♪ i love romance, but i got eggshells around me ♪ ♪ don't step on 'em, don't step on 'em ♪ ♪ don't step on 'em, don't step on me ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ he'd better not take the ring from me ♪ this morning, another point of tension between the u.s. and china. on thanksgiving day, five u.s. lawmakers met in taiwan, to meet with top officials despite blunt warnings from beijing, stay away. china considers taiwan to be part of its territory, and this bipartisan group of legislators made the trip shortly after the chinese president told president biden that the u.s. is playing with fire, given its unofficial but friendly relationship with the small democratic island. joining me now with more on this, jonathan allen, nbc news senior national politics