right now i am refusing to move on from last week s racial terror in buffalo. and that is because, i still have tears drowning on my suit. the day after i visited the city as head of national action network, in solidarity with those in mourning, after a white supremacist shot and killed ten of their friends and loved ones. one week ago today. and while yes, much of america s response has been of condolence and condemnation, the president and his visit to buffalo, denouncing the growing threat of white supremacist terror, while his justice department primes new initiatives to combat hate nationally. and starkest contrast, many right-wing politicians and entertainers have stubbornly dug in, either doubling down on the conspiracy theories of parent lee embraced by the alleged buffalo shooter, or refusing to acknowledge the danger polls but this rhetoric, even after the death of nearly a dozen innocent people. thoughts, and prayers, aside i heard from so many families in buffalo
heading to south korea. his first trip to asia as president while pyongyang watches closely. and the taliban continues to roll back the rights of women in afghanistan. now forcing a choice between covering their faces or losing their on-air jobs. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. a bill authorizing $40 billion in u.s. aid to ukraine is on its way to seoul, south korea, for president joe biden s signature. the aid package easily passed the u.s. senate on thursday but does not take effect until it is signed. another $100 million worth of artillery, radar and other e equipment headed to ukraine. and more than 1,000 cars have been blocked at a russian checkpoint for four days. the convoy is trying to reach ukrainian-held territory. with reports many making that journey are running low on food and water. in mariupol, more than 1,700 ukrainian troops have surrendered at the steel factory. cnn cannot verify that report, but an unknown number of sold
u.s. president, joe biden, is on his way to south korea on his first asia trip as president. he will also be visiting japan and meet with leaders of india and australia as well. the asia trip comes later in biden s presidency than he may have liked. he wants to affirm the importance of our indo-pacific alliances. kevin, we ll begin with you. joe biden has been focusing much on the war in ukraine. this an attempt that they can walk and talk and chew gum at the same time. it s meant to reaffirm the u.s. commitment to the key alliance in east asia with south korea and japan and demonstrate that president biden still has this focus on asia despite all of the time and attention he s been spending on the war in ukraine. you saw that play out in the near term when the president in the morning he met with the leaders in finland and sweden. they are trying to join nato and he pivoted and turned to asia. te took flight and still on it now on his way to asia an it s really sort of dem
white house conference on food, nutrition, and health that people can t live with their conscience if people go. hungry three bills here sent to congress, in which he said, should virtually eliminate poverty as a sort of malnutrition. delegates to the conference streamed into a washington hotel. they included corporation executives, welfare mothers, labor leaders, doctors, young social activists, indians, mexican americans, and bureaucrats. some lobbied for their ideas to end hunger. the conference was opened by president nixon. he said now is the time to do something for the estimated 15 million americans too poor to buy enough food. until this moment in our history as a nation, the central question has been, whether we as a nation would accept the problem of a malnourishment as a national responsibility. that moment has passed. on may 6th, i asserted to congress that the moment is at hand to put an end to hunger in america itself for all-time. speaking for this administ
the washington post gets it. the washington post s understands the threat, the enormity of the threat to the united states delivered by pennsylvania s republican voters tuesday night. in an editorial under the headline after the pennsylvania primary, the threat to u.s. democracy rises, the washington post says quote, republican voters overwhelmingly nominated state senator doug mastriano, one of the country s most ardent deniers of the 2020 presidential election results. if mr. mastriano is elected in november, he could directly threaten u.s. democracy going forward. that is all it takes to destroy the absurdly fragile electoral machinery that produces a winner in american presidential elections. just one person. that is all it takes. one breathtakingly ignorant pathological liar. that is all it takes to and any semblance of democracy in presidential elections. pennsylvania state senator doug mastriano was at donald trump s january 6th rally, and was seen near the grounds of