through michigan. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. u.s. president will soon wrap up the second day of his first trip to asia as commander in chief. it comes after joe biden held talks with his south korean counterpart and reaffirm a alliance. both nations committed to a goal of denuclearization on the korea peninsula. here he is. translator: a sustainable piece of peninsula by a principaled and consistent policy toward north korea. in lock step with the biden administration i commit to safeguard peace on the korean peninsula and encourage north korea to come forward for dialogue and engage in cooperation. we as leaders of the two countries reiterated our common goal of the complete denuclearization of the dprk. there s no compromise for security under this shared belief we concurred that strong deterrence against north korea is paramount. still concerns that they may still conduct a missile test. the war in ukraine was also a critical topic at those bil
elected president a short time ago telling him that the alliance between the united states and south korea has never been stronger or more vital. now, the president s trip comes as he faces a myriad of problems back home from a shortage of baby formula to spiking inflation, and now rising covid cases too. tying his trip to asia to the top priority on his overseas agenda, president biden referenced russia s war against ukraine this morning saying that democracies must stand together against autocratic leaders. but i really do think we re at an inflection point in world history. things are changing so rapidly, i think we re going to see more of. it s going to be a competition between democracies and autocracies and i mean that sincerely. and unfortunately i think i m being proven to be correct not just here but around the world. in a joint statement mr. biden and south korean president yoon, the decision is a reversal from the trump administration which scaled back exerci
be more of an economic partnership, wanting to be more than just the military and security guarantees that were needed because of north korea, so focusing beyond that and more comprehensive and strategic relationship between the u.s. and south korea, this is exactly what we re hearing from president biden s side as well, that s what the u.s. is looking for, so this is one element that both sides have been at pains to highlight during president biden s trip here. now of course north korea has a way of inserting itself into every single agenda, and certainly it s done it once again, intelligent agencies saying that a missile launch could be imminent, whether it actually happens or not whether the president is in country or in japan, north korea will still manage it will be talked about significantly. the covid outbreak in north
nuclear and icbm tests of that year, and that russia and china actually agreed to back then. might lift those sanctions in exchange for the verifiable dismantlement of north korea s nuclear reactors, yuranium centrifuge, and that would freeze the arsenal. you wouldn t acknowledge or tolerate it but you would look away and deal with the production capability and testing issue first. president biden already has spoken at length about the importance of democracy standing together in the face of a autocracies, and he specifically cited russia s war in ukraine. this is not really a subtle signal to beijing either. i think white house officials have made clear that they believe that the west s united response in the form of sanctions and military assistance to ukraine also sends a signal to china who has eyes on taiwan. do you agree with that
president trump. that s right. republicans here in georgia say that it s not a matter of whether kemp wins the primary against david purdue but by how much and whether he can beat the 50% threshold to avoid a runoff after tuesday s election. despite that, kemp is not letting off the gas at all. he has been campaigning and had help from current and former republican governors. he has had governor chris christie, the former governor of new jersey, doug ducey of arizona, and in a few hours, kemp will be attending an event with pete ricketts, the governor of nebraska, and the governor of indiana will be headlining the final rally for kemp before election day. the purdue campaign has let their foot off the gas just a bit here in the final weeks. in fact, the even more importantly we ve gotten the chance to know each other personally. we shared a lot of stories from