>> today, former congressman -- the republican party agenda for the 24 election. in a conversation hosted by th washington post. watch live at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> a healthy democracy doesn't just look like this. it looks like this. where americans can see

democracy at work. get informed straight from the source. c-span. unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. from the nation's capital to wherever you are. it is the opinion -- because the opinion that matters the most is your own. this is what democracy looks like. host: your support for ukraine. the opening question for this morning on washington journal. and just a look at the amount, we will touch on this graphic, stayed a couple of times in this hour. this is from the washington post. a look at the amount of spending powering ukraine's defense. united states has committed more than $60 billion in aid to ukraine since beginning of russia's full-scale invasion. that includes more than $43 billion in military aid. that is more than the u.s. distributes in aid to any other

country, and a year and a half in the conflict, u.s. public support for funding the war is wavering, particularly among republicans. and why that becomes a more critical factor this week in particular, just tweeting this morning that the white house is expected to ask congress for more ukraine money as soon as this week, teeing up a new dynamic to the september funding strike. we ask the question also broadly because it is a cnn poll that has recently been released late last week. the majority of americans oppose more usaid for ukraine and the war with ukraine for the war with russia. 55% answered should congress provide funding for ukraine and

55% said no. 45% said no. what about the number via party? republicans proposed -- opposed to 71%. independent opposed by 55 percent. democrat in support. democrats largely support funding by 62%. going to a nato summit in july, ukraine president vada mayor zelinski say in his thanks to be u.s. and the support given so far. >> thank you so much for this help. we really counted on it. you gave us huge support. i will think all americans for the 3 billion for today, it is big support and i understand that this is not all of your money, but you have to know that you spend this money not for

just fighting, you spend this money for our lives. i think that we save the lives for europe and for all of the world. host: president volodymyr zelenskyy at the nato summit last month. our question for you on washington journal deals with u.s. support for ukraine. is it too much? the line to use is (202) 748-8000. if you think it is not enough, you call (202) 748-8001. and if you think it is the right amount you can call (202) 748-8002. we welcome your comments by twitter and also text at --text us at (202) 748-8003. broadly the numbers we talked about $60 billion since the start of the russia ukraine war 43 billion of that in military aid. the washington post pointing out looking at the number saying the

day after russia invaded ukraine president biden offered rise of package of military aid that had small arms, you nations, body armor and equipment for ukraine's frontline defenders. as we heard a moment or two ago, there is an additional funding request for ukraine expected this week from the white house. (202) 748-8000 if you say it is too much. (202) 748-8001 not enough. let's go to marvin on the not enough wine. marvin, philadelphia. welcome. caller: yeah. ukraine became a soviet country and when it became a soviet country, -- russia said that they would not go to war with ukraine, but they did. that is why we are backing ukraine.

and we need to give them the equipment to defend themselves because we don't's will on in the world with taiwan and china and like that it if we are looking at this too much, i don't think so. i think in the long, long term i think we need even more to ensure everybody else and that nato has got their back. that is just my reasoning. host: jim has another view in florida. good morning. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: yes sir, like most americans i was initially in the port of ukrainian -- i was in support of our administrations of the ukraine ill jerry effort. increasingly, it is -- military

effort. increasingly, it is a pit that we are pouring in honey money -- money. we are looking at the wisdom of supporting this military effort. i am 70 years old. i remember well the vietnam war fiasco. in addition to the 60,000 lives lost we lost and billions -- millions of vietnamese on the east coast. the outcome was not a good one for the vietnamese people. we live under communist rule today. we need to look at the wisdom of this policy and we examine why we put in $60 billion of -- general kane has commentator -- he is right about that. we have 30 trillion in debt on a

fiscal issue for me. it is an issue, and also the fact that the so call sanctions on russia have not affected russia, boudin, or the russian people. they have not turned against putin. and it is a problem with some of them to keep chinese from invading taiwan is some kind of alice in wonderland bazaar thinking. this president the current one, biden, -- bizarre thinking. the president, the current one, biden, needs to rethink. host: next is keith from -- what you think. caller: it is money well spent. and it is why a think some

president should make some world war ii type war so we could go through 3-4 years of hardship for everyone. when we do have something like this that comes along, we would have the fun to pay for it and not think about was this too much money or too little money because it is the right thing to do beyond the shadow of a doubt. we are not spending it on people's lives, we are just spending honey. it is a great thing for the world that we do that. host: is there an endless supply of that though? is there a measure that says that that is the end of a conflict in the satisfaction of the ukrainian will ending the, like -- the conflict? caller: it is the end of conflict because russia should learn -- i bet anything there's more good people in russia that

if they knew what was going on they would not want to be there. it is just a few people that run everything in communism whether the one it or not. and ukraine has to get there durable border, everything that is set up for them should be set up and about is the time to say ok, we have done enough. the whole world the whole free world needs to know this. people want to support the ukrainian people to do good. host: we are touching on a pole that cnn did over the course of july they surveyed some 1300 americans on this issue. the majority of americans oppose more u.s. aid in the support of ukraine against russia. looking at this, art of it is the political view the ideology view that they say in terms of

some of the 76% of conservative republics opposed n fding compared with 60% moderate, lira republican. 51% moderate or conservative democrats. that is some political ideology anthe type of assistance that people talk about. in termsf what we should be aiding with, 63% are supporting u.s. providing more aid intelligence gathering. 53% said yes for me training. 43% with providing more weapons and only 17% said that the u.s. should assist in combat operations. let's hear from jackson in griffin, north carolina. let's hear about inviting too much aid. good morning. caller: good