real estate tycoon and republican mega donor harlan crow. we found that thomas has been taking luxury trips from this dallas billionaire virtually every year for over 20 years trips to california, texas , georgia, new zealand and just a few years ago, mr crow flew thomas to indonesia on his private jet and then took him island hopping for nine days on his super yacht staff by stewardesses and private chef and we talked to um, we talked to. you know, we re told that if you were to charter that jet and that yacht yourself, it could easily cost over $500,000, the report says. often fellow travelers included big business people and the heads of prominent conservative groups. and it says crow once gave thomas a $19,000 bible that belonged to the legendary abolitionist frederick douglass. thomas declared that gift and
war, which we have not utilized since world war ii. would you support that? if china, communist china invades taiwan, i think that is certainly, if the american people support this, the congress will follow. so tensions have been ramping up ever since taiwan s president met with house speaker kevin mccarthy in california this week. in fact, that meeting has now resulted in china slapping sanctions on any one who helped to put that together. the hudson institute, the ronald reagan presidential library, and the four leaders of these two locations are all sanctioned now, means they can no longer engage in any activities with china. the ccp is claiming that these places and people provided a platform and convenience to taiwan separatist activities. back here in taipei, this bipartisan delegation is getting
next leadership. talk about weapons that i sign off ongoing into taiwan to pardon taiwan and are they prepared? do we have enough deterrence to stop aggression coming from china? todd: big development, you re watching fox and friends first on thursday morning, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. house speaker kevin mccarthy sitting down with taiwan president in california where he called for the u.s. to send more weapons to the nation immediately. todd: lucas tomlinson with more. lucas. lucas: the republican chairman just arrived in taiwan. here is more from chairman michael mccaul. being here sends a signal to the chinese communist party that the united states supports
one of the world s biggest online, crime websites online crime websites is shut down by police in seventeen countries. is shut down by police in 17 countries. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7 in the morning in singapore and 4 o clock in the afternoon in simi valley in california, where us house speaker kevin mccarthy greeted taiwan president tsai ing wen at the start of a meeting that has already infuriated china. in the last hour, beijing has promised a resolute response. mr mccarthy is the most senior american politician to meet a taiwanese leader on us soil since 1979. the meeting took place at