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the former special representative of the united states of america in ukraine, kurt volker, also spokeout the stability and predictability of the world. what he said, i will allow myself a short quote. if you ask, do you support ukraine? about 67% republicans answer that yes, we support them. when you ask whether it's worth spending that much money, support among republicans only goes down. up to 40%, and when you explain that we are talking about 3.5% of the annual defense budget of the united states of america, which we actually gave to ukraine, and this led to the fact that ukraine survived and russia tore itself to pieces, then the numbers from on the republican side again return to 60%. so it's a matter of giving them the right information, getting a little ahead of them on these questions, and i think that the basis of support here is interesting. interesting are the figures given by kurt volker, because indeed, it is repeatedly this figure of 3.5% of the defense budget of the united states of america, which is spent in order to defeat russia on the battlefield in ukraine, how co

kurt volker, the former ambassador to nato and former representative for ukraine negotiations.e joins me now, ambassador volker, there's a lot we do know which we are not saying at this moment. we are waiting to see these two former hostages in israeli custody. what are your thoughts on hearing this news? >> well, i think that this is a very difficult situation for israel. the longer this goes on, and this is clearly hamas' strategy, is to drag this out, the trickle of hostages here and there, harder for israel to go ahead with a full-scale invasion. and that means that time goes by and increasingly public opinion is trending against israel. and many countries around the world. so this is a hamas tactic, from the beginning. taking the hostages as a way to try to hold off an israeli full-scale assault. >> one of the things that hamas has said in the last couple of days is that some of these hostages may be being held by other groups whether islamic jihad which early on claimed to hold about 30. or individual families or mob organizations in gaza may have crossed over, during the

ambassador kurt volker, we have to leave the conversation there. we appreciate your time. thanks so much. >> thank you for having me. >> of course. pam? >> i want to get straight to capitol hill because as ukraine deals with this new onslaught from russia the future of u.s. aid for kyiv r. mains at a standstill. especially now as jockeying for the speakership remains. where do things stand in the speaker's race? >> reporter: the race to replace kevin mccarthy is officially under way. there have been two candidates who jumped into the race. that includes steve scalise. he's the number two republican. he's really seen as the heir apparent. he has a lot of institutional advantages since he is already in leadership. and then there is jim jordan. he's the chairman of the house judiciary committee. he's beloved by conservatives. and both men have been furiously working the phones and meeting with members over the past few days trying to line up supporters. i'm also told jim jordan has spoken to former president donald trump about his speakership. it's unclear whether trump would

howie kurtz, host of media buzz and kurt volker, former u.s. ambassador to nato. good to have you with us. we hear this from the president today as i said after two days of not hearing anything from president biden. also we continue to hear reports that hamas will begin hostages and they may video some of those killings. it's an absolutely chilling environment for the families of these people that are missing. marc, your take on how the president did and what he had to say. >> i can't believe we waited two days for that. he gave that entire statement and didn't mention iran once. not once. let's be clear. hamas is a wholly owned subsidiary of iran. they fund them, train them. could not carry out an attack like the arms training and support of the iranian regime putting aside any question of coordination of the specific attack, this is an iranian attack that has resulted in the death of 14 americans and 20 are missing. when donald trump was president, he druid a red line with iran. he said if you touch the hair of an american citizen, we will respond militarily and