hello, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m john vause. you re watching cnn newsroom. and just ahead, the white house walks back joe biden s promise the u.s. would intervene militarily if china attacks taiwan, causing confusion and concern ahead of a summit between the u.s., japan, australia, and india. revenge fantasy. of all the primary races across the u.s., it s the state of georgia where donald trump wants a win for his endorsed candidates. and a love triangle turns into tragedy. an elite cyclist is dead and u.s. marshals now looking for the woman accused of murdering her. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. right now, the second in-person summit of the quad this year is under way in tokyo. leaders of this informal alliance between the u.s., japan, australia, and india, will soon head into a working lunch and then one-on-one meetings after that. just a day earlier, the u.s. president launched a new
it s georgia, who donald trump most wants to win who stopped his bid tooverturn the 2020 election . at this hour, the second in-person summit of the quad is undergoing. they re holding one on one talks. the meeting between mr. biden and the indian prime minister set to begin later this hour. just a day earlier, ended up boosting trade ties with several asia pacific countries. all part of boosting the u.s. alliance. but for all the four meetings and photo ops, it s what biden said when he went off screen. take a listen. 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 the commitment we made. the white house was quick to down play those comments sghicist u.s. policy on china and taiwan has not changed. and in just the last hour, mr. biden himself clarified the policy hasn t changed. beijing is telling the united states not to
good to have you with us. right now the second in person summit of the quad is under way in tokyo. leaders of the informal alliance of the u.s., japan, australia and india are now holding talks one on one. u.s. president biden has been meeting with indian prime minister. also expected to speak with australia s new prime minister. one key focus of all these meetings, russia s war on ukraine. russia s assault on ukraine only heightens the importance of those goals. fundamental principles of international order. territorial integrity and sovereignty. international law, human rights, must always be defended. regardless of where they are violated in the world. so the quad has a lot of work ahead of us. this caps off his trip to asia in attempt to bolster u.s. alliances in the region. and counter china s growing dominance. the visit hasn t been without controversy. the white house is walking back biden s comments that the u.s. would be willing to defend taiwan militarily if chi
polls opening up in georgia. why this pivotal election is pitting donald trump against mike pence. and how the former vice president could one up his old boss. plus vladimir putin receives a stinging rebuke from one of his senior diplomats. why a top russian official says he s never been so ashamed of his country. good to have you with us. right now, the second in person summit of the quad is wrapping up in tokyo. leaders of the informal alliance between the u.s., japan, australia and india have been holding talks one on one. u.s. president biden met with indian prime minister. also meeting with the australia new prime minister. one key focus of all these meetings, russia s war on ukraine. russia s assault on ukraine only heightens the importance of those goals. the principles of international order, territorial integrity and sovereignty, international law, human rights. must always be defended regardless of where they re violated in the world. so the quad has a lot of
russia s invasion of ukraine only heightens the goals of fundamental principles of national order. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show. it is tuesday, may 24th. and right now, u.s. president joe biden is wrapping up his diplomatic tour in asia. earlier mr. biden kicked off the second in-person quad summit alongside leaders of japan, india and australia. the controversy was over the summit after controversial subjects. he later clarified that the issue is unchanged. and biden also spoke one-on-one with narendra modi, one key topic, russia s war on ukraine which mr. modi has been reluctant to condemn. the war was a major topic, mr. biden addressing it in his opening remarks. have a listen. russia s assault of ukraine heightens the importance of fundamental principles of international order, international law, human rights must always be defended regardless of where they are violated in the world. so the quad has a lot of work ahea