fight o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming. and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. o, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave pete: we begin. this sunday morning with a fox news alert. a chinese warship coming within 150 yards of a u.s. destroyer in the taiwan strait in the latest chinese provocation in the region. u.s. indo-pacific command slamming their chinese counterparts for maneuvering in an unsafe manner. rachel: china says it s the monitor thed the two ships but made no mention of the close call. this comes days after a chinese fighter jet did its own unnecessary aggressive maneuver by buzzing around an american recon plane. will: all this as the ccp if cracks down on activists as today marks 34th anniversary of tiananmen square massacre. eight people were detained, accused of disrupting order in publi
jim gavin who were commanders of the 8 2nd airborne acquisition in combat. division in combat. it shows the misguided priorities of the progressive left. will: yeah, that seems to be the key, the priorities. this is in the same conversation you and i are talking about the march forward for china, and this is where we are marching forward. colonel allen west, always great to talk to to you. thanks, will. god bless. will: take care. still ahead, the role of religion in the 2024 presidential election. i spoke with vivek ramaswamy who says he believes in god and that it will impact the way he governs if elected. that s coming up. but first, we re live from the tunnel to towers tower climb new york city. let s check in with rick reichmuth who is at 1 world trade center this morning. hey, rick. rick: hey, guys. i just found our fox team. this is rebecca. you put all this together. i know you don t want to be on camera. how much have you guys raised? over $12,000, and there s 16
compromised and not taking a tough stance on china and, therefore, they see weakness, not strength which is a very strong deterrent. will: yeah. it makes you wonder, colonel, where this is going to go. does the path with china does not seem like it s headed at least toward safe ground. no, it s not. and china has been in an economic war against us for quite some time the, and now they ve stepped up their game to make it a military war. and all you have to do is read their one belt, one road advantage to understand exactly what china s goals and intentions are. will: yes. kohl colonel, i want to get your perspective on jen psaki, she had this to say this yesterday i don t know that she s talking about republicans, she might be talking about independents or she might be talking about america at large, why they feel the way they codo about joe biden. they can t make him extreme, they can t really make him offensive. mine, one i mean, one, he is a white man who s older. yeah.
will: fox news alert, growing tensions with china this morning as one of their warships nearly hits a u.s. destroy, coming within 150 yards in the taiwan strait. this latest act of aggression coming just days after a chinese jet flew within 400 feet of a u.s. recon flight over the south china sea. retired u.s. army lieutenant colonel allen are west joins us now. colonel, great to see you this morning. great on with you, will. will: they re saying we are the provocateurs, we re near their homeland, they are saying we are the ones causing this heightened tension. what are we supposed to read from these situations? what we re supposed to the realize is that china s our numb one geopolitical foe, and we need to the start getting back ott moral if high ground that we once had against them. china s the one that that has killed hundreds of thousands of americans due to the fentanyl issue, killed millions of americans because of the release of the covid virus. and so we have a president th
will: yeah. i kind of reject the premise. i m not sure who s comfortable with joe biden, certainly not the base of the republican party. and then finally, colonel, you served at fort bragg. i know you also served at fort hood in texas as well. yeah. will: fort bragg s now been renamed, its new name is fort liberty. it s the most recent example, most prominent really of the army rebranding in an effort to erase confederate names from their bases. i d love your take. this is why china is being aggressive, because we re worried about changing the names of military installations instead of the readiness and capability capacity of our forces. the united states army is not meeting its reedges and is recruiting goals because we re focused on this cultural marxism and these silly things. fort bragg is fort bragg, no one cared about braxton the bragg being a confederate general. if anything, if you re going to change the name, then why not change it to matthew ridgeway or