china claims taiwan as part of its territory, despite having never controlled it and repeatedly warned against pelosi visiting the island, vowing to take resolute and forceful measures if the visit goes forward. john kirby addressed the trip on cnn last hour. there s no reason for the chinese rhetoric, there s no reason for any actions to be taken. it is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to taiwan. it is very much in keeping with our policy and consistent with our support to taiwan under the taiwan relations act. we shouldn t be as a country, we shouldn t be intimidated by that rhetoric or those potential actions. this is an important trip for the speaker to be on. we re going to do whatever we can to support her. cnn is on capitol hill, but we begin with will ripley in taipei, taiwan. will, what can you tell us the latest about this announcement of the speaker s trip? reporter: well, for one thing, this is not going to be, you know, a fueling brief stop
make a near full recovery after having emergency brain surgery to save his life. he did have another big scare over the weekend as he fell and hit his head again. he was trying to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night by himself which he isn t supposed to do. doctors performed a ct scan following the fall to make sure there wasn t any swelling in his brain and thankfully the results came back normal. this happened just after easton had thanked all his fans for the thoughts and prayers. hey, this is easton. thank you for the prayers. you starting to feel better, bud? yeah, i m starting to feel better. awesome. team easton. we love you, buddy. love you, too. we all continue to pray for easton and his recovery. his team from utah was eliminated from the little league world series yesterday. new day continues right now. alarming new video of a violent arrest in arkansas. i m john berman, brianna is off, cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins
Everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. All right. Were less than 24 hours away now from witness singh history tomorrow, Opening Statements began and the trial of defendant donald trump, the first former president ever to be on trial. For criminal charges. Trump well, Walk Into A Manhattan courtroom tomorrow morning, where he will hear the states case against him. He is facing dozens of charges related to an alleged Hush Money Payment to Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels made before the 2016 election this is the first of four criminal cases against trump to go to trial. 12 jurors and six alternates will decide trumps fate. Heres cnns brian todd ready to empaneled jurors have been excused from former president trumps Hush Money Trial, underscoring just how crucial the six alternate jurors are, whove just been seated in a case of this length in a highprofile case, the alternates are as significant as the regular jury panel, because theres a very high likelihoo
commentator and author of the upcoming novel. okay, computer cj farley will have to have you back to talk about that. that s an interesting title. all right, cj, good to see you good to see you too. so i m going to talk about i know. i wonder how many times do you even listening to it you have more time than i can count. but when it s a really good album, it s actually a joy to listen to repeatedly because you see new things each time. that s one reason why the taylor swift has so many fans because he puts secret messages in their people know that certain songs like a fift song on an album. will speak to them in a certain kind of way. and because she has almost novelistic depth in her work, in that s why people care about her so much. and the talk about it so much. and why i m here talking about are all over again. oh, so well sad. i mean, i think all weekend long people have been listed it seemed to it over and over again. i haven t been actually listening to her fans as well th
amazing to hear. and i ll keep listening because i haven t heard it all. cj farley, did to see you. thank you so much. thank you. and we ll be right back to the world with my music now, i want to focus on what s happening to our planet i m going to visit coastal communities that have a new ally in the fight against climate change this is blue carbon is blue carbon we just need to plant and we need to protect nature will do the rest let s cnn filled tonight at nine now, adt professionally installs google nest products you re all set on this system. we should go with the most trusted name and home security as the intelligence of google, you have a home with no worries brought to you by adt transfer your ira or your old 401 k to