that includes 18 more howitzers on top of what the u.s. has sent in. more than 36,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, and ammunition for the himars system, approved earlier this month. four of those weapons systems, multiple launch rocket systems that can strike at a far greater range. that s about a third of the billion dollars. the other two-thirds is known as the ukraine security assistance initiative and that will go to purchase through direct contracts with weapons manufacturers more weapons for ukraine. that includes two harpoon coastal defense systems, thousands of night vision goggles, thousands of radios so that won t be as fast, but the u.s. s position is the fight in eastern ukraine is an incremental fight. russia, yes, is making gains, but there is still time to get the critical systems in. how will we find out and when will we see this? the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said the training on that advanced himars system for the first group wrapped up today.
number the mexican government disputes as too high. mexican president says his government is committed to protecting journalists. the difference from before, he says, is that in all these homicides there have already been people detained and there s no impunity. but that is simply not true. the government s own statistics show that more than 90% of crimes in mexico go unsolved. for sonya, herself a tijuana journalist, it creates a morbid reality. she says whatever threats, obstacles to their work, whoever kills a journalist, there are no consequences because we live in a country of impunity. the mexican president also routinely attacks journalists he doesn t like as enemies, often claiming coverage that is critical of him is really just an attack on the mexican people. critics say comments like those
moment. and jake, it s important to note who the journalists are that are facing threats here. it s not international journalists, not nearly as much national journalists here. it s local journalists, people who live in the same communities where they are covering these kinds of violent acts. that s why they face the kinds of threats that they do. they re simply easier victims. they don t make a lot of money. they can t afford protection. as a result of all this, you re seeing the decimation of critical local news coverage across mexico like so many other parts of civil society in this country, a free press in many places has fallen victim to corruption and violence. jake. all right, matt rivers with an important story. thank you so much. speaking of murdered journalists, a new honor today for slain washington post journalist jamal khashoggi. the city council and washington, d.c. renamed a portion of the street outside the saudi arabian embassy jamal khashoggi way. khashoggi was
gubernatorial candidate in pennsylvania. people are excited that there s somebody doing something behind the scenes to try to fix 2020 like president trump said. no question that they rigged the election. there s no question that they set about changing the rules of the game. i m thankful that president trump s loyal to those that stand for truth and are trying to fight for voting integrity in our state, which needs to happen. i can t believe it s so hard to find what happened in 2020. we should also note in new mexico, the state supreme court just ordered a local county commission to certify recent primary results after the commission originally refused to do so, citing distrust of the dominion voting machines. i mean, the lunatics are taking over the asylum. that s something. i think that in this instance, i want to point to some of the very strong examples that we had in 2020. brad raffensperger down in georgia really illustrates the