will be better for us. we don t need happy hour. we need baby formula. we know what is going on now. we will be voting in november. rachel: such a great point. democrats are in power. all branches of government and you definitely don t want to have angry, stressed out parents going to the polls under those conditions. they have only one party to blame on that regard. so anyway, thank you all for joining us today. appreciate it. good luck with all that you re dealing with, we really appreciate it. all right. president biden is in japan but that is not stopping china from stirring up trouble. gordon chang is an expert on beijing s power. his reaction as the white house looks to deepen ties with taiwan next.
friendly though unofficial relationship. his national security visor jake sullivan on beijing s threat to taiwan after russia s invasion of ukraine. an biden administration is invested and work with allies and partners to send a clear message of deterrence. we do not want to see unilateral changes to the status quo. we certainly don t want to see military aggression but we do want that message not from just us but a range of allies and partners but in the region and beyond. arthel: a springing of dan hoffman former cia station chief in moscow. what is china doing holding military exercise in the long disputed south china sea while president biden is visiting south korea and japan? what is president she s a point? think we have seen over the past couple of weeks china mounting these aggressive
country. we have learned if we zero in on beijing, in one district they re affecting one college campus, some 670 students and staff were immediately sent into a government-run quarantine center after 11 covid cases was detected. and then in nearby tianjin, you re seeing a significant number of people standing in line with their baggage waiting to board buses to be taken to a quarantine center there. cnn i should add has reached out to the municipal government to confirm whether all these residents in this village has been sent to quarantine. we have yet to hear back. back to you. and all this taking a real economic toll in the country. yes. kristie lu stout, thanks very much. really appreciate it. and we ll be right back with more n news here on cnn newsroom. stay with us. i was printing out labels and savingng money. shipstation saves us so muchch time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everythihing you need, slap the label onto the box, and it s read
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