joint chairman of the joint chiefs, general mark milley, canceled a trip he was supposed to take to the middle east as well. every aspect of the administration really taking the last 24 hours to take stock of what s happened here. in terms of these latest developments about the wagner group retreating, the white house does not want to comment on any of that. u.s. officials are still assessing this. they re being very careful in their public posture. the vice president was actually traveling today in charlotte, north carolina, to give a major speech on the dobbs anniversary. also asked about this a couple of times. but decided not to weigh in. you can imagine, nicole, from your experience, knowing exactly how this goes. just because we re not seeing the president on camera at camp david or anything like that, doesn t mean he s not intensely working the phones. he did speak to the leaders of france, germany and the uk earlier. in a very short readout, the white house simply said, they ta
cnn s arlette saenz is live at the white house. it s been an issue that has been something that maybe has been difficult for this president to deal with on a personal level, but on a political level, the white house and the biden campaign thinks it s a winner. i ll tell you, in almost all of my conversations i have with campaign advisers they really stress how central abortion rights will be heading into 2024. you saw that strategy on display when they rolled out the campaign, arguing that maga republicans are trying to take away women s freedoms. and it extends to their full court press that they re making this week around the dobbs anniversary. later this evening, the president and vice president will have a rally the troops kind of moment when they gather with reproductive rights activists. the white house on the official side is rolling out some executive orders to try to strengthen access to contraception. if you look at vice president harris speech tomorrow, she s traveling do