in the himalayas are creating a water crisis we have a special report on getting tap water to villages. hey, josh, it s gillian, how are you doing? very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real time conversations right before their eyes. she knew it would antagonise beijing but that hasn t stopped nancy pelosi america s third highest ranking politician from paying a high level visit to taiwan. in the past hour she s been at the taiwanese parliament but before arriving there the chinese foreign ministry summoned the us ambassador, nicholas burns, to beijing to protest against the visit. during her meeting with taiwanese politicians she insisted that she had come to taiwan in what she called peace for the region . we come in friendship to taiwan. we come in peace for the region and our chair of the veterans affairs committee, representing our veterans, understanding the value of peace and the avoidance of conflict. i am sure he will
because beijing itself believes that there needs to be reunification between taiwan and china, and that taiwan is a part of course of the chinese nation. so it is a meeting, which is high in symbolism, but it also has had, as a result, some more significant moments. we have seen military manoeuvres, both by the chinese and american vessels being sent into the region as well. low level, in terms of that military operation, and it is not engagement, it is just operations in and around the seeds of around taiwan. but nonetheless, it has ratcheted up nonetheless, it has ratcheted up further the very difficult relations that currently exist between beijing and washington. it has been an awkward scenario for the white house because they do not have control over nancy pelosi, there were some effort to persuade her not to make this journey, effort to persuade her not to make thisjourney, but effort to persuade her not to make this journey, but it has been made and they will stand sup
coast. 8:00 p.m. in los angeles this. is america s late news. fox news @ night. breaking minutes going president biden and china s president meeting in san francisco in two days. a crack down on the export of fentanyl. killing tens of thousands of americans crossing the border in record amounts. let s get to our senior national correspondent live in washington dc with what to expect. good evening, kevin. good evening, trace. this is the first time president xi has visited the u.s. in six years. unlike the last meeting this time president biden is hoping to cut through growing political head winds here at home. by announcing as you pointed out a framework to cut back on fentanyl exports from china. the fentanyl crisis is a major story line throughout california and san francisco in particular. long thought to be the epicenter of the country s fentanyl crisis. meantime left leaning advocates have taken to the streets with one group threatening to shut down the conference and
This is Al Jazeera America, good morning and live from new york city, im Randall Pinkston, a kentucky clerk who refuses to issue marriage licenses because of her religious beliefs faces a judge today, kim davis and her staff will appear in federal court to face contempt charges for davis continued defiance of the law, she refuses to issue licenses to anyone to avoid giving them to gay couples and we have more at the woman at the center of the controversy. Kim davis is hoping this federal judge will delay that court order so she can appeal a decision relating to an injunction that the governor filed. Kim davis has been the center of controversy for many weeks here and to some she has become sort of a hero in rowan county. [chanting] before kim davis was at the epicenter of the battle over same sex marriage [chanting] she led a life of little notoriety, elected official who followed in her mothers footsteps ran rowan, kentucky Clerks Office and people go to her for records and licenses.
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