so no matter what the market s doing, he s ready. and that s. how you collect coins. your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. john: new at 2:00, watching both ends of pennsylvania avenue. john kirby and karine jean-pierre to face questions at the white house briefing soon but for now the president is back at his old stomping grounds on capitol hill, no matter which side of the aisle seems one topic has everyone talking, china. that s where we begin this fox news alert. within just the last few minutes, defense secretary lloyd austin putting out a new warning on china, a letter to the force, meaning all the troops serving under our flag. makes it clear china is the military s top priority, increasingly aggressive china is trying to reshape the international rules based system to suit its authoritarian preferences. this is a generational challenge and the department will rise to meet it. welcome back as america reports rolls into a sec
rate and imposing a 25% minimum tax on wealthy americans. here with a look at the coming showdown in congress our wall street journal columnists khan henninger and mary anastasia o grady and editorial board member kyle peterson. so, dan, i couldn t help but notice that the new york times this week portrayed the president s budget as moving to the center. is that how you see it? [laughter] whoa. well, it may be where the new york times describes the center. no, that budget moves smartly to the left. i mean, senator elizabeth warren was beside herself over all the tax increases on the wealthy. she just thought it was great. you know, this is really a peter pan judgment, paul. you just spread pixie dust everywhere, and the economy takes off. we could make fun of it, we say it s not going to happen because of the republican house. i could make a couple points about in this. one, if perchance, this is a campaign speech concern a campaign budget, there s no question about it, a
bill: also the debate that has everybody taking sides, while some restaurants let kids eat free, one restaurant is letting kids eat free from kids. no children allowed, people who want to dine in peace. some parents say it s a slap in the face. we ll take you there coming up this hour. jacqui: welcome back as america reports rolls into the second hour, jacqui heinrich in washington. bill, good to be with you. bill: nice to see you, jacqui. sandra and john have the day off. first, a fox news alert from overseas, check it out. jacqui: begin this hour with a duelling display on the world stage. president biden making a surprise visit to war torn ukraine all while china prepares to send its top diplomat to russia. bill: so that s happening as president putin gears up for a major address, marking one year since the invasion began. tomorrow morning early our time. he s hoping for some support from the communist nation, he might just get it, jacqui. jacqui: the u.s. is
her last words. two sisters with a single purpose solve the mystery of their mother s death. we can t let this go. it s heartbreaking. she d left for hawaii, a new life, with a new husband. but the sunny paradise soon grew dark. something was very wrong it was horrible being so helpless. what was behind their mom s strange death? they set out together to discover the answer. and they were about to get some help from their mother herself. there it was. evidence she left for you to find? yes! a possible clue. hidden, in an envelope marked baby pictures. but tucked inside? a journal that painted a different picture, entirely. we pulled out the envelope and that was like, wow. could their mom help them solve her own mystery? we can t quit. we are her voice. we made a promise. we made a promise to our mom. i m lester holt. and this is dateline. tonight, keith morrison with the promise. here they were again. two sisters on a holiday in para
congress. merrick garland answered questions about everything from gun violence to tech giants to child labor and much more. he gave an early sign that he would not go into detail about some of the justice department s most politically fraught investigations. that includes the classified dork found at the home of current and former president it requires as much as possible we speak to our work and our filings in court so we do not jeopardize the viability of our investigations and the civil liberties of our citizens. as expected, the attorney general received his toughest questions from republicans. texas senator ted cruz slammed garland for failing to arrest any protester opposed to the overturning of roe v. wade who demonstrated outside the homes of some supreme court justices. in my judgment, the department of justice has been politicized to the greatest extent i ve ever seen. i vigorously disagree. i believe the men and women of the department pursue their wor