making news by abandoning decades old policy of strategic ambiguity and saying the united states would fight for taiwan if it is attacked by china. you didn t want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. the white house immediately walked that back, saying the policy has not changed. in ukraine, a russian soldier sentenced to live in prison by a kyiv judge after pleading guilty in the shooting death of a 62-year-old ukrainian civilian in the early days of the invasion. and ukrainian military officials say russia is escalating its offensive throughout the donbas region. and there is some relief coming for millions of parents today as the second major delivery of baby formula is expected to arrive wednesday as part of the biden administration s operation fly formula. the first shipment arrived in indiana sunday and being shipped
a stolen election. more on how that has changen up these races in a minute. but let s start in my home state of texas, where the issue of abortion has become a key focus in a closely watched democratic runoff. back in march, neither incumbent nor bernie sanders-backed candidate could cross the threshold. in a race that featured an fbi raid and questions on electability and border poicy. they have tried to seize on the intention in the draft opinion overturning roe. putting the issue front and center against the pro-life candidate. this is how she made her pitch to chuck earlier this month. in this moment, we re watching the fall of rome. and the erosion of our fundamental rights. this moment we truly it necessitates a champion that s going to fight fur people s rights. there s so many key issue where is he s siding with republican asks he can become the joe manchin of the house. we don t want it to be the deciding vote on the future of our fundamental freedoms and rights in
choi na that the u.s. will defend taiwan if beijing decides to invade as his pentagon briefs reporters. and later, what s going on with monkeypox. president biden says everybody should be concerned about the latest outbreak. i ll speak with the top white house national security official on biosecurity, coming up. welcome to mtp daily. i m garrett haake in for chuck todd. another week means another big election night is almost here. primaries in alabama, arkansas and georgia in addition to runoff elections in texas tomorrow night. the big spotlight of the night will be on georgia. it s a key battleground for senate control in the midterms and a hugely important presidential battleground in 2024. and it has also been ground zero for president trump s lies about