but a huge breakthrough on the president s agenda with news that democrat senatorjoe manchin will finally support a bill that injects billion into key climate policy. and in ukraine the counter offensive is on with progress to report around the city of kherson but will the supply of weapons from the west come quickly enough to sustain the momentum? tonight with the context, the republican strategist rina shah and chief political commentator for the i paul waugh. hello, welcome to the programme. it has been a while. four months in fact, sincejoe biden and xi xinping spoke, on the phone. today the two leaders talked for two hours 17 minutes. a long time. but let s be honest, there s plenty to talk about. the war in ukraine, china s behaviour in the south china sea, trade embargoes, nuclear proliferation, taiwan. and specifically the planned visit of the house speaker nancy pelosi, who is heading there next month. that has infuriated beijing. ms pelosi would be the highest
first breaking tonight house speaker nancy pelosi says that u.s. will not abound in its commitments to taiwan after meeting with taiwanese leaders of the past day. the beijing rebuttal crock causing a lot of concerns as china prepares for a large-scale show of force in the taiwan strafe to make clear that its claims are nonnegotiable the island it regards as a renegade province. the military drills are expected to be the most provocative action towards taiwan and a quarter century. the white house correspondent peter doocy joins us from the north long, peter. on the ground and in the water near taiwan a lot is changing. here at the white house the president s position towards china head is not changing. tonight he remains in covert isolation as speaker nancy pelosi jets around asia. we condemn them for being one of the most freest societies in the world. that s not how china sees things though. neither is this. this is a choice between democracy and toss to see. the
this, of course, despite his promise to make saudi, quote, a pariah state. all this as the federal reserve is expected to announce its biggest hike in decades. john harwood is live in philadelphia. john, there is a lot at stake for the president. reporter: a lot at stake, erica, for the president. a lot at stake for the country. as we ve seen underscored by the january 6th committee hearings. the president s biggest political problem is negative public sentiment about high inflation. as you indicated, he is going to say that this is his top priority. mostly a job for the federal reserve, but he s also going to do what he can to try to make a difference on the margins. that s why he is going to swallow his statements about making saudi arabia a pariah and meet with the crown prince, mbs, on a visit in a few weeks. that s in hopes of expanding saudi oil production and getting gas prices down a little bit. he s also here before this friendly audience to talk about the positi
bear market territory. the federal reserve could boost interest rates by .75 point to try to time inflation that has the cost of everything rising. gas is still hovering above $5.00 a gallon nationwide, getting close to $7.00 out west in california. an estimate from moody s shows american households are spending about $460 more per month on necessities than they were one year ago. that means more families are having to make tough decisions just to get by. there s no way. it s cheaper to fly. it feels like you can t catch a break. it s difficult to save up for the things i do need in the long-term. we ll have more on it in a moment as well as the january 6th committee s next public hearing. it was scheduled for tomorrow. it was abruptly postponed. next steps in the senate on new gun legislation, when we could see actual text of a bill and most importantly a vote. we are going to start with the president s address genny moment now, and the economic realities that the coun
resided in uvalde. it s believed he abandoned his vehicle and entered into the robb elementary school in uvalde with a handgun and he may have also had a rifle that is not confirmed to the latest report. he shot and killed incomprehensibly 14 students and killed a teacher. mr. ramos, the shooter, he is he himself is deceased. and is believed that responding officers killed him. jesse: abbott would also add that the shooter killed his own grandmother in a domestic incident before entering the school. fox news national correspondent bill melugin updates us now with the latest. bill? bill: jesse, good evening to you. i want to give you an idea of some of the heartache that parents are going through right now. we just wrapped up an interview with a father who is looking for his missing 10-year-old daughter. he provided this photo of her to us. this is 10-year-old anna bell guadeloupe a student here at robb elementary school. he has not had contact with her. is he looking