everyday americans. listen. i didn t change my mind. i never changed at all. this is fighting inflation. we ve closed loopholes and didn t raise taex. it doesn t raise taxes. it is an investment. i won t be responsible for inflaming the inflation rate. it is a red, white and blue deal. his colleagues in the senate disagree. pat toomey said manchin got duped. he got taken to the cleaners. the same gimmick he said he was opposed to. they claim the revenue over a 10-year window from the tax increase and price controls and then the expenditure they knowledge they pretend it will only be three years. these numbers are very dubious. the new york post editorial board call it joe manchin s anti-made in america bill. sinema was absent from the recent round of talks. silence is stressing out democrats who desperately need her vote. we got art laffer, economic advise hor to former president reagan in focus today but first edward lawrence joins us from the white house. the re
leaders he doesn t support a spending plan that includes billions of dollars for the climate, at least not right now. while the president is preparing to use his pen to deliver some green energy dreams to the far left, he is putting something on hold. reportedly to try to make manchin happy. for now, biden will not declare a national emergency at the climate. biden has been quiet on manchin in general. other dems didn t get that message. it is not fair to string people along for a year and not come to a conclusion. we re here to serve our constituents. if we can do something productive. i would prefer that he really supports the president s agenda to a bigger degree. harris: while the white house has been victory lapping after a new week of lower gas prices, facts matter in all this. gas at the pump is still $2 higher than when president biden took office 18 months ago. in focus republican senator john barrasso, ranking member of the energy committee. we ll begin with
call xi told the president quote, those who play with fire will perish by it. speaker pelosi said to be heading to the region today. not clear if she will make a stop in taiwan. we expect to hear from her in the next hour. meanwhile, the u.s. and china agreed to plan an in-person meeting between the two leaders. this despite beijing s failure to stop the flow of fentanyl from china into the united states. not to mention its reported targeting of the federal reserve and buying up real estate near u.s. military basis. bill: team fox coverage. greg palkot, the latest on the trip to the region for speaker pelosi. let s begin on the north lawn today. good morning. the white house agreeing to a face-to-face between president biden and president xi after the two leaders talked their longest conversation yet, two hours and 17 minutes. critics say kind of an odd thing to do after a death warning according to chinese read-out. xi told biden those who play with fire will perish
one of the factors driving inflation is this nationwide labor shortage. it continues. take a look at these brand-new job numbers. a mere 128,000 added jobs to the private sector just last month. this is less than half what was expected. it marks the slowest growth since the start of the pandemic. bill: if that doesn t make you feel better this won t, either. gas prices hitting another record high, $4.71 a gallon. we have hit a daily new high almost every day over the past month. sandra: people are feeling it. president biden saying there is no near-term solution to the problem and now the head of a major american bank is forecasting disaster. it is a hurricane. right now it s sunny, things are doing fine. everyone thinks the fed can handle this. that hurricane is right out there down the road coming our way. we just don t know if it s a minor one or super storm sandy. bill: north lawn of the white house, a lot of fires to put out there. jacqui heinrich begins our day.
Spengd spending around the hold day. what do you expect from today given what we ve seen from friday but the weeks of black friday? today to be another record. they re forecasting more than $11 billion in online sales today. you have deals just about everywhere. if you look at apple products, gift cards in return for buying apple products, it s rare to see sales on apple products but you re seeing sales there. target has a price match guarantee. tvs they ve deeply discounted televisions. amazon has a bunch of different discounts as well. walmart has i m looking a at some of these tvs, also unbelievable. lg 65 inch class iv kuhd c 2 series usually $3700 will cost $1600. while supplies last i should point out. they have a lot of specific deals out there. you mentioned people dipping into savings, is there a difference with how people are actually paying for this stuff? i mean, sort of pushing out