we have fox team coverage in new york. larry kudlow of fox business tells us about the global impact of these currency efforts. in washington rich edson shows us how china is making its move. but we begin with national correspondent william la jeunesse at the leag presidential library in simi valley, california. good evening, william. good evening, bret. you know, washington and beijing have had for differences over the future of taiwan. today speaker mccarthy down played any disputes. he said while the united states is not interested in war it will not abandon taipei. a friendly handshake. , outside a symbol of the growing tension between china and the u.s. shutting off by house speaker kevin mccarthy. the friendship between the people of taiwan and america is a matter of profound importance to the free world. and it is critical to maintain economic freedom, peace, and regional stability. taiwan president xie equally indifferent to china s intimidation. we must be
i m brianna keilar with john berman this morning. we begin with major news just in, president biden will officially be making a controversial trip to saudi arabia. what was really an open secret is now being confirmed by the white house. the middle east trip next month will include visits to israel as well as the west bank. the controversy surrounds what biden said as a candidate, he vowed it punish the kingdom and make the saudi crown prince a pariah for the assassination of journalist jamal khashoggi. arlette saenz live at the white house with this official announcement, arlette. what are they saying? reporter: well, john, those comments from president biden appear to be in the rear view mirror as he is now preparing to travel to saudi arabia next month. the white house saying this will be part of a broader trip to the middle east, spanning from july 13th to july 16th, starting with those stops in israel and the palestinian west bank. the president will then travel on t
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been blessed to have the strongest currency in the world really for most of the 20th century but certainly since world war ii. and what was called then the breten woods arrangements in washington and new hampshire. this is a blessing. we don t ever want to lose that for economic reasons as i said. we want price stability. but for energy reasons, and also for national security reasons. we don t want to lose that. united states should always be the leading economy in the world and the dollar, i call it king dollar, i coined that phrase many years ago and it caught on. we want to keep king dollar. we have friendly relations with the euro and yen. we don t have friendly relations with china right now that s going to be a can problem. the uon i don t see that as a threat. i have seen the enemy and the enemy is us. bret: larry, we always appreciate your commentary on here. thank you.