between the u.s. and russia and how soon paul whelan and brittney griner could be home as we go one-on-one with national security spokesperson john kirby. i m hallie jackson in washington on this thursday afternoon. carol lee over at the white house, jake ward posted up for us in san francisco, our business reporter. carol, let me start with you. this is time number two we re hearing from the president today on the economic news of the day. reporter: that s right, hallie. what you re seeing is not just the president but across the administration, a number of officials are out talking about the economy today addressing these gdp numbers. this is an effort to try to shape the narrative. part of what you re hearing from the president, you might be hearing bad news about the economy, but it s not that bad. he s also saying this is no surprise, that the economy was always going to slow down as the fed steps in and tries to address inflation. he s pointing to things like a strong
case after case after case, and this work that senator tester has led, this work is so important. i ve been proud to be a part of it. we can t talk the talk of standing with our troops and not stand with them. there s been significant republican support for this, i believe it s going to come back. i don t think they want to be on the opposite end of all of our veterans groups who cherish this bill and felt we were so close to the finish line. we re going to get it done. senator amy klobuchar, thank you very much for your time on what is shaping up to be a very busy couple of weeks in washington. appreciate it. thanks, hallie. president biden and chinese president xi jinping jumping on the phone today. an exclusive look at how the u.s. is getting ready for the negligent pandemic. we go inside the national stockpile of equipment and vaccines coming up. first, the big january 6th revelations we re following, including the latest trump white house advisor to meet with the
pelosi putting out a statement, dress and temper tantrums are no way to negotiate foreign policy. also chuck schumer sarcastically tweeting, now that the problem is solved, i m sure we will be hearing anymore about it in the future. but not all democrats are criticizing the plan. this seems to work out, mexico should be part of any agreement that we have, mexico should be helping, mexico should be part of the process. reporter: he also said mexico has agreed to buy large quantities of agricultural products, speaking of tariffs, the mexican tariffs response we going to an effect on monday but china has felt real tariffs, those went into effect last month. president trump in chinese president xi jinping jumping said to me at the end of the month for the g20. you can bet that conversation will take place when it comes to tariffs between china and the united states.
dress and temper tantrums are no way to negotiate foreign policy. also chuck schumer sarcastically tweeting, now that the problem is solved, i m sure we will be hearing anymore about it in the future. but not all democrats are criticizing the plan. this seems to work out, mexico should be part of any agreement that we have, mexico should be helping, mexico should be part of the process. reporter: he also said mexico has agreed to buy large quantities of agricultural products, speaking of tariffs, the mexican tariffs response we going to an effect on monday but china has felt real tariffs, those went into effect last month. president trump in chinese president xi jinping jumping said to me at the end of the month for the g20. you can bet that conversation will take place when it comes to tariffs between china and the united states. back to you.