♪ you're watching "cnn news central." we begin with the special counsel's investigation into former president donald trump. more than $9 million, is that's how much jack smith and the justice department have spent investigating the former president so far. and cnn has exclusively learned a recent focus of those efforts is this chaotic oval office meeting that took place six weeks after trump lost the 2020 election. >> that is one way to put it. it was incredibly chaotic. the special counsel's team is digging into this infamous december 2020 meeting at the white house when outside advisers in trump's inner circle floated some pretty out-there

ideas, things like martial law to keep him in power. >> yeah. an effort to overturn the election. we're covering this from all angles. with us here in washington, zachary cohen and susan page. plus, cnn's michael zeldin is in -- zeleny is in iowa. zach, it seem what is's happening here is the investigation focusing on a national effort, right, not just a state effort saying georgia, the phone call, et cetera, but, you know, a piece in arizona, a piece in georgia, that this was really not confined to one state but a national effort to try to keep him in office. >> yeah. december 18th, 2020, that's about the time it was pretty clear trump was not going to win. he wasn't going to be able to go through the courts and rule in his favor. they weren't going to tip the scales in any of the seven states he was trying to do that. this meeting on december 18th,

he's hearing a bunch of really extreme ideas for how they could maybe go about producing evidence, people like michael flynn, his former national security adviser, patrick burn, the former overstock ceo, pitching everything from martial law to voting machines, using the military or dhs. it was a clash between the white house attorneys and these outside advisers at the time, and ultimately the white house attorneys, you know -- trump listened to their opinion. but as we know, trump continued to try to push and overturn the election up until january 6th. >> a remarkable moment and a genuine danger for country at the time. >> that's the question, too, is trump has this audience of both sides of this argument, right. he's got the outside advisers pedaling these pretty nutso ideas, susan, and the white house lawyers who are trying to bat all of this down. the question comes down to the what side is he entertaining? at the end of this meeting late

they're evening, he tweets out, "come to washington on january 6th. will be wild." he does not at all appear to be dissuaded from these ideas at this meeting. that's interesting that the special counsel's interested in that. >> exactly. we know a lot about this meeting from the january 6th commission that had testimony from white house staffers who were appalled and surprised. they walked in and saw some of these other outside figures. they were defending what they proposed to do. it is extraordinary. it illustrates how jack smith is looking not just at donald trump's role in the possible misuse of sensitive government duke documents but in his role on january 6th and in these efforts to overturn the election. >> from a political perspective, this hasn't hurt his campaign in either way, either in poll organize fundraising, apparently raise $35 million this quarter.

jeff zeleny is on the campaign trail with donald trump. did he mention anything about these investigations? i imagine he did. he's still speaking behind you. >> this is essentially a tale of two campaigns. the former president is speak beg hind me in iowa and has not mentioned these investigations, in fact, is trying to ignore them or, in fact, change the subject. he's focusing directly on his leading rival, florida governor ron desantis, and his previous opposition to ethanol subsidies, so a typical iowa campaign topic we have seen for years and years. no mention of the investigations. of course the former president often talks about this on social media, often rails against the investigations and the indictments. but as of now, he is not mentioning this. perhaps attuned to the fact that many republicans do want to turn the page and win back the white house. so we've heard the former president here in council bluffs, iowa, talking more about

joe biden than he usually does, talking about how it is time to move him out of the office. the question is, is donald trump electable. the investigation es and the indictments affect his electability. this is very much a republican party divided. there is trump fatigue as we talked to voter es, as well as trump excitement. of course here at this rally, there is a lot of trump excitement. there are as many republicans who are not here who are considering other candidates who are not excited about this. but at least as of now, at this moment, it could change any second. but he has not yet talked about the indictments or the investigations that are indeed consuming him. guys? >> still a detachment to the 2020 election lie. you had a very good point before, that after this meeting, there was a tweet about come on january 6th, it's going to be wild, and that strikes me as crucial here because it sounds like the special counsel looking at what is a fact here, right, that january 6th didn't come out of nowhere.

there were buildup for months or weeks at least that this was a stolen election. in other words, build the kind of cause for folks to come to washington to overturn what they believed was a stolen election. first thing he does coming out of the meeting is, hey, this is the next stem. does it strike you that the special counsel is connecting those two things? >> absolutely. you had the question, who does he listen to in this meeting? the white house lawyers saying, look, you lost the election, you're losing in court, or does he listen to these wilder voices who are saying let's do martial law, let's consider martial law. clearly donald trump at that moment was listening to those wilder voices and acting on them. >> what do you make of the politics of this? we heard jeff say he's trying to take on florida governor ron desantis. it doesn't appear it's interfered with his campaign. >> not just not interfered, it's helped it. his second quarter fund-raising

almost doubled the first quarter. that's to fund-raising fueled by his allegations of being the victim here, not the perpetrator of a crime. his indictment in new york and federally has bolstered his position as the front-runner for the republican nomination. so far, none of his challengers have been able to dent that. >> jeff, you're out there on the campaign trail. i wonder, what has this done to donald trump's energy? i mean, he hasn't mentioned this yet, yes. that's very true. his fund-raising is going gangbusters. but is any of this -- because this isn't the only legal woe he's facing -- weighing on him? >> there's no doubt it's weighing on him. we've covered him for the better part of eight years. we can see what he's thinking twuz because he tweets or talks about it on social media. yes, it is on his mind, but he is drawing a line between what he is talking to voters about,

and he is trying to, again, stay as the leading republican candidate in this race. but, again, it's a republican party divided. i was at events for former vice president mike pence last evening. he was imploring a small crowd of republicans to look for new leadership. he said it's a time to turn the page. it's unclear if the vast majority of republicans would like that. yes, there is a swath of republicans who want to move on from the trump administration, from the trump era, but there is clearly, as you can see behind me here, a good collection of iowans and indeed nebraskans, since we are in the western part of the state, who are eager to see him win this primary and win the nomination. so this is all part of this donald trump effort here. the question is fatigue. i talked to one voter last night who said are there going to be more indictments? we don't know. but that is weighing on some of these republicans who like trump

policies but are ready to move on from his personality. >> in effect there are two divides, those sticking to trump and who are not, but that second group is divided among various candidates who don't seem to have the numbers to challenge him. before we go, it's the perhaps largely unanswerable question. but given you've been covering the special counsel's investigation so closely, is there a sense it's in the final stages? >> you know, jim, it's hard to tell. there's no indication one way or the other as of now if trump will be named in an indictment, if he was included as an unnamed co-conspirator. there are a variety of options. it's hard to nail down where we are in the investigation. but it does seem like it's wrapping up. >> maybe we'll see these charging decisions soon. what they're going to be, we're not sure. everyone, thank you so much. really appreciate it. coming up any moment here, president biden is expected to speak at the white house. we will bring that to you live when his remarks begin. we'll monitor those. and the u.s. is expected to

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just moments ago the biden administration said the u.s. will supply kyiv with cluster munitions. keep in mind, they're banned in more than 100 nations, including several nato allies. the bombs are made up of canisters that release anywhere from dozens to hundreds of mini bombs, bomblets, as they're described. and often they do not detonate immediately as seen in this strike by russia in ukraine last year. these duds pose a potential

danger, especially to civilians, for many years to come. but the pentagon says the supplies to ukraine have a much lower dud rate than the cluster munitions the russians have been using. listen to this. >> there is a massive risk of civilian harm if russian troops and tanks roll over ukrainian positions and take more ukrainian territory and subjugate more ukrainian civilians because ukraine does not have enough artillery. that is intolerable to us. ukraine would not be using these munitions in some foreign land. this is their country they're defending. these are their citizens they're protecting. and they are motivated to use any weapons system they have in a way that minimizes risks to those citizens. >> cnn national security analyst steve hall served as cia chief of russia operations and joins us now. always great to see you. i'm wondering what you made of that argument from jake sullivan, the national security adviser, that because russia has

used these less effective munitions in certain parts of ukraine, it should be admissible for ukraine to use a more effective version on its own territory. >> well, i think he was saying a little more than that. what he was saying that if what we're really concerned about is, you know, sort of this civilized, you know, part of the world is the safety of innocents, the safety of ukrainians, and making sure that generally speaking people aren't abused and can live happy and fruitful lives without the threat of military attack, what's really the greatest threat to that is the russian invasion. so the cluster munitions often cause problems to civilian populations in some cases. i think what the claim is, and of course this is being consulted with, you know, the ukrainians, the ukrainians are saying, look, we will take cluster munitions, understanding they could threaten our civilian

population down the road, because the much greater threat, the much worse threat to the safety and security of our population is the russian invasion. and what we really need to do is focus on repelling that. and these munitions will help us do that. i think that's kind of the argument the ukrainians are making, and i think the united states government is understanding of that argument. >> described as a bridge of supplies as domestic production is ramped up. he also said that ukraine provided a written documentation, a written agreement about where these munitions would be used. how can the united states enforce that? >> well, you know, we're in close contact with the ukrainians on virtually every aspect of the war. and so, you know, we would trust the ukrainians and hopefully they would tell the truth about where they would use these things. i think it's also relatively clear as a military matter, you know, where the ukrainians would be using these things closer to front lines, you know, away from civilian populations to the extent that such a thing is

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unprecedented situation vis-a-vis questions about his strength and whether or not he's weakening in light of the prigozhin events of the last couple weeks. i think vladimir putin, who will make the final decision on something like this, will be keenly aware of anything that makes him look weak. unless he gets something significant back from the united states on this, which off the top of my head, i'm not sure there's really anybody left of great significance, he'll be really concerned about looking weak on this deal, and that will make it harder, i think. >> so important to keep that context in mind, all the situations developing around putin and how that might impact the individual decision based on gershkovich. appreciate the perspective. thanks for your time. >> sure. >> jim? ahead on "cnn news central," the latest jobs report shows the economy slightly cooling a bit even with good job growth. does that mean the fed will cool its interest rate hikes? plus, dozens of riders

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right now, we are stand big for president biden to deliver remarks at the white house. any moment now, he will talk about his administration's

efforts to lower health care costs and also questions about his decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine for its ongoing war with russia. we'll bring you those remarks once they begin live. treasury secretary yjanet yellen is in china and publicly criticizing their treatment of u.s. companies operating there. it comes as she met with the chinese premier in an effort to calm tension between the no two nations. she told chinese officials the u.s. is seeking healthy competition with what is now the world's second largest economy, but does not see that battle as a winner-take-all battle. joining me is congressman jake auken kloss from massachusetts and serves on the house select committee on china. thanks for taking the time. >> always a pleasure to be on. >> so the treasury secretary in china delivering harsh words about the treatment of u.s. companies there, which is not a new thing. it's been going on for years.wo

this issue? china seems to have made the decision that taking the technology of u.s. companies and limiting their ability to compete is in the party's interest. is there a way to come to agreement on this? >> secretary yellen is starting her trip firm and fair. yes, i think the ccp is listening. they're not going to immediately respond, i think, but her message will resonate and land partly because she is coming to beijing in a position of strength. our economy has had strong rebound from the covid recession, record low unemployment, falling inflation. their economy has record high youth unemployment, has a property market that is crippling under debt, and that asymmetry of economic power right now is lending a lot of strength to her message, as is -- and i think this is really important -- as is the fact that the president of the united states is on a different continent rallying nato allies

to stand up against russia's unprovoked brutal invasion of ukraine. we've got economic and military state craft now on two separate continents simultaneously and they're reinforcing each other. it's a vision impossible to be imagine under a trump administration. >> and that message on ukraine meant to be informative to china on taiwan. i want to ask you about your view of the current state of u.s.-china relations. there's been an administration effort, including with this effort, to calm things down a little bit, but at other times it's been quite firm. you had president biden call xi jinping a dictator. where do these relations stand? are they on a dangerous course in your view? >> we have to re-establish military to military communication to prevent inadvertent escalation in the south china sea and the straits. that is the nearest term priority for me to put a floor under the relationship and prevent any conflict. but in the longer run, the most

important questions about the p that relationship are not about china. they're about the united states and whether we invest ourselves as a nation. as the member of the china select committee, i would say if you want to outcompete china in 20 years, invest in science and basic research. don't cut it as they are proposing to do. support ukraine against not a autocrat. don't cut funding for ukraine as they're proposing to do. and don't usher in a disastrous second trump administration. >> you and i have both visited taiwan in recent weeks and months, observed preparations there to defend in the event china were able to invade. what is your assessment of the likelihood of a chinese invasion of taiwan? do you see it as imminent? do you see it as a matter of when as opposed to if? >> i'm not going to be a war

strategist for the people's liberation army. they'll make their own assessments. i'll say a few things that are immutably true regardless of what they're thinking at this current moment. one, their cost -benefit analyss of their likelihood of success in taiwan is directly correlated to our ability to stand up against russia in ukraine. two, we should be expediting arms sales and military training for the taiwanese so they become less invadable. three, we should be working with them to ensure their energy security and their ability to counter disinformation campaigns, which the ccp is launching full force right now. these are things we can do. >> lots of discussion of turn tight want into a porcupine, the idea of making it a smaller animal in a military conflict, at least one difficult to defeat. congressman, always good to talk. thanks for joining us this

afternoon. >> pleasure. growth in the u.s. economy cooling a bit. today we learned that 209,000 jobs were created in june. that's backing off a bit from those red-hot numbers of recent months, still pretty warm, though. the question now for the fed, will this change its calculus on interest rate hikes? the biden white house chalking it up as another stem in the right direction. >> it's stable, it's strong, you know, combined with a 3.6 unemployment rate, 3.6% unemployment. the predictions were that it would not fall below 4% for years. and it has fallen below that, not just this time, but we've had 17 straight months of an unemployment rate that is under 4%. we haven't seen that since the 1960s. >> we're joined by dame i can't imagine paletta from "the washington post." what's your read on today's

numbers? >> well, i think it's -- you know, even though the number was lower than people were expecting, it's a really strong report. we've been hearing about recession predictions for more than a year, and the labor market keeps pulling us through. really strong consumer spending. this idea that everyone who needs a job and wants a job can have a job, that's giving an increase to consumer confidence as we enter the second half of 2023. i think there's obviously some dark clouds, you know, these concerns about the u.s. relationship with china and the growing piles of debt that households and businesses have is a concern. but right now we seem to be to in very good position to possibly avoid a recession many thought would hit us in the third quarter. >> that could be very, very good news, obviously. how is the fed looking that the? what does this mean as it considers what to do with interest rates? >> great question. so, the fed took a brief pause when it met last in june. i think a lot of people are expecting the federal reserve is going to go back to raising interest rates in their july

meeting just a bit, you know, a small bit, but it's their way of signaling they still feel like they need to keep their eyes focused on inflation. so, you know, they're going to keep increasing interest rates. that's obviously bad news if you want to buy a house, if you need to borrow money to buy a car. i think they've been able to show they can raise interest rates without massive destruction to the economy. if they raise a bit and the lay bob to market is strong and consumers keep spending, maybe they can handle higher price. s. if they raise a bit more, is that enough to get inflation to come back down? inflation in the u.s. is lower than many other country bus higher than the fed is comfortable with. >> you mentioned this could be a sign that we could be avoiding a recession here in the near term. what do you need to see happen to be sure that that's a sure thing we avoid it? >> well, great question. i mean, you know, we're entering the second half of the year.

this is when a lot of consumer spending kicks in closer to the holidays. if retailers prepare and hire aggressively for the winter shopping season, that will be a really good sign. we see the consumers will spend heading into the holidays, that's another good sign. at the beginning of the year, we had big bank failures and huge layoffs in silicon valley. that to me signaled here we go, we're heading into a recession, but the economy shrugs that off. if consumer confidence picks up, i think we should be in pretty good shape. >> really interesting. the most women ever working, as we see in these numbers, an interesting data point to witness in this jobs report. damian, always great to have you make sense of all of this for us. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. thanks. >> boris? coming up, at any moment president biden set to speak at the white house. we'll bring you his comments as soon as they begin.

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shark patrols are ramping up at beaches in new york after five people were bitten in a 24-hour period this week. officials are even using drones in addition to lifeguards to

scour the water for potential threats, and swimmers are being told to stay vigilant. polo sandoval joins us from a long island beach. i know there was a recent shark attack not far from where you are. >> reporter: not far from where we are, boris. today, friday, the weather is perfect, water temperature ideal, so you are seeing people actually jump into the water. yes, i've spoken to some folk who say there are still concerns about the discovery made just off of these shores just yesterday about a ten-foot shark according to officials. lifeguards on duty asked people to step out of the water, allowing the shark to go on its way back out to sea incident free. the concern, though, is that more of those sightings could happen, and the biggest concern is what happened days ago when five believed to be shark-related, nonlethal encounters not far from where i'm standing. that is why new york if state officials are deploying on the

beach and in the air, helicopters and drones with new york governor kathy hochul sending out not just the drone resources but the training necessary for officials to keep a close eye on the situation. whether they're doing it intentionally or not, most of the folks here are following the recommendations of officials, which is don't go too far from the shore, swim close together, and avoid some of those baitfish. it's important to remind folks, lightning-related deaths far out outnumber shark encounters, so the chance is extremely slim. but that doesn't mean people are worried about it today. >> important for that context to not ruin a good day at the beach. shark attacks are rare. enjoy the sunshine. up next, president biden is expected to speak in that room at any moment. we'll bring it to you live as soon as it begins. plus, las vegas police have announced whether they will file

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now to some of the other headlines we are watching this hour. a manhunt is under way for a dangerous inmate authorities say has survival skills. he's caped a prison in warren, pennsylvania, by climbing on top of some exercise equipment, tying bed sheets together, and using them to pull himself down through a metal gated roof. he has a large tattoo -- or has large tattoos on his arms.

he was last seen wearing his prison uniform, a denim jacket, as well as crocs as footwear. he was being held on arson and burglary charges and is a suspect in a homicide investigation. and an attempted robbery at a nail salon in atlanta does not go exactly as planned. >> everybody! sit down! where's the money? give me the money! i want the money! everybody, give me everything! >> all right. so police say that suspect demanded money as you heard there, said he had a gun, but then no one really gave him the time of day, and he eventually just left the store and no one was hurt. then in ecuador, officials successfully rescued more than two dozen people stranded in midair after a cable car

malfunctioned. officials say all 27 people are safely back on the ground. they did not suffer any injuries. 47 others who were stranded waiting at the top of the mountain also transported back to safety. boris? well, today remnants of a golden age of black television, but where we've arrived is the result of an 80-year struggle for black artists to be seen and heard on tv. the new cnn original series "see it loud: the history of black television," celebrates the creators who brought black tv to life and looks at the impact it's had on american culture. here's preview. >> we don't see black people in a 9:00 dramatic slot, maybe one at "l.a. law" or here and there, but they're not the center, the core of what the show is about. >> i don't recall black dramas being pitched very often. >> certainly, you could say it was an outcome of the clarence thomas and anita hill hearings showing black people could hold an audience with a drama without

taking their clothes off. >> television networks were under the impression that their advertising rates would be lower for the black family shows. there was just a sense that my colleagues did not want -- basically want a black cast. >> as long as we can make you laugh, then it's comfortable. whenever you're playing dramatic roles and taking on different persona, it's uncomfortable. >> i don't think that would be true today, but it was true 20 years ago. >> one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. we want to toss to joe biden at the white house right now speaking of from the east room. let's listen in. >> but, you know, in america, it sounds corny, but fairness is something we kind of expect.

and i don't know anybody who likes being viewed as having been played for a sucker, taken advantage advaof. people are ready to meet their responsibilities, but i think this is a big deal. it's a big deal, and i have to thank my staff, and i mean that sincerely, for focusing on the health care piece. i didn't know some of this. i thought i knew a hell of a lot about health care and -- [ laughter ] i've been a significant consumer and my family as well. well, corey, your story turns out the too many nice, too man americans lie in bed staring at

the ceiling wondering what will happen if their spouse can --. what will happen if something else happens to them. do they have enough insurance? will they have to, how are they going to pay the medical bills? how do they have to sell their home? i was telling my staff that i was raised in a middle-class family, we were not poor, we lived in a three-bedroom house in a split level home, and my boys, quote unquote, the princess, my sister had her own bedroom, and she should have. , but there were two sets of bunks in the other room. there was a closet that ran as he walked down the stairs and walked straight down the hall to the boys room, the three of us. and on the left there was a closet in the whole wall. my parents bed, headboard was where the closet was. every once in a while you could hear

a sort of restlessness going on , and one morning i get up and i ask and i said what's wrong with that? they said, he just got word that this company said they are no longer going to pay for health insurance. they don't know what they are going to do. well, you know, for all of you out there who, and there are so many people who still are in that circumstance. and we talk about being deprived of your dignity, not being able to take care of your family if you don't have health insurance is i think one of the most consequential things that can happen to a person. and, so, all of you out there, i just want you to know i get it, we get it. we have your back. we are never going to stop fighting for you. i promise. since i've been in office we've been carrying out my atomic vision. [ laughter ]

>> all right [ laughter ] okay, carry on my economic vision to move from trickle-down economics to what the wall street journal and -- it is called growing the economy from the middle out because when that happens the folks at the bottom have a shot and the wealthy still did very well. is not going to hurt anyone at all. but today's job shows we had a 200,000 jobs to 209,000 jobs last month. total we have created over 13 million, i think it is 1300 300,000.

matt [ applause ] in 2 1/2 years, that's more than any president has created in a four year term. the unemployment rate is below 50% for 17 straight months. not since 1960 has that occurred. inflation continues to fall, that's less than half than what it was a year ago. and the rate of americans without health insurance is at an all-time low. premiums recovered -- [ applause ] premiums recovered in the affordable care act are $800 less per person than before he took office. and that is bidenonomics. today i'm joined by healthcare advocates and leaders, and many of us , if i name you always be here all night. but, i wanted to talk about key parts of my economic plan, we

are protecting consumers and reducing healthcare costs without in any way hurting insurance company's, doctors, hospitals, anything else. you know, my state of the union address i outlined our plan to hide junk fees that they sneak into your bills, things that you don't think you're going to pay for. each year those junk fees hot cost hundreds of dollars a month for tens of billions of dollars weighing down family budgets and making it harder for people to pay their bills. junk fees may not matter to the very wealthy, and is not the wealth is false, by the way, but they matter to working folks and homes like the ones i grew up in. over the past few months, over the past few months my ministration has chronic cracked down on junk fees, banking, hotels, concerts, tickets, airlines, cable internet, and the internet. today i'm pleased to announce we are making some progress in healthcare. first, my administration is

cracking down on junk fees for health insurance plans that are like the ones that are inexpensive, but too often stick consumers with hidden fees. as cory just talked about, junk fee plans are short-term health insurances that are supposed to provide a few months of coverage for people moving from one plant to another. the prior administration wanted to decide to let insurance companies make more money by selling junk plans that are up to three years long. americans thought they were buying temporary insurance that provides real coverage on those plans. instead, many have been saddled with thousands of dollars of medical bills and junk fees that they don't cover. and i think it is outrageous. there are two main ways junk fees stick you with a high bill. one way you just heard from corey, you need emergency surgery to get your appendix removed, but hidden in the fine print his plan said it would

only cover a fraction of the $37,000 hospital bills. even though he was paying his insurance premiums every month. another predatory way of getting out of protection, we fought so far with the affordable care act, taking millions of people with pre-existing conditions like cancer and heart disease a way to get around that. just imagine if you had a heart attack and you expect your insurance company to pay for it. you get diagnosed with cancer and expect your insurance company to pay for it. but, they dig into your medical records and discover you had asthma as a kid, claiming he had a heart attack as a pre- existing condition, and refused to pay. books, that is not health insurance, that is a scam. that is a scam, it has to end. [ applause ] books, today my administration is issuing a new

rule, to close loopholes that allows the junk insurance plans to exploit americans. under our rule, short-term plans would have to be short term. that means four months or less, not three years. insurance companies would also be required to provide a clear disclaimer up front about what is covered and what is not covered, instead of burying it in the fine print. second, we are cracking down on surprise medical bills which i thought we had made progress on. you've already heard stories about people who choose the horse and all that is in their insurance network, and make it a surprise bill for thousands of dollars because the hospital signed them and anesthesiologist who was not in their network. without them knowing it. in january 2022, we had a surprise medical billing so hospitals that are in network cannot send you a surprise bill for an out of network doctor that you did not choose for -- or even know he was consulting. over the past 18 months we protected 1 million americans

every single month from these surprise bills. but, these are bills that cost people hundreds of thousands of dollars. get this. some healthcare providers are trying to get around the rule by putting in place the rule that we put in place to prevent the surprise billings. the travel industry figured out how to charge customers $90 a night at resort fees for hotels in our resorts. [ laughter ] you think i'm kidding. [ laughter ] hospitals are trying to do something similar. by using different designations to charge the higher out-of- network rates, or charging hidden facility fees for going to a doctor's office in the building owned by the hospital. and some hospitals are working with credit card companies to promote radical credit cards .

sounds good, consumers can use these cards to borrow money to pay for the procedures and get charged in the hospital, but they get triers higher interest rates as a result of that. that is wrong. it's wrong. today, my administration is closing these surprise building loopholes. there you've been listening to president biden speaking at the white house, fighting for some audio issues it seemed, but the president focusing on his upper to lower healthcare costs for many americans, eliminating what he described as surprise bills while expanding access to healthcare, he also again my criticize trickle-down economics promoting bidenonomics, touting the jobs report adding 209,000 jobs and eight low unappointed rate . >> part of a campaign message, you might say . the lead with jake tapper starts right now. what it doesn't mean that the u.s. is now giving cluster

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