victim and the suspect later this hour, but begin with a fox news alert. a handshake on u.s. soil in nighting the fury of xi jinping, aircraft carrier sent to the coast as the taiwan president meets with kevin mccarthy in california. we are waiting to hear from the white house and the pentagon, beijing warned the u.s. and mccarthy not to do this. gillian: the big question is how president biden is responding. remember, xi jinping told his military to be ready to take taiwan by 2027. just last fall, biden seemed to commit sending u.s. men and women into harm s way if it does happen. would u.s. forces defend the island? yes, if in fact there was an unprecedented attack. to be clear, sir, u.s. forces, u.s. men and women would defend taiwan in the event of a china invasion. yes. john: the white house walked it back almost immediately saying the policy has not changed on taiwan. will the white house be pressed on this today? we will speak with mark esper. gillian:
i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. you notice what i said f.b.i. not allowed in. they were told to step back. more questions than answers still. and plenty of holes in the plot line that the president and his team have been floating. gaps, missing information, whatever you want to call it. a lot of it. we don t know. the press secretary yesterday insisted she only learned about the classified documents found at the president s private d.c. office sponsored by the penn biden center, she only found out after reporters broke the story. white house lawyers found those documents two months earlier as we know. the game of dodge ball was on. i ve been very clear this is something that the white house counsel is handling. this is something that is being handled by the president s lawyers. i wonder why then did the white house counsel go to wilmington to facilitate the handing over the documents to the d.o.j.? separating the white house from the d.o.j. the wh
tonight on the reidout will you accept the results of your election in november? i m going to win the election and i will accept that result. i if you lose, will you accept that? i m going to win the election and i will accept that result. arizona s kari lake is one of hundreds of republican election deniers on the ballot this fall, which is why this election and more importantly the day after the election are so incredibly important. plus, congressman eric swalwell jones me with an exclusive sneak peek at a chilling new ad depicting the awful possibilities of a post-roe america. and later, the origin of the once broadly inspiring word woke and how it s been co-opted by the right to be used as an epithet. we begin with three weeks to go until the midterm elections on november 8th. but it s the day after the election that i want you to focus on. just imagine, imagine waking up on november 9th and not knowing which party will control the house or the senate or s
tonight marks two week out from election day. steve kornacki is here at the big board. we re tracking the critical night in pennsylvania, republican dr. oz facing off with fetterman in pennsylvania. pennsylvania is one of the few states that could decide who runs the united states senate. right now over five senate races are basically tide. polling showing no statistical difference between the candidates. democrats attacking the economy in some of their closing arguments they re trying to get ahead of what could be that push back, while republican campaigns seize on crime. the new york times reporting on that. and a lot more that we re watching for you tonight. after roe i ve never lived in this type of era. you re the most anti-business governor i ve ever seen. that s time. his running mate has said this in the past that teaching the united states was built on stolen land. that is inappropriate for our schools. it s not true. everything is so expensive now. guy
you know what it is time for? lessons in diversity hi, and welcome to lessons in diversity. i am your host mary lou breton. this is what she looks like. and in a perfect world, diversity would be awesome. who does not want to work with the different people? as opposed to this. [laughter] there is nothing more boring and on the same, and i should know. [laughter] i love different phases in different races all comingling in a melting pot i call greg s hot tub of the quality. but today s diversity seems to be only about looks and ideas, which is not how you make something funny unless you look like this. [laughter] it s a cheap shot, but see. there is a downside to diversity once you put it over other variables like talent or skill and poor hygiene. what if you find someone that is funnier than someone else, but that person is not black or female or lgbtq asap byob lol. the problem with diversity hiring as you may end up with something or someone like this. [laughter] yeah,