at this hour the u.s. president is holding talks with his newly inaugurated south korean counterpart on his first trip to asia as commander in chief. last hour joe biden participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the south korean national cemetery. before arriving at the korean ministry of national defense for his meeting with yoon seok-youl. we re expecting them to give their remarks soon. on friday mr. biden says the future of the world will be written in asia, and the region will prove to be critical in the years and decades to come. we re standing on a reflection point in history where the decisions we make today will have far-reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. now, the threat posed by pyongyang is expected to be a main focus of mr. biden s bilateral meeting with south korea s leader. we ve also learned that beijing is holding military drills in the south china sea during this visit. the u.s. says pyongyang could conduct a missile test w
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
nestle formula from europe to the united states. meantime the second largest infant formula maker in the united states says it has increased manufacturing now by 35%. this, of course, is in response to a recall by the top manufacturer in the u.s., abbott nutrition, and that happened back in february. officials say this was the catalyst for the baby formula crisis. some troubling news from the white house covid czar. dr. hasheesh jha says he believes covid cases are being substantially undercounted due to home tests. that means cases could be even higher than the more than 100,000 average daily cases recorded by john hopkins university. infections have more than doubled in the past month and are trending up in all but three states. recent data from the cdc shows people who are unvaccinate vd a risk of dying from covid 17 times higher than those fully vaccinated with a booster.