Hello there. I'm Kristen Welker. I just wrapped up another episode of Meet the

Press where I interviewed Senator Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Senate

Judiciary Committee, and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, a Democrat from Michigan.

Senators are working against the clock this weekend to try to land a critical

border security deal, a compromise that could then unlock a broader package promising aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

Its funding, President Zelensky, desperately needs.

The Ukrainian president flew into the U.S. this week, but his visit appeared to do little to move the needle with a growing number of Republicans

Sowering on the idea of sending aid to Ukraine and others delaying the funding to try to get tougher immigration

policies out of their Democratic colleagues. To give us a better sense of it all I'm

sitting here now with NBC News National Security and Pentagon correspondent Courtney,

Courtney, welcome to Postgame.

Thanks for sticking around with us.

Thanks so much for having me.

Appreciate it.

Let's start right there.

Let's talk with President about President Selensky's visit to the Hill this week. It comes as Democrats

and Republicans in the White House are trying to get this deal at the border, but

once they work through those sticking points, then they have to deal with Aid to Ukraine and Israel.

Was President Zelensky successful at making his case that Aid to Ukraine is still necessary?

Yeah, you know, it's been two pretty tough years in Ukraine, but President

Selensky himself had a difficult week this week. He came here hoping that

his star power that's really, you know, been able to work for him on previous visits he hoped that it would be able to

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