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Precedence and in addition to what weve heard from sources on the hill. look at what happened in the private online call. he said he needed more aid. bigger sanctions and for russia to hurt more and more direct military support and he basically got two out of three. president biden moved within days to ban russian oil and natural gas imports. you saw even stricter sanctions rolled out against russia and you saw congress move in a bipartisan way to move through billions of dollars in aid to ukrai...

I think switch blade is a potential game changer for ground combat against russian armored north of kyiv. but again, all this takes time. it takes creativity. i dont think were on the verge of world war iii at all. putin doesnt have the grund combat power to seize the baltic states. but we would be involved in a shooting war with russia if we go in by air, even if its nonnato. brits, french, u.s. its a viable military option. president biden has a very cautious role to play here to not widen the...

Mccaffrey. you can see more of lester holter holts interview tonight. and president biden expected to announce $800 million in military aid to ukraine. joining me is a member of ukraines parliament and youv been visiting some of the embattled cities in your country. tell us what strikes you as the most urgeabout right now, the biggest crisis. >> the reality that is dev station, street by street and its towns not expecting anything of the sort unseen since the second world war. the reality is j...

Eat. so theres a lot of work to be done in the coming days for increased action, to get even more people out. >> what more would you like to see from the biden administration and from congress? >> so the one thing i can see about the united states is that is the top funder of the internal national red cross. theres a huge amount of support for this humanitarian work from the american people. anything that any world power can do, with any influence on either side, to increase the amount of space ...

Is not obviously provided by us in the cockpit but rather is provided in terms of the equipment. drones, s 300s, all of the things hes been asking for with the exception of us being involved in the no-fly zone and us having boots on the ground. im hopeful president biden in his speech today will favorably look on and address those requests and requirements of president zelenskyy. >> do you understand the president warn aing to the democratic caucus the other day in philadelphia that going ahead ...

Half hour from now. that will be up on "andrea mitchell reports" starts next. ♪ good day, everyone. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington where president bidens announcement of military assistance to ukraine has been upstaged by ukraines president zelenskyys plea to congress for a no-fly zone, reminding americans of the horrors of our own past. >> remember pearl harbor. terrible morning of december 7, 1941, when your sky was black from the planes attacking you. remember september t...

But some of the new smart munitions, both javlen, singer and switch blade 600 in particular, which i have not seen a video of, they require very little training. theyre man portable. rapidly able to set them up. and theyre devastating in their impact on their impact. it turns out to be a surprisingly incompetent approach to take down ukraine. >> i want to -- stay with me for just a second, general mccaffrey and colonel vindman because we just got part of -- nbc nightly news anchor, lester holt,s...

Experiencing every day and speaking english in his closing message to the u.s. >> as the leader of my nation, im addressing the president biden you are the leader of the nation. i wish you to be the leader of the world. being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace. >> and joining me now is nbc senior capitol hill correspondent in haig and peter alexander. what do we expect the president to respond after the powerful speech and appeal again for a no-fly zone. >> reporter: it was ...

Voices will call for war and i think president biden wisely is trying to keep europe and the united states out of direct combat with the russian armed forces in ukraine. >> and we were just showing, while you were talking about the switch blade system. that is basically a drone that can be used to take out tank or other equipment. a drone that is remarkable in its ability to change direction. >> if we wanted to put -- improve patriot into ukraine, it would probably be 90 days to a year before we...