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>> good afternoon, charles. here on the hill, theres plenty of bipartisan support for the speaker of the house as china really starts to ratchet up its aggression to the u.s. and the fact that the speaker was bold enough to make this trip. speaker pelosi is spending the night in taipei tonight after getting a rock star welcome by a sea of people there shortly after she released a statement that attempts to send a message to china that this trip is not a provocation. that is not how chi...

class. there is either extreme rich or extreme poor and the rest of us just kinds of fall through the cracks. >> it is exactly those kinds of voters that democrats and the white house are trying to reach. we heard the president just yesterday insisting that americans should trust that he has a plan to help working families. but those families are feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. and, in fact, we saw a little of president bidens own frustration in a letter today where he lashed out a...

of "the 11th hour," stephanie rule, tom costello with us, white house correspondent carol lee and host of public radios "full disclosure." the news is in, stephanie, three quarters of a point. >> we thought originally it was going to be 50 basis point but jay powell is in a situation. we are in a serious inflationary environment. normally the fed likes inflation to be around 2% and its currently approaching 9. so 75 basis points is a big move but its still tricky because what they dont...

he came out for tighter gun laws after buffalo and uvalde and is now going to be out of a job. ill speak exclusively to republican congressman chris jacobs and ill sit down with mass shooting survivor and activist gabby giffords. hello, im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is hopeful. we have breaking news this morning. a bipartisan group of senators is on track to announce the outlines of an agreement to address gun violence as soon as today, according to sources ...

so president biden just released a statement thanking the negotiators and saying, quote, obviously it does not do everything that i think is needed, but it reflects important steps in the right direction and would be the most significant gun legislation to pass in decades. the sooner the legislation is written and comes to his desk, the sooner he can sign it. senators agreed in principle to these measures. first, funding to incentivize states to implement, quote, red flag laws, impleme...

powerful republican in the senate is open to raising the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21. he has said that in private, but mitch mcconnell has not and wont, it seems, say it in public. it is highly unlikely that it will be part of any agreement on gun safety as talks intensify between democrats and republicans. two weeks ago republican senate cynthia lieu mass of wyoming said she doubted any ideas to curb gun violence would be welcomed in her pro-gun state bu...

well be live in glasgow where ukraine are about to play their first international match since the invasion. welcome to the programme. several developments to bring you on the war in ukraine. first, the us will send more advanced artillery systems to ukraine. russia isnt happy about it, saying it will add �*fuel to fire. ukraine has been asking for these long—range missiles systems for weeks and says it will only to use them within its borders. this is the us secretary of state. wit...

a russian soldier is sentenced to life in prison in the first war crimes trial of this now three-month long invasion. the soldier admitted to killing one man but ukrainian president zelenskyy says as many as 100 ukrainians are now dying each day near the frontlines. were tracking developments there, but first, lets go to japan where president biden is on the second leg of his trip to asia, and will ripley is in tokyo for us. will, the president wanted to send a strong message to china ...

>> the panels of the previous border wall that was being constructed. >> said yesterday. >> somebody should be imposed about. >> some countries are imposing quarantine. >> i dont think it rises as the level of concern that existed with covid-19. >> pga champion justin thomas: ♪ just another manic monday. ♪ wish it were sunday ♪ thats my fun day. >> will: some kind of weekday inspiration. why arent we standing? >> brian: observe whats happening its a beautiful sunrise. >> will: it...

>> president biden: yes. >> you are? >> president biden: thats a commitment we made. its a commitment we made. here is the situation. we agree with one china policy. we signed onto it and all the attendant agreements made from there. but the idea that it could be taken by force, just taken by force is just not appropriate. >> dana: jacqui heinrich is reporting live. those comments stole the show away from the economic message the president wanted to deliver and the white house is const...