tomorrow they could see what they are really applicants. that s when china s armed forces begin its largest military drills and more than a quarter of century. for two days of live fire exercises in six nodes around taiwan. the actions that come within miles of the disputed islands coast, essentially blockading trade and violating taiwan s nautical linear spaces. at the same time the uss ronald reagan aircraft carrier strike groups in the region of the u.s. is taking part in joint military drills with indonesia, australia, japan, and singapore. all this as washington warns china not to turn this into a crisis. shannon, what we need to know? shannon: i was talking with michael pillsbury. we know him as one of the most foremost authorities on china and he said this is kind of a very dangerous period especially when you have these drills and exercises going on. not that they themselves, they are provocative. there s always this chance of a mistake when you have these forces. t
by that, they mean temperatures of 90 degrees or more. let s get the read from mark meredith at the white house. you might recall that mark was whining about this just yesterday. on double duty now. how are you holding up, my friend? reporter: says the man in the air-conditioned studio. neil: i m going to turn the thermostat down a little more. [laughter] reporter: unbelievable. good morning from a very steamy white house. 88 degrees, we re expecting the high to be 97. we also expect the president to stay in the white house isolating. white house says we should be getting an update from the president s doctors a little bit later on today. they re not going to be providing that on camera, however, the white house has been going to great lengths to show that the president is still able to carry out his duties. late yesterday as we were coming on the area for air for your show, we saw the president holding an event with his commitment take, we team, and then at his desk
premiums all up. the cost of food consumed at home rose nearly 12%, food away from home, 7.4%. the gasoline index has increased 48.7%. the average national price of a gallon of gas this week, is at $5, highest in california at $6.42. trying to stem inflation, the fed said it will raise interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point, the biggest hike since 1994. new projections show interest rates may hit 3.4% by the end of the year, but because inflation is rising far faster than any of those rates, any money in savings is still being eroded. there s also a spade of layoffs adding to investor fears. cnn reports two u.s. real estate companies that had flourished in the pandemic announced layoffs of 8 and 10%. coin base laid off 18% of its staff. spotify plans to reduce hiring by 25%. elon musk, who already said he wants to lay off 10% of the tesla staff, is now intimating that if he acquires twitter, job cuts could follow. meanwhile, meanwhile, you ve got the january 6
seeing 1800 apprehensions in just 24 hours. with title 42 expected to end, border counties are now bracing for a disaster. el paso preparing to declare a state of emergency as the governor of texas warns 6 million migrants to come in each year. that is roughly equal to the population of houston every 12 months. and with all of us hanging in the balance, you may be wondering what our borders are up to today. vice president kamala harris is talking about clean school buses. kaylee, as always, the vice president is m.i.a. on this border crisis. but today, she is expected to announce certain regulations and expectations surrounding a low emission school buses. what apps timing and what great priorities when you say? kalie: right i m still not listening to the posters come emily come we talked about how joe biden s posters kim and him and said hey i know it may fairly guard administration s going great but there s this thing on the horizon called immigration and the border on fi
To quote Stormy Daniels, when somebody attacks me, im going to defend myself. Those were some of the final words from the Adult Film Star before she was excused from the stand in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial. It is good to be back with you. Im chris jansing, alongside my colleague, andrea mitchell. Defense lawyer suggested she was trying to extort him, and capitalizing on his fame with merchandise, prosecutors for their part pointing out that daniels was the target of nasty, threatening tweets for even coming forward about an alleged affair with donald trump. They asked daniels been telling the truth net positive or net negative in your life. Daniels response, negative. Over the next hour, well bring you live updates from the courtroom, the latest witness who will be back after the lunch break, a bookkeeper at the Trump Organization who handled checks, including of course the key checks, the ones in question in this hush money case. So lets bring in the panel joining us now, nbc Nati