u.s. president to say this sort of thing. george w. bush said something in 2001. but what has changed in recent years is an increasingly aggressive and assertive china in this region, and there have been growing calls among some including the former japanese prime minister, shinzo abe for the united states to be more clear of what it would do if china made a move on taiwan, give than taiwan is not only a fragile and young democracy, a vibrant democracy, but also that it is vital to the global supply chain when it comes to semi conductors that power everything from cars to smart phones to computers. and so could this be president biden signaling a policy shift? not according to white house staffers who were quick to say there is no change to the u.s. taiwan policy. and trying to kind of walk back those comments even though they were pretty clear from president biden himself. will ripley, i appreciate your reporting. thank you. joining us is mike lyons.
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 militarily
formula for children with special dietary needs. i had an opportunity to speak to the ceo elect of fedex, a key partner in the biden-led effort. he told me he s hopeful that some of their chartered flights that will be flying into the united states will have more of that general use formula, but as for tom vilsack, he also with an important reality check for parents, the wait is not over. it might still be according to him up to 30 days before parents finally get some relief. but these are parents that have been waiting already for weeks, maybe even months to be able to stock up. yeah. that relief can t come soon enough. thank you so much. to another outbreak we re watching. the world health organization is reporting almost 10 0 confirmed cases of monkey pox. in the u.s., the cdc says it is monitoring six people for possible infections. they re also tracking a confirmed case in massachusetts. cnn health reporter jacqueline howard joins us now.
providing taiwan with arms to defend itself. that ambiguity is in place to keep beijing unsure of what the united states would do. president biden has been clear, and he was clear once again in this exchange here in tokyo earlier today. 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. we agree with one china policy. we signed onto it. and all the attendant agreements 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 and be another action similar to what happened in ukraine. mr. biden is not the first
assurance to americans, but the u.s. is not going to war with russia. we have no intention of fighting russia. reporter: biden signaling full support of american allies, announcing sending additional troops to fortified nato presence in europe. the united states and allies will defend every inch of nato territory, and abide by the commitments we made into nato. reporter: u.s. allies are responding to russia s latest incursion into eastern ukraine. united kingdom announcing sanctions on wealthy banks and individuals. denying legitimacy as a state, presenting its existence as mortal threat to russia. putin is establishing the pretext for a full scale offensive. reporter: germany saying it would halt certification of the nord stream 2 natural gas pipeline, a move that would deal a serious blow to both countries economies. no certification of the