in response zelenskyy said he should not be doubting him.re is no point in prolonging the killings and that i come of the president of ukraine would be waiting for putin in turkey and this time he hopes the russians would not look for excuses. what we are seeing is the fruits of the trump pressure approach. we have seen zelenskyy learn his lessons about dutch i'm not going to push against the u.s. -- i'm not going to push against the u.s., i will be there on thursday. on it is difficult to imagine a scenario -- this is all to demonstrate that the trump administration that ukraine is on board and they will do everything in their power to facilitate the discussions and get the ball over the line in terms of making progress. >> surely the consequence of the big talk is that now your past to walk the walk. if europe says it has u.s. support for sanctions, when is the crunch point that they need to show if this is an empty threat? >> this is the problem. we heard a lot of things secondhand. we heard from macron and zelenskyy and at the end of the

that was announced by president zelenskyy earlier today.u say about the expectations for that meeting? >> thank you for having me. i would like to say the direction of european countries looking for solutions. in the case the cease fire will be implement it. and european countries need to be ready to increase support for ukraine. this is the main reason for the coalition of the willing, and clear of europe to be able to protect itself. >> in terms of the direction of travel by the u.s., do you think we will see more support from the u.s. for ukraine? we heard jd vance say a little earlier russia is asking for too much to end the war in ukraine. >> i'm also hearing mild language from the white house. so let's see where it leads. definitely i would be happy if the usa would be supporting ukraine more. >> do you think we are getting closer to the idea of a 30 day cease fire? obviously it was first proposed by the u.s., the idea or support from the u.s. seemed to diminish a little. but now they are talking about the figure of 30 days. >> the pr

president zelenskyy accused moscow of stalling on peace talks. pres.: they keep looking for reasons to delay any end to the war. jessica: russia then claimed it is ready for fresh talks. in the u.s., donald trump says he is waiting to see if president putin is serious. pres. trump: within two weeks, we will find out very soon. we are going to find out whether or not he is tapping this along or not, and if he is, we will respond a little bit differently, but it will take about a week and a half, two weeks. ♪ jessica: in berlin, they stood for the ukrainian national and them. chancellor merz has warned that fighting between ukraine and russia could yet drag on. there may be talks of peace, but there is preparation for a protracted war. jessica parker, bbc news, in berlin. caitriona: this assistance from germany comes at a crucial time for ukraine. president zelenskyy warns russia is gathering 50,000 troops across the border, and washington officials report nearly 200 servicemen have enlisted since the beginning of this year. let's talk about the latest d

zelenskyy, go to istanbul. and that is a proposal by vladimir putin, which was meant to kind of switch gears again and get him in the driver's seat and make it difficult for zelenskyy. this is all very complicated, and it's happening really fast. but i think we have to follow the ball here. >> so this further empowers putin. >> i would think that it. well, it's hard to say. i mean, i think it president trump on the side of putin by saying this meeting. you know, putin's idea is a good idea. you all ought to go to istanbul. but whether ultimately it really helps is kind of hard. but it would appear that president trump now is putting more pressure on zelenskyy and less on putin. and that has been, you know, the back and forth now for a few weeks. >> mm-hmm. so, so even with this new, i guess, you know, wrench thrown into things or a or a new option shall we say, you know, being thrown into things, does that mean consideration of a ceasefire. i mean, you heard one of the spokesperson for the kremlin yesterday who

shortly after the mass, he had a private meeting with president volodymyr zelenskyy.ericka, just after he became pope, one of the very first people he had a phone call with was president volodymyr zelenskyy. >> all right. chris livesay, thank you. >>> still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," it is the world's biggest song contest. we'll have the winner next. post-9/11 veterans and their families with life-changing programs and services. i faced my ptsd, and i'm a better husband and father because of it. we help warriors get the expert care and support to thrive. i got involved. i got healthier. i got to be an athlete again. through our programs, community and advocacy, we're proving anything is possible. learn more at wounded warriorproject.org/connect ♪ so i'm holding on to hope ♪ >> what a voice, what range. that's austria's j.j. performing his eurovision hit, "wasted love." the 24-year-old opera singer took the top prize after edging out the -- a survivor of the hamas attack. 26 nations competed at the event, and more than 160 million people watched worldwide. congra

zelenskyy is in turkey. clearly he's pointing out the fact that the russians have not sent a delegation comparable in seniority to that which he has brought to that which the americans are likely to have together for friday. remember, marco rubio is already in the country at that nato meeting. so pressure potentially there for moscow to send a more potent delegation. but ultimately, he faces a decision now as to whether this marks a moment which he should leave. does he wait to meet more of the americans tomorrow? does this become a u.s. ukrainian summit in ankara or istanbul? and exactly what happens to the delegation that is currently in istanbul, awaiting someone for them to talk to? it's a key moment for his diplomacy, for the trump administration's diplomacy here, and also to one in which russia really, i think, has to show its hand. do they send lavrov, the russian foreign minister, who is ultimately, i think, the person on comparable level who could meet with rubio and indeed, sabiha, the ukrainian fo

he said he informed president zelenskyy as well as other key members of europe about this plan, and hent here today at the white house in the rose garden, something separate. when he left he was shouted a couple of questions which were do you think person important wants peace and do you think pope leo should oversee the negotiations at the vatican. donald trump said yes, i do, to both questions. caitriona: what do we see as the next step here for the u.s., given those comments from jd vance the u.s. could walk away? reporter: the u.s. has threatened to do that a few times. even before the conversation today, karoline leavitt the press secretary said donald trump had grown weary of both sides. whilst i don't think they are going to walk away, and if they did along with not arming ukraine as they have been the last few years, that would be pretty devastating for ukraine, i think russia would consider that a win, but it sounds like from what we can extract from donald trump's statement is that america's view, the position is to keep pushing both sides to try to negotiate. caitriona: than

zelenskyy said he expects it to start. and really eectinguch change in not the violence th've been experiencing over the past months and yea. >> and nic >> where does is leave presiden administrati, the white house, in all of this? >> yeah, i mean, so much of this european and ukrainian proposal had seemed to depend upon trump's backing. indeed, the european leaders posted pictures of themselves huddled around a telephone talking to trump after their initial meeting, essentially briefing him and emerging, saying he supported their initiative. he did seem positive about continuing to work on ukraine-russia peace even after putin spoke early this morning and didn't really reference the ceasefire at all. instead, today, his latest truth social post does seem to talk more about the russian narrative, saying how president, russian russian president vladimir putin doesn't want a ceasefire but does want a meeting in istanbul. he urged volodymyr zelenskyy to accept that meeting. he said that the war needed to end now. he told zele

as you know, president zelenskyy, if you remember, the peace plan and the negotiations as soon as weans were ready to negotiate, we have sent him to different locations to negotiate. now we hope the situation is different. and again, president trump say a year of full and unconditional cease-fire is a great idea. we have to -- the killings have to be stopped. the attacks on civilians have to be stopped. and then we can negotiation. president zelenskyy already said, yes, ukraine is ready to negotiate, but he put a special emphasis on cease-fire. the idea that both he and president trump strongly supports. >> what can you tell us about how the european leaders came together, went into kyiv to meet with president zelenskyy. how did that happen. did donald trump bring them together? >> well, you know, this week is very important for us in europe and globally. may 8th is the end of the world war ii. and 80% of the world war ii european theater was in ukraine. you know, ukraine suffered the most. we have had horrible destructions during the world war ii. we have had holocaust at our territ

president zelenskyy says end the war. what president putin is likely to want is to talk about ukraine's sovereignty. that's far from an agreement on ending this almost four year conflict. they will want to talk about ukraine's ambition on joining nato military supplies and support coming from the west and the the the sovereignty, the totality sovereignty of ukraine that takes in the cuent line of occupation and those cupied lands in ukraine. the situation and thwithegards the annexation, thalegal annetion of the crean peninsula.inda. >> yeah, that of course, happened in 2014. seb shukla, i appreciate your time. thanks so much for joining us from london. we are going to stay on this story. i want to get some perspective from kyiv. ukrainian member of parliament inna sovsun joins me now. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> so ukrainian president zelenskyy says he's ready to meet directly with vladimir putin. the russian president suggested direct talks between the two nations could happen this thur

it's important to point out ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy, also a target after zelenskyy accused the u.s. of encouraging putin with what he called its silence over the attacks initially. well, trump said, quote, everything out of zelenskyy's mouth causes problems. i don't like it. and it better stop. joining me now, cnn's kevin liptak, who is at the white house, nic robertson joining me from london. so, kevin, let's start with you. first of all, there is a shift in tone from the president on putin. he says putin has changed. wouldn't appear that much has changed for putin, but it does appear things are changing for president trump. >> yeah. and for a president who more often than not has offered a conciliatory tone towards the russian leader, these comments really stood out, and i think the timing of them is very notable. it was one week ago today that president trump and president putin spoke by telephone. after that phone call. president trump seemed to take putin at his word that he was ready to start peace negotiations, despite putin maintaining all of these. maximus. maximus

shortly after the mass, he had a private meeting with president volodymyr zelenskyy. just after he became pope. one of the very first people he had a phone call with was president volodymyr zelenskyy. >> that was chris livesay at the vatican. cbs news roundup will be (peaceful music) - time to get up, sweetie! (kissing) - [child voiceover] most people might not think much about all the little things you do every day, but for me, just being able to do those little things is the best part of my day. - ready, mom! - [child voiceover] it hasn't been easy, but sometimes the hardest things in life have the best rewards. (inspirational music) and it's all because of my amazing friends at the shriners hospitals for children and people like you who support them every month. when you call the number on your screen and just give $19 a month, you'll be helping other kids like me do the amazing things that make up the best part of our day. - because shriners hospital is more than just a hospital. it's... - where my back gets better! - where my legs get stronger. - where i get to b

you need it fly to istanbul, zelenskyy is here, where are you? >> he says it equivalent to the personal relationships of their leaders so if he good friends with vladimir putin he thinks the u.s. has goods relations with russia. if he doesn't have good relations with zelenskyy that led to the perfect phone call that led to the first impeachment we have bad relations with ukrainement same with china he said we fell in love. that is not the way kim, ping and putin see trump but with you slap them around in public? no, you try to work with them. would you slap people you don't like in public, you do. >> can you take us into our give us a look at how trump approaches threes foreign policy decisions? there's been there sort of narrative about president trump that he likes people who disagree and hear different things and he decides? >> it varies considerably. there's no pattern. that is part of the problem with decision making with trump. it is not driven by discipline or data. it is very ad hoc. often it is the last person who sees him who influenzas

this is zelenskyy, putin and former president biden's war. it appears, frances, of yes, the sign of the growing frustration of the trump administration over the failure to find a diplomatic solution for the end of this war in ukraine, frances. >> claudio lavanga reporting for us. claudio, thank you. >>> an american man has been arrested, accused of planning to firebomb a u.s. embassy office in israel. dual u.s.-german citizen joseph neumayer was arrested in tel aviv a week ago after he spat on a security guard outside the embassy branch office. here is matt bradley. >> reporter: a man accused of trying to firebomb a branch office of the u.s. embassy in tel aviv appeared in a new york court. joseph neumayer, a dual u.s.-german national w detained at new york's jfk airport after he was deported from israel where the 28-year-old allegedly planned to burn down a branch u.s. building. neumayer's ideology remains unknown, but his arrest comes amid rising concern over antisemitism. just days after a gunman killed go israeli employees, in washington

it is putin, zelenskyy, and former president biden's war. but it appears at least, frances, that this is yet another sign of the growing frustration by the trump administration over the failed attempts to find a diplomatic solution for the end of this war. frances? >> claudio lavanga for us. claudio, thank you. >>> an american man is in custody, accused of planning to firebomb a u.s. embassy office in israel. dual u.s.-german stan joseph neumayer was arrested after he spat outside a u.s. embassy office. in his backpack they found three molotov cocktails according to the justice department. also that he posted on social media "join me as i burn the embassy in tel aviv" and that he also threatened to kill president trump. he has been deported back to the u.s. by israel and could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. >>> sunday marked five years since the george floyd murder that sparked a racial reckoning in america. in minneapolis, people came together for a rise and remember festival at the same spot where floyd was killed. and as samm

and, nick, you were able to speak to zelenskyy about these talks. what did he tell you? >> yeah, i mean, just for the avoidance of doubt, for anybody here, we know that zelenskyy is traveling to turkey. he said that he will initially go to ankara, the capital, to meet with turkish president recep tayyip erdogan. and then indeed, he said, for the avoidance of enabling moscow to manipulate the situation, if it turns out that russian president vladimir putin turns up in istanbul, then both zelenskyy and erdogan will fly to istanbul for that particular meeting. what we don't know at this point is exactly the nature of the russian contingent going. there have been suggestions they might be preparing for a foreign minister style level meeting. we know that significant parts of the u.s. security cabinet are going to be attending kellogg rubio, potentially as well. that's a large u.s. contingent. trump's presence appears to be dependent upon the arrival of putin and a meeting with zelenskyy. so really, all fingers pointing towards the decision of vladimir putin here. but when i

i would return there a year or so back and meet with president zelenskyy. and here again about the horrors and deprivations of the military. i've met vladimir putin. my judgment is vladimir putin only understands strength and, you know, president zelenskyy has agreed to a cease-fire, thirty-day cease-fire that are european allies called for, vladimir putin calls a meeting and then he doesn't show up for it. so i honestly think the time has come for president trump to impose a harsh sanction on russia and also to increase military support for ukraine. i think those two messages making it clear, in combination with the presence good, recent dialogue with president zelenskyy that took place at the vatican and in addition to the new mineral deal which i think sent a deafening message to moscow that america and ukraine are here to stay. i think the time is now for sanctions against russia, additional sanctions against russia and also renewed military support for ukraine. i think that, and only that, has the potential to bring vladimir putin to the table and achi

[applause] i asked zelenskyy, where did that come from? and he said oh well, you look in the mirror and you ask, who are you? nadia a young woman we at 60 minutes found in a refugee camp in iraq. her family had been murdered by isis and she had been sold for money into slavery. we convince her to tell her story on 60 minutes which she did. and she found her voice. after that interview she began to write and then she began to speak about the crimes that. and a few years later this young woman we found in a refugee camp, one the nobel peace prize. [applause] who are you? finally doctor tarr is an orthopedic surgeon in chicago a professor of surgery at northwestern who volunteers to do surgery and or zones in gaza, ukraine, syria to try to save the lives of people, via war. using whatever meager supplies i asked him, where does this come from? but it beats burying your head in fear and ignorance. who are you? what is the meaning of life? today, today, great universities are threatened with a ruin. so, what did president and provost gillespie

. >> zelenskyy. >> who said he would. but then. also. i think this. >> news with. >> syria is just pretty remarkable. first of all, the meeting between president donald trump and. syria's new president is the highest level meeting they've had since the assad regime was toppled at the end of last year. and the fact that the president yesterday met with syria's new president and said that they would be lifting sanctions, i mean, this is a huge deal for syria, of course, which has really been struggling for years now due to the economic strain from the united states and others that they have placed on their government. so, as you mentioned, they've been celebrating that news. but i also found it very interesting what the president said on air force one when describing his viewpoint of how that meeting went with syria's president, he essentially said that he was a great, young, attractive, tough guy. he said he had a strong past. i would note that syria's president. al-sharaa, had previously been part of a militant group referred to in engli

zelenskyy also met with the pope yesterday after the mass. during the mass the pope, who offered who host peace talks at the -- the vatican expressed host february a just and lasting peace in ukraine. the first-ever american pope also vowed to work before unity in a polarized catholic church and polarized world. leo arrived at the mass in the popemobile waving to an estimated 200,000 people in st. peter's square including leaders from around the world. >>> coming up, fertility clinic attack in california. why authorities are calling it an act of terrorism. >>> and more air trouble at the nation's airports including two jets clipping wings. nation's a including two jets clipping wings. boom- we moved to this cool new place in the city! if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and are at high risk for fracture, evenity® can help you rapidly build new bone in just 12 months. evenity® is the only bone builder that also helps slow bone loss. and it's proven to significantly reduce spine fracture risk. i knew she started taking evenity®, but she tol

president zelenskyy. in person. that's the key here, linda.ident putin did not say that he is ready to go personally to turkey to have these talks and to bring them on a head of state level, the nuance there. so the devil is in the detail. so zelenskyy and western partners are trying to draw president putin out and try to call his bluff, because ultimately, what president putin has suggested in these talks and what ukraine wants are two very different things. for example, the meeting between the two of them is likely to, to, to, to to see russia demand and have discussions about ukraine's sovereignty, you know, its borders, the line of control and contact, which, you know, the areas of occupied ukraine, which russia currently has and discussions around crimea and ukraine's ascension to nato and military assistance from the west. whereas president zelenskyy is talking about just stopping the fighting. so they're talking about two different narratives here altogether. and so that makes it quite difficult conversation to have at the moment. and s

then of course we are on the eve of this potential face-to-face sit down between president zelenskyy and president putin which is scheduled to happen tomorrow in tÜrkiye. president trump has not ruled out his own potential participation in that deal which would take him to tÜrkiye in the middle of this trip tomorrow. >> what happens on tuesday of president putin does not show up in tÜrkiye for talks with ukraine? what will you do? >> president donald trump: i don't know. i know he would like me to be there. that is a possibility. i don't know if you would be there if i'm not there. we will find out. marcoux is going and he has been very effective. >> martha: first jack keane, vice chief of staff of the army and chairman of the institute for the study of war and fox news senior strategic analyst, let's start with that last bit first with regards to this very important potential meeting tomorrow between zelenskyy and putin and president trump saying that perhaps he will participate and sound like if he thinks putin won't show up if he doesn't then he is open to that potentially. >> thi

this was zelenskyy and vance's first meeting since that blowout in the oval office, zelenskyy posting a photo about that meeting saying they talked about the importance of an unconditional cease fire, the need for sanctions against russia and the upcoming prisoners' exchange. zelenskyy says pressure is needed against russia until they are eager to stop this war. ukraine is doubtful about putin wanting peace, accuse russia of launching a massive drone attack overnight. all of this making tomorrow's phone call all the more urgent with trump administration officials saying the trillionth will be weigh -- the president will be weighing which side is serious. >> they agreed they're going to exchange paper on ideas to get to a ceasefire. if they have ideas that are realistic and rational, then i think we know we've made progress. if those papers, on the other hand, have requirements in them that we know with unrealistic, then we'll have a different assessment. >> reporter: so that other big item this week, the house budget committee is holding another crucial vote tonight on the president's

obviously we saw what happened in the oval office with zelenskyy. he has also grown frustrated with putin. i think that he believes that this is now a situation that could go offed rails. is he trying, i think, when he sends this message, when he goes does this interview, to keep things cordoned in and say let's start directing this towards an actual sit down. an actual meeting where we are both at the table. is he trying to be realistic about it. and i think that that is what it is going to take in order to have any kind of resolution here, regardless of who gives up what. >> also deserves some goodwill there. he said look, i'm willing to pull the cards of putting very serious hurt on russia as well. so, he left the door open to take some leverage he has used on other countries and implement it against putin if he decides to not start negotiate. >> options always on the table for him. >> jacqui: kevin, zelenskyy posted that he is looking for those sanctions to be put in place now. the president has said that he wants to avoid that, if he can. but i

president trump unleashed on both president zelenskyy and putin on social media after he wrote on his social media platform truth, i've always had a very good relationship with vladimir putin of russia, but something has happened to him. he's gone absolutely crazy. he's needlessly killing a lot of people and we're not just talking about soldiers. missiles and drones are being shot into cities in ukraine for no reason whatsoever. now that comment came after that ukraine suffered what it called the deadliest aerial attack by russia since the start of the war. after the attack, president zelenskyy wrote on telegram the silence by the united states and others are only encouraging putin game. silence didn't last long. in that very long post on truth, president trump appeared to respond to zelenskyy, saying that everything that comes out of his mouth causes problems. i don't like it, and he better stop, before he moved on to say this is not his war, it is zelenskyy, putin, and former president biden's war. that this post is yet another a sign of the growing frustration by the trump administ

zelenskyy wrote this in an x post on the u.s.ence he is calling on the war saying that it is emboldening putin. the world may go on a weekend break but the war continues regardless of weekends and weekdays. this cannot be ignored. silence of america, silence of others around the world only encourage putin. now zelenskyy has stuck his foot in his mouth a few times when it comes to president trump and trump does not handle it well. you saw the two awkwardly reacting to one another in the white house. zelenskyy needs to keep his mouth closed when it comes to insulting president trump when he has got to have trump in his pocket. >> look, without the support of the united states, we wouldn't even be having this conversation right now about the future of ukraine and the war with russia. it wouldn't be happening. he needs to keep his mouth shut and stop criticizing president trump. president trump is not a typical president. he is not a typical negotiator. it is why he has his book the art of the deal. he makes his deals the way he sees

so zelenskyy is going thursday to istanbul. has putin been out maneuvered?will not without enormous pressure from the united states being applied for him to be there zelenskyy did the right thing i'm in i will sit down across the table from vladimir putin and have this conversation. i'm happy to do a cease-fire for the 30 days that gets me there president trump is in. president zelenskyy is in. what we have seen is that putin has very little interest in peace. very little interest in a cease-fire. he wants to drag this on. we will see what happens in just, what, goodness 48 hours. >> brian: mr. secretary, he called the meeting. >> he demanded meeting. he got what he wanted. how does he not show up? >> well, brian, i bet have you done that called a meeting once in a while and didn't show. he will do what putin does. he will deny, lie, 8 evade, he won't have any moral quawnels but no showing the meeting come up with silly reason saying zelenskyy didn't agree to something. is he trying to figure out what is in his best interest his best interest he has conclude

now, he did speak with zelenskyy following those direct talks as well. so these have been ongoing conversations. but he's put a lot of pressure and a lot of anticipation on this conversation with his russian counterpart. >> all right. julia benbrook at the white house, thank you so much. all right. we're also learning this morning that u.s. secretary of state marco rubio is discussing ukraine with the vatican while he is there for pope leo's inaugural mass tomorrow. with us now, jane harman, she's a former democratic u.s. representative from california and a former ranking member of the house intelligence committee. congresswoman harman, always great to see you. >> thank you fred. >> so how much faith do you have in this scheduled phone call for monday between trump and putin? >> well. >> president trump is coming off a high in the gulf states and feels very confident that he can singularly change all these conflicts. but i think a lot of skepticism is in order. vladimir putin has been playing trump for a long time, and i can't see how he would be intere

trump said that, quote, everything's out of zelenskyy's mouth causes problems. i don't like it and it better stop, he said. cnn's kevin liptak joins me now from the white house. we are seeing a major shift in tone from president trump when it comes to putin, but a very similar tone when it comes to zelenskyy. tell us more about what you're learning. >> yeah. >> and these comments. about putin, i think. >> are very significant for a president who more often than not, is offering a conciliatory message towards the russian president. these comments really stood out. and i think the timing here is quite notable. you know, it was only one week ago that president trump and president putin spoke on the telephone. afterwards, the president essentially taking putin at his word that he's still interested in a peace agreement, despite putin maintaining all of these maximalist demands to end the war. now, the president, adopting quite a harsh tone towards the leader in moscow. listen to what the president said. >> i'm not happy with what putin is doing. he's killing a lot o

trump told zelenskyy to accept the offer, which he did. zelenskyy has since raised the stakes saying that he would personally attend these talks in istanbul but only if putin attends as well. the kremlin so far has played coy. >> and putin has not accepted the offer. they are planning to send sergey lavrov and other senior officials. there is every chance that putin makes his decision at the last possible minute. he's accountable to no one but himself. preparations for his travel to istanbul could very well be under way in secret. the white house for its part clearly wants putin to attend, as things stand, the u.s. plans to send marco rubio, steve witkoff and keith kellogg to istanbul. on fox business yesterday, trump said witkoff would go to the meeting if putin shows up. ukraine wants to discuss a 30-day cease-fire, he said, and added that putin, is, quote, scared of direct talks with me. frances? >> thank you. >>> the trial against the man accused of robbing kim kardashian at gunpoint back in court this morning. the defendants allegedly

president zelenskyy was in albania meeting european leaders.ed vladimir putin to talk peace with him face-to-face. he got no response. after a group call today with donald trump, ukraine's leader called for the pressure on russia to be maintained until the end of the war. at these talks ukraine has not secured what it wanted, a full cease-fire. russia has been resisting that. so no peace, not yet. steve rosenberg, bbc news, istanbul. caitriona: let's get the view from president trump's administration. we go to the white house to speak with his deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism at the national secured counsel. thank you for joining us on bbc news. just on those talks in turkiye today, president putin had initially flowed at the idea of direct talks. president trump has said many times he is ready to drop everything and go for then president putin signals he will not be turning up. do you perceive that as a snub to a peace deal? what is your reading of that situation? >> i think it's probably a sign of bri

yes, president zelenskyy is stubborn. putin, yes, also stubborn.ued to demand ukrainians give up, surrender, capitulate, which he knows is a nonstarter and that is an indication that is not serious. he stubbornly not serious. caitriona: o what is this going to take to end this war? does it take a summit between all three presidents? bill: it might come to that, but what it will really take is some strong indication -- not even indication. some strong action on the part of the americans and europeans in support of ukraine that will put a real pressure, real pressure on vladimir putin to negotiate. until there is that pressure, until there is some indication that putin will come to the table and response of that pressure, until then, a three-way conversation probably won't happen and probably will not yield anything. caitriona: former u.s. ambassador speaking to me from odessa earlier, bill taylor. can you spell -- that is the word a 13-year-old spell to win the 2025 scripps national spelling bee. faizan's was last year's runner-up which made him a f

trade deal with china, putin and zelenskyy face-to-face. a hostage release, lower drug prices.there any doubt that trump is on a roll to solving huge issues that look to report they intend to and donate the plane to his presidential library at the end of his term, you are smiling, this is classic trump. >> it is classic trump. it is very strange. i don't know what to make of it. i'm hesitant to draw too many conclusions because anytime something like this comes up the press gets 90% wrong as they are reporting. i'm very weary. to be sure it's very, very strange situation. again going back to a minute ago resort appoints up an embarrassing situation that the country found itself in where americans spent taxpayers and spent gobs and gobs of money on all kinds of things. here we have 240-year-old air force ones luckily barely except in the air and rebooking to accept the gift there's plenty of embarrassment to go around this is definitely an odd situation to put it mildly. thank you for joining us on a monday morning especially this monday with good and positive news stories. in a

they also agreed to keep talking about zelenskyy and putin meeting zelenskyy is already off at that. so there's not a huge amount to negotiate about whether putin wants to attend. and they also agreed to keep talking about a potential ceasefire. while ukraine has already offered that to unconditionally for a month, demanding it on saturday. so ultimately, here the question is what pressure do they still have left? the europeans were pictured around the phone with zelenskyy today in albania, talking u.s. president donald trump again, like they did last weekend, where he told them he supported their truce proposition and potentially sanctions if russia ignored it. they're on the phone again with him today. but really, trump seems to think a meeting with putin is the only way to progress this. and that puts the ball really in the kremlin's hands. >> jake. fred, speaking of the kremlin, president trump currently on his way home from his middle east trip and he was asked if he would call president putin at the kremlin. let's take a listen. >> we have to meet. he and i will meet. i think w

guest: without a doubt that helps zelenskyy.emonstrated they have the will, the leadership, but they are missing the war fighting. that is where they need to get assisted. i don't think a single foreigner has lost their life in ukraine. it is the ukrainians fighting. they just need to help in terms of artillery, missiles, you name it. it will definitely help his efforts. host: what does this mean for the next stage of peace negotiations given that the u.s. and ukraine have signed this deal? will that see a harder line from the u.s. towards russia? guest: we should see a harder line between the u.s. and russia, but i don't think it will expedite in the next months. the u.s. has to demonstrate its long-term commitment for russia to really believe that the u.s. is committed to serving ukraine, and that takes time for them to demonstrate that. i think it is more than a year away from any serious negotiated agreement. host: we hear president trump talking about the pressure he's applying on russia behind the scenes, but what will it

. >> after that he is scheduled to talk to zelenskyy. we'll talk to general jack keane on our side for all of this coming up in a matter of minutes. stay tuned for that. meanwhile former president biden's office confirming yesterday he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. diagnosis rocking the political world in washington. a ton of reaction to this from the former president already today and the current president as well. dana has the day off. i'm bill hemmer live in new york city. our friend from washington, d.c. we've stolen her. >> aishah: an honor to be here with you and all of you. i'm aishah hasnie. the 46th president seeing an outpouring of support from both sides of the aisle as it should be since that big announcement stunning announcement on sunday. white house press secretary karoline leavitt took questions about it in the briefing. senior national correspondent rich edson has more from washington. hi, rich. >> good morning, aishah. he has been out of office for about four months. this week begins wi

today in istanbul, it was putin's idea to meet with zelenskyy. he did not show up naturally. you think he is overplaying his hand. you have also said you think trump is being suckered in by putin, who is dragging these talks out. using there comes a point where president trump gets basically fed up with putin slowing this process down? could he and woody actually slap shanks and john -- would he actually slap sanctions on putin? amb. bolton: he has conceded already. he has demanded that ukraine not be restored to its full sovereign integrity territory and integrity. he said there will be no nato membership for ukraine, no security guarantees for ukraine. that is the most putin could hope to get and has some plea encouraged putin to go further to demand that all four of the donbas provinces of ukraine to be ceded to russia, which he does not control militarily. these are the kinds of things that could push trump over the edge, because he does not want to be humiliated. but on the other hand, trump has gone a long way to appease putin. let me say one thing about the sanctions.

then later, the president says he will speak with vladimir zelenskyy from ukraine. both those calls will come after ukraine accused russia of carrying out its largest drone attack since the war began. nearly 400 drones, killing at least three people, injuring more than a dozen others. this comes on the heels of the first direct peace talks in three years between russia and ukraine. they happen in turkey on friday. no major breakthroughs there. nothing even really close. let's get to cnn's alayna treene at the white house for the latest. what are the expectations here, elena? >> yeah. look, there's a lot of. >> pressure. >> john, on this phone call. >> with russian president vladimir putin at 10 a.m., as you mentioned, he'll also speak president donald trump with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy shortly thereafter. but the's no question that trump administration officials and even the president himself have grown increasingly frustrated with putin in recent weeks. and really, i think a key goal today with this phone call is decide whether or not a deal is stil

>> zelenskyy was in albania for a european summit. he got on the phone with the leaders, with trump, with the leaders of britain, france, germany and poland. this was a repeat of what had happened last weekend when the leaders got together. president zelenskyy said following that call, that if the russians fail to deliver on a ceasefire, that he accepts sanctions. that's obviously something that we have heard president trump say recently. who? president trump musing perhaps that putin was tapping him along and threatening those sanctions, which of course have not materialized. but i think the key point here on this photo is the europeans and zelenskyy are trying to keep him on their side, united, feeling like he's part of the team with with president on president zelenskyy's side, not let him stray too far and go back to saying things that are pro-russian, which, of course, he's done in the past. >> let's talk about iran now, because president trump appeared to confirm that iran has received a nuclear deal proposal. what do we know? >