that hundred million dollars additional supplement should be here within four to six days hands we re told the switchblades are on their way or have already arrived. but ultimately we are uncovering these horrific would appear to be russian committed, atrocious cities in war crimes. david, do you see a role in the un in leading for a war crimes trial of vladimir putin and the russian army? the un human rights council can order and investigation of russia and russia s actions in ukraine and i think they will do that . also, the international criminal court has already opened an investigation and they could end up indicting people in russia, including putin. and i expect they will do that . all of those things are very important. the evidence that is coming out now about what happened in bukha and other towns that russia has left is astonishing and we re only going to get more of
impatient to get ukraine the weapons it needs as fast as possible. i know that s the administration s goal. i know they re working as fast as they can with our allies. but we ve got to get them the s-300s now. we ve got to get them the switchblades. i will say that congress sat for a little while on the effort to terminate the favored nation status but we did get that done. a hundred senators voted to cut off russians so we are moving ahead in the right direction and as joni said, mostly on a bipartisan basis. it is good to see bipartisanship in this time. republican senator joni ernst of iowa, democratic senator chris van hollen of maryland. thanks so much. appreciate your time today. coming up, to understand the horrors of this war, talk to the survivors in the streets, in the hospitals. coming up, i ll talk to one woman who has been trying to recover from her war injuries for a month. she was just an innocent civilian hit by one of putin s
criminal i think he is a war criminal. reporter: and announcing $800 million in new military aid to ukraine, including 800 stinger anti-aircraft systems and 100 armed drones new technology called switchblades. this could be a long and difficult battle, but the american people will be steadfast in our support of the people of ukraine reporter: but no mention of the mig-29 fighter jets poland offered to transfer to ukraine at a u.s. air base there is growing bipartisan support for that step which president biden ruled out. getting these migs in immediately is so critical the longer president biden wastes trying to figure out excuses to not offend putin, it s costing lives in ukraine. reporter: today we pressed the president. mr. president, what will it take for you to send the polish migs that president zelenskyy is asking for? i m not going to comment on that right now. reporter: as for president biden calling putin a war criminal, the white house says he was
presentation unanimous around the notion to do all that we can. you said yesterday that you are in constant contact with the white house working with them on what that assistance on walking up to the line that the president has drawn. tell me your reaction to what was pledged today by the white house. yeah. i think what needs to happen is happening. there s pressure on the white house to, a lot of pressure on the white house to continue consider sending planes. the president of ukraine said i need the planes. i m a big believer that those can be delivered without being particularly provocative. what you were talking about the switchblades and the united kingdom is adding a version of those things and some ways that s causing the havoc against the russian forces in ukraine right now. very small weapons that are hard to find and see and take out a tank, a piece of artillery and
meanwhile, congressional officials tell nbc news the white house is now considering ukraine with u.s.-made killer drones. the cutting edge technology acts as a guided missile that could accurately target russian tanks and artillery positions from miles away. no definite decisions have been made, but the administration is weighing the option of equipping ukraine with explosive-loitering missiles, called switchblades, as part of a military aid package. the switchblades are robot-smart bombs, equipped with cameras, guidance systems, and explosives. they can be programmed to automatically strike targets mikes away, and they can be steered around objectives until the time is right to strike. the company that makes the drone says one version can fly for 40 minutes and up to 50 miles. president biden is expected to