nato alliance. we have provided a billion dollars in military assistance. 350 billion announced two weeks ago, i believe the defense department has conveyed that, has been delivered. we have not held back on providing weapons, anti-missile systems, tank systems in this process. but there are important operational logistics concerns here and steps, conversations that should happen between military experts and that's exactly what's happening. >> the policy the white house would -- >> we are having discussions about it, operational and logistical questions that are important ones, we would leave to our defense important colleagues. >> another round of arrests in russia, estimated 5,000 over the weekend. protesting the war. what the assessment of the white house as far as how this has affected the regime's ability over there? >> well, i would say that i don't think we assessed that president putin thought there would such an outpouring of