attacking civilians and infrastructure. and the russian matter, a decision for the russian people to make. third, i will say when you look at the events over the weekend it only reinforces the need for us to continue to support ukraine, which is the country that was invaded by russia, by russian military forces and by wagner forces. if anything, our support for ukraine and the wake of this event is more steadfast than it has ever been. >> i was not trying to say -- i was not trying to say that you were supporting prigozhin in any way, i'm saying this development was extremely dangerous and do you at least admit that. 60 miles from their nuclear air base. >> the secretary said yesterday instability in a major country is a concern and something we monitor closely. >> i want to change topic. >> one more -- kylie first and

then you and then change topics. >> one thing you mentioned is, sorry, you said the united states will continue -- sorry, the united states will continue to impose costs on wagner or its successor. is there any indication right now that wagner is actually standing up a successor organization? >> i think i said or successor if any. we have noted the announcements by the ministry of defense that wagner forces are supposed to be absorbed into the ministry of defense. we don't have any assessment of what will happen to the wagner group, either in ukraine or elsewhere and the world, but whether it's wagner or whether it's a successor or any other organization that conducts the activities that wagner has conducted to destabilize those

we will hold them accountable. i don't have any assessments at this time. >> there are media reports that the biden administration had intelligence about the mutiny, whatever you call it, since mid june. is that correct, and also if that's true, why didn't the administration issue warnings to its citizens inside russia since mid june. >> i'm not going to speak to any intelligence matters as i never do from this podium. you didn't need a classified briefing to know there were tensions between prigozhin and the russian ministry of defense, he's been open about those and those tensions are escalating for the last several months. with respect to american citizens in russia, separate and apart from this matter, we have been quite clear for some time

that any american citizens considering travel to russia should not do so and any american citizens in russia should depart immediately. anything else on this topic or sayid. >> and another media report that state department treasury decided to postpone announcing new sanctions against wagner following the mutiny. >> we never comment on the timing of sanctions actions. generally we time the sanctions actions we take for maximum impact and maximum effect and we will continue as i said a moment ago to hold wagner or any other organization that conducts destabilizing activities that wagner has done across the world, we will hold any such organization accountable. i promised him the first nonrussian question. >> russians are responding in realtime to the outreach the president ordered.

are you confident they would comment similarly if it escalated to a nuclear crisis. >> i would not want to speculate about the second part of the question. these were conversations we had with russian officials, you say something, they respond. yes, they are responding. >> one last follow-up. >> you've had a few already. >> how do you few the possibility, i know you said you don't want to speculate but the possibility of putin adopting more aggressive tactics in ukraine as an attempt to consolidate his strength after this event. >> i would not want to speculate about that at all. we have seen him take a number of aggressive actions, even over the weekend they launch missile strikes on ukraine. all i can say are the -- all i can speak to are the actions that we will take, which is to continue to provide ukraine what it needs to defend itself and

reclaim its territory. >> i'm going -- you -- you don't have to, sayid, the floor is yours. >> you said this demonstrates the need -- >> i -- >> how does this not demonstrate the need how quickly the war can get out of hand. >> war is certainly dangerous, why we think russia should end the war immediately. go ahead. >> thank you, thank you, matt. i'm going to switch, i'm tempted to ask about russia. >> you are not pigeon holed. >> over the past few days, many attacks by settlers on villages and towns. i'm going to ask you about one of them>> sandra: so the update from the state department when asked multiple times about the wagner group leader's whereabouts, prigozhin, the state department says they do not know his exact location. some of the headlines, the state

department calling the situation in russia, trace, a dynamic situation saying it's a new thing to see president putin's leadership challenged and they do not know where prigozhin is and do not know what is going to happen to the wagner group in ukraine or africa. >> trace: i noticed some of the reporters were on to something, matthew miller was saying we don't take a position on internal russian matters and went on to say you know, anywhere wagner goes, death and destruction follow but he also said this is yellmy prigozhin has taken a significant step in opposing putin. seems they like the action that wagner made but frown on the group itself. what did you make of that? >> well, i think they are trying to make it clear that the united

states has nothing whatsoever to do with internal russian instability are. and honestly, i think that's the right thing to say, that whatever happens inside russia is for the russians to decide. but at the same time, there are consequences to what happens in russia for the region that would start with ukraine, but the rest of the world and i'm particularly concerned about russia's nuclear sites. mercenaries could take over the rostov site, but what this they set their sights on a nuclear facility, then you could see some real extortion. i'm sure the u.s. intelligence committee is working them pretty hard, i hope what the biden administration is asking them for. >> sandra: dan, could you stand by with us? the white house press briefing is underway. karine jean-pierre, following

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foreign policy questions on the news of the day. john, the podium is yours. >> good afternoon, everybody. i know there is still a lot of interest out there in events in russia over the weekend, a few words at the top from me. as you all just heard from the president, the united states closely monitored those events with president biden receiving literally hour by hour updates from his national security team throughout the weekend. and those updates continue for him. on saturday morning the president convened a call with his top national security aides to discuss the developments and any impacts that instability in russia could have as we prepared for a range of scenarios, and the president also convened calls with many of our allies and partners throughout the weekend and those calls continue. national security adviser sullivan, secretary blinken, secretary of defense austin also spoke with a number of their counterparts as well. as the president noted, it was

important that both internally here inside the administration and externally with our allies and partners, including with ukraine, that we all shared our perspectives on what was going on and stayed on the same page. we also made clear to all our allies and partners the united states was involved and b would not get involvedn these events and viewed them as internal russian matters. we delivered that same message to the russians themselves through appropriate diplomatic channels. i'll emphasize as the president did a bit ago, it's too early to speculate on the impact these events might have or reach definitive conclusions, except one, and that is no matter what happens next, we will stay close with allies and partners. ukrainian forces are still fighting for their country, trying to claw back captured

territory. they are still taking and inflicting casualties. so whatever occurred in russia this past weekend did not change those facts. didn't change the facts for us, didn't change the facts for ukraine and are not going to change our continued support. >> what implications do you expect this episode to have on wagner's power and ability, both inside ukraine as a fighting force, can it continue -- and more broadly, a big footprint. where does wagner go from here? >> we don't know the answer to the question. it's too soon to know. we recognize that wagner has a presence in africa. we have worked to hold wagner accounted. they are listed as a trans

national criminal organization, we have sanctioned them, and they sow chaos and violence, it's too soon to know where wagner goes as an entity or where mr. prigozhin goes. >> do you know where prigozhin is? >> i don't. >> ukraine is complaining that russia could blow up zap -- >> we have the ability near the plant to monitor radioactivity and we just have not steen any indication that that threat is imminent, but watching closely. >> as secretary blinken said it's exposed cracks in putin's power. how concerned are you that putin could be more desperate, more

unpredictable -- >> i would not speak on vladimir putin or what steps he might take or might not take. i think it's important to take a step back here and remember that the russians still have tens of thousands of troops inside ukraine, and that as i said in my opening statement, there is still active fighting going on. the ukrainians are still trying to claw back territory, the russians are still trying to defend against those efforts by the ukrainians and casualties are being taken even as you and i are talking. and i think it's important to remember that. so we will stay focused on making sure ukraine can succeed on the battlefield and not speculate what it might or might not do inside russia, as president said earlier, this is an internal matter for the russian system. >> john, do you see president

putin as being weakened as a result of events over the weekend? >> we are focused on ukraine, an internal russian matter and it's important to remember that mr. putin still commands a very large and capable military and the bulk of the military is across the border in ukraine and defending itself against ukrainian attacks and we have to stay focused on what is in front of us. and that's helping ukraine succeed on the battlefield. we through various diplomatic channels conveyed those messages to russia directly. one, there was no u.s. involve here nor would there be and we expect russia to observe its obligations, international obligations for the protection of diplomatic personnel inside

moscow. >> last follow-up, do you have an indication that russia thinks that the u.s. and nato were involved? >> i can't begin to speculate what russians or mr. putin think. >> we saw some social media activity by foreign minister lavrov seemed to allude some sort of investigation was in the offing at the suspicion of the involvement of western intelligence services and i think we could all spare mr. lavrov the effort by making it clear there was no u.s. involvement whatsoever -- no western involvement. >> follow up as well. given the emphasis you and the president have made today, do you think that issue of u.s. involvement or our ability to know that something was going to happen in advance contributes to the instability of the moment?

>> we are all concerned by potential for instability in russia given the stakes and what's going on in ukraine. and i'm not going to talk about intelligence matters one way or the other here. the rift between mr. prigozhin and the wagner group and the russian ministry of defense was playing out in public for all of you to see. the tensions, the frustrations, the anger, the acquisitions, all played out publicly. that was no secret whatsoever. now, what that tension does inside russia, again, that's an internal russian matter. what we've got to do is not get distracted by that and focus on supporting ukraine. >> i want to follow up on a different subject briefly. at the question and answer event with the president and prime minister modi, our colleague of

the wall street journal asked a question of the minister, and since that time she is been subjected to intense harassment from people inside india, some are politicians, have associations with the pro modi government and in part, targeting her because of her muslim faith and questioning her own heritage. because this was supposed to be about democracy and in some form, wanted to find out, what is the white house reaction to the fact a journalist posing a question to a democratic leader is getting that kind of pushback. >> we are aware of the reports of the harassment, it's unacceptable and we condemn any harassment of journalists any where, under any circumstances. that's just -- it's unacceptable. >> kirby, so you agree that the counteroffensive, the ukraine

counteroffensive is more slow than expected and do you feel that you analyze that concerning the wagner group will be busy doing something else, that it will help the counteroffensive? >> i don't know what the wagner group is going to be busy doing here. it's too soon to know how it's going to play out. whether in africa or elsewhere. it's certainly in ukraine and i am not -- i have said before and say it again today, i'm not going to do armchair quarterbacking from this podium. that's up to president zelenskyy to speak to. our focus is what they need to receive. in terms of weapons and capabilities this week, we are focused on that, that's where our heads are. >> just to make sure, kir at this, i understand well. how much did the nsc knew about

the development of the wagner movement towards moscow before it started. >> as i think i mentioned to kelly, the dispute and the tension between wagner and the russian ministry of defense was widely known. >> rolling towards moscow. >> all the tension was public. i'm not going to talk about intelligence matters. >> thank you for doing. what should we call what transpired over the weekend? is it a mutiny, coun, counter rebellion? >> we are not slapping a bumper sticker on it. >> the u.s. assessment, was the objective to threaten the kremlin or putin? was it ever the wagner group's intent to directly target putin or the kremlin? >> i would let the parties peek for themselves in terms of what

transpired and what motivations for these actions. it's not something we could accurately or appropriately speak to. what i can speak to is we made sure we lashed up early and have stayed lashed up to make sure we all have the same perspective on this and approaching the same way, and appropriate to protect our diplomats and make sure they knew we were not involved. >> early attempts to communicate with the russians and what happened, did they respond in realtime to the outreach? >> appropriate diplomatic contact over the weekend. >> russians would be responsible in the wake of a nuclear or other crisis given how they were this weekend? >> the case for the last 16

months, russian is a nuclear power, we have been monitoring best we can russian strategic posture, their nuclear capabilities. that continues and we have seen no indication outside of the b blustery rhetoric, no intention to use nuclear weapons inside ukraine and we have seen nothing that would compel us to change our own deterrent posture. >> you are confident they would respond in realtime if there was some other -- >> we had good direct communications with the russians over the weekend. it's our expectation that would be able to continue going forward. >> given all the interaction this weekend, could you say who is in charge of the russian military. >> first of all, it's not my job to speak for another military.

but no changes that we have seen for the russian military forces. >> john, the nato summit is a few weeks away. how have the events of the past weekend changed or modified the agenda for the nato summit. >> too soon here, this just happened over the weekend. i would be fibbing if i told you there was a big agenda item over the weekend. it's too soon to know what the impacts are. it's gonna be an important nato summit regardless because now almost a year and a half of war here in ukraine. we have a new nato member in finland and hopefully soon a 32nd member, so a lot on the agenda to speak to and it's a critical time for the alliance, the president is looking forward to it. >> administration subscribe to the view as it relates to

russian leadership who essentially leads that country, that the devil you know is better n that the devil that you don't know? >> i'm not sure i completely understand the question. but let me attack it this way and if i'm wrong. >> i could try bet. >> you lost me there on the devil stuff. >> sorry to get into that, i was just simply saying would you prefer to have vladimir putin leading russia or entity like the wagner group or someone named from the wagner group leading the russian government? >> we believe it's up to the russian people to determine what their leads shine is and we would prefer so see russia not invade their neighboring countries. and russia, since they already did that, remove their troops from ukraine and end the war today, that's what we prefer.

>> you said you declined to comment saying it's an internal russian matter. is that a decision by the u.s. government, or does the white house not have assessment on the group of power. >> we are not going do involve ourselves by speaking to an russian issue. we are focus on supporting ukraine. and i said to disavow you of the reason why we are saying we were not involved, something to comment about the situation in moscow and mr. putin's leadership. what we are going to be involved in is supporting ukraine. >> and then there's been, you know, brent crude, higher natural gas prices, how close --

>> we have been watching it before the beginning of the war and will continue to do that. >> can't get into the weeds off of jeff's question on weakness, are you concerned about the instability in russia because of the nuclear capability if they have to come out stronger they could use that as a threat, is that the reason for your concern about instability? >> i think you have to take a broader view of that, april. the reason we would be concerned about russia is the war in ukraine, yes it's a concern, and we will monitor that. if you look at the scope of recent events, again over the past year and a half, a lot of reasons to be concerned about stability in russia and the impact on the ukrainian people and the european continent. >> said over the last year and a half, this administration acknowledged they were shocked

it too russia so long. maybe not the military power everyone thought they were. and this weekend, does it show cracks in russia's military might and who they are as we perceive them? >> yeah, we are not going to characterize the events of the weekend or contextulize. broadly speaking, 16 months of war, advertised by the russian side it would take a few days and now 16 months into it. history of the conflict has shown the russian military is not as vanted as perhaps they

wanted to characterize themselves. it's a but, a very big but but important point. as they claw back some territory they are running into a russian defense and the russians have infested in those defensive capabilities. and so as i said in my opening statement, casualties are taken on both sides, a lot of acting fighting in the east and the south of the country and again, not to sound like a broken record, make sure the ukrainians have everything they need. an is the president disappointed this episode came and went and vladimir putin is in power? >> the president is focus the on supporting ukraine. we are not saying sides, the president will make sure we are staying focused in ukraine. >> he did say in march to 22, for god sake that man cannot remain in power. this may have changed that.

>> regime change is not our policy. what we are making sure is succeed can be on the battlefield. i was not with the president when he was getting the updates, i'm not sure if i can speak to his demeanor. the president very keenly are tracks foreign policy developments around the world. his national security team was giving them updates, and in the context of absorbing it and sharing with the allies and partners and those conversations, it was not just one and done, he's had several over the course of the last couple of days and you are going to see that continue going forward. >> one last one on the conversations with our allies. you said we were not going to get involved at this events, but what was the conversation with

our allies how that would be addressed. >> i would not speculate on hypotheticals, jacqui. they were talking about the situation as we were seeing it unfold, they were communicating with each other, allies and partners about their perspectives, what they were seeing, we were seeing, sharing as much context and make sure we had the same site pictures, reacting in realtime in roughly the same way, it was important for that to be the case. and so that's where the focus was. on the nuclear thing, we continue to watch this very, very closely. we have seen a lot of wreckless rhetoric out of the russian side, no indication mr. putin has any intention of using nuclear weapons inside of ukraine or any where else for that --

>> on prigozhin's sta sus. does the u.s. have anything where whether his safety was talked about, or could his life be in jeopardy. >> i would point you to the other details. >> do you have an assessment how much to what extent the wagner forces have been diluted in ukraine and what that might mean for the troops? >> diluded with a d or t? it's unclear right now, where the bulk of the wagner forces are. >> many of them moved back

across into ukraine, but we are not in position to verify or vol date those sports so it's unclear. and undisputed that wagner played a role in the fight for bakhmut, they were reinforced by russian military forces and that had a major factor on the ability to take that town. as i have said many, many times, wagner's approach was to throw bodies at the fight, ill equipped, ill trained, and body after body, and they suffered tens of thousands of calories for bakhmut, did not have any strategic -- >> in belarus, senator warner

seems to indicate. >> he cannot. >> your assessment, can it survive without him or was he a central figure he was able to control the operation in ukraine or africa. >> i think i would give you the same answer, it's too soon to know what the future of wagner is going to be. we have to stay focused on the group, they do operate outside of ukraine and we have levied lots of sanctions against him. >> earlier today -- >> sandra: all right, so you've heard from the white house now, john kirby there, addressing many questions, it will go on and we are going to continue to monitor that. karine jean-pierre will be up in just a moment as well, we'll listen in for that. but kirby saying we had good direct communications with the russians over the course of the weekend. as this was happening, trace, an alert coming in that vladimir

putin is set to make a number of statements tonight. this is via state tv, so we'll see if that's the case, whether or not we would see and hear from putin tonight. >> yeah, that's a big deal, the first time we hear about what happened and his indications of what might be next. we would like to bring in general keith kellogg, great perspective on this. i go back to the briefing, one, welcome to you. back to the briefing and john kirby keeps saying listen this is an internal russia matter, we are not going to weigh in on this. but tinstant of rush hour -- ths is an thing in russia. >> they missed the boat on two things, one, why hasn't mark milley used the shot line and called his counterpart in

russia. two, hasn't president biden called putin. there is a major war going on, they are an adversary, and somebody said this, this, go right to the source. that's what i would recommend they do and what i think president trump would have done if he was in the white house. you've got to get to the to bottom of it. it's a have he dangerous situation, very vol time, there are four protagonists, vladimir putin, shoigu, chairman of the joint chiefs, and prigozhin, so working together as to what the resolution is going to be and nobody really knows. let's get to the bottom and find out. >> sandra: what do you think is the reason for that, not bringing up top leadership? >> you know, sandra, that is a

great question because to me it is so often it should be done. find out what's happening. don't rely on subordinates or other sources, go to the main source and what's going on. i remember when we were in the white house with the trump administration when covid was going on. we knew the security force of putin was having problems. and trump picked up the phone and passed it to them, to make sure the national security team is ok, and up and standing in good order. the same thing i would ask that milley does or the president does, where is his national security team, what's the team doing, what's med hef didn't et.

i know i'm repeating myself. >> if this was a stress test for russia, do you think it weakens russia? >> when you are a leader like putin, this shows weakness to the world this. is not a false flag inflation. i believe they had a chance, the wagner group, as fast as they were moving, once they got across the river, which was the final checkpoint, they could have been inside moscow and the only thing defending moscow are national guard troops, really they are police and they could have gone to the ministry of defense or the kremlin. i think it's a classic case of a dog catching a car. and i used to have a dog that chased cars and he would always

come back and what would happen if you caught it. i think prigozhin, and i think you can catch the car. and then i think putin was close in danger of falling. look at the city of rostov, wagner group was looking -- and they control the war in ukraine, everything going for them, moving hard and fast, i'm surprised they pulled up -- i would not have pulled the punch, but they did. they were -- the force led by wagner dmitri utten, and they were rocking in good order.

they had transporters with extended fuel tanks, and the crews inside the tanks and fighting vehicles, they could fight off right away. they knew what they were doing and oh, by the way, they shot down russians, and why prigozhin decided to pull back and i think he realized we could succeed in this, and that's not what i think he wanted to do. and the war is not prosecuted effectively in ukraine. a lot of moving parts here, a lot of moving parts. >> sandra: really interesting analysis, thank you for joining us on that. and moving on to this fix news alert into the probes in the biden family business dealings and whether the justice department gave hunter biden a

sweetheart deal. leading the white house press corps to press the administration from answers, remember that from the last white house briefing. moments ago the president respond today a question from our own jacqui heinrich on his son hunter, listen here. >> [inaudible] >> let's bring in jonathan turley, george washington law school professor and fox news contributor. that was a rough cut, but asked if he was lying about speaking to your son and his business dealings and he firmly said no. but as you pointed out, somebody is not telling the truth. >> that clearly does not appear to be true. we have photos of the president with business associate of his son. we have emails on his laptop

referring to meetings and a recording of hunter talking about his business dealings and you have to call this and it's clearly not true. that's the least of his concerns going forward. the different accounts we have heard in this investigation cannot be reconciled. somebody's lying, and there is real criminal and impeachable conduct that could be raised and congress can move forward and needs to move forward and full arailway of powers to that with. >> and you write in your piece, who is lying, justice department officials including garland could be lying.

the response from hunter biden counsel and the attorney general only deepened the concerns. how is this going to go forward here? >> well, congress needs to start bringing people in. there is nothing that constraints the mind as much as a congressional subpoena. hunter biden should be called in. stop the nonsense. his team is suggesting that maybe the laptop isn't hours, maybe it's not his message. call him in and get an answer on the record what this is about. notably the chinese -- not saying someone hacked you, instead the house is suggesting he sent millions of dollars after hunter biden made the threat that his father was jing him and demanding this money. well, the house is now

documented dozens of accounts and corporations used to transfer money to the biden family. it's a serious corruption scandal, whether the media wants to handle it. >> sandra: say in a from "the view" calling it a father's lover. >> the hunter biden story, the scandal, this or that, it's also the story of a father's love and joe biden has never and will never give up on his son hunter and will never treat him lesser than. he is a father first. take it or leave it. >> sandra: example how some in the media are covering up, but this is the whatsapp message. for anybody that has not seen this, providing from system testimony, i'm siting here with father and we would like to understand why it's not

fulfilled. what's the director i would like to resolve this now before it getting out of hand and now means tonight and call to anyone else, i will make sure the man next to me and my ability to hold a grudge, ending with this, i'm sitting here waiting for the call with my father. i mean, when you see that, shouldn't there be bipartisan calls to know more and dig deeper on this? >> there should be. but every democrat voted against releasing this investigation. it is very clear that the biden family ran an influence peddling operation. the biden family has been known for influence peddling. not just hunter. his uncle has been repeatedly accused. do you think if it was real this is the only time he made that

type of threat? the point of influence peddling, the subject here is the president. he was the person that they were peddling. and whether he was actually sitting next to his son or not, he was the object of these efforts. so the congress has to investigate and whether the democrats support it or not, but what's very serious is that some of the accounts of the whistleblowers contradict what attorney garland has said in the past. the whistleblowers are saying that weiss, the u.s. attorney in delaware, said that he wanted, tried to bring charges in two jurisdictions and was rebuffed. he also allegedly told them that he wanted to get special counsel status but was denied. none of that is consistent with what the attorney general has told the public and told the congress. >> sandra: a final thought jonathan on david weiss on the hunter probe, a letter back to jim jordan saying i want to make

clear as the attorney general has stated i've been granted authority over this matter, including where, when and whether to file charges. quick response to that, jonathan. >> that's the reason the whistleblowers have said under the penalty of prosecution, that that's not true, that there were two attempts to bring charges that were denied. so, let's find the truth, let's bring everyone in. >> sandra: jonathan, and your piece is out there for everybody to see, merrick garland or the whistleblowers, appreciate you joining us on that. >> trace: keeping an eye on the white house briefing. we will see if karine jean-pierre may get a question or two on the hunter biden probe. we'll bring you any news when it happens. sandra. >> sandra: that is ongoing, plus, florida governor ron desantis making his first visit to the u.s.-mexico border as a presidential candidate. we have the brand-new details on his plan to "stop the invasion."

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>> florida governor ron desantis just announced his border

security plan after making the first visit to eagle pass, texas. bill melugin is live in eagle pass with more. what are some of the highlights of the plan? >> trace, one of the biggest things is governor desantis says if he's president, he intends to change rules of engagement to allow for deadly force to be used against anybody coming through the border wall. he adds if you drop a couple of these cartel operatives, they will stop coming. take a look at this video this morning. governor desantis meeting with local voters here in the border town of eagle pass. the epicenter of the border crisis the past couple years. he promises to build a border wall, to end catch and release. he says he would push to end birth right citizenship. we were also with him as he got a boat tour of the rio grande. within moments of joining governor desantis on the boat,

we saw groups crossing illegally in front of us in broad daylight. several different groups. some still in the water crossing over. other groups on the u.s. side but getting blocked by the state of texas with rows and rows of razor wire. we took a helicopter tour with governor desantis. take a look. he got a bird's eye view of what's going on in eagle pass. within a few minutes, we saw more migrants crossing illegally in the water. the got got a taste of what happens here day in and day out. the governor told me if he's elected on day number 1, he intends to reverse every one of president biden's authorities when it comes to the border. take a listen. >> we'll reverse everyone of them. the parole he's doing is unconstitutional. we've won against him in court in florida. we sued him on things like catch and release. he's abusing the law to change the law to allow people to have an open border. that's not what it is. all of that goes away on day

one. we'll have a new sheriff in town on january 20th, 2025. >> trace, a couple of other things that jumped out. he says he intends to partially pay for a border ball by taxing remittances from illegal aliens. he said he would deputize local law enforcement to deport people back to mexico. that is not happening right now and would likely bring lawsuits. he says he stands by that and believes it should be happening. back to you. >> thanks, bell. sandra? >> back to the white house now. jean-pierre is at the podium. she took a question on the economy. apparently a victoria lap. we'll dip in here and listen. >> the disbetween president biden and prime men administer modi about that, what did president biden say about press

freedom and other rights. >> the president will never shy away on having those conversations with the world leader when it comes to human rights. he's done that through career. we've made ourselves clear here on our view. we'll leave it there. >> does the president accept the answer about the rights issues and attack on muslims and others in his country? >> we were asked this question on friday. i think that is for the prime minister to answer and for you to critique and write about it. i'm not going to discuss that from here. we held a press conference last thursday, which is why we thought it was important for you

all to hear from both -- not just from the president but also from the prime minister and journalists to ask a question. >> how did you decide to go with the branding going forward? >> i think it's pretty clever. it's pretty good. look, it makes good sense. bidenomics. flows off the tongue well. in seriousness, look, what you'll hear from the president -- i don't want to get ahead of him. we laid out what we're thinking or what we think the president will lay out and what he's going to lay out. certainly it's a vision. a vision about growing the economy from the middle out, the bottom up. you'll hear us say that over and over again. we believe that trickle down economics does not work. we have seen that over and over again. what we have seen, even before

the pandemic, is we have seen americans and american families being left behind. so one of the things that -- the data, if you look at the data and what we have seen from what president has been able to deliver in the last two years is an economy that is getting back on its feet. the economy that is delivering for the american people. 13 million jobs. you know, unemployment rate under 4%. thinking about wages going up, thinking about inflation at its lowest by more than 50% than a year ago. that's because of the work this president has done and he will continue to focus on what we can do to lower costs for the american people. so that is incredibly important. it's going to be a cornerstone speech as you've heard me say. it's going to be an opportunity to talk about the historic progress as we're talking about implementing those historic pieces of legislation. so all of those things go and and hand. we believe that that is the vision of the president.

hence, bidenomics. >> one of the reasons sky, the latest cnn polling shows 34% of american as prove of the president's handling of the economy. is there a risk this new branding could backfire and are you confident it will change americans' opinions of the president's -- >> we believe our job it is to lay out what the president is doing on behalf of american families. that is important. we have the data to prove it. we have the numbers to show that his economic policy has indeed worked. look, kind of talked about this moments ago. it's been a challenging time for americans. we had the pandemic. we just had my colleague talk about the war that russia, mr. putin, has started in ukraine and what that has done to inflation. not just here but around the world. we know that the american people are dealing with a lot. but what we believe is that we have done the work and we have

shown that inflation has indeed come down. it is still too high. and so -- and so the president will talk to that. he will speak to where the american people are and he's going to make sure that we lay out what is it that we've been able to do in historic fashion to deal with where -- what the american people are currently dealing with. look, 13 million jobs, again, when you think about how americans feel better about their personal finances, that is important. we think about wages going up. you think about the really good paying millions of good paying jobs that -- union jobs that his policies will create. >> sandra: we'll let the economists debate that, trace. a lot of the increase in wages is getting gobbled up by inflation. she's talking about the major economic address that they say the president is delivering in chicago wednesday. defining bidenomics. their new buzz word. >> listen, the question was

asked, when 70% of the population says the economy is lousy, you know, you have five different head wind points on the cam pass. it's tough, sandra. >> sandra: go tigers for the game three of the college world series tonight. >> john: go tigers. >> sandra: set your dvr. thanks for joining us, trace. i'm sandra smith. >> i'm trace gallagher. great to be with you. "the story" with martha maccallum is now. >> martha: thanks. good afternoon, everybody. i'm martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. breaking right now, we're getting word according to russian state media that vladimir putin is about to make a statement. we are working to confirm that. we'll cover that for you in whatever form it comes in. state with us here because we do understand we're about to hear something from vladimir putin after a historic weekend in russia. it's interesting to recall what winston churchill said about russia back