35year occupation of the peninsula. The United States has long tried to strengthen the relationship to create a more formidable bond across asia. But it hasnt quite worked until now. Whats changed . And will todays summit lead to something in writing, a joint agreement between all three nations . What would that mean for china . Joining me now is nbc news senior White House Correspondent kelly odonnell, who is at camp david, you saw her there with the president and the the director of the meeting. How did President Biden get these two leaders to come and stand side by side at camp david today . Reporter part of it has been one of the themes of the biden presidency, where hes wanted to strengthen this relationship in part because of the rise of China Economically and militarily weve seen, and of course the ongoing threats from north korea. So as you pointed out, the u. S. Has strong independent relationships with these two nations despite generations of being at war with each of them. W
Any minute now, joe biden is set to speak alongside the leaders of japan and south korea. The president using camp david to help deepen ties between these two key allies, especially amid increasing provocative actions by china and north korea. Well bring you his remarks live. Plus, the atf now on the ground, joining the investigation in hawaii into what caused the fires on maui. More than 1,000 people are still missing. Crews have not even searched half of the burn zone. Lawyers for donald trump are pushing to delay his federal trial for more than two years. Well show you their legal arguments, why they are arguing to push it back, and whether the judge in the case will buy their reasoning. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. At any moment, were expecting to hear from joe biden and the leaders of japan and south korea. Youre looking at a live picture right now of camp david. Today, they are making history, the firste
the republic of korea and japan are capable and indispensable allies. now to the purpose of why we re here. america s commitment to both countries is ironclad. and my personal commitment to bringing these three nations together was real from the very beginning. since last summer, we ve met on the margins of the nato summit in spain, the asean summit in cambodia, and the g-7 summit in japan. today, we ve made history with the first-ever stand-alone summit between the leaders of our three countries, as well as our commitment to meet together on a leader level annually and to have all our relative cabinet member people meet on a regular basis from this point on, not just this year, not next year, forever. that s the intention.
i also want to note that my team is closely monitoring hurricane hillary, which is has the potential to bring significant rain and flooding to southern california. fema is ready to respond as needed. i urge everyone, in the path of this storm, to take precautions and listen to the guidance from state and local officials. and you have heard me say it before, the republic of korea and japan are capable and indispensable allies. now to the purpose of why we re here. america s commitment to both countries is iron clad. and my personal commitment to bringing these three nations together was real from the very beginning. sense last summer, we ve met on the margins of the nato summit in spain i, the asean summit in cambodia, and the g7 summit in japan.
john berman, cnn, new york. u.s. president joe biden is in the middle of an international trip that includes the asean summit where he s looking to counter china s growing influence. the president is meeting today with the leaders of japan and south korea and cambodia. their discussions focusing on the threat posed by north korea s missile and nuclear programs. on monday mr. biden heads to bali for the group of 20 summit. he s expected to hold an in-person meeting with chinese leader xi jinping. joining me now from phnom penh, cambodia, is cnn s senior international correspondent, will ripley. great to see you. what s come out of the meeting in the past hour? reporter: we expect that meeting actually to be happening right now. we are waiting for an update on what the result was. we do know in the lead-up to the talks between president biden and the leaders of japan and south korea, that would be prime minister kishida and president yoon, all three obviously trying to be in lockstep