now, it s also worth noting the continued sort of, i think, calibration by the white house of their response. you saw john kirby from the national security council at the podium yesterday, saying that the u.s. will act as a responsible nuclear power. as an example, he said, the u.s. will postpone, only for perhaps a short time, a planned icbm test that the u.s. had planned for the near future, to show that they do not want to further escalate the situation, but that they would like to see the same kind of reciprocal walkback, as well. now, talk about the relationship between u.s. and china. i think back to the long choreography that was involved during the obama administration, which included then vice president biden. i traveled with him in 2011, for the first of several meetings meant to establish the new relationship with incoming president xi, with the u.s., but clearly now, things, as xi looks to extend his time in office as a high point. at a high point.
The US on Friday (May 27) imposed sanctions on two Russian banks, a North Korean company and a person it accused of supporting North Koreas weapons of mass destruction program
welcome back. president biden is tokyo for the second leg of his asia trip. the president is scheduled to meet with the japanese prime minister tomorrow. that meeting is coming amid renewed tensions with north korea. let s go straight to our white house correspondent who is traveling with the president in tokyo. jeremy, the president offered a brief message, rather, to north korean leader kim jong-un. what did he say? well, president biden wrapped up his visit to south korea on sunday with a message first to u.s. troops, thanking them for their service as they were stationed in the area. also thanking south korean troops jointly positioned at this air base in south korea. but the president wrapped up this visit without that icbm test or a nuclear test being carried out by north korea. something u.s. intelligence officials indicated was possible if not likely. president biden did, indeed,
have a message for the north korean leader. and he also talked about the possibility that an icbm test could still be carried out. listen. we are prepared for anything north korea does. we ve had thought through how to respond in whatever they do. i am not concerned if that s what you re suggesting. do you have a message for kim jong-un while you re here? hello. period. thank you. reporter: and that brief, brief message from president biden to the north korean leader, a reflection of the shift of how the u.s. is conducting its north korea strategy under president biden, compared to what it was under former president trump. former president trump met three times with the north korean leader. he talked about the love letters they would exchange. his words, not mine, and we also know that president biden is ultimately pursuing a lower
no response and there is flo working level between the u.s. and south korea. even as president biden is attempting this more calculate add poach to diplomacy with north korea, an incremental approach, so far it is still very much being tested because again there has been no engagement with the north koreans and instead we ve seen a ramping up of the pace of the ballistic missile tests from north korea and the possibility of a big icbm test while president biden is in the region. essential it is been crickets in terms of response from the north koreans while they carry out all of the missile tests. jeremy diamond, thank you so much. now president biden s focus is also turning to ukraine. during this trip ina asia, the president signed a package in seoul to provide humanitarian as they fend off russian forces. russia is declaring that it destroyed a large batch of