not the last aid package for ukraine has been overwhelmingly approved by the u.s. congress. a rare and notable achievement given the deep political divisions between democrat and republican lawmakers. on thursday, the $40 billion aid package for both military and humanitarian assistance passed the senate, but not without opposition. 11 republicans voted against the bill in defiance of republican mitch mcconnell. anyone concerned about the cost of supporting a ukrainian victory should consider the much larger cost should ukraine lose. president biden is now heading to south korea and is expected to sign the bill into law once he arrives. but wait there s more. just as the senate approved that $40 billion, the biden administration announced another security package worth $100 million and the flood of money to ukraine comes at a critical moment. ukraine s top military commander claims his troops have broken the russian siege s at kharkiv and miykolaiv and says ukrainia for
president biden in south korea as north korea appears to be on the verge of testing a missile. and did a republican lawmaker lead a tour of the capitol complex on the eve of the insurrection? plus new cnn reporting this morning on rising tensions among conservative justices over roe v. wade. and u.s. health officials sounding the alarm on a new covid wave disrupting american life. we will get answers from the white house coronavirus czar. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is friday, may 20th and just a short time ago president biden speaking in seoul, south korea, kicking off his first visit to asia since taking office. biden joined the new south korean president yoon seok-youl at a samsung semi-conductor plant. the main goal of this trip is to reassure america s asian allies of u.s. s commitment to counter and contain china. the president will also visit gentleman on this trip. there is growing concern over what north
possible. laura: to make a bad situation worse, we may be facing a shortage of truckers soon. the owners are facing a crisis due to the sky rocketing cost of diesel fuel. and food prices? bloomberg headlines caught my eye. chicken wings for $34. consumer prices of food were up 9.4% in april compared to last april. it s the biggest gain since 1981. it s time to ask this question: both a global and national level, is the economic chaos unfolding before our eyes the result of incompetence or careful planning? ted cruz believes this is all purposesful. joe biden believes in gas is $6 or $10 a gallon, if he imposes enough pain that eventually everyone will have this epiphany and get rid of that truck or mini-van and everyone will buy an electric car. laura: the angle did not disagree. biden is ignorant and his cabinet is unqualified. but this can t be an accident. none of this was predestined. the biden team chose to cancel oil leases, to stop keystone and gren lit a proxy
soon. the owners are facing a crisis due to the sky rocketing cost of diesel fuel. and food prices? bloomberg headlines caught my eye. chicken wings for $34. consumer prices of food were up 9.4% in april compared to last april. it s the biggest gain since 1981. it s time to ask this question: both a global and national level, is the economic chaos unfolding before our eyes the result of incompetence or careful planning? ted cruz believes this is all purposeful. joe biden believes in gas is $6 or $10 a gallon, if he imposes enough pain that eventually everyone will have this epiphany and get rid of that truck or mini-van and everyone will buy an electric car. laura: the angle did not disagree. biden is ignorant and his cabinet is unqualified. but this can t be an accident. none of this was predestined. the biden team chose to cancel oil leases, to stop keystone and gren lit a proxy war against russia. sent billion dollars to ukraine. and paid people not to work over afte
suspenseful. more than 24 hour was aa primary race closed, key to which party holds the senate next year, the biggest primary of the year has stretched into night two, with the two gop senate kcandidates deadlocked. david mccormick and trump endorsed mehmet oz. thousands of mail-in ballots are still being counted. and even after they re counted, this dead heat race is likely headed to an automatic recount under pennsylvania law because of the slim margin. so, both oz and mccormick have already acknowledged that still isn t over. in fact, there s a process. we have ten of thousands of mail-in ballots that have not been counted. we re not going to have a result tonight. when all the votes are tallied, i am confident we will win. the process remains. but here comes donald trump today on his social media site, ripping a page right out of his own playbook that his endorsed candidate, oz, just go ahead and declare victory. why? he said so it s, quote, harder for them to cheat.