welcome back. as we are monitoring the latest situation in ukraine, the white house press briefing is under way, white house press secretary jen psaki addressing the confusion over the polish situation with the planes. the vice president landing there landing in poland any minute now, also hearing from speaker pelosi in her press conference. the spending bill that now includes $13.5 billion in aid to ukraine, about $4 billion above the original request by the white house. the aid seems to have increased urgency in government talks. it's part of the broader $1.4 trillion spending package. it also offers $15 billion in funding for president biden's