Zelensky meets with Biden at White House

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🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy visits Washington D.C., requesting assistance in Russia’s war with Ukraine. Plus, according to sources, House GOP leaders send members home for the week amid deep divisions and a looming shutdown. Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) join to share plans to reach consensus with GOP hardliners. Also, the FBI has been asked to assist in an investigation into allegations of torture at an off-site Baton Rouge police warehouse. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Quote, you give money, we give lives.
0:05.9	That from the Ukrainian president in a plea to U.S. lawmakers.
0:09.3	The lead starts right now.
0:11.4	Lot of leaders of Linsky and DC first making his rounds on Capitol Hill, and now he is
0:15.7	at the White House.
0:17.2	His pleas as House Republicans can't agree on how to fund the U.S. government, much less
0:21.6	of foreign war.
0:23.6	And chances of a deal now stalled as lawmakers are sent home for the weekend.
0:29.0	Plus, a border emergency migrants flood a Texas town crawling under barbed wire, even
0:34.8	costing a little boy his life, as his family tried to swim across the Rio Grande River.
0:41.2	And alleged whore in a warehouse dubbed the Brave Cave.
0:45.3	The lawsuits accusing police of inappropriate strip searches of suspects, including a grandmother.
0:56.1	Welcome to the lead.
0:57.1	The Brown Infraject Tapper, and we begin with our world lead.
1:00.8	As right now, President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at the
1:05.8	White House.
1:06.8	Zelensky, on a laser-focused mission right here in Washington, DC, secure more aid at
1:12.6	all costs.
1:13.6	Today, he has quoted a saying, if we don't get the aid, we will lose the war.
1:18.6	Russia, even after 19 months of relentless attacks against Ukraine showing no signs of
1:23.4	slowing down.
1:24.9	Just last night, multiple Ukrainian cities bombarded by a brutal wave of attacks.
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