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Anytime soon. jim, poppy? >> david, thank you very much. and to oren at the pentagon, today, obviously, marking the importance of this day, the u.s. is announcing $3 billion in new military aid for jukraine. that's the largest security assistance package they have given to date. can you talk about what is included and as i understand it, it is going to take a matter of months for much of this to reach ukraine. >> exactly. to put this in perspective, this is three times larger than the previous largest security assistance package. that was a billion dollars that came just a couple of weeks ago....

Assistance. we need more of it. that's true. >> the $3 billion assistance announced by the white house will certainly be welcomed here in ukraine. >> david, thank you very much for all that reporting. let's discuss now with retired air force colonel cedric lei leighton. we are six months into this. putin clearly had been banking on the west not having the stamina to stay in this. is fatigue starting to be a problem? >> it definitely is. the good news for the ukrainians is that there's a lot of aid still coming. this $2.98 billion that was announced today makes a big, big difference. let's ki...

Vaccines to indonesia. - that is a staggeringly small amount for a country- being ravaged by covid—19, and to give you an idea - of this, the global population is about 7.98 billion people, i take about a quarter of that as children, you have - 6 billion adults. each needing two vaccines, | until the johnson & johnson vaccine can be spread - around the world at least. we only have about 3 billion vaccines delivered and most of them to the first world, - only 5% of the adult population has had two vaccines in india. so we do have a looming catastrophe. _ we have this very worrisome i recovery...

And to give you an idea - of this, 7.98 billion people, take about a quarter of that as children, you have 6 billion adults. - each needing two vaccines, | until the johnson & johnson vaccine can be spread - around the world at least. we only have about 3 billion vaccines delivered and most of them to the first world, - only 5% of the adult population has had two vaccines in india. so we do have a looming catastrophe. _ we have this very worrisome i recovery happening and we saw the us economy recoveringj with 7% growth, and that is fantastic, but it is- a k—shaped recovery. you see the west...

He is investing hugely within the us. isn't there an opportunity, given the imf director said there would be trillions in extra global economic benefit, if only the countries that have the money were spending it in a very short period of time to get the vaccine out there. just today the imf approved 160 billion towards this effort, - — 650 billion, which is a significant step| that had been stalled. it does move things forward. you are right _ the us is sending one million vaccines to indonesia. - that is a staggeringly small amount for a country- being ravaged by covid—19, and to give you...