he ll join us with his thoughts on the arrests and the nation s growing crime crisis coming up. so you are saying the option to authorize war powers is on the table? if communist china invaded taiwan, it would certainly be on the table and something that would be discussed by congress. john: house foreign affairs committee michael mccaul making it clear the united states will uphold the pledge to protect taiwan, saying it could empower the president to use military force if the island is invaded. this is america reports and anita vogel, welcome to friday. beijing strongly opposed taiwan s president visiting the u.s. and meeting with house speaker mccarthy. john: and lawmakers will meet with tsai ing-wen in her country, a move to certainly embolden the chinese government. and how the u.s. might respond if china invades taiwan. aishah hasnie is on the ground with more on this. hello, aishah. hi there, anita and john. chairman mccaul, in order to avoid conflict b
way, with your tax dollars, joe biden speechwriters use rhetoric like that because ever since donald trump s election, it s been effective, scare a lot of people. but now that democrats hav erace embraced totalitarianism, now that they re arresting their chiehey refd political opponents, their rivals, several of his advisors, does the rhetorirsc actually work? ? still in twenty , twenty three , how doresp americans respond to author authoritarianism who pretend to be fightingonou get i authoritarianism? do you get it? ift? you i f you get a moment, look go on youtube like i did todayth and take a look at some ofts the comments on joe biden speech, the video from yesterday, they re all negative, honestly. versome of them are very funny. for example, here s one . it s nice that he was able to have a every single person that ever showed up at one of his rallies all fit intoe vide a three minute video, said one viewer, another quote, quote,tn i wish youtube would turnha back the
for police reform. stephanie ramos in memphis. that dangerous ice storm, winter alerts across 30 states. 50 million americans. that ice storm causing those multiple accidents already. concerns over the power grid tonight. hundreds of flights canceled. and the record-breaking cold right behind it. wind chills well below zero by tomorrow morning. mireyavil villarreal in dallas. ginger zee timing it out. police appealing for the public s help. the suspect accused of brutal by beating and kidnapping a woman who is now in critical condition. authorities say he may be using social media and their warning tonight. matt gutman reporting. secretary of state antony blinken in israel tonight, urging calm on all sides after some of the worst violence in years. and the mysterious drone attacks in iran. what we re learning tonight. back here at home, the alec murdaugh trial. the new interview played for the jurors. and what he told investigators just after the murders. 6 and the de
yesterday, and he was looking a little more like a child dressing up for halloween than a cabinet secretary there to bring hope and help to scared residents. here is how mayor pete did eventually respond to his 20-day delay. what i tried to do is balance to cothings: my desire to be involved and engaged on the ground, which is how i m wired to act, and my desire to follow the norm of transportation secretaries. i have to think about whether i got that balance right. sean: no thinking needed, pothole pete. he didn t strike the right balance. joining me now is james comer. congressman, good to see you. i want to get your take on this, because we reached out to mayor pete for a comment and we were actually referred to this tweet that says, i am along to learn, but the chair of the house oversight committee thinks that ntsb is part of our department. ntsb is independent, and with good reason. we will review and respond properly. congressman, how do you respond to mayor
a week. he finally did make the trip yesterday. he was looking a little more like a child dressing up for halloween than a cabinet secretary there to bring hope and help to scared residents. here s how repeat did eventually respond to his 20 day delay. when i tried to do is balance two things. my desire to be involved and engaged and on the ground, which is how i am generally wired to act and my desire to follow the norm of transportation secretaries, others, and thinking about whether i got that balance right. no thinking needed a pothole. pete, you absolutely did not strike the right balance, right? joining me now is the man launching an investigation, house oversight committee chair james comer, congressman, good to see you. listen, i want to give you i want to get your take on this ,because we reached out to mary pete for a comment and we were actually referred to this tweet that says, i m alarmed to learn that the chair of the house oversight committee thinks that th