let's dive into your need to know headlines first this morning.
And nearly 100 cases now of monkeypox have now been confirmed all over the world
and more than a dozen of those cases are under investigation right now.
The World Health Organization
saying the situation is evolving and more cases should be expected.
The White House is saying that the disease is
also being closely tracked here in the United States.
The biden administration though confident that the outbreak will be contained,
they're saying monkeypox less contagious than covid and much more understood.
The disease most often linked to international travel
or imported animals that are infected with the pox
symptoms of monkeypox include a flu like illness, swelling of the lymph nodes
and even rashes as well.
And President biden in Japan today after wrapping
up his visit in south Korea this weekend.
This is the president's latest stop in his five day trip to Asia,
the first for the biden presidency overnight.
The president promised military action if China overstepped in Taiwan.
Take a listen.
Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?
You are.
That's the commitment We made
biden also had a message for north Korea's kim jong un when asked by reporters,
he said quote hello
Period, very assisting the president on that one.
Meanwhile, speaking of President Biden,
he signed a bill over the weekend giving $40 billion
$20 billion dollars in military assistance and intelligence support.
Another eight billion in economic aid and five
billion to help with expected global food shortages.
That's all due to the collapse of the Ukrainian agriculture.
The package also earmarks about a billion dollars when it comes to refugees
now.
The bill, which overwhelmingly passed the Senate last week,
brings total usa to Ukraine to $54 billion,
and that's just since Russia's invasion of the country started in February.