with lethal aid and also talking peace. we don t know what they ll do. that s what the white house spokesperson admiral kirby said. tiktok, data privacy, fentanyl. the list was scrolling there. bipartisan calls for the president to do something on all of it. democratic chairmen of the senate select committee on intelligence here. china is investing in economic areas. they have $5 hundred billion in intellectual property left. we are in a competition on technology basis. you guys would like that kind of return 90 minutes a day on tiktok. taking date why from americans and not keeping it safe. harris: it affects all of us. it is nonpartisan. it is all americans. and, of course, as americans we went through the covid pandemic together. republicans pushing now for accountability on how it all started. that matters. chairman of the house select subcommittee on the pandemic with this. do you expect the f.b.i. and energy department to testify to your commit snow i would hope
is it time to pop that balloon? i m michael smerconish. it sparked kshs about national security regarding beijing. is it more a about symbolism? secretary of state antony blinken was due to travel to china this weekend. he postponed his trip calling the infiltration a, quote, irresponsible act that created conditions that undermine the purpose of the trip. the public first learned of the balloon s existence thursday while it was over montana, which is home to ballistic missile silos and bomber bases. china is saying it s all innocent. a spokesperson for the chinese foreign min city sits is a civilian air shift used for meteorological purposes affected by the westerlies and limited self-steering capability, it deviated from its course. the chinese side regrets the entry of the ship. but it was a clear violation of our sovereignty as well as international law. the balloon does not pose a military or political threat and a senior defense official said military officials a advise
bring down inflation or ease up on the fight to calm the banking sector. downplayed the federal reserve through all of this. we started out the sa santa clas by bringing zero interest rates which pushed people out of saved investments into venture capital. they became the arsenate dome arsenate during covid m no one would loan it to us the $5 trilf thin air and that caused inflation. but don t worry, they came in as the firefighters to put the fire out by dousing it with high interest rates. now, they are like the triage doctor to stabilize the patients, which are the banks. ashley: alexandria hoff with more from washington, alex. good morning, the federal reserve is in a tricky spot with rising consumer prices being revealed today. it has led to a rate hike but giving the turmoil the interest rates have caused the fight against inflation may have to be placed on hold. it was an attempt by silicon valley to lower interest rate risk which led to selling off securities we
trillion could soon approach the size of the defense budget. let that sink in, neil. president biden is calling for more taxes on the rich. he speak recently in virginia beach. i want to make it clear, i m going to raise some taxes. any of you who are billionaires out there, you re going to stop paying 3%. not a joke. biden met with kevin mccarthy just once since he became speaker and with a debt of over $31 trillion, many republicans are concerned about potential cuts in national against, a time when the biden administration is arming ukrainian forces with billions in american weapons and with the threat from china increasing. the 2022 and 2023 defense budgets are 3% when the kennedy administration was spending 9% of u.s. gdp on defense, building up the arsenal which the pentagon says is aging and is needed upgrades to the tunes of billions ever dollars. and jfk cut taxes and shortly after his death. that was then. lucas thank you very much. i raised this issue with jo
begin this hour with the 202 race for the white house as republicans tussle over the future of the gop. president biden lays the groundwork for potential reelection campaign. tomorrow, donald trump heads t iowa as he works to cement his hold over the republican primary voters jones visited come just thre days after his latest nemesis, former governor ron desantis for me, it it is in the firs of the nation state on friday. well desantis has yet to announce an official white house run. he appointed to th administration in florida as the, quote, blueprint for th rest of the nation we ll talk about that later in the show meanwhile trump s vice president, mike pence, i calling on his former boss for ten or a sixth that happened in washingto just last night. pence said trump was wrong whe he asked pence to overturn the 2020 election. thank trump put people ad risk the fallout of january six jus a series of legal woes for the president overshadowing th upcoming gop primary battle. t