the finnish president and the swedish prime minister join president biden at the white house to talk about their bid to join the nato alliance amid russia s invasion of ukraine. president biden said the two countries have the complete backing of the u.s. in joining nato. this is about 25 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, accompanied by the president of the republic of finland and the prime minister of sweden. [band plays hail to the chief brts] hail to the chief ] pres. biden: please be seated, thank you. it s not only a beautiful day, this is in my view and the view of my team, a momentous day. it s a very, very good day. today i am proud to welcome and offer the strong support of the united states for the applications of two great democracies and two close, highly capable partners, to join the strongest, most power. defensive alliance in the history of the world. two proud, independent countries exercising the sovereign rights all s
president of the united states, accompanied by the president of the republic of finland and the prime minister of sweden. [band plays hail to the chief brts] hail to the chief ] pres. biden: please be seated, thank you. it s not only a beautiful day, this is in my view and the view of my team, a momentous day. it s a very, very good day. today i am proud to welcome and offer the strong support of the united states for the applications of two great democracies and two close, highly capable partners, to join the strongest, most power. defensive alliance in the history of the world. two proud, independent countries exercising the sovereign rights all states possess to decide their own security. president niinisto and prime minister andersson, it is great to have you here at the white house. it was out of the wreckage of world war ii that nato was formed. in the seven decades that followed, nato proved itself an indispensable alliance, committed to a europe whole, free and at
ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, accompanied by the president of the republic of finland and the prime minister of sweden. [band plays hail to the chief brts] hail to the chief ] pres. biden: please be seated, thank you. it s not only a beautiful day, this is in my view and the view of my team, a momentous day. it s a very, very good day. today i am proud to welcome and offer the strong support of the united states for the applications of two great democracies and two close, highly capable partners, to join the strongest, most power. defensive alliance in the history of the world. two proud, independent countries exercising the sovereign rights all states possess to decide their own security. president niinisto and prime minister andersson, it is great to have you here at the white house. it was out of the wreckage of world war ii that nato was formed. in the seven decades that followed, nato proved itself an indispensable alliance, committed to
Textwise, our high temperatures in the rearview mirror. It happened just after midnight last night. The temperatures have been doing a steady downhill slide ever since. Thats going to continue here through the remainder of the afternoon and into the evening. Chills down near 10 by 5 00 and chills at or below temperatures dropping into the mid teens by later on this evening. An update on the snow chances in a few more minutes with a very cold forecast between now and the weekend. We cant say it enough, it is dangerously cold out there today. With that in mind, some people are making the effort to help those who need it the most. News4s justin finch joins us live where theyre collecting coats in northwest d. C. Good morning, were watching kids from thompson elementary get their free coats courtesy of the Childrens Foundation coats for kids drive. These are kindergartners and first graders, getting their free coats here courtesy of this effort. Now theyre all presized so theyre all walkin