MTP Now Dec. 21 - Zelenskyy visit; Gov’t spending bill debate; Delayed Jan. 6th Cmte. report
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🗓️ 21 December 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | If it's Wednesday, President Biden and President Zelensky face to face, Ukraine's leader makes a dramatic war time visit to the White House today. |
| 0:10.8 | The two leaders expected to hold a press conference this hour ahead of Zelensky's historic address to a joint session of Congress tonight. |
| 0:18.2 | Plus, developing right now on Capitol Hill, the January 6th Committee is |
| 0:22.4 | delaying the release of the full report. They are now expected to go public tomorrow with every |
| 0:27.4 | bombshell piece of evidence it has. And it urges, as it urges the Justice Department to prosecute |
| 0:32.9 | the former president and disqualify him from ever holding high office again. |
| 0:43.0 | And a state of emergency in a state of uncertainty, state, local, and federal officials braids for a surge in border crossings that could start at any moment, with the fate |
| 0:47.8 | of a pandemic-air border restriction now in the hands of the Supreme Court. |
| 1:04.5 | Yeah. in the hands of the Supreme Court. Welcome to meet the press now. |
| 1:06.5 | I'm Yamish Alcendor in for Chuck Todd. |
| 1:08.6 | We begin with breaking news amid a historic wartime |
| 1:11.8 | visit to Washington. Ukrainian president, Florida Mir Zelensky, is here in the nation's capital |
| 1:17.0 | after leaving his country for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine nearly 10 months |
| 1:22.3 | ago. So far, he's met with President Biden, his cabinet and national security team, |
| 1:27.1 | and will soon be holding a press conference at the White House before addressing a joint session of Congress tonight. |
| 1:32.4 | In the Oval Office this afternoon, Zelensky thanked the U.S. government and the American people for their support. |
| 1:38.4 | All my appreciations from the heart of the Ukraine's, all Ukrainians, from our nation, strong nations, |
| 1:47.0 | all the appreciation to you, Mr. President, for your big support and leadership. |
| 1:53.0 | Thanks, Congress, and thanks from our just ordinary people to your ordinary people, |
| 2:05.6 | Americans. I really appreciate. |
| 2:09.6 | I think it's very difficult to understand what does it mean when we say appreciate, |
| 2:15.6 | but you really have to feel it. And thank you so much. Great honor to be here. |
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