as d w, washington correspondent mikaela kutner explains it is big international geostrategic diplomacy that joe biden is engaging him while at the same time having to please his audience back home. here in the united states. there are new figures coming out pointing to the fact that inflation is the highest. and since 1981 for decades, high people are worried where this will lead. and the u. s. president promises that a more stable, middle east, and more diplomatic, rather than any kind of military involvement could allow for some of that pressure to go down prices to potentially ease at the gas pump, which have risen by some 60 percent of the past year alone. so that would be a much needed positive signal for president who is not doing particularly well in the polls with midterm elections coming up. this awesome mikaela, christopher the in washington. let's go to 3 lane canal where people are still occupying government buildings and protesting in the streets of the capital in anger at the severe economic crisis. the prime minister, who is now the acting president, has ordered security