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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 ukrain ....
u.s. president, joe biden, is on his way to south korea on his first asia trip as president. he will also be visiting japan and meet with leaders of india and australia as well. the asia trip comes later in biden s presidency than he may have liked. he wants to affirm the importance of our indo-pacific alliances. kevin, we ll begin with you. joe biden has been focusing much on the war in ukraine. this an attempt that they can walk and talk and chew gum at the same time. it s meant to reaffirm the u.s. commitment to the key alliance in east asia with south korea and japan and demonstrate that president biden still has this focus on asia despite all of the time and attention he s been spending on the war in ukraine. you saw that play out in the near term when the president in the morning he met with the leaders in finland and sweden. they are trying to join nato and he pivoted and turned to asia. te took flight and still on it now on his way to asia an it s really sort ....
america s commitment to allies in the region of course after months of focus on ukraine and russia s invasion there. the president s first stop is south korea, where he underscored the importance of this region and this moment. listen. so much, so much of the future of the world is going to be written here in the endopacific over the next several decades. we re standing at an inflection point in history where the decisions we make today will have far reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. the issues the president is facing and tackle anything asia are serious ones. impactful ones, including a looming threat of a possible missile test coming from north korea while biden is overseas. and problems elsewhere, being flown to the president right now for his signature is the bill that congress just approved to give $40 billion of additional aid to ukraine. and that s just to name one of many. let s start in seoul, south korea. jeremy diamond is th ....
more in aid and weapons. plus president biden welcomes the leaders of finland and sweden, supporting their bids to join n.a.t.o. tonight s other top headlines, record-breaking heat in 19 states, wildfires surge across texas and new mexico, plus monkeypox found in the u.s., the symptoms of the rare disease. and finally tonight, they re in a class of their own. we ll introduce you to these four extraordinary cadets from west point who are now rhodes scholars. how historic. think about the four of you together, pretty special. yes, ma am. just a little bit. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you so much for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, some news for passports with small children. a top health panel is recommending kids five to 11 get a covid booster. it comes as the pandemic is rearing its ugly head once again. more than two ....
and one confirmed case now in the united states. i m jake tapper. we start with the health lead in the biden administration, warning parents desperate to get their hands on baby formula to beware of online scammers, charging exorbitant prices for formula that does not exist. house lawmakers griled the fda commissioner demanding answers and action. this after the house passed a pair of bills to address the crisis. the first would provide $28 million to the fda to fix the shortfall and prevent it from happening again. the second bill is ensuring low income families can find and buy form law enforcement last night, biden passed the defense production act to direct suppliers to deliver formula to manufacturers. but the slew of actions is not stopping even biden allies from criticizing the overall administration response. nobody did their job here. no one did well. senator casey and i wrote to the fda and to abbott back in february and said, what are you doing? we need to ....