and white house denying that the president brought up genocide during the call on thursday. and the latest developing story from the white house. hey, david. good afternoon to you, aishah and everyone watching right now. the speaker is en route to asia. she has some pre scheduled trips to singapore, japan, south korea, but the big question, the suspense, will she go to taiwan? she wants to go. some republicans who are her political enemies in congress are agreeing with her, they want her to go. some democrats are saying don t go. the white house is being mum on it, but the communist party in china is saying absolutely do not go. listen. well, i don t remember talk about my travel because as some of you know it s a security issue, it s a security issue for every member of congress travelling, especially abroad, but for the speaker, it is additional security issue and for those travelling with me, not just members, but staff, et cetera. it s an interesting issue because
and at this point she s gone to a firm all in camp than previously, even in the summer where she remained on the fence and had a lot of thinking to do about it. it s a busy social season for the first lady, the hosting stuff that s not her top of mind thing. it s been busy but she s gotten to the place with the president where she s thinking 2024 is happening. which is notable it hasn t always been that sentiment. you heard from the president and his aides who said it s his intention to run. but she hasn t always supported his desire to run for higher office in the past. i guess the question is, until he makes the decision early next year, is there a chance she could change her mind or is this solid this is where she s headed. it sounds as if this is solid, this is where she s headed. the family needs to weigh in, we ve heard from the family that joe biden s future depends on what his children, grandchildren
influential people in his life is all in. cnn has learned that first lady jill biden is supportive of him coming for another run. this comes after voters say they would like to see another name on the ticket but would vote for him if he won the primary. kate, what are you learning about how the first lady has gone to maybe supporting the run. reporter: she s taken into account the last month or so of joe biden s presidency. we saw the midterm elections turn out better for the president, the economy is slightly better. even things like brittney griner, she s the assessor of the situation. what you said is true about the first lady. she s the most influential person in the president s life after 45 years of marriage but also the person who can best assess him, what he wants, how he s doing, his schedule, what his legacy will be.
before things are back to normal. reporter: lizzie taylor said she will now have to move. that tornado i thought we were safe from destroyed our house. destroyed everything. reporter: just to give you a sense of the extent of the damage, this used to be a church, the water is pouring down, roof partially torn off and the side of the building left in tatters. a lot of this community looks like this, block after block, homes in the area still without power. emergency crews are going to be canvassing the area making sure everyone is accounted for. but later today we expect an update from the governor to give us more information on the extent of the damage, don. nick valencia in louisiana, thank you, nick. the democratic party is still waiting a formal announcement from president biden on whether or not he is running for re-election. it appears one of the most
weapon. we don t either. we have a range of strong disagreements with them, we can t speak for their intentions here. we certainly believe it s in both interests for this to move forward. does the president believe it s important for president zelensky to be at the nato summit next week as long as it s safe for him to do so? i have not discussed that with the president. the president is going there to meet with nato partners and allies. president zelensky is his country is in the middle of a war. so i have not talked to him about that specifically. i wanted to ask you about jake sullivan working with his russian counterpart. the russian read-outs that happened at the u.s. initiative and the nfc s read out so if russia is serious about diplomacy, moscow should stop