relics here. smoldering in the trees here, but swallowed in the silence. nick patton walsh, cnn. the fighting isn t just taking place on the battlefields on the ground but also on the black sea, the russian blockade of ukrainian ports continues to threaten food supplies and millions of lives around the world. the biden administration has been working with allies to get wheat out of the country. some say a military solution might be the best option using missiles to threaten russian ships. we re joined by lawrence friedman, from kings college, london. i want to get your thoughts on the state of the war right now for ukraine advances in kharkiv
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
as officials said, there has virtually been no contact between the united states and north korea since biden took office. kaitlan collins, appreciate that. live from seoul. for more perspective, let s bring in cnn international correspondent paula hancocks, we should note these are two leaders, biden and yun who are taking a harder line stance with north korea and predecessors. he could asked whether he would take a meeting with kim jong un among these ongoing tensions. what did he say about that? reporter: he has been saying in the past that he was willing to meet him. we have heard from the white house that they have had this outreach to north korea to which north korea has effectively given nothing in return. they have ignored it up until this point. he was asked, president biden, very directly whether he would meet with kim jong un, and this was his response. with regard to whether i
being created or reinforced. they re not the same thing as an asian nato, but the hope is that they will bring together, especially the most powerful regional democracies and yes, to confront china s rise. i think president biden has to be a little careful about sounding, you know, antagonistic toward china. he should be resolute, tough, and acknowledge democracies have a special kind of bond with each other. i don t think we want to push china into the mode of thinking it s our adversary a across the board, and that will help putin right now. he has to be careful with the rhetoric. there won t be an asian nato. there are, however, other mechanisms that are being strengthened. interesting points, we appreciate your perspective. michael o hanlon, thank you for joining us. across the country, parents are desperate to find formula. is the white house doing enough, and how long could the shortage last.
market territory dropping more than 20% from a record high in january. none of this is good news for president biden, a new ap poll shows his job approval at 39%. cnn spokesman spoke to an analyst about where he thought the market is head zbld toward a recession, the big rise in interest rates, which by some measures is the biggest record, we have 200 years of data in the bond market, we have never seen a selloff to this degree before, and the conference board put out a survey yesterday of ceos and 60% of them think that the u.s. is headed for a recession, so the market is consistent with all of this belief to use the fed term, they were hoping they could bring the economy in for a soft landing to reduce the inflation rate, but we re