with the japanese prime minister. and he basically bluntly said that the u.s. is not going to stand by if china were to take action to try to invade taiwan. that is notable because the white house had been clear that that is not something they wanted to see happen. they urged china against using force in taiwan, but they have not explicitly laid out what would happen should china do so. i think the context is so important because, of course, this comes amid russia's invasion of ukraine and the questions about what implications there are for that on a global level, what that looks like and what that means. and i think that's what president biden was speaking to when he was talking about this. i think the distinction is important. we've seen time and time again, the president says the u.s. will not put boots on the ground in ukraine. he doesn't want it to become this direct fight between the united states and russia. and where he is drawing a difference here when it comes to taiwan is the president is saying he would respond militarily should china try to invade taiwan.

that is incredibly notable because as brianna was saying, it's been this long-standing practice of strategic ambiguity. basically, that means that the white house will say, china, don't do this. we don't want to see you do this, but they wouldn't exactly spell out what would happen if china were to do that. and the president, of course, did that today, saying the u.s. military would be involved in this. so, yes, afterward, you did see some of the president's aides try to walk this back saying he wasn't articulating any kind of change in his policy, but it is a policy difference for him to come out and say explicitly they would do that. not just that they would provide arms to ukraine -- or arms to taiwan and weapons to taiwan like they are doing with ukraine, but saying they would go one step further, john. of course, it's a statement the president has come close to saying before. he articulated it very bluntly with no clarifications, no caveats. you can have aides walk it back time and time again as you've seen with president biden's statements on taiwan, but at the

end of the day, the president is making very clear his position on this. >> it's being welcome by china hawks, including republican mike mccall, ranking member on the foreign affairs committee who joined us a short time ago. he said personally he approves that message and he thinks it sends china a much needed message. kaitlan collins live in tokyo, thank you. for more now on president biden's comments on taiwan, let's bring in cnn anchor and chief national security correspondent, jim sciutto. i wonder what you think just about what was happening there, if this was just the president's propensity for trying to answer a question very directly or what? >> well, listen, the administration, his spokes people are trying to hide behind the taiwan relations act, which set -- it's governed u.s. policy with taiwan since 1979, saying that the u.s. will give taiwan the means to defend itself. not that the u.s. will enter militarily, sending aircraft to the strait of taiwan, but give it weapons to maintain itself to maintain the status quo, which is an independent, though not

officially declared taiwan and china but under a one china policy. his answer to the question didn't say that. his answer to the question in the context of ukraine said, you did not intervene military in ukraine, put u.s. boots on the ground. would you intervene militarily in taiwan and his answer very definitively is, yes. one, it's relating it to ukraine, which would establish a difference to how the u.s. responded in ukraine and taiwan, and also he answered the question as yes. is this biden wanting to be deliberately not clear, in other words, to leave some ambiguity so china doesn't know for sure which the u.s. would do? by the way, which some had called for for ukraine. they criticized biden for being so definitively -- to dismiss the possibility of u.s. military intervention there. that said, as kaitlan said, he has a history of making statements here that seem to be ahead of what the policy is.

>> maybe ambiguity still, but it seems like that point of gravity, right, has sort of shifted in a way. even recently this language on the state department website changed, was erased, and the chinese government really took note of that. so, you can't ignore that there's definitely been a shift in the wake of ukraine and a message that the u.s. is trying to send. >> there may be a shift, right? by the way, you hear this in less certain terms about how -- what kind of message the u.s. and the west have to send to china as per taiwan that was not clear prior to ukraine, right? you know, russia might have judged that we could take ukraine without direct -- by the way, they were right about the u.s. not getting involved militarily. they were not right about how far the u.s. and nato was willing to support ukraine. so, there are some who say both democrats and republicans, we have to be as a country more definitive with taiwan. to be clear, that is not the stated policy. the taiwan relations act is a --

it has very clear language in there about what the u.s. will do and not do. what hasn't changed is the official u.s. position. the president has said more than once, u.s. may very well get involved. officials have tried to walk that back more than once but is there a change here? he has to be pressed more. mr. president, who's right, you or your spokes people? >> if he's trying to make xi jinping think twice, he has three, maybe four times. jim sciutto, always great to have you on. it is the eve of the high-stakes primary race in georgia even as the senate primary race in pennsylvania remains deadlocked. mike pence will rally for mike kemp as he goes head-to-head with trump backed david perdue. and in pennsylvania oz and mckor mick for the gop nomination is still neck and neck. oz still leads by about 1,000 votes there. we have live coverage of both

races this morning. >> reporter: john, this will be kemp's most high-profile surrogate to date. vice president mike pence throwing his support behind mike kemp is indicative of the sentiment of the republican establishment and also many conservative voters. what we've seen kemp do over the weekend here is shift his message to really focus on the general election, attacking democratic candidate stacey abrams. we spoke to abrams this weekend. she is not facing a contested primary. >> i think stacey abrams is a great unifier. i think every republican in georgia will be unified after tuesday. >> unfortunately, in this state, the governor is happy to tout the successes for the few who flourish but he's done very

little for thousands georgians. >> reporter: so, trump has called kemp the worst governor in america for not doing more to essentially cheat on his behalf in the 2020 election. and it seems like the way in which david perdue, the trump-endorsed candidate, the former senator is struggling to make contains here in georgia. it seems as though conservative voters are weary of hearing about this election lie and just have other issues on their mind. john? >> eva, terrific seeing you, thank you. now to the tied race in pennsylvania. cnn's melanie from harrisburg with a look here. so close, headed for a recount, it looks like. >> reporter: absolutely. this race is neck and neck. david mccormick is trailing by just about 1,000 votes here in pennsylvania. the ballots will continue to be counted today. but there's only a few number of votes left to be counted. fewer than 10,000.

most of which are absentee. it looks like mccormick's path to victory is toppling. and it looks like in here in pennsylvania, it's going to head to a recount, which will be automatically triggered if the race is within half a percentage point. it appears both campaigns are really gearing up for that potential scenario. mccormick is fighting to have all undated ballots counted in the race. he is someone who has performed better with mail-in ballots. oz, however, it fiercely fighting against that. he is backed, of course, by donald trump. we have a little early preview here of the fight to come in pennsylvania. now, on the democratic side, there's also been a lot of uncertainty. the lieutenant governor john fetterman easily won the democratic nomination, but he suffered a stroke just days before election night. however, he was released from the hospital yesterday. and he put out a statement saying he's feeling good. he's going to take some time to rest and recover. but he hopes to get back to the

campaign trail soon, brianna. >> melanie, so much to watch there in pennsylvania, thank you. joining us now is cnn political commentator michael. thank you for being with us. where do you think things stand right now in your commonwealth? >> they seem to have just stalled. i mean, you just heard that the margin is somewhere between 1,000 and 1,100 votes that give an advantage to dr. oz. what's clear is dave mccormick has run stronger among the absentee ballots, but there aren't that many absentee ballots. most republicans in this state, as was the case in the 2020 cycle, they voted in person. so, it appeared as if it were a replay, they were going to pass like ships in the night as was the case with biden and trump in 2020, but now it's just sort of locked in position. and whether the deficit can be made up by mccormick is anyone's guess. the associated press, among others, saying there's no way you can pick a winner, call a

winner until a recount is over. >> and the recount absolutely does seem inevitable at this point. look at georgia, look south, michael, right now. you have mike pence backing the sitting governor, brian kemp. donald trump backing his challenger, david perdue here. there seems to be a lot at stake here at least thematically from a nationwide perspective. >> well, governor kemp doesn't need former vice president mike pence to come in today. unless these polls are way the hell off, he doesn't need this 11th hour appearance. i think it's a layup for vice president pence to go in and lay down a marker. lay down a marker that he is not with donald trump, the former president, when it comes to this particular battle. why, for example, didn't pence come into pennsylvania and lay claim to either oz or to mccormick? maybe that was a little hot to handle. this one there's seemingly a clear victor. so, pence gets to get an iou out there with someone who will be,

arguably, the governor who will run and win re-election if he gets past stacey abrams. >> michael, what do you think about this donald trump social media post where he's essentially endorsing this idea of someone that a civil war may be looming, but also that a civil war may be the solution to fixing problems in the u.s.? it's kind of confusing because there's a number of posts here. those are basically the themes that he appears to be supporting. what do you think? >> so, it was hard for me to follow. i took a look at all the things he said on truth social this weekend. my first reaction is, i'm not sure he would have been able to maintain his twitter status if he had been let back and said those things via twitter because there seems to be a lot of inconsistency and the embrace of civil war is troublesome, to say the least. i thought that his behavior was kind of hard to follow and maybe a little bit frustrated, he is, because of the way some of these

primaries have gone and the way, for example, alabama might turn out with mo brooks looking resurgent, despite trump having pulled back his endorsement. >> troublesome, i mean, do you think it inspires anyone, for instance? >> well, i hope not. i'm cognizant of what transpired in buffalo just a week ago. the three of us having this conversation, simare mindful ofe fact that we have a privilege in the platforms that are afforded to us. whether that's radio, whether that's television, whether that's through social media. i always operate on the premise there's someone listening or watching, who might not be playing with a full deck. i don't want to say something that might be misunderstood. i wish others would approach their privilege the same way. that's my answer. >> yeah. i think that's -- i think that's very smart. going back to georgia, i want to ask you about something stacey abrams said. she's getting a lot of below-bak

from republicans. here it is. >> i'm tired of hearing -- we are the worst state in the country to live. when you're number 48 for mental health, when you're number one for maternal mortality, when you have incarceration rates on the rise and crime and you're not the number one place to live. >> do you think the criticism of her is fair? >> you have to help me because i couldn't understand what she was saying. can you tell me what she said? >> she's saying that it's not -- georgia is not the best place to live. and republicans are pointing out that she lives there, right, and she has -- i believe they're saying she has multiple properties there.

they're saying, how is it not the best place to live if she lives there. >> yeah, i don't know what to make of that. it seems like something a candidate running to be governor probably would be ill-advised to say anything that could be interpreted as being negative pertaining to the state they wish to lead. if i were whispering in her ear, my gut reaction is i would have told her, this is not an area you want to play in. >> michael smerconish, you can whisper in our ears any time. i welcome that. >> see you, guys. >> be sure to join us tomorrow for election night in america. cnn's live coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. we do have exclusive cnn reporting this morning on why one russian soldier says he risked it all to walk away from putin's war. and a manhunt under way for the gunman who shot and killed a man inside a new york subway train. plus -- >> i told him to stay put on the cliff and he kind of was able to

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but he is just happy to be home, john. >> what a story. and i think emblematic of the disconnect between the junior officers and noncommissioned officers in the russian military and the senior leadership, including vladimir putin. suzanne malveaux, thank you. new this morning, president zelenskyy says up to 100 people may be killed each day fighting in eastern ukraine, where russia has centered military efforts in the werecent weeks. the russians were pushed back, according to president zelenskyy's office, but russians have been gaining more territory in the region. joining me now is retired general david petrus. thank you for joining us. wonder how you see the war going right now. >> well, it's interesting because the momentum seems to have shifted just a little bit back to the russians, brianna. of course, they finally took mariupol, the final russian

defenders there ultimately surrendered and have been taken off hopefully to be exchanged for russian prisoners at some point down the road. you have the counteroffensive outside kharkiv, the second largest city in ukraine and the ukrainians were able to push the russians back to the border in some locations. but now you see this developing situation in the east, the far east, around severdonetk and russianing converging on that from several directions and very clear the ukrainians will have to provide reinforcements to that. they have all the extra weapons, ammunition, supplies provided by the u.s., uk, other nato nations. they'll have to get some down to that location to make sure it doesn't crumble and the russians can't take more there than certainly the ukrainians want to give up. but very, very tough fight going on. >> are you concerned this could be a permanent shift in the russians' direction or how do you see it?

>> i don't think permanent but what's happening here, vladimir putin is trying to see what more the russians can seize. at some point, i think, we're going to see the russians say, okay, in these areas, this is about as far as we're going to go. let's harden the front lines. you'll see them then make it very, very difficult for the ukrainians to take back territory. that's why it's so important that the ukrainians regain the momentum here and start to shift it back in their favor. and then get the russians moving. ideally at some point, playing on the kinds of issues that have to be in the russian ranks as we heard from that russian officer. a lot of indiscipline, that kind of thing, anecdotally reported, if that could be fed, expanded, that would really help the ukrainians. right now, again, this is a seesaw battle, a fight of attrition, certainly, and ukrainians will have to work hard to get the momentum back in

their favor. >> on the issue of taiwan, president biden in tokyo said that the u.s. will respond militarily in the event of a chinese attack on taiwan. he could not have been more clear. and i wonder if you think he made a mistake in being so unequivocal? >> well, i mean, it certainly has clarified the situation. it's also a much more forward-leaning than the strategic ambiguity that has characterized the policy for well over four decades. look, only time is going to tell how this eventually -- if all the implications of this are. i suspect those in the wake of this will on background say that was actually, you know, a very wise move, very skillful move, but publicly i think there's a lot of backpedaling going on, as you heard. they worked very, very hard to maintain this very studied strategic ambiguity as to not upset the situation. but the situation is different.

again, we'll see in the weeks that lie ahead what this does to the relationship, which the national security adviser has described as severe competition at this point. >> do you think this would change china's calculations on whether to invade taiwan? >> well, i think there are a number of factors. you know, as always, there's no single factor in an equation that delivers a decision like that. and certainly they are studying very carefully what's going on in ukraine. and one would think there's a bit of a cautionary tale here. that the magnitude of such an operation, you know, big operations are really, really hard. even if you have forces that seemingly are ready for that, as supposedly the russians should have been given their many months of maneuvers, where it appears they were just out camping rather than doing serious military training. beyond that, of course, the idea of a nation in arms, where an entire nation rises up to reject those who are invading. again, that has to be a bit of a

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paula joins us now live from seoul. what else did he tell you? >> reporter: well, john, he may only be two weeks into his new job, but president yoon suk-yeol is stamping his mark on south korea, saying his predecessor's policy has failed. saying it's uhm to kim jong-un to start a dialogue if he wants to. south korea's new president yoon suk-yeol set up a new sign for his desk, a new gift from president joe biden who was just in seoul, a quote from the late president harry truman. a prosecutor just two weeks into his presidency and fresh from a summit with biden, yoon is dealing with a north korea expected to launch a long-range missile or conduct an underground nuclear test any day. >> translator: we will coordinate closely with our u.s. counterparts. >> reporter: kim jong-un, you have a leader who has given a

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>> translator: even if we strengthen our alliance with the united states in security and technology, it does not mean we think our economic cooperation with china is unimportant. so, i do not believe it is reasonable for china to be overly sensitive about this matter. >> reporter: president yoon says he believes china should abide by the rules based international order. at a time when that order is under pressure around the world, south korea's president is clear that his country's future, at least for the next five years, is firmly by the side of the united states. now, when it comes to his discussions with president biden, about expanding the joint military drills, we know for a fact and from experience that pyongyang will be angered by that. president yoon says it is the duty of every military around the world to maintain their readiness. john? >> paula, a crucial time to have a discussion like this. thank you so much. another remarkable cnn exclusive. jake tapper sitting down with u.s. marine veteran trevor reed

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it's time for the good stuff. stunning new video shows a risky rescue in san mateo, california. a california highway patrol helicopter crew rescued a man stranded on the face of a cliff. you're seeing a flight officer paramedic being lowered from the helicopter on a tether to the shirtless man who was 500 feet down a 900-foot cliff. not sure why his shirt-wearing s status was a factor. you can see him lifted to safety. no injuries reported there. joining us now, flight officer paramedic david arias, who was part of this incredible rescue team. david, just walk us through what happened there. >> hi, john. thank you so much for having me on the show. this happened this past

thursday. when the initial call came in from a local fisherman down at the shore, we got into our helicopter, got going. as we headed over there, the call was progressing so we were developing a plan of attack. just going over the different risks we would be involved. unfortunately for this call, we were kind of battling some strong winds, about 30 to 40 knots. we knew that was going to be a factor. but my team did a really good job in kind of positioning me to where the victim was. one of the things we did run into, as i got into position right near him, he went ahead and grabbed onto my leg. this is kind of a pretty extremely dangerous thing he did because obviously with the winds and everything, if i swung away from the cliff, i could have brought him with he had. right around that time, they positioned me. they lowered me down and got me into the right position. i had about a four-second window to execute the rescue and i got

him into the harness and we went on our way. >> that is a narrow window. david, what was he doing there? why was he 500 feet down this cliff? >> so, as soon as we get him to our rendezvous and we met the fire department, i asked him the same exact question. he said he was at the top of the cliff. he didn't explain why but he did say he fell from the very top, which is a pretty big miracle that he was with the small amount of injuries he sustained. >> david, is this something you do? i mean, have you ever had a rescue like this before? >> yes, sir. i've been with the department, with the california highway patrol for approximately three years. we do a lot of training. even before that, i have about ten years working in the helicopter rescue capacity throughout the country. it's pretty routine. >> it didn't look routine to me. and with the wind there, i mean, what was it like to be dangling

from the helicopter like that? >> in those types of situations, we train for them over and over. it's not necessarily something that would make one of us nervous. i think more or less we're just kind of trying to adapt to the quickly changing conditions that were dealt with on a moment-to-moment basis as we try to execute the rescue. >> why did you only have four seconds to get that around him? >> just with the winds. i was suspended approximately 100 feet below the aircraft. it was a very dynamic environment and you don't necessarily want to grab onto the cliff and unweight the hook and the cable because in that case, if there's a little bit of slack in the cable and you tend -- and you were to fall or slip down, you could potentially shock the cable and either cause injury or cause damage. so, you have to be in the right, right position. and my team did a phenomenal job of getting me right into that

position where i was able to get -- just try to get some grip with one much my knees just where he was and about four seconds later we started separating from the mountain cliff. >> david arias, i have to say, the more we look at this, the more harrowing it seems. it's incredible video. you seem like you're a good guy to have around. i'm happy to get to you know and meet you this morning. congratulations for your fine work. >> oh, absolutely. thank you guys so much for having me on the show. we really appreciate it. >> seems like a nice guy, too. if i find myself on the side of a cliff, he's the guy. >> he's so chill about it. we only had four seconds. four seconds! >> thank you, everyone, for joining us. cnn's coverage continues right now. good monday morning.

i'm erica hill. >> i'm jim skciutto. president biden in japan, launching economic initiative in the region. the group, which includes 13 nations, aims to level the economic playing field with china. perhaps a replacement for the tpp, which had been scrapped by the trump administration, but it was biden's off-the-cuff remarks regarding taiwan garnering the most attention this morning. the white house walking by president biden's remarks they would help militarily if china would invade. the president was speaking about providing weapons to taiwan, which is already u.s. policy, not putting u.s. boots on the ground, sending soldiers or sailors to defend taiwan. that's an important distinction. we'll have more on this in a moment. also this morning, 35 tons of desperately needed baby formula arriving in the u.s.