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
out there showing chinese that it is appropriate for the military to exercise. my question is that she can go, but why? what s the point? what is the upside? i don t get the upside except to give the president another headache. congresswoman? i was not saying that the president authorized the trip. he said that he did not stop her. the pentagon as i understand it, counseled against her making trip, but she is head of an independent branch of government and she has her prerogative and she is exercising it, and a lot of the allies and the partners are going a little nuts of the timing of the trip, and i agree with you, s, phil. she came around on me. and even though china has long been speaking out against the human rights abuse, and such. thank you both for joining me. and now, the story of the congresswoman talking about how the u.s. went about carrying out
battleground state, no coincidence, i m heard he will be talk about the economy, coronavirus, dr. fauci and his thoughts on the biden administration as well as the news that we got yesterday that he will be kept off facebook till at least early 2023. the former president releasing a statement yesterday, they shouldn t be allowed to get away with the censoring and silencing and ultimately we will win. our country can t take the abuse anymore. this would be a big boost for the republican party here in north carolina for the former president to be back out here trying to get on the stump. we got up with the chairman of the republican party earlier this morning. you re going to see vintage donald trump here tonight and he will be lay out to visions for his differences of america and what we are seeing out of washington under president biden right now. we are also expecting to hear from governor christy nohlm.
well, i think we need to look at the details and see the accumulative effect of what it does to the country and how it affects not just the corporate rate but trickle down and affect the rest of the american working-class people. neil: got it. all right, congressman, thank you for coming in. always good seeing you. republican texas congressman. i want to go to mark meredith right now. this is an issue, mark, and you re in north carolina where donald trump will be speaking tonight at a party fundraising event. i have a feeling this issue will come up, what are you hearing? mark: one of many issues to come up. former president trump will have a captive audience where he sees thousands of people right in the ballroom. one of a few a handful of times that we have heard from the former president since he left the white house. organizers say this could be a big boost for the president. the president making trip to