military moves and come in the potential of military shifts in the military strait. they re not specifically tying it to this meeting, but the timing is probably more than a little coincidental, jose. so this meeting is significant for the u.s. because it shows the continuing support for taiwan as you know the u.s. doesn t have formal diplomatic relations. they have unofficial relations with the taiwanese government here in taipei, but again this meeting a high level on both sides is very significant for the taiwanese president showing senior members of the u.s. house of congress, in fact the highest member of the speaker of the house is showing his support and standing next to her at this meeting. now, of course we all saw what happened after then speaker pelosi, nancy pelosi when she visited last year, we saw what happened the chinese military responded with unprecedented drills including live fire
this about the dangers of military exercises. when it comes to military training. we re always going to try to take into account mitigating some of the risks associated with that training as i mentioned before. a lot of the training that our service members do is by nature dangerous right? whether it s live fire exercises, whether it s aircraft training, whether it s you know, training on ships at sea that there are many dangerous aspects of that. and of course, that was pentagon spokesman brigadier general patrick ryder, not karine jean pierre. joining us now is the governor of kentucky. andy bashir. governor thank you so much for joining us. this is a tragic day for the state for the country. you noted that this morning and i was really struck by your comments where you said, we must remember that the freedom relies on those who are willing to serve, some of which pay the ultimate price. and that, of course imply applies to those who are serving this country overseas and here on
yesterday should never be an active war zone. and so we have said russia should agree to demilitarise the zone around the plant and agree to allow an international atomic energy agency visit as soon as possible to check on the safety and security of the systems. for more on this, john herbst was the us ambassador to ukraine between 2003 2006 and is now a senior director at the atlantic council. hejoins us from fairfax, virgina. thank fairfax, virgina. you very much for making the thank you very much for making the time for us. in march they put military stores in or around, and apparently had been conducting fire exercises i mean shooting from areas near the reactor. the ukrainians have
demilitarised the area and agreed to allow an international atomic energy agency to issue enter as soon as possible to check on the safety and security of the system is. earlier i spoke tojohn herbst, the us ambassador to ukraine between 2003 2006, who said the accident will only increase pressure on russia to allow access to the plant. it is very dangerous. in march they put military stores in or around, this and apparently have been conducting fire exercises i mean shooting from areas near the reactor. the ukrainians have been talking about this for sometime and recently over the past month or so the international community, the iaea and you and have recognised the danger, and i would say the may been active in pushing for access to the site. the incident today will only increase pressure on moscow to allow access,