who can t afford it. martha: the dow is up a lot on that news. in less than 24 hours, we ll know if the u.s. is officially entering a recession. charles payne joins me on that. and the other big story that we start the hour with here on this wednesday, china. warning the united states saying that when it comes to nancy pelosi s trip, it s a red line for them. china recognizes obviously china believes that taiwan is part of china, that it s not an independent country that can greet u.s. officials on their own. when asked were republicans from the hill will join her on this trip, the speaker said this. i never talk about travel. it s a danger to me. so why is the white house trying to dissuade this trip? we ll ask john kirby about that. he joins us in a few moments from there. first, to gillian turner covering this story for us today. it s a story that keeps moving all throughout the last couple hours, gillian. what is the very latest? martha, this just in. the secretary
staircases. scenes not usually photographed by typical tourists. one of the men seen the next day walking from the president s rally. there s no escape, pelosi. schumer. nadler. we re coming for you. we re coming in like white on rice for pelosi, nadler, schumer, even you, aoc, we re coming to take you out. there is a lot more. we will have a report from capitol hill on the latest. the federal reserve today back in the spotlight with the expected announcement of the first big interest rate boost since 1994 to try to combat historic levels of inflation, which shows no sign of leveling off. president biden pressuring oil companies as prices at the pump soar, sending letters to seven refiners asking them to increase supply and explain their big profit margins and a meeting with the energy secretary about to happen. on capitol hill, more optimism about bipartisan support for a compromise gun safety bill. if it leads to a piece of legislation, i intend to support it. i t
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