about opportunity in ukraine. president biden shifting his warning about monkeypox as another possible case is being investigated in the united states. and a heart continue stopping rescue in california, a helicopter swoops in to save a man dangling from the side of a cliff. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is monday, may 23rd. this morning president biden is making unexpected headlines in tokyo, even his top aides were caught offguard by what he said. the president was asked if the united states would, quote, get involved militarily if china were to invade taiwan, and this is the exchange. 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 a commitment we made. we agree on a one china policy, we signed on to t and all the attendant agreements made from there. but the idea that it can be taken
over the weekend. all of it part of that effort to address the nationwide shortage. as more babies are hospitalized. the flight was the first of several shipments expected from europe this week. we have new details this morning on when we could see some other flights. let s begin this morning with president biden s trip to asia. jeremy diamond is in tokyo. selena wang is in beijing. jeremy, first to you, president biden s indo-pacific economic framework, as it s known, agreement of a number of nations, a dozen nations in the region, something of a replacement for the transpacific partnership, tpp, which the obama administration introduced but trump scrapped, but not quite. tell us exactly what this would do. reporter: yeah, that s right. this is a broad economic framework known as the indo-pacific economic framework launched by president biden earlier today. but the details of this still very much have to be negotiated. they will be negotiated over the next several weeks
already from china. we ll have much more on that in just a moment. but we re also keeping an eye on the pentagon where in just minutes, top leaders will hold a press conference. this question of military intervention in taijuan, it s very likely to be raised. we ll bring that to you when it begins. president biden is also formally answering an indy pacific trade pact. a lot to get to this hour. let s get started. cnn s jeremy diamond is live in tokyo. jeremy, what are you hearing from administration, from the white house about the president s comments in taijuan? reporter: well, listen, a white house official almost immediately after the president made those comments at a news conference saying that quote, as the president said our policy has not changed and yet, if you listen to the president s words directly, he very much does seem to be tossing away the u.s. s decades long foreign policy of strategic ambiguity as it relates to taijuan and the question of whether or not
a russian soldier is sentenced to life in prison in the first war crimes trial of this now three-month long invasion. the soldier admitted to killing one man but ukrainian president zelenskyy says as many as 100 ukrainians are now dying each day near the frontlines. we re tracking developments there, but first, let s go to japan where president biden is on the second leg of his trip to asia, and will ripley is in tokyo for us. will, the president wanted to send a strong message to china on this trip. but today a bit of a mixed message. yeah. and it certainly is a mixed message when it comes to the white house staffers but not a mixed message from president biden because as you mentioned, this is at least the third time he s publicly stated the united states would come to taiwan s defense militarily if thigh china were to attack. for more than 40 years the united states has had a policy of strategic ambiguity, leaving it an open question whether the u.s. would get involved m
an explosive report of sex abuse cases inside the southern baptist convention. survivors repeatedly ignored and disbelieved by the largest protestant denomination in the united states as leaders themselves tried to protect their own reputations instead of protecting the victims. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our world lead and top white house advisers caught off guard by this response from president biden when he was asked in a news conference in tokyo if the u.s. would be willing to foe further than it has with ukraine to help taiwan in the event of an invasion. 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. now, president biden didn t specify what he meant by militarily, but the question defined the term as the u.s. military getting directly involved as it has not done in uk