elected president a short time ago telling him that the alliance between the united states and south korea has never been stronger or more vital. now, the president s trip comes as he faces a myriad of problems back home from a shortage of baby formula to spiking inflation, and now rising covid cases too. tying his trip to asia to the top priority on his overseas agenda, president biden referenced russia s war against ukraine this morning saying that democracies must stand together against autocratic leaders. but i really do think we re at an inflection point in world history. things are changing so rapidly, i think we re going to see more of. it s going to be a competition between democracies and autocracies and i mean that sincerely. and unfortunately i think i m being proven to be correct not just here but around the world. in a joint statement mr. biden and south korean president yoon, the decision is a reversal from the trump administration which scaled back exerci
to restart the military drills? reporter: well, both president biden and president yun of south korea agreeing to begin discussions to expand these military drills between the united states and south korea. now this marks a dramatic shift from president biden s predecessor former president trump who not only scaled back but moved to scrap the exercisesal together, calling them too costly and provocative as he pursued this grand bargain diplomacy with kim jong-un. president trump met three times with the north korean leader. but ultimately was not able to make any progress, any meaningful substantive progress toward the ultimate u.s. goal of denuclearization of north korea. now, president biden is really re-setting u.s. foreign policy as it relates to north korea during this five-day trip to south korea and japan. what we re seeing from president biden is a move toward a much more traditional u.s. foreign policy. senior administration officials have told me is a careful appr
i m bill. let s start with you. aishah, the status quo, title 42 has been in place throughout the massive historic numbers we ve seen and that is not expected to change soon. less than an hour ago, a group of about 60 migrants that crossed illegally in front of our fox news drone in eagle pass, texas. and some of them are waving to our drone as well as a mexican law enforcement helicopter above them and had a chance to talk with some of them. told me they re from cuba, nicaragua and venezuela and that s title 42 is not enforced on. that s not the only group. a second piece of video. a single bigger group costed this one about 120 people in size crossing here into eagle pass. once again mostly cubans, colombians, venezuelans and single adults. this sector is getting hit hard in del rio. and just since october 1st, del rio where we are, more than 270,000 illegal crossings. those numbers are up about 145% over the same time last year. and keep in mind, all those numbers, with
remarks here in south korea, president hailed the u.s./south korea relationship as a linchpin of peace and stability. trying to shore up the alliance with japan after his visit concludes here in south korea. he wants to bolster the relationship as a team when u.s. intelligence is warning of a heightened threat of a north korean missile and/or nuclear test, potentially while president biden is here in the region. certainly a moment of heightened tension. and president biden wants to send a strong message that the u.s. will defend its allies in the region. now, listen, president biden is also making clear this is about national security. it s also about economic security. that is why we saw the president visiting a samsung semiconductor chip factory earlier today. and the president in reinforcing his message about this region by talking also about the war in ukraine and russia, insisting the u.s. and wall lies should not be relying on autocracies for critical materials. and tha
john: the republican senate in pennsylvania too close to call. oz and mccormick separated by a few thousand votes. it could eventually decide the balance of power in washington. john roberts good to see you here today. gillian: great to be with you, back from coverage the johnny depp trial in fairfax. secretary of state of pennsylvania is saying it s going to be a few days before the republican primary can be called. that race will be sent to a recount if the margin remains within half a percent. john: tv doctor, trump s endorsement, skyrocketing in the last couple of the weeks. but mccormick says he s the best chance to win in november and they are confident he will be the nominee. gillian: we have guy benson to break it down, but first bryan llenas joins us from new hope, pennsylvania. how are both campaigns feeling this hour about where they stand? hey, gillian, the bottom line, two words we keep hearing. optimistic and confident. those are the two words we are h