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This is a move that has strong bipartisan support in congress and i believe in the country. americans have rallied to support the ukrainian people and made it clear we will not be part of subsidizing putin's war. >> the pentagon tonight dismissing an offer from poland to transfer all their mig 29 fighter jets to the united states for delivery to ukraine, calling the plan not tenable. sources telling cnn that poland's offer caught the white house completely off guard. that as the u.s. is sending two patriot missile batteries to poland calling them a defensive deployment to counter any potential...

Prices. 82% concerned about nuclear weapons. 74% concerned that the u.s. will send american combat troops into fight. nbc's cal perry is joining us from lviv. and mike memoli at the white house. mike, i'm going to start with you. now that the president is back in the u.s., how are lawmakers reacting to his speech? >> reporter: that's right, alex. major reaction to what was billed as a major speech by the white house. the president capping off that trip to europe with a speech that really drew on all the pillars of joe biden's life in foreign policy and government. he began that speech by refer...

Refugees, meeting with those who were concerned about loved ones and were in ukraine on the front lines. we saw someone drawing on their experience as a member of the foreign relations committee for decades in the winddown of the cold war. often it's an unscripted remark that can change everything and get all of the attention as senators were reacting to the president's comment that putin had to go. take a listen to some of that reaction. >> i think the president is making all the right moves and i think his comment probably was a very visceral one but not a call for a change in u.s. policy. >...

Seize kyiv and in place a russian government. >> yes. so we continue to see this terror. >> absolutely. general, how much -- you mentioned that the proximity of lviv to the polish border. on the heels of the president saying very emphatically in that speech yesterday, not one inch of nato land will be compromised and if so, you know, there's going to be retribution for that. i mean, i'm putting words into his mouth, but that was certainly the message, they would defend it. how much do you worry about an accident, an errant something and then look what happens? >> well, you hit it on the head...

From where president biden was speaking. what do you make of the timing and the location of the strike in lviv? is there any way to interpret it as being anything but intentional? >> well, it could have been intentional, alex, but what i will tell you, poland, the polish border is about 40 miles from lviv and the one thing that the president said in this speech last night, do not think about it. do not think about attacking any nato country and 40 miles with precision munitions, that's a good distance away. so it may have meant to be seen as some type of message. my message that i take out of ...