for being there. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow the show online on sfab a facebook and twitter @mitchell reports and that news conference with the south korean president coming up probably now, at 1:30, they pushed it back. chris jansing will have all of that for you coming up ♪ good day, i am chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we learned just an hour ago that e gene e. jean carroll the woman suing donald trump for defamation is taking the stand in new york in her words, quote, i'm here because trump raped me the case, though, is about trump calling her a liar, something he did again this morning just minutes before today's proceedings got underway plus, a slow motion natural disaster happening right now along the mississippi river, melting snow has already pushed water levels above flood stage in several states and the worst

is yet to come and on day one of their re-election campaign, vice president kamala harris makes it clear she won't shy away from the campaign spotlight, so why are both her supporters and her critics cheering we're also keeping an eye on the white house where president biden will be holding a joint press conference with the president of south korea we are now hearing from the white house that should roughly start 30 minutes from now. we begin in new york where two trials involving former president trump are unfolding just blocks apart, and in both cases, prosecutors and judges are going to extraordinary lengths to protect the ordinary people working on them their concern that those people could be singled out by trump or his supporters by harassment, intimidation or personal attacks. donald trump just got a warning from the jungdge for going afte the woman suing him on social media. we're not just talking about the civil case

in trump's criminal trial, prosecutors filed a motion last night asking the judge to shield the names of the d.a.'s staff, potentially dozens of people the motion argues that trump has a long-standing and singular history of attacking anyone and everyone involved in legal cases against him, putting them at a, quote, considerable safety risk. nbc's ron allen is covering the civil trial in new york city ken dilanian is covering the d.a.'s request in the criminal trial, glen kirn kirschner is a former federal prosecutor and an msnbc legal analyst. so ron, what's the latest from inside that courtroom where you are? >> reporter: it's been a very emotional day here, chris. e. jean carroll is on the witness stand. her testimony is continuing, and she has described to the jury in painful detail and breaking down in tears often about the alleged encounter where she says donald trump raped her in the fitting room of burgdorf goodman's luxury department store here in

new york back in 1996. she described a very violent, aggressive encounter where he forced himself on her, where he pushed her against a wall and she banged her head against the wall she describes how he allegedly tore her tights, pulled her tights down and then allegedly raped her, and she describes how it was extremely pacinful and ho she was glad to get out of that particular situation by kneeing him, lifting her knee and kneeing him and getting out of there. and she said she was glad -- she was happy to be alive and glad that she wasn't dead as she ran out of the store she also was trying to explain how -- why she didn't tell anyone about this in the store, there were no witnesses to this attack, this alleged attack, and these are points that the defense has zeroed in on in its opening statement yesterday and is likely to again on cross examination. before describing the attack,

she was questioned, carroll was by her attorney to try to establish that she, in fact, did know donald trump, that they did know each other. the jury was shown a photograph of them together at an event sever several years ago, and she also tried to explain how it is that she was in the store itself. again, trump has insisted that this never happened, that he was never at burgdorf goodman, that he didn't shop there and that he doesn't even know e. jean carroll at all so again, a very emotional day here so far. carroll's on the witness stand this is likely to continue for some time, and the expectation is that we might get to cross examination sometime later today or this could begin tomorrow morning. and you're right, earlier the day began with controversy about posts from former president trump on his social media site truth social where he, again, described this whole thing as a hoax, as a witch hunt. he called the attorneys involved

political operatives, and he was warned, his attorneys were by the judge, that in fact, he was making comments that were extremely inappropriate and could get him in more legal trouble. so that happened, the defense attorney said that he's going to try and rein back his client that remains to be seen whether that can happen. the bottom line, very emotional testimony that strikes to the heart of what this case is all about. chris. >> so glenn, let's talk about that controversy what do you make of donald trump attacking e. jean carroll as a liar when he's being accused in court, she's suing him for basically calling her a liar >> yeah, chris, he's continuing to fight this case in the court of public opinion, rather than just in the court of law, and you know, you would think the judge would take some additional measures i say, you know, long ago there was enough evidence for a judge

to put a gag order in place, that is a narrowly tailored limitation on dronald trump's speech asknd on his posts on social media that would be designed to sort of give the litigant in the case, e. jean carroll an opportunity at a fair trial. she certainly doesn't have the microphone or the platform that donald trump has, and he seems to continue to be willing to cani kind of, you know, nefariously throw anything he can think of in the public square -- >> can i interrupt you for a second, glenn? >> sure. >> because one of the things that judge kaplan said was we're getting into an area in which your client -- he's talking to trump's lawyers -- could face a new liability, and i think you know what i mean we're assuming that what he means is some sort of gag order. >> you know, a new liability that's an interesting phrase for the judge to use it could either mean that he's opening himself up to additional

defamation claims by e. jean car carroll. it also could mean that certainly some of this information may come before this jury that donald trump is making these inflammatory posts, and then i think ultimately, it could mean that you're potentially looking at a gag order, and if you violate that, your new liability could be contempt so i'm not exactly sure what the judge meant by a new liability >> so then yesterday during this hour, we also heard that this case has essentially an anonymous jury, that the judge who was concerned about them said don't tell each other your names. glenn, you're bob, bob, you're bill don't identify yourself in any way. what do you make of that have you had that happen before? >> in my 30 years, chris, i have had exactly two anonymous juries each one was in a rico case against a violent criminal organization there was a demonstrable risk to the witnesses and the jurors,

and that's why the judge granted our motion for an anonymous jury what i found really remarkable is that the judge went an extra step here and as you say, chris, told the jurors to hide their true names, their true identities from one another. i think that's problematic you know, jury deliberations is a sort of intensely personal interaction where jurors have to sort of fully and freely and truthfully and honestly engage in a discussion, and sometimes it can get very heated and when they're hiding their true names and identities from one another, i don't think that's healthy for the criminal justice system >> ken, i want to move on to the criminal hush money case what more can you tell us about what the d.a. is asking that judge to do? >> chris, prosecutors are asking for a protective order that would constrain trump from making public the sensitive information that his lawyers will get as that case moves forward.

specifically prosecutors are asking the judge to instruct anyone who receives materials, including grand jury testimony not to post any of that on any news organization or social media websites without approval from the judge and they also asked the judge to limit the use of any materials they provide to trump only to use in defending the case. prosecutors say trump has a long-standing and perhaps singular history of attacking witnesses, investigators, prosecutors, trial jurors, grand jurors, judges, and others involved in legal proceedings against him putting those individuals -- i'm quoting now -- and their families at considerable risk. the filing cites trump's attacks against, for example, his former personal attorney michael cohen and a former national security whistle-blower, alexander vindman who testified against trump in the past. and prosecutors add that especially given that trump is currently under federal investigation for his handling of classified materials, they say there's significant concern that he will misuse grand jury

and other sensitive materials in this case. it's important to note, though, chris, this is not a gag order, and the trump team has not yet responded to this request for a protective order. >> glenn, there are laws against intimidating witnesses or sharing evidence online, right so why try to get the judge to agree to this order upfront? >> you know, i think protective orders are a little bit more ordinary in the criminal practice than are anonymous juries, so it, i think, is a wise call by the prosecutors to try to put some guardrails up around donald trump so he can't misuse the information that the prosecutors give his defense attorneys to, you know, so he can be prepared to defend against the charges. but that information will include witness names and identities and perhaps other sensitive information, and we have seen donald trump before kind use that for his own nefarious purposes so i think it's wise that the prosecutors are asking for this

motion and then the question will become if the judge puts a protective order in place, what will the judge do when and if donald trump violates that protective order >> glen kirn kirschner, ron all ken dilanian, thank you so much, appreciate it. we are getting early clues to the key role the vice president will have in the biden/harris re-election campaign her former chief spokesperson joins me in 60 seconds could save hundreds for safe driving with liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance. so you only pay for what you need! whoo! we gotta go again. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ the first time you made a sale online with godaddy was also the first time you heard of a town named dinosaur, colorado. we just got an order from dinosaur, colorado. start an easy to build, powerful website for free with a partner that always puts you first. start for free at godaddy.com

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for him. maybe more than in any other election in american history harris's speech last night may have provided an exclamation point to that argument, speaking at her alma mater in the same auditorium where she took freshman orientation 40 years ago, harris put herself squarely on the front lines of what might just be the decisive battle for 2024 abortion rights. >> what's happening in our country right now is that these extremist so-called leaders would dare to tell us what is in our own best interest. well, i say i trust the women of america. i trust the people of america to make decisions about thei theirselves. i trust them and so don't get in our way because if you do, we're going to stand up, and we're going to organize and we're going to

speak up and we're going to say we're not having that, we're not playing that >> i want to bring in nbc's chief white house correspondent kristen welker, and symone sanders townsend, knows the vice president well because she was her chief spokesperson, but of course now she is the host of "symone" on msnbc. harris was fired up, there was a little preacher in the end there i thought, and this was also an incredibly friendly crowd. but what did you see last night as someone who knows her really well that gives you an indication of the role she's going to play in this re-election campaign and how she's going to play it >> last night i saw someone -- and i read the pool report from the reporters who were there who gave great color to the event -- and what i gleaned from all of this is that vice president harris is extremely comfortable in the place that she is right now, and, frankly, i think understands the stakes here. if you saw the way that she was speaking at that rally, it was

very frank it was familiar. it was colloquial because what this president and this vice president are going to have to do if they would like to win re-election is connect with people across america, not just democrats, not just folks who voted for them the last time, but women, independents, right, across the suburbs, some republicans, maybe former republicans, and this issue of freedoms in which the campaign is couching not just the issue of abortion but a number of these other issues is something that sounds universal, and then you have the vice president last night making it plain exactly what she is talking about. so i thought it was effective, and i think this is what we will see going forward. >> yeah, she obviously sees abortion as a key issue, the campaign does. she's traveled i think to 18 states to talk about it. is that the biggest pro when it comes to her resume? what do you see as sort of her super power in terms of how she plays a role in this campaign? >> well, i guess i would say her

super power is, in fact, that she is the vice president of the united states of america this -- the campaign that when i saw the video yesterday that the biden campaign rolled out, i saw it, frankly, as a continuation, not a refreshing, if you will, but a continuation of the campaign that was waged in 2020. and in that 2020 campaign, particularly in the general election, vice president harris was actually very important. i traveled with her during that time to the states, to go to barbershops and beauty shops and hold rallies she is someone that uniquely connects with folks across the board i know people talk about poll numbers and whatnot, but if you look at recent polling that is out there, particularly numbers among democrats, she is polling quite high among younger democrats. those are the folks that the biden campaign is going to need to come out. so i think this she is in a unique and a very good position. look, she has traveled the world over the last two years on behalf of the united states.

she has been at the table for everything from meetings to the quad to what is happening as it relates to the war in ukraine, and also on domestic issues. so i just really think we are getting a glimpse of what is to come, but i would note, that was not a campaign event last night. that was an official event, and i don't know if we're going to see a lot of campaign events coming out of the biden/harris campaign in the foreseeable future >> well, kristen, tell us a little bit about that because we had gotten some indications that there would be some delay, but in any case, what are you hearing from folks inside who have officially had their jobs for, what, 24 hours now about how the campaign plans to use the vice president >> reporter: well, chris, look at the video in which president biden announced he was running for re-election. the vice president is featured 11 different times, so i think that was our first indication that she is going to be central to this, those close to her say she is going to be very forceful she's going to have a number of

campaign events, and as symone rightly points out, look, i think that for the time being you're going to see a lot of official white house events using their backdrop in their official capacities to make the case that they're leading on these issues but once they hit the trail, i think you can expect the vice president to have a very frequent presence in a number of key battleground states, and this issue of abortion is central to, i think, what we're going to see from her talking about issues like abortion, talking about gun safety legislation, and they feel like she's really found her voice in a number of these topics, and it's really all hands on deck i'm told when it comes to bolstering her because it's almost preempting the inevitable attacks that they are bracing for from republicans, as you rightfully point out, chris. so i think that we are getting an early preview of things to come she is going to be central to this campaign for re-election. there's no doubt about that. the president sees her as an asset, and needs her to be one if he wants to win re-election,

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24 million americans are now facing extreme weather threats today, as communities bordering one of the nation's biggest rivers brace for historic flooding and severe storms with monster hail and wind in the plains and the south some areas along the mississippi river are already flooded with emergency barriers installed everywhere from minneapolis to iowa as the waters rise. meanwhile in texas, the hail is so large, someone posted this comparison to a baseball that hail blew the windshield out of this car cracking the glass almost entirely, and the national weather service said this isn't something you see every day, a tornado spotted near the denver airport. nbc's maggie vespa is live from davenport, iowa, near the mississippi. nbc news meteorologist bill karins is with me as well. maggie, what are you seeing on the ground >> well, chris, we're seeing that the mississippi is essentially a lot closer to us than it was even 24 hours ago.

i mean, this is the water of the mississippi here you can see kind of awkwardly the shell gas station behind it. we're not at the normal banks of the river. in fact, it's several hundred yards that way typically, and again, just one day ago it was basically at least a city block farther back, so this has been moving inland. it's been moving in steadily, ask y and you know, our team has been calling this a slow moving disaster that's when people are realizing this is indeed going to be low lying areas already flooded. people already in those areas getting to and from home by boat in the last couple of days, a local utility provider started cutting off gas to those homes arguing they have to it's a safety issue but people in those homes telling us they're really angry one woman saying in my 12 years along the river, that's never happened before, and she said i don't know what people here living along the river are supposed to do it gets cold overnight, we're still obviously seeing those low overnight temperatures around freezing, and last night a lot of those people weren't able to heat their homes because the utility companies are so nervous about the power of this flood.

what's also making people really nervous, they've been asking us how high it's going to get, right? we've been telling them we're so sorry, forecasters can't pinpoint that to any real specific degree right now, but what we do know is that depending on where you are along the river, especially north to south, basically when it's expected to crest is key and in areas like this, in illinois and iowa kind of little bit farther south than the head waters of the mississippi where that snow pack melt is fueling a lot of this, it's expected to crest as late our forecasters tell us, as monday when you think about how far inland these waters have come, again, in just 24 hours, this is wednesday. so by monday people are kind of realizing how far in it could get, and then there's the question of how long it will stay at that peak once it crests so for an area, chris, where people are used to this, they're used to flooding in some capacity every year, these historic forecasts of this widespread really kind of monster flooding in some areas is really starting to come to fruition, and it's frightening a

lot of people. officials say rightfully so. chris. >> you know, exactly what maggie said, the davenport mayor says we're used to floods they happen every year what could make this year different? >> it's slow, and it hasn't rained that much usually we think of these big spring events on the mississippi, we get big huge rainstorms and we watch the water collecting from the tributaries into the mississippi. this is primarily from snow melt in the dakotas and minnesota, and we've had significant flooding in the past week or two, especially up around fargo are fr and areas of south dakota as well we've had huge floods, have bees it's a lot of the areas outside the levee system that are going to see the flooding from this one. this isn't going to be the record breaking 1965 flood of the mississippi or even some we had in the '80s and early '90s, but the areas are protected by levee systems.

those unprotected residents and businesses are getting flooded, and they're flooded out. the crest will be as we go throughout the end of this week through the weekend, and then the middle of next week, and so again, this has only taken us from southern minnesota, not even to st. louis. so the water flows slowly down the mississippi, chris again, she said slow moving disaster for those areas that aren't protected by the levees, that's what they're witnessing. >> while we have this extraordinary large hail in the south, saw the comparison to the baseball, and also potential tornados, how long is that going to last? >> mostly today, a little bit tomorrow even florida had this incredible hail storms the last two days. here's dallas, we're going to be watching you closely another thunderstorm is about to go through the fort worth area in a half hour from now. we have the chance for large hail and tornados. the threat for florida will exist for even large hail again. it's a huge area, it's pretty unusual. florida gets severe weather typically in march, but from orlando all the way down to melbourne, west palm beach, fort

pierce area, that's your concern. and then for areas in texas from dallas south wards, almost to the austin area, that's where we're going to have our risk of super cell thunderstorms ask isolated strong tornados later on today that's the threat, dallas south wards for those large tornados then tomorrow we'll take these storms and keep an eye on you from baton rouge, new orleans, biloxi, interstate 10 that goes into panama city we're not done it looks like the mississippi river flooding will continue for the next week. the severe weather will peak this evening in texas and for our friends in florida. >> bill karins, thank you for that. there's been an urgent manhunt in mississippi for four escaped prison inmates, and now investigators say they've located one of them believed to have killed a local pastor after breaking out of prison police found the pastor's body on the interstate on monday night. he had pulled over to help one of the inmates who had just wrecked a motorcycle and investigators say the inmate shot him, took his car, and took

off. nbc's catie beck is following this story for us. what a horrible, horrible story, catie. tell me what we know right now >> reporter: absolutely, chris, it's a series of very sad events and this morning police say they did zero in on that suspect that you're describing, the inmate, 22-year-old dylan arrington they say barricaded himself inside a home around 7:15 this morning in the jackson area there also came a shootout with police shortly thereafter where one deputy was injured, and then hours later, the house became engulfed in flames they believe arrington is inside and is likely deceased, but they say they need more time to do some forensic investigations to officially confirm that. as for the other three escaped inmate, there is a massive manhunt underway from mississippi to texas authorities combining resources with drones and helicopters in

the sky. they are certainly putting all the pressure they can on this situation knowing what has just transpired sadly with that pastor who was just trying to be a good samaritan and help what he thought was probably a stranded motorist on the side of the road, now obviously that is a whole separate investigation that police will have to uncover. but as for the three inmates who escaped, the sheriff saying they likely went through the roof of the facility, that they likely went at staggered times, and that they possibly could have gone in different directions they did not believe that these four inmates were traveling and escaping together in the same vehicle. so it is a complex puzzle here for them to solve, and they are working as hard as they can to try and do that. >> catie beck, thank you for that update. republican unity being put to the test as we speak over that debt limit showdown that could have major economic consequences we'll head to capitol hill next.

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concessions to a small group of republicans threatens to jeopardize the bill's broader support in the full caucus nbc's ali vitali is on capitol hill and symone sanders-townsend is back. the speeder said this morning he is very confident the bill will pass when might the full house actually vote, and what are we expecting if it was to be taken right now? >> reporter: well, look, that's an open question at this point because we've spent the last few hours outside of speaker mccarthy's office watching some of these holdouts go in and meet with the speaker and come out and the ones that i've talked to don't have their minds changed to yes just yet. people like tim burr shet, for example, saying that this doesn't do enough for him on tackling the debt overall. you'll remember, though, that even during the trump years he voted against debt ceiling hikes so not entirely surprising for him there. south carolina congresswoman nancy mace is another one who just in the last few minutes walked past me on her way to meet with speaker mccarthy

again. she's someone that leadership has republically been in touch lot. then there are these lawmakers from iowa who also want to see certain concessions. most of them frankly were made overnight around biofuels and ethanol, but really right now the open question is has he done enough with one or two members of his conference to ultimately get this on the floor just in the next few minutes you'll see the halls here around me are starting to pick up with activity because in the next few minutes, we expect there to be the first in a series of two votes here on this debt ceiling deal, and that's when we'll see the power or not of mccarthy's ability to actually coalesce his conference because i think the important thing to notice here is that this deal, even if it passes, goes nowhere in the senate it goes nowhere with the white house. it's sort of dead on arrival, but for mccarthy, it's meant to show democrats that he has control of his conference, that he knows how to take the temperature of his members, ask that he can get something over the finish line, even if it's

just the opening push in these negotiations on the debt ceiling. >> yes, senate majority leader chuck schumer has made it clear that this bill is doa in the democratic senate. let me play a little bit of what he had to say. >> speaker mccarthy rolled out a wish list straight out of the freedom caucus playbook. house republicans want to force working americans to accept either a punch to the gut or a blow to the head i urge speaker mccarthy to stop wasting any more time on this doa, dead on arrival, bill time is running out for congress to work together to avoid catastrophe. >> that does not sound like someone, symone, who thinks mccarthy's bill will open the door to negotiations, but as the clock is ticking toward default -- and i mean it's never clear who's going to be a winner or a loser we know the american people are a loser if the default happens but what options do the

democrats really have? >> well, look, chris, there are not many options if democrats are going to stick with what president biden has said you know, ali knows, she's been on the hill talking to these folks. a number of democratic members now have been willing to say, oh, well, maybe it's time to negotiate. there's been whispers in various caucuses, amongst the democratic caucus on the hill the reality is though, you ask folks at the white house, they say the president's position has not changed. he has put a budget forward, and if speaker mccarthy brings his budget, then he is happy to talk budget conversations but on the debt ceiling, this is about america paying what it already owed and i think that's just where it is you look at -- if you look back, there's history for this you know, if you look at during the obama administration, president obama, he did negotiate with republicans on capitol hill, and you could talk to folks that worked for president obama during that time, they say that what they learned from that experience is that you cannot negotiate with someone that is trying to take you into a hostage-like

situation, which is, in fact, i think an accurate description of what is happening with these debt ceiling conversations, raise it or not. a default is bad for americans, and ali vitali mentioned nancy mace in her district in south carolina, if a default happens more than 100,000 people are going to lose their social security checks. that's a lot of folks. >> ali, i'm not sure how much time we have because we are still waiting for the president's press conference, but what are you watching for next what's the next step that's going to tell us where this might be going >> reporter: i meean, i'm peerin over my shoulder every few minutes here waiting to see when nancy mace comes out of that office, i'm waiting to see matt gaetz, mean testing some of the social programs that were changed overnight, if that's enough to get him on board in my conversations with him, it seems like he's less mad about the substance on this and more miffed about the fact that it happened during the night in the wee hours. he keeps saying that he doesn't do his wbest work at 2:00 a.m.

i think that's really the substance of the conversations with gaetz again, we're in a position once more where every single republican conference vote counts it's the same as it was during the speaker battle many of the names that we're saying here are the same names that we said then and will continue saying over the course of this debate because they were always the ones to watch i think it's striking that we're not actively following key freedom caucus members like chip roy, like scott perry. they're quiet on this one. seems like leadership was able to get through to them with the reality of what's possible here within the larger scope of the gop conference but there were still some key holdouts that leadership is trying to get ahold of to symone's point, though, about democrats, just in the last minute before i got on with you, i had one democratic member come by me sort of elbowing me, do they have the votes on the republican side and saying, you know, you never check in with democrats, but democrats are all united on this they are very proud, at least here in the house, to be standing in unification against whatever republicans try to do on this, sort of holding the line in the name of the white

house to keep ta tougher negotiating posture. alley ali vitali, symone townsend. it streams mondays on peacock. now to an update to a story we brought you on this show last week from washington state democratic governor jay inslee has now signed into law a ban on the sale and distribution of semiautomatic assault weapons making washington the tenth state to do so he also signed a law that creates a ten-day waiting period on firearm purchases and another that clears the way for lawsuits against gun makers or sellers. and now we are going to go to the press conference between president biden and south korean president yoon let's listen in. >> several times over the last year, and each time we have deepened our nation's partnership and for the benefit, i thinks of both our peoples today is no exception.

our nation's relationship has been a great success story the alliance formed in war and has flourished in peace, seemingly every day we've launched new areas of cooperation on cyber, strategic technologies, space, democracy, and all the areas that matter most to our future because of its core, our alliance is about building a better future for all of our people, and there's no better example than our economic relationship and partnership which is delivering incredible benefits to both our nations through the indo-pacific economic framework, we're advancing economic growth, grounded in high standards for our workers, for the environment, asknd for communits throughout the region. we're standing together against economic influence being leveraged in coercive ways, and

since i took office, korean companies have invested more than $100 billion in the united states driving innovation and spurring good new jobs for americans and korean workers our mutual defense treaty is ironclad, and that includes our commitment to extend deterrence and that includes the nuclear threat, the nuclear deterrent. they are particularly important in the face of dprk's increased threats and a blatant violation of u.s. sanctions. at the same time, we continue to seek serious and substantial diplomatic breakthroughs with the dprk to bolster stability on the peninsula, reduce the threat of proliferation, and address our humanitarian and human rights concerns for the people of the dprk. republican of korea and the united states are working

together including through our trilateral cooperation with japan to ensure the future of the indo-pacific is free, is open, prosperous, and secure i want to thank you, again, mr. president for your political courage and personal commitment to diplomacy with japan. i've worked on these issues for a long time, and i can tell you it makes an enormous difference when we all pull together. i also welcome and support your administration's new indo-pacific strategy. it's a strategy that affirms how aligned our two nations are and our visions of the region and how similar they are today we discussed our work together on promoting peace and stability in the taiwan straits, ensuring freedom of navigation in the south china sea and beyond excuse me. i also affirmed our shared

commitment, we together shared our affirmed shared commitment to stand with the people of ukraine against russia's brutal assault on their freedom, their territorial integrity, and democracy. and the republic of korea's strong support for ukraine is important because russia's flagrant violation of international law matters to nations everywhere in the world, not just in europe when it comes right down to it, it's about what you believe, what you stand for, what kind of future you want for your children and grandchildren, and right now i believe the world's at an inflection point the choices we make today, i believe, are going to determine the direction of our world and the future of our kids for decades to come. that's why this partnership is so important, mr. president, because we share the same values, the same vision, and i greatly appreciate, mr.

president, that the republic of korea co-chaired the second summit on democracy last months and will host the third summit for democracies. we both understand that our democracies and our people are our greatest source of strength, and working together, they make our nations stronger and more effective. from tracking the climate crisis and strengthening our effort to fight it and strengthening global health, no two countries are better suited to meet the challenges ahead than the republic of korea and the united states i want to thank you again, mr. president, for your friendship, your partnership, and all you've done to help build a future of shared strength and success. the floor is yours, mr. president.

>> translator: president biden, thank you for your special and warm hospitality i am very pleased to be making a state visit to the united states during this meaningful year that marked the 70th anniversary of the alliance our two countries have overcome challenges and crises during the past 70 years based on the deep roots of freedom and democracy, building a value alliance that is strong, resilient, and sustainable. we are now being threatened by an unprecedented crisis, the rock u.s. alliance is jointly overcoming this crisis, also coming from north korea as a righteous alliance that contributes to world peace and prosperity we will further expand the depth

and global comprehensive strategic partnership and march forward to the future. today president biden and myself engaged in constructive dialogue to discuss ways to materialize this shared vision the outcome of our dialogue is n the outcome is in the statement adopted today. the first key outcome is extended deterrence. sustainable peace on the korean peninsula does not happen automatically. our two leaders have decided to significantly strengthen deterrence against nuclear and missile threats so we can see peace, and not a false peace based on the goodwill of the other side such a willing commitment is captured in the washington

declaration. president biden has reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to extended deterrence towards the republic of korea. our two countries have agreed to immediate bilateral presidential consultations in the event of north korea's attack, and promise to respond decisively using the full force of the alliance including the united states nuclear weapons our two countries have agreed to establish a nuclear consultative group to map out a specific plan to operate the new extended deterrence system. now, our two countries will share information on nuclear and strategic weapon operations plans in response to north korea provocations and regular consultations on ways to plan and execute that combine

conventional forces with the u.s. nuclear capabilities, the results of which will be reported to the leaders of our two countries on a regular basis. in addition, our two countries have agreed to further advance tabletop exercises against a potential nuclear crisis in addition, deployment of the united states strategic assets to the korean peninsula will be made constantly and routinely. president biden and i will continue to cooperate to strengthen extended deterrence between our two countries based on our historical and concrete agreement reached during our summit second, our two leaders have agreed to further strengthen the strategic partnership in economic security, which is directly related to the national economies of our two countries president biden and i welcomed the expansion of our firms bilateral mutual investment in

advanced technology including semiconductors, electric vehicles, and batteries. president biden has been said that no special support and considerations will be spared for korean companies investment, and business activities in particular we have agreed to consult and coordinate closely so that the u.s. inflation reduction act and the chips and science act can further strengthen supply chain cooperations between the two countries in advanced technology further more, we plan onramping up partnerships in cutting edge technology we have agreed to establish a dialogue for next generation emerging and core technology between the u.s. national security council and the korean office of national security,

relating to quantum science and other cutting edge technologies with the aim of promoting joint r and d and experts exchange we have also adopted a separate joint statement for strengthening cooperation in the rapidly emerging quantum science and technology domain. president biden and i have also agreed to get the ball rolling on discussions about expanding our alliance into cyber and space by applying the mutual defense treaty in cyber space and space as well. we have also agreed that the trick cyber security cooperation framework adopted this time around will serve as the foundation on which we address cyber threats together and boost cooperation and information sharing, collection, and analysis space is another area that shows great promise for cooperation

between our two countries. during my time here, i was able to visit the nasa goddard space center president biden welcomed the establishment of casa and we have agreed to promote cooperation between casa and nasa we have also agreed to accelerate discussions on reaching a resipciprocal defense p agreement. president biden and i have agreed to promote exchange between the future of our two countries. we have launched the u.s. rok special exchange initiative for youths in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the rok/u.s. alliance this year, our two countries plan to invest a total of $60 million to support exchanges between 2023 youths

majoring in s.t.e.m., humanities, and social sciences. this also includes the largest full bright program to date which will provide scholarships for 2,000 students last but not least, president biden and i have agreed that south korea and the united states as key partners in achieving stability and building peace in the indo-pacific region will put our heads together to strengthen our cooperation in addressing regional and global challenges in particular, president biden expressed strong support for efforts made by the korean government to normalize korea/japan relations and we have agreed to continue our efforts in strengthening korea, u.s., japan, trilateral cooperation. further more, we reaffirmed that the use of force to take the lives of innocent people, an example of which would be

russia's invasion of ukraine, can in no circumstances whatsoever be justified. in that sense, we agree to continue our cooperation and efforts alongside the international community to support ukraine. during this meeting, we also discussed plans through which our two countries can take a leadership role in addressing global challenges such as climate change, international development, and energy and food security i am delighted that through today's meeting, we have opened up a new chapter for the next 70 years of the rok/u.s. alliance i hope president biden and i with the support of people in our two countries can fully deliver on the blueprint that we have mapped out today with the aim of our -- founded in the

reaffirmation of the value of freedom and our universal values thank you. [ applause ] now we're going to take some questions. first question from courtney "the los angeles times." >> thank you, mr. president. your top economic priority has been to build up u.s. domestic manufacturing in competition with china, but your rules against expanding chip manufacturing in china is hurting south korea companies that rely heavily on beijing are you damaging a key ally in the competition with china to help your domestic politics ahead of the election. and one for president yoon there have been concerns that north korea will be conducting

its 7th test meanwhile, russia has suggested it could send its latest weapons to north korea if south korea sends lethal aid to ukraine. how do you seek to manage the north korea risk amid obligations to ukraine and nato? thank you. >> let me respond to your question first my desire to increase u.s. manufacturing and jobs in america is not about china i'm not concerned about china. remember, america invented semiconductors we invented them we used to have 40% of the market and we decided that what we're going to do over the past, i don't know how many decades, we decided that it's going to be cheaper to export jobs and import product and along came the pandemic. and the pandemic taught us that we used to have, as i said, 40% of the market some years ago, and now it's down to 10%, and again, we invented

i decided to go out and see what we could do to increase our hold on the market once again and so what i did was i went around the country as well as an additional chips and science act. i, in fact, visited countries around the world and two significant south korean companies decided they were going to invest billions of dollars in the chip manufacturing in the united states those are designed to hurt china, designed so we didn't have to worry about whether or not we had access to semiconductors for example, during the pandemic, what happened, was all of a sudden everybody started to learn the phrase supply chain. a year ago, nobody knew what we were talking about when we said supply chain now they all know. and we lost access to these semiconductors, in which new automobiles in the united states need 30 of them just to build a new automobile, and we didn't have them, so we started to invest here, and what happened was when we