live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. u.s. president joe biden is expected to land in south korea next hour to begin his very first asia trip as president. he ll spen most of the weekend in the country holding talks with the new south korean president before heading to japan, where he ll be meeting with japan s prime minister as well as indian and australian leaders. officials say the trip to asia comes later in his presidency than he might have liked, but biden plans to, in his words, quote, affirm the importance of our indo-pacific alliances. cnn s kivevin liptak is live fr seoul. it s taken a while for him to make his first trip in his presidency. he is certainly coming over later than his recent predecessor, and probably a little later than he would have liked to. president biden has tried to make asia a center of his foreign policy, just like president obama did. just like president trump did. but he has been stymied somewhat by these other
Early because of the water. reporter: and while assam is suffering from too much water, other pars of india are suffering from an acute water shortage in the midst of a heatwave. some new delhi residents are putting chains and locks on water canisters to prevent theft. and the river that flows through the capital is parched. tom sater, cnn. for those of you watching here in north america, i ll be back with more news after a quick break. for our international viewer, inside africa is up next.
There will be accountability. biden promised it. it is outrageous. i promise you those people will pay. steve: finally. people will pay. who exactly? will general mckenzie pay for saying to the taliban it s okay. we don t need to control all of comparables escape the airport? is that the genius who mr. water canisters for moms and set the drone to killed ten innocent civilians? will that person pay? will secretary we can pay for paying not getting the allies the paperwork they need in and say he s doing everything they can to get them out what about general millie to undermine the constitution and the chain of command and then popping up his own images that are preparing for proper withdrawal? are conspiring the chinese regime? will anyone pay for the chaos of the border or this group over vaccines or return of inflation?
There will be accountability. biden promised it. it is outrageous. i promise you those people will pay. steve: finally. people will pay. who exactly? will general mckenzie pay for saying to the taliban it s okay. we don t need to control all of comparables escape the airport? is that the genius who mr. water canisters for moms and set the drone to killed ten innocent civilians? will that person pay? will secretary we can pay for paying not getting the allies the paperwork they need in and say he s doing everything they can to get them out what about general millie to undermine the constitution and the chain of command and then popping up his own images that are preparing for proper withdrawal? are conspiring the chinese regime? will anyone pay for the chaos of the border or this group over vaccines or return of inflation?
There will be accountability. biden promised it. it is outrageous. i promise you those people will pay. steve: finally. people will pay. who exactly? will general mckenzie pay for saying to the taliban it s okay. we don t need to control all of comparables escape the airport? is that the genius who mr. water canisters for moms and set the drone to killed ten innocent civilians? will that person pay? will secretary we can pay for paying not getting the allies the paperwork they need in and say he s doing everything they can to get them out what about general millie to undermine the constitution and the chain of command and then popping up his own images that are preparing for proper withdrawal? are conspiring the chinese regime? will anyone pay for the chaos of the border or this group over vaccines or return of inflation?