In the coming week, Ukraine intensifies efforts to get a military boost.

Japan's ruling party chooses a new prime minister,

and the U.S. and Canada impose 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

It's September 26, 2024 in time for the world next week. I'm Bob McMahon.

And I'm Carl Ann Robbins.

Carla, let's kick off with Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelensky's visit to United States.

Quite a visit already.

He appeared just the other day at the UN General Assembly's

high-level debate, where he spoke about the need for what he called global action and

warned the country leaders assembled there of Russia's potential to create a nuclear catastrophe,

specifically referencing their plans to attack nuclear power plants. He also made stops around the country, including to

an ammunition plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He is due to meet as we're taping this podcast today

with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss what he has been calling his

victory peace plan. Carla, is any of this going to add up to a bit of difference?

Zelensky is certainly rolling the dice big time with this visit. We don't know exactly what is

in this plan. He's presenting to Biden and Harris today, but we have a pretty good idea of what

Zelensky says Ukraine needs to force Russia to the negotiating table, and that's the premise of

this big ask. A specific list of weapons, which he wants delivered before the end of the year,

that's the big thing here. He wants, once again, permission to shoot missiles deep inside

Russian territory. And they're saying a clear path with a date, perhaps, for NATO membership.

And before his meeting with Zelensky, the White House announced a new $8 billion package

of aid for Ukraine, including the first shipment of precision-guided glide bombs called

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