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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 whe...

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 an...

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 mea...

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 preside...

>> 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 expecte...