are deciding whether donald trump is immune from prosecution. in other words, can a president do whatever he wants to in office? even order the assassination of a political rival? trump s team argues a qualified yes. what does that mean? and what did the judges say in response? plus, after the door plug blew on that alaska airlines flight, is it safe to fly? investigators now find there are major problems across boeing s 737 max 9 fleet. what went wrong on the assembly line and what s the fix? and does voting matter? what michelle obama says she is terrified of this election year. let s begin in washington because for the first time in our history, a federal appeals court is tasked with ruling on whether a president is above the law. you might say of course now, but donald trump s team argues actually yes, that congress has the primary authority that if congress doesn t impeach and convict first, then any official action is golden. can a president order seal team six to a
and countries around the world to address that. post counterisis campaign you know, the active operations when isis was defeated essentially in syria, what we ve seen is isis essentially look to we have been watching a news conference at the pentagon regarding defense secretary lloyd austin. the pentagon said moments ago the defense secretary has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and that was the surgery he had in december and it was why he was back in the hospital for complications late december into the new year. they re explaining why there was a breakdown in communication. why the white house was not informed. saying repeatedly that they have to do better. joining us now from outside the white house is aaron gillcrist. in talking about breakdown and the timeline he have we can put up on the screen e timeline of when he was in the . when he started eing complication when he went back into the ital. january 4th is when they told the white house he was inhe for severe
importance of taiwan/u.s. relations but also to reiterate the china one china policy that the united states has. ministry of foreign affairs in beijing weighed in shortly after that announcement saying that it did not support of course such a move but not to jeopardize relations between china, we also learned that america s chief diplomat antony blinken last night on the eve of the election met with a senior chinese official and discussed human rights and also discussed the need for peace and stability across the taiwan strait. all right. we ll check in with you again next hour. kristie lu stout, thanks so much. they may live thousands of miles away from taiwan, but members of the taiwanese community in new york are following this race closely. and lynda kinkade has more. reporter: in the new york city neighborhood of flushing queens, one of the largest taiwanese communities in the united states, the names of three political parties are on
china s one china policy which we observed is to assimilate taiwan by 2049. the previous commander of the indo-pacific said he expected that to happen within the next six years by 2027. and so that could be a peaceful reunification or violent like the ukraine. which is why i think xi jinping is reluctant to criticize putin for the war crimes and crisis that he has created in ukraine. steve: coming up in about 15 minutes john kirby the pentagon press secretary is going to be joining us right here on fox & friends. ainsley: real quickly before we change topics. mike tobin mentioned that zelenskyy. the president of ukraine sat down or talked at least to the pope. he tweeted out. talked to the pope told his holiness about the situation and blocking of by russian troops. the roll of the holy sea would be appreciated. thanked him for prayers for ukraine and for peace. steve: can t hurt. brian: 12 minutes now after the hour every time you see kamala harris speak you wonder
but the smallest amount of land. they have declared under domestic law that they own it. these are contested areas by other countries south korea, japan, vietnam the philippines. they talking scarborough hole is. these islands don t just belong to china. they have simply taken them. brian: all right. so they always think long term. they are looking to defend. they are under the assumption we are going to attack or is it all about taiwan to make sure they are blocked any type of defense? well, i think this is part of a broader strategy that allows china to project power and become a global power and also to threaten taiwan. you know, you have heard that china one china policy which we observe is to assimilate taiwan by 2049. but the previous commander of the indo-pacific said that he expected that to happen within the next six years by 2027.