might you go about paying for some or all of that. democrats right now are talking in part about potentially raising taxes on both the highest of earners and on corporations as well. the white house press secretary, jen psaki, was asked today if there s any concerns about raising taxes and whether or not that could be a drag on the economy. the president remains committed to his pledge from the campaign. nobody making under $400,000 a year will have their taxes increased. his priority and focus has been on people paying their fair share. also focusing on corporations that may not be paying their fair share either. that remains his overarching approach, but there s not a package that we re talking about pay-fors yet. meantime on capitol hill, nancy pelosi has made it clear that tax hikes are on the table. we ll look at everything. we ll look at the tax code, bonding in terms of build america bonds enables us to do so much in our package under president obama and vice pre
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washington in the russia probe of special counsel robert mueller. it is not clear what prosecutors want to ask her. she volunteered with members of mueller s team for an interview. one possible line is the connection to roger stone. the veteran political consultant and trump adviser who is a subject in the russia investigation. the prosecution is expected to rest in the trial of paul manafort. over the last week, the jury heard about his wardrobe and offshore bank accounts and lifestyle and doctored loan documents. his long time deputy rick gates flipping in the case. as the defense prepares to offer its case, a court filing from robert mueller is sending a signal gates is a key in the russia probe. we have more from kara scannell. reporter: a new detail in the special counsel s investigation was not revealed in court, but in a filing.
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office concerning his time on the trump campaign. gates worked as the deputy on the campaign and continued to work with the inauguration. the judge agreed to seal it after it had evidence of the ongoing investigation. inside court, the jury heard a lot of details about bank fraud, specifical specifically $3.4 million loan. he said it was a second home. prosecutors say that was a lie and provided the bank false information when it was rental property. they indicated that manafort rented the property and one of the mortgage bankers testified. if it was a rental, he would not get as much money. he exceeded the bank policy by $2.4 million. prosecutors have two more witnesses to call and prosecutors say they intend to wrap the case today. christine, phil. thank you.
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He s had real challenges with the covid lockdowns in shanghai and a economy not growing as fast as he would have liked. when it comes to his relationship with the united states, he wants to deliver a very clear message that this is part of china s sphere of influence. by responding the way china has to the extent that they have as aggressively as they have, he s trying to make that point very clear to us and to taiwan. there s a price to be paid even for this sort of a congressional congregation. really miscalculations on both side as he did this but shows how desperate he is. charles: we ve seen where china has made manmade islands, militarized them where they capabilities have increased. i remember when they bought their first aircraft carrier from one of the former russian satellite nations. i read it would take them a
Are products of the cold war mentality, and saying organizations and mechanisms like this are doomed to fail. in state media we have seen harsher language. in global times insisting the quad is incapable of inflicting any harm to china because, in their words, the u.s. always abandons its allies like trash when it comes to defending its own interests, but also warning the other three members not to go too far in following the u.s. anti-china push or risk becoming in their words again, canon fodder when china fights back. this kind of rhetoric aside, though, it s really china s increasingly aggressive policies and actions in the region that have been really pushing these four members closer and closer together. and this is especially true on the security front with the chinese people s liberation army, for example, building all those manmade islands and militarizing them and clashing with japan in the east china sea, increasingly intruding into taiwan s air defense zone, not to mention