there. with china in mind. but as biden prepares to head overseas, there are concerns that north korea is preparing to test an intercontinental ballistic missile in the coming days, one more dose of saber ra rattling. the other major story we re following, the u.s. economy in flux, to say the least. wall street set for another rough day, dow futures already down. you see there this morning. after the markets worst day in nearly two years yesterday, ending down nearly 1200 points, 3.5% or so. inflation fears now depressing investor sentiment. many ceos are stating their concerns of a recession could be coming. let s begin at the white house, cnn s john harwood is there. so, first, john to this meeting today, sweden and finland, two countries that avoided membership in the alliance for years, for decades in fact, the invasion of ukraine changed that, the president showing his support today. reporter: that s right. and this is one of a series of consequences that have unfolde
ways, but we need him more, certainly than we need russia right now? look, i mean, they just sent a high level delegation to venezuela and now weighing whether or not they want to invite the venezuelans in to the some of the americas because this is the trying to engage to get a little bit more energy out of that country. and certainly that s much more of a rogue that we have distaste for than the saudis. also, i will say, the human rights record in saudi arabia is nothing to be proud of. but the reform agenda in saudi arabia in the last couple of years has been pretty substantial. and on a number of issues, diversifying the economy, trying to bring more saudis into the workforce, including women, on culture issues, sports issues and the rest, and those things matter as well. so this is, you know, president biden who personally has distaste for the saudi regime and for the crown prince. being pushed by a lot of people
in in realtime, because when the here, we grateful for what you ve got, they re going to stay at home. seoul, making an all-out concerning push, even if you re not a successful, making that conservative push shows that you are fighting for the voters no matter what, and that s where they need to see. michael, let s talk about the republican side, they are all in on culture issues. , what s banning books for libraries. in florida, they re pulling my thick s books for, so-called, critical race theory. i, mean this is the kind of thing mcconnell is warning about and some of the candidates the trump has endorsed? yes. mcconnell, i ve been saying this for three months, the mcconnell sitting there looking at what s coming down the bygone. we can t win with this, y all. we can t do it. but, the party doesn t care. and you know why? because they have a weak opponent in the democrats. the democrats can t even take
frame of mind that, yes, there s a little pain right there. but the gain is so much better already. juanita, there are democrats who worry too many democrats are over thinking. this and in that basket they would put elizabeth warren. i think it s a yes and. talk about what biden has done, talk about the american rescue plan. that still having an impact today. talk about the infrastructure investment. talk about that. but you can also not ignore the context in reality that people are living it in realtime. because, when they hear be grateful for what you ve got. they are going to stay at home. and so, making an all-out conservative push, even if you are not successful, making that conservative push shows voters that you re fighting for them day in and day out no matter what. and that is what they need to see. michael, let s talk about the republican side, they are all in on culture issues, what, banning books from libraries. in florida, they are pulling math textbooks for so-calle
second, he then became a lobbyist. big government becomes big by being deeply involved in the allocation of wealth and opportunity. lobbyists are important. that s why we spend more money on lobbying than we do on campaigns. they become important precisely because they know how complicated the government is, where the levers and pulleys and widgets are, to make it work. and he made the most of that value. it s an it s an unfortunate glimpse of how hard government is. hastert lost the speakership during the 2006 election when the democrats took control. one of the big issues at the end of that campaign was that a congressman at the time, mark foley, had sent some sexually charged computer messages to a male page, those are the interns who work in the house, young people usually in their teens,.