because he is a leading presidential candidate as well. so making his pushback against beijing and their claims of taiwan being part of their territory shows that that is his policy going forward. as i say, just a few months ago the president went to the united states as well in march and in april. she also met with high ranking u.s. officials, including kevin mccarthy, the house speaker. so clearly this is something that taiwan officials will continue to do and it is something that will continue to irritate and anger beijing. rahel? if i remember correctly, those visits also ruffled some feathers in beijing to say the least. paula hancocks, great to see you. thank you. coming up on cnn this morning, a fourth possible indictment is looming over donald trump as the district attorney in fulton county, georgia, prepares to present her case in new jersey. how the yankee s had a six run lead and lost.
two largest economies. janet yellen expressed concern about china s fugitive actions taken against u.s. firms in recent months. you may remember they have been raised on u.s. companies in beijing. and she s concerned about the decision to control exports of critical minerals used in technologies like semiconductors. this of course is a huge issue between the u.s. and china and will no doubt dominate her talks with chinese officials. the biden administration is preparing additional restrictions on u.s. technology trade with china including potential limits on advanced chips and u.s. investment in china citing national security. and this no doubt will further anger beijing, but yellen is seen as this voice of reason, an economic pragmatist. and she s pushed to maintain economic ties with china. she s argued against tariffs and warned that decoupling would be
criminals including two sex offenders and one convicted murderer. listen to back to you. bill: thank you bill. martha: china blessing a move by the u.s. military boosting its presence in a hotly contested area. unmute deal with the philippines. given the united states forces access to bases near the south china sea and taiwan. a national security girlfriend live at the pentagon with this development high jennifer. martha: hello martha, the u.s. to for a conditional basis in the philippines on strategic islands just south of taiwan. this expansion falls under the enhanced defense cooperation agreement which defense secretary lloyd austin announced back in february. the announcement comes as they present no taiwan plans to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy in california on wednesday. in the moves are likely to anger
to anger beijing. separately, secretary blinken said the chinese offered no apology for sending a spy balloon across the continental u.s. when he met his counterpart in germany on saturday, bret. bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon, thank you. here in the u.s., there are growing concerns tonight in east palestine, ohio about what the future may hold and how long it will take to recover from this month s train derailment containing toxic chemicals. correspondent garrett tenney is in east palestine tonight. [train bell] half a mile down the traumatics from a norfolk southern derailed chris says like a lot of people in this town is he stuck. i do roofing and side for a living. going to want to put siding and new roof on your value dropping. my futures is uncertain as far as my business in this town. chris also isn t convinced the air inside his home is safe despite testing by the railway last week. his family s health issues
to move in that direction. he s moving in the opposite direction. we have to make sure we have the readiness in place to meet our treaty obligations in the region and we re going to do that. reporter: kirby pointing to something there that many experts also agree with, the fact that this is just expected to escalate with north korea, or at the very least they will continue to carry out these missile launches while showing no interests whatsoever in the negotiations or any diplomatic avenues being open. there is a seventh underground nuclear test that the national intelligence agency here in korea, speaking to lawmakers recently, had a short window between october 17th and november 7th when they thought it was possible that that nuclear test would happen just after the chinese party congress as pyongyang does not want to anger beijing and just before the u.s. mid-term elections. now of course there s no