attempts to take taiwan by force. doug luzader has details. hi, doug. doug: this emerging trade pact is called the framework for prosperity, but other headlines are emerging and the white house had to clarify a surprising comment the president made about taiwan. you didn t want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily for obvious reasons, are you willing to get involved militarily for taiwan, if it comes to that? yes, that is the commitment we made. doug: that sounds like a major change in policy for the u.s. the white house very quickly issued this statement denying there was any policy change. the president said our policy has not changed and reiterated our one china policy and commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait to provide taiwan with military means to defend itself. the president made news speaking about the u.s. economy, no longer talk about transitory challenge. president biden: our gdp will grow faster than china s for the fir
president biden: yes. you are? president biden: that s a commitment we made. it s a commitment we made. here is the situation. we agree with one china policy. we signed onto it and all the attendant agreements made from there. but the idea that it could be taken by force, just taken by force is just not appropriate. dana: jacqui heinrich is reporting live. those comments stole the show away from the economic message the president wanted to deliver and the white house is constantly finding themselves in this position and the president saying this on asian soil makes it different this time, jacqui. no kidding. very significant, dana. the white house is claiming that the president did not announce a policy shift but everything that we witnessed shows that it was. it was a clear break from strategic ambiguity for years has supported helping taiwan defend itself but september very vague about whether the u.s. military would come to its aid if china attacked. the question
while the administration did issue a plan to handle the expected influx of people, it did little to ease the fears of a spike of up to 18,000 crossings per day. that s three times what we have right now. and we know we don t have enough people to handle it all. the head of the national border patrol council says this. if this administration was smart they would take a step back and look and say this is the political reprieve that we need. they can actually use the guise of the law to implement policies that will allow us to secure the border once and for all. they haven t done that to this point. but because of this ruling, they can actually take a step back and do right by the american public. harris: they have a little bit more time to make that decision to do right. look what we ll do. we re doing something right. we re in focus this hour with four sheriffs from four states who are live at the border. you see them there. they will talk about the people coming across
change in policy? we begin america reports with the white house walking back president biden s comments about china and taiwan, and all comes as president biden faces a series of crisis here at home while claiming a recession is not inevitable. i m sandra smith in new york. great to be back with you, john. john: great to be back. let me be the first to officially well come you. the president wrapping up a trip, up and down stock market, fears that gas prices will hit $6 a gallon nationwide and potential food shortage, to leave americans scrambling to feed their fires. sandra: the president admitting it will take time to lower gas prices and ease inflation but the u.s. economy is performing better than the rest of the world. we have fox team coverage now, byron york is standing by. john: jacqui heinrich is travelling with the president live in tokyo. what about the comments regarding taiwan and china? jacqui: john, the fact the president made those comments standing
tunnel underneath the u.s.-mexico border. americans are struggling to pay for basic necessities. the great one mark levin is here to diagnose what s going on. while the left pushes for a green economy utopia. millions of americans across the country are bracing for possible electricity blackouts. a scuffle rivallist give us tips to attack that crisis. what does it mean to live free? we can do what we want, go where we want, say mostly what we want within the confines of the law. but are we really free if the government is watching our every move as we do it? how important is our privacy? pretty darn important. but watching what we are doing isn t necessarily stwoopg we do. if you are a liberal you are probably thinking that. but could the government do that if they wanted to? we are in a dangerous place where all government needs is a reason to act and your freedom will vanish like that. how did we get here? ever notice when there is an emergency or crisis the government s