trump. just as trump s legal issues grow more precarious, his political challenges are also growing more complicated. his republican opponents testing new ways to take him down, but do they risk focusing too much on the former president? we ll explain the trump trap coming up. take a look at this. u.s. and chinese warships coming heartstoppingly close to coming close to the coast of taiwan. both sides warning a military confrontation would be a, quote, disaster for the world. we re on the verge of a decision that could drag the country into uncharted territory as new clues indicate we could soon find out if special counsel jack smith is going to do something that s never been done before, charge a sitting or former president with a federal crime. nbc news learned that the grand jury investigating donald trump s handling of classified documents will be back in session this week after they ve been on hiatus. in fact, nbc news has confirmed that some members of trump s legal
sides about why this happened and what it might mean going forward? reporter: not surprisingly, chris, both sides are blaming the otherment from the u.s. side, they re saying in the case of the destroyer it was sailing through the taiwan strait, international waters, they were there as part of a joint exercise with a canadian military vessel. the chinese, on the other hand, saying the u.s. exercising in that area is provacative and potentially escalatory. same thing with this aircraft incident that we saw just several days ago over the south china sea. in that case a chinese military jet flew directly in front of a u.s. rc-135 over the south china sea, flying so close and directly in front of its path that the u.s. aircraft had to fly through the dush lens, the wake of that chinese jet. in both cases the u.s. saying they had every right to be there, international airspace,