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
every minute counts, every second counts. quick action and bravery, the fact they never gave up on that child, it is their heroic action, the reason this child is alive today. joe: the pair are true examples what it means to be a hero. i think we can all agree with that. with that, toss it over to fox weather meteorologist, britta merwin. looking at saturday, it may have been a bad idea to spend 10 hours outside doing yardwork. i know you plan today for quite sometime, you picked the wrong weekend. if you would have waited until today, more comfortable. 60s for boston. upper 50s for cleveland, whiching off a scorching weekend. we had record highs in the 90s. enjoy the break from the heat. on radar, showers continue out west. look at the mess in the southeast. an area of low pressure
to congress and stone says he is innocent and it is part of a grand scheme against the president. he is out of jail on bond. the mueller probe may be wrapping up according to acting attorney general matt whitaker. the investigation is close to being completed and i hope we can get the report from director mueller as soon as possible. jillian: that drew criticism from adam schiff who tweet whitaker is biased and robert mueller can speak for himself. rob: rand paul feared for his life when his neighbor suddenly attacked. the republican testifying about the moment he was tackled when doing yardwork. this may be the last breath i ever take because i really thought if i got another blow in my back i would not survive. i didn t think i could die at that point.
you have five kids in ten years? five kids, i haven t talked to my wife in the last hour. after the third kid, people stop congratulating you. then they treat you like you re amish. what s the hardest thing about being a dad for you? there are so many things i wasn t prepared for. dads are the vice president of of the executive branch of the family which surprised me. you know, the mom is the president. the mom s bill clinton, feeling their pain. and we re al gore, the nerd telling them to turn off the lights. my wife instituted this open-door policy where if one of our kids has a nightmare, they re welcome to come in our room and pee in our bed. [ laughter ] you know, my dad i thought he was the dictator. i thought he was the pharaoh. he had us doing yardwork. we thought we were slaves. he was second in command. not my dad. he was commander of the ship. as ralph cram den put it, he was the king of the castle. things have changed for sure. things have definitely changed.
fine. then after north carolina, irene could hit new york and new england late this weekend. keep watching for latest turns in the hurricane s track. right now, a firefight is under way outside a cluster of buildings in tripoli. libyan rebels believe they have moammar gadhafi pinned down. they believe he is hiding in apartments in his compound. rebels have put $1.5 million bounty on gadhafi. he is wanted by the international criminal court for alleged war crimes. moammar gadhafi s son, wants a cease-fire to stop the bloodshed in tripoli. saadi contacted nic robertson by e-mail. reporter: he said he wants to negotiate a cease-fire. he doesn t want it to be syria. he wants help in the negotiations. he says he has reached out to washington and reached out to nato. he wants help in doing this. rebels claim they captured three of gadhafi s sons this week, including saadi. but saadi s status is not clear. the number of americans filing first time jobless claims is up agai