it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. there s no excuse for that. again, i wasn t there, but i m just telling you from what we know, we believe there should have been an entry as soon as you can. hey, when there s an active shooter the rules change. it s no longer okay, it s no longer barricaded. you don t have time. and, by the way, texas embraces active shooter training, active shooter certification, and that doctrine requires officers, we don t care what agency you re from, you don t have to have a leader on the scene. every officer lines up, stacks up, goes and finds where the rounds are being fired and keep shooting until the subject is dead, period. but that s not what happened. let s get to cnn s shimon prokupecz. you have been there on the scene trying to get answers for days and this afternoon we got them and they re devastating. reporter: they are truly devastating. and you just feel for these families, to hear the police, the leadi
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 when it comes to the white house staffers but not a mixed message from president biden because as you mentioned, this is at least the third time he s publicly stated the united states would come to taiwan s defense militarily if thigh china were to attack. for more than 40 years the united states has had a policy of strategic ambiguity, leaving it an open question whether the u.s. would get involved m
made from there. but the idea that it can be taken by force, just taken by force, is just not appropriate. it will dislocate the entire region. now, those comments were a deviation from the standard strat stra strategic from the administration and it caught them off guard. they said the stance on china and taiwan has not changed but some of the president s own aides tell cnn they did not expect him to be so kquiv cool n the topic. china did not like these comments. what was their response? reporter: alison, there s no question that beijing has been watching president biden s trip here to asia very carefully, really listening to every word coming out of his mouth to see what kind of posturing they are seeing from the president on issues related to asia, and particularly, of course, china. and so yesterday when the president was so unquiv cool when he was by a reporter would the u.s. get militarily to defend taiwan and he answered there yes, that certainly made some big wav
war on ukraine. but other tensions are ratcheting higher, and closer across the border north korea may be preparing to fuel an intercontinental ballistic missile that would mean kim jong-un s regime could conduct a test launch while president biden is in south korea. meantime in ukraine, russia has replaced senior military commanders who are blamed for bungling the early stages of the invasion. that s according to british intelligence. and ukrainian president zelenskyy says russia s relentless shelling of the donbas region has left it destroyed. his words, it is hell there. cnn s melissa bell is in kyiv. first to journey diamond in seoul. what s the message president biden is delivering to that region? well, listen, president biden has arrived in the region with the goal of shoring up the u.s. s key alliances in the region, not only on a national security front, but also in terms of increasing economic cooperation in this region. but we begin with this increased threat in n
looming in the background, china, which has been flexing its military power in the region recently. north korea, which may launch a missile test during the president s visit to the pacific region. and, of course, the war in ukraine. president biden called out vladimir putin in his remarks today, and he s set to sign off on a major aid package while in asia to help ukraine. cnn s white house correspondent jeremy diamond is in seoul following the president. so, jeremy, what else happened on biden s first day there? reporter: well, alison, in his first remarks in south korea, president hailing the u.s./south korea relationship as a linchpin of peace, prosperity. there are heightened intention with north korea as u.s. intelligence indicates that north korea could potentially test fire an intercontinental ballistic missile and or a nuclear weapon while president biden is here in south korea or while he is in the region as he goes to japan next. that has, of course, heightened