i'm joined now by william pesek. he's a columnist for bloomberg in tokyo. oining us. i would like to broaden this out and look at the biden foreign policy and look at the biden foreign policy and how it relates to asia in particular. we've seen the announcement of the withdrawal from afghanistan, now we have seen the announcement of sanctions on various russian entities. how do you see the biden foreign policy?— biden foreign policy? from the ja anese biden foreign policy? from the japanese standpoint, - biden foreign policy? from the japanese standpoint, i - biden foreign policy? from the japanese standpoint, i think. biden foreign policy? from the i japanese standpoint, i thinkjapan japanese standpoint, i thinkjapan is still trying to take a deep breath and figure out where things are. i think in many ways, in general, i would say that prime minister suga is very relieved not to be dealing with donald trump any more. president biden and prime minister suga meeting this week, i think these positions putjapan engine position for somejapan has been trying ver

william pesek there.the murder of george floyd in minneapolis invoked his constitutional right not to take the stand on the final day of evidence at his trial. derek chauvin denies killing mr floyd by kneeling on his neck. our correspondent barbara plett usher is in minneapolis. this was the first time in nearly three weeks of evidence that derek chauvin spoke in the courtroom. up to the last minute, there was speculation about whether he would testify. have you made a decision today whether you intend to testify or whether you intend to invoke your fifth amendment privilege? i will invoke my fifth amendment privilege today. the decision whether or not to testify... i let me take this off. ..is entirely yours. is this your decision not to testify? - it is, your honour. all right. taking the stand would have been the only way for mr chauvin to tell his side of the story about this video. the defence argue that his knee was not the main cause of george floyd's death. but it would have opened him up to cross