CRIMES AND UNDERLINES THE
STAGGERING EFFECT ON THE
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.
WE ARE JOINED NOW WITH A PART
OF A CONGRESSIONAL
INVESTIGATION CONDUCTING
OVERSIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS YESTERDAY
SAID RUSSIA IS COMMITTING
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND WE
HAVE TO UNDERSCORE THAT AGAIN
AND WHAT ADDITIONAL ACTIONS SHOULD THE BIDEN MINISTRATION
SHOULD THE BIDEN MINISTRATION
TAKE AGAINST RUSSIA?
>> TO ARM UKRAINE AND MAKE SURE
THEY HAVE THE WEAPONS THEY NEED WHEN THEY NEED THEM AND CAN
WHEN THEY NEED THEM AND CAN
NEED THEM AND USEFULLY USE
THEM.
I WAS ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED AND
PLEASED AND ECSTATIC WITH THE
PRESIDENTS TRIP TO KYIV.
THAT IS A SIGNAL TO RUSSIA AND
A SIGNAL TO UKRAINE AND ALLIES
AND NATO AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
AND IMPORTANTLY A SIGNAL THE
CHINA THAT WE ARE ALL IN AND WE
WON'T CUT AND RUN ALL OF THESE
THINGS ARE IN PLACE, THE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY THAT PUTS
AGAINST HUMANITY THAT PUTS
PUTIN UNNOTICED -- ON NOTICE
THAT THEY TRAVEL OUTSIDE THE
COUNTRY OF RUSSIA AND THEY
COULD BE ARRESTED AND WIND UP
AT THE HAGUE.
>> SHOULD THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION DESIGNATE RUSSIA
LIKE THAT?
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE A STEP
ON THE WAY.
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AS A
MAJOR IMPORTANT STEP BRINGING
THE ENTIRE WORLD RECORD IN THE
PLAY AGAINST RUSSIA AND AGAINST
THE INDIVIDUALS THERE.
STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM HAS
OTHER ISSUES THAT GO WITH IT
THAT MAY NOT BE HELPFUL IN
RESOLVING THIS WAR SPECIFICALLY
THE ABILITY FOR US TO NEGOTIATE
WITH A STATE SPONSORED
TERRORIST. WE WILL SEE. THAT IS MORE
WE WILL SEE. THAT IS MORE
COMPLEX.
>> ALSO THE ISSUE OF PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY WHO HAS SAID HE WANTS
TO RETAKE ALL OF UKRAINE
INCLUDING CRIMEA SO SHOULD THE
U.S. SUPPORT UKRAINE AND
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY IN DOING SO?
>> WE HAVE TO GIVE THIS MAN ALL
THE SUPPORT HE NEEDS TO PUT HIS
COUNTRY INTO A POSITION OF
WINNING AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT
INCLUDE CRIMEA AND THAT IS TO
BE DETERMINED.
BUT CLEARLY HE AND THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE ARE DOING
OF UKRAINE ARE DOING
EXTRAORDINARY, VALIANT, AND
SUCCESSFUL MILITARY ACTIONS.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
THEM. I BELIEVE IN ALL PROBABILITY
I BELIEVE IN ALL PROBABILITY
YOU WILL FIND THAT CRIMEA WILL
ALSO BE RETAKEN ONE WAY OR THE
OTHER AND PERHAPS IN NEGOTIATIONS.
>> TALKING ABOUT SUPPORT THERE
WILL BE ANOTHER AID PACKAGE FOR
UKRAINE PASSED BY CONGRESS YOU
SAY PROBABLY BY LATE SPRING.
WHAT YOU HEAR FROM REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF
LAWMAKERS WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF
THE HOUSE AND THEY HAVE ALSO
SAID UKRAINE SHOULDN'T HAVE A
BLANK CHECK BUT WHAT YOU HEAR
FROM THOSE LAWMAKERS THAT MAKE
YOU SO CONFIDENT THIS WILL GET
DONE EVEN IF IT IS DIFFICULT?
>> WHAT WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR AID FOR UKRAINE IS THE
FOR AID FOR UKRAINE IS THE
SUCCESS THEY HAVE HAD.
THAT COUNTRY IS ONE QUARTER THE
SIZE OF RUSSIA AND THEY ARE
HOLDING RUSSIA AT BAY AND THEY
HAVE ACTUALLY DRIVEN RUSSIA
BACK.
THAT IS A FACT.
WE WILL SEE THAT KIND OF
CONTINUED SUPPORT.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THERE ARE
REPUBLICANS AND REPUBLICANS.
THERE ARE THE ULTRA EXTREME
MAGA REPUBLICANS WHO SEEM TO BE
DRIVING THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
I DON'T THINK THAT WILL LAST
FOR LONG AND WITHIN THAT CAUCUS
THERE IS SOLID SUPPORT. AND WE JUST RETURNED FROM
AND WE JUST RETURNED FROM
ROMANIA AND POLAND AND CHAIRMAN
ROGERS IS A STRONG SUPPORTER AS
WERE THE OTHER FOUR OR FIVE
MEMBERS OF REPUBLICANS ON THAT
TRIP AND THERE ARE A HANDFUL
AND THEY ARE LOUD AND
BOISTEROUS AND THEY HAVE FAR
MORE VISIBILITY AS A RESULT OF
THE CLOSE CAUCUS VOTE THAT
McCARTHY HAD TO ENDURE.
>> I ALSO WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
THE ISSUE WITH CHINA AND WHAT
IF YOU HEARD ABOUT LISA LAID AND
THAT AID THAT CHINA IS
CONSIDERING PROVIDING UKRAINE?
>> FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE NOT
SURE CHINA IS CONSIDERING THAT
BUT ARE THEY SERIOUS ABOUT IT.
I THINK THEY ARE THINKING OR
THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THEY ARE
EUROPEAN UNION AND THEY ARE
STRONGLY SUPPORTING AND THIS
AMOUNT THAT THE U.S. HAS SENT
IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN
WHAT THE EUROPEAN UNION AND
NATO HAVE SENT SO WE ARE ALL
IN.
WHO ARE OUR TRADING PARTNERS
AND WILL WE BE SANCTIONED?
IS THE ECONOMY GOING TO BE HURT
IF THEY GO IN? YOU HAVE TO BE
REALLY CAREFUL WHO YOU GO TO
BED WITH.
IN THIS CASE CHINA WOULD GO TO
BED WITH THE LOSER, RUSSIA WHO
IS CURRENTLY A LOSER IN THIS
WAR AND DIPLOMATICALLY AROUND
THE WORLD AND THEY WILL BE
CAREFUL AND WE SHOULD BE ALSO
IF THE REPUBLICANS, THOSE MAGA
REPUBLICANS AS LIMITED AS THEY
ARE IF THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THE UNITED STATES CUTS AND RUNS
THE UNITED STATES CUTS AND RUNS
AND LEAVES UKRAINE, THAT SIGNAL
TO CHINA THAT THEY CAN DO
ALMOST ANYTHING THEY WANT IN
THE WESTERN PACIFIC BECAUSE THE
UNITED STATES ISN'T A STABLE OR
DEDICATED OR COMMITTED PARTNER
THROUGH THE GOOD AND BAD AREAS
AND UKRAINE REMAINS EXCEEDINGLY
IMPORTANT IN EUROPE BUT ALSO
EXCEEDINGLY IMPORTANT IN THE
WESTERN PACIFIC AND CHINA AND
TAIWAN AND OTHER ALLIED
COUNTRIES WE HAVE IN THAT
REGION.
>> A QUICK QUESTION.
THE PENTAGON HAS EXPANDED ITS
FOOTPRINT IN THE ASIAN PACIFIC
IN GUAM AND PHILIPPINES IN THE
PRESIDENT SAID HE IS NOT LOOKING FOR A NEW COLD WAR BUT
LOOKING FOR A NEW COLD WAR BUT
ARE WE ALREADY THERE?
>> WE DO CERTAINLY HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH CHINA.
THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT AND
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH
RUSSIA.
I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
IF WE ARE STRONG AND DETERMINED
OR COMMITTED, CHINA WILL
RETHINK ITS SITUATION AND THEY
CAN PUSH THEMSELVES FORWARD
VOLUNTARILY AS THEY HAVE BEEN OR THEY CAN PUSH THEMSELVES
THEY CAN PUSH THEMSELVES
FORWARD DIPLOMATICALLY WITH
THEIR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND WE
CAN BE PARTNERS IN BUILDING A
BETTER FUTURE AND WE CAN ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE TOGETHER
ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE TOGETHER
FOR ONE EXAMPLE.