bret: president biden is announcing another $800 million in military assistance to ukraine. this comes following a remote meeting with ukraine s president today. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich joins us from the north lawn with details. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret there was some back and forth this morning about whether the u.s. was, in fact, going to include mi-17 helicopters as part of his new aid package. yesterday u.s. officials told congress they would be sending them to ukraine. this morning pentagon officials said they were not part of the package. the white house clarified today that ukraine has been a little unclear about whether or not they wanted them. when zelenskyy said that they did, president biden approved it ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy made wish list today before speaking with president biden.
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29 hours? was he inside the new york city subway system the entire time? frank james makes his first court appearance tomorrow. bret? bret: bryan llenas live in brooklyn, thank you. well, you will have to wear, still wear a mask on a plane, at least for a while. the federal government is maintaining some of its requirements regarding face coverings while using public transportation. it comes amid complaints by critics that the biden administration is ending pandemic precautions for asylum seekers at the southern border but, as we said, extending some for travelers across the country. correspondent jonathan siri has details tonight from atlanta, good evening, jonathan. good evening to you, bret. the biden administration is extending its mask mandate for planes, trains and buses through may third. that is an additional 15 days past the original deadline which was set for april 18 when it was supposed to expire. cdc officials say they re concerned about increases in the
putin s broad invasion of ukraine. fears are growing that the atrocities commit so far in the war near kyiv may only be a fraction what s happening in other places like mariupol. about 150,000 people have been able to leave mariupol. stadly, there are still over 100,000 people still in mariupol waiting for evacuation. there are still millions of civilians at risk in this conflict as ukraine enters day 50 of the war. bret? bret: trey yingst live in kyiv. trey, thank you. up next many congressional democrats are doing everything they can to distance themselves from president biden ahead of the midterm elections on a number of fronts. and, later, chased from their homeland by putin s war, ukrainian refugees are headed south. to get to america. if you ve been living with heart disease, reducing cholesterol can be hard, even when you re taking a statin and being active. but you can do hard.
bret: as the variant becomes less virulent, if you will, is there a need for public policy change? ben: it s true it is virulent. we have a number of policymakers who are unwilling to reconsider any of the mistakes that they have made in the past. they are just doubling down on the same policies that they have used over and over again which, ultimately, did not pro-side a better outcome for the american people or for those students that harold mentioned who we ultimately are learning suffered more from the lack of in person education than they did any kind of risk associated with this virus. bret: all right. panel. thank you. we will see you later in the show. the stocks were up today. the dow gained 344. the s&p 500 finished ahead 49. the nasdaq jumped 272 today. up next, president biden commits to another major infusion of weapons for ukraine but not one type of platform. and we ll go live to kyiv where