commitment to he spond militarily if china intervenes in taiwan. we agree with one china policy. we signed onto it and all the attendant agreements made from there. but the idea that it can be taken by force is taken by force is just not appropriate. it will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in ukraine. cnn is live for us this morning in tokyo. hi, kevin. you know, the president catching some off dpafd with that commented on taiwan. what is the white house saying now? i know china has responses as well. yeah, some of the president s aids were caught off guard. they should be, the u.s. long adhered to the policy of strategic ambiguity. they will provide the defensive weapons against invading. they won t necessarily spell out what they would do if china were to invade. so the white house says the us policy hasn t changed, essentially saying the president didn t mean what he said. with enthe president was speaking. he said something
that is incredibly notable because as brianna was saying, it s been this long-standing practice of strategic ambiguity. basically, that means that the white house will say, china, don t do this. we don t want to see you do this, but they wouldn t exactly spell out what would happen if china were to do that. and the president, of course, did that today, saying the u.s. military would be involved in this. so, yes, afterward, you did see some of the president s aides try to walk this back saying he wasn t articulating any kind of change in his policy, but it is a policy difference for him to come out and say explicitly they would do that. not just that they would provide arms to ukraine or arms to taiwan and weapons to taiwan like they are doing with ukraine, but saying they would go one step further, john. of course, it s a statement the president has come close to saying before. he articulated it very bluntly with no clarifications, no caveats. you can have aides walk it bac
see more cases in the upcoming days. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in cnn newsroom. following several mayor stories this hour including new concerns over monkey pox after another suspected case in the united states. also tonight, baby formula given a military escort into the united states. how long will it last? and the nypd is searching for a suspect after a man was shot dead on the subway this morning. plus voters in four more states are set to head to the polls on tuesday. could they be on a midnight train to georgia? and pope frances says president biden should receive communion but other catholic leaders push back. the mixed message from the church coming up. while many states deal with a rise in covid-19 infections there s another possible case of monkey pox in the united states. a broward county person is in isolation. monkey pox is mostly found in west and central africa. earlier this week a case was reported in massachusetts. that patient recentl
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menendez. as we begin a new hour, grasping for a plan. the new house speaker facing a major task to avoid a costly government shutdown. with time running out, republicans and democrats are already criticizing his new plan. also tonight, the israeli prime minister with a significant statement about the future of gaza. and the new warning about the 2024 race. donald trump has a few things planned for the doj and immigration policy if he were to win again. and it is just as dangerous as you would expect. this is american voices. we begin this hour on capitol hill, with yet another countdown to a costly government shutdown. congress has until the end of friday, six days from now, to pass the funding bill. just hours ago, the new house speaker, mike johnson, unveiled his plan to keep the government funded. it is a two state approach, funding some parts of the government until january, others through february. this new plan does not include spending cuts, nor additional milit