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First there is president biden's request for $33 billion to help ukraine and then there is a $22.5 billion request for covid. some republicans support these plans but they have a ways to go before passing. >> they're both important. covid is about preparing for any new iteration of a new wave, a new element of the virus. ukraine is about defending the international order and making sure that we can help ukraine defeat russia. so they are both distinctive but all essential to the national security. >> this comes as liberal democrats are pushing some form of build back better and a push to forgi...

Provocation. >> a consistent request, demand appeal from president zelenskyy and others is that thank you for the aid you have sent so far, washington, united states of america, burrt we need more ande need it quickly. i wonder do you get those same appeals? >> sure. i talk to ukrainians every day as do officials back in washington and we do take our direction in terms of what we can provide from them. so we listen to all their requests and we do our best to meet what we can. just to note that we are significantly increasing what we're providing right now. there have been -- we have given howi...

100 were evacuated. this child is six months old. he's spent nearly half of his life underground. translation: i can't believe it. two months of darkness. when we were in the bus, i told my husband, we won't have to go to the toilet with a torch and use a bag as a loo. the operation involved the un and the red cross. it's thought evacuees have been taken to both russian and ukrainian controlled areas. translation: ukrainians, - our defenders, today we finally managed to start the evacuation of people from azovstal. after many weeks of negotiation, after many attempts, different meetings, peopl...

Claire mccaskill, nbc news senior correspondent garrett haake, helene cooper, and stephen hayes of "the dispatch." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> well, a good sunday morning. house speaker nancy pelosi made an unannounced visit to kyiv with a congressional delegation. she's now the highest ranking american official to make it to the capital of ukraine since this war started. and it's also the latest evidence that america's commitment to ukraine is only growing....

Courageous defense. >> alli, tell us a little bit more about the speaker's trip to kyiv. >> this was a trip that was put together quickly and kept secretly until the speaker was on the ground. she is there with a delegation of democrat, leaders of key committees here on the hill, and it comes as the focus here in washington remains on how best to support ukraine in this continued war that russia has brought to its front doorstep. you're seeing there on the screen, some of the head frts committee, jason grow, gregory meek, adam schiff alongside pelosi and ukrainian president zelenskyy, and you ...