this single patriot missile battery. practically speaking what might that do? and i will note zelenskyy flat out said he d like more of them. listen, it s an umbrella in a rainstorm, a rainstorm of russian missiles and iranian drones that are punishing the ukrainian people every day and is the reason as zelenskyy said in the chamber that they ll be celebrating christmas but perhaps by candlelight, right, because so many people have lost power. and that s deliberate. it s one system. it s going to take weeks to train the folks necessary to operate it. frankly, ukraine has been asking for more and more air defense since the beginning of this war. they re getting more but not at the pace they want, and that s why i think you heard zelenskyy a little bit tongue in cheek say it s nice to have this, but man he s behind that as the suffering of the ukrainian people. so it s a step but it s not all they need. and it s not clear how quickly they will get the air defense
this is his first known trip outside ukraine since russia invaded in february. he said in the span of the day he traveled from the front lines of the war to the white house and then congress. congress is working through funding the federal government considering a $1.7 trillion spending package. that includes tens of billions more for ukraine on top of the $68 billion the u.s. has already given. we re not too worried about the votes for the omnibus bill and for the $45 billion embedded in the bill to get passed through both houses and fairly soon. we obviously think that president zelensky s visit will certainly help demonstrate the need for this support going forward. independent analysis says the united states has supplied more than 60% of the aid to ukraine since the war began. the u.s. announced yesterday it is supplying a patriot missile battery. back to you. john: debate fell apart in the omnibus bill early this
said he d asked for more patriot missile s but i think he was pretty serious but listen to this exchange be it want to get your reaction. what s going to happen after patriots are installed? after that, i will send another signal to president biden that we would like to get more patriots. [laughter] that s a lot. we are in a war. i m sorry. i m really sorry. i interviewed him back in april in kyiv at that point he was asking for high marks and he told me essentially the same thing. addressed, if you will come out the sound bite you heard, but also what goes into a patriot missile battery, it it isn t just something we hand over to turn on start using. right. zelenskyy wanted more and got them. remember, we are sending one patriot missile battery, just
new york msnbc analyst peter beinart. so josh, let s talk about this because there were some republicans not including the senate leader, but some other republicans on the house side who were not on board with this money for ukraine. we now are waiting for the omnibus to get through, because that money is stuck in there, the $45 billion how did the historic trip lay the oundation for what ukraine needs and wants from the u.s.? they didn t get everything they wanted in terms of weapons. they didn t get everything they wanted, but they got more than they had gotten in the past, at least in terms of the first patriot missile battery. the goal really was to try to show to president putin if he thinks he s going to be able to play a waiting game and that western support for ukraine will erode as we head into the second year of this war in february, that is not going to happen. and today secretary blinken, as
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