Its Defense Spending because its looking at north korea, chinese aggression and also looking ahead possibly to another Trump Administration where its not so sure the us welcome to the rescue. And its making these investments to be able to stand on its own there clearly also emphasizing here, theyre unity, right . But there is something obviously hanging over this. And we understood from mj lese reporting that it might not come off, which is the us still deal. However, it did come up, obviously they were going to be asked about it and that is japans largest steel maker offered to purchase us steel to the tune of 14 in december. The biden is very opposed to this. Hes trying to stand with the union and i wonder what you made the question as it was, was did it come up . Did the topic come up . No. The answer is no one answer directly. And Prime Minister kishida basically said discussions are underway between the parties and then he sort of said japan believes something to the effect of based on the law, hes saying its legal for us to do this in biden and saying he stands by the union, he stands by his alliances. What do you make of that . Basically . Do they very politely in public agreed to disagree and what the japanese are saying is theyre going to let this process make its way through the court system, through the various Approval Processes and but they know that bidens in an election year. They know hes got a publicly state that hes against this deal and theyre hoping that the various regulatory organizations and the courts will allow the sale to go forward. And incredibly polite, agree to disagree. There. Kim dozer grid to get your perspective on things. Thanks for being with us. So you heard President Biden, theyre touching on arizona at the very end of the Press Briefing thats following the Huge Supreme Court decision in the state yesterday. It promises to be one of the definitive issues in the 2024 campaign. It certainly does an earlier today, former President Trump spoke about that abortion ban. He said these restrictions are for the states to decide. He said that he would not sign a Federal Abortion Ban is president. He said it went too far and that he believed the governor would bring this back to something more reasonable. I dont dont take that quote to the bank, but thats sort of what he was saying. There this is a band that goes back to 18 18, 64 was codified into law in 1901 and it would make arizona one of americas most restrictive states when it comes to womens reproductive rights, it gets rid of a 15 week ban. There in arizona. Lets go back now to the white house to cnns Kayla Tausche first. Okay . Phil, im just going to put in my plug for lets say maybe some more News Conferences there at the white house, maybe some more questions there at these News Conferences because clearly there were questions that the president wanted to answer beyond the two and to the white house response has been pretty pointed to this arizona reaction. And clearly reporters knew hed want to to talk about it after the News Conference yeah. Into that brand, i would say join the club, the White House Correspondents Association has long been asking the white house to do more events like this with more opportunities for more reporters to ask question beyond the two and to format to that end though, it is very clear that President Biden wanted to make that pitch from from the rose garden to say to the American People elect me. If you do not agree with that decision in my reporting, it is very clear in discussing with Biden Administration officials and Biden Campaign officials that they believed that that decision by arizona Supreme Court will only make the contrast even more stark between President Biden and former President Trump. Trumps position when the two really get into the homestretch of the general election they believe that this decision is essentially the manifestation of President Trump stated policy to let the states decide on abortion, and that the result of that will be that states make their own decisions. And many of them will go forward with what looks like if full, outright abortion ban by arizona. Now, in the state the Biden Campaign feels very good about its chances there. They cite polling by ppr, is that 62 of arizonans support abortion. They say it should be legal in most or all cases. But of course, abortion is not the only issue for voters. There and it is the only issue in arizona where biden, according to the wall street journal, is out pulling his opponent on the economy, on immigration, on fitness for office. Hes down to former President Trump by greater than 20 points in some cases. But even so, they believed that this will be the galvanizing issues for, for voters when they go to the polls and then and it only makes a choice clear for American VotersKayla Tausche, thanks for bringing that down four us live from the white house. Lets bring in students, Kristen Holmes, whos covering the trump campaign. Kristen trump is all over the map on Abortion Policy historically his latest comments though, sort of casting the responsibility of designing Abortion Legislation to the states walk us through those comments yeah four is this really just goes to show you how fine of a line that donald trump has to walk. We know on monday he said that the decision on reproductive rights should belong to the states, but then today, he was criticizing a decision made by the states heres what he said on that arizona band. Take a lesson arizona go to write the governor and everybody else bring it back in. And that will be taken care by the current. Now when it comes to whether or not donald trump would support a National Abortion ban, or whether or not he believed that this should go to the states his team believed that the better political move for them was to say that this should go to the state its now that doesnt mean that donald trump is not going to speak out on some of these decisions, but their overall thinking on this was that no matter what happens in the states, even if donald trump got behind a National Federal abortion ban, he would still be blamed for what was going on in the states and the National Federal abortion ban is much less popular across the country but again, it goes to show you how critical is this issue is and how donald trump is aware that he has a very fine line to walk. Now, you also mentioned that National Abortion ban. He was asked by reporters twice whether or not he would get behind a National Abortion ban if he was in the white house and he said, no, two times, that is really trying to clarify his position from monday where he just talked about the states, but never even raised this idea of a National Abortion ban despite the fact that he had been publicly flirting with this abortion ban for the last several weeks, talking about it in multiple interviews. Now he is not the only one that is kind of having a change of heart. We also Saw Kari Lake after she had said years ago that she supported this all out abortion ban and arizona, then she came out yesterday saying that it went too far, that it was out of steps with out of step with arizonans. So youre going to see this from republicans across the board, particularly those republicans who are up for an election in 2024 she said, we have a great law on the books in arizona. And then yesterday completely backtracked on that. Kristen holmes. Thank you so much. Lets discuss the ramifications of this with cnn political commentator and republican strategist, alice stewart. We also have with Us Democratic strategist and former Senior Advisor for the biden 2020 campaign ellen cia johnson alexia, first to you, obviously there is going to be a human cost to this decision in the immediate and democrats have expressed anger and frustration over that. Yet electorally, this is a gift yeah absolutely. It is listen and lets be very clear. This is very detrimental to families and people who are trying to have children who also continue to meet abortion care, no matter what it is, because this is Reproductive Health care. The reality though is this has been the political gift from the Republican Party since the Dobbs Decision and as we see, the Polling Numbers just to show of support of access to abortion across party lines, even in very red states abortion has winning when its on the ballot and its put directly in front of voters. The other piece about this, we have so many tapes of President Trump taking credit for the Dobbs Decision. And now because he sees that it is not actually helpful for republicans, hes trying to go back and forth. But the problem that he has is house hes going hows he going to continue to galvanize the base of evangelicals and antiabortion activists. Whereas for democrats, the more that he muddies the water on what hes going to say so what hes going to do, we firmly believe that if he was in office, he would definitely sign a Federal Abortion Ban. The more we have to galvanize our base because this is a top issue for elides democratic voters. Because i wonder ellis one side of his mouth and politically, he doesnt really have a choice when you look at the realities, he, he has to talk to both sides and on one, hes saying yeah, im very proud of what i did putting those justices in place and that they overturned roe. But then he was asked about whether they went too far. The arizona Supreme Court. Yeah, they did. And thatll be straightened out. And he goes on to say, im sure the governor and everyone else are going to bring it back into reason and thatll be taken care of hes relying on democrats to clean up his mess. I dont know that theyre hopping in line to do that. Well, certainly not the arizona governors, not going to do something to help out donald trump and the reality is, donald trump should take a lot of credit for what he did to appoint the the three conservative justice to the Supreme Court. And fighting to overturn roe v wade, which has been a Big Up Policy for him in the prolife community. But were now in a new post dobbs era. In the political reality of this issue is changing and it has changed every time this has been on the ballot, as she mentioned, the proabortion crowd has one and you can be prolife antiabortion, but you have to acknowledge the reality of this. And i think donald trump is trying to make sure he understands with support for abortion at such a high level, and not just arizona, but other states. He has to be a little bit more moderate. He can be prolife, but we have to talk about Abortion Limits and not fully cool bands. And lets talk about a federal ban is really not a valid argument because were never going to get 60 votes in the senate for a federal ban. So he is basically trying to make sure people understand. I want to make sure were talking about limits and not bands, and theyre still he is going to answer with the prolife community. They are happy with this ruling they think. This is a good thing. It saves lives. They do have concerns about the Ballot Initiative that is going to be out there and how this is for unrestricted late term abortions as well as not helped standards. So children are young, kids dont have to have parental consent. So theres some issues from the prolife community, but i think they understand we need to be a little bit more moderate on this issue. If were going to appeal to independent voters heading into the general election, one of those i will just say a lot of the things you mentioned dont happen in many states. Like when you massachusetts i think is 24 weeks, which is like the accepted viability. Theres parental consent and a lot of places that are considered liberal states. I just want to be very clear about what were dealing with statebystate state. Oh, i do want to dig into kari lake further because that race in arizona, the senate race could determine control of the us senate yesterday she released a statement shortly after the decision, we actually have it. She wrote quote, i opposed todays ruling and im calling on katie hobbs and the State Legislature to come up with an immediate common sense solution. That arizonans can support previously. She actually had this to say, lets listen incredibly thrilled that we are going to have a great law thats already on the books. I believe its ars 13, so it will prohibit abortion in arizona, except to save the life of a mother so clearly a flipflop, theyre outside of the policy how does that potentially hurt her with voters . This is someone who at least from what weve seen, will say just about anything even outside of the truth. If it stands to give her gain political well the etchasketch of moving into a general election is nothing new. Every candidate does it. You have a more i guess, extreme position in the primary. But as you go into a general election and youre appealing two independent voters and more moderate voters. And in this case, suburban women voters, you have a more moderate position on this. And i think kari lake, in this instance clearly sees the numbers and arizona, 62 of people want to see some type of abortion. And shes looking at how am i going to appeal to those voters . And shes making taking a more moderate position. Its up to the voters. Did they believe her now or do they believe her previous position on this . And that is something that she is going to have to continue to make the case where she stands now as she heads into november, because as we have Vice President harris will be going their friday, democrats will make this a key issue and i dont blame them. It isnt a galvanizing issue for democrats creates a up to republicans to make sure that they can meet the moment on this particular issue on see, this is going to be motivating in arizona. Were going to see that and theres going to be a Ballot Initiative we expect that will give a lot of people a reason, a lot of people who align with joe biden to come out to the polls. And that could favor him but i wonder what you think because ive heard some democrats from states were maybe it isnt is pressing an issue there. I wonder what you think in some states, pennsylvania, for instance, were maybe it isnt as much on the mind of individual voters they have rights when it comes to access to abortion. Theyre not as animated by it. Do you worry that this is not going to animate them at the polls . Im not going to say im not worried. I think it gives us the understanding of why it was so important for the Biden Campaign to raise as much money as it has to have boots on the ground and all of these states to see how these top issues play out in the Table Conversations in Pennsylvania Versus an arizona versus a florida forces are georgia the states go on. The issue will still be very top of mine because of the fact that the Biden Administration, their hands are tied to some of the ways in which theyre able to protect abortion here nationally because of the Dobbs Decision so the Biden Campaign is on the ground, letting folks know exactly what these decisions mean, whether in the state like arizona or nationally, what they mean. So i also do see a lot of groups like reproductive for all and planned parenthood in these states as well. Galvanizing people around the issues because wild pennsylvania feels as though they have the right to abortion protected what does that mean for the other states, for people who do not have access to abortion as they are crossing state lines. One more thing i wanted to talk about to you mentioned some of these scenarios in which republicans and antiabortion activists or against abortion. But a lot hello, scenarios that you mentioned as brianna said, they are not accurate, right . And we should be leaving these decisions up to doctors, the medical professionals, and families. And that is where democrats are trying to make sure folks understand what this conversation on abortion were having a political and policy conversation, but this is a medical conversation you can and should be left up to Health Care Providers to give the best health care that they can to all of the families in their patients. And that includes abortion care. I think the most the best progress weve had on this, against with overturning roe v. Wade, weve taken this decision out of the hands of unelected justices, put it in t