itinerary but there is rumor she will visit it. bill: she would be the highest u.s. ranking official since gingrich did it in 1997. here is what newt gingrich said earlier today. the chinese communist dictatorship doesn t tell the american speaker where they can or can t go. you have to stand up to them or they will interpret it as a sign of weakness and they will grow even more aggressive. bill: greg palkot begins our story in london. big story. hello to you. big story, a lot of developments. nancy pelosi has started her asia trip that could include the taiwan stop and guess what? china is still not liking that at all. house speaker was in singapore meeting with its president and prime minister and scheduled to visit malaysia and south korea and japan. on the way she could make that visit to taiwan. continued some aggressive military exercises over the weekend. live fire drills off the coast in the direction of taiwan which is only about 80 miles away. its government
doocy at the white house with the latest. peter? here at the white house, they think this jobs report is not a reason to worry about a recession. that phrase, make it in america, the cornerstone of my economic plan. today s report proves making it in america isn t just a slogan, it s my administration. but former obama economic adviser jason furman writes uncomfortably hot jobs report. 528,000 jobs added and unemployment rate falls to 3.5%. what worries me is average hourly earnings were up at 5.8% in july. june revised. the wage moderation that we all discussed last month was wrong data. white house officials are shrugging off the fears saying they still trust the federal reserve to adjust rates to address inflation. they claim there s more good news. in 50 straight days of gas prices falling even though they re $1.72 a gallon more than when president biden got here. you want to talk to a nurse or a teacher or a firefighter? having that little britt of breathing room
blackburn, plus brian kilmeade and more in a jam-packed hour. john: busy friday afternoon. begin with president biden s plunging poll numbers, americans take stock how he is handling or not handling inflation. john roberts in washington, good to be with you as we head into the weekend. sandra: i m sandra smith in new york, and this is america reports. president receiving the highest unfavorable rating to date in the latest fox news polling. 57% of american voters say they have a negative view of the president. the new numbers come as the national average for a price of a gallon of gasoline surges past $5, making record after record in recent weeks. john: it hurts just to put the pump in the car these days. president biden pushing forward with his green agenda, amid political pressure to lower gasoline prices. holding a virtual meeting with some largest economies to discuss climate change. sandra: peter doocy is live from the north lawn, kicks things off for us, hello,
ran inside the paper at the new york times. mine, the media devote far more coverage and mustered far more outrage over the johnny depp/amber heard trial. this guy told police he traveled from california to kill kavanaugh because he was mad about the leaked roe v. wade draft opinion. even if he did call cops and say he was suicidal, effectively turning himself in. would the tone of the coverage have been slightly different if an armed conservative had been arrested near home of, say, sonia sotomayor? even liberal bill maher said the times buried it because they just wear their bias on their sleeve. i m not going to blame this on rhetoric by democrats. that s sort of finger pointing both sides have long indulged in, but with i do blame a leader of the protests at kavanaugh s home for posting his address online are. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. the. howard: ahead, former congressman devin nuñes join withs our discussion of in the story as well as this: hous
and the little prince who stole the show announcer: this is “nbc nightly news” with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight just moments ago president biden delivered an urgent address to the american people on gun violence the president speaking more than a week after 19 children and 2 adults were killed in uvalde, texas. and a day after four shot dead in a tulsa hospital the president saying every day places have become killing fields, battlefields in america. he called for raising the age to purchase assault weapons, expanding background checks, and creating a federal red flag law. while bipartisan lawmakers say they have a potential plan to try to curb gun violence, their efforts come after many failed attempts in washington. will any of it become a reality? we start tonight with kelly o donnell. reporter: president biden who has grieved with families traumatized by mass shootings tonight implored the congress and the communities to cha