words. critics say president biden s words not nearly strong enough. house speaker s nancy pelosi visit to taiwan adding tension between the u.s. and china. this is the faulkner focus and i m dagen mcdowell in for harris. xi warning biden not to play with fire when it comes to taiwan. speaker pelosi s possible stop there. the speaker is set to leave for asia today and expect to hear from her later this hour. general jack keane criticizing america s passive approach to an aggressive china. the old paradigm we ve used for years, which is self-censorship and self-deterring in our relationship with china all because we don t want to spook them. we don t want to aggravate them. that paradigm has failed massively. dagen: jacqui heinrich live at the white house. good to see you. president biden and president xi had a long conversation today, 2 hours and 17 minutes. then the white house agreed to a face-to-face meeting. an odd thing to do critics say after a death warning. th
awhile. great to have you. stocks have been rejoicing. more on that in a second. now on something that is happening that would make you wonder why are they rejoicing? edward lawrence with more. we end a week with more bad economic data for this administration. now, the fed s favorite inflation indicator, if you see inflation, is now at the highest level since january of 1982. in fact, the hit song at that time was let s get physical by olivia newton john. pc inflation year over year after 6.86. core, which is without food and energy costs 4.8% year over year. when you look at this month compared to last month, the increase at 1%. that s the highest increase since march of 1980. now it s a lot of numbers but you get the idea here. republicans will remind you that all of this is because of president biden s policies. they re doubling and tripling down on failure at a time when we may be in recession, at a time when the american people are hurting in so many different ways
the economy. the new report out just today driving new recession fears tonight. and what president biden said about this today. and the american families from new jersey to kentucky, across this nation, who say no matter what you call it, we re feeling it. rebecca jarvis reporting. tonight, the big push. democrats racing to pass that surprise breakthrough deal on climate. it would be the most ambitious climate undertaking in u.s. history. the bill also lowers prescription drug costs, health care costs, taxing the very rich and corporations. so, do they have the votes? with joe manchin now onboard. rachel scott standing by live on the hill. also news tonight, this phone call between president biden and china s president xi. the candid and direct call lasting more than two hours. president xi with a warning to the u.s. and will house speaker nancy pelosi and a congressional delegation visit taiwan amid these tensions? mary bruce with late reporting. russia now responding
james lovelock who s died aged 103. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and eight in the evening in washington where a potential visit to taiwan by us house speaker nancy pelosi is stirring alarm in presidentjoe biden s administration. they fear the trip may cross red lines for china, and that there is no exit path. beijing, which claims sovereignty over the island, has already issued harsh warnings even suggesting a possible military response. against this backdrop, president biden is expected to call president xi on thursday for the first time in months. i asked bonnie glaser, drector of the asia program at the german marshall fund, what conversations could be taking place in washington. i think that there are different points of view in washington. there are republicans in congress that are urging speaker pelosi to go to taiwan and not to change her plans. there are people in the administration who are worried, however, that if speaker pelosi goes now that it could p
court s ruling was to take the issue out of the hands of the justices and return it to the states where they could forge their own policies, and that s what happened in kansas. state lawmakers can still adopt a ban on abortions as indiana did days later, but to-lifers must weigh pro-lifers must weigh whether republicans want to go that far especially when it comes to rape, incest and the life of the mother. now, i understand the deep beliefs of the pro-life side which vows to keep on fighting just as the pro-choice side would if it had lost, but this is the kind of democratic process majority envisioned. decisions are far more complicated than a simple yes or no. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. if. howard: ahead, mike huckabee joins us on a wide range of media issues. we ll look at the senate voterama that s still going on as democrats are about to push through their big climate, health and taxes bill. the pundits quickly weighed in with opposing views on k