we will hear from you live at the end of each show starting tonight. also tonight the hannity it hot seat is back. stay tuned i will go one-on-one with one lucky liberal. and stephen a. smith is going to join us with more on the injury to jamar hamilton. he and his family in our nation s prayers tonight. we begin this fox new year with a fox news alert. it s day one of the congress, how republicans are on the verge of becoming a total clown show if not careful. despite the cheering of the democrats and the media, it s not a dyer situation yet. here where we are. at this hour a contentious battle for speaker is under way. after falling short of the 2718 votes needed kevin mccarthy is in the fight of his career way small group of law makers standing in the way. many are pushing for jim jordan to be the speaker of the house. jim jordan is already supporting mckargt.y. from what purpose does the gentleman from ohio ask for recognition. i rise to show support for the dif
well, there was a lot in there. i will start with what we can in gree on. inflation is a huge problem and gas price spikes. it was a huge concern for every day americans. the economy was the number one issue for the elections. for republicans. not so for democrats. republicans didn t put up a viable alternative. they didn t have p policies for americans jessica, hold on who gets hurt the most with inflation. the poor, middle class, fixed income? when you tax oil, when you tax gas, when you tax coal, when you tax corporations, when you tax people who had the worst year in the stock market since 2008, those are all taxes joe biden and the democratic soerplists
unrealized gains. the budget also raises the corporate tax rate to 28% and adds a minimum corporate rate of 15%. it includes fees on companies deemed to be hiding revenue overseas. so with that, we bring in sandra smith, co-anchor of america reports. sandra: karl rove hit on this. think about the price hikes that we ve seen and experienced since november and the latest gas price spikes. those spike in consumer prices, the white house is defending karl s points that he just made. he said the consumer price hikes will generate more revenue and therefore they still think this forecast would be spot on. i don t know if that is fair. martha: and what about this nobody cries over billionaires who have to pay more taxes. it s a safe thing politically to talk about it.