the former governor of a big primary state, she s in the presidential race. she s the first one after president trump to throw her hat in the ring. you know what? they came going back to this age topic. they did it again today on the view. whoopi goldberg went after her. she said she s not a new generation. the former ambassador will be here to respond to that. first, the president makes a historic trip to ukraine as russia flexes their nuclear weapons muscle again. at the same time, we re $55 billion in to this war. and the president committed another half billion when he was on the ground today. is delayed timing on all of these weapons keeping the u.s. in this longer than we need to be? russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off of the map. but war conquest is failing. general keith kellogg just returned. he s former national security adviser to mike pence, co-chair for the american securities company and a fox news contributor. great to have you with us. the president sur
congress finally receives a classified briefing on the matter today. the senate being updated at this hour after the house was briefed earlier today. sandra: all of this as senior u.s. military and national security officials warn and have confirmed that spy balloon shot down off south carolina s coast on saturday was part of a major surveillance program run by china s military. so, what else are lawmakers learning in these briefings? we ll ask tennessee senator marsha blackburn and california democratic congressman ro khanna coming up. john: begin with lawmakers sparring over the politization of the federal government and whether the justice department has been weaponized against republicans. hello, i m john roberts in washington. let me be the first to say it, sandra, happy friday eve. sandra: and we made it to thursday. good to be with you, john. i m sandra smith in new york. america reports. republican-led committee says many questions need to be answered by the f
took part in today s senate hearing on the derailment. john: we began america reports with president biden impaling his 2024 budget. his stop in pennsylvania but the biggest takeaway $2 trillion in tax hikes for some americans. john roberts in washington, let me be the first to say, sandra, happy early friday. sandra: sandra smith in new york and that live event coming up here the president said this plan is about to say will tax the wealthy to help the middle class and protect entire entitlement programs like medicare appeared republicans are calling him out slamming the proposal saying more spending, x hikes and higher inflation at the worst economic time for this country. john: sandra will speak to california congressman ro khanna and brian brenberg, host of the big money show coming up. but first, the correspondent peter doocy in philadelphia where the president is going to speak soon. a lot on the presidents plate, most of it taxes, peter. yes, john, presiden
military now to provide f-16s. the president discussing the possibility of us being involved there for a year to three years out at this point. so john kirby will join us from the national security council. lots of questions on covid, china and ukraine in just a few moments. winter weather await reaction from the white house as the department of energy joins the fbi in its thinking that covid-19 may actually have leaked from the lab in china, the wuhan lab. virology lab. it s the latest in several collapses of the covid policy that locked down, masked up and mandated the united states for over two years. this is a big deal. one of the biggest revelations that the naysayers now have is a 180 or natural immunity. a new study finds that one bout of covid is better than two covid vaccine shots in protection. that is published in lancet. remember, early on they were singing a very different tune. they said absolutely didn t come from the lab. we re talking about why they might h
hastely-arranged statement yesterday about objects the biden administration spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to shoot down. president biden: our intelligence community is assessing all three incidents and reporting to me daily and will continue the urgent efforts to do so and i will communicate that to the congress. we don t yet know exactly what these three objects were. but nothing right now suggests they were related to china s spy balloon program. make no mistake. if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people i will take it down. harris: so they were a threat? i mean if you just pay attention to what he said. well, critics say this is familiar. better late than never. this administration has a tendency, in my judgment, to ignore problems. i mean, certainly ignore solutions. but if you won t talk about the problem it s hard to talk about a solution. harris: the president says he expects to speak with china s preside