tucker: these people are stupid and dishonest but it s more than that. what this talking point come from? it s racist to say that covert came from china. will this talking point become prevalent in march of 2020. it just so happen that s exactly when china on media tweeted terms like woe on virus were racist. before china s government issue that our media here in the united states didn t recognize the term wuhan coronavirus esler and fact they themselves set it constantly here s the proof. is now suppress the 23 stars outbreak. it was confirmed at her house but if hospitals. the first lab grown copy of the wuhan coronavirus outside china. the chinese coronavirus at death toll has jumped to at least 26 people. death toll from the coronavirus spike today.
some time the white house has a coronavirus briefing today at a moment when cases are really taking off again around the country. yeah. that s a great point. and they also rolled out a new initiative, a new old initiative they re allowing people to get more of those free test kits from the postal service. we re seeing cases rise in new york. this is the last thing the president needs is another coronavirus spike. as you mentioned, he s dealing with high gas prices, inflation, republican attacks on crime and immigration and this is really the last thing the president wants on his agenda. yeah. certainly there is still plenty of time between now and november, but whether it s democrat strategists or those in the white house they know they have an uphill climb. we will have you back again soon. up next on way too early, congresswoman debbie dingell joins me. coming up on morning joe steve kornacki will break down pennsylvania s results where the closely watched republican sena
democrats it was important to act quickly. as putin desperately accelerates his campaign of horror and brutality, there has just been abhorrent brutality in ukraine, time is of the essence. that why we were so pleased to hear we could proceed immediately with this bill today so it goes through to senate and the president s desk, so the assistance can reach the people of ukraine and eastern europe. david willis joins us from la. david, this was not only swept through, unlike otherfunding appeals that hit the buffers, like funding to tackle the latest coronavirus spike, but added to. that s right, republicans and democrats can agree, of course on virtually nothing, they can t agree on the amount of money, for example that should be combating the latest bike in
the coronavirus cases here, but on one subject, all as unanimously, they agree on supplying aid to ukraine. once again, they have taken president biden s request for funding and they have heightened it, they have added to it. in this case, an additional $7 billion on top of the $33 billion that he had originally requested. of the total of $40 billion, about one third will be going to military assistance, that is training, weapons, and so on. another third going to humanitarian assistance, that is dealing refugees and so on, and $5 billion has been earmarked for making up the lack of food supplies that have been compromised because of the war there in ukraine. this is the largest foreign aid package of its kind in several decades,