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primary election that pits his candidate against donald trump s. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, may 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. president biden says the u.s. military will defend taiwan, if china invades its island neighbor. speaking in tokyo this morning at a joint news conference, with japan s new prime minister, the president addressed the growing tensions in eastern asia. 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. shortly after that news conference, the white house seemingly tried to clarify the president s remarks. writing in a statement, quote, the president reiterated our commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait. and to provide taiwan with the military means to defend itself. different than military involvement perhaps. and on the island, we
Hello, im katty kay in washington. James reynolds is in london. Donald trump has presided over the signing of a Historic Deal that normalises relations between israel and two arab countries. Whats being called the Abraham Accords paves the way for diplomatic, economic, and travel links between israel and the uae and bahrain. The three countries are driven by common foe iran. And thats partly why theyve come together. Its worth noting that the deal does not address the conflict between israelis and palestinians. But it is a significant win for the white house. Since the creation of israel in 1948, only two arab states egypt and jordan had made peace with israel. Today that number doubled. Heres donald trump announcing his deal. Were here this afternoon to change the course of history. After decades of division and conflict, we mark the dawn of a new middle east. Thanks to the great courage of the leaders of these three countries, we take a major stride towards a future in which people o
Actively plotting to sabotage him . Look, the president finds some of these actions very disturbinging and he thinks that we need to make sure if there is an issue, that its looked at. But if there was anything beyond that, i would refer you to the department of justice that would look into it. Does he believe that the entire Justice Department and its more than 100,000 employees are part of this deep state. Obviously he doesnt believe the entire Justice Department is part of that, you know, one of the things the president has done is appoint Christopher Wray at the Justice Department. Does the president believe in ghosts and as is often the case, the twitter war against the backdrop of a widening russia probe. Quote, the white house is still working under the shadow of Robert Muellers russia investigation, despite repeated assurances from the White House Legal Team that the inquiry is wrapping up. To ring in the new year with us, from the New York Times, jeremy bash, National Security