activists protested the taliban takeover in the capital, chanting words like work and freedom on the streets. the protest broke up when the taliban began firing warning shots into the air. joining us, msnbc international affairs analyst and matt zeller, senior adviser at iava and advisory board chair, also former cia analyst and afghanistan combat vet. what s it been like a year later for, for example, women in afghanistan, girls in afghanistan? well, jose, basically the dark cloud of war has been replaced with a dark cloud of starvation, uncertainty and hopelessness. 50% of the population, females, women, girls from all over the country who had hope, who had a future, whose families could hope for them, that s completely disappeared. we re seeing these women coming
pelosi s arrival is imminent. she may be in the air right now . she s definitely coming. one source told the wall street journal the only variable is whether she spends the night. so nancy pelosi goes to taipei. what s the effect of that? well, we don t need to guess the chinese government has said repeatedly and clearly that if nancy pelosi lands in taiwan, it could trigger a global war. watch a chinese spokesperson said there would be serious consequences for the visit over the weekend conducting military drills at sea if house speaker pelosi insists on visiting taiwan, china will take resolute and strong measures to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. are they bluffing? it doesn t sound like it actually , a representative chinese state media said this quote if u.s. fighter jets escort pelosi s plane into taiwan, it is an inves the chinese army has the right to forcibly dispel pelosi s plane and the us fighter jets, including firing warning shots
including firing warning shots and making tactical movement of instruction. shoot them down. oh, okay. the white house was asked about this. suddenly on the brink of yet another global war potentially nuclear war because nancy pelosi has been given the green light by the white house to fly to taiwan. so what s the white house view of this? listen. unofficial associated with chinese state media suggesting that if speaker pelosi tries to go to taiwan her plane could be shot down. does the president have a response? you know, i have been asked, i know you re asking specifically about the rhetoric that we are hearing from china. as it relates to the speakers travels, it s something we are just not going to speak to. right now that is a hypothetical. tucker: it doesn t seem
that matter and not willing to show strength and here we are shrinking in front of the bear and now the panda, if it is. so it just shows where his weakness under this particular administration. i think she should go personally. todd: congressman the state media official said a deleted tweet on saturday, u.s. fighter jets escorted pelosi s plan to taiwan. they the u.s. fighter jets including firing warning shots and making tactical movement of all obstruction and affected shoot them down. congressman hello was standing in the world gotten that someone entering the state media or the chinese government feels emboldened to make a statement like that under this biden administration? todd clement shows. it is a perfect example how poorly the world thinks of this administration. everyone used to scream about trump not being a nice guy but he was respected because he was
choice to forcibly dispel the plane and fighter jets including firing warning shots and tactical maneuver of obstruction if ineffective then shoot them down. the assassination threat sparked global attention the white house though not directly commenting on this statement. official associated with chinese state need i can t suggesting that if speaker pelosi goes to taiwan the plane should be shut down. does the president have a response to that. i know you re asking specifically about the rhetoric that we re hearing from china. but as it relates to the speaker s, the speaker s travels, something that we re just not going to speak to. right now that s a hypothetical. we are, we are not, just, we re just not going to speak on her schedule. the threat against nancy pelosi comes a day after chinese president xi jinping and