multiple times. she ll join us live. and cnn goes one on one with the u.s. marine veteran trevor reed on his brutal imprisonment in russia and what it is like to finally be home. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m told it is friday. indeed it is. it is friday, may 20th. a short time ago, president biden kicked off his first visit to asia since taking office. he joined the new south korean president yoon seok-youl at a samsung semiconductor plant and immediate display of unity. the goal is to reassure asian allies of u.s. commitment to counter and contain china. the president will also visit japan on this trip. and growing concern over what north korea will do next as the u.s. braces for the possibility that kim jong-un will conduct a missile test in coordination with biden s trip. the white house sayses it prepared for all contingencies. russia s invasion of ukraine not far from their minds as well. vladimir putin continuin
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u.s.-backed government to leave. so this is essentially al qaeda telling the u.s. to get out of town. that really struck me deeply and i think also from the conversations i ve had it was interesting to hear that the administration massively underestimated quite how bad the impact was of the u.s. withdrawal on morale of afghan troops, but also how the taliban appeared to have sort of outnegotiated with tribes and officials over a lengthy period of time, essentially meaning the collapse in kabul was so much faster. why did ghani leave? lots of debates will continue around that, but the former official i spoke to told me essentially he would be presented with the idea of departure, heard gunfire, and realized if he didn t go, there would be a lengthy battle for a city potentially of 6 million people. i should point out this official was adjusting the situation they
through them. you should still prepare for the possibility of power outages here as well. we re in touch with our partners throughout out of western and central matches and we ll be ready to assist with washed-out roads, debris cleanup, and power outages as they become necessary. given the new storm track, we won t be calling up any additional national guard or personnel. the assets we currently have are moving closer to western mass to assist there or central mass if they re needed there. state police will be rededeploy their teams as well. looks like we re avoiding the worst for most of the state, but everyone should pay attention. it s been a long time since massachusetts has had to think about a hurricane making landfall here. the last one was 30 years ago. while it looks like we ll avoid a direct hit, it s always a good idea to be prepared because