Tell us why President Biden hopes to accomplish. Reporter any time you see these four leaders, biden, Prime Ministers of india, Japan And Australia they take pains to say this alights known as the quad is not countering the influence of any one country but when you look at some of the deliverables, the announcements we expect these leaders to make expanding what is known as the maritime Awareness Initiative from the specific ocean to include the Indian Ocean conducting joint Coach Guard Coast guard exercises, it all speaks to an alliance that is trying to counter the influence of china. That is what at the heart of the agenda. The alliance is something that President Biden as he is very much in Legacy Mode is particularly proud of. Jake sullivan, the national Security Adviser saying that President Biden is not just hosting the stomach in his hometown pretty is hosting each of these leaders at his home, his home in wilmington. Hes at each three Prime Ministers coming to visit him at his
there s a lot of alternatives. we haven t made up our mind yet. the white house evaluating how to respond as some key global economic forecasts have gotten gloomier. so what do all these forces mean for you at home and your wallet? let s discuss with cnn s matt egan. he s at the new york stock exchange. and cnn s kaitlan collins is with us from the white house. so matt, lay it out for us. is there a direct cause and effect between this production cut and prices at our local gas station? ana, the simple answer is yes. we re already seeing an impact. just ten days ago recession fears drove world oil prices down to eight-month lows but they have since raced back to life in large part because of rumors of this opec supply cut and now the actual official confirmation. and prices at the gas pump are responding swiftly. a gallon of regular now fetches $3.87 nationally. that is up from $3.83 just a day ago. up nine cents over the past week. prices are still lower, of course, than
11 million jobs. they have presided over the creation of all of those jobs as well as the growth of the economy itself. and on inflation they have passed the inflation reduction act that deals with the climate crisis, deals with energy costs, and i think all of that is something they need to underscore. but in addition to that, ana, we know there are other issues also that voters are going to be very concerned about. one of them is choice. and this is something that i think is not just underreported but underreported in polls because we know that a lot of the younger women, energized women, first-time voters that are women as well as men rb showing up in polls because pollsters do not measure them. i think this is something we re going to be seeing across the board. look to that election that happened in kansas more recently. exactly. on the ballot abortion was directly there