hello, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m john vause. you re watching cnn newsroom. and just ahead, the white house walks back joe biden s promise the u.s. would intervene militarily if china attacks taiwan, causing confusion and concern ahead of a summit between the u.s., japan, australia, and india. revenge fantasy. of all the primary races across the u.s., it s the state of georgia where donald trump wants a win for his endorsed candidates. and a love triangle turns into tragedy. an elite cyclist is dead and u.s. marshals now looking for the woman accused of murdering her. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. right now, the second in-person summit of the quad this year is under way in tokyo. leaders of this informal alliance between the u.s., japan, australia, and india, will soon head into a working lunch and then one-on-one meetings after that. just a day earlier, the u.s. president launched a new
it s georgia, who donald trump most wants to win who stopped his bid tooverturn the 2020 election . at this hour, the second in-person summit of the quad is undergoing. they re holding one on one talks. the meeting between mr. biden and the indian prime minister set to begin later this hour. just a day earlier, ended up boosting trade ties with several asia pacific countries. all part of boosting the u.s. alliance. but for all the four meetings and photo ops, it s what biden said when he went off screen. take a listen. 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. the white house was quick to down play those comments sghicist u.s. policy on china and taiwan has not changed. and in just the last hour, mr. biden himself clarified the policy hasn t changed. beijing is telling the united states not to
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are you just doing it in a bigger platform with the entire house of representatives? no. there is a very clear distinction between what we are doing and what they have done in weaponnizing the judicial system. they are undermining the people s faith in our institutions. our system of justice system. what we are doing is the opposite. we are trying to adhere to the rule of law. that was republican speaker of the house mike johnson this afternoon saying that the republican party is just trying to adhere to the rule of law. now, a few hours were that interview, speaker johnson made a huge decision which shows that is plainly not the case. as speaker of the house, one of the most important things johnson does is decide who from his party sits on house committees. among the most important committees for the rule of law in this country is the house intelligence committee. today speaker johnson appointed scott perry and ronnie jackson to the two open seat on that committee. when
now. we will have the aclu on later on in our hour to talk about that and whether there might be a lawsuit coming for the biden administration. thank you, my friend. today has been a lesson in how every accusation from the republican party these days is actually a confession. are you weaponize thing the house the same way? no. you say democrats are weaponize in the doj to get what they want. are you doing it on a bigger platform in the entire house of representatives? no, there is a clear distinction between what we are doing and what they have done. they are undermining people s faith in our institutions, the system of justice itself. what we are doing is the opposite. we are trying to adhere to the rule of law. that was republican speaker of the house mike johnson this afternoon saying the republican party is just trying to adhere to the rule of law. a few hours before that interview, speaker johnson made a huge decision which shows that is plainly not the cas