to restart the military drills? reporter: well, both president biden and president yun of south korea agreeing to begin discussions to expand these military drills between the united states and south korea. now this marks a dramatic shift from president biden s predecessor former president trump who not only scaled back but moved to scrap the exercisesal together, calling them too costly and provocative as he pursued this grand bargain diplomacy with kim jong-un. president trump met three times with the north korean leader. but ultimately was not able to make any progress, any meaningful substantive progress toward the ultimate u.s. goal of denuclearization of north korea. now, president biden is really re-setting u.s. foreign policy as it relates to north korea during this five-day trip to south korea and japan. what we re seeing from president biden is a move toward a much more traditional u.s. foreign policy. senior administration officials have told me is a careful appr
this is not business as usual and shows how dire the situation has become. some families have turned to hospitals to help feed their children and that includes four babies in south carolina who could not tolerate other formulas when their usual product sold out. one estimate says at least 45% of formula products were sold out last week nationwide and hoarding is only making things worse. one woman in massachusetts filled a shopping cart full of baby formula and was confronted by another shopper. take a look. look at this. look at all this. i need it for my baby. look at the shelves. you don t think i need it for my baby, too. you take all the formula off the shelf. you come after me. i don t know you get this one. i m saying this is the whole reason there s a formula shortage. you come and buy all the formula at once and there are kids who need formula today who won t be able to get it because you just bought it to stock up. we ve got to work together on this. y
lawmaker who gave a capital tour on the eve of the insurrection. plus, oklahoma lawmakers pass a bill banning almost all abortions if signed into law it would be the strictest anti-abortion law in the country. and testimony from johnny depp s former talent agent, former business manager and ex-girlfriend, what they had to say about his behavioral and challenges with working with him. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is friday, may 20th and a busy morning. just a short time ago president biden arrived in seoul, south korea, kicking off his first visit to asia since taking office. biden joined the new south korean president at a samsung semi-conductor plant, an immediate display of unity. the main goal of this trip is to reassure u.s./asian allies of the american commitment to counter and contain china. the president will also visit japan on this trip. meantime, growing concern over what north korea will do next. the u
remarks here in south korea, president hailed the u.s./south korea relationship as a linchpin of peace and stability. trying to shore up the alliance with japan after his visit concludes here in south korea. he wants to bolster the relationship as a team when u.s. intelligence is warning of a heightened threat of a north korean missile and/or nuclear test, potentially while president biden is here in the region. certainly a moment of heightened tension. and president biden wants to send a strong message that the u.s. will defend its allies in the region. now, listen, president biden is also making clear this is about national security. it s also about economic security. that is why we saw the president visiting a samsung semiconductor chip factory earlier today. and the president in reinforcing his message about this region by talking also about the war in ukraine and russia, insisting the u.s. and wall lies should not be relying on autocracies for critical materials. and tha
america s commitment to allies in the region of course after months of focus on ukraine and russia s invasion there. the president s first stop is south korea, where he underscored the importance of this region and this moment. listen. so much, so much of the future of the world is going to be written here in the endopacific over the next several decades. we re standing at an inflection point in history where the decisions we make today will have far reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. the issues the president is facing and tackle anything asia are serious ones. impactful ones, including a looming threat of a possible missile test coming from north korea while biden is overseas. and problems elsewhere, being flown to the president right now for his signature is the bill that congress just approved to give $40 billion of additional aid to ukraine. and that s just to name one of many. let s start in seoul, south korea. jeremy diamond is there. j