We are following developing news. President Biden on the move in Europe as he meets with allies on how to respond to Russia's one-month-old war in Ukraine.

He's a meeting with the President of the European Commission this morning as he wraps up his business in Brussels.

We're awaiting a live statement at any moment now. We're looking at the podium awaiting President Biden there in Brussels.

We will take that live when it happens in the next few minutes, we believe.

After Brussels, his next stop, Poland.

He departs in about two hours, and he's added a stop before his visit to Warsaw to the southeastern region,

about 100 miles from where Russian missiles struck a Ukrainian

military post this month. This morning, we'll take a look at what was accomplished at NATO.

We'll also have a live report from Poland as we look ahead to the next leg of this important

and historic trip.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Friday, March 25th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire.

We will start with the news.

There's a lot to get to.

President Biden, as we just said, will head to Poland this morning on the heels of yesterday's

meeting with NATO leaders in Brussels.

Among the many takeaways from the Emergency Summit,

NATO leaders announced plans to double the number of troops on the alliance's eastern flank.

The United States, in coordination with those NATO allies, also unveiled a fresh round of

sanctions on more than 400 Russians and Russian entities. The president also pledged an additional $1 billion

in humanitarian assistance for the war-torn country and said the United States would accept

up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. As I point out in my own reporting for Politico this morning,

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