its bell tan road initiative. chinese officials have pushed back suggesting the plan is not immigrant. china's ministry of foreign affairs said today what i can tell everyone is this is a piece of purely false information. the base was first established during the soviet occupation and would be a symbolic jab at the united states in the wake to the messy end of the war, shannon. >> shannon: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you so much, jen. president biden is talking about a lot of issues but afghanistan is not one of them. today the president's focus was on big labor. here is white house correspondent peter doocy. >> the world is changing, but the commander-in-chief is trying to stick to the classics, like this: >> when unions win, workers across the board win. >> a rip on his build back better plan. >> talk about child tax cut. >> even ribbing donald trump. >> by the way the stock market has gone up exponentially since i have been president. you haven't heard me say a word about it. >> another word he didn't say today afghanistan.