from a historic visit by the house speaker nancy pelosi prompting threats of fierce retaliation out of beijing. good morning. it is tuesday. dana has the day off today. i m bill hemmer. welcome back, sandra. good morning. glad to be with you. i m sandra smith. this is america s newsroom. those chinese fighter jets buzzing taiwan airspace amid local reporting now the speaker could be arriving there in a matter of hours. bill: she would be the highest ranking u.s. official to be in that island in 25 years. china sees it as a slap in the face saying the u.s. should not support a country that beijing views as a breakaway province. the white house has not confirmed her trip but maintains it will not be intimidated. here is what nfc spokesperson john kirby said just this morning. we gave her advice and counsel and gave her information and we re helping with her transportation. this is her decision and we support and respect that decision. what we have said is there is no
bit too broad and that comment had nothing to do with his personal opinions. dave and christine. thank you. breaking news overnight. a suspect is in custody following a hostage drama in washington state. outside of tacoma, an armed suspect wearing body armor, walked into a business and took someone hostage as part of the armed robbery attempt. the suspect fired multiple rounds and the police surrounded the suspect. the suspect was eventually taken into custody. he was hit once in the vest, but did not suffer serious injury. no officers were hurt. the philadelphia eagles are back raising the championship banner. 18-12 in a sloppy season opener. neither team was impressive. neither quarterback throwing a touchdown. players from both teams on the field during the national anthem. everyone seemed to agree on one thing. nbc needs to rethink the green
all legal scholars believe roe v. wade is binding precedent. judge kavanaugh worked to clarify those comments. he wanted to make sure all legal scholars was a bit too broad and that comment had nothing to do with his personal opinions. dave and christine. thank you. a suspect is in custody following a hostage drama in washington state. outside of tacoma, an armed suspect wearing body armor, walked into a business and took someone hostage as part of the armed robbery attempt. he fired multiple rounds and the suspect was eventually taken into custody. he was hit once in the vest, but did not suffer serious injury. no officers were hurt. are you ready for football? the philadelphia eagles were raisi raising championship banner. 18-12 in a sloppy season opener.