the way here. we will be joined in a moment. john: but first, a fox news alert, a furious china and military on high alert. house speaker pelosi s trip to taiwan is now over, as the world awaits the fallout promised by the chinese government. good wednesday to you. gillian: pelosi met with taiwan s president and other senior leaders during her 20-hour stay in taipei. reaffirming the commitment to taiwan s democracy and supporting the island militarily. critics say it does more harm than good in an already unstable region. john: communist regime planning a series of live fire exercises tomorrow. ten miles off the coast of taiwan. tennessee republican senator bill haggerty has expertise as a former ambassador to japan. gillian: aishah hasnie joins us this afternoon. how is the white house responding to china s plans? hey there, good afternoon to you, gillian and john. the white house is really trying to get china to not increase tensions any more, to not escalate the
country, the humanitarian outpouring towards ukrainians in need. i can t help be believe they born the brunt of the holocaust communism, they see themselves if the ukrainians. michael, welcome to warsaw and thank you for coming to poland. thank you for coming here to bare witness. for poland, this is 1939, this is an invasion by a foreign occupier, a cruel represser. what you are seeing here is the polls doing what they wish they had done in 1939 and fight back. that s why you see the young people organizing on social media, getting into their cars and going to the border to rescue ukrainian refugees comes across the border. this is the only country in world s history which put every arriving refugee into someone s house or home. a whole new bar. 2,000 people, women and children, i met a four generation family from kherson. they have russian invaders still there. literally, ambassador, and i know you heard the story so many times, i left with only the clothing on their ba
environment. finland takes the step of nato membership in order to strengthen not only its own security, but also in order to strengthen wider transatlantic security. this is not away from anybody. like you, mr. president, said nato is protective, not a threat to anybody. at the same time we must not forget that, at this very moment, the proud people of ukraine are fighting not only for their own freedom and democracy, but for our common security. finland, together with the eu and the united states, stands firmly behind ukraine. so, mr. president, once again, i want to thank you for making history with us. thank you. thank you. mr. president, thank you for welcoming president niinisto and me to the white house. the bonds between sweden and the united states, they are strong and long standing, and as you know, swedes first in your home state of delaware in 1638, and we were one of the first countries to recognize the united states as an independent nation in 1783. since th
Have they zeroed in on a suspect . After failing twice to elect a speaker the house gop meeting Behind Closed Doors tonight. The nine new candidates battling it out. The massive pileup in louisiana about 100 vehicles involved was it caused by socalled superfog and the Children Of War the boy marking his ninth birthday as a hostage. His familys message to the world announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening there are breaking developments tonight on the hostage front two elderly israeli women, the latest hamas captives to be freed. The group says nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz were let go for compelling humanitarian reasons the two women seen tonight in this egyptian Tv Video Clip as they were handed over to israeli officials. Their release and that of two americans on friday raising hopes for the families of the other nearly 200 including as many as 20 americans that may be held hostage. Against that backdrop israel today stepping up its Bombing Campaign again
In gaza over the last 24 hours. And the rise in attacks on u. S. Forces in the middle east. What the white house says about the possibility iran is involved. Our Richard Engel is in israel for us. Also tonight, the terrifying moments in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines plane. An offduty pilot accused of trying to shut down the engines midflight. The pilots who subdued him. Youll hear the call to the tower. The 83 counts of Attempted Murder he now faces. New details in the fatal stabbing of a synagogue president in detroit. Police today saying they dont believe it was motivated by antisemitism. Have they zeroed in on a suspect . After failing twice to elect a speaker the house gop meeting Behind Closed Doors tonight. The nine new candidates battling it out. The massive pileup in louisiana. About 100 vehicles involved. Was it caused by socalled superfog . And the children of war. The boy marking his ninth birthday as a hostage. His familys message to the world. Announcer this is nbc nig