and now another major democrat is [inaudible]. it s the sitcom that predicts how we re going to live in the future. to mark george jetson s birthday today, [inaudible]. but first president biden tested positive for covid again today in what his doctors are calling a rebound case. it is the second day of isolation for joe biden. hey folks, joe biden here. tested positive this morning. i will be working from home the next couple of days. i m feeling fine, feeling good. [inaudible]. and as biden is sidelined from covid, his administration is under fire for its handling of china s aggressive rhetoric towards house speaker pelosi as she visits asia. today pelosi s office released her planned itinerary which includes stops in singapore, malaysia, south korea, and japan. taiwan, not on the list. even though pelosi never confirmed the stop in taiwan, details were leaked according to senator cotton by the white house. chinese state media ramping up the threats, calling for sev
warning as president biden and president xi jinping talking on thursday as tension continues to grow over taiwan. border officials and lawmakers as the washington, d.c., mayor calls for the national guard to be activated to assist with the migrants they. busses arriving from texas and arizona. president biden there is no surprise economy is slowing down, but he insists he still has the nation on the right path. good evening. good evening, janet. on thursday, they re widely expected announcement of american economy officially entering a recession became a reality because the gdp shrank by 0.9% in april through june, the second quarter of decline, but the president at the white house continue to dispute the traditional definition of recession. president biden: let me greg: to one other issue, gdp. and whether or not we are in a recession. peau chairman powell and many of the significant banking personnel and economists say were not in a recession. come that the white ho
words. critics say president biden s words not nearly strong enough. house speaker s nancy pelosi visit to taiwan adding tension between the u.s. and china. this is the faulkner focus and i m dagen mcdowell in for harris. xi warning biden not to play with fire when it comes to taiwan. speaker pelosi s possible stop there. the speaker is set to leave for asia today and expect to hear from her later this hour. general jack keane criticizing america s passive approach to an aggressive china. the old paradigm we ve used for years, which is self-censorship and self-deterring in our relationship with china all because we don t want to spook them. we don t want to aggravate them. that paradigm has failed massively. dagen: jacqui heinrich live at the white house. good to see you. president biden and president xi had a long conversation today, 2 hours and 17 minutes. then the white house agreed to a face-to-face meeting. an odd thing to do critics say after a death warning. th
. . rachel: fox news alert. showdown in the senate. lawmakers engaged in a vote-a-rama all night long over dozen of politically charged issues. will: live look at senate floor. senators continue to argue whether the inflation reduction act will do anything to help ease inflation. joey: alexandria hoff live in washington with the latest? reporter: this vote-a-rama is part of the senate budget process where senators allow unlimited amendments. senator graham opposed a amendment by maggie hassan. they wouldn t let you do this in professional wrestling. what you re doing is deceitful, is dishonest. we ll call you out. reporter: vote-a-rama started 11:5 according to chad pergram. likely wraps up mid-morning, midday today. senator collins had a statement about irs workers. this reconciliation bill is culmination of year of negotiations of democrats pursuing a stripped down version of the build back better bill. this one dubbed by democrats as the inflation reduction act. $433
in addition, it also changes the circumstance for people on medicare by putting a cap of a maximum $2,000 a year no matter how many prescriptions they have. which is especially important for people with cancer and long-term diseases. it s a god send. it will be a god send for many families. second, the bill locks in place lower health care premiums for the next three years for millions of families that get coverage under the affordable care act. they will meet an average savings of $800 a year for 13 million people. third, it invests $369 billion, granted i called for $500 plus, but it invests $369 billion to secure our energy future and address the climate crisis, bringing down family energy bills by hundreds of dollars, but providing working families tax credits. it gives folks rebates to buy new and efficient appliances, to weather rise their homes and tax credits for heat pumps and rooftops solar. it also to buy any electric vehicle or fuel cell vehicle. new or used. it a