through michigan. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. u.s. president will soon wrap up the second day of his first trip to asia as commander in chief. it comes after joe biden held talks with his south korean counterpart and reaffirm a alliance. both nations committed to a goal of denuclearization on the korea peninsula. here he is. translator: a sustainable piece of peninsula by a principaled and consistent policy toward north korea. in lock step with the biden administration i commit to safeguard peace on the korean peninsula and encourage north korea to come forward for dialogue and engage in cooperation. we as leaders of the two countries reiterated our common goal of the complete denuclearization of the dprk. there s no compromise for security under this shared belief we concurred that strong deterrence against north korea is paramount. still concerns that they may still conduct a missile test. the war in ukraine was also a critical topic at those bil
chinese president xi jinping. joining me right now live in studio this sunday morning futures exclusive is texas congressman michael mccaul with the impact of all of these provocations from america s toughest adversaries. mr. chairman, always a pleasure. great to be here. thanks, ya. maria: first, talk to us about what went on this weekend in russia. this is really an inside russia story. i want to know how it impacts the united states and how you view this. well, it was an insurrection. prigozhin is the head leader of the wagner group, the mercenary group that putin has worked with. they re the fearest fiercest fighters, the only ones who won the battle of bahkmut. the ministry the of defense has been at war with wagner, prigozhin didn t like that, so what happened was a march to moscow. and at the very last minute, belarus brokered a deal where they would stand down, and
will: fox news alert, an indiana teenager is missing. police warn he could be in extreme danger. scotty morris disappeared thursday night from his hometown in eaton, about 75 miles northwest of indianapolis. police issuing a statewide silver alert describing him as five foot four about 150 pounds, hundreds of volunteers have joined the search as of yesterday. the search is set to resume today. to another alert, russian president putin making a surprise trip to ukraine. he visited the russian occupied city, the site of some of the fearest combat of russia s invasion. it comes after the international criminal court issued a warrant for his arrest. he will head back to russia for a meeting with chinese president xi jinping in moscow tomorrow. rachel, over to you. rachel: thank you will. wall street is bracing for
so raf, what s the latest in kharkiv? reporter: this is some of the fearest fighting we have seen according to military officials. this is fighting between russian forces facing off. there s been a lot of artillery fire and it s intense, which the russians have been throwing wave after wave of soldiers at over the last couple weeks desperately trying to eke out something vladimir putin can call a victory. after that wave of strikes yesterday, there have not been more airstrikes so far today. you can hear the sirens here finally going off. they were blaring pretty hutch every hour yesterday. and the russians have been following a grim pattern. every ten days to two weeks or so, they fire one of these very
reporter: this morning herself son under fire again. russian artillery attacks on christmas eve killed 11 people. her son is among the dead. i urged him to wake up and leave the house, but he didn t and that was it, she said. our lives are ruined. but the fearest battles are in the east. among ukraine s longest battles so far, violent crucible for the wider war. other areas in donbas require maximum strength and concentration. the situation there is difficult and painful. the constant drum beat of war