competitive relationship, china and the united states. but my responsibility is to to make it make this rational management, so it doesn t result in conflict. that s what i m all about. that s president joe biden responding to a question on whether or not he trusts chinese president xi jinping. we ll have much more from the leaders first face-to-face meeting in a year. plus, a bill to prevent a government shutdown is now headed to the president s desk. the stop gap measure is likely to setup another significant spending fight soon into the new year. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest out of gaza following the israeli raid of a hospital that sits atop a command center for hamas. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, november 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with the high stakes meeting between president joe biden and chinese leader xi jinping. arriving at a critical time, the summit was h
get over it. there are dumb days on capitol hill and there are dumber days on capitol hill and this is one of the dumbest i ve seen in a long time. house republicans reacting to a chaotic and at times childish day on capitol hill. we ll take you through what happened straight ahead. plus fulton county district attorney fani willis responds to leaks of video statements from three of donald trump s coconspiratorter in the georgia election interference case. and also ahead we ll preview the high stakes meeting taking place today between president joe biden and chinese president xi jinping. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, november 15th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for joining us. it is a busy day and we ve got a lot to get to. a potential government shutdown in just two days is now looking a lot less likely this morning after the house passed new speaker mike johnson s unconventional stop gap funding bill yesterday largely with the help
a beautiful sunset over milwaukee, wisconsin, this morning on fox & friends good morning welcome into this third hour of fox and friends. [laughter] two minutes to do the math. rachel: 8:00 it s been a wonderful morning with both of you boys. will: thank you. it has been a wonderful morning joey jones. cover boy joey: make anybody look pretty for a minute. fun doing the photoshoot? a nationally known photographer lives right down the road from me he came and did them so that was really cool too give him a shoutout there. as two men can have with two men taking pictures of each other. [laughter] rachel: that was he only takes pictures of ducks and deer by the way he s a hunting photographer. two more hours let s get through this. will: back on to the road. house republicans are looking to pass a two step funding package to avoid a partial government shutdown. rachel: house speaker mike johnson unveiling his stop gap funding bill yesterday out of next week d
To mount juliet, tennessee. Christy walked in for a get together and got the surprise of her life. Not a dry eye in that house. Thanks for joining us. Busy day. Im dana perino. Heres shep. Shepard a live look, the Eisenhower Executive Office building next to the west wing where were about to hear live from the president in the wake of an extraordinary morning. The pressure on President Trump accelerating and in moments hes scheduled to speak. Two big issues, first, the president s decision to withdraw troops from syria. Widely criticized by members of his own party, his own advisers and generals and cabinet. Our own reporting that he stopped listening to top leadership, didnt inform our allies or the pentagon. Hes getting praise from putin and condemnation from conservatives. At the same time, in the face of pressure to build that wall, the newly announced president ial decision not to sign the
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stop gap funding bill through to keep the government afloat as house republicans sort out their differences. schumer, democrat of new york, yesterday blasted the far-right republican s actions during a speech he delivered on the senate floor. there were those on the hard-right over in the house who think they can bully their colleagues and the house and the country into a shutdown. amazingly this band of hard-right extremists actually say a shutdown would be a good thing. this shows you that the hard-right is not serious about governing. the only tactic in their playbook is to try and bully the rest of congress and the country to bend to their extremist views. so it takes compromise to get anything done in these conditions in a divided government. the top-line agreement we reached last week had borne that out. joining us now congressional reporter for politico, ursula.