White house correspondent Jacqui Heinrich is at camp david tonight. Good evening, jacqui. Good evening, bret. The leaders convened to show, give a show of force, rather, against threats from north korea and also from china. They announced a new Joint Commitment to consult with each other in times of crisis, increase their military exercises, jointly in the region. Step up intelligence sharing, and also a new plan to convene annually at a new summit. The leaders did Call Out North Korea by name. But they were careful not to oreillyrile china. Make clear this is not the beginning of a new formal alliance. The president s domestic problems loomed in the background, too. Get some lunch . President biden dodged the press for a full week after david weiss, the u. S. Attorney investigating his son, was elevated to special counsel. And today he ended up taking his first question about it shoulder to shoulder with two major u. S. Allies. I have no comment on any investigations going on thats up
Hes said the word spy 17 times since last friday. Adam schiff who was at the second meeting said he heard no evidence of a spy in the campaign today. There is no evidence to support any allegation that the fbi or any Intelligence Agency placed a spy in the Trump Campaign or otherwise failed to follow appropriate procedures and protocols. Well, cnns chief Political Correspondent dana bash joins us now. Shes got new reporting on Rudy Giulianis takes on the briefings today. I know you talked to giuliani about emmitt flood and how he ended up in the briefings. What did he say . Thats right. I talked to him a couple of times tonight before coming on. I did ask him if emmitt went to these meetings at the behest of the president or maybe under orders of the president . He says he hasnt told him the answer is yes, but Rudy Giuliani tells me he assumes that was the reason why flood went, because
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Amid the economic crisis, Chinese exports saw a downfall for the first time since 2016 after global demand for Chinese-made goods slowed in 2023, CNN reported citing the Customs data released on Friday.
and this is a good moment for joe biden. and it s long overdue. there has been historical animosity between japan and korea that dates back centuries. this isn t going to fix it in a day. my hat is off to the president for getting them together. it s an important moment. bret: yeah. you look at the u.s.-china trade deficit, byron, and it s pretty stark. $382.9 billion in just stunning numbers. i talked to the former trade rep on special report, bob lighthouser about this. you would keep the tariffs on. but you also would you talk to u.s. companies about getting out of china? for sure i would. we have already started that. we started i would say strategic decoupling. i m not saying no trade. i just want balanced trade. stop the bleeding. stop shifting the money. bret: donald trump is a candidate talked about china a lot. something tells me it s going to come up a lot this agreement