1 billion but a lot of people in the market and they were doing it but that could take that guy curtailed when we started saying we re going to play by the same rules. for example, the idea they don t abide by international rules related to subsidized products by the government funded so guess what? they re not going to be able to export their electric vehicles to the united states without a significant terror others are doing the same thing around the world but it is a concern it is a concern that you have. both china south korea, and north korea, russia ran countries that are not necessarily coordinated in the past look into figure out how they can have impact that impact yes, i do. but i m not prepared to talk about the detail of it in public and i. think, you ll see that some of our european friends are going to be curtailing their involved investment in russia. i mean, excuse me, in in china as long as china continues to have this indirect six set help to russia in ter
breaking news, we re awaiting a high-stakes news conference. by president biden. this hour as he s facing intensifying pressure right now to exit the race for the white house. anxious democrats and the world watching very closely to see how the president does today. more and more members of his own party now going public with their fears that president biden no longer has what it takes to defeat donald trump welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room the skis cnn breaking news. and let s get right to the breaking news this hour, a pivotal moment president biden s flight for political survival. we re standing by for the president s first extended solo news conference since his poor debate performance two weeks ago, thrust his reelection campaign into crisis. you re going to see it live, of course, right here on cnn, our cnn senior white house correspondent, kayla tausche, she is attending the news confer
president biden remains committed to a full withdrawal of troops from afghanistan by august 31st, so time is running out for the thousands of people who are still hoping to leave. the hard deadline is only days away. in recent days, the evacuation effort has ramped up. planes out of the country are now reportedly leaving every a0 minutes. but it s increasingly hard for afghan nationals, even those who have permits, to make it to the airport. that s because the the taliban has said afghans should not head to the airport. here s one british national who s stuck in kabul. getting to the airport is extremely difficult if not impossible. thousands of people at the foregates of kabul airport, and someone with young children and elderly parents. there s no way for us to get to the gates. and i know people who have attempted to three or four times and have gone back home. in spite of the challenges, the biden administration is emphasising the successes of the evacuation effort. here
majority leader chuck schumer. we re being told by several democratic aides mansion agreed to the extension of unemployment benefits through the covid relief package through september, the beginning of september and september 6th i should say for 30 $0 0 a week. the original plan was the end of september. there is going to be a tax credit available for people that receive the benefit for $10,200. that was an issue mansion was concerned about. mansion was considering supporting a republican alternative to this provision that was offered up by rob portman of ohio. that would have cut off the benefits through july at only $300 a week and also, not provide that tax credit. so this appears to be enough for mansion to cut off the benefits a little less than a month earlier than what democrats had originally intended but this was a long day, john, of a lot of anxiety for democrats that were concerned that they were not going to be able to cut this deal with mansion, and he was singl
at issue, the size and duration of jobless benefits and the objections of one senate democrat, joe manchin. for nine hours today, democrats did not have enough democratic votes to pass their bill. that seems to be over, we think. that seems to be over, we think. in a moment, we ll speak with one of the senators fresh from the floor but let s go to ryan nobles. a deal, what are you learning? reporter: that s right, john. it seems there is a breakthrough here with senator joe manchin of west virginia, and the senate majority leader chuck schumer. we re being told by several democratic aides that manchin has agreed to the extension of unemployment benefits through the covid relief package through september, the beginning of september and september 6th i should say for $300 a week. the original plan was the end of september. there is going to be a tax credit available for people that receive the benefit for $10,200. that was also an issue that manchin was concerned about. manch