related to the january 6th rally, and later riot. back to you. priscilla, thank you. we are edging now to breaking news about the presidents covid status. let s go to nbc s mike milley at the white house. mike, what do you know? well cory, for the second time this hour i will talk about what difference a week has made. last week we re coming to you with the news that the president was experiencing a rare rebound case of covid-19 after having tested negative, but now we hear from dr. kevin o connor, the presidents personal physician, that the president this morning has tested negative for covid-19. now he will continue, however, his isolation. and that is because the white house wants a second negative test before he then resumes his full public schedule. and it is going to be a full schedule, this week, cory. the white house was already announcing president biden on monday will be traveling with the first lady to kentucky to visit with some of those affected by this horrible floods
says what he means to. and taking that out was because he believes that they are very special people. he had said that the day prior. he wants them to stay with him. he knew what he was doing by eliminating it. and meanwhile in georgia, a grand jury could hear soon from republican congressman jody hice, a federal judge has denied his request to avoid a subpoena. the grand jury is investigating efforts by trump and his allies to overturn the state s 2020 election results. their strategy included submitting a slate of fake electors who would back trump rather than joe biden who won in georgia. and the white house continues to downplay fears of a recession in the u.s. as it braces for a highly anticipated report that could show the economy shrinking for a second straight quarter. here was president biden on monday. we re not going to be in a recession in my view. the employment rate is still one
all of us will support the efforts of president biden and vice president harris to do what is necessary and appropriate to bring britney griner home. we commend him for starting publicly and saying that, as we will stand for the others that have been detained. britney griner has already been detained in russia for nearly five months. she faces ten years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges. after she sent an impassioned letter to president biden on monday, the president called brittani s wife and pledged his support. britney griner is not the only american detainee whose family is seeking u.s. intervention. in 2018, american citizen paul whelan was wrongfully detained by russia and accused of espionage. he was sentenced to 16 years in
present level into next year. good to get your analysis, thank you. the leaders of the so called quad nations, the us, india, japan and australia meet today in tokyo. the quad group is seen as largely aiming to counter growing chinese influence in the indo pacific region. the meeting follows recent diplomatic tensions in the pacific, after the solomon islands last month signed a security pact with china. the us and australia hold fears the deal could allow china to build a naval base there. in a move separate to the quad meeting president biden on monday announced indo pacific economic framework with asian partners including australia, japan and the republic of korea joining me now is dr jong, senior research fellow at the mercatus center at george mason university. thanks very much for being with us. what is expected from the summit especially with regards to trade or supply chain issues. ,., ., ., ., ,
side, nor apparently did he receive any firm commitment from mr. modi to back off energy purchases from russia. cnn is following this story for us from new delhi and good to have you there to see the indian perspective on all of this. now, india, we ve said it before, is a buyer of russia s energy but significantly, also, of military hardware. is there any indication that modi that mr. modi is considering any change in his stand in russia when it comes to those purchases? good to be with you, paula. but let me just put that into perspective. when you talk about fuel imports, oil imports from russia. it s less than 1% according to india. and when it comes to military hardware purchases, it s over 50% that india depends on russia for its military equipment. so there is a huge difference really in the imports of military purchases, versus that of oil. but to sum up the meeting between narendra modi and u.s. president biden on monday, i