japan s prime minister wants to double the defense spending including buying 400 american tomahawk cruise missiles to send a not so subtle message to china. no stranger to new york. he spent part of his childhood right there in new york and visited washington earlier this year. as you said back in january, when you were at the white house, i think the quote is we face one of the most complex environments in recent history, security environments. and i couldn t agree with you more. but i m proud that the united states and japan are facing it together. when our countries stand together we stand stronger and i believe the whole world is safer. president biden will be in japan through sunday. the trip was supposed to include three-point papua new guinea and australia the unresolved ceiling talks in washington has forced biden to cut his trip short. the president sounded optimistic about his talks before catching a flight to japan. i m confident that we ll get the agreemen
you just said that. i don t want them coming in convinced they have something that they probably don t. the other thing i don t want, one last point on this, i don t want to have to fight with insurance companies to get approvals for things i want my patients to have and hear a commuter voice on the other end saying you can t have that it s got to be maintained in a personal manner that is used on a patient-by-patient basis. steve: we need a. to figure out and file all those insurance claim forms. that s another thing helps doctors in the doctor s office did decrease the massive amount of paperwork. absolutely. steve: doctor, thanks so much. he is going to be the first one in the office today. and i m ready to use my a.i. steve: thank you, mark. coming up on this thursday rather, wednesday. pete hegseth and senator cruz coming up. first our friend skip bedell is here to kick off grow your own series this morning. what s he growing? something for the kitchen. ain t nothing