up for discussion as well. but that same official played down the idea that a broad range of deliverables would come from this trip. the two days that secretary blinken is spending in high stakes talks marks the highest level american to visit china since president biden took office. keep in mind, the visit was already delayed once. that was after the chinese spy craft was detected roaming over the u.s. president biden this weekend called that air space intrusion silly. i don t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentioned. so i m hoping that over the next several months i ll be meeting with xi again and talking about legitimate differences we have but also how those areas we can get along. reporter: the taiwan strait is likely not one of those areas at present. the white house recently acknowledged that china secured a spy base in cuba, back in 2019. president biden has
inning spending, consequential reforms that will rein in government overreach. there are no new taxes, no new government programs. jason: here is what we mow is in the deal: it suspends the debt ceiling until after 2024 election, no increase in non-defense spending for the next fiscal year, and it caps it at 1% the following fiscal year. it also increases defense spending and money for veterans. we re also learning it claws back some unspent covid-19 pandemic funds and cuts nearly $2 the billion in money used to hire new irs agents. it also reportedly expands work requirements for some adults receiving food stamps but no work requirement changes for medicaid. the house republicans are expected to come back to the washington on tuesday and and vote on the bill on wednesday. we ll take it up with congressman brian mast and congresswoman beth van duyne. meanwhile, china has spent the week courting african countries like the democratic republic of congo for rare either minerals
Between living near major traffic and getting dementia. Lets spend a few minutes looking at the relationship between donald trump and the Intelligence Community in washington, dc, brought into focus by a Senate Hearing, in which we heard from the director of National Intelligence and others. We have an update on this story. We now know that the current director, james clapper, we knew that he would be leaving and was going to be replaced, this is also interesting, theresa may, we understand, from the Prime Ministers Office, will be visiting donald trump in the spring. That is a story separate from the intelligence but it has come up and is worth passing to you, the Prime Ministers Office says that the uk Prime Minister will visit donald trump in the spring, we will keep you posted when we get more dates on that. Mentioning james clapper, his briefing on alleged russian hacking, he will meet donald trump tomorrow. Here is one exchange during todays Senate Hearing for you. The bottom lin
Between living near major traffic and getting dementia. Lets spend a few minutes looking at the relationship between donald trump and the Intelligence Community in washington, dc, brought into focus by a Senate Hearing, in which we heard from the director of National Intelligence and others. We have an update on this story. We now know that the current director, james clapper, we knew that he would be leaving and was going to be replaced, this is also interesting, theresa may, we understand, from the Prime Ministers Office, will be visiting donald trump in the spring. That is a story separate from the intelligence but it has come up and is worth passing to you, the Prime Ministers Office says that the uk Prime Minister will visit donald trump in the spring, we will keep you posted when we get more dates on that. Mentioning james clapper, his briefing on alleged russian hacking, he will meet donald trump tomorrow. Here is one exchange during todays Senate Hearing for you. The bottom lin