nothing unusual about this. let them to speak to its schedule, as i said clearly at the top there is absolutely no reason for beijing to react differently in this regard. thanks, hi, john. i have a question on the summit of the democracies. iraq is the only arab country participating. more adhere to democratic values. summit for democracy gives us a chance to speak at a multi-lateral platform with many nations about what we are all doing to enhance transparency and accountability and abide by the consent of the government, and we are delighted that iraq can participate, and we ll see what the next one looks like and who gets invited to attend and who participates. but we would hope that all democracies as they look at the outcome of this week will want to follow suit. also in israel, you see the attitude of prime minister netanyahu disrespentful of the president? i mean, he s known to not have a good relationship with democratic presidents, including president obama, he
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
alert and new warning from beijing, and major escalation of rhetoric out of china. suggesting if house speaker pelosi flies to taiwan with a fighter jet escort, the chinese military could shoot her plane down. happy friday, i m john roberts in washington. hi, sandra. sandra: developing story. that is brand-new, i m sandra smith in new york. that stark warning just came from beijing, it happened moments ago. china state media saying a fighter jet escort for pelosi would constitute a invasion, but still no word whether pelosi will be visiting taiwan. yesterday chinese president xi warned president biden not to play with fire, meanwhile russia publicly standing with china on this matter. john: fox team coverage to kick off the hour. the rising red threat. begin with jacqui heinrich, live on the north lawn. jacqui, new information about how the chinese might respond to pelosi s visit? sure do, john, concerning suggestion from state media that the chinese could shoot down
affiliated media outlet is suggesting beijing should shoot down the plane carrying house speaker nancy pelosi if she does, indeed intend to go to taiwan. meanwhile, a democratic congressman openly saying most of his colleagues believe the president should not run for re-election in 2024. and the biden administration is trying to explain why democrats want a new massive spending bill while the economy may or may not be technically in a recession. previous definitions it is. white house correspondent peter doocy starts off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: the recession was just a one day news cycle. the press secretary spoke this afternoon for about an hour, never used the word recession officials around here do admit that prices are too high but they insist they are on top of inflation. we have a plan to fight inflation. that s being disputed. the democrats have no plan to help americans who are paying the highest prices in 40 years. steve.
laptop which might suggest joe biden was actually profiting. live at national park ahead of today s congressional baseball game. play in a big league ballpark. that s something that never gets old. put me in coach i m ready to to play today put me in coach i m ready to play the game. ainsley: 7:05 the congressional baseball game will take place on fox sports 2 also stream on fox nation if you want to watch. brian: slow arriving crowd. steve: 7:05 p.m. brian: isn t traffic terrible in washington, d.c.? what are they waiting for? [laughter] steve: we have somebody who is actually near the stadium. she is posted at a fantastic van daniel point across the street on the top of the hotel. last time i went to the game i stayed in that hotel. carley shimkus joins us right now. carley, the view from that hotel is fantastic. carley: isn t it amazing? look at this. this is national park right behind me. it s been so wonderful being here all morning long. and this