even as the threat of a north korea missile test looms during this visit. all this is a balancing act as russia s war in ukraine hangs over the white house. today in another public show of support, the president met with leaders of finland and sweden as they pushed to join nato, a historic step as more countries unite against russia and condemn its invasion. the big question here is can turkey get on board? we are following all the headlines out of ukraine and the state of play there. first, let s start at the white house and we are joined now. arlette, tell us more about the president s message and his mind set as he s embarking on this. he s flying to asia for his first trip to the region as president. officials said he had hoped to get there earlier in his presidency, but was constrained due to covid-19 and other crises such as the war in ukraine. but the president will be traveling to both south korea and japan to meet with the leaders of each of the countries as well a
then i saw three people laying down. officials say that peyton gendrin, a white 18-year-old was wearing body armor and military-style clothing when he pulled up yesterday at the top s friendly market and started shooting. he picked that spot specifically for its demographics. officials say he drove for more than 200 miles to carry out that attack in an area with a significant black population. this is a community where people love each other. the shooter was not from this community. in fact, the shooter traveled hours from outside this community to perpetrate this crime on the people of buffalo. a day, when people were enjoying the sunshine, enjoying family, enjoying friends. all manner of happy activities. people in a supermarket shopping, and bullets raining down on them. people s lives being stuff snuffed out in an instant for no reason. i have to say that this particular top supermarket is near and dear to my heart. it s one that i worked years ago, to help bring to
meanwhile, one challenge on top of another for the president of the united states, joe biden. ukraine, inflation, the markets, and now a nationwide shortage of baby formula. the president pushing back when asked if he could have acted sooner. if we had been better mind readers, i guess we could have. but we moved as quickly as the problem became apparent to us. and we have to move with caution, as well as speed because we got to make sure what we re getting is, in fact, first-rate product. so the baby formula shortage coming in the middle of worldwide shortages of grain and cooking oil. what can we do to make food supplies more stable in an unstable world? and we have got shocking video tonight. watch what happened this is jerusalem it is at a funeral of an al jazeera journalist who was shot dead while she was reporting. cnn s atika shubert was there. reporter: as the funeral procession began, israeli riot police first blocked the coffin from moving forward, then ch
county. reaction is coming in from some of the key players, including south carolina senator lindsey graham. this shocking video released in the case of a police officer who shot and killed a 27-year-old man during a traffic stop. that officer has been fired and faces multiple charges, including murder. we ll walk you through that video and the difference from what we see from the rinl natural story police told original story police told. and when crews may begin to stave an american stranded in a cave 3,000 feet underground. we are following these stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. recommended but not charged. new details revealing on the sprawling georgia investigation into allegations of 2020 election interference by donald trump and allies. a report released just a short time ago shows that the special grand jury recommended charges for some of the former president s closest associates. but ultimately, they were not charged, includ
hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield in new york today. so with just weeks before voters head to the polls at key 2024 election contests, president biden is hitting the campaign trail amid new legal distractions hovering over his son. on friday the president kicked off a campaign swing out west just hours after his son hunter s latest indictment. hunter biden is now facing new federal tax evasion charges. prosecutors accuse him of a four-year tax evasion scheme, and spending millions of dollars on things like drugs, escorts and exotic cars. if convicted on all nine criminal counts, he could face up to 17 years in prison. cnn s senior white house reporter kevin liptak is in los angeles where the president is fundraising. kevin, has the president said anything about these indictments? reporter: no, he hasn t, fredricka. he seea few times but the president is fairly tight lipped on this. what the white house says is that the presiden