ukraine, and those of a russian spy base in cuba. mike gallagher of wisconsin joined me now, chairman of the house select committee on china. welcome, good to see you again. you wrote this week for my newspaper that the administration is pursuing zombie engagement. what do you mean? reporter: like a zombie in a horror movie, rising from the grave the biden administration is bringing back diplomatic and economic engagement from the dead. there are three risks to this approach, the first, even to get to the negotiating table the biden administration is slow rolling steps to defend ourselves from chinese coming is party aggression like ending expert licenses to while away, sanctioning officials engaged in genocide or transparency when it comes to the spy base in cuba. the second is because biden is afraid of provoking xi jinping and the relationship spiraling out of control, we incentivized the ccp to act, no matter what we do and the third and most basic concern is that it is
with governor ron desantis as the white house pledges more support. today hundreds of thousands of floridians are still without power, shelters filling up as homeless numbers grow. and emotions are especially high on sanibel island. today for the first time, residents are returning by boat to see what s left. entire homes lifted by the storm surge and moved. we have crews covering it all. let s go to kaitlan collins traveling with the president. kaitlan, he just arrived. the president will soon take this aerial tour. then what? reporter: yeah. he s getting an aerial tour. that s the way he s going to be able to see how much damage there is. drooirching down the roading you see a lot of it. there s no power at any of the stoplights as you make your way over to where we re standing right now. you make your way seeing what you see behind me. boats toppled in areas where boats should not be, businesses completely destroyed, wiped off their foundations, boats in yards of homes
abortion rights. what about the fight against deadly fentanyl overdoses and seattle residents pushing back for a homeless mega-plex, why many residents and business insiders feel under siege and illegally pushing crypto-currency is getting kim kardashian. chad pergram will explain later in the show. gas prices posing big political problems for democrats while white house threatens new restrictions. kevin corke has more. kevin: president biden, you will recall, was quick to claim responsibility for falling gas prices after a summer of paying at the pump. many states are seeing soaring prices, the white house is saying, we re not to blame. is the president responsible for gas prices going up? so it is a lot more nuance than that, there has been pandemic and putin s war and putin s war has increased gas prices at the pump. kevin: triple a s national average sits just north of 380 a galleon, californians are getting pum belled averaging $6.40 a gallon. rising a dollar jus
it is 11:00 pm on the east coast, 8:00 here in los angeles and this is america s late news, fox news at night. and breaking tonight, five illegal immigrants now in police custody charged with kidnapping a 14-year-old girl, accused of taking her from her home in indiana and driving her across state lines. police believe they were headed to california. biden s first day in office was to remove every executive order trump had put in place to secure our border. as far as i m concerned, the biden administration has her blood on their hands. jonathan: the family of the girl who was raped and murdered allegedly buying illegal immigrant, is speaking out, saying the biden administration shares the blame. we will discuss with a former los angeles county sheriff and moments. he absolutely cannot have a senior moment at this debate. that is what i heard from i was in wisconsin and michigan two weeks ago for a lot of focus groups. and what i heard from voters, democrat to suppor