presence. nancy pelosi has been supporting taiwan for decades and it is very important for me as a taiwanese to be here tonight to welcome her. reporter: others accuse her of escalating tensions. translator: right now, pelosi and the united states are treating taiwan as a chess piece. once she land, china will retaliate using their own methods. reporter: china s foreign ministry spokesman called her stop in taiwan, a serious violation of the one china principle that will have a serious impact on the relations, and they said that cyber attacks took some sites off line. and no immediate claim of responsibility. the mainland communist rulers have never controlled the island of almost 24 million people, and they refuse to recognize the democratically elected government, and china says they sent 24 warplanes into the air space tuesday part are calling a bullying, and economic power to isolate the island. in a washington op-ed shortly before her arrival, pelosi writes, that
stand by the high stakes missions to take out the world s most wanted terrorist. the pentagon wiped the phones at the end of the trump admini administration. i ll get reaction from a member of the january 6th select committee. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, wolf blitzer is off, i m pamela brown and you re in the situation room. we begin with house speaker nancy pelosi s controversial trip to taiwan and the added strain it s putting on already tense u.s. relations with china. cnn selina wang has a report from beijing. reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi staying overnight in taiwan, ignoring relentless warnings from beijing that there would be grave consequences. speaker pelosi touching down in taipei just before 11:00 p.m. local time, becoming the most senior u.s. official to visit taiwan in 25 years. but the high-stakes, high-risk visit also comes at a delicate moment for u.s./china relations. speaker pelosi expected to meet the t
unquote. this nfl slap on the wrist comes after the cleveland browns deshaun watson, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by two dozen women, was suspended for only six games. i guess it s a good thing neither was caught doing something really bad, like smoking a joint. you can follow me on facebook, instagram, tiktok and twitter jake tapper, tweet the show. our coverage continues with the great pamela brown in for wolf blitzer right next door in the situation room. happening now, china s military is mobilizing after house speaker nancy pelosi lands in taiwan defying beijing s threat of retaliation. we re tracking this risky test of u.s. relations with the communist regime. also this hour, new images show the hideout where al qaeda leader al sa war hi was killed.
planning took place for most of the year. this situation room meeting with top national security officials was in early july when president biden was shown a model of his building. confidence had grown that the al qaeda leader, who had a 25 million dollar bounty on his head, had moved into downtown kabul with his family. he never left the house officials say, but his family s movements were tracked and he was spotted on the balcony where he was eventually killed early sunday morning kabul time with two missiles launched by a drone overhead. known as hell fires, a u.s. made air to ground missile that allows for precision strikes. al sa war herery s recorded message was just three weeks ago. he was more of a spiritual figure head than an operational leader of al qaeda, but his presence in the afghan capital is evidence the u.s. says that the taliban reanything on the deal known as the doha agreement that they would not harbor