already from china. we ll have much more on that in just a moment. but we re also keeping an eye on the pentagon where in just minutes, top leaders will hold a press conference. this question of military intervention in taijuan, it s very likely to be raised. we ll bring that to you when it begins. president biden is also formally answering an indy pacific trade pact. a lot to get to this hour. let s get started. cnn s jeremy diamond is live in tokyo. jeremy, what are you hearing from administration, from the white house about the president s comments in taijuan? reporter: well, listen, a white house official almost immediately after the president made those comments at a news conference saying that quote, as the president said our policy has not changed and yet, if you listen to the president s words directly, he very much does seem to be tossing away the u.s. s decades long foreign policy of strategic ambiguity as it relates to taijuan and the question of whether or not
protected. it s part of making sure putin isn t able to do what he wants to do, which is basically wipe ukraine off the map. he s not succeeding today but he has not changed in terms of that being his objective. leshe s not ending the effor exactly. what do you take from president biden s statement saying that he would intervene military in taijuan if china would invade? two things. first of all, the biggest thing we want to do is detour china from using a military option. that s always in our position. one china, work it out but can t work it out through violence. it between china and taijuan to figure that out. we re also going to support taijuan, which we have. we ve sold them weapons. we ve provided some training to them over the years. long standing policy to try to discourage china from using that military option. there s a lot of different things we can do there. it doesn t sound like biden said that today? he didn t. he moved away from strategic ambiguity without qu