the way here. we will be joined in a moment. john: but first, a fox news alert, a furious china and military on high alert. house speaker pelosi s trip to taiwan is now over, as the world awaits the fallout promised by the chinese government. good wednesday to you. gillian: pelosi met with taiwan s president and other senior leaders during her 20-hour stay in taipei. reaffirming the commitment to taiwan s democracy and supporting the island militarily. critics say it does more harm than good in an already unstable region. john: communist regime planning a series of live fire exercises tomorrow. ten miles off the coast of taiwan. tennessee republican senator bill haggerty has expertise as a former ambassador to japan. gillian: aishah hasnie joins us this afternoon. how is the white house responding to china s plans? hey there, good afternoon to you, gillian and john. the white house is really trying to get china to not increase tensions any more, to not escalate the
duh. and his bill is going to make prices go up. now, senator manchin of the white house may say well, here is what you ought to do, because you can t afford gas, you need to go buy a $75,000 tesla. that might work in west virginia, that doesn t work in louisiana. number two, the joint committee on taxation, which doesn t take sides, has said unconditionally, unequivocally, that every american will feel the financial burden of senator manchin s bill. and i like joe. he s very clever. i ve listened to his interviews, he can talk a dog off a meat wagon, but he can t change the facts of the joint the impartial, non-partisan joint committee on taxation.