tonight. a foreign policy stumble. the biden administration sending two senior officials to china yesterday the exact day the tin men square anniversary. we don t know to this day how many people were killed. recognizing that atrocity still forbidden in china. tom cotton says this official visit sends exactly the wrong message. biden administration officials should stop chasing after the chinese communist counterparts like love struck teenagers. it is embarrassing and pathetic. it projects weakness to china and encourages them to do things like buzz our aircraft or come within a few hundred yards of our ships and encourages them to send spy balloons all over america. john: there has been 0 direct communication between biden and
policymakers law and order is not the issue of the day. if that s not a consistent message people are receiving the thugs, those who choose to rob, steal and kill, if they re not hearing that message, which they aren t hearing from city council, mayor or county prosecutors they ll continue to happen and only get worse. john: why do leaders in so many of these cities seem to be at a loss to get crime under control? there was almost a permissive nature when it comes to crime among many officials. i think you re right, john. i wish that wasn t the case. sadly, much of it comes from so-called progressive democrats like the mayor of chicago, like the district attorney here in manhattan, alvin bragg, and their position incredibly when crime goes up, the problem is the police and not enough money for social services rather than tough law enforcement policies to crack down on violent
it struck me as bending over backwards to be kind and solicitous to the president. look, he is a good negotiator. he did get the deal done to raise the debt limit. that s all good. he has traveled a lot. gone to kiev and asia. but i think most of us who watch him have legitimate questions about his ability and sadly, 2/3 of democrats, if i remember correctly, john, question whether he should run for another term. there remain unanswered questions that the times piece did not successfully address. john: kind and solicitous some words used to describe it. here is how miranda described it. it is not showing at this stage, just sad for the country. it adds to the perception of an
police are too lenient. john. john: setting the stage in chicago. power panel now. gianno caldwell, chicago native. some customers lamented the lack of trust that comes with locking everything up. when people are allowed to steal in impunity with very little consequence what s a company to do? what we know and what we see is this is a sad reality that s impacting cities across america, san francisco, chicago, you see it even in los angeles. when we think about chicago and all the things that are going on there, we think about the fact that as of may 28th over 887 shootings, murders are up 25%, shootings up 23% over a four-year span. this is terrible. the truth of the matter is for those who live there, the elected officials and
families and people going to work, there is nothing in that bill that was very good for anybody in america. john: complaints on all sides. the thing i quibble with, though. republicans are saying it adds $4 trillion to the debt. it s republicans in the house that control the purse strings. if they don t want to give biden the money, they don t have to. a good reminder that the president can t spend money, only congress can. it takes both houses. i will give kevin mccarthy a high grade here and did an excellent job negotiating. biden, you were covering this four weeks ago, he said i ll never negotiate with those republicans. he called them terrorists. it was a marginally positive thing. the most important reminder here is if you are concerned about the direction of our finances in