thanks for staying with us. there is a growing international focus on nancy pelosi s big trip to asia after warnings from the white house and the pentagon against her going to taiwan, a major red flag for china s leaders, who have again today threatened potential military action. here at home communities throughout kentucky still underwater at this hour. at least 30 people are dead as catastrophic flooding, continuing rain, high temperatures and another wave of storms hampering the desperate search for survivors. jon stewart is back in washington rallying against senate republicans rallying against legislation to help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in iraq and afghanistan. do you understand why this is important? this is the canary in the coal mine for the lowest bar. this government should be soaring the heights, not playing limbo and trying to get underneath the bars that don t mean anything and some of the biggest midterm races from michigan to california as nbc
unpopularity. and precious cargo. the u.s. military, an air lift touches down in middle america with a critical shipment on board. 500,000 bottle s worth of baby formula. but we begin the hour in tokyo. president biden dispensing with diplomacy to deliver a stern warning to china. 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 with one china policy. we signed onto it. and all the attendant agreements immediate from there. but the idea that it can be taken by force, just taken by force, is just not appropriate. the president did not spell out just what military involvement might mean, and the white house insists the president s answer does not alter american policy. but it does rip up the careful script presidents normally follow on the taiwan issue. we start our coverage in tokyo with jeremy dia
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
remains when will the other parents finally get relief. the secretary of agriculture was here yesterday saying in the next 30 days we could potentially see abatement in the crisis. let s hope the relief is coming. grateful for your time. we ll see you here tomorrow. ana cabrera picks up coverage right now. hello. i m ana cabrera. a warning and walkback. president biden says the u.s. military would defend taiwan if china were to attack, but the white house is down playing the comments saying there is no change to u.s. policy. no surprise, china is not happy, especially since president biden has said something similar at least twice before. we re following the headlines from the president s big trip to asia. we re also watching what s happening in ukraine. and a big trial there guilty.
about all the reports of whether tillerson is going or when and who might replace him. there is a lot of reporting out there mike allen i think was the first to put it out last week, the person he feels closest to is the cia director mike pompeo, former kansas congressman, west point, harvard law. that s right. and very well liked in conservative circles, big player on the benghazi investigation of hillary clinton. yeah, and mike pompeo spends a lot of time with the president. obviously he gives him his presidential daily intelligence briefing. president and he have struck up a rapport and have a relationship unlike secretary tillerson. it seems now that secretary tillerson will hang on for a little while. president has as mark was talking about the iran deal decision coming up. he s go the a big trip to asia where he s going to go to china. most people think it s not the best time to be without your secretary of state or be in some sort of transition and the word