ballot and why are democrats again helping another trump-backed candidate there? but, first, breaking tonight, president biden is trying to have it both ways when it comes to gasoline be prices. the president blaming russia when costs skyrocketed. now, he is claiming credit for some modest drops. but the president is still putting foreign oil ahead of domestic as he tries to ease the crisis and at the same time is considering a climate emergency executive order. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. gas prices haven t just crushing americans waltz but polling. a cnbc poll giving president biden economic approval rating below the worst mark his predecessors obama and trump ever got just 30%. now the white house sees a silver lining if they can strike a nuclear deal with iran. the white house is framing a return to the iran nuclear deal as a way to bolster global oil supply. deputy secret
Short-range missile launches since may, several showing increased range. america s adversaries see a president now conciliatory at random times. our allies take advantage of us far greater than our enemies. reporter: however, america s military adversaries are on the rise and bolder. they believe that they can go ahead and produce weapons systems and test weapons with impunity. reporter: president trump compliments kim. that being said, i got a very beautiful letter from kim jong-un. reporter: but u.s. intelligence experts tell cnn that pyongyang continues improving all of its missiles and is trying to make new nuclear fuel supplies. vladimir putin is working on new weapons to keep the u.s. out of europe, including a nuclear powered missile that apparently recently exploded releasing radioactive material. china has massive cyber espionage efforts to steal american military technology.
our allies take advantage of us far greater than our enemies. reporter: however america s military adversaries are on the rise and bolder. they believe that they can go ahead and produce weapons systems and test weapons with impunity. reporter: president trump compliments kim. that being said, i got a very beautiful letter from kim jong-un. reporter: but u.s. intelligence experts tell cnn that pyongyang continues improving all of its missiles and is trying to make new nuclear fuel supplies. vladimir putin is working on new weapons to keep the u.s. out of europe, including a nuclear-powered missile that apparently recently exploded, releasing radioactive material. china has massive cyber-espionage efforts to steal american military technology. the reason we see all of these things happening in all of these different countries is because all of these rivals of
Material. china has massive efforts to steal american military technology. the reason that we see all of these things happening in different countries because all of the rivals of the united states see no real push back from the trump administration. the incoming chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the president s personal military advisor has a dire warning. china went to school on us. they watched closely in the first and second gulf wars. they want to have the capability to defeat it come midcentury. iran and north korea are under heavy sanctions. how are they getting what they need? u.s. officials say both countries are active on the black market and engaging in cyber espionage.
Impunity. reporter: president trump complements i got a very beautr from kick jong-un. they re trying vladimir putin is working on new weapons to keep the u.s. out of europe, including a nuclear powered missile that apparently recently exploded releasing radioactive material. china has massive cyberespionage efforts to steal american military technology. the reason we see all of these things happening and all these different countries is because all of these rivals of the united states see no real pushback from the trump administration. the incoming chairman cht joint chiefs of staff, the president s personal military adviser has a dire warning. china went to school on us. they watched us very closely in the first gulf war. second gulf war. watched our capability.