>>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
WE BEGIN "THE REIDOUT" WITH THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENT MAKING A
DAMMING DECOLORATION, VLADIMIR PUTIN IS A WAR CRIMINAL.
PUTIN IS A WAR CRIMINAL. WAR CRI
>> THIS COMES AFTER A BIPARTISAN
SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE ON
CAPITOL HILL TODAY WHERE
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY RECEIVED A
STANDING OVATION AFTER HIS EM
PASSIONED ADDRESS TO CONGRESS.
HE HOLDS A LAW DEGREE AND
DEMONSTRATED CAPACITY FOR THE
PERFORMATIVE ASPECTS OF
LEADERSHIP AND PERSUASION
DELIVERING AN ELOQUENT AND
URGENT APPEAL NOT JUST TO THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT BUT TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IN THE STIRRING SPEECH, ZELENSKY
RIFFED ON THE WORDS OF REVEREND
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR AS HE
PLEADED FOR MORE HELP.
>> Translator: THIS IS A TERROR
THAT EUROPE HAS NOT SEEN FOR 80
YEARS AND WE'RE ASKING FOR AN
ANSWER, A REPLY TO THIS TERROR
FROM THE WHOLE WORLD.
I HAVE A DREAM.
THESE WORDS ARE KNOWN TO EACH OF
YOU TODAY, I CAN SAY.
I HAVE A NEED.
I NEED TO PROTECT OUR SKY.
I NEED YOUR DECISION, YOUR HELP
IN THE DARKEST TIME FOR OUR
COUNTRY FOR THE WHOLE EUROPE.
I CALL ON YOU TO DO MORE.
>> AMONG OTHER THINGS, ZELENSKYY
CALLED AGAIN FOR MORE MILITARY
AID, MORE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA
AND A NO FLY ZONE AND HIS
MESSAGE TO CLOSE THE SKY WAS
AMPLIFIED BY A DRAMATIC VIDEO HE
SHARED, WHICH I SHOULD WARN YOU
IS GRAPHIC.
IT SHOWED THE HEARTBREAKING
RESULTS OF RUSSIA'S AGGRESSION
HOW PUTIN'S DEADLY ON SLOT HAS
TAKEN THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT
LIVES AND DISPLACED MANY MORE
TRANSFORMING HIS ONCE THRIVING
COUNTRY INTO A WASTE LAND OF
DESTRUCTION.
ZELENSKYY SWITCHED FROM
UKRAINIAN TO ENGLISH CALLING ON
PRESIDENT BIDEN TO LEAD THE
WORLD BY PUSHING FOR PEACE.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN, YOU ARE THE
LEADER OF THE NATION OF YOUR
GREAT NATION.
I WISH YOU TO BE THE LEADER OF
THE WORLD.
BEING THE LEADER OF THE WORLD
MEANS TO BE THE LEADER OF PEACE.
THANK YOU.
>> SHORTLY THEREAFTER, BIDEN
ANNOUNCED THE U.S. IS COMMITTING
ANOTHER $800 MILLION IN MILITARY
AID TO UKRAINE AND WHILE A NO
FLY ZONE IS A NON-STARTER FOR
OBVIOUS REASONS, THAT PACKAGE
INCLUDES MORE ANTI-AIRCRAFT AND
ANTI ARMOR WEAPON SYSTEMS AS
WELL AS SMALL ARMS AND
AMMUNITION.
HERE IS PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY.
>> THE UNITED STATES AND OUR
ALLIES AND PARTNERS ARE FULLY
COMMITTED AND MORE WILL BE
COMING AS WE SOURCE ADDITIONAL
STOCKS OF EQUIPMENT THAT ARE
READY TO TRANSFER.
THIS IS A STRUGGLE AND LET THERE
BE NO DOUBT, NO UNCERTAINTY, NO
QUESTION AMERICA STANDS WITH THE
FORCES OF FREEDOM.
>> TODAY'S AID PACKAGE INCLUDES
A NEW WEAPON SOME THAT COULD
GIVE UKRAINE THE TACTICAL
ADVANTAGE THEY NEED TO TURN THE
TIDE.
ADMINISTRATION IS SENDING U.S.
MADE KILLER DRONES CALLED
DESCRIBED AS CUTTING EDGE GUIDED
MISSILES THAT CAN ACCURATELY
TARGET RUSSIAN MISSILES FROM A
MILE AWAY.
THEY ARE ALSO KNOWN AS LOITERING
MISSILES BECAUSE THEY CAN BE
STEERED AROUND AN OBJECT WITH
TIME TO STRIKE.
PROVIDING A GAME CHANGER FOR
UKRAINE ONFORCEIAN FORCES.
THE AID PACKAGE IS CONSISTENT
WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN'S VIEW IT
COULD PACK FIRE AND WIDEN THE
CONFLICT.
WHILE ZELENSKYY WAS ASKED ABOUT
THE CONCERN IN AN INTERVIEW WITH
NBC'S LESTER HOLT, HE CHILLINGLY
SUGGESTED ANOTHER WORLD WAR
MIGHT BE UPON US.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN VERY
CLEAR HE'S WORRIED ABOUT
PROVOCATIONS THAT COULD TRIGGER
WORLD WAR III.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND HIS CONCERN
THERE AND DO YOU AGREE THAT IT
WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH TO END UP IN
WORLD WAR III?
>> Translator: WELL, NOBODY
KNOWS WHETHER IT MAY HAVE
ALREADY STARTED.
NOBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO PREDICT
WHEN THE FULL SCALE WAR WOULD
START AND HOW IT WILL END, WHO
WILL END TO THAT.
IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE THE WHOLE
CIVILIZATION AT STAKE.
>> JOINING ME IS CONGRESSMAN
ERIC SWALWELL AND A MEMBER OF
THE UKRAINE YN PARALAIAN PARLIAM
THIS IS AN OBVIOUSLY STIRRING
SPEECH.
I THINK YOUR PRESIDENT HAS THE
VAST MAJORITY OF THE UNITED
STATES WELL ON HIS SIDE MOST OF
AMERICANS ARE WELL ON THE SIDE
OF UKRAINIANS.
BUT YOU'VE BEEN HERE IN THIS
COUNTRY TALKING WITH MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, TALKING WITH PEOPLE IN
THE HOUSE AND SENATE SINCE THIS
WAR BEGAN.
YOU HAVE FAMILY BACK HOME.
SO THIS IS PERSONAL, OBVIOUSLY,
THIS IS YOUR COUNTRY AT STAKE.
DO YOU THINK THAT, DO YOU FEEL
THAT THE U.S. HAS BEEN
SUFFICIENTLY PERSUADED TO GIVE
UKRAINE WHAT IT NEEDS GIVEN WHAT
YOU HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT
TODAY?
>> SO THE FIRST PACKAGE OF
SANCTIONS WHEN IT CAME OUT TO BE
HONEST, UKRAINIANS WERE
DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE WE DID NOT
HAVE THE ARMS WE NEED TO FIGHT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ECONOMIC
SANCTIONS.
THERE WAS AN EXCEPTION FOR OIL
AND GAS WHICH IS FIXED NOW AND
NOT ENOUGH BANKING SANCTIONS
BECAUSE SEVEN OUT OF 300 BANKS
WERE CUT OFF.
IT'S GETTING BETTER NOW BECAUSE
I THINK WE HAD PROOF THESE
UKRAINIANS TO THE WORLD WE CAN
FIGHT AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO
LEAVE AND SURRENDERER AND OUR
PRESIDENT IS STAYING, THE
PARLIAMENT IS STAYING AND WE'LL
FIGHT UNTIL THE LAST BLOOD.
THE SUPPORT WE RECEIVE TODAY,
THIS PACKAGE THAT PRESIDENT
BIDEN ANNOUNCED IS VERY HELPFUL
BUT THIS IS NOT ENOUGH.
I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
WE KEEP ASKING FOR THE JETS.
I'LL EXPLAIN SO WHAT IT MEANS.
SO WE CAN STOP PUTIN ON THE
GROUND.
SO WE'VE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE
FIGHTING THEIR TANKS, THEIR
VEHICLES, THEIR ARMY.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM FOR US IS THE SKY AND
THAT'S WHY THE PRESIDENT AND
EVERY UKRAINIAN KEEPS BEGGING
FOR THE NO FLY ZONE.
YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT BUT EVERY
KID IN UKRAINE KNOWS WHAT A NO
FLY ZONE IS.
WE HAD 1,000 PEOPLE SHOUT, WOMEN
AND CHILDREN IN THE BOMB SHELTER
SHELLED TO DEATH.
WE CAN'T GET THEM OUT IN
MARIUPOL CITY.
1,000 PEOPLE WITH ONE BOMB.
JETS CAN BE STOPPED WITH JETS.
YOU CANNOT STOP A JET WITH A
JAVELIN OR STINGER OR DRONE.
YOU NEED ANOTHER PLANE TO SHOOT
THE PLANE.
WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE
MISSILES COMING.
SO MISSILES AGAINST MISSILES ARE
ONLY THE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM THAT
CAN BE USED SO WE KEEP ASKING
FOR BOTH.
WE NEED THE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM
FOR PROTECTION LIKE S 300 THE
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED TODAY AND WE
NEED THE JETS LIKE SU 25 THAT WE
KNOW HOW TO FLY, WE'RE FLYING
THEM NOW TO PUT DOWN THEIR AIRP
SO THEY
-- AIRPLANE SO THEY DON'T BOMB
OUR CHILDREN AND WOMEN.
>> CONGRESSMAN, WE KNOW YOU
HEARD THE APPEALS AND WERE IN
THE WELL OF CONGRESS TO HEAR THE
SPEECH BY ZELENSKYY.
WHEN HE SAID CLOSE THE SKIES,
THAT'S WHAT HE MEANS.
WHAT YOU HEARD THIS WONDERFUL
YOUNG WOMAN DESCRIBED, I THINK
FOR A LOT OF AMERICANS, THEY
CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULDN'T
JUST HAND OVER THE JETS IF
THAT'S WHAT THEY MEAN, WHY DON'T
WE JUST GIVE IT TO THEM?
>> WE SHOULD GIVE THEM THE JETS.
WE SHOULD GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO
EFFECTIVELY ENFORCE THEIR OWN NO
FLY ZONE SO ANTI-AIRCRAFT
CAPABILITIES, WE'VE GIVEN A
BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO ISRAEL
TO HAVE IRON DOMES SO THEY DON'T
HAVE ROCKETS LANDING IN THEIR
COUNTRY.
WE SHOULD GIVE THEM EQUIVALENT
TECHNOLOGY SO THEY CAN DO THAT,
AS WELL.
SO YES, GIVE THEM THE JETS.
I'M A FATHER OF THREE KIDS IN
DIAPERS AND IT WAS INCREDIBLY
HARD FOR ME TO SIT THERE, ANYONE
TO SIT THERE, PARENT OR NOT AND
SEE INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN
UNDER THE RUBBLE OF VLADIMIR
PUTIN'S BOMBS AND SO LET'S HELP
THEM PROTECT THEIR CITIZENS,
STAY IN THE FIGHT.
DON'T TELL ME IN YOUR
COMFORTABLE OFFICE 10,000 MILES
AWAY THAT YOU KNOW BETTER THAN
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY WHAT HE
NEEDS TO PROTECT HIS PEOPLE AND
TO PROTECT FREEDOM.
>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE THIS IS
EXACTLY WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING
ON THE HILL AND CONGRESS, THE
SENATE HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN IT COMES
TO ACTION AND ACTUALLY
DELIVERING OR ANNOUNCING WE
DON'T SEE THE JETS THERE.
EVEN IF YOU SEE THE LIST
ANNOUNCED TODAY, YOU DON'T SEE
THE JETS SO WE WILL STILL HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH THE JETS BOMBING.
THERE IS 500 KILOGRAM JETS, I
DON'T KNOW IN POUNDS MULL PLYTIP
BY HALF.
THESE ARE HUGE BOMBS BEING PUT
ON OUR CITIES FORBIDDEN BY THE
GENEVA CONVENTION AND JUST
KILLING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH
ONE BOMB.
SO UNTIL WE DON'T HAVE THE JETS,
WE CANNOT STOP THAT.
SO WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT IS
COMING, GRATEFUL FOR THE
JAVELINS, WE'LL FIGHT WITH THAT.
IT TAKES 20, 30 MINUTES FOR OUR
SOLDIERS THAT USED TO BE I DON'T
KNOW MANAGERS OR IT GUYS OR THE
TERRITORIAL DEFENSE FIGHTING.
I HAVE A FRIEND OF MINE IS AN
ACTOR, HE IS GOING AROUND WITH A
JAVELIN FIGHTING.
>> THE BALLERINAS ARE FIGHTING.
>> PUTTING DOWN THE TANKS.
SO THIS WAS WHAT IS HELPFUL
BECAUSE WE CAN SEE STOCK THERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND
THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF FUEL,
THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF FOOD AND
WATER BUT TO SHUT DOWN THE SKY
BECAUSE THE NEW STRATEGY PUTIN
PICKED UP IS KILL AS MANY
CIVILIANS AS HE CAN.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE MORE
AND MORE CHILDREN, WOMEN AS THE
HUMAN SHIELDS FOR HIS ARMY.
EVERY TIME WE HAVE THE CONVEY
TAKE CHILDREN AND WOMEN OUT OF
THE OCCUPIED CITIES, THEY
WOULDN'T LET US GO.
THEY KILLED VOLUNTEERS TRYING TO
BRING FOOD AND WATER SO IT'S NOT BEING A CRIMINAL, WAR CRIMINAL
BEING A CRIMINAL, WAR CRIMINAL
BUT THE GENOCIDE KEPT SAYING AND
WE HAVE TO COMMIT 40 MILLION
HAVE TO COMMIT IT.
WE'RE ASKING FOR THESE JETS AND
EVERY TIME WE GO ON THE HILL AND
SPEAK TO SOMEONE PEOPLE KEEP
TELLING ME WELL, IF ONE OF THE
JETS IS BEING HIT, THAT MIGHT BE
AN ESCALATION, WE DON'T WANT TO
ESCALATE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHERE IS THE
RED LINE FOR YOU FOR THIS
ESCALATION BECAUSE PUTIN KEEPS
ESCALATING.
HE KEEPS GOING AS FAR AS YOU LET
HIM GO.
HE KILLS CHILDREN.
HE KILLS WOMEN.
THEY HAVE BEEN RAPED AND KILLED.
HE IS DESTROYING THE CITY.
ALL THE CITIES THAT BASICALLY
HAVE THE BIGGEST CITIES IN THE
MIDDLE OF EUROPE AND YOU KEEP
SAYING WE DON'T WANT TO ESCALATE
GIVEN THE JETS.
WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO FIGHT
FOR US.
WE HAVE OUR OWN PILOTS.