WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU,
JULIE.
>> Julie: THANK YOU.
>> John: LET’S BRING IN KATIE
PAVLICH.
EDITOR OF TOWN HALL.COM.
ZELENSKY CAME HERE TO SAY THANKS
AND BY THE WAY, I WOULD LIKE
MORE WEAPONS, PLEASE, I WOULD
LIKE THE LONG RANGE MISSILES,
WHICH HAVE A RANGE OF 200 MILES.
THE DRONES THAT USED TO BE THE
PREDATORS AND OTHER DRONES AS
WELL.
WE HAD LINDSEY GRAHAM SITTING
THERE YESTERDAY SAYING GIVE HIM
ANYTHING HE WANTS AND BIDEN SAYS
NOT SO FAST.
>> UKRAINE HAS ENJOYED LOTS OF
FUNDING AND THERE ARE BIG
QUESTIONS FOR REPUBLICANS WHO
ARE NOW GOING TO BE IN CONTROL
OF THE HOUSE IN JUST TWO WEEKS
ABOUT WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING
AND WHAT THE END GOAL IS IN
TERMS OF THE OBJECTIVE HERE.
WHAT THE U.S. INTEREST IS.
SO ZELENSKY CAME AND MADE THE
CASE THEY’RE WINNING AGAINST
RUSSIA BUT NEED TO FINISH THE
JOB AND THEREFORE THEY NEED MORE
WEAPONS AND MORE FUNDING.
IT SEEMS LIKE HE SHOULD MAKE THE
CASE TO THE EUROPEANS
CONSIDERING THE UNITED STATES IS
SPENDING TWICE AS MUCH AS ALL OF
THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES COMBINED
TO FIGHT THIS WAR.
AND IT’S ON THEIR CONTINENT AND
YET THEY AREN’T AS DEDICATED AS
WE SEEM TO BE WITH THE FUNDING.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID YESTERDAY
HE TALKED TO THE ALLIES FOR
MANY, MANY HOURS ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THAT.
THEY SAY THAT THEY UNDERSTAND IT
AND YET THE GERMANS AREN’T
GIVING THE FUNDING THAT YOU
WOULD THINK THEY SHOULD TO
CONTINUE THIS FUNDING OF THE
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.
FOR THE AMERICANS AND THE
AUDIENCE THAT ZELENSKY WAS
SPEAKING TO LAST NIGHT THOSE
REPUBLICANS INCLUDING INCOMING
HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY
SAID WHO SAID WE WANT MORE
ACCOUNTABILITY WITH REPORTS THAT
THERE IS A LACK OF OVERSIGHT,
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY WHEN IT
COMES TO WHERE THE WEAPONS ARE
GOING AND WHERE A LOT OF THE
MONEY IS GOING.
DOZENS OF REPUBLICAN IN THE
HOUSE AND SENATE VOTED AGAINST
AID PACKAGES IN THE PAST.
ZELENSKY KNOWS THE GOVERNMENT IS
CHANGING POWER AND CAME TO MAKE
HIS CASE LAST NIGHT.
>> John: IN TERMS OF HOW THIS
ENDS, HERE IS WHAT ZELENSKY
SUGGESTED LAST NIGHT.
>> YOUR SUPPORT IS CRUCIAL.
WE HAVE ARTILLERY, YES, THANK
YOU.
WE HAVE IT.
IS IT ENOUGH?
HONESTLY NOT REALLY.
[LAUGHTER]
TO INSURE -- BAKHMUT IS NOT JUST
A STRONGHOLD THAT HOLDS BACK THE
RUSSIAN ARMY BUT FOR THE RUSSIAN
ARMY TO COMPLETELY PULL OUT.
>> John: HE DIDN’T SAY TO HOLD
THE RUSSIAN ARMY SO WE CAN COME
TO A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT AND
TRADE LAND FOR PEACE.
MARK MILLEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE
JOINT CHIEFS SUGGESTED THAT
SCENARIO WAS PROBABLY RIGHT TO
EXPLOIT RIGHT NOW.
ZELENSKY DOESN’T WANT TO GO
THERE.
WHAT ARE WE SIGNING UP FOR HERE?
AN END TO THIS OR SIGNING UP FOR
A FOREVER WAR.
>> THAT’S THE QUESTION.
PEOPLE ON CAPITOL HILL HAVE NOT
ANSWERED HOW LONG IT GOES ON.
THEY SAY RUSSIA CAN GO ON FOR
YEARS WITH THE WAR AND PRESIDENT
BIDEN IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE
WITH ZELENSKY SAID THE UNITED
STATES WILL BE SUPPORTING
UKRAINE AS LONG AS IT TAKES.
AMERICAN PEOPLE WANTED TO GET
OUT OF AFGHANISTAN AFTER 20
YEARS.
THEY DIDN’T SIGN UP FOR AN
INDEFINITE WAR IN UKRAINE THAT
THEY ARE FUNDING WITH THEIR
TAXPAYER DOLLARS INDEFINITELY.
SO THAT IS WHY YOU SEE A NUMBER
OF REPUBLICANS COMING INTO THE
HOUSE AND SAYING LOOK, WE WANT
TO TAKE A HARD ACCOUNTING OF
WHAT IS GOING ON AND SEE IF WE
CAN COME TO SOME KIND OF
AGREEMENT TO PUSH THE UKRAINIANS
INTO SOME KIND OF NEGOTIATION OR
AT LEAST BE VERY CLEAR WHAT OUR
OBJECTIVES ARE AT HOME.
>> John: "WALL STREET JOURNAL"
SUGGESTED THAT PUTIN MIGHT NEED
TO GET BEAT UP.
RUSSIAN LEADERS GOT A CRAP BEAT
OUT OF THEM IN AFGHANISTAN FOR A
DECADE BEFORE THEY PULLED OUT.
>> A QUESTION WAS ASKED
YESTERDAY IN THE PRESS BRIEFING
ABOUT YOU SAID IT WAS PROVE
OCTOBERTIVE TO GIVE THE PATRIOT
DEFENSE SYSTEM AND WE DELAYED
DOING THAT.
THE QUESTION NOW IS DO THEY GIVE
THEM AS MUCH AS THEY NEED TO
FINISH THIS OR WILL WE DRAG IT
OUT FOR YEARS AND YEARS GIVEN
THE SLOW DRIP OF THE WEAPONS
SYSTEMS THAT ARE BECOMING
AVAILABLE TO UKRAINIANS.
>> John: WE’LL SEE HOW IT GOES.