president biden: yes. you are? president biden: that s a commitment we made. it s a commitment we made. here is the situation. we agree with one china policy. we signed onto it and all the attendant agreements made from there. but the idea that it could be taken by force, just taken by force is just not appropriate. dana: jacqui heinrich is reporting live. those comments stole the show away from the economic message the president wanted to deliver and the white house is constantly finding themselves in this position and the president saying this on asian soil makes it different this time, jacqui. no kidding. very significant, dana. the white house is claiming that the president did not announce a policy shift but everything that we witnessed shows that it was. it was a clear break from strategic ambiguity for years has supported helping taiwan defend itself but september very vague about whether the u.s. military would come to its aid if china attacked. the question
police asking anyone with information on her whereabouts to give them a call. gillian. dana: alexis in new york city for us this morning. dana: home buyers say mortgage rates are making homeownership nearly impossible. according to freddy mac the rate on a 30 year mortgage jumped to 5.25% from 3.1% in december. here is cheryl casone to weigh in. a lot of people are struggling trying to find their dream home. first time home buyers are struggling because of mortgage rates jumping so much. in a $500 difference in what your mortgage would be in six months. it hurts the first-time home buyer. you have 166 million millennials or younger in this country now population-wise. that s 30% of the home buyers out there searching are those younger buyers. dana: but millennials aren t as young as they used to be. none of us are. but they re parents now.
these attacks come as the ceo of bank of america is putting his team on high alert, right here in new york city. according to the new york post, ceo is telling his employees to dress down at a not wear their company logo. to help avoid becoming a possible target of crime. not just bank of america mike company six citibank are offering their employees private shuttle so they can avoid public transportation altogether, due to safety concerns. most major banks to offer their employees car services if they work after normal business hours so they do not have to take the public transportation. in colombia, i can tell you this is not the first time a student here has been stabbed to death. it was almost exactly to colliers go in december of 2019 that an 18 euro student was stabbed to death. that was tessa majors. she was murdered by a group of teens that were recently charged, as well as this investigation as we mentioned the suspect in this case, not yet officially charged. we are expec