crises on his first visit to the region as president. putin s invasion, china s rise, and threats of a north korean missile threat casting a shadow over his trip. here in the united states, the baby formula shortage throws the white house into crisis mode. the supply crunch is worsening tonight, raising serious questions over when parents will finally see relief. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, president biden confronting multiple challenges on the world stage, as he makes his first presidential trip to asia. cnn s melissa bell is tracking the latest battlefield developments from kyiv, our chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins is traveling with the president in south korea. and cnn s barbara starr is watching the north korean missile threat from the pentagon. first, let s go to melissa and the ukrainian capital for us. melissa, it appears russia is about
privately preparing for a critical first debate, a big question that we re running into from people is which biden will they see at thursday s cnn presidential debate, which will be simulcast here on fox? one of them shows their age and raises big questions about his fitness to serve. the other seems more alert like he did at this year s state of the union address. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. a look at some of the rules for thursday, which may make a difference depending on which version of joe biden shows up. there will be no live audience. so no distractions. and no input. other than the co-moderators. no consulting with campaign aides during commercial breaks. no props or prep notes. we know that joe biden as president has carried such notes. both candidates microphones will be muted when it is not their turn to talk. no interjection. sometimes good questions come from each candidate. president biden is spending a week, as i said, privately pr
while he s here on the ground in asia, wolf. kaitlan collins in seoul, south korea, for us. kaitlan, thank you very much. for more now on the looming north korean missile threat, let s bring in cnn s barbara starr. she s joining us from the pentagon right now. barbara, u.s. officials clearly worry that kim jong-un could try to send a message while president biden is in the region. look, the alarms are being sounded, wolf, from the wohite house to the pentagon to the state department, where senior u.s. officials say they see intelligence. they re openly talking about it, intelligence that north korea is getting ready for an intercontinental ballistic missile test, of course, a missile that theoretically, if it worked, could hit the united states some day. the concern is growing and the concern, of course, that kim jong-un has made significant progress in his missile program. listen to a little bit of what the pentagon press secretary, john kirby had to say about this earlier today.
terrorist took hostages in a super market. four people killed before police shot and killed the suspect. 15 minutes past the hour. the truth is these bonuses and the pay raises already happening across minnesota are making a real difference in the lives of family. in the twin cities and across the state and a want to say seriously, any leader who says $1,000 in the pockets of working families is crumbs is out of touch with the american people. sandra: vice president mike pence speaking in minnesota as the wohite house touted its economic record and president trump is heading to ohio where he s expect to talk about infrastructure and jobs. for more let s bring in kayleigh mcenany. this is interesting. you had pence slamming pelosi and the crumbs comments yesterday speaking in minnesota.
everything is supposed to go through him. because it is a management job to allow the president to think big thoughts. and have the space to make decisions. and for the chief of staff to sort of handle and be the conduit to the staff from the president. so this is a changing of the roles, but it s also reflective of the fact that this is the trump wohite house. everything is about him. and it is different than any other white house that we ve ever seen. let me ask you about one of those differences. you know, i heard a lot of people on air afterward, talking about how smooth this was. i was listening to it in my car. so i wasn t watching it. i was just listening to the exchanges. what i heard was a lot of love for the president, but no answers on specifics, because he hadn t spoken with the white house counsel, he hadn t spoken with the national security adviser, some of these things he hadn t discussed with the president. was this rollout rushed? well, it was rushed. it appears th