of the great recession by early 2010, they had passed a major part of the president s domestic agenda, the affordable care act, obamacare, if you will. bringing health care to tens of millions of americans. the next item on their agenda was another historic piece of legislation. a desperately needed climate bill to address the growing threat posed by global warming. democrats had already coalesced around the bill that was written by two democratic house members, then congressman henry waxman, and ed markey. in washington and around the country, that bill became known as the cap and trade bill. after a central provision in the legislation to put a cap or a limit on carbon emissions and businesses trade or sell their emissions excesses to each other. it wasn t the most far-reaching proposal that democrats were pushing for at the time, but it wasn t a half measure either. had it passed, the cap in trade bill would have been the single biggest legislative attempt under dressing c
he came from. later tonight, new york has gone from bad to worse as the city refuses to lock up repeat offenders, all in the name of social justice. now many residents are forced to take matters into their own hands. we re going to talk what local boxing and mma coach leapt into action against a violent criminal, but first we begin tonight with a common theme from the biden white house and that is one of weakness. take a look. i must admit, i spoke about the possibility of my being able to buy one of those corvettes that are electric vehicles and i m not going to be able to do it because i can drive a vehicle while i am present beer good for the economy and the environment. thank you. is it all right if i ask a question, brian? of course, mr. president. i m just going to ask secretary yellen to offer before you do, can i ask a question? of course. i would like to ask a question. sean: you can t make this up, anyone can see the joe biden is physically, mental
china hated every second of it and pelosi is calling her trip a defense of democracy. beijing is calling it a provocation. china s military is poised for live fire drills in taiwan s water and airspace in the coming days. here is national security council spokesman john kirby. this is exactly what we would expect the chinese to do in the wake of or even during speaker pelosi s trip. this is pretty much the playbook we expected and we ll be watching to see how they develop. again, we urge beijing not to escalate the tensions. there is no reason to. nothing about speaker pelosi s trip was inconsistent with our longstanding approach to china and supporting taiwan s self-defense. harris: we can hear from admiral kirby but apparently not from president biden who initially pushed back on pelosi going there in the first place. he didn t want her to go. both republicans and democrats have agreed supporting taiwan with china always lurking is absolutely the right thing to do. form
reports this tuesday, the president is expected to talk, the nations faces inflation, supply chain problems and soaring gas prices, to mention a few. i m john roberts in washington. good to see you again. john: and good to be with you. sandra: raising interest rates since the fastest pace since the 1980s and soaring prices have americans paying more for just about everything. john: the pain at the pump, a big bite of american s wallets, as the cost of gas surged to another record, and the economic woes could worsen. an already backlogged global supply chain. sandra: gene sperling is a senior adviser to the president, he will join us in moments. john: but first, peter doocy live from the north lawn. who is the president blaming for inflation today? peter: somebody else, john, hearing from the president and top staffers they don t think the biden administration policies are to blame for rising prices, they think a lot of the responsibility lies still with vladimir
memorial day. i m julie banderas. glad to be with you today. griff? i m griff jenkins. great to be with you. such a special honor to anchor on this day, memorial day, the day that we say never forget the sacrifice and valor of the brave men and women who laid down their lives in the name of freedom standing in the breach between tyranny and the cherished freedoms we have at home. arlington national cemetery a live look in the more than 400,000 tombstones in that hallowed ground of the sacrifice those heroes made. an important day as we reflect, honor and remember today, julie. but we also have more news to get to. that is go ahead. julie: i was just going to add it is a day we want to remind everybody not only a day to remember the fallen heroes, but also a day to give thanks for those veterans that were lucky enough to survive in place in war. those veterans today remembering and giving thanks for being alive but also remembering for those who did not be so lucky. we