words. critics say president biden s words not nearly strong enough. house speaker s nancy pelosi visit to taiwan adding tension between the u.s. and china. this is the faulkner focus and i m dagen mcdowell in for harris. xi warning biden not to play with fire when it comes to taiwan. speaker pelosi s possible stop there. the speaker is set to leave for asia today and expect to hear from her later this hour. general jack keane criticizing america s passive approach to an aggressive china. the old paradigm we ve used for years, which is self-censorship and self-deterring in our relationship with china all because we don t want to spook them. we don t want to aggravate them. that paradigm has failed massively. dagen: jacqui heinrich live at the white house. good to see you. president biden and president xi had a long conversation today, 2 hours and 17 minutes. then the white house agreed to a face-to-face meeting. an odd thing to do critics say after a death warning. th
. . rachel: fox news alert. showdown in the senate. lawmakers engaged in a vote-a-rama all night long over dozen of politically charged issues. will: live look at senate floor. senators continue to argue whether the inflation reduction act will do anything to help ease inflation. joey: alexandria hoff live in washington with the latest? reporter: this vote-a-rama is part of the senate budget process where senators allow unlimited amendments. senator graham opposed a amendment by maggie hassan. they wouldn t let you do this in professional wrestling. what you re doing is deceitful, is dishonest. we ll call you out. reporter: vote-a-rama started 11:5 according to chad pergram. likely wraps up mid-morning, midday today. senator collins had a statement about irs workers. this reconciliation bill is culmination of year of negotiations of democrats pursuing a stripped down version of the build back better bill. this one dubbed by democrats as the inflation reduction act. $433
in addition, it also changes the circumstance for people on medicare by putting a cap of a maximum $2,000 a year no matter how many prescriptions they have. which is especially important for people with cancer and long-term diseases. it s a god send. it will be a god send for many families. second, the bill locks in place lower health care premiums for the next three years for millions of families that get coverage under the affordable care act. they will meet an average savings of $800 a year for 13 million people. third, it invests $369 billion, granted i called for $500 plus, but it invests $369 billion to secure our energy future and address the climate crisis, bringing down family energy bills by hundreds of dollars, but providing working families tax credits. it gives folks rebates to buy new and efficient appliances, to weather rise their homes and tax credits for heat pumps and rooftops solar. it also to buy any electric vehicle or fuel cell vehicle. new or used. it a
laptop which might suggest joe biden was actually profiting. live at national park ahead of today s congressional baseball game. play in a big league ballpark. that s something that never gets old. put me in coach i m ready to to play today put me in coach i m ready to play the game. ainsley: 7:05 the congressional baseball game will take place on fox sports 2 also stream on fox nation if you want to watch. brian: slow arriving crowd. steve: 7:05 p.m. brian: isn t traffic terrible in washington, d.c.? what are they waiting for? [laughter] steve: we have somebody who is actually near the stadium. she is posted at a fantastic van daniel point across the street on the top of the hotel. last time i went to the game i stayed in that hotel. carley shimkus joins us right now. carley, the view from that hotel is fantastic. carley: isn t it amazing? look at this. this is national park right behind me. it s been so wonderful being here all morning long. and this
visit a provocation. china biggest ally russia backing their friend 100 percent. now with analysis is former massachussetts senator scott brown with contributor and former station cia station chief dan hoffman. thank you very much. i can believe i have to open a segment for you two guys talking about how china is screaming at us and we are running away like scared rabbits with conflicting messages out of the witt which says we don t support taiwan independence while nancy pelosi is going over there hugging them. that alone scott i think would send a message that the american government is itself divided on this issue what s your take on all of this? first i ve been to china and taiwan 2-3 times many taiwan is an amazing country. they re a democracy, supply a lot of chips we need for military and other needs and china are a big bully. you get off the train it smells like an ashtry, biggest polluters, an they have a 600 year plan and we don t have a plan. the splintered natur