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president biden in south korea as north korea appears to be on the verge of testing a missile. and did a republican lawmaker lead a tour of the capitol complex on the eve of the insurrection? plus new cnn reporting this morning on rising tensions among conservative justices over roe v. wade. and u.s. health officials sounding the alarm on a new covid wave disrupting american life. we will get answers from the white house coronavirus czar. ♪ good morning to viewers here in the...

multiple times. shell join us live. and cnn goes one on one with the u.s. marine veteran trevor reed on his brutal imprisonment in russia and what it is like to finally be home. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im told it is friday. >> indeed it is. >> it is friday, may 20th. a short time ago, president biden kicked off his first visit to asia since taking office. he joined the new south korean president yoon seok-youl at a samsung semicon...

su semiconductor plant. the other stop is japan. but as biden makes the rounds, there is also growing concern over what north korea might do next to rattle the saber. the united states preparing for the distinct possibility that kim jong-un would conduct a missile test, an icbm, in coordination with bidens trip. wouldnt be the first time he did it. more on that in a moment. lets begin in seoul, south korea, cnns jeremy diamond is there. tell us what the biden administration hopes to ac...

including as punishment in a psych ward full of criminals. >> so i was too worried about, you know, who was in the cell with me to actually sleep. >> you thought they might kill you? >> yeah, i thought that was a possibility. >> more from my exclusive interview with trevor reed, the u.s. marine veteran who is finally thankfully home. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. we start with our money lead and renewed fears of an economic recession as the markets closed moments ago. the do...

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american history for gasoline is unprecedented. the average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded $4.59. only a month ago, we were paying 50 cents less. republican lawmakers want answers and action. senators hitting the biden administration at two separate senate hearings. >> now aaa is projecting that gas prices will hit a national average -- average of $6 a gallon by the month of august. is this acceptable to you? >> no, it is not and you can thank the activity of vladimir putin for i...

white house conference on food, nutrition, and health that people cant live with their conscience if people go. hungry three bills here sent to congress, in which he said, should virtually eliminate poverty as a sort of malnutrition. >> delegates to the conference streamed into a washington hotel. they included corporation executives, welfare mothers, labor leaders, doctors, young social activists, indians, mexican americans, and bureaucrats. some lobbied for their ideas to end hunger....

if he was going to hold onto the white house. that was the big issue. we are covering it going into election night. it was a huge deal when biden won arizona. >> arizona. are you 100% sure of that call and when you made it and why did you make it? >> absolutely. we made it after basically a half hour of debating it. we finally called it right now. >> nbc news is projecting that when every last vote is counted in the state of arizona, joe biden will be awarded 11 electoral votes. joe bi...

being locked down for months. when they got triggered they went berserk cities like kenosha, seattle and portland. the rest of america was forced to watch in fear. it was a scary summer. the last thing america needs right now is another summer of love. but the signs are all pointing to that summer of 2022 is going to be a hell of a lot worse. and in some different ways. if you look at the country, many of us arent happy. even the people who voted for this president cant sugar coat it b...

the police close their inquiry. in total 83 people have been penalised. millions of tonnes of grain stuck in ukraine, as the un warns of a globalfood crisis if exports dont resume. this crop is due to be harvested in just over a months time, but the farmers here still have no idea where theyre going to store it or how theyre going to get it out of the country. music: chariots of fire main theme and the film score that mesmerised millions — its composer vangelis has died at the age of...