ago, when i was vice president, saying that if we are smart, we have an opportunity to make the western hemisphere a united not united, a democratic hemisphere. and we were moving in the right direction under the last administration, the obama/biden administration. but so much damage was done as a consequence to the foreign policy decisions the last president made in latin america, central america and south america that we now have, and i called for a summit of the democracies. i called that, a number of nations showed up for this summit of democracy. what s going to allow us to generate we ve actually had a reduction in the number of democracies in the world. and it seems to me there s nothing more important we used to talk about, when i was a kid in college, about america s
but with chile as well as argentina. so look, i made a speech a while ago when i was vice president, saying that if we are smart, we have an opportunity to make the western hemisphere a united, not united to come democratic hemisphere. and we were moving in the right direction under the last administration, obama/biden administration. but so much damage was done as a consequence of foreign policy decisions the last president made in latin america, central america, south america, that we now have when i call for some of the democracies. i call a number of nations screwed up for this, some of action. what is it that it is going to allow us to generate we have actually had a reduction in the number of democracies in the world. and it seems to me, there is
while ago when i was vice president. saying that if we were smart, we have an opportunity to make the western hemisphere a united, not united, a democratic hemisphere. and we were moving in the right direction. under the last administration. obama-biden administration. but so much damage was done as a consequence of the foreign policy decisions the last president made in latin america, central america, and south america that we now have, and i call for some of the democracies, i call that a number of nations showed up for this summit of democracies. what is it that s going to allow us to generate we ve had a reduction in the number of democracies. we used to talk about when i was a kid in college, about america s backyard.
0 of your second, third, and fourth years? ashley? when you gave thattors forceful speech about voting rights in atlanta you conveyed it as being on the right side of history. my question, does president biden believe those people who voted against the filibuster to open up debate on voting rates, are they racist? joe, quickly to you. american consumers are hurting so much. what additional measures are you prepared to take to curve inflation and bring it down. that does it for us. thanks to all of you for watching. deadline: white house picks up our special coverage here on msnbc now. se picks up our special coverage here on msnbc now. hi there, everyone. it is 4:00 in new york. we are less than two minutes away from president biden s news conference. just his second solo domestic news conference as president. this marks the official ends of his first year in office. the white house today setting the stage for what they are describing as a reset moment, an opportunity to
0 to talk about going. we re continuing to provide for defense capacities to the ukrainians. we re talking about what s going on in both the baltic and the black sea, et cetera. there s a whole range of things that i m sure he s trying to calculate how quickly he can do what he wants to do and what does he want to do. but i he s not he s an informed individual, and i m sure not sure. i believe he s calculating what the immediate short-term and the near-term and the long-term consequences of russia will be. and i don t think he s made up his mind yet. i want to ask you about your domestic agenda. you ve gotten a lot of questions about voting rights, mr. president, but i want to ask you about black voters. one of your most loyal constituencies. yep. i was in congressman clyburn s district yesterday in south carolina. you opened this news conference talking about him. i spoke to a number of black voters who fought to get you elected, and now they feel as though you re not figh