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heading to south korea. his first trip to asia as president while pyongyang watches closely. and the taliban continues to roll back the rights of women in afghanistan. now forcing a choice between covering their faces or losing their on-air jobs. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with john vause. >> a bill authorizing $40 billion in u.s. aid to ukraine is on its way to seoul, south korea, for president joe biden's signature. the aid package easily passed the u.s. senate on thursday but does not take effect until it is signed. another $100 million worth of artillery, ra...

And by these other foreign hot spots. he's traveling here much later than his predecessors might have and really sort of thrown into question the idea of this whole pivot to asia. that's something that president 0 bam many talked about, that president trump alluded to, as well. now it's president biden's turn to turn his attention and renew what he's said what is the defining challenge of the 21st century, to counter china. when you see him here in seoul the first couple of hours, his first stop will be at a samsung plant that manufacturers these semiconductor chips that are so important to cr...

Think that's exactly right. you have to remember that carter page is sort of one of the first investigative issues in this whole russia question, going back to the summer. so, he's one of the people that the fbi is interested in first and he is also one -- we've reported previously that there was a fisa warrant, intelligent surveillance warrant out on his communications, because of this concern that he may, essentially, be in regular contact with russian officials who are maybe steering him in some way, or manipulating him in some way. all of which he deny, by the way, but that was the concern...

Is right, it is arguably worse for him than if he is wrong. the president of the united states barack obama cannot unilaterally order a wiretap. if there was a wiretap it was because the law enforcement officials in the 0 bam that administration were able to convince a judge that there was sufficient grounds, sufficient reason of concern about collusion with a foreign agent to justify the war tap. as lindsey graham said yesterday, that would be a source of great concern if it were true at all. but certainly today you're seeing the former officials saying it never happened at all. i don't think...

It has not occurred yet. during the transition, i asked general flynn whether or not any there any other conversations between the ambassador, and he said no. >> reporter: spicer said the subject of those calls, general flynn told him that they just spoke about a handful of things. one call that he referenced there, between trump and putin, which hasn't been arranged yet, but also holiday pleasantries. trump team says they did not discuss the sanctions, and keep in mind, that's key, because december 29th, when we know one of the calls took place, that was the very same day the 0 bam many admin...