drones, more stingers, more everything. republican senator ben sasse, you just heard there at the end will be a guest coming up on morning joe. following zelenskyy s address to congress, president biden promised more military support to ukraine with an additional $800 million in aid, the president was also straid straightforward about the was also straightforward about his outlook on the war. i want to be honest with you. this could be a long and difficult battle. the american people will be stead fast in our support in the people of ukraine in the face of putin s immoral, unethical attacks on civilian populations. we are united, and we will continue to have their backs as they fight for their freedom, their democracy, their very survival. and we give ukraine the arms to fight and defend themselves, through all of the difficult days ahead. here s a brief breakdown of what s in this new military aid
so they do expect turnout at today s demonstration to be markedly smaller than yesterday s crowd, estimated i saw between 2,503,000 people. jenna. jenna: steve brown, more on those breaking developments out of chicago as we get them, steve. thank you very much. a little context on nato, the north atlantic treaty organization, it s made up of 28 member nations, that form an official alliance. it has inducted new members just seven times since its founding back in 1949. the nato charter says an attack against any nato member is considered an attack against all its members. nato has no standing army but all member countries contribute military assets when needed. it s headquarters are in brussels, belgium, its forces remain under national control until called for and then are given orders by nato military commanders, so that s why sometimes we hear nato troops are going to one part of the world or another, but that s just a brief breakdown of what nato really is.