it s georgia, who donald trump most wants to win who stopped his bid tooverturn the 2020 election . at this hour, the second in-person summit of the quad is undergoing. they re holding one on one talks. the meeting between mr. biden and the indian prime minister set to begin later this hour. just a day earlier, ended up boosting trade ties with several asia pacific countries. all part of boosting the u.s. alliance. but for all the four meetings and photo ops, it s what biden said when he went off screen. take a listen. 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. the white house was quick to down play those comments sghicist u.s. policy on china and taiwan has not changed. and in just the last hour, mr. biden himself clarified the policy hasn t changed. beijing is telling the united states not to
good to have you with us. right now the second in person summit of the quad is under way in tokyo. leaders of the informal alliance of the u.s., japan, australia and india are now holding talks one on one. u.s. president biden has been meeting with indian prime minister. also expected to speak with australia s new prime minister. one key focus of all these meetings, russia s war on ukraine. russia s assault on ukraine only heightens the importance of those goals. fundamental principles of international order. territorial integrity and sovereignty. international law, human rights, must always be defended. regardless of where they are violated in the world. so the quad has a lot of work ahead of us. this caps off his trip to asia in attempt to bolster u.s. alliances in the region. and counter china s growing dominance. the visit hasn t been without controversy. the white house is walking back biden s comments that the u.s. would be willing to defend taiwan militarily if chi
A warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u. S. And all around the world. Im max foster. Bianca is off dotoday. Just ahead jim jordan knows he has his work cut out for him. Hes been trying to win over the moderates and part of his pitch im told is that he is in the best position to try to unite the conference. You never expect it out of a president. He is giving secrets to people and carrying secrets into his home. The Biden Administration announcing that it is waiving 26 federal laws in order to green light the construction of a border wall in south texas. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is friday, october 6, 9 00 a. M. In london, 4 00 a. M. Washington, d. C. Where the House Speakership took a surprise turn in the past few hours with former President Trump endorsing congressman jim jordan for the post. Jordan and fellow republican Steve Scalise are the only two lawmakers who have said that they will seek the Leadership Position when t
hello, welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states. and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom. i m rose mary church. just aahead as the u.s., japan i india and australia meet to tackle the huge issues of ukraine, covid and preserving democracy. president biden backtracks on comments about taiwan. we are just hours away from polls opening up in georgia. why this pivotal election is pitting donald trump against mike pence. how the former vice president could one up his old boss. vladimir putin receives a stinging rebuke from one och his senior diplomats. why a top russian official says he has never been so ashamed of his country.
close to china and when we see between xi jinping talking about how close russia and china are while in russia this week, that lends experts to believe this is russia showing the chinese that they re willing to sort of act on their behalf. that they are willing to harass american military assets now in a chinese sphere of influence as well as off of russia. brooke. alex marquardt, thank you very much. next, biden backtracks. why the front-runner in the democratic race for president is reversing his stance on abortion funding. plus, a morbid fascination, columbine high school officials are considering tearing the building down. is that the right thing to do? we ll talk to the superintendent coming up. and terrifying images of a lesbian couple baetden and bloodied during the homophobic attack. arrests have been made. we have those details coming up. you re watching cnn, i m brooke baldwin.