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military and economic might in the region and escalating provocations from north korea which u.s. intelligence thinks may be planning a missile test while mr. biden is there. let's bring in cnn's paula hancocks live in seoul for us. good morning, tell us what is the underlying purpose of the president's visit there? >> reporter: what the president is here for and what he would like to be talking about is alliances. and talking about economic prosperity and partnership with south korea, talking about security ties. what he might find creeping up the agenda though is north korea. as yo...

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...

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 biden's trip. wouldn't be the first time he did it. more on that in a moment. let's begin in seoul, south korea, cnn's jeremy diamond is there. tell us what the biden administration hopes to accomplish on this trip, both in south korea and japan. >> reporter: well, jim, president biden ha...

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." i'm jake tapper. we start with our money lead and renewed fears of an economic recession as the markets closed moments ago. the dow finishing flat after a day mostly in the red. what's sounding alarm bells now is this is the eigh...

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