interesting because, you know, i was just on the west coast. president biden was campaigning with a number of democrats in swing districts, in swing states. his message there was about the economy. the voters are really going to decide these elections in those districts in those states are concerned about the economy. he s talking about the chips bill in poughkeepsie, climate in colorado, talking about inflation in orange county. today this is a speech directed at a national audience trying to really get democratic enthusiasm levels back up to where they were in the summer because we know these elections come down to turnout, and republicans are motivated to turn out and get rid of democrats in power. but it s harder for the party in power to do that. so that s the president s agenda today. so memoli, it is about turnout, right? especially the base voters turning out especially when it comes to something like abortion rights. i ve got to say when i was out in front of scotus reportin
today. he says it will be by land, sea and air. and his national security adviser jake sullivan said yesterday that the new forces would be more robust, more effective, more combat credible, more capable and more determined. the leaders are coming into the summit with the wind at their back after that agreement by turkey to drop its objections to finland and sweden joining the defense bloc. that all came after months of sort of back and forth between the sides. president biden did speak with the turkish president erdogan yesterday morning to talk about these negotiations. and what he told him was that if this deal could be struck before the summit began, it was possible for the two men to hold a formal bilateral meeting on the margins of the summit and they will do that today later this afternoon. so certainly a lot to talk about for the men there. one other interesting item on the president s agenda today, he will be meeting with two leaders that you wouldn t necessarily
visa restrictions to, of course, the pentagon, the commerce department, every aspect of the president s cabinet that he s going to meet with any moment now. and the president also on the call with leaders from australia and india and japan earlier today. do we know if this came up during the call? reporter: yes, this was one of the subjects, the so-called quad alliance, and one that makes it interesting, we ve seen how japan has handled the response to the russian invasion but india, of course, anderson, at that united nations meeting yesterday, they abstained from a vote that was condemning putin s war on ukraine and condemning his invasion, demanding that he pull his forces out of the ukraine. the white house said obviously ukraine was a subject matter. they didn t get into what it was exactly that president biden raised with the indian prime minister about that decision but it does show how nearly every single item on president biden s agenda today, on his schedule today, has to
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a big step forward for president biden s agenda today. house democrats passing the president s expansive $1.9 trillion economic and climate agenda following months of hard-fought negotiations. it includes more money for childcare, home healthcare, obamacare subsidies, universal pre-k, and more. but it s anyone s guess what will happen when the senate has its say. so joining me now to discuss, cnn political commentator and former republican congressman charlie dent. and cnn senior political analyst, kirsten powers. she is the author of the new, amazing book called saving grace. so, welcome to both of you. kirsten, after months of wrangling, democrats are on to the next step with a bill that would transform people s lives. there is still a ways to go, as i pointed out.