george: the last time we saw greg steube on the mound, he threw 120 pitches.f he gets close to that, then we are in trouble. mitch: i feel like he's praying for another rainstorm to come across. george: it looks very clear right now. we had that little bit of a teaser right after the rain but it looks like it's clear now. mitch: another great crowd here tonight. out there and centerfield, that place is packed. george: let's give a shout out to the fans who braved the rain, went in and underneath and dried off for a little bit and now they are back. mitch: that is the first walk of the night issued by greg steube. george: i think you are right. mitch: and he is not happy. you ruined my perfect game. here comes jared huffman, single to left. he was left stranded as he let off the third inning, left out there stranded, one of the two runner stranded tonight for the democrats. anthony gonzalez, right there to retire the side. a two-out walk does not come back to haunt greg steube. 4-0, republicans still with the lead. ♪ >> back here at nationals park, fans having

a ball to greg steube. steube grounding out to third his first time up tonight.ch: democrats trying to hold the line here as we get into this inning. they just have not been able to put any runs on the board at this point. aguilar, as you noted in his last at-bat, not particularly happy with one of the calls there. he know he is needs to run. he needs to score. and wanted to help his own cause out. but for now, steube has shut out the democrats, which is frankly pretty surprising. as soon as you get somebody on base you know they'll steal, so -- wow, here's another line drive. george: steube down the left-field line. there's a green light on 3-0. if there's anybody you'll give the green light to on 3-0, it's him. 3-1 to greg steube. 3-0, republicans lead here. top of the third inning. george wallace and mitch miller here. as you can see, mitch, looking down, you can see the fans on he first base side and third base side fanning themselves. mitch: fans with the fans. george: 89-degree night here at nationals park. we won't talk about the sky either. 3-1, ball outs

greg steube hit the out-of-the-park home run last year and republicans ended up winning 13-12 and thatpped the losing streak. republicans lost for many years in a row, last year they won. it happened last year, we'll see if it happens this year. >> todd: i fan girled so much after greg steube hit that, he turned on that sucker and put it in the bleachers. i can't wait to hear you talk to them. one baseball note i need to mention. i have this studio at 44 degrees right now, it is so cold right now, when you are here, i keep the temperature nice and hot. it is so cold in here, ashley strohmier is so mad at me. >> carley: it is about 85 degrees outside, my perfect temperature, your calls, i'm warm, everybody is happy. we have big news in washington. a brand-new poll shows 75% of democrats saying no to joe in 2024. >> todd: and the white house downplaying the popularity as democrats dance around re-election questions all together. ashley strohmier is cold with the temperatures. here is ash. >> ashley: the president expressed intention to run for re-election, not looking like even the democ

. >> carley: yeah, it is, and last year, congressmen greg steube a document. of the only government will ever do that during the congressional baseball game, especially on a majorly parked there, courtesy of eagle repeated this year, but we do have -- >> todd: that wasn't just a moment, he annihilated that bore, carley. that was majorly at level. >> carley: it really was! like i said, is going to be assured it is money to cover got to talk about that and so much more. we do have some serious news to get to, including this. we are awaiting the release of a potentially devastating economic report that could reveal we are in a recession record numbers coming up today. >> todd: comes as senator joe manchin reverses course and agrees to support another massive democrat spending bill. from washington as well. good morning. >> good money, todd and carley. joe manchin through quite a curveball yesterday, but jerome powell surprise no one, hiking interest rates once again at 75 basis point, matching the highest increase since 1994. the clearest sign yet were headed for

joining me now, florida congressman house judiciary committee member greg steube this question to youely doesn't, an indication of what are economies going gas prices record-high inflation although due to policies of this white house, in democratic led congress and whose could be changes right now, joe biden could say we're going to open the domestic production of oil and gas going to remove regulations loi for drilling if different places in our country, yet refuses to do that, and prefers to go in venezuela or east dictators, deal with iranians saudi arabiaance to try to get more oil into country not going to change demand on that product in our country he can change it right now, with the stroke of a pen he refuses to do it because run by progressive left side of his party either are. cheryl: i hear you on that, and, you know, also you've got this. california democratic governor gavin newsom i got to ask you about this launched 105,000 $ad campaign in florida. independence day talk about what is going on in america. freedom, under attack in your state i urge all of you living in fl

now, the starting pitcher tonight greg steube, a republican from florida who hit a home run actuallyhairman he will be on the mound for the democrats. it starts about 7:00. you can see this on fox sports 2, and also streaming on fox nation. >> dana: very quick question is abigail spanberger playing tonight? >> she is not on the roster. >> dana: that's all i need to know. fun game one of my first assignments when i worked on capitol hill. i did a great job. >> jesse: what did you say geraldo? >> greg: go, geraldo, it's you. >> geraldo: what i did just say referencing dana? no, i'm not going to repeat that. >> dana: what did he say about you. >> geraldo: not about you what you were saying. i forgot what it was anyway. did i not forget. last night was a glorious night at rosanna's restaurant at fresco scotto. my daughter sol's 17th birthday a little early. the food there is great. the service is so charming and we love going there. i just wanted to wish happy birthday to my beautiful sol. and importantly, you know, i covered hurricane maria. everybody knows devastating storm in 2017. ju

year-olds trading bubble gum cards sparky anderson once said that players make the manager florida's greg steubeout of nats park as the g.o.p. beats the democrats last year. >> will there be another home run. >> i hope so. god willing. >> lawmakers play for keeps. >> i think if you are a gambling person you need to load up on republicans. >> i made a pete rose slide into home plate that i didn't really execute the way pete rose did it. and busted my nose. >> iowa's joni ernst is one of only five women playing and the only senator suiting up. >> there are a lot of congressman that will approach me about bills they are working on in the house. and they hope that i will pick it up in the senate. >> politics still happen on the diamond. presidents use the game to lobby members to vote yes on big policy initiatives. security will be tighter than a big league game after the shooting at the 2017 g.o.p. practice. this year climate activists threaten to disrupt the contest. >> we we wouldn't practice this much if we thought the game would be shut down. >> more than 20,000 fans in attendance the game coul

maria: well, greg steube was the star last time as well. that was great. lauren, thank you so much.at china this morning and the communist party. president biden and chinese president xi jinping ended their two hour long phone call yesterday with plans to arrange for the first face-to-face meeting since biden took office. xi jinping reportedly warned united states about defying beijing with a potential trip by house speaker nancy pelosi to taiwan, saying, quote, those who play with fire will perish by it. joining me now senior fellow, wifing zong. thank you for being here this morning. what did you take away from the call between xi jinping and joe biden yesterday? your thoughts? >> good morning to you, maria. thanks for having me. my take is that i think the problem is not the fact that speaker pelosi plans to visit taiwan. the problem is that after she announced the plan to visit taiwan, only to see the white house come out and say that that's not a good idea. and this is not the first time. that's the problem. in the last two years, there are at least five to six times when the w