction.
Of what Ukraine needs and
what's needed here is that $90
billion supplemental that
already got through the senate
and is now waiting in the
house. Where does have
bipartisan support in terms of
what's in it that first number
there is the big one, at least
for this conversation, $60
billion in aid for Ukraine that
is desperately needed to make
sure Ukraine doesn't see any
more territory to Russia we'll
Oren Liebermann at the
Pentagon. Thank you. Joining us
now, the United States
ambassador to Poland, mark
Brzezinski just got out of them
meeting at the white house with
president Biden, as well as the
Polish prime minister and the
Polish president ambassador.
Thank you so much for joining
us this bigger Ukraine funding
bill is still very much on the
line right now.
>> Take us inside today's talks
at the white house and you were
there. Does Poland still feel
the United States is a
reliable, reliable partner
>> Excellent question wolf. And
what happened today was
remarkable. A Polish president
and a Polish prime minister who
are on opposite sides of the
political spectrum. Traveled to
Washington to stand in
solidarity with the American
president Joe Biden, to ask
congress to get this supplemental past. Why? Because
for the people of Poland, this
is 1939 this is central Europe
being attacked by a vicious
foreign attacker. And in this
case, it's Russia against
Ukraine and Poland has been
sticking its neck out in terms
of sending weapons to Ukraine,
to the Ukrainian so they can
defend themselves and also,
Poland has been welcoming
literally millions of refugees
who have poured in from Ukraine
into Poland. Wolf, you were in
Poland last spring. You see the
number of refugees on the
street. Every one of which is
welcomed into a Polish home or
apartment as a product of
national policy. But the polls
expect the Americans to
continue to support the
Ukrainians. And this is what
the Polish president and the
Polish prime minister wanted to
hear from the American
president, and they did. And
they also wanted to hear here,
America's firm and total
commitment that article five,
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to the Americans because the
polls are close, they have a
history of being left by allies
who promised to support them
and then didn't. So they are
anxious and uncertain.
>> They're very nervous indeed,
I saw that when I when I was
there, as you know, president
Duda is calling on the nato
countries to boost their
defense spending to at least 3%
of their gdp. Is that a
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