Any moment democratic senator bob menendez is expected to be arraigned on a dozen new charges reallive outside the Federal Courthouse, plus a cnn exclusive. Russia is producing three times more for Artillery Shells and the United States and europe as funding for Ukraine Stalls in the us congress and passengers say, people quote flew through the cabin well, we know about a terrifying moment on a flight to do zealand. Hello, im wolf blitzer in washington and youre in the cnn newsroom any moment now, embattled senator bob menendez is due to appear before a judge in Federal Court. This is video of him arriving just a few moments ago. The new jersey democrat, once chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign relations committee, is accused of trying to obstruct an investigation into bribery. Menendez and his wife are about to be arraigned on these new charges. The senator remains defiant, calling it, and im quoting him now, a flagrant abuse of power, end quote cnns Jason Carroll is outside the courthouse in new york for us, Jason Menendez and his wife expected enter pleas this hour well, that is the question. The senator and his wife arrived here at Federal Court just a short while ago. As they arrived hand in hand reporters shattered out questions how will you plea he did not answer neither did his wife. As they entered Federal Court. But if history wolf is any guidance they have already pleaded not guilty to former barber Bribery Charges. He is now facing according to this new superseding indictment, 18 additional counts including Conspiracy Acting as a Foreign Agent, bribery, extortion, and wire fraud. Again, he has pleaded not guilty to Bribery Charges and the past in the superseding indictment, prosecutors allege that menendez and his wife are trying to cover up the bribes that they received, saying that they werent bribes, saying that they were loans loans for money that they had risen seem to buy a brandnew mercedes to pay off nadine. Menendez is mortgage. Prosecutor saying that that is not true, that they were not loans. They are saying that they were bribes. In addition to that, there also saying that they lied to their former attorneys and that their former attorneys then in turn gave false information to the Us Attorneys Office when they had meetings with them last year. Now, as you say, senator minute this has remained defiant throughout all of this, saying that prosecutors are simply out to get him. He has released a statement about these new charges in the superseding indictment saying the following. It says that the prosecutors are afraid of the facts, scared to subject their charges to the fairminded scrutiny of a jury at as once and for all that, they will stop at nothing in their zeal to get me again, the arraignment is scheduled to begin just about now. Well hear what he says when he has a chance to to enter his plea. Both jason, i take it, Senator Menendez, at least so far has shown absolutely no signs of backing down and resigning his senate seat. Has he . Right . That is correct. And will you know when you go out to new jersey and speak to voters there as we have in the past, theyve made it very clear. Many of them saying that the senator should in fact step down, that this is a distraction. But the senator has not said, if he will seek another term, he did step down from chair of the Senate Foreign relations committee, but again, remaining defiant as ever, saying that this is just an effort by the government to go after him to go after his wife again, waiting to see what he will play. But again, in the past Senator Menendez and his wife have pleaded not guilty and said that they are not guilty of any of these allegations. Well, Jason Carroll outside the Federal Courthouse in new york for us, jason will stay in close touch with you. Thank you very much. Want to continue this discussion right now, joining me, cnn legal and National Security analyst Carrie Cordero, and cnn legal analyst norm eisen. Norm, how significant is it that one of menendez alleged Cocaine Conspirators as actually changed his plea to guilty and has now agreed to cooperate with the federal authorities its very significant wealth. This is mr. Uribe, who was one of those alleged to have been engaged in this scheme this is as serious as set of allegations as you can make against a sitting United States senator while hes innocent until proven guilty. There appears to be a mountain of evidence, including allegedly acting as a foreign megan, and what prosecutors need is a tour guide within that conspiracy somebody who will describe exactly what happened. Now they have it with mr. Reagan im curious. The other to alleged coconspirators in this particular case have we dont know yet if theyre going to be flipping and cooperating in order to try to get some sort of reduced sentence doing well, the government is certainly going to want as many witnesses as they can. It sounds like they already have one individual who is agreed to cooperate. Theyre going to want to get as many other individuals who have knowledge of the facts to cooperate against both Senator Menendez and his wife, who was also a coconspirator in these in these particular facts. And whats notable about this is the indictment itself contains so many details, so much information Senator Menendez was previously charged and was not found guilty. He was subject to a mistrial in 2018, and then the Justice Department ended up having to drop the rest of his charges. So he has a reason to think that in another scenario that he can prevail, again and continue to remain in the senate. And so i think what Justice Department has done in this case is they have thrown every possible charge that they have evidence for, and they have articulated those facts and the results of the investigation in the indictment itself. And well see if these other alleged coconspirators go ahead and flip and cooperate, plead guilty and hope that they can get some sort of reduced sentence. In the meantime, has all this is going on, he remains a us senator. He still is a member of the Senate Foreign relations committee, even though no longer chairman, he gave up the chairmanship, but he is getting classified briefings highly intelligencerelated briefings. Yeah. Is there any way to remove him from that reduce his Security Credentials . So its very difficult in this scenario, he had to step down from the chairman ship, but it is in this case, i would imagine that the Justice Department and the Intelligence Community community would feel very strong only that he should not have access to classified information. He is alleged to have an acting as a Foreign Agent for both the governments of egypt and qatar. So two different governments that the Justice Department says, he engaged in actions on behalf of those foreign governments in his official capacity as a senator, as the chairman of the committee so i would expect that it is a difficult position. The Justice Department cant force a senator not to have access to information if he is in the committee. But it puts the Intelligence Community and the Justice Department in an incredibly difficult National Security positions certainly does. And i suspect therell be withholding certain information if they know hes going to receiving that information just out of an abundance of caution norm, its interesting. I have you all wanna get your thoughts on another major Legal Development this week, theres a hearing to try to throw out the classified Documents Case against trump on thursday. What should we expect . Well, wolf, weve seen a pattern of partiality from judge cannon, whos sitting in that maralago Documents Case. Shes scheduled a full day of hearing on legal arguments and its a bit puzzling to commentators why that would be the case. One set of arguments are that the former president had power under the president ial records act to possess these documents thats nonsense. That was one of my jobs when i was in the white house, counsels office to administer the president ial records act. And i worked on the associated classification law theres nothing to that argument. The other one is an argument about whether the charges are too vague. These would be make weights that would take an hour or two at the most in another court, shes scheduled the whole day. Shes entertaining arguments that frankly are puzzling to many of us and well be watching. She continues to exhibit that favoritism to President Trump that has characterized some of her previous rulings. And early in the case led the 11th circuit to reverse her twice interesting, i norm eisen. Thank you very much, Carrie Cordero. Thanks to you as well. Were just getting this in here into the cnn newsroom. Were learning that both menendez and his wife have just pleaded not guilty in Federal Court in new york. The hearing is still going on. Norm eisen and Carrie Cordero once once again, thank you very so much for all of that excellent analysis still to come. The riff between President Biden and israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is getting wider as the number of deaths in gaza the climbs higher on to tide, you is responding to bidens socalled red line plus the backlash after senator katie britt use this sex Trafficking Victim story in her rebuttal to the president s state of the Union Address, the woman at the center of the story is now responding and later, a cnn exclusive, Russia On Track to put ukraine at a serious disadvantage when it comes to firepower, we have new information, stay with us. Youre in the cnn news United States of scandal with jake tapper. Sunday at nine on cnn when you cant take you back to the store theres instacart when you hear iphone an apple watch with Consumer Cellular is fast viable coverage. 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Now streaming exclusively on max now the latest of the backlash facing alabama senator katie britt and her republican rebuttal to the president s State Of The Union speech last week, senator britt use the sex Trafficking Victims story as she criticized President Bidens border policies. But the story appears to have taken place in mexico nearly 20 years ago. Now, senator britt is acknowledging that it didnt happen on bidens watch to be clear, the story that you relate is not something thats happened under the Biden Administration. That particular person im very, very clearly said i spoke to a woman who told me about when she was trafficked, when she was 12. So i didnt say a teenager. I didnt say a young woman, a grown one woman, a woman when she was trafficked, when she was 12 Cnns Rafael Romo profile, karla has the woman at the center of the story back in 2017 raphael, you spoke with karla once again yesterday. How did she feel about her story being used in the republican rebuttal to the president s state of the Union Address. Well, well, shes upset. Shes concerned and shes also worried about her story being us once again because its happened in mexico to without her permission for political purposes, this is someone i have known since 2014. Cnn profile her story as part of cnns freedom project, which seeks to raise awareness of about modern day slavery cosine to says, shes very careful about who she gives her testimony to and how and when she does it. So she was very surprised wolf, she told me when she found out yesterday that she was involuntarily put in the middle of a social media storm. This storm was prompted by what appears to be the us to suffer story during the republican rebuttal to the state of the Union Address by alabama senator katie britt. I reached out to carlo casino in mexico city for her reaction, and this is part of what she told me i was a victim. It seems to me starting in 2004, i arrived in mexico city in 2008 when i was already a survivor. Were you ever trafficked in the United States . No, but im not at all. No. I was a victim here in mexico in mexico. I was a victim of human trafficking. What would you like to tell senator britt about what happened with me will study yet . Well, at this moment, i would like her to get informed a little more about the topic in that at some point, if she wants to contact me to talk about the topic, she can do so she can also Contact People who have really gone through what she says. I would love to have a pleasant chat with her instead of using it in a political way to gain a position there. Wolf cnn has confirmed much of what has seen though has said in prior reporting and her story hasnt changed since we first spoke, has siento told me no one reached out to her too. As for her permission to use her story as part of a political speech, someone using my story and distorting it for political purposes. She told me, its not fair at all. Wolf, rafael Romo Reporting for us, excellent reporting, rafael. Thank you very much. Less discuss this and more with cnn political reporter Alayna Treene and cnn Congressional Correspondent jessica dean, elaine, let me start with you or what do you make of senator britts attempts to clean up what she said the other night. Well luck. Katie britt has faced a lot of heat for her response and it specifically for sharing this anecdote about karla. And i think given the facts that have come out about this and that interview that excellent interview that raphael did with her. Its clear that it wasnt the right anecdote for the purposes of what she was trying to underscore, which is that bidens the border under biden in a minute situation is dangerous. Thats what katie britt is claiming. But clearly, i mean, this woman was not traffic in the United States. She said it what didnt happen under bidens administration. And so i think katie britt was given an opportunity to try and clean this up. Instead, she deflected. She was very defensive and i think that shes going to continue to get criticized for an were seeing that play out today. What do you think . Yeah. I mean, i think alayna is exactly right in suburban women, the people that they were trying to target, that republicans were trying to target with senator britt giving that response, really trying to be a suburban mom and connect with female voters. Thats what theyre going to need those women into those key swing states. Remember, in georgia for example, biden won georgia by some 12,000 votes. Its just these tiny margins. And so they need these swing voters. A lot of times these suburban women perhaps voted republican in the past, were turned off by donald trump, voted for biden, the kind of held their noses can they convince them to come back to the republicans, come back to trump this time. And that is something that i think they were trying to get at with senator britt and now its just caused more problems for them than anything else. You know, its interesting and lane and speaking of suburban women, i wonder what reaction youre getting to former President Trump continuing to rail against e. Jean carroll, whos already won this major multimilliondol lar defamation suit against him right . The rhetoric that donald trump is using and continuing to use. And when we just saw him today, continue to criticize e. Jean carroll is the exact type of rhetoric that turns off the suburban women that jessica i was talking about. These are a demographic, a group of voters that donald trump has always struggled with. Hes always had trouble appealing to suburban women. Its something his campaign is very aware that he needed just to try and work on ahead of a general election rematch with joe biden. And yet the rhetoric hes continuing to use against her, against other women. That is the type of thing that is plotly backfiring with these groups. And its something i know from my conversations with the Trump Campaign that they are trying to have the former president and in. But of course, as we know with donald trump, hes going to continue to be donald trump. Hes going to post on truth social or on social media, whatever he wants. But again, its something that i think suburban women are continued to be turned off by. What does it tell you, jessica, that this weekend, congresswoman nancy mace, who herself is a Sexual Assault survivor, endorsed trump. What does that tell you about trumps grip on the Republican Party right now . Wilson super tuesday, weve just seen so many people falling in line behind donald trump. We saw Senate Minority leader mitch mcconnell, who has been a critic of trumps, endorse him. We saw governor chris sununu from new hampshire, who has been very vocal in his criticism against trump, say that he would be supporting trump is the nominee. And now you have somebody like nancy mace, and theres a little history there. Were he endorsed her opponent in this last round than she came back to trump. She had been critical of him but wolf, overall, what were seeing is exactly what we thought well play out, which is that every or most people within the party are going to fall in line behind trump because he, their nominee and they want to win. And so that is an end. He wields a tremendous amount on a power for so many elected people up on the hill, right . If he wants to primary them or if he wants to come out against them, that that really puts a risk if their political future and they know that i just expect we will continue to see that there is certainly that part of the party that is never trump that is never going to support him, but it is it is a very small minority. You know, its interesting today on cnbc or lane as you know, trump called tiktok a National Security threat, an enemy of the people. He said what do you make of this . Because so many, tens of millions of americans are on tiktok right now. But theres an effort in congress to try to ban tiktok, right . Well, its interesting because he also was harshly criticizing facebook in this and hes actually show more skepticism to this tiktok though we heard that in his comments on cnbc this morning, but also on truth social, he was posting about it last week and you know, his skepticism is kind of bizarre because we know that when donald trump was president , he was very much pushing for either the sale of tiktok or for the ban of tiktok, if it wasnt sold from bytedance. And now hes kind of reversing a little bit on that and its actually i think, you know, donald trump when it comes to tiktok, i think its also a political move because he recognizes that so many people in this country, particularly young voters, a group as well, that his campaign is very much eager to turn over to trump and peel away from biden. Are fans of the app. And so i think thats where youre seeing Donald Trumps show some skepticism of this bill. I just want to be precise. He called tiktok a National Security threat. Trump but he called facebook the enemy of the people enemy of the people didnt call tiktok and enemy of the people. He called facebook. Hes clearly a concern that if tiktok goes away, it helps facebook, which he also hates, which feels right. Its just like who the enemy of the enemy is. My friend. Write it and we see him continuing is elaine has pointed out to just adjust and in turn to a new strategy. And i think thats exactly it. There are millions of people on tiktok in america who really probably wouldnt count themselves as political. But our young voters who are going to be very upset about this. And if he can grab that great. But to see that bill, that tiktok bill, get a unanimous vote out of committee and bring it to the floor. And that republican held house and that biden has said he wants to sign it. I mean, thats pretty broad consensus. The time we dont get that for trump to come out on the other side of it is very trump. And i just want to just quickly add, i just spoke with a Senior Trump Adviser about some of this this morning and he was saying that the thing about facebook is and hes what hes afraid what would happen if tiktok were sold or band is that those users would go to facebook and we know that donald trump has had a longstanding issue with facebook around what he argues is censorship, or how theyre going to potentially handle the election ahead of 2024. And so thats where some of this is stemming from as well. You also suggested that this pretty significant. Hes open to cuts to medicare and Social Security, right . And this is when he was president and before he said hes not going to touch that and hes been pretty adamant about that. And and yet this morning in an interview this morning, he started to speak as if he would be open that there were some things that could be done. He kind of talked around it, not specifically, but that is a change in tone and tenor and from his gop rivals on the, during the primary, they were talking about, do you raise the entitlement age . What do you know what the Retirement Age what do you what changes could you make to shore that up . So to hear him say this insignificant, especially at a time when just last week we heard President Biden say very explicitly in his State Of The Union, i will not touch Social Security or medics ladies. Thank you very, very much. Alayna treene and jessica dean, and stay with us. Youre in the cnn newsroom coming up the israeli Prime Minister benjamin ateneo oh, firing back at President Biden as the two leaders clashed over the situation in gaza your, favorite rock to block teams are back for redemption. And the firstever Waterfront Homeland Animation showed. And i could do this. 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But us officials tells cnn the Biden Administration does not expect it to be, quote, imminent more than 1 million displaced palestinians are sheltering in rafah right down over the weekend. President biden warned that if Israeli Forces enter there, it would be a quote, red line. And that drew a sharp rebuke from newton. You his red line, but im never going to leave israel the defense of israel is still critical, so theres no red line. I want to cut off all weapons so they had dont have the iron dome to protect them. They dont have. But theres red lines that he crosses in the country, cannot have 30,000 more palestinians dead. Well, i dont know exactly what the president meant. But if he meant by that, that im pursuing private policies against the majority of the wish of the majority of israelis and that this is hurting the interests of israel. Then hes wrong on both counts and joining me now to discuss the former middle east negotiator at the state department, aaron david miller. Hes now a Kearney Endowment senior fellow. Erin. Thanks very much for joining us. What do you make of this clear split that has developed between the Prime Minister and the president . Yeah, you know, it will thanks for having me. I think the president is beginning to realize that hes not dealing with the old Benjamin Netanyahu, the risk averse Benjamin Netanyahu took one step forward, a step to the side and step back youre now dealing with the risk ready . Benjamin netanyahu, not only on trial for bribery, fraud, and Breach Of Trust due to testify, i think this month but presided over the worst Terror Attack and the history of the state of israel. So i think the Prime Minister is acting in a way that the administration believes is really undermining not only bidens Domestic Support at home but american credibility in the region. So were entering a very fraught period that said wolf, i think neither man right now can afford an open and major and or sustained breach. Thats the thats the line the president is going to have to navigate. Israeli officials, as you know, erin say, a ramadan Military Offensive by israel and rafah has not been ruled out. But its not imminent. What do you think is happening here . I think the idf is reluctant to do this and its not going to be done quickly. Its hard for me to believe wolf that would even be done during ramadan. I think the target for this as april and the reality is hamas is using tunnels, wolf and time. Theyre Trading Tunnels in time in hopes that pressure on israel internally will build pressure from the United States will build so were entering a very difficult period. Hamas says absolutely no incentive right now, certainly during the month ramadan, to come to any sort of deal, even eliminate deal on the hostages. They may even believe that according and israeli operation in rafah, which would lead to disastrous consequences for the 1. 23 million palestinians who, who are there in very narrow and confined space would play to their advantage. So the only thing that i can see deescalating this is in fact and israeli hamas hostage deal, just that doesnt appear to be imminent or in the works right now. How worried should people be out there . About a collapsed or a real structural move in worsening the usisraeli relationship right now, it seems this relationship is in big trouble. I think it is. And as i mentioned, i think tensions are high. They may even be worse than the last time around. And you know that period well wellworth with George Hw Bush and my former boss james baker when the administration is suspended housing loan guarantees because theres really settlement activity. Frankly, i think this is a worst situation because i think the president and his team are beginning to understand if they havent grasped, but already that they have zero trust and confidence in mr. Netanyahu appears to be making decisions that he made believe are beneficial for the people of his robot may as the president said, maybe hurting israels own interests. So i think its bad. At the same time, i continue to believe that if theres going to be any hope to deescalating this in gaza. And the president needs this he needs this because it morally right. He needs us because it politically right. Hes going to have to find a way to figure out how to work with the current is really governed because without their ascent, without their agreement, i dont see how you deescalate david miller as usual. Thank you very much for that analysis and theres more news were following here in the cnn newsroom. A new this morning nato officially welcome sweden to the fold. 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And it gives russia a key advantage as this war in ukraine enters its third year. Cnn National Security and politics correspondent Natasha Bertrand is over at the pentagon for us today. Natasha tell our viewers what youve learned well off, russia has essentially shifted its entire economy to a war footing and its war machine is in full gear here in a way that the us and the west writ large really cannot compete with at this moment. Now, we are told, according to senior nato as well as Senior European Intelligence Officials, that russia is currently on track to produce about Three MillionArtillery Shells per year. That is almost, that is more than double, i should say the amount that the us and the west can produce collectively. And that is really important here because this war, according to officials that we spoke to, really could be largely won or lost on the provision of this artillery ammunition, which has been so key throughout the course of this war. But now russia, just to put this in perspective here, can produce about 200 Artillery Munitions per month. The us right now is on track to ramp up its production to about 100,000 Artillery Munitions per month by the end of 2025. So clearly a very significant gap there, and its important because of course russia is managed economy controlled by an autocrat. They can ramp up their production much, much faster than the us and the west husband able to. But one really key critical component here of course, is going to be whether the us can even get the supplemental funding from Congress Passed for ukraine that is going to allow the us to ramp up its own production so that it can invent actually provide ukraine with the munitions that it needs according to one source that we spoke to you quote, its not going well at the moment for ukraine, but it all depends if aid restarts, end comes quick all is not lost. Wolf natasha base that youre reporting how sustainable is this for russia to keep producing at this hue . Huge level will russia has essentially made its Defense Sector the biggest sector of its economy. And a senior nato officials that we spoke to said that that is not necessarily a sophisticated approach, right to its economy, but it is not altogether unsustainable. They can probably manage to keep their economy up and running in this way for at least the next 18 months, according to a nato official that we spoke to you. Now, the weapons in the equipment that theyre producing, they are not great weapons and equipment. They are not very sophisticated and nato standard and western standard ammunition and weaponry is going to be a lot Higher Quality than what the russians are able to produce. But still, for the next 18 months, if russia is able to out produce the west on these really key equipment and ammunition. And that is going to be a big problem for the ukrainians as they try to hold out. And of course repel russias advances and try to take back a lot of the territory that they have lost since 2022, wolf. Natasha bertrand at the pentagon for us to tausche. Thank you very, very much. Other news were following the director of the best documentary winter at the oscars, tore into russia during one of the most powerful speeches of the night. Heres Business Slava Churn of accepting the award for 20 days in mariupol listen to this i wish to be able to exchange this too. Russia never attacking ukraine, never occupying our cities hi bluish to give it all the recognition to russia not killing Tens Of Thousands of my fellow ukrainians the documentary follows a team of ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged port city at the start of the russian invasion back in 2022, if the First Ukrainian film to win an oscar more news still to come here on cnn, dozens of people are hurt after passengers say they fell amid air drop, sending people flying through the cabin what we know stay with us what happened to the golden boy of new jersey, i engaged in an affair with another man. Did you want to be outed . The United States of scandal with jake tapper, you got to get a therapist if theyre having an interview with jake tapper, new episodes sunday at nine on cnn students students of any age from anywhere . 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And investigators will want to know did something happened in the cockpit or was this an issue . Essentially with the flight controls, wasnt an issue with an autopilot. This was a boeing 7787, not a 737. The Alaska Airlines door plug blowout two months ago even still though boeing says its working together more information about this incident and has standing to buy to support an investigation. This plane was on its way to santiago, chile, latest day data from flightaware. So theres the plane remains in auckland and thats where First Responders treated about 50 people in total who were on board this flight, 12 taken to the hospital. One patient in serious condition, technical event or not passengers are describing this like a severe turbulence incident in one telling radio new zealand, blood was on the ceiling and people flu who and broke the ceiling of the plane. Turbulence can be caused by weather such as up and downdrafts have thunderstorms, sometimes wind where there are two rows or currents of air moving at different speeds. But turbulence can also be triggered by no Weather Phenomenon at all called Clear Air Turbulence meaning it can be invisible to Pilots Airlines have gotten a lot better at forecasting turbulence, but the National Transportation safety board says that turbulence is still the number one cause of injuries on commercial flights. All the more reason here, wolf, to keep your seat belt on even if the seatbelt sign is off, we know that these incidents can go arrive so quickly. Yeah. Good advice. Everybody is slang. Keep the seat belt all the time even if it says a Seat Belt Sign is im listening to you muntean. Thank you very, very much. I want to return not or whatever our top stories, this cnn exclusive about the war in ukraine, russia is on track to produce about three in million Artillery Munitions per year. Right now, i want to bring in ambassador Julianne Smith shes the United States permanent representative to nato ambassador. Thank you so much for all your work. Thanks so much for joining us let me get your reaction to our reporting on russias significant Artillery Production Capability as compared to what . The nato allies, including the United States, can offer ukraine right now, how concerned are you by this development well, nato allies have closely been monitoring russian production to determine exactly what levels of ammunition they can throw at this unprovoked its War Of Aggression inside ukraine. Weve seen the russians desperately looking for munitions and far away places as you well know, the russians have reached out to the north koreans. Theyre relying on the iranians for additional capabilities. Here inside the Nato Alliance were focused on increasing our production. Production in europe is up about 40 . So theres some good news there, but we want to move faster. And at this summers summit in washington, dc, i think youre going to see some new announcements on this front where allies have additional ideas of how we can accelerate munitions production. And the production of other capabilities to get those capabilities in the hands of our friends in ukraine hopefully we will continue this conversation when youre here in washington for the nato summit earlier this morning, we watched nato raise the swedish flag to welcome mat country to its rank. What role will sweden have now in the Nato Alliance amid the ongoing threats . From russia . Well, it was a remarkable morning here at nato hq. We saw that flag go up and all of the allies were out watching that moment. We were joined by the Prime Minister of sweden as well as a whole array of official swedish government officials. And there was a line in the Prime Ministers remarks that i thought was just perfect for the moment. He said that sweden is ready to teach learn. And you know, at the end of the day thats what the Nato Alliance is all about. Were looking forward to learning from our friends in sweden about how they have taken on security challenges for hundreds of years on their own and theyre also ready to learn from us. And bring all sorts of expertise. Theyre an incredibly capable ally by the way, they spend 2 of gdp on defense they have an incredibly Capable Military and theyll bring all sorts of important lessons to us on everything from cybersecurity to resilient this issues, how to protect critical infrastructure. And of course, were interested in hearing from them about their insights on russia as well, given where they sit up there close to our baltic allies. So this is just a historic day inside nato headquarters. And the mood here is one of just tremendous excitement. Sweden will be critically important new member of nato to be sure, new us aid to ukraine, as you know about is stalled in Congress Stalled in congress. How much alarm is this causing within the Nato Alliance . Well, the United States, from day one, has played a very critical leadership role. We are not the only ally providing assistance to ukraine. Every Single Member of the alliance is helping our friends in ukraine with economic, humanitarian, and security assistance. But what the us has been able to do in providing leadership through this ramstein group, where we convene 50 countries every month so look at what more we can provide to the ukrainians and what weve done with Critical Military assistance has been indispensable. The ukrainians are the first dimension that theyre very interested in seeing that supplemental go through. We have to ensure that russia doesnt succeed in ukraine as weve learned in the past, if you dont stop dictators, they keep going and so our goal right now is to get that supplemental finalized, to get some additional assistance in the hands of our friends in ukraine and get the russians out of ukraine as soon and as possible. Or bradford smith. Thank you so much for all your important work. Thanks very much for joining us into our viewers. Thanks very much for joining me here in the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington. Ill be back later tonight, 06 00 p. M. Eastern in the Situation Room right here tomorrow morning 10 00 a. M. Stay with Cnn Inside Politics starts right after a short break. I have moderate to severe Crohns Disease. Now, theyre sky rosie, things are ive at some control macrons means everything to heal significant symptom, right . 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