in his first major speech since losing the house, biden says to hell with working with the gop to make your lives better. he is looking for a fight, dishing the kumbaya talk, and unleashing on republicans trying to rein in his reckless spending. this ain t your father s republican party. this is a different breed of cat, as they say. republicans inflict this pain on the american people. why? why? they seem determined to be the party of chaos and catastrophe. they want to eliminate the irs, going to eliminate it completely. only guys that look at the complicated tax returns that people have, and replace the iro taxes, right? except with a 30% national sales tax. let me be clear. if any of these bills somehow got passed the house and senate, i will veto them. jeanine: oh, wow. okay. well, let me start with oh, but joe isn t sorry, guys. i was so stunned by that. joe isn t going this alone. the white house seem to have sent democrats the same talking points. it s a sil
spending. and let s begin in washington, d.c., where the federal reserve has just announced its latest decision on interest rates. economists predicted an eighth straight rate increase as the central bank tries to tamp down inflation without causing a recession. matt egan is inside the federal reserve. what s the decision? reporter: 25 basis points, the fed just delivered its eighth straight interest rate hike, lifting interest rates to the highest level since 2007, all part of the fed s quest to get inflation back down to healthy levels. but importantly, the fed is dialing back the pace of these interest rate hikes. going from 75 basis points this past summer and this past fall to 50 basis points in december, to this more traditional move of 25 basis points today. now, this was widely expected, widely telegraphed, and yet, it is a significant strategy shift, nonetheless. the fed is still trying to slow this economy to cool off inflation, but they ve gone from slamming the
it s their constitutional obligation to do that. we re talking about programs when they talk about medicare, social security, we re talking about programs that they want to take hostage that will affect taxpayers, that will affect seniors and veterans. again, it s their constitutional duty. they should do this without conditions. trying to address market-related chatters. jerome powell was asked about the debt ceiling. there s only one option. for congress to pass the increase. is that the crew here, there s one option, there s no off ramps to consider? congress is the only option here? on any of the coins that s come up before. that s something that the treasury deals with and answers on. so i m not going to comment there. i think we ve been very clear from here that this should be done without conditions. and it is their basic job, congress, right? it s their basic duty to lift the debt ceiling. it s something that has been consistently done over the years. that s how
separate locations but with only one suspect. question is did one motivate the other? governor ron desantis defending his decision to reject an a.p african-american studies course. teaching queer theory that s pushing an agenda. ongoing chapter in the m&m war. m&m taking indefinite pause from its spokes candies after controversy over their rebranded appearances. the moon comes up and the sun comes down we find a little on the edged of town dancing the turn the radio up. steve: around those parks in st. augustine, florida. going for daytime high of 70. currently 56 glorious degrees. look at that not a cloud in the sky. ainsley and brian, i just looked. if we got into our fox & friends station wagon right now in front which is parked at 48th and sixth avenue. guess how long it would take for us to drive from here down there? ainsley: st. augustine? brian: 15 hours. steve: 15 hours and 19 minutes. brian that is michael waltz s district if you are lo
documents. the president has said there s nothing there. he has no regrets about all of this. those in his own party are starting to have a very different take on that. i think he should have a lot of regrets. when i go in is scif with secured documents, they always ask are you screen. make sure you re not carrying anything out. hard to believe in the united states of america we have a former president and a current president that are in the same situation. how does this happen? a great question. karl rove, kellyanne conway and a mark penn on the very latest of new documents. hi, jacqui. president biden got back to the white house a short while ago. he talked past reporters. he said i ll talk to you little. no public events today. maybe he will surprise us. anyway, we know the president does plan to spend next weekend at camp david. this as there are reports the justice department is considering looking at other properties linked to the president. the white house coun