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Good morning. i'm jonathan capehart and this is "the sunday show." it's 10:00 a.m. in the east and 4:00 p.m. on kyiv in day 18 of russia's invasion of ukraine. russian forces rebooting, ramping up air attacks, and moving to move opposition forces in the east. ukrainian officials say at least 35 people killed and more than 135 others injured when russian lobbed more than 30 missiles at a ukrainian base just about 12 miles from the border of poland, a nato member. this just a day after the united states announced the latest $200 million arms package for ukraine and a day after moscow warned west...

We will honor our commitments to taiwan under the taiwan relations act to help taiwan defend itself. you can imagine in beijing that they're thinking if you wouldn't stick it out in afghanistan, will you really honor that promise the taiwan? and you can't just say it now. you can't just say, well, our credibility's intact. it's not. you've got to do some things to show that you're credible, and so i don't know whether it's exercises or an arms package, but with we've got to start sending messages to the rest of the world that a we are still the united states of america, we will honor our commi...

Relationship. they need us more than we need them but they could take -- for example, there is a $20 billion arms package that is pending and they could turn to the chinese or russians who would be happy to sell them weapons if we were to cut them off. it's an important thing. one thing i would push back on against the conventional wisdom surrounding the case, this man, jamal khashoggi was a journalist. he wasn't really, he was an opinion writer and analyst. what got him killed is putting out. he was on the take from the saudi government eating at the trough and receiving -- >> julie: he was c...

To be pushed along. another specific case was the idea, this notion that the u.s. would supply some weapons to ukraine in their battle against russia. last summer i wrote a story saying there was a $50 million arms package that made its way to the white house. it had been endorsed by the national security apparatus for anti tank missiles. it sat on the president's desk for months. tillerson and others continued to bring it up saying this is still there, will you endorse it. president trump had to be pushed to go forward with that plan. >> rick, it strikes me, while none of this is good these p...

Weapons, referring back to vladimir putin displaying those nuclear weapons right before the election in that show of strength. and trump said, well, if you want an arms race, can you have one, you can have one, but i'll win. so he used some tougher language but our reporting is he really to be pushed along. another specific case is this notion that the u.s. would supply some weapons to ukraine in their battle against russia. last summer i wrote a story in august saying there was a $50 million arms package that had made its way to the white house, it had been endorsed by the national security a...