passed. it s 18 howitzer, 18 tow vehicles, radars. the kind of things we ve been providing in recent days and weeks. with the supplemental passed, we have billions of dollars in draw down authority to pull down and provide those systems and weapons directly into ukraine for the fight they re in. we ll meter that over time. the war will change. we want to have some flexibility in terms of what kind of equipment and systems we re giving them. thanks, john. good to be with you. president biden heading off to asia as officials try to head off a major crisis at the border. we have a border mayor a democrat, not happy about how this is being handled after this.
and so somebody runs out of gas, it s really horrible for them, but then the cars in the middle of the very narrow ice choked lane of traffic and it also means everybody else now has an obstacle to work around. so i was hoping to make the capitol by a 4:30 meeting but we ll see if i do. oh, my gosh, senator, and once somebody ran out of gas, where did they go? well, what was happening is when people run out of gas, the virginia department of transportation has an emergency line for anybody who s still out there who needs help. 1-800-for-roads. and you can get help. they were calling help emergency vehicles, people were walking across to the northbound lane to try to help folks. there were tow vehicles that were coming, but again, you ve got so much snow and ice on the interstate and then it s all filled with cars just like mine that are just at a dead stop.
cripples the dc area, specifically in the virginia area, is this the first time in history of weather we ve had rain followed by snow? they complain, we couldn t put a treatment on road because of rain, they seem to solve that problem up in connecticut before. we ve had rain followed by snow. i don t understand that explanation combined with the fact the images you are see og your screen, people could have died, kevin. kennedy: that is the point. the other thing i don t understand, the lack of communication. we have a problem on i-95, we need tow vehicles or whatever to get this jackknifed truck out of the way and give people an opportunity to get home safely. it was hour upon hour, i watched many feeds and tweets from people stranded.