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jumped the subway turnstile. he threw multiple punches and gets one officers in a choke hold. prosecutors charged him after he was arrested and then immediately let him go free. a retired nypd lieutenant in disbelief. if this doesn t demonstrate how far things have gotten out of control, i don t know what will. this would never happen years ago. it would never happen like this because they would have the fear of being prosecuted. they would have the fear of repercussions from the police. that s not the conditions today. today cops walk around by themselves, look what we ve come to. harris: instead, the fear is with the people who have to put up with all of this. the citizens. that incident just one example of the out of control crime taking over this particular city new york city, not the only one. check out other democrat-led cities. chicago among them. major crimes in new york are up 40% compared to last year in the city. bryan llenas on the story for us. bryan. well,
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
su semiconductor plant. the other stop is japan. but as biden makes the rounds, there is also growing concern over what north korea might do next to rattle the saber. the united states preparing for the distinct possibility that kim jong-un would conduct a missile test, an icbm, in coordination with biden s trip. wouldn t be the first time he did it. more on that in a moment. let s begin in seoul, south korea, cnn s jeremy diamond is there. tell us what the biden administration hopes to accomplish on this trip, both in south korea and japan. reporter: well, jim, president biden has arrived here in south korea at a moment of extraordinary tension as the potential for north korean ballistic missile tests looms large over the president s trip. we have learned according to an official familiar with the intelligence that south that north korea appears to be taking steps to fuel an icbm, which would be one of the final stages before a launch. really raising the stakes and the p
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