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the battleground state of georgia, where trump hand-picked several 2020 election deniers to run for critical offices that oversee elections like secretary of state, attorney general, and governor. >> now, the primary race for governor is the race to watch today in georgia, incumbent brian kemp is trumps number one target in whats being called his vendetta tour. trump is on a mission to bring down republicans who refuse to go along with his 2020 election lies. he enlisted and then endor...

over the weekend. all of it part of that effort to address the nationwide shortage. as more babies are hospitalized. the flight was the first of several shipments expected from europe this week. we have new details this morning on when we could see some other flights. lets begin this morning with president bidens trip to asia. jeremy diamond is in tokyo. selena wang is in beijing. jeremy, first to you, president bidens indo-pacific economic framework, as its known, agreement of a num...

region aimed at leveling the economic playing field with china but his remarks on taijuan garnered the most attention. president biden said the u.s. would respond military if china invaded taijuan. >> this morning, the white house is walking back those comments. a source familiar with the presidents thinking tells me biden was speaking about providing weapons to taijuan, not putting u.s. forces into any conflict with china if it were to invade taijuan so similar to the position on ukra...

unpopularity. and precious cargo. the u.s. military, an air lift touches down in middle america with a critical shipment on board. 500,000 bottles worth of baby formula. but we begin the hour in tokyo. president biden dispensing with diplomacy to deliver a stern warning to china. >> you didnt want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily for obvious reasons. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? >> yes. >> you are? >> thats a commitm...

a russian soldier is sentenced to life in prison in the first war crimes trial of this now three-month long invasion. the soldier admitted to killing one man but ukrainian president zelenskyy says as many as 100 ukrainians are now dying each day near the frontlines. were tracking developments there, but first, lets go to japan where president biden is on the second leg of his trip to asia, and will ripley is in tokyo for us. will, the president wanted to send a strong message to china ...

we will bring all of the resources of the federal government to bear on this case. this is the number one priority of the department of justice and i can assure the citizens of this community that anything that we can do at the federal level with this case will be done and justice will be served for the victims. >> just on the hate crime issue as well, ive already asked our hate crime task force, the new york state hate crime task force to be investigating as well. so it is being treat...

military aid and humanitarian aid for ukraine, bringing americas support for the effort to nearly 54 billion with no other country having that large of a financial or military or humanitarian commitment, its expected to pass the senate early next week before heading to the presidents desk for signing. that bill along with leaks from the biden administration in recent days seems to underscore just how embroiled the united states has become in the war in ukraine. on may 4th, new york tim...

visit sends a strong signal, bipartisan support for ukraine. its not clear whether the meeting took place today nor whether the delegation is actually still there in kyiv. this is the second visit by a group of u.s. lawmakers in two weeks time. >> cnn correspondents are covering the latest developments. what are you learnin ing about s delegation to ukraine? >> i was to emphasize what you said which is were still getting a lot of details about this visit from mitch mcconnell, john corn...

they are in response to a leaked draft opinion revealing a majority of justices poised to strike down roe versus wade. if over turned, constitutional protections for abortion rights will be eliminated in 26 states, likely. we have reporters covering this in several key cities today. joe johns is live for us in the nations capitol. lets begin in the nations cap capital. the d.c. rally is near the washington monument and it will kick off at about noontime and people will start making the...

to desperation for millions of parents nationwide as a shortage of baby formula has so many scrambling for ways to try to feed their children. coast to coast store shelves are showing up em pi. more than 40% of formula is out of stock across the country. eight states and d.c. particularly hard hit, reporting more than half of formula in those locations is out of stock. this crisis has been building for months due to pandemic supply issues as well as the closure of a major production pl...