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. we re tracking developments there, but first, let s 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 on this trip. but today a bit of a mixed message. yeah. and it certainly is a mixed message when it comes to the white house staffers but not a mixed message from president biden because as you mentioned, this is at least the third time he s publicly stated the united states would come to taiwan s defense militarily if thigh china were to attack. for more than 40 years the united states has had a policy of strategic ambiguity, leaving it an open question whether the u.s. would get involved m
a meeting with the north korean dictator, kim jong-un. the president took part in a wreath laying ceremony to pay his respects to fallen korean soldiers who died fighting alongside u.s. forces in the korean war. cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond in seoul with the president. jeremy, this announcement about joint military exercises, this is yet another example of president biden reversing what president donald trump had done. reporter: yeah, no doubt about it, alex. what we re seeing from president biden on this trip to seoul is a return to foreign policy in tis region and attempt to deepen and tighten the cooperation between the u.s. and allies in the region, south korea and japan where the president heads next. this move announced in a joint statement between president biden and the south korean president yun indicates they are going to enter discussions to expand the joint military exercises. that is steep reversal from what we saw under president trump who down
to restart the military drills? reporter: well, both president biden and president yun of south korea agreeing to begin discussions to expand these military drills between the united states and south korea. now this marks a dramatic shift from president biden s predecessor former president trump who not only scaled back but moved to scrap the exercisesal together, calling them too costly and provocative as he pursued this grand bargain diplomacy with kim jong-un. president trump met three times with the north korean leader. but ultimately was not able to make any progress, any meaningful substantive progress toward the ultimate u.s. goal of denuclearization of north korea. now, president biden is really re-setting u.s. foreign policy as it relates to north korea during this five-day trip to south korea and japan. what we re seeing from president biden is a move toward a much more traditional u.s. foreign policy. senior administration officials have told me is a careful appr
make advances abroad, at home, he s facing significant headwinds. we re talking recession fears, soaring inflation, a stock market selloff, $4 gas in every state and a shortage of baby formula so severe, he invoked a wartime measure to increase production. with us now, cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz and cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. what is on the president s agenda? reporter: just to start off, forgive the noise, there s construction here at the white house, but president biden is on air force one flying to asia for his first trip to the region as president. as he wants to reinforce that that region remains a central focus of his foreign policy. now, officials have said that he had hoped to get to the region much earlier in his presidency, but he had been constrained due to covid concerns as well as other brewing crises, including the war in ukraine. the president will first travel to seoul, south korea, where he will meet with the country s new le
reporter: the video out there of the landing, pretty darn good. pretty much right on the runway, right on the center line. flying my entire life, nothing has ever happened before like this in my memory. pretty remarkable and incredible. listen, i m no pilot like you, pete, i ve taken lessons. easy to take a plane off. not easy to land it. that s remarkable. hard to land. yeah, yeah. pete muntean, thank you so much. good morning, i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. moments from now, president biden scheduled to leave the white house, headed to illinois where he s expected to address concerns, continuing concerns over food supply and inflation. this as new data signals inflation may have peaked but the numbers are still high. we ll break down the numbers and take you to the white house in just a moment. plus, testing the power of an endorsement from former president trump after gaining support from him, two gop candidates split nights. a win and a loss. what that say