rose hirschel and andy shreeves robert and susan rosenbaum, the corporation for publi broad d.a.' and viewers like you. tough. william: good evening and welcome to "washington week, " i'm william brangham. president biden welcomed in indian prime minister modi. the visit was aimed 59 drawing the u.s. and india closer together strategically while also countering china's global influence. president biden: challenges and opportunities facing the world require that india and the united states work and lead together and we are. william: this comes as tensions between the u.s. and china flared up again there week when perspective biden referred to president xi jinping as a dictator at a california fundraiser. a day after secretary of state delicate diplomatic visit to beijing. on thursday, biden defended his comments. president biden: i expect to be meeting with president xi sometime i the future. i don't think it's had in i-real consequence. william: joining us tonight is vivian. she covers national security for the "wall street journal" and here with us in the studio. mary bruce is th

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robert and susan rosenbaum. e corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. william: good evening and welcome to "washington week." after weeks of posturing and intense negotiation, president biden will soon sign into law a bipartisan bill that lifts the country's debt limit and averts what could have been an economic disaster. the president spoke about the bill's significance a short time ago. pres. biden: nobody got everything they wanted, but the american people got everything they needed. we have noted an economic crisis. william: the fiscal responsibility act was negotiated between biden and speaker mccarthy and their teams. it passed the house overwhmingly wednesday and was rushed through the senate late thursday. joining us to discuss this, p baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times," leigh ann caldwell, co-author of the washington post's "early 202," osma politics, cohost of the mbr politics forecast, and nikole killion is congressional correspondent for c