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multiple times. she'll 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. i'm 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 semiconductor plant and immediate display of unity. the goal is to reassure asian allies of u.s. commitme...

remarks here in south korea, president hailed the u.s./south korea relationship as a linchpin of peace and stability. trying to shore up the alliance with japan after his visit concludes here in south korea. he wants to bolster the relationship as a team when u.s. intelligence is warning of a heightened threat of a north korean missile and/or nuclear test, potentially while president biden is here in the region. certainly a moment of heightened tension. and president biden wants to send a strong message that the u.s. will defend its allies in the region. now, listen, president biden ...

top of a brand new hour on cnn newsroom. goold good to have you with me. i'm victor blackwell. plunging stocks, rising prices, recession fears. the s&p 500 entered bear market territory, dropping 20% from recent peaks. one bear market in the last 50 years was not accompanied by a recession. cost of living keeps rising, home prices are driving rents to a high. 17% from last year. gas prices are soaring. the national average, 4.59 per gallon, $0.30 more to fill up the tank than the day before russia invaded ukraine. let's start with the s&p 500 now into bear market territory today. wha...

>> that facility serving as a backdrop for biden's broader message. that robust u.s. alliances with its asian allies is key to a thriving global economy and security. >> so much of the future of the world is going to be written here in the indo-pacific over the next several decades. we're standing at an inflection point in history where the decisions we made today will have far reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. >> the five-day trip through south korea, then next japan, also aimed at trying to counter china's growing influence in the region. >> we think ...

trump had pulled the u.s. out of, so biden how do the opposite, seems childish. it seemed weird because there are not many international bodies more discredited than the world health organization, particularly after covid. it is a laughingstock. if there's one thing is not good at it is public health. since the very first cases of coronavirus in wuhan, the w.h.o. slavishly ran for the chinese government. first the w.h.o. claimed there was no evidence of human to human transmission of the virus. remember this? they cited chinese officials who were obviously lying and we are no they we...