primary election that pits his candidate against donald trump s. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, may 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. president biden says the u.s. military will defend taiwan, if china invades its island neighbor. speaking in tokyo this morning at a joint news conference, with japan s new prime minister, the president addressed the growing tensions in eastern asia. you didn t want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily, for obvious reasons, are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. shortly after that news conference, the white house seemingly tried to clarify the president s remarks. writing in a statement, quote, the president reiterated our commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait. and to provide taiwan with the military means to defend itself. different than military involvement perhaps. and on the island, we
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with a small sign of relief from the baby formula crisis that is gripping the nation. today a u.s. military flight carrying more than 70,000 pounds of baby formula arrived in indianapolis from europe, but you won t see it on store shelves here in the u.s. a white house official says the first shipment is heading straight to doctors, hospitals, home health care facilities and pharmacies in areas that need it the most. this means for many parents who have been desperately searching for weeks now to find formula they ll have to keep searching. the shipment arrived just hours ago. what more can you tell us about this formula, where it s going, how many toddlers it s expected to feed? i guess there will be some parents out there disappointed this formula is not going directly to a store near them. reporter: and that s important, too, jim. you can find out where this is not going to your neighborhood groce
An investigation into extremist in israel and what has allowed them to flourish. We speak to morehouse professor Samuel Livingston who attended bidens commencement and sent a clear message to the commander in chief. Lets do it. We begin with Breaking News out of iran, Rescue Efforts are underway after a helicopter carrying the iranian president suffered what officials are calling a crash landing. The president s condition is unknown. This happened this morning in the northern part of a man and right now, the weather is playing a big factor in trying to find answers. Josh letterman is tracking the latest. What is the latest on search and Rescue Efforts . Its been well over 12 hours since that helicopter carrying the iranian president , foreign minister, and others went down in Northwestern Iran and we still dont know the status of irans president , nor do we know at this point whether Search And Rescue operatives have been able to get to the site of that helicopter. It is extremely conc
Significant additional risks. Speaking this morning, ahead of the Imf World Bank meeting in marrakesh, ms yellen said washington was monitoring the potential Economic Impact of the escalating conflict. While we are monitoring potential Economic Impacts from the crisis, im not really thinking of that as a major likely driver of the Global Economic outlook. So we will see what impact it has. Thus far, i dont think weve seen anything suggesting it would be very significant. Janet yellen speaking earlier. Joining me now is gregory peters, co chief Investment Officer at pgim fixed income. Thank you for being with us. Janet yellen says so far things are ok, that there are lots of moving parts right now, notably how long this conflict goes on for and who else if anyone gets involved, i am thinking of saudi and iran. It is anyone gets involved, i am thinking of saudi and iran. Of saudi and iran. It is clear there are lots of of saudi and iran. It is clear there are lots of moving of saudi and
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