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We're also learning that the pentagon is meeting today with top weapons makers to talk about the industry's ability to support ukraine in a prolonged war. that's according to a defense official and an industry official. with us to discuss our cnn military analyst major general paul eaton and the former deputy director of national intelligence. thank you both for joining me. general, i want to start with you on this announcement we're expecting in moments from the pentagon, this new weapons package. is it enough? is it appropriate? >> well, we need to continue what we're doing with the weapons ...

As president. but now we have this kind of new formation of a foreign policy toward russia and china happening before our eyes and the shifting attitudes, i think, are very interesting. howard: leslie, the biden white house was worried enough to leak word that morning the $8ing 00 million weapons package for ukraine. i would have been happier if he'd done that three weeks ago. so he tried to reframe the media coverage now knowing that zelenskyy would have an impact. >> well, certainly. i mean, i think a lot of people have said it before, look at president zelenskyy almost like david in the bib...

Hi, mark. >> reporter: good afternoon. president biden and senior democrats are dismissing the idea that democrats as a whole are not united behind israel. but before this latest ceasefire was reached, we heard from a number of progressive lawmakers that wanted the white house to rethink its military and financial support for israel. on friday, he praised his diplomatic team for trying to broker the latest end to the bloodshed. vermont senator bernie sanders is also among those praising the pause in fighting; however, sanders says the u.s. has to do a lot more to prevent future violence. he's ...

Factual predicate. do you know what the javelins are that were referenced in the line before the president said it, i'd like you to do me a favor? what are javelins and what were they part of? >> they are part of a weapons package that the ukraine was trying to buy from the united states of america. and then they said i would like you to do us a favor. liberals tend to yell over others and i'm not yelling. what i'm asking you is the javelin missile program that they wanted to buy more of had already been authorized. they merely wanted to buy more. this is not a controversial buy. the president...

The factual predicate. do you know what the javelins are that were referenced in the line before the president said i'd like you to do me a favor? what are javelins and what were they part of? >> they are part of a weapons package that ukraine was trying to buy from the united states of america. >> laura: rate. >> the president made that connection and said i would like you do us a favor though. >> laura: liberals tend to yyell over others. i'm not yelling. what i'm asking you is the javelin missile program that they wanted to buy marv had already been authorized. they merely wanted to buy mor...