of the world provide active assistance for active military assistance to ukraine and actually lloyd austinof the pentagon who is the initiator of these meetings, he emphasized that this time the country could get a very clear and very urgent understanding of the state of hostilities and what are the needs of the ukrainian army, but of course this meeting ended and with very important practical things, that is, 20 countries from this meeting announced a new military aid to ukraine and this includes new artillery installations as well as anti-ship systems and also a lot of ammunition and other vehicles tanks and lloyd austin when he talked about all these new new things that will provide additional countries, he also said that he cannot list all of them, but he wants to highlight a few of them that he considers extremely important . let's listen to today. i am especially grateful to the data that announced today that it will provide harpoon installations and missiles to help ukraine protect its coast, and i also want to thank the czech republic for their weighty assistance in particular in r

. >> the defense secretary lloyd austin describes widened u.s. war goals. >> we want to see russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine. >> and speaker nancy pelosi leads a congressional delegation in a visit to kyiv. my guest this morning, senator bob menendez from new jersey.

also speaking at an event, mark milley and lloyd austin.his is about 45 minutes. >> attention. >> order. order. >> present arms. ♪ [playing "the star spangled banner"] >> present arms. [drumroll] ♪ [playing "taps"] >> please stand for the arrival of the party and -- the official party and remain standing for the national anthem.

also speaking, lloyd austin and mark milley. this was about 45 minutes. james perrin >> attention. >> colors. >> right shoulder, arm. >> present arms. >> present arms. ♪ ♪ >> right shoulder. >> present arms. [drumroll] ♪ ♪ [taps] ♪ >> right shoulder, arms. >> please stand for the arrival of the party and -- the official party and remain standing for the national anthem.

and there's also a timeline to all this lloyd. austin said that ukraine's backers need to move at the speed of war. yes, well you'll say yes, explain to me what that means. i actually, i sort of stepped away from my reading and looked at the dictionary to try and work out where this comes from and what, what was that? a reference to exactly. i think this could be seen as a dig above all towards germany. um we have been moving at the speed of our own navel gazing um, germany has not stepped up in the way that it needed to um we have been much more focused on our own internal debates. um and a desire to maintain face and not look like that. we've made a mistake in the run up to this war? and since the commencement of it, the speed of war means what happens now, what happens today right now makes a difference and can determine the course of the rest of this war. we literally do not have time for this kind of shifty going. we say in german being, being obsessed with one's own issues, we don't have time for it. we need to act because the only

valery tell me please, did these words of lloyd austin really annoy me?hey have some kind of continuation? let's start with the fact that, in principle, even in the basic documents of the american national security strategy a clear position regarding russia is written down that it is an adversary that it is just for the near future challenges this was before the 24th, taking into account the beginning of the war against ukraine in the 14th year of such a heated phase, so there is nothing surprising here, there is no frank statement that now the tactics are changing and there is a frank statement that russia should be weakened , why could it not use again the same attempts of the invading military forces to destroy not only ukraine but also against other countries, and this is the official position that was declared and secretary of state blinking dachshund still at russia's cynical and audacious steps, so be offended, don't be offended , that is, i think that the whole world, and even more so , ukraine, has not only more reason to be amazed, but to hate t

they were joined by vice president, harris, lloyd austin and general mark milley. this is about 10 minutes. james perrin >> attention. >> present arms. ♪ [playing "the star spangled banner"] >> present arms. [drumroll] ♪ [playing "taps"] click tuesday, the secretary of the army discusses u.s. defense strategy including defending against threats to the u.s. and our allies. watch live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile video app or anytime online at c-span.org. >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of the u.s. response to russia's invasion of ukraine, bringing you the latest from the president and other white house officials. we also have international perspective from united nations and statements from foreign leaders. and c-span that are/ukraine. you can watch the latest videos on demand and follow tweets from journalists on the ground. quick c-spanshop.org is c-span's online store. browse the collection of c-span partners, apparel, books and is x --. there was something for every c-span fan and every purchase of to support our nonprofit at c-s

nato met with the head of the pentagon, lloyd austin, do you know what the officials talked about, and in general, what is the position of the chance to replenish nato with two new members of natal today, the president of the united states joe biden of the united states issued a statement in which he said that he extremely strongly supports the applications of sweden and finland to join nato. he said that the addition of two members to the alliance will only strengthen the collective defense and today, when jake sally vanse, the national security adviser of the white house, today spoke about the chances in general that finland and sweden will become nato members, even in spite of the way turkey's opposition looks at the moment. he said that he has no doubt that the process will go quickly and efficiently , and he said that sweden, finland already are working directly with turkey in order to minimize the concerns that turkey has and also said that secretary of state blinking president biden will help in this effort to speed up this process and in the end he expressed the hope that in fa

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. >> next, defense secretary lloyd austin and joint chief of staff chair mark milley testify on the president's 2023 budget request for the pentagon. they

this is for the first time since the war broke out, lloyd austin urging an immediate cease tire, and importantly to try to keep those line of communication open. david? >> ian pannell with us all week long, ian, thank you. back here of the home to the pandemic. more than 145,000 new infections in just the past 24 hours, and take a look at this tonight -- the community level spread map. a growing number of counties in the northeast, now moving back into the high risk level. here's abc's whit johnson tonight. >> reporter: tonight, new covid cases in the u.s. tripling over the last six weeks. the country reporting more than 145,000 new infections in just 24 hours, the highest daily total since mid-february. with that growing number of counties in the northeast now at high risk. >> this pandemic is not over, and if we bring down our guard and not do the things we need to do, we can get ourselves into the same trouble we were several months ago. >> reporter: the white house warning without more funding from congress, americans won't have access to the next generation of vaccines needed to

i welcome you a-a here uh-uh it's very nice to see uh-uh here's uh-uh us secretary of defense lloyd austintalking about what m- m help to ukraine, it has become very powerful, and this is thanks to this general support. what do you think about the provision of heavier weapons to ukraine, in particular, from the united states? can this testify that russia has stopped being afraid? and in the words yes, of course, in the words until that they stopped being afraid and the aid is coming, but it is coming , of course, again, this is not enough talk. and the aid that should go, ah, let me remind you that the letter has not been signed yet for a month, as the senate voted on the next day, president baidin could sign it ah of the law, he is bald then, well, the next day, nothing happened, then the lady kept it with her, then she just went on vacation for two weeks and returned only a week later, it was again put on the ballot without a stripe. well, a lot was already included the second thing is that the republicans did not want to vote for it, there is a carpet with borders and everything else is

harpoon ship missiles and launchers for them from denmark, the us secretary of defense lloyd austin officiallynformed about this, what to expect and what will be our progress in order to overcome the naval blockade of russia in the black sea thanks to the harpoons, i am asking for your word. the rammstein ii meeting was indeed historic from the point of view of the fact that it testifies to the expansion of the number of countries that are ready to provide assistance to ukraine in the fight against russian aggression. 47 countries participated, 20 of them announced new packages, and indeed, as a result of the meeting, lloyd austin announced about some interesting proposals that were implemented precisely as a result of this meeting, in particular, it is precisely the readiness to transfer data to ukraine against ship -based harpoon missiles in coastal execution because how we we know that harpoon missiles have a special feature, they are mainly designed for use primarily from sea platforms, and this raised certain questions about how and where we will use these pumpkins if they are sea missile

defense secretary lloyd austin also speaking today with his russian counterpart for the first time since before the invasion. what secretary austin said and those images tonight. the uk confirming ukrainian forces did block russia from an attempted crossing at a key river in ukraine in the donbas, destroying pontoon bridges being used by the russians to cross. several russian military vehicles destroyed as well. ian pannell from inside ukraine again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, vladimir putin's war in ukraine appearing to go awry. britain's ministry of defense confirming ukrainian claims that they repelled a russian attempt to cross a key river in the east. images show the russians were trying to cross using two makeshift pontoon bridges that were totally destroyed. the charred remains of more than 20 tanks and armored vehicles hen noasof the country, putin's invasion is going backwards. ifuk counteroffensive forcing russian troops to retreat back towards their own border. we were taken to a secret location inside kharkiv that speaks to how badly putin's war is really going. a refriger

, when he received the jordanian king, and would give a second lloyd austin noted that now cooperationn jordan and the united states of america is more important than ever, in particular to help ukraine in a situation that worries the whole world, however, a guest from the east reacted restrainedly and stated that the two years of the covid pandemic and the recent invasion of russia into ukraine are factors that have added challenges and problems in the middle east and beyond, however, the head of the us department of defense is determined to help ukrainians, of course, the unprovoked and unjust invasion of russia into ukraine everyone's thoughts at my recent meeting in kyiv made me even more determined to help ukraine so that it could defend itself even better finland joins nado due to significant changes the security environment is what helsinki calls russia's attack on ukraine. this scandinavian country has been neutral for ten years, but now understands what risks putin poses to the world. finland is on the verge of nato membership, although for a decade we maintained neutrality, t

lloyd austin said the u.s. wants to see russia "weekend." weekend, russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said the u.s. and nato should stop arming ukraine if they're really interested in resolving the ukraine crisis. we're joined now by two guests. medea benjamin, co-founder of antiwar group codepink. she is in havana, cuba. george beebe, is grand strategy director at the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. his recent piece is headlined "tell us how this war in ukraine ends." he is the former director of russia analysis at the central intelligence agency and was special adviser on russia to vice president cheney from 2002-2004. he is the author of the 2019 book "the russia trap: how our shadow war with russia could spiral into nuclear catastrophe." george beebe, let's begin with you. you wrote the piece "tell us how this war in ukraine ends." why do you tell us? the latest news is it may well be a russian president vladimir putin will announce the war on ukraine on may 9. victory day in russia, when they beat the nazis in 1945. >>

thank you, alex. >>> tonight, defense secretary lloyd austin with a new warning for vladimir putin. secretary austin before congress saying putin doesn't want a conflict with nato, saying, "this is a fight he doesn't want." here's our senior foreign correspondent ian pannell in kharkiv, ukraine's second-largest city, again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, u.s. defense secretary austin warning vladimir putin any attack on nato allies would be a game-changer. >> this is a fight that he really doesn't want to have. >> reporter: on the ground, ukrainian troops liberating more than 30 villages around kharkiv and driving the russians towards their own border. we are seeing increasing signs of ukrainian forces on the offensive, pushing the russians back, taking more and more villages across this region. stary saltiv is one of the liberated areas. and as the russians retreat, these graphic images reveal a gruesome catalog of death and devastation. a convoy of civilian vehicles trying to flee the village destroyed. evidence children were here, too. a ukrainian commander says they were shot at w

closer to joining nato, amid fears of russian aggression and in the face of that, a warning from lloyd austin to all of russia urgently calling for immediate cease-fire in ukraine. >>> meanwhile, one challenge on top of another for the president of the united states, joe biden. ukraine, inflation, the markets, and now a nationwide shortage of baby formula. the president pushing back when asked if he could have acted sooner. >> if we had been better mind readers, i guess we could have. but we moved as quickly as the problem became apparent to us. and we have to move with caution, as well as speed because we got to make sure what we're getting is, in fact, first-rate product. >> so the baby formula shortage coming in the middle of worldwide shortages of grain and cooking oil. what can we do to make food supplies more stable in an unstable world? and we have got shocking video tonight. watch what happened -- this is jerusalem -- it is at a funeral of an al jazeera journalist who was shot dead while she was reporting. cnn's atika shubert was there. >> reporter: as the funeral procession began, is

i can't tell right now whether lloyd austin's statement was official government policy or not. but what would be wrong from your perspective if anything, with pursuing a ceasefire strategy at this moment? well 1st let me distinguish between temporary, transitory cease fires to provide humanitarian carters to get civilians out of the conflict that, that's, i think that's warranted in almost any circumstance. the risk here is that if the parties declare a cease fire, they would each hold the territory, but their forces control and for the russians that demarcation line could become permanent, with everything on the russian side of it, and extra russia as crimea was before. so i would be very worried if i were below the mirrors when sky about any cease fire, where my troops are not only on the offensive butter, taking back significant chunks of territory. and maybe even more, because once it stops, i think it'll be very difficult to gin up support for ukraine to the level it has. this last week i heard us ambassador to nato julian smith say we were looking for the strategic defeat

one is that we had defense secretary lloyd austin, call his counterpart is russian county or are sort of a shy group. and it was at the behest of the us side requesting a cease fire. so can you explain to me something if you're following western media, your brain is winning rushes, losing. but the winning side wants to have a ceasefire isn't usually the other way around. thoughts, my friend? oh yes, usually when you go in for a cease fire or trying to start up diplomacy to war, it's not going your way. but of course, the idea of having a c, r and i was also very problematic because it is not followed up with diplomatic suggestion, like a solution to the conflict. if you just talk to a sci fi without a solution. well, it almost seems like it is just a way to stall in order to get your reference to the front front lines. you can't one week say you're going to push $50000000000.00 worth of revenue to your credit. and the next, they say less of a c, feel this with life. but i guess i see some changes on reasoning behind it because the main war in ukraine is where half of ukraine's main fo

one is that we had defense secretary lloyd austin, call his counterpart is russian count or are sort of a shy group. and it was at the behest of the u. s. side, requesting a ceasefire. so can you explain to me something, if you're following western media, your brain is winning rushes, losing, but the winning side wants to have a sci fi isn't usually the other way around. thoughts, my friend. oh, yes, you are. when you call in for a cease fire or try to start up diplomacy to war, it's not going your way. of course, i'm having a c, r and i was also very problematic because it is not followed up with diplomatic suggestion like a solution to the conflict. if you just talk a sci fi without any diplomatic solution. well, it almost seems like it is just a way to stall in order to get your reference to the from of lines you can't one week say you're going to push $50000000000.00 worth of weapon into ukraine. and the next, they say less of a cease fire until the so i can reach default life. but i guess i see some changes on and the reasoning behind it, because the main war in ukraine is where

why didn't i lloyd austin say a cease fire and you know, maybe we'll talk about those 6400 sanctions. so, i mean, it's kind of like nothing for nothing. i mean, what kind you gambit is, this is almost the point of being juvenile. go ahead, i mean, in my opinion, they want to repeat what they did was means to it mean. so talking, talking, using just fine to reinforce the army. and you know, actually is it ask for a ceasefire. 2 days after the beginning of the operation. if you remember, give us for negotiation and they get the 1st and a good session after 4 days. because in my opinion, there is some people, if, and especially in washington or in london, that perfectly understood that on the operative point of view, russia is willing to work for after the 1st week of fight. because it's a book completely older, economic for pre beating, in the possibility of a fancied, i mean a coordinate offensive on the, on the plan. so i said, is it what did it do is the last 7 years? it's a trying to get, this is 53, and 4. but in my opinion, i was a big problem for them is, are you because the, dur

i think the simple answer is what lloyd austin said was, this was, this is all about weakening russia. i'm not sure what that means, but that's what he said. and that must be what their thinking was. i'm they were in europe has been mentioned here. i mean, it seems to me with the, the u. s. in the u. k. a poise to do everything they can as a lloyd austin said we can russia, does i mean, destroying the european economy in the process? because it certainly looks that way to me. i am absolutely bewildered that european leaders are making the choices that they are, the productivity of europe is going to be smothered. and then what is the value of the, the european economy if it isn't allowed to run at full speed, particularly coming out of this pandemic go ahead in paris. yes, yes, i completely agree with you of gus. and since i had an idea on the, on the you hope in here. busy i am wondering what we, you, hobbyists are doing in dismiss. you see one way to put it is that there is this more imperative. we have to defend the food chain. again, the bad russians have invaded them with no, for

i think the simple answer is what lloyd austin said was, this was, this is all about weakening russia. i'm not sure what that means, but that's what he said. and that must be what their thinking was on. they were a europe has been mentioned here. i mean, it seems to me with the, the u. s. in the u. k. a poise to do everything they can as a lloyd austin said we can russia, does i mean destroying the european economy in the process? because it certainly looks that way to me. i am absolutely bewildered that european leaders are making the choices that they are, the productivity of europe is going to be smothered, and then what is the value of the, of the european economy if it isn't allowed to run at full speed, particularly coming out of this pandemic go ahead in paris. yes, yes, a company gig hey, would you have gus? and since i had an idea on the, on the you have been. busy here i am wondering what we, you hobbins are doing in dismiss. you see one way to put that is that there is this moral. busy impacted, we have to defend a bully chain again. the bad russians have invaded them with

a poise to do everything they can as lloyd austin said, we can russia, does. i mean, destroying the european economy in the process because it certainly looks that way to me. i am absolutely bewildered that european leaders are making the choices that they are, the productivity of europe is going to be smothered. and then what is the value of the, the european economy if it isn't allowed to run at full speed, particularly coming out of this pandemic go ahead in paris. yes, yes, i completely agree with you of gus. and since i had an idea on the, on the hub in here. busy i am wondering what we, you, hobbyists are doing in dismiss. you see one way to put it is that there is this more on imperative. we have to defend a bullet chain again, a bad sense of invaded them with no, for no reason whatsoever. well, 1st of all, if the sovereignty, the indignant just became sacrosanct. why was the sovereignty of serbia over kosovo? a pro garb in 1999 and ish kosovo. to hazel says that their mean nation on kane has that height weight on the population, least on the cane of th

i think the simple answer is what lloyd austin said was, this was, this is all about weakening russia. i'm not sure what that means, but that's what he said. and that must be what their thinking was. i'm they were in europe has been mentioned here. i mean, it seems to me with the, the u. s. in the u. k. on poise to do everything they can as a lloyd austin said we can russia, does i mean destroying the european economy in the process? because it certainly looks that way to me. i am absolutely bewildered that european leaders are making the choices that they are, the productivity of europe is going to be smothered. and then what is the value of the, the european economy if it isn't allowed to run at full speed, particularly coming out of this pandemic go ahead in paris. yes, yes, a company gig, hey, would you have gus? and since i had an idea on the, on the you hoping. busy here i am wondering what we, you hobbins are doing in dismiss. you see one way to put it is that there is this moral. busy imperative we have to defend a bully chain again. the bad russians have invaded them with no,

do it with minimal casualties, that is, there were more positive statements by defense minister lloyd austine rammstein conference that you mentioned, but after that, more radical biden himself also made statements. as you can see, he is still quite cautious, so we clearly have the support of russia. russia has calculated in terms of the level of support. but russia is counting on the fact that, as i understand it, the level of support from the west will not be enough to deprive russia of any lakes of negotiations in that all, for example, to militarily deprive by liberating some temporarily occupied territories that they have occupied since february 24, 2020. well, it is possible that russia's position regarding ukraine's non-joining nato is also connected with this, because, well, russia understands that having lost crimea, what will happen one way or another in the event that ukraine joins the north atlantic alliance, and then russia will be forced to pull out more heavy weapons in order to prove that this is the territory of the russian federation, because for putin, the return of crimea

secretary of defense lloyd austin had a conversation with his russian counterpart this morning. that the first time the two defense chiefs have spoken since the start of this invasion. let's get to orn lieberman at the pentagon. tell us more. >> reporter: this is the first time lloyd austin has spoke within his russian counterpart since february 18th. about a week before russia's invasion of ukraine began. that's 8 4 days in which there hasn't been communication between these two critical nations here. the u.s. and russia. the pentagon acknowledged about a month into this war that there was repeated attempts of outreach from the u.s. side, not only austin but also the top u.s. general, joint chiefs chairman mark milley, to try to speak with their russian counterparts but they were rebuffed in those conversations never happening. but it is an important line of communication here that has at least opened temporarily between austin and russian defense minister. in a brief readout we got from the pentagon, austin urged an immediate cease fire and stressed the importance of lines of

lloyd austin said ukraine still mostly needs ground artillery. reports from the battle field. >> reporter: through the battered streets, barely two miles from russian forces, we made our way the frontline trench. we can't say where for security reasons. almost everywhere you look is signs of war, signs of devastation. this village was once home to 3,000 people and most have left. >> reporter: he can't bring himself to leave. russian forces are just a few miles that wai. does that concern you? >> translator: yes, it worries me, he says. for it's so sedistuso disturbing to see the villae like this. >> reporter: he's fought here since march. we're getting used to it, he says. our guys are tough and seasoned at battle and holding our ground. like this, a ukrainian military drone caught the moment russian forces were targeted and showered with artillery fire. a memorial bears the names of those who died fighting the nazis during world war ii. now, it's the russians who must be efought off. as we were led to a bunker where ukrainian soldiers take cover

and lloyd austin, the defense secretary, spoke to his counterpart for the first time since february 18consider a cease-fire. 2 thank you very much, matt. >> secretary of state lloyd austin admits that there is a problem as new questions are being asked about the deaths of these individuals aboard a single navy ship in the last year. good evening, jennifer. >> shannon shannon, that's right, a day after the defense secretary face similar questions aboard the uss george washington. in the nuclear powered aircraft carrier has been undergoing repairs since 2017, an overhaul that usually takes four years that has dragged on through to covid-19, taking a toll on the mental health of the sailors described demoralizing living conditions. >> it has been an overhaul since 2017, that means that some sailors will spend their entire career on the ship that never goes to see and they will never perform the duties that they train for after graduating from boot camp. >> we need to provide a better job to the ship itself with the contracts negotiated to provide a higher quality of life for those sailors

the west should activate the military assistance to kiev was declared by us secretary of defense lloyd austin for rural sanctions for the most russophobic states anton dadyn. polish soldiers under the leadership of nato generals are working out the crossing of the river . it has been operating for almost 30 years and is already starting to read notations as a partner. the price, they say, was too high for the narveste, normal. dear our norwegian friends. this is abnormal and unfair. you must have increased. they go to the country's pension fund for future generations, on the other hand. the assets of this institution have decreased due to the fall of the stock market, the economy of norway and its citizens are also suffering from growth. prices refusal to supply will lead to an imminent collapse. our industry accounts for 37% of all natural gas consumption in germany in the event of a complete cessation of fuel supplies from russia will stop 20% of british families found themselves in the so-called fuel poverty they have to choose, or buy food. either payment bills for gas electricity daily m

other members of the biden administration had also had covid-19, defense secretary lloyd austin tested positive in january and vice president harris tested positive last week. >>> ukrainians have been pushed here. they find the community of those who share their culture their histo history. many students of ukrainian descent attend this private high school in manhattan. those who fled the fighting can attend free of charge. they study alongside with others who can only hope to understand. some knew little english when they got here. they're doing what they can to learn learn. diana left her home in lviv, western ukraine along with her family. her sister helped bring them to new york in december before russian troops crossed the border. >> i feel worried and scared. >> she's not sure hwhere her parents will choose to live. now she tries to get use to life here. >> of course, i will be back because it is my country and i really love ukraine. now, i need to study. >> reporter: the school's principal tries to maintain a sense of normalcy despite the challenges. >> i would not be surprise i

so lloyd austin, when he basically said that the goal of the united states is to bleed russia dry and to make russia, we, um, the army that sir, that, that, that, that seems to be the tool to make this happen is ukrainian army. so it's an effectively a proxy of the nodes.

like, for example, secretary of state entry blinking, and us defense secretary lloyd austin, who met with president zalinski in kiva, and also m u. s. how speaker nancy pelosi and other members of congress will travel to ukraine only a week ago, and also met with president zalinski. there is so the pressure for president biden to meet president zalinski in ukraine is definitely growing. however, some days ago the white house said that biden would love to visit ukraine, but that he ever had no plans for it. at this time, at least i was curling at shamore in washington. caroline, caroline, a thank you. all is europe marks the 77th anniversary of the end of the 2nd world war. german chancellor, olaf sholtes was made a key note tv address. now it's his 1st major speech to the german people. since the invasion of ukraine. sholtes says, russian president vladimir putin cannot win the war and he criticized putin's lightning of the conflict to the fight against nazi germany. sholtes called this a falsification of history. let's take a look now at his address in full with fellow citizens of t

cox, giving us -- bringing us closer. >> giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> lloyd austin and general mark milley testify on the president's 2023 budget request for the pentagon and they discussed the situation in ukraine and keeping the u.s. to democracy. >> testimony now from the defense secretary lot austin and chief of staff general mark on president biden's proposed 2023 proposed budget. >>

delegation to come here, that being secretary of state antony blinken and secretary of defense lloyd austin and then president biden a few days later requests $33 billion, some humanitarian and some to the heavy weaponry zelenskyy administration has been requesting for a while now and then a few days later the speaker of the house, one of the highest ranking government officials in the united states, shows up here with a senior delegation. the symbolism not lost on president zelenskyy. he thanked nancy pelosi for coming here, bringing some of her fellow democrats, senior delegation there. the symbolism quite big, jim, because you know pelosi is going to play a key role in shepherding a package surrounding that presidential request for $33 billion in aid. she will play a big role in trying to get that to the president's desk to sign which would eventually send weapons here. >> absolutely. that will be a huge effort. matt rivers, great to see you as always. thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> and some of vladimir putin's family members and oligarch friends have been slapped with sanctions as p

terms, especially in terms of implementing a policy that had been outlined by secretary defense, lloyd austin. when he basically said that the goal of the united states is to bleed russia dry and to make russia, we, um, the army that saw that that, that, that seems to be the tool to make this happen is ukrainian army. so it's an effectively a proxy of the united states implementing a policy of the united states co belligerent on it. if anybody thinks that ukraine could sustain this, this resistance, that, that it's, it's undertaking right now without the it, it, the assistance of the united states and nato think, again, of the united states. naval been poring and money and equipment material and providing political support as well. that has allowed this, this, this, this resistance to, to continue. this makes the united states and nato, a co belligerent in this conflict with russia. they, they are at war with.

>> well, first of all, i think we're very fortunate we got lloyd austin as secretary of defense.e issues. one can argue this phone call has symbolic importance. we want to be in contact with the russian higher echelon, both military and political. they walled us off for three months, so having an hour conversation is a good thing. look, the russian minister of defense is in the ejection seat, and the chief of general staff is in the ejection seat. putin is locked up, put behind bars some of his intelligence chiefs, and he's locked a bunch of people trying to shove this ukrainian operation into high gear. it must be apparent now to even the most dim witted of putin's military senior advisers that they're in a strategic box. for god sakes, not only have they tactically lost 25% of their got force in ukraine, but potentially a million man finished mobilized army wanting to join nato. they've got germany doubling their defense expenditures. they've got japan on the other side facing russian-held japanese islands, a significant increase in their defense budgets. they're a pariah natio