heading to south korea. his first trip to asia as president while pyongyang watches closely. and the taliban continues to roll back the rights of women in afghanistan. now forcing a choice between covering their faces or losing their on-air jobs. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. a bill authorizing $40 billion in u.s. aid to ukraine is on its way to seoul, south korea, for president joe biden s signature. the aid package easily passed the u.s. senate on thursday but does not take effect until it is signed. another $100 million worth of artillery, radar and other e equipment headed to ukraine. and more than 1,000 cars have been blocked at a russian checkpoint for four days. the convoy is trying to reach ukrainian-held territory. with reports many making that journey are running low on food and water. in mariupol, more than 1,700 ukrainian troops have surrendered at the steel factory. cnn cannot verify that report, but an unknown number of sold
u.s. president, joe biden, is on his way to south korea on his first asia trip as president. he will also be visiting japan and meet with leaders of india and australia as well. the asia trip comes later in biden s presidency than he may have liked. he wants to affirm the importance of our indo-pacific alliances. kevin, we ll begin with you. joe biden has been focusing much on the war in ukraine. this an attempt that they can walk and talk and chew gum at the same time. it s meant to reaffirm the u.s. commitment to the key alliance in east asia with south korea and japan and demonstrate that president biden still has this focus on asia despite all of the time and attention he s been spending on the war in ukraine. you saw that play out in the near term when the president in the morning he met with the leaders in finland and sweden. they are trying to join nato and he pivoted and turned to asia. te took flight and still on it now on his way to asia an it s really sort of dem
multiple times. she ll join us live. and cnn goes one on one with the u.s. marine veteran trevor reed on his brutal imprisonment in russia and what it is like to finally be home. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m told it is friday. indeed it is. it is friday, may 20th. a short time ago, president biden kicked off his first visit to asia since taking office. he joined the new south korean president yoon seok-youl at a samsung semiconductor plant and immediate display of unity. the goal is to reassure asian allies of u.s. commitment to counter and contain china. the president will also visit japan on this trip. and growing concern over what north korea will do next as the u.s. braces for the possibility that kim jong-un will conduct a missile test in coordination with biden s trip. the white house sayses it prepared for all contingencies. russia s invasion of ukraine not far from their minds as well. vladimir putin continuin
female reproductive condition that begins with fertilization, b, occurs when the woman is carrying the developing human offspring, and c, is calculated from the first day of the woman s last menstrual period. so the definition here is going to be key moving forward, and it s why planned parenthood is preparing for what happens next. they say abortions scheduled for this week in oklahoma will likely go on as planned. but they re making plans to cancel next week. the governor is expected to sign it. he s shown his support for these bans in the past. the governor has said that his state will protect life. he says that churches and non-profit organizations are going to have to focus on adoptions, and he says they will focus on protecting the mothers who of course, this is one of those issues that you have all kinds of opinions on both sides of the aisle. but that will have big implications for women in oklahoma. jake? the legislation has measures in it that would punish doctors
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