globe so what is monkey pox and how is it spreading? let s go outfront. outfront tonight, the u.s. opening the floodgates for ukraine. a massive $40 billion aid package about to be signed into law, so that brings the spending from the biden administration and the united states to $54 billion in just 60 days to aid ukraine. it sounds enormous and i want to be clear, it is enormous, in fact it is more than the united states spent on the entire foreign aid budget in 2019 in 60 days to ukraine. it is important to note, this is a bipartisan thing, the ukraine aid bill, and once the bill passes will be flow to seoul so president biden can sign it in his trip to asia and tonight, president biden pledging more aid. so the money coming at a turning point in the three-month war, ukraine s top military commander saying tonight, and i quote, tonight we are not just defending ourselves, we have conducted a series of successful counter attacks. so russia controls mariupol and the war i
he s standing by life live. also growing concern the u.s. about the potential spread of another deadly virus. the cdc is now discussing whether to offer vaccinations for people at high risk of what s called monkey pox. a rare case has just been confirmed in this country. and as the buffalo shooting suspect appears in court, there s a new report just outside tout that some 15 peopl signed into an online chat room where he invited people to watch the racist attack where it happened. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m westolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden hitting vladimir putin with a one-two punch. the united states now poise d t send billions of additional dollars in new aid to ukraine as the president is promoting new efforts to expand nato right now. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us live from seoul, south korea. the president is heading to asia, whe
watching it here as well as representatives from the state parties have been watching the process here. but we re very close but not quite there yet, wolf. athena, thank you very much and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room, erin burnett, outfront, starts right now. outfront next, ukrainian commander says troops are making major gains against russia tonight as the united states gets even more involved in the war. plus, the head of the fda slammed over the baby formula shortage, democratic lawmaker calling the response a, quote, d dereliction of duty, i speak to a mother struggling to find baby formula for her child, and investigating a new case of monkey pox, cases of the serious virus popping up across the
offensive with questions of the department response to the florida school shooting and warnings about the gunman. it is important for the public to see the facts. the memo is out rebutting claims of abuses at the fbi. the democrats defend efforts to monitor a trump adviser with ties to russia. and breaking overnight. the end could be near for weinstein s film company. reports say bankruptcy protection is the next step. welcome back to early start. i m christine romans. i m ryan nobles. governor rick scott ordering a response into the investigation of the shooting at parkland, florida s douglas high school. some called on the governor to suspend sheriff israel for d