political conference wrapped up over the weekend with former donald trump continuing his grip on the gop even as the january 6 investigation looms over any potential comeback. and, travel headaches continue for many across the country, as more than 1500 flights are cancelled this weekend and at least 13,000 delayed. we ll have the latest on the perfect storm of issues creating travel nightmares for thousands of american travelers. joe. well, you know, mika, you talk to pete buttigieg, transportation secretary last week, and he said things were getting better. things aren t getting better. you look at those numbers and everybody that we ve talked to that is trying to move around over the past several weeks, every different story is a nightmare. we ll get to that. but first, jonathan lemire wait, wait, wait, wait. but first, happy birthday kathy scarborough. now, please. i was going to jonathan lemire to wish happy birthday. but thank you for doing it. and i would think
because we really have changed the world. that s on top of the string of some other very big recent wins. among them, major gun safety legislation, a computer chip bill and that veterans burn pit law. for republicans, the biggest buzz isn t on capitol hill. it s coming from cpac in texas and some of the most extreme voices in the party. the democratic party just that they were picked in this fraud election. we skipped over socialism to comism is where we re at. the joe biden economy has made it hard to families have hot dogs and that s an unacceptable thing. we re at war. we are at war. we re at a political and ideological war. in the senate every day i represent 30 million texans, and my job it s like the old coliseum where you slam on a plate and grab a battle ax and you fight the barbarians. donald trump was also there delivering the keynote speech saturday to huge applause. and the sunday straw poll show he s still the clear favorite among conservatives for 20
piece of legislation, the vote 51-50 for the inflation reduction act and a sweeping 700 plus diamond bill on health care, prescription drugs and climate with all 50 republicans voting against and vice president kamala harris breaking the tie. if the house passed the bill later this week as expected, democrats would have passed a landmark piece of legislation as described by the washington post as quote one of the most consequential pieces of economic policy in u.s. history and it comes at the string of legislative victories for joe biden as the times put it, capped off an extraordinarily productive run for a congress better known for its paralysis and it included passage and the first bipartisan gun safety legislation in a generation and a huge microchip reduction to bolster american competitiveness with china and a major veterans health care measure. a series of successes was all of the more sweet for democrats because it came with the political benefit of republicans maki
requested a colonel convicted of murder and added along this infamous arms dealer for wnba star brittney griner and paul whelan. we have a team of correspondents covering these breaking developments. frederik pleitgen is in moscow for us. let s start with natasha bertrand, who is breaking this exclusive. what have you learned. reporter: what we ve learned is that in response to the russian proposal to trade that arms dealer, viktor bout for the two americans detained in russia, paul whelan and brittney griner, the russians put forward their own request and they said we don t want just viktor bout, we want this guy name vadim krz krosokov, convicted in december of 2021 for murdering in broad daylight a chech an fighter and the germans sentenced him to life in prison. the russians in response to this proposal submitted this kind of back channel request to the americans. it was done through an fsb back channel, the fsb of course is the main security service for the russians.
alert and new warning from beijing, and major escalation of rhetoric out of china. suggesting if house speaker pelosi flies to taiwan with a fighter jet escort, the chinese military could shoot her plane down. happy friday, i m john roberts in washington. hi, sandra. sandra: developing story. that is brand-new, i m sandra smith in new york. that stark warning just came from beijing, it happened moments ago. china state media saying a fighter jet escort for pelosi would constitute a invasion, but still no word whether pelosi will be visiting taiwan. yesterday chinese president xi warned president biden not to play with fire, meanwhile russia publicly standing with china on this matter. john: fox team coverage to kick off the hour. the rising red threat. begin with jacqui heinrich, live on the north lawn. jacqui, new information about how the chinese might respond to pelosi s visit? sure do, john, concerning suggestion from state media that the chinese could shoot down