historic, timely, brave. that s how ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy describes the surprise visit from president biden this morning. [ sirens ]. with air raid sirens blaring, on presidents day no less. a major morale boost days before the country marks a year since russia s invasion. president biden announcing another major military aid package, making it clear that despite domestic pressure to down size assistance, the u.s. support for ukraine is unwavering. freedom is priceless. it s worth fighting for for as long as it takes, and that s how long we re going to be with you, mr. president, for as long as it takes. as the president now embarks on another leg of the trip, we re learning crucial new details about how this historic moment came together. more on that ahead, and how the kremlin is responding with the trip coming just days after the u.s. formally accused russia of creigh committing crimes of against humanity. prayers for former president jimmy carter
cnn s polo sand vol is live for us. this is the first of what s expected to be many formula flights. it is. and it s more important now that the formula went through those paces. the inspection, and the quality control process that all of those imports go through. the only difference is what usually takes place in weeks was only done in about 72 hours. that s with multiple different agencies involved. u.s. transport command, for example, one of the key agencies in trying to get that baby for for formula germany to the u.s. this is important. this particular formula, it is a prescription product that is high poe allergenic. it basically is meant to go to the hardest hit of the hard hit families that have been desperately trying to find the formula they need for their children. this specific formula will go directly to hospitals, and to home health care facilities. so that s important to note. this is not formula that will be going to the store shelves, for example. however,
janis mackey frayer has more from beijing. reporter: north korea fired more missiles today, two according to officials in japan. the warning from pyongyang is they could turn the pacific into a firing range, but it isn t kim john un making these threats, it s his sister. saying it all depends on the behavior of u.s. forces. now, this was the second launch in three days, there was an icbm launched on saturday. the u.s. went ahead with joint drills it had with japan and south korea on sunday. the two missiles fired today fell into the sea of japan east of the korean peninsula. the first one flew a distance of 250 miles at an altitude of about 60 miles. the second one flew at a lower altitude and shorter distance. north korea described the launch today as, quote, a super large multiple rocket launcher exercise which is a means of
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,
zero covid strategy with the winter olympics less than two months away. authorities have urged residents in any areas where they have confirmed covid-19 cases to avoid traveling during the lunar new year holiday. that is the biggest holiday in china, and it is another blow for residents that have dealt with some of the toughest covid-19 restrictions in the world. meanwhile, in south korea on sunday, they reported a record number of patients who are critically ill from covid-19. more than 1,000 patients. authorities there are reimposing certainly distancing measures in the greater seoul area. they have limited the number of people allowed in private gatherings to just four people. rosemary. all right. wow, that is small, isn t it? selina wang bringing us the very latest from tokyo. many thanks. still to come, a christian aid group is now claiming it was help from god, not a ransom payment, that led a dozen kidnapped missionaries to freedom in haiti. we will have the details just ahe