Pardons for himself and congressional allies in the final weeks of the trump administration. The reporter who broke that story joins us in just a moment. Its not clear gaetz knew at the time of the investigation. His spokesperson was asked about it. Man, the timing on that. Meanwhile, the top coronavirus advisers say half of all adults will have at least one vaccination by this weekend. At the same time President Biden says were still in a lifeanddeath battle with the virus. These five states on your screen in the red, new york, michigan, florida, pennsylvania, and new jersey, now account for half of all new Coronavirus Cases. Were going to begin with the developments of congressman matt gaetz. Joining us now, cnn reporter maggie hagerman. Maggie, what was going on here . Good morning to both of you. So, john, as you said, the times is very strange on this. We know that matt gaetz publicly talked about the idea of President Trump pardoning basically everybody under the sun. He said it
fertile one. arriving in early fall, i charter course through the ancient forests and misty mountains. this is italy before the romans. a place where families lived close to the land. a land of saintly legends, impossibly pernled uphill towns and perfect cuisine. i m stanley tuchy. i m italian on both sides, and i m traveling across the country to discover foods and their ties to the past. umbrian food isn t about expensive restaurants. it s all about the skill and hard work that goes into producing its precious raw ingredients. from innovative farmers to noble hunters. and let s not forget the chefs and butchers preserving the traditional ways to cook these treasures of the land. and a note for any vegetarians watching. they eat a lot of meat, particularly pork. like a lot of it. huge amounts of it. i surrender to the pork. umbria is named after one of italy s most ancient people. their land locked homeland is right in the middle of the country. bordered in the west by us
taliban continues to crack down on the rights of female journalists. and we do begin in japan this hour where u.s. president joe biden is pivoting to economic alliances as he tackles is second leg of a high stakes diplomatic nour asia. earlier he called on the japanese emperor at the japanese palace. he later arooied for talks where mr. biden reaffirmed america s support for japan. u.s./japanese alliance has long been the corner stone of peace and prosperity in the indo-pacific, and the united states remains fully committed to japan s defense, and we will face the challenges today and the future together. now, while much of the focus? south korea was on the threats from north korea, in japan, all eyes are on the footprint. mr. biden is set to reveal his administration s new framework for the region. the goal to boost ties between the indo-pacific and native allies. he will bring a similar message to the meaning of the so-called quad alliance where he ll speak with leade
Always on their own terms. and given that, you have to agree with big george. [ speaking foreign language ] . hello and a warm welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. ahead right here on cnn newsroom, the u.s. president in tokyo this hour looking to shore up an economic plan to encounter beijing. badly needed baby formula arrives from overseas, but the crisis far from over. and men at a tv station in afghanistan show their solidarity with women as the