Happening now, President Biden vows an expanded NATO will be stronger

against Russian aggression, standing with the leaders of both Finland and

Sweden as they seek to join the NATO Alliance.

We'll get an up-to-the-minute assessment from about the war from the Pentagon Press Secretary

John Kirby, he's standing by live.

Also tonight, there's growing concern in the US

about the potential spread of yet another deadly virus.

The CDC is now discussing

whether to offer vaccinations for people at high risk of what's called

monkey pox, now that 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

out that some 15 people actually signed into an online chat room where he invited

people to watch the racist attack as it happened.

We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the situation room. We begin with President Biden hitting Vladimir Putin with a one-two punch.

The United States now poised to 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 Caitlin

is joining us live from Seoul, South Korea. Caitlin, the president is

heading to Asia where you are right now, but he remains deeply focused on the US response to Russia's

brutal and totally unprovoked war.

Yeah Wolf and that was clear by what was happening on the ground in Washington as the President was preparing for this, his first trip to Asia, since taking office.

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