bret: what are you going to give them tonight that s going to differentiate you from the other people on that stage, including your former boss? look, number one, it s great to be back in iowa. i think this is about our 15th trip and karen and i will be traveling all across the state this he could would. but i think you are right. the great thing about iowa, lesser extent and new hampshire and other early states. people want to get to know you but want to know where you are going to take the country. it s one of the reasons why we unveiled a plan to combat inflation. everywhere we go people are talking about the rising cost of living, the hardship that the failed policies of he president joe biden has have worked on families across this country. eggs are 50% higher than they were when they took office. one piece of grocery after another. highest increase in groceries this past week than we have seen in a year. we put out a plan that laid out our vision for
appreciate it. turning to 2020 politics and joe biden on his 15th trip to iowa today. secured a highly coveted endo e endorsement. the former governor iowa tom vilsack and his wife supporting joe biden as the former vice president looks to shore up support in the first caucus state. bring in nbc news road warrior, in des moines right now. you re following the biden campaign today. what are some of the caucusgoers, the town halls he s visiting, keenly interested in? reporter: it s interesting. it s very different from something that we re talking about very often on television, and across the news cycle which is impeachment. that actually doesn t come up in any of the town halls i ve heard here in iowa or others biden held across the country. instead asking about his plan for education, plan to end
there, especially his meeting with shinzo abe. he will address the general assembly tuesday morning in new york. i want to bring in cnn s will ripley, just back from his 15th trip to north korea. he s joining us on the phone from tokyo right now. will, certainly you were waiting for this kind of a missile test to unfold? reporter: we were, wolf. and we just flew out yesterday morning from the pyongyang airport which is believed to be the launch site yet again for the missile that flew over japan. remember, north korea launches their missile that flew over hokkaido also from the airport area. this is where all of the commercial flights come in to north korea but we also saw that it was for military purposes, which is they are launching from their capital shows that they
there is no fear expressed to us. outrage threats to the united states. threatening retaliation and unimaginable consequences and pain and suffering. these sanctions do bite more than previous rounds of sanctions and putting a camp on oil imports and ending over seas labor contracts. it is going to take a while for any sanctions to kick in. and south korea does believe that the north is ready to launch their next ballistic missile pretty much any time. that s one way for them to send a giant middle finger to the u.s. this is your 15th trip. despite the sanctions why? reporter: because they have invested too much into it and the only leverage they feel they have in the global stage.
we don t know the situation and all areas of the country. i can say this is my 15th trip. i have only seen the living conditions improved and the standards improved, certainly in the capitol of pyongyang. it does not mean it is not felt. we know gas price have spiked considerably but considering most people don t have their own cars anyway. it does not affect day-to-day life. we ll see moving forward. will ripley in pyongyang where they are getting their morning wake up call. across the border, the u.s. allies is also preparing for possible retaliations from pyongyang by conducting live fire drills. cnn s paula hancock has this is