idea, nato expected to invite finland to negotiate. and sweden also 1kexpected to announce its intention to join the alliance a. russia has warned both countries saying that there would be consequences. let s go live to helsinki and bring in nic robertson. put these developments into context for us. reporter: huge developments. rapid change in public and political opinion here about nato membership as you have when russia invaded ukraine. fins no longer felt safe. they felt threatened by russia. saying that the country should join. good for finland. good for nato the next steps and they are fairly low hurdles, if you like. the prime minister discussing over the weekend. the foreign affairs committee to put their paper forward and the parliament to vote in the session. i spoke yesterday with one of the prime minister s and they said look, already over 180 of the 200 are ready to vote yes to join nato. this is all but a foregone conclusion. the nato secretary-general saying f