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>> martha: mike, thank you very much. mike tobin. >> dana: the passage of a 61 billion ukraine aid package in the house. greg palkot got a look at where the money is going and he is live from kiev. good morning, greg. >> yeah, that u.s. military aid package for ukraine should be arriving here just in time. i repeat just in time. the russians have been outfiring the ukrainian artillery of ten to one. air defense missiles are sparse allowing russian rockets to wreak havoc on ukraine infrastrike tour. moscow had taken over big swaths of ukraine territory. no wonder ukraine's president was thrilled over the weekend to see how republicans with a huge help from democrats pass that aid bill. experts here with the knowledge of weaponry were happy, too.
now there seems to be a glowing split between biden and netanyahu particularly since biden has said that they are going to sanction one unit of the idf for alleged human rights abuses. the sanctions would ban the transfer of u.s. military weaponry or any other forms of assistance to the battalion and all mail made up of ultra-orthodox and religious nationalist jewish recruits. he would be the first time that the u.s. has targeted ten units of the idf directly. not for alleged abuses that happened october 7th but prior. >> they are looking at what happened in the west bank. that is where the battalion primarily operated. it's an ultra-orthodox batt battalion. the israeli military has problems recruiting in that area. they created this battalion. now that you've got ultra-orthodox approaching 60% of the israeli relation, it
president biden has called to advance it swiftly so it can head to his desk in the oval office so he can sign off on it. the pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre—position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. potentially within days as opposed to weeks. that doesn't rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that congress woman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. we know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. they had wanted ties to strict immigration laws, stricter border security with the us—mexico border. that particular vote failed. they needed a two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans
the pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre—position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. potentially within days as opposed to weeks. that doesn't rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that congresswoman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. we know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. they had wanted ties to strict immigration laws, stricter border security with the us—mexico border. that particular vote failed. they needed a two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it than actually voted in favour. we know that republican congress woman marjorie greene has signalled her intention
the house today — this passage of very large aid bill for ukraine?— of very large aid bill for ukraine? ~ , , ., ukraine? well, this - this aid is indeed _ ukraine? well, this - this aid is indeed absolutely - ukraine? well, this - this aid is indeed absolutely critical. l is indeed absolutely critical. and it will help ukraine to hold its existing positions through this year, i think. although, of course, it's — it will take time for a lot of this weaponry to be delivered and for the ukrainians, you know, to be trained to use it. so it's not given that this will prevent more russian victories this year. what i think we have to be much more sceptical about is whether it will help ukrainians to attack or counter—attack in their term because we have to remember that last year, massive amounts of us aid did not, in fact, help the ukrainians to breakthrough. so i think that
to advance it swiftly so it can head to his desk in the oval office so he can sign off on it. the pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre—position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. potentially within days as opposed to weeks. that doesn't rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that congresswoman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. we know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. they had wanted ties to strict immigration laws, stricter border security with the us—mexico border. that particular vote failed. they needed a two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. instead what you saw
think that's being sent to russia, they know it's going to take time between the us senate. >> they're watching everything between the us senate passing this& the president signing how might the russians be taking advantage of this time? or might it change their strategy in any way, knowing that more weaponry is on the way, but it's not there just yet this dot there just yet, but they can, they can anticipate that the ukrainians will be using what they have in anticipation of arrival of the new, of the new weapons. >> so they've yes, they've been taking advantage hundreds of this slowdown in us assistance. and so they will have to take that into consideration. the other thing that they have to consider now is president biden might have been right when you said for as long as it takes, he's demonstrated that there is bipartisan support for ukraine. and this has got to be discouraging for the russians all right, ambassador bill taylor. great to be with us.
afternoon president biden jumped on the phone with speaker johnson and house minority leader jeffries separately to thank them for getting this supplemental pass to the finish line. and of course, fred us officials have consistently made the point that the stakes were high here and they have been waiting for this moment and defense secretary austin, in a statement on saturday saying that this package could surge lifesaving security assistance to ukraine, support israel and increase the flow of humanitarian aid to gaza. of course, there's still process since then needs to play out here, but there is a high hopes that they can get these funds and get them out quickly. >> all right. priscilla alvarez in washington. thanks so much for ukraine. this aid package includes $23 to replenish us weaponry and almost 14 billion for advanced weapons systems. while israel will see more than 5 billion for missile defense, including its iron dome system. let's bring in now fred pleitgen in kyiv, jeremy diamond in jerusalem. fred, do you first ukraine's as it needs weapons now, do we have a sense
expects those to be heading to ukraine and soon ukrainians have been asking for them, begging them for a very long time. what practical impacts do you think? it though that weaponry may have on the frontlines well, certainly any weapon, any munition. >> i use going to be extremely important now because basically ukraine doesn't have the munitions. it's a five to one advantage on artillery that russia currently has. so the atacms, there longer-range they are precision guided missiles and they will be able to disrupt this supply lines that russia presently is using to send its troops and munitions into what is there a quest's been front so yes, you're going to be an important piece of it. but just as important, honore, the air defense systems. and those two will be forthcoming yeah there's a a lot of weaponry that ukraine
sufferinu. �* , .,, , suffering. and this has been asked before, _ suffering. and this has been asked before, but _ suffering. and this has been asked before, but did - suffering. and this has been asked before, but did the i suffering. and this has been - asked before, but did the west, did the us make a mistake by not providing this weaponry, this assistance at the very beginning of this conflict and instead dragging it out and providing more of a trickle in terms of weaponry?- providing more of a trickle in terms of weaponry? that's an easy question. _ terms of weaponry? that's an easy question, absolutely - terms of weaponry? that's an | easy question, absolutely yes. we would be in a much different place, ukraine would be a much different place, american interests, european security would be in a far different place if we would have had the courage at the beginning of the war that we are showing now. president biden self deterred, he put many lives in impositions on what the us could do in places that were not necessary. he said he wouldn't send tanks, wouldn't send missiles, he has put these limitations in place and he ends up sending them. and he finally does the right thing, but it is far too late and the cost has been enormous. and the cost has been enormous. and the costis cost has been enormous. and the cost is human suffering and live loss in ukraine. melinda