a russian soldier is sentenced to life in prison in the first war crimes trial of this now three-month long invasion. the soldier admitted to killing one man but ukrainian president zelenskyy says as many as 100 ukrainians are now dying each day near the frontlines. we re tracking developments there, but first, let s go to japan where president biden is on the second leg of his trip to asia, and will ripley is in tokyo for us. will, the president wanted to send a strong message to china on this trip. but today a bit of a mixed message. yeah. and it certainly is a mixed message when it comes to the white house staffers but not a mixed message from president biden because as you mentioned, this is at least the third time he s publicly stated the united states would come to taiwan s defense militarily if thigh china were to attack. for more than 40 years the united states has had a policy of strategic ambiguity, leaving it an open question whether the u.s. would get involved m
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
for the fed. they feel it could trigger a recession. john: gasoline prices record for the 10th straight day. average price now 4.58. and the cover the new york post summing it up, a picture of president biden riding a train right off the rails next to the words joe s train wreck. bret baier and larry kudlow will join us to break down the economic head winds facing the white house. gillian: jackie will join us in a moment, but first aishah hasnie at the white house. what is the messaging on the economy. we are waiting to find out, the president departed to east asia, and ten days in a row we have broken a record for gas. every state is spending more than $4 a gallon. households spend $5,000 a year. it could get worse. prices will surpass $6 nationwide by august. and get this, a gas station chain called 76 reprogramming pumps in washington state to sell gas at $10 a gallon. that s unbelievable. the white house responding to all of this by saying it s already released oil
online. including the hate-filled plot to target black victims. that document appearing to show the suspect also wrote about abusing animals. and the cache of weapons hidden in his bedroom. tonight, new insight. what did his parents know, and who else had access to his posts? stephanie ramos in buffalo. chilling new details tonight about a deadly plane crash. authorities now say one of the pilots intentionally crashed the plane. sources confirming the flight data suggests one of the pilots intentionally put the passenger jet into a fatal nose dive, slamming io a tauninn china, killing all 132 people onboard. the alarming new headline tonight amid this nationwide baby formula shortage, now two children hospitalized in tennessee. doctors now saying their bodies did not tolerate the switch to a different formula. the pandemic tonight and the fda now authorizing pfizer booster shots for children ages 5 to 11. the cdc likely to follow, could boosters for younger children now
say the alleged gunman posted online. including the hate-filled plot to target black victims. that document appearing to show the suspect also wrote about abusing animals. and the cache of weapons hidden in his bedroom. tonight, new insight. what did his parents know, and who else had access to his posts? stephanie ramos in buffalo. chilling new details tonight about a deadly plane crash. authorities now say one of the pilots intentionally crashed the plane. sources confirming the flight data suggests one of the pilots intentionally put the passenger jet into a fatal nose dive, slamming into a mountain in china, killing all 132 people onboard. the alarming new headline tonight amid this nationwide baby formula shortage, now two children hospitalized in tennessee. doctors now saying their bodies did not tolerate the switch to a different formula. the pandemic tonight and the fda now authorizing pfizer booster shots for children ages 5 to 11. the cdc likely to follow, cou