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End of the fiscal year, we did and an analysis of what other countries were doing. And i cant remember if it was zero or near zero dollars from any European Countries for lethal aid. Youve heard the president say we give them tanks and other countries give them pillows. That is right. As vocal at the europeans are about supporting ukraine, they are really, really stingy when it coming to lethal aid. They werent helping ukraine and to this day are not. And the president did not like that. Long answer, but im still going. Those were the driving factors. Did he also mention to me that the corrupt...

Case. but it facilitated us being able to reach an agreement that is now resulting in a cease-fire. and we believe will set the stage for creating a peaceful and stable safe zone and the united states is committed to achieving that for all the people of this region. all right. >> mr. vice president. mr. vice president! can i finish my question that i started, please? >> that was a lot. joining us now, nbc's richard engel. he is live in northern syria. nbc's peter alexander at the white house. and in a moment, nbc's senior international correspondent, keir simmons, who is in turkey. and we are ...

President. and while he has many qualified advisers by his side, he is choosing not to use them. he is choosing to use rudy giuliani who has no might havpr we don't even know who is compensating him. so the state department may be gel getti getting hollowed out, but when it wasn't, he wasn't calling on them anyway. >> we seem to have a process free foreign policy and i don't think that serves our country well. i would hope that the good people who are working presently in the trump administration would be called on. you make a very good point, stephanie. and would lend their talent and experie...

Bidens. and you heard him get pressured on that question as well. and that is what we're seeing about the decision to hold the g-7 at doral. >> and let's be clear, there was so much for mick mulvaney to go through. whether ukraine, syria, pick your poison. they decide to announce the g-7 is at the doral. and do you know what it does? distracts us. they -- does this not seem to be what the president does over and over? set everyone's hair on fire saying this is outrageous, and we're busy calling the g-7 meeting outrageous and we're not talking about gordon sondland who at this very moment is te...

Aid. he was asked directly why was the military aid held up. you heard him talk about corruption and then he said bluntly that the president wanted ukraine to cooperate in its investigations into corruption, be the dnc specifically. he was pressed on that point over and over again. now, he disputes the characterization of a quid pro quo, but he did acknowledge that look, there was a tit for tat there, that the president wanted ukraine's cooperation in exchange for that military aid. i think that is something that is going to get a lot of attention. there is no doubt about that. because that is...