made progress, but just how much is an open question with dramatic consequences for geopolitics. plus, reckless. a security threat, a consummate narcissist, two former trump officials warn another trump presidency would endanger the country, but only some of his gop rivals showed they re willing to confront him head on. a debate from affair over race on this juneteenth holiday. the first black president and only black republican in the u.s. senate disagree on how much progress america has really made on race. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, the american secretary of state takes a big trip and a big risk. today, antony blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with china s xi jinping. that handshake, 35-minute meeting was even possible, sends a signal that china and the u.s. are serious about taking the teeth out of tough talk these past few months. listen to the u.s. secretary of state as he strikes a realistic, but generally posit
commitments that his administration has made and aficially towards the end of the week, there s expected to be a focus on reproductive rights as the dobbs decision anniversary is approaching. the white house trying to make ground in the early days of the campaign with the key constituencies they need to help him win re-election in 2024. thank you so much for that reporting. my panel is back here with me. let s, again, just think about the biden presidency, the biden re-election message, and go back to saturday. as we said, it was his first big campaign rally, really first rally at all, right, since he announced re-election and the message of what he said and didn t asay was telling. inflation has come down 11 months in a row and going to continue to come down. today less than half of what it was a year ago. this didn t just happen. we made it happen.