jacqui heinrich live for us from nantucket. thank you. we'll have more on the medical side of the new omicron strain with dr. peter hotese later this our. arthel: thank you, mollie. law enforcement across california mourning the death of retired police sergeant kevin nashida. he was shot while working security for a news crew in oakland as would-be robbers tried to steal their camera gear. they were covering the spike in smash and grab robberies at high end stores across the bay area. it's a disturbing crime wave that is also hitting southern california. let's go to christina coleman live in los angeles with the latest. christina. >> reporter: arthel, we're learning new details about kevin nashida who died yesterday from gunshot injuries he suffered during the attempted robbery. he is survived by a wife, two children and three grandchildren. he was a san jose police officer for 11 years. the police chief released a statement on his tragic death had. he said we must work together and stay committed to stop senseless violence and loss of pr

alicia. .alicia: jacqui heinrich traveling with the president.f: house armed services transportation infrastructure committee. congressman, thank you for taking time on a saturday. we want to get your reaction to this variant, very troubling news coming friday after thanksgiving. congressman: certainly was and my family enjoyed thanksgiving and as the evening came omicron came in the news. all of us are concerned about this. we are going to do the things that are public health practices, wear your masks, social distancing, get vaccinated and get your boost, those are the things that we can do to protect ourselves and frankly to protect others as well as to protect our economy. griff: congressman, yesterday the president talking about the booster and if you're not vaccinated do so. it's a patriotic duty. some are remembering what the president said in 2020 on the campaign trail as related to the former president and covid deaths, take a quick listen. i want to get your thoughts on that. >> anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not

jacqui heinrich at the white house with more. hi, jacqui. >> yeah, to your point, one of the democrats is among the biggest environmentalist, elizabeth warren. you'll recall the president pushed the world in cop 26 to cut back on use of fossil fuel and curtail emissions and asking opec to produce more abroad amid the spiking prices. it causes the critics to cry hypocrisy. and now there's more questions whether the regulations are contributing to the rising fuel costs amid this decision that the white house is weighing about replacing a pipeline from canada to michigan and what impact that might have on the economy and on the environment. the white house says today they're not considering shutting down the pipeline. but the army corps of engineers is looking at a replacement for the section of the pipeline and sparking concerns about the prices after the energy secretary said the cost of heating your home is going to be more than last year. the currents line 5 pipeline from canada to michigan needs to be replaced. it supplies 55%

arthel: jacqui heinrich in nantucket, thanks. molly.olly: for more on the omicron variant, let's bring in dr. janette nesheiwat, family and emergency medicine doctor. dr. nesheiwat, this is clearly something that the lawmakers are concerned about, the public health officials are very concerned about, countries concerned about. we restricted travel as have a number of nations in the united kingdom. so how concerned should americans be as we head into this holiday season? >> so this new variant, the omicron variant, it is a variant of concern, but we shouldn't panic. it's just important to be the aware of what this variant could potentially do to americans, to those who are vaccinated and those the unvaccinated. what we know so far is that already a lot of mutations in this omicron variant, and the combination of these mutations might make it easier for the virus to gain access into our cells, into our bodies and make us sick. but the question is, is it more virulent meaning is it more harmful, or is it simply just going to be the more co

molly: jack key hine -- jacqui heinrich, we appreciate it. thanks. arthel?rthel: all right, thank you. for more on omicron variant, let's bring in a professor at ucra department the of end epidemiology. -- ucla. i'm so glad to to speak to you, doctor. it appears to be highly contagious among young people. how young, i ask, and when will we know if our current vaccine will protect us from this new variant? >> well, hi, arthel, thanks for having me here and, of course, this is a big question. all of these questions you just asked are really important. how concerned should we be, the answer is we don't actually know at this point. we should be concerned but we shouldn't be panicking. we know that there's a variant that has been identified now, and it does appear to be spreading somewhat rapidly from the data that we have from south africa. and it does have evidence that it cannot only affect vaccinated, but reinfect people who have had virus previously. the reason scientists are are particularly concerned because what they've seen is that there's several mutati

welcome to fox news live i'm mike emanuel, fox team coverage with jacqui heinrich and jonathan in atlanta, jonathan, let's start with you. reporter: hi there, good afternoon to you, mike. germany and the uk are also among growing list of nations reporting cases of the omicron variant and israel has approved a plan to bar entry to foreign nationals and require its own citizens to quarantine after traveling abroad. israeli health officials authorized the use of controversial cell phone tracking technology to do contact facing. the omicron variant suggests it may be highly contagious but researchers are still trying to determine the severity of disease it causes. the south african doctor that first alerted the world to omicron tells the symptoms have been unusual but mild. doctors still don't know if that's the case for older and unvaccinated patients but i couldn't come as a surprise. >> as pandemics go on, viruses tend to get milder and less severe and that's what occurred in 1918. everybody says how do we get out of 1918, we didn't have a vaccine. the strengths get milder, they want to su

white house correspondent jacqui heinrich joins us tonight. evening, jacqui. >> good evening to you, mike buried thanksgiving on nantucket as a biden family tradition, the restaurant that usually caters their dinner is cooking for the secret service this year and tomorrow the first family will attend the same tree lighting ceremony where the president's late son bo proposed to his wife back in 2001 but on the first thanksgiving with the widely available vaccine, the president gave special thanks to those who cannot be with their families tonight. >> president biden: what am i thankful for? i'm not joking when i say i'm thankful for these guys. >> spending thanksgiving on nantucket, the commander in chief and first lady making a stop at brent point where they dialed into a virtual call with service members from all six military branches to give thanks. >> president biden: i've watched these people, i've watched them in the south china sea, watch them in afghanistan, iraq, wherever they are people wonder what america is, they look to this staff.

we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening to you, mike. >> president biden touted the hard infrastructure bill as a coming solution to the supply chain crisis. he says he will sign it into law in a bipartisan ceremony on monday. but new data from the labor department is challenging his timeline and suggesting sticker shock won't be going away any time soon. >> i came here to talk about one of the most pressing economic concerns of the american people and it's real. and that is getting prices down, number one. number two, making sure our stores are fully stocked, and, number three, getting a lot of people back to work. >> president biden projecting confidence he can supply chain crisis under control. touting investments in his hard infrastructure bill congress passed last week and agreement to get ports moving. >> announcing steps to improve ports in the east coast to provide support for the port of savanna, fourth largest container port in the country to help reduce congestion. >> new infl

jon: jacqui heinrich traveling with the president.ng those criticizing the president's position to impose a travel restrictions. the former commissioner of the fda scott godley who tweeted there is too much we don't know to impose economically, socially ruined policies on south africa and other nations. ready, fire aim is not public health policy. vaccine and testing requirements for incoming travelers could be prudent, outright travel bands can hurt more than help. let's bring in washington examiner, editor-in-chief. there is that question if the band is going to be effective in preventing the spread of the new variant in this country. why are they not imposing until monday. >> that's a great question. this follows a patent of the biden a administration taking action to give the impression that they're doing something meaningful but in fact refuses to cover up incompetence. if there is a need for a travel ban is a life and death question. if the application don't wait four days before you impose the band. at least something not very

jacqui heinrich is in nantucket with more on the biden administration's reaction. >> jacqui: the white house is announcing restriction and less urgency imposing them, leaving an entire weekend before they took effect. president biden said that was his health team's advice. >> president shut down travel to eight countries to keep omicron from spreading. >> president biden: we talk about whether this is freedom, i think it is patriotic responsibility. >> cdc says it has not tracked omicron in the u.s., top doctor for the white house, dr. fauci says it may already be here. >> i wouldn't be surprised if it is, it will go all over. >> no more travel restrictions are expected yet. >> it will take it a step at a time, we have done what we believe is necessary. >> other countries are ramping up efforts, boris johnson has strict rules after two cases were detected. >> we will require all contacts of those who test positive with suspected case of omicron to self-isolate for 10 days regardless of your vaccination status. >> israel shut down border to foreignerss, spooked over a single omicron cas

biko and i'm jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith. the defense team is making their case for the third day in a double murder trial calling expert witnesses to support their argument that rittenhouse acted in self-defense despite claims from prosecutors that the defendant was a aggressor. >> john: let's recap what happened so far today. garrett tenney is standing by live outside of the courtroom in kenosha. >> john, the defense's request for a mistrial without presidents that was made yesterday has not come up in the trial today but judge bruce showed her has not made a ruling on that, so that is still on the table as we go forward. at the beginning of today's hearing he did tell everyone involved, one of the first things he said was, everyone be on their best behavior today. this comes as the defense calls with last three witnesses to the stand, the first being the use of force and video expert who testified that rittenhouse was kicked in the face just prior to shooting anthony huber. also testified about how quickly everything happe

white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has the details from nantucket. >> it wouldn't matter if youwith the billionaire if things were humming but they are not humming. >> critics say with the billionaire friends nantucket compound shows he's out of touch with the problems facing working-class americans. hours after the stock failed to mitigate story of gas prices with crippling inflation air force one in the first family $30 million compound owned by private equity billionaire david rubenstein. the proclamation is an annual tradition and biden gratitude for farmworkers and front-line workers many whom are immigrants to make sure the food is harvested and shipped and keep the grocery store's stock. the american farm bureau federation report of those goods are costing americans more than ever before. the average cost for 10% thanksgiving day mill up 14% from 2020. >> what i feel for our people on fixed incomes. we can make jokes that the turkey is only about $1 more. >> white house talking points on the economy and inflation, improvement and bottleneck and availability of goods ahead

jacqui heinrich reports tonight from nantucket, massachusetts. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening to you, mike. president biden is not the first president to spend a holiday at a wealthy friend's house. forminger president bill clinton spent time with the democratic donor on martha's vineyard and former president trump often spent his holidays at his own luxury hotel it is the state of the economy that is firing up biden critics. >> it wouldn't matter if he were having dinner with a billionaire if things were humming. but never are not humming. >> critics say with the economy in a tough place, the president's thanksgiving stay at a billionaire friend's nantucket compound shows he is out of touch with the problems facing working class americans. hours after biden tapped the nation's emergency oil stockpile to mitigate soaring gas prices amid crippling inflation air force one jet the first family to $30 million ocean front compound owned by billionaire david rubien stein. framing the trip as an annual tradition biden expressed gratitude for quote

in the coronavirus pandemic by limiting travel from south africa and several other countries, jacqui heinrichin the president on nantucket tonight, good evening. only hours after dr. anthony found she said u.s. health officials were seeking information from their south african counterparts about how this virus spreads and whether vaccines are effective against it, he made those recommendations to the president to. we don't know what was shared and what data was presented but it was enough to impose those travel restrictions starting on monday. >> we don't know a lot about it, except that it's of great concern and it spreads rapidly. >> president biden calling his decision to restrict travel from south africa and seven neighboring countries a precautionary measure until he has more information saying the medical team advised that should take effect on monday. biden telling americans concerned about the new omicron and variant the best way to strengthen protection is to get a booster shot as soon as you are eligible and for those not yet fully vaccinated, get vaccinated today, this includes chi

white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in. >> ed: continueburg tonight. >> i guess i shouldn't apologize but i do apologize that the united states the last administration pulled outs of this paris accord. [inaudible] >> president biden laid blame on the trump administration for the u.s. not being farther ahead on climate goals. but empty-handed on legislative action himself, biden, instead, touted plans in his spending bill stalled again on capitol hill. >> it will incentivize clean energy manufacturing. building the solar panels and the wind turbines that are growing energy markets of the future. which will create good paying union jobs for american workers. >> biden's remarks to foreign leaders sounding equally geared towards democrats in washington whose votes he needs. the white house says $555 billion in proposed climate spending would cut greenhouse gas emissions by go ton by 2030. bringing down costs and natural gas natural disaster. and creation jobs. republican support is out of the question. >> if we follow the republican path, we don't need to kill u.s. jobs. we don'

but first let's turn to jacqui heinrich traveling with the president in nantucket with more on the buyid a administration response. >> there is quick action from the white house announcing the travel restrictions but less urgency in opposing them leave an entire weekend until they take effect. president biden said that was his medical team's advice. >> president biden urging americans to get vaccinated and if eligible get booster shots after shutting down travel to a african countries to keep covid variant omicron from spending. >> we only talk about. >> the cdc says so far it hasn't checked any cases of omicron in the u.s., the white house top doctor anthony fauci says it may already be here. >> i would not be surprised if it is, it's almost invariably is ultimately going to go essentially all over. >> number travel restrictions are expected yet. >> will take it one step at a time but as of now we've done what's necessary. >> other countries are ripping up efforts to contain the virus. boris johnson imposing stricter rules for masking and testing international travelers after two case

meeting today as his administration deals with historically bad numbers, white house correspondent jacqui heinrichtarts us off tonight from the north lawn, good evening to you, jackie. >> evening to you, bret. the last time the president convened full cabinet in giuliani consumer prices were rising. now four months later the same problem at even greater pace. >> do you need a bag? >> more of what we have already heard from the biden administration, and food, gas and household goods continue to soar. >> we are going to see ease, yes i say ease lower inflationary pressures on our economy. and we will be carrying this out, what i call blue collar blue print for america. >> the white house says the hard infrastructure bill the president will sign will eventually be supply chain issue and more big spending democrats want to pass in the social infrastructure package will eventually get americans back to work. it was specifically designed to bring down the costs of child care. >> but even democrats are urging the white house to pull other levers now. >> i have said let's have the president tap the strate

white house correspondent jacqui heinrich joins us from the north lawn with what the president is or not doing about it good evening jacqui. >> the biden administration is caught between climate goals and concerns that gas prices could spike even higher. prompting concerns within the president's own party asking them at the white house to be more sensitive to americans trying to make ends meet. >> the white house says there is no plan to shut down the pipeline that supplies 55% of michigan statewide propane needs. >> not considering shut down. >> line 5 pipeline does need to be replaced tribal groups and environmentalists are pushing the biden administration to kill it entirely. news of an administration study on possible environmental impacts making waves among workers who could be affected. >> i invite president biden to really look at the domino effects of shutting down this line, what it would mean to our economy and do the right thing. >> white house didn't have many answers on what's ahead. >> would a possible outcome from that study be, you know, a choice that limits output an

white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is traveling with the president has the story tonight fromwill vote for this. >> president biden expressing faith in the moderate senator who has helped stall his spending plan over its size and scope and with it his administration's biggest climate pledges. joe manchin yet again throwing a wrench into the white house's time line. >> i understand joe is looking for the precise detail to make sure nothing got slipped n terms of the way in which the legislation got written, that is different than he acknowledged he would agree. to say i think we will get this done. >> walking away from the top 26 summit without making good on legislative promises the president delivered results from an executive ordered. will it will e.p.a. rule existing leaks on gas wells. not just sites. setting new standards for monitoring. the supreme court has agreed to hear a case against it from republican led states. biden also directed attention toward what the summit did accomplish. international agreements to conserve forest, curb global warming and fund nation on cl

. >> griff: let's get right to jacqui heinrich and what can you tell us?tion from president biden and the white house just a couple hours ago, dr. anthony fauci said american scientists were speaking the south african scientist to get a hold on exactly how quickly this new variant is spreading, whether it is able to evade an immune response we have from the vaccine or prior infection and saying we were gathering that data in real-time. that interview was just a few hours ago and the president was briefed on the situation and now we have this announcement the white house is shutting down travel from south africa and those seven countries effective monday. it does not apply to american citizens and lawful permanent residence and as with all international travelers, they must still test negative prior to travel. some concerning pieces that prompted the administration to take such drastic measures. one piece being that there is an immune response on part of the virus able to penetrate a human's cell, the spike protein has more mutations than past variance. tho

jacqui heinrich in man nantucket, massachusetts.kie, happy things giving. >> happy thanksgiving. >> arthel: i was in the same thing. i am all over those pies. the biden administration could start sending asylum-seekers back to mexico as early as next week after being forced by a court order to reinstate the trump era remain in mexico policy. national border patrol council president brandon judge joins us now. brandon, jumping right in, is this a good move? too little, too late? how quickly will border patrol see relief? >> that is a lot right there. it is a little too late. it is something that needs to happen, unfortunately a lot of the damage is already been done. as long as this is in clement, president trump is already given us on how to go about dropping illegal immigration. if we can do that, if we can drop illegal immigration, we can then go after the criminal aspect. we can go after the human smugglers in the drug traffickers and everyone who crosses that border illegally. we can then go after that. unfortunately, again, we

this is where we begin our coverage this hour with jacqui heinrich. hi, jacqui. >> hi, gillian.got a new statement from president biden about the new variant that the world health organization has deemed the omicron variant. there's three key points from the president. he said for vaccinated, the best way to strengthen yourself is to get a booster shot as soon as you're eligible. for those not yet fully vaccinated, he's urging people to get vaccinated today saying this includes children and adults. and then finally he says the news about new variant should make it clearer than ever why this pandemic won't end until we have global vaccinations. he wants intellectual property protections to be waived so the vaccines can be made globally. this is a quick action taken from the white house. this comes after the u.k. and several countries restricted travel from south africa and neighboring nations. dr. fauci said that the u.s. was speaking to south africa to see if the travel restrictions were necessary. they said they examined how quickly the variant is spreading and how it could eva

. >> julie: jacqui heinrich live on this. >> the president tried to convince the american people that the economy is an okay place pointing to things like lower unemployment and at the same time trying to acknowledge issues like inflation and supply chain problems pitching more government spending as a solution. former advisor to obama said the biden white house has been wrong every month and changing their games that the labor force would go back in september and inflation is only due to a few factors and it is transitory. >> i think there is a real possibility that within the year we will be dealing with the most serious inflation problem that we have faced in the last 40 years. >> that was summers back in february. democrats and the biden administration are not changing course here. they are touting options to address spiking gas prices. and also more big spending to address labor shortages and the kinks in the supply chain. >> what ared other costs? the cost of gas? tap the petroleum reserve to bring down the cost of gas. what about the cost of food and restaurants? have more peop

white house correspondent jacqui heinrich joins us tonight. giving on nantucket as a biden family tradition, the restaurant that usually caters their dinner is cooking for the secret service

. >> i'm jacqui heinrich. and there were directed threats to school boards. >> the white house is pointing the finger at the justice department and an official told fox news, the white house with an in contact with the doj, but only with regards to policy. what the biden administration is distancing from, the notorious memo from merrick garland with the fbi in school board disputes. documents obtained by fox news shows that the group met with the white house as early as september 14th, discussing concern over the climate for school board members and the association was activity engaged with the department of justice, in that document they also took credit for the act 4th doj memo after sending a letter to the president five days prior, likening some to domestic terrorists. he maintains he was not part of a coordinated political effort. >> prior to the letter, did you help the national school board association put together the letter? >> not -- i have had no such conversations. i would be surprised if that happ

let's turn now to jacqui heinrich in that town.e saw the president yesterday, but what's he saying now about the new variant? >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, edward. despite holiday sales that were expected to climb at a record pace this year, national retail federation predicting up to 10.5% the global markets are reeling from the news of this new variant, and yesterday president biden announced travel restrictions from south africa and seven other neighboring countries will be imposed similar to those imposed by the u.k., more than a dozen other countries after they spoke with scientists about how fast new variant was spreading and also whether vaccines are effective against it. the president said the decision to hut down travel from south africa was made out of an abun cannes of caution, but he -- abundance of caution, but he still spent afternoon shopping with his kids and grandkids. hehe also encouraged people to t vaccinated and booster shots. >> every american who's not been vaccinated should be responsible. number tw

i want to go to jacqui heinrich at the white house, the back and forth on what the president knew, whenedly is being made or orchestrated right now to those whose families were split up at the border. where does this whole thing stand right now? >> reporter: well, neil, we're still trying to get ahold of the timeline of what the president knew when he made those statements, as you mentioned, and as you can see the white house has come out and made some other contradictory statements right after. the so the president denied that the white house was considering paying these migrant families hundreds of thousands of dollars if they were separated under the former president. biden called those reports that were first from the "wall street journal" garbage and said that they were not true. but then the aclu was the first to call out the president saying president biden may not have been fully briefed about the action of his very own justice department and the carefully deliberated and considered -- submitted against thousands of families separated from their children as an intentional govern

to jacqui heinrich who is traveling with the president. jacqui? >> hi, charles.erate west virginia democrat whose senate vote the president needs to pass his social spending plan that he pitched as a long-term solution to bring down the cost for americans overall, that senator is pushing the president to take immediate action on gas prices and increase domestic production by restoring the keystone xl pipeline. manchin wrote, i call to call on biden to responsibly increase energy production at home and reverse course to allow the keystone xl pipeline to be built, that would have provided our country with 900,000 barrels of oil per day from canada, one of our closest allies, this is an american energy dependence. the lengthy statement came after president biden announced his administration was releasing 50 million barrel from the nation's emergency oil stockpile to curb the soiling prices. the world is coping opec to increase production abroad. critics say it sends the wrong message. >> you know, if i'm an oil producing country, a member of opec, i'm thinking to my

jacqui heinrichs is traveling with the president in scotland. jacqui? >> hi, charles. we should start by saying nobody should be surprised to hear that this tuesday vote that we've always been anticipating is not likely to happen. not only are democrats still trying to make changes to this bill as the president, by the way, is touting it almost like it's a done deal while he was meeting with foreign leaders here at cop 26. but it has not been scored by the congressional budget office as chad mentioned and not been ruled on, the immigration portion by the parliamentarian. a lot of things that will make this very difficult to accomplish before biden got here. obviously that whole process got derailed. the planned vote never happened and they were hoping to get a vote ahead of the election, the virginia governor's race, which is zone as a referendum as the democrat's ability to get things done and wanted to talk about the achievements here, the president wanted to talk about the achievements when he stood shoulder to shoulder with foreign leaders that other countries shou

jacqui heinrich at the white house with more. hi, jacqui. >> good afternoon, neil. the president is saying that he's on top of it. we're hearing though no new announcements in terms of what's being done to address it. just the same touting of the bill that passed and the bills that they want to pass as coming solutions. the president said he will appoint someone to implement the $1.2 trillion hard infrastructure plan that congress passed, which will be signed next week after it is signed at some point next week. he touted his own experience for special attention to making sure the money is implemented efficiently. >> we finished implementing the recovery act. he had less than .2% of waste or fraud. that's how i became known, the president started calling me sheriff joe. that's what i want to talk to my cabinet about today. the high obligation and responsibility we have to make sure this money is used wisely and well and for the stated purposes of the american people. >> the president's marks about the inflationary pressures and supply chains snarling the county says

meeting today as his administration deals with historically bad numbers, white house correspondent jacqui heinricho you, jackie. >> evening to you, bret. the last time the president convened full cabinet in giuliani consumer prices were rising. now four months later the same problem at even greater pace. >> do you need a bag? >> more of what we

biko and i'm jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith. the defense team is making their case for the third day in a double murder trial calling expert witnesses to support their argument that rittenhouse acted in self-defense despite claims from prosecutors that the

maybe then, peter doocy or jacqui heinrich will be on the list. that will never happen. of it. we've seen this movie before. this is what the president has done going back to the campaign. not only is he given hand pick lists of reporters to call on, he announces it to the world that i am told to call on first. why not be the guy who is supposed to be the leader of the free world and call on report is at random and see how it goes. the president is script sed, he is packaged, he is protect thed and it's obvious when we watch the so-called press conferences, todd. carley, hi. carley: hi, joe. let's take a look at other of times when president biden admitted to using a prepared reporter list. >> i'll take your questions. as usual, they gave me a list of people i'm going to call on. jonathan, associated press. >> ladies and gentlemen, they gave me a list here. the first person i was instructed to call on was kelly o'donnell, nbc. carley: joe, i think that we're so hyper focused on every move that the president makes, especially as it comes to how he handles reporters becaus

we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich traveling with the president in nantucket. >> good afternoon. the same day president biden tapped the nation's strategic petroleum reserve, the emergency stockpile for oil, to mitigate these high prices and crippling inflation. he went to nantucket to spend the holiday in his billionaire businessman friend's compound. david rubenstein inviting the biden family to stay at his estate. estimated to be worth more than $30 million. the white house did make sure to mention the president has stayed with rubenstein before and for context past presidents have stated wealthy friends over the holidays. president clinton with the democratic donor on martha's vineyard for one example. critics say that this day with the economy in a tough place shows president biden is out of touch with the problems facing working-class americans even as he tries to show them that he relates. the american farm bureau federation found last week the average cost for thanksgiving dinner of ten people reached an all-time high this year, up 14% from 2020. turkey pe

neil: jacqui heinrich, thank you very much.the white house with the read on all of this former delta force commander. he doesn't brag about this, purple heart, all sorts of honors and awards, oh, man, the real deal. general, this back and forth with china, where is this going? because i don't think it is just me reading the provocative actions of china of late, down to you know exact replica models of our battleships and the threatening actions over taiwan, to say nothing of what they're doing on the business side, even going after some of their biggest players even if it hurts them. what the heck are they up to? >> well, i think that china's agenda is, is very well-established and i think it has been articulated in many ways by the chinese themselves and that is, essentially global dominance diplomatically, economically, militarily and make no mistake, china is going after taiwan. now, unlike your previous commentator i don't think it will be right after the olympics because the next fall, the chinese communist party will have

let's get the latest right now from jacqui heinrich at the white house on how the administration hopes to address this and they say solve this. jacqui? >> hi, neil. yeah, we're about to hear president biden at the port of baltimore paint a rosy picture about the economic and job growth during his ten months in office. he's going to frame the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was passed and he's going to sign into law with a bipartisan signing ceremony on monday as a coming solution to all of these problems. but this new data from the labor department is putting a damper on the president's victory tour here showing that inflation hit a 31-year high. jumping .9% last month after climbing in september. the consumer price index showing prices for food, gas and rent rose 6.2% from a year ago. that is the highest since november of 1990. data showed inflation is eating american's pay checks. weekly earnings fell 9% in october. that's despite a 4% increase in hourly earnings. democratic senator joe manchin whose swing vote the president needs to pass his reconciliation tax and spending bill

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. >> john: but first jacqui heinrich. >> president biden has often boasted that he knows or spent morewith the white house is sort of tried to put down in a perception that he's gone too easy on his chinese counterpart because of their friendly relationship. there was some wonder from critics following president xi's mention of biden as an old friend, if she was trolling biden with that one yesterday. speak of the president knows that the chinese communist party are massively unpopular in the united states, not just for unleashing this plague on the world but for decades of stealing jobs and factories, intellectual property and he doesn't want to be associated with xi jinping. >> the three and a half hour call covered more than a dozen major topics in president biden raise concerns about human rights abuses and unfair economic practice and maintaining a free and open end of pacific. biden express a strong opposition any change in self-government's and a china it will seek to bring the island under chinese control including by force if taiwan is secessionist the redline. there were also

white house correspondent jacqui heinrich tracking the debate from nantucket where president biden landse boosters being available and recommended for all vaccinated people, right now the cdc does not require a booster to be considered fully vaccinated. but that could change. something that the white house is tracking. dr. anthony fauci said over the weekend data is going to determine when all that might happen. >> we are going to take a look at what the durability is of the booster and where way to follow people who get boosted. we don't know right now, you have to be perfectly transparent and honest, we're going to be doing the best we can to keep the american public optimally protected. >> some states are taking it a step further. the connecticut governor ned lamont said we are 11 months into the vaccination program. in my view if you are vaccinated more than six months ago, you are fully vaccinated. the new mexico governor also said that the definition of fully vaccinated should include booster shots. it doesn't appear that those states are doing any sort of different enforcement, th

i'm jacqui heinrich. sandra and john are on assignment. >> trace: good to be with you. trace gallagher and we begin new at two, punching numbers in a brand-new pole according to suffolk university, just 38% approve of the job but biden is doing. nearly half of people polled it say he's doing the worst job as president than expected. >> jacqui: still despite rising prices, the biden administration is reportedly considering shutting down another pipeline. the white house moments ago during a press briefing confirmed its study of the potential impact of shutting down the line five pipeline and it's part of a network that brings over a half a million barrels of oil and of the products per day into michigan. ashley webster has more on what that means to us. >> bottom line if this did go forward it would likely meet higher gas prices, heating prices and so on. a report by politico said the biden administration is considering or at least studying shutting that pipeline down even though the oil and gas industry says that will drive energy prices higher, especially propane, that

jacqui heinrich traveling with the president in my ancestral home, you are a lucky woman. >> i sure amthink that i pulled the best assignment. good evening from scotland, in addition to the land remarks, the president gave an unplanned speech where he apologize for the trump administration pulling out of the paris climate accord and promised his administration would be different. >> i guess i should not apologize, but i do apologize for the fact the united states in the last administration pulled out of the paris accord. they had as they say seen the lord and what is happened back home. the incredible change that has taken place. >> but as of yet to the president has not carried his climate legislation across the finish line, the $555 billion in proposed spending is still stalled in congress even as the president touted a possible vote this week. democrats are still retooling that plan and trying to add more climate and the drug pricing back in, it's a process we have seen delay a plan vote twice now. moreover joe manchin derailing the language in the president's original plan that wou

what we can expect out of meeting with jacqui heinrich from the white house. reporter: neil, good afternoon to you. the meeting is expected to last several hours according to a senior administration official but the white house did not give any sort of preview what they would be discussing as it pertains especially to the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. and that is despite president xi resisting global pressure to cooperate in an investigation into its origins. >> i will bring that up because we know what this virus meant to the world what it meant to our country, what it meant to our civil liberties. let's hope he does but frankly i doubt that he will. reporter: press secretary jen psaki says covid origins is remaining concern for president biden. she added the president, quote, will not hold back on areas where he has concern, but the white house is setting a low bar for this summit. no major announcements are expected. no quote, deliverables are being sought out and currently there is no plan for the customary joint statement for the two countries afte

. >> john: going back and forth with jacqui heinrich, gas prices and taxes as well and the analysis from finds chris wallace as he joins us here in the studio, that a number of people making less than $400,000 a year, would see a tax increase while people making more than that a year would see a tax cut. so there is a counter narrative to what the president is trying to sell going on out there from an organization you would think would be supported. >> well, facts are facts and they are saying, and the tax policy center is a respected organization, and their analysis is to be accurate, small increases, but certain percentage, 2030% of people making in the middle class would be having tax increases of 2-$300, which is not anybody over $400 will get a tax increase, what struck me about that whole briefing was all this talk about to the white house press corps will go easy on joe biden, they were going pretty tough and whether it's inflation or the cost of gas or the tax of build back better, this is an administration i think we have to fairly say that it is under siege right now, under pre

jacqui heinrich at the white house. will be tough on xi xinping? reporter: we'll have to watch and see for that, stuart. the white house indicating the president will not hold back. of course there is some lingering concern whether he will address the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. the meeting is expected to last several hours according to a senior administration official but the white house didn't give any preview of a focus on to covid origins despite president xi resisting global pressurecooperate into the investigation. >> i hope joe biden will bring that up because we know what this virus has meant to the world, what it meant to our country, what it meant to our civil liberties. i hope he does but frankly doubt he will. reporter: press secretary jen psaki says covid origins is a remaining concern for president that the president will not hold back on areas where he has concern but the white house is setting a low bar on the summit. no major announcements are expected and no quote, deliverables are being you s