hospital with leg injuries while a third refused treatment for a shoulder wound. police say the shooting appears to be a targeted act china says it is conducting even more military drills around taiwan upon the arrival of a u.s. congressional delegation in taipei. a chinese military official confirming the communist are a vietnamese s motive calling the exercise quote a solemn response by the political by the u.s. and taiwan undermining the peace and security of the taiwan straits. the latest visit comes on the heals of house speaker nancy pelosi earlier this month. the responded with unprecedented military it exercises around the island. fox news cameras capturing this footage of a massive group of illegal immigrants entering the united states. fox s bill melugin posted the video from eagle pass, texas, adding that he saw a total of more than 700 migrants cross just this weekend alone. another video shows migrants being processed while still more
power sweeping across the united states brazenly, purchasing billions of dollars of farm lapd. from 2010 to 2020, the amount of land they own has gone up 2500%. they re purchasing land outside our military bases. this is a country that s trying to steal our state concretes from state secrets from us. we can t let this happen any longer. it s ridiculous. brian: in texas, the chinese military official, military official, purchased thousands of acres on the southern border. a huge chunk there. to me this is obvious. senator tom cotton is moving on this as well, but what china doesn t have, they don t have farmland to feed the world like america do. what are they doing? i think i ll buy it. it s not in the best interest of our country. no, you re exactly right.
by getting land in united states just to give you some perspective in 2019 sean the u.s. to permit a factor of agriculture said that the chinese government on about a hundred and 92,000 acres of land in the united states. over the past 12 months leading up to march the 12 months leading up to this march. the chinese government has actually purchased $6.1 billion worth of land. most of the land is very close to sensitive u.s. military installations. for example in 2021, hundred and 30,000 acres of land was purchased right here in del rio, texas, along the u.s.-mexico border by a former chinese military official. that land is very close to laughlin airbase, and actually surrounds that sensitive airbase and a member border is also highly national security concern for the united states has tons of fenton all most of which those precursor drugs are coming through china being mixed in
in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. the breaking news tonight, the most significant escalation and a major shift in policy. the u.s. military is preparing to send ground troops to syria for the first time. the white house says a small number of special operations forces will be deployed to northern syria to advice and assist rebels fighting isis. this after president obama repeatedly declared he would not put american boots on the ground in syria. also breaking, soaring tensions over the voyage of a u.s. warship through waters claimed by china. a new report suggest as top chinese military official may have threatened war with the united states. i ll talk about all of this and much more with retired u.s. navy
co-h cohaerent strategy. lindsey graham isn t being that diplomatic. this is a half butt strategy at best. reporter: they won t say how long the special operations forces will be in syria or who they are working with, saying that is being kept secret but aids to the president agree this push is not what they would consider a game changer and that the battle against the terror group will likely last well intointo the next administration. tonight, there is another breaking story. a possible threat of war against the united states against a top chinese military official. brian, this could be a serious escalation of tensions between the u.s. and china. what do we know? certainly could be, wolf, at a time when tensions are at a boil over these disputed man made islands. we re told tonight of a fairly tense meeting between a chinese admiral and american. there are serious questions over