convinced to do it. but, the main thing is, weapons to stop the russians now, to keep them from stopping the ukrainian offensive through these areas, or they don t. and i think that they need to have them. reporter: as you can hear their, president biden making is clear that a priority is the counteroffensive. now, ukraine is launching against russia. this is a significant development, and one which is likely to come up quite a bit in the next few days, when the president attends the nato summit in lithuania. that will be a key topic of discussion, the ongoing war in ukraine and how this looks in the long term, as they continue that counteroffensive. gym? priscilla, thanks so much. you can see the entire interview with president biden, tomorrow, at 10:00 a.m. eastern right here on cnn. joining me now to talk about this, democratic congressman from south california.
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times to assess whether or not they are having any of the side effects. it s a protracted commitment. thank you so much. some major news there, of course, with the fda approval of the drug. that wraps it up for me. you can catch me right back here tomorrow, sunday as well, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. jose will be back monday. andrea mitchell reports is picking up right now. right now, the new job reports shows the job market be cooling with 209,000 jobs added, fewer than expected. president biden in his re-election bid is focusing on the economy. targeting junk health insurance plans today. the president is reportedly agreeing to provide ukraine with cluster bombs, outlawed by many allies. president biden making the decision ahead of next week s
joe biden was elected by stealing the election? no, there doesn t seem to be. this is the problem with the modern republican party, to sam s point. they are defined by anger. they are defined by what they are against instead of being for something. trump now dominates this party. you have things like marjorie taylor greene who look at this and say, we are rewarded if we say crazy things like donald trump does. if we take crazy positions. this is what donald trump s reign has done on the republican party. he is walking away with this primary. there s too many opponents right now. they are splitting the votes up all over the place. he is controlling the narrative. we are led towards a biden/trump rematch because people like ron desantis don t have enough guts to take on the king. do you see it the same way, susan? yeah. i think the republican
critical nato summit with ukraine s longstanding request for nato admission dividing the allies. it s been 100 days since russia detained reporter evan gershkovich whose mother is hoping for the best as her son sits in a russian prison. i rely on president biden s promise. bringing him back, i think, it s a team effort. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where today s monthly jobs report shows payrolls rising by 209,000 in june. indicating the labor market could be losing steam. the unemployment rate barely ticking down to 3.6%. this with treasury secretary janet yell. announcer: yellen in china trying to ease tensions between the two largest economies while criticizing beijing for its