interest rates in hopes of slowing inflation. and this morning, a key report could provide a better outlook on our economy s health. meanwhile on capitol hill, senator joe manchin finally agrees to a major deal on climate, health care, and taxes, and we ll break down what s in that reconciliation package. and potential prisoner swap for brittney griner, the state department says there s a substantial offer to bring the wnba star, and another american, back home. good morning, and welcome to way too early on thursday, july 28th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. after nearly a year of, a year and a half of on and off negotiations, democratic senator joe manchin says he has reached a deal with party leaders on a sweeping reconciliation package. in a statement yesterday, that surprised even most democrats on the hill, the west virginia lawmakers announced an agreement on what is being called the inflation reduction act of 2022. writing in part this, this bill
day. the district police chief made the decision to hold officers back from the robb elementary classroom. the shooter locked himself inside. now we know those officers waited for nearly 80 minutes. it was a terrifying nearly hour and a half for the entire school. here is what one teacher told her students to do when she heard the gunfire. she spoke with our ore morgan chesky. i just kept hearing boom, boom, boom. it kept going off for what felt like an eternity. reporter: as the gunman walked towards her school, nicole shouted for her kids to hit the floor seconds before glass shattered her classroom. i had one student laying on top of me, and i had a bunch of other students right over here by me. i just remember praying, please, god, please, god, keep us safe. reporter: she and her students managed to get to safety. when she learned as many as 19 officers waited 47 minutes before engaging the gunman, she said this where do you believe blame should lie? on the pe
custody. and as the push to charge an alleged grocery store gunman with a hate crime grows, buffalo begins reflecting on the lives lost in that deadly mass shooting. and we begin in seoul, south korea, where right now joe biden is holding talks with his newly inaugurated south korean counterpart on his debut trip to asia as u.s. president. now, earlier mr. biden participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the national saerm. he wore white gloves in a show of respect to the koreans who died to protect hir country. mr. biden is now at the korean ministry of national defense for his meeting. we re expecting them to give remarks some time this hour. on friday the president said the region will prove to be critical in the years and decades to come. we re standing at an inflection point in history where decisions we make today will have far reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. on the agenda mr. biden s meeting with south korea s leader is of course
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
president biden in south korea as north korea appears to be on the verge of testing a missile. and did a republican lawmaker lead a tour of the capitol complex on the eve of the insurrection? plus new cnn reporting this morning on rising tensions among conservative justices over roe v. wade. and u.s. health officials sounding the alarm on a new covid wave disrupting american life. we will get answers from the white house coronavirus czar. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is friday, may 20th and just a short time ago president biden speaking in seoul, south korea, kicking off his first visit to asia since taking office. biden joined the new south korean president yoon seok-youl at a samsung semi-conductor plant. the main goal of this trip is to reassure america s asian allies of u.s. s commitment to counter and contain china. the president will also visit gentleman on this trip. there is growing concern over what north