live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. u.s. president joe biden is expected to land in south korea next hour to begin his very first asia trip as president. he ll spen most of the weekend in the country holding talks with the new south korean president before heading to japan, where he ll be meeting with japan s prime minister as well as indian and australian leaders. officials say the trip to asia comes later in his presidency than he might have liked, but biden plans to, in his words, quote, affirm the importance of our indo-pacific alliances. cnn s kivevin liptak is live fr seoul. it s taken a while for him to make his first trip in his presidency. he is certainly coming over later than his recent predecessor, and probably a little later than he would have liked to. president biden has tried to make asia a center of his foreign policy, just like president obama did. just like president trump did. but he has been stymied somewhat by these other
People are on the move getting away from israels northern border in lebanon. Expanded evacuations, citizens leaving overnight in droves with hezbollah terrorists on the north side, that border of israel trying to open up a new war front against israel. President biden still pressing the idf to delay going into gaza on the ground after the october 7 attack. The goal is to try and free the more than 200 hostages that we know of. Of course hamas says 300. Yeah, were going to need receipts on that. They tend to lie. Americans are among however many number there are. We know that for sure. Im harris faulkner, youre in the faulkner focus. I hamas turned over two elderly israeli women. I went through hell and i never knew wed go through this. They stormed our kibbutz and kid mapped me and laid me on the motorbike. They walked for a few kilometers on the wet ground and there are huge network of Tunnels Underneath and looks like a spider web. Harris axios is reporting israel is willing to delay
Absolutely speaks for. Dana calling for an investigation is a great way for members of congress to not have to take responsibility for getting something wrong. They that could get people killed. Dana war efforts between israel and hamas and efforts to release all the hostages and call ifs more humanitarian aid and more. Bill House Republicans trying to pick next nominee to be speaker and if one of the next candidates gets enough support, a full vote on the floor of the house as early as midday and one of the eight candidates has already dropped out so where we stand, nobody knows. Dana coming facetoface with long time lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen. Cohen is expected to give testimony in the State Attorney General Civil Fraud Trial Against President Trump and more on those stories throughout the hour. Sirens sounding across Central Israel and the west bank and a heavy barrage of rockets from gaza and israel continues to bombard with air strikes and hamas releases two more hostages. Wel
succeeding generations from the scores of war, that s how the u.n. charter begins. fellow members of this council, now is the time to meet that promise. there are so many people in ukraine who want the same thing as that little girl veronica, a world where they can live in peace, in their own country, and keep the people they love safe. we have the power, we have the responsibility to create that world today and for generations to come. we cannot and we will not let one country destroy it. all right, everybody. we have been listening to secretary of state antony blinken speaking at the u.n. on this one-year mark of the war in ukraine. we are going to take you back to a courtroom in walterboro, south carolina, this is cross examination, talking about the day of the murders june 7th. let s listen.