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
lucas tomlinson live in the north lawn of the white house, luck s. lucas: in addition to blaming the trump administration, also says evacuation should have started much sooner this as chinese forces launched 71 fighter jets and bombers to conduct a simulated attack earlier. lawmakers reacted on your show. the biden administration doctrine of appeasement, it s time we move beyond that, it s that we move to a place where we are exhibiting the strength. our national security drives much of our economic security these days. i m concerned about the russia-china discussions that we are seeing and i think we have to be very careful to not make inflammatory staples that in any way put on fire. third division head in japan, 370 miles away from taiwan, the recent years the marines have been gaming how they would respond in invasion of taiwan with antiship missiles to sink warships. the u.s. was hitting 90 targets and in a war with china officials say you re looking at a thousand
nation from pro-trump republicans. white house correspondent peter doocy has that for us tonight. gogood evening, peter. peter: good evening, shannon. president biden is suggesting not so subtly that democrats are the only ones trying to save democracy and that republican political opponents support using violence to get their way everybody is entitled to be treated with dignity. simple dignity. peter: not everybody. i respect conservative republicans. i don t respect these maga republicans. peter: now president biden is accusing trump loyalists of encouraging violence. did any of you think you are as old as i am where we would be in an election where we talk about it s appropriate to use force political violence in america? he appears to be responding to senator lindsey graham who warned that a trump indictment could lead to riots in the streets before clarifying a day later that he is not calling for violence. it s never appropriate. never, period. never, neve
r who you are, where you re going, or why. with 24 trusted brands by wyndham to choose from. your wyndham is waiting. get the lowest price at wyndhamhotels.com griff: some democrats joining republicans in criticizing the biden administration s defense of chaotic military withdrawal from afghanistan in 2021. national security council spokesperson john kirby says it was successful. welcome to fox news live i m griff jenkins. molly: and i m molly line. many saying it places blame on biden administration.
believe that i have not seen the classified report. i have not read it. i want to. i want to see what is said in there. the policy to begin withdrawal was begun under president trump, both presidents thought that that was what we needed to do. i don t think anybody can feel good about what they saw that day, as a woman whose worked hard to help afghan women and who watched them become freer and to be able to go to school and have independence, what the taliban is doing to women is just absolutely deplorable and horrific to me. so, you know, we have to make a lot of tough decisions, there are a lot congressman does the buck stop with biden on this disaster? i believe the way that it happened and the 13 soldiers lives were lost was one of the saddest moments for me of his administration. he was the commander-in-chief then, but let s be really clear, that policy did begin under previous administration, instead of pointing fingers, which i don t want to do, i