line. saying if china invades taiwan, u.s. troops could be deployed to defend the island. we have fox team coverage of the rising tensions as well as the biden s administration s response. and aishah hasnie and lucas tomlinson. taiwan launched fighters jets and simulated, and perhaps the most ever. earlier mark esper says that chinese ambitions go well beyond taiwan. they re global. they have made clear that by 2035 they want to have a modern military and their goal is to move beyond the indo-pacific and project power around the world. we should be concerned about that. here at the white house, john kirby tried to calm down tensions. communication with china remain open, we have communicated to china privately, we ve certainly done it publicly here with you all, there s no reason for them to overreact to this transit. it s not uncommon for these transits. they re private, unofficial, we ll urge them not to overact. it was the hasty withdrawal from afghanistan, afte
i m sandra smith in new york. we will get the latest in the twist of the classified document scandal, ongoing at this hour, quickly becoming president biden s biggest headache, i should say biggest headache yet, right? new at 2:00 with the fox news alert. john: still early. a question we are hearing more and more, and harder to answer, what in the world is happening in the nation s school. from critical race theory and rewriting history, redefining centuries of science, the push to go woke in the nation s classrooms is no longer causing controversy, but real world consequences parents say are hurting their kids. sandra: supporters say it s making sure every student is regarded equally. angry parents say the focuses on differences like gender and race only serves to further divide us. in fairfax county virginia, and the merit awards scandal has the governor taking action, a total of 17 high schools in three virginia counties admitting to withholding national merit awards f
debate stage. in georgia that was a lie, i m not backing down. my opponent as a problem with the truth. pennsylvania. we should have had a debate already. i actually have a record in fighting crime. and wisconsin. we have to keep violent criminals in jail. it s absurd when people say i m soft on crime. i ll speak with two independents, senator bernie sanders of vermont and utah s independent senate candidate evan mcmullin. plus, trump s testimony. he must accountable. the january 6th committee issues a subpoena for former president trump to testify about his role in the attack on the capitol. we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion. while new video reveals congressional leaders pleading for help why don t you get the president to tell them to leave the capitol. and new questions emerge on how the secret service handled advance warnings of the threat. i ll talk to democratic congresswoman stephanie m
not a lot. donald trump wasn t going to honor his predecessor when he launched his car spreading the racist birther lie at the 44th president of the united states duly elected twice was not born in this country. that was far from normal but what we saw today said a lot about the office of the presidency, the people we elect to hold it and the peaceful transfer of power to one president to the next. i ve always described the presidency as a relay race. you take the baton from someone. you run your leg as hard and as well as you can and then you hand it off to someone else. knowing that your work will be incomplete. the portraits hanging in the white house chronicle the runners in that race. each of us tasked with trying to bring the country we love closer to its highest aspirations. now, just imagine someone else speaking in that manner. let s be honest. can t. that s what a normal presidency is supposed to be about and today we saw a former president not afraid to make fu