six months to plan. and brittney griner is returning to a russian courtroom as she is possibly learning her fate in a russian penal system. welcome to the lead with jake tapper. house speaker nancy pelosi is in taiwan and ignoring weeks of learning from president biden and threats of retaliation from the chinese government, and she says it is america s unwavering commitment to the american democracy which china views as inseparable part of its territory. and president biden said that the u.s. military does not believe it is a good idea for her to visit and it would and could increase tensions between beijing and washington, but president biden stopped short of instructing her not to go. and short of her arrival, there was a sign that flashed welcome to taiwan, speaker nancy pelosi. and china was furious. the foreign minister renewed xi jinping s warning that she was playing with fire in taiwan and added that those who play with fire shall surely perish by it. and ma
and taiwan in high alert with four american. china set to respond with live fire military drills surrounding taiwan new video showing chinese tanks rolling on its coastline. beijing piling on with the threats and sing america will pay. we will respond and a response will be strong and forceful. nancy pelosi not backing away from this face-off with tran about the white house is refusing to take a firm stance of the trip. nothing has changed about our one china policy. the speaker has a right to travel. she is the speaker of the house. she is a member of the congress. members of congress of both parties have traveled to taiwan even just this year. it s an independent branch of government. we gave her advice and counsel in context and information obviously as is typical we are helping with their transformation. but this is a decision that only she can make and we support and respect that decision. republicans are calling out that the white house are showing weakness and
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election. and i m talking lie with stacey abrams, democratic candidate for governor in georgia, about her campaign, voting rights, january six and more. time symone sanders, and i have something to say. missed out of the south breaking news the announcement of bipartisan framework agreement for gun safety legislation in the united states senate. white house correspondent yamiche alcindor is live in one of the key god sleepy legislation? well, symone, there was big news this sunday with a framework being announced by a bipartisan group of senators who have been negotiating in the wake of these recent high-profile mass shootings. all walk you through what this framework is, and should tell people that this isn t a bill yet, the bill hasn t been written, there s a number of things here that i want to support for state crisis intervention orders, incentives for to deny guns to people that are risk of themselves or other, investment and family and mental health services. pro
i m jake tapper. just hours away from the first 2022 hearing from the house collect committee investigating the january 6th attack. in primetime this evening, they will present findings that they say prove president donald trump was at the center of a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. this hearing, it s not just about the mob that stormed the capitol that day. this hearing is about a months-long campaign to undermine democracy in the united states of america. a president desperate to hold on to power at any cost, even if it meant destroying the american experiment. even though a willingness to take away legal votes from american voters. this evening, we re expected to hear excerpts from taped testimony from some of trump s closest supporters, and also family members. and live testimony from a u.s. capitol police officer, who was severely injured fighting off the maga mob. also testimony from a documentary filmmaker who was embedded with the group the proud boys. membe