Welcome to the news hour. President Biden publicly apologized today for the

months long delay in getting US military aid to Ukraine. His comments came

during his visit to France where he also announced a new $225 million security package

for Kyiv.

It's the Biden administration's sixth round of security assistance for Ukraine since the president

signed a broader 95 billion dollar

security package in April. That measure which also included funds for

Israel and Taiwan had been held up in Congress for six months.

In a meeting with Ukrainian President

Vladimir Zolinsky in Paris today,

President Biden said that he's sorry for the wait.

I apologize for the weeks of not knowing what's going to happen in terms of funding

and because we had trouble getting the bill that we had to pass and had the money in some of our very conservative

members who were holding it up.

Later the president paid tribute to the Army Rangers who stormed the beaches of Normandy

as he stood on the very cliffs they scaled 80 years ago. In his remarks, he invoked their sacrifice

to call for the defense of democracy in the US and abroad.

The US military says its reconnected appear meant to deliver aid to Gaza after it broke apart

in storms last month.

The maritime route was intended as an alternative to delivering aid by land as Israel carries

out its military operations in Gaza.

The pier took two months to build and had only been in operation for about a week

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