>>> LIVE LOOK AT THE WHITE

HOUSE.

BEAUTIFUL DAY IN WASHINGTON.

PRESIDENT BIDEN YESTERDAY

DISCUSSED THE REACTION TO HOUSE

SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI'S VISIT TO

TAIWAN LAST WEEK.

>> MR. PRESIDENT, HOW WORRIED

ARE YOU ABOUT THE SITUATION IN

TAIWAN?

BECAUSE CHINA IS -- THEY'RE KIND

OF KEEPING A BIT OF A GRIP

AROUND THE WHOLE ISLAND NOW.

>> I AMWORRIED, BUT

I'M CONCERNED THEY'RE MOVING AS

MUCH AS THEY ARE.

BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING

TO DO ANYTHING MORE.

>> WAS IT A MISTAKE FOR THE

SPEAKER TO GO TO TAIWAN?

>> IT WAS HER DECISION.

>> TENSIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND

ITS ISLAND NEIGHBOR ESCALATED IN

RECENT DAYS, WITH CHINA

ANNOUNCING IT WOULD EXTEND

MILITARY DRILLS IN THE REGION.

AND THE HOUSE SPEAKER JOINS US

NOW.

WE'LL GET TO THE VERY IMPORTANT

QUESTIONS SURROUNDING WHAT'S

HAPPENING IN TAIWAN IN JUST A

MOMENT.

BUT FIRST, GOOD MORNING.

WE WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO GET

YOUR REACTION, MADAME SPEAKER,

TO THE SEARCH OF FORMER

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ESTATE,

MAR-A-LAGO DOWN IN FLORIDA.

>> GOOD MORNING.

I HAVE -- ALL I KNOW ABOUT THAT

IS WHAT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

I WAS SURPRISED THAT IT FLASHED

ON MY PHONE LAST EVENING.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH TO

SAY, EXCEPT THAT TO HAVE A VISIT

LIKE THAT, YOU NEED A WARRANT.

TO HAVE A WARRANT, YOU NEED

JUSTIFICATION.

AND IT SAYS THAT NO ONE IS ABOVE

THE LAW, NOT EVEN A FORMER

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

BUT ALL OF THIS WILL, I'M SURE,

BE MADE KNOWN TO US OVER TIME,

BUT I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF IT.

I DO KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN

CHATTER, MORE THAN CHATTER,

ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL --

PRESIDENT'S DOCUMENTS AND HOW

THEY MUST BE PRESERVED FOR

HISTORY.

WE'LL SEE WHAT THE JUSTIFICATION

WAS FOR THE RAID.

I JUST DON'T KNOW.

I THINK EVERYBODY WAS SURPRISED

BY IT.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

MADAME SPEAKER, IT'S

FASCINATING, I WENT TO TAIWAN

WITH A GROUP OF MEMBERS OF

CONGRESS TO SEE THE INAUGURATION

OF PRESIDENT LEE BACK IN THE

1990s.

OF COURSE, ANOTHER HOUSE SPEAKER

WENT TO TAIWAN.

NOBODY REALLY SAID MUCH ABOUT IT

AT ALL.

AMBASSADORS GO TO TAIWAN.

AMERICANS GO TO TAIWAN.

I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW, WHAT IS

THE DIFFERENCE WHEN I DO IT,

WHEN GINGRICH DOES IT, WHEN

AMBASSADORS DO IT, AND THEN

SUDDENLY WHEN YOU DO IT?

SUDDENLY, THIS IS LIKE A WORLD

CRISIS.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE WELL, IT

MORNING, JOE.

I MIGHT EVEN ADD THAT, JUST A

SHORT WHILE AGO, A NUMBER OF

SENATORS, BIPARTISAN GROUP OF

SENATORS WENT, INCLUDING THE

CHAIR OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS

COMMITTEE, MR. MENENDEZ.

DID ANYBODY MAKE A FUSS?

I DON'T THINK THE PRESIDENT OF

CHINA SHOULD CONTROL THE

SCHEDULES OF MEMBERS OF

CONGRESS, OR ANYONE ELSE WHO

WANTS TO VISIT TAIWAN.

HE'S TRYING TO ISOLATE TAIWAN.

YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T JOIN W.H.O.

OR THEY COULD MAKE A VALUABLE

CONTRIBUTION IN TERMS OF GLOBAL

HEALTH OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

HE MAY TRY TO KEEP THEM FROM

ATTENDING MEETINGS.

BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO KEEP

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM

VISITING TAIWAN.

WE WILL NOT BE ACCOMPLICES TO

HIS ISOLATION OF TAIWAN.

>> WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM CHINA

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS?

OBVIOUSLY, PRESIDENT XI HAS

TAKEN THE COUNTRY IN AN EVEN

MORE AUTOCRATIC DIRECTION OVER

THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

>> YES.

>> WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED BY HIS

OVERREACTION TO A MEMBER OF

CONGRESS' VISIT TO TAIWAN?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT HE IS IN A

FRAGILE PLACE.

HIS PROBLEMS WITH HIS ECONOMY.

HE IS ACTING LIKE A SCARED

BULLY.

AND THIS IS WHAT -- BEFORE THE

MEETING WHERE HE WILL WANT TO BE

RE-ELECTED.

WE DIDN'T GO THERE TO TALK ABOUT

CHINA.

WE WENT THERE TO TALK ABOUT

TAIWAN.

WE WENT THERE, THE BIGGER

PICTURE, TAIWAN ECLIPSED

EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DID.

THE PRESIDENT HAS INITIATED AN

ASIA PACIFIC POLICY.

HE HAS INSTITUTED THE

INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK.

WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE

LEADERS OF THE THOSE COUNTRIES

ACCEPTING THEIR INVITATIONS TO

VISIT.

AGAIN, EMPHASIZING PARLIAMENT --

INTER-PARLIAMENTARY INTERACTIONS

IMPORTANT IN OUR RELATIONSHIP.

WE WENT WITH HUMILITY TO LEARN

WHAT THEY ARE THINKING SO THEY

AREN'T THINKING, HERE IS WHAT WE

WANT TO DO AND YOU FOLLOW US.

NO.

LET'S DO THIS WORKING TOGETHER.

AGAIN, JUST IN SOME OTHER

ISSUES, TALKED TO THEM ALL --

AND THANKED THEM FOR THEIR

STRONG POSITIONS THEY TOOK

AGAINST RUSSIA FOR THE INVASION

OF UKRAINE.

WE THANKED THOSE ON THE ASEAN,

SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES OF

SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA FOR THE

ACTIONS THEY TOOK AGAINST BURMA

FOR WHAT BURMA HAS DONE,

EXECUTING ADVOCATES FOR

DEMOCRACY IN BURMA.

SO WE -- OUR PURPOSE ALWAYS,

WHEN WE GO ON A TRIP, IS

SECURITY, ECONOMICS AND -- THE

ECONOMY AND GOVERNANCE.

IN TERMS OF SECURITY, WE HAD

GOOD CHATS, LISTENING TO THEM

ABOUT HOW WE WORK TOGETHER FOR

GLOBAL SECURITY.

IN TERMS OF ECONOMY, I MENTIONED

THE PRESIDENT'S INDO-PACIFIC

ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK AND LISTENING

TO HOW THEY THOUGHT WE COULD

WORK TOGETHER.

THEY ARE URGING US TO DO ANOTHER

TRADE BILL.

WE WILL SEE HOW WE CAN WORK

TOGETHER.

I WILL TALK TO MY FRIENDS IN

LABOR AND MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT

THAT.

THIRD, IN TERMS OF GOVERNANCE,

IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I

SAID, WHETHER IT'S COVID,

WHETHER IT'S CLIMATE CHANGE,

WHETHER IT'S HUMAN RIGHTS, AS

THEY HAVE REACTED TO WHAT IS

HAPPENING IN BURMA.

SO IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE

TRIP.

AGAIN, EMPHASIZING OUR INTER --

WE MET WITH HEADS OF STATE OR

HAD DISCUSSED WITH THEM, WE MET

WITH EVERY SPEAKER IN ALL FIVE

COUNTRIES AND THEIR MEMBERS OF

PARLIAMENT.

IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE.

IN TERMS OF TAIWAN, WE WERE NOT

GOING TO TAKE TAIWAN OFF OUR

LIST BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT

HAS INVITED US, THE PRESIDENT OF

CHINA DOES NOT DO OUR SCHEDULE.

>> THERE YOU GO.

MADAM SPEAKER, I WOULD LOVE TO

ASK YOU ABOUT THE INFLATION

REDUCTION ACT.

THE POLITICS OF IT -- WILL THIS

BE A COMPONENT OF THE DEMS'

MESSAGING LEADING UP TO THE

MID-TERMS?

PRESIDENT BIDEN SFRUG ENN STRUGG

LOW APPROVAL RATINGS.

WILL THIS VALLEY SUPPORT AND

VOTES FOR DEMOCRATS LEADING UP

TO THE MID-TERMS?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> YOU HAVE TO SEE IT IN THE

CONTEXT OF WHAT THIS PRESIDENT

HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE YEAR AND

A HALF OR LITTLE MORE THAN A

YEAR AND A HALF HE HAS BEEN

PRESIDENT.

WE DID THE RESCUE PACKAGE, MONEY

IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS,

VACCINATIONS IN THEIR ARMS,

CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL, PEOPLE

SAFELY BACK TO WORK.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL TO

BUILD, BUILD, BUILD AMERICA IN A

WAY THAT HAS EQUITY AND FAIRNESS

AND PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT.

THEN TODAY WE WILL GO TO THE

WHITE HOUSE FOR SIGNING THE

CHIPS AND SCIENCE BILL WHICH

WILL MAKE AMERICAN MORE

SELF-RELIANT IN TERMS OF SUPPLY

CHAIN AND THE REST.

THAT WILL HELP BRING DOWN THE

COST OF THINGS, IT'S ALSO

HELPFUL IN FIGHTING INFLATION.

NOW THIS LEGISLATION -- I LIKE

TO TALK ABOUT IT STARTING AT

AMERICA'S KITCHEN TABLE.

LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS WITH THE

SUBSIDIES.

LOWERING THE COST OF

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, WHICH IS

HISTORIC.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE

HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A

SECRETARY -- WE HAVE BEEN

WORKING ON THIS FOR DECADES.

FIRST TIME TO HAVE THE SECRETARY

NEGOTIATE FOR LOWER PRICES.

THIS IS A BLOW TO THE

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.

THEY HAVE SAID THE DEMOCRATS ARE

GOING TO PAY A PRICE FOR DOING

THIS.

FOR LOWERING THE COST TO

AMERICANS FOR PRESCRIPTION

DRUGS.

THIS IS ABOUT A FULLER AGENDA OF

HEALTH CARE, MAKING HEALTH CARE

MORE AFFORDABLE, MAKING JOBS --

HIGHER WAGES AND GOOD-PAYING

JOBS AS WELL AS SAVING AND

PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT.

IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

WHEN YOU SEE IT IN THE CONTEXT

OF ALL THE OTHER LEGISLATION AND

TOMORROW SIGNING THE ACT TO

PROTECT OUR VETERANS, IT HAS AN

INTEGRITY TO IT.

YES, IT IS ABOUT MEETING THE

NEEDS OF AMERICA'S WORKING

FAMILIES, FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT

POLITICS.

THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE TALKING

ABOUT IN THE ELECTION.

>> AND YET REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY

WANT PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES TO

BE ABLE TO CONTINUE PRICE

GOUGING.

INSULIN PATIENTS, IT'S

REMARKABLE, STUNNING.

I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT

GETTING THIS DEAL DONE.

WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING

PROGRESSIVES AND MODERATES

DEBATING EACH OTHER IN FRONT OF

CAMERAS FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.

I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY DRIVEN YOU

AND A LOT OF OTHER PROFESSIONALS

CRAZY.

IT'S LIKE, COME ON.