china claims taiwan as part of its territory, despite having never controlled it and repeatedly warned against pelosi visiting the island, vowing to take resolute and forceful measures if the visit goes forward. john kirby addressed the trip on cnn last hour. there s no reason for the chinese rhetoric, there s no reason for any actions to be taken. it is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to taiwan. it is very much in keeping with our policy and consistent with our support to taiwan under the taiwan relations act. we shouldn t be as a country, we shouldn t be intimidated by that rhetoric or those potential actions. this is an important trip for the speaker to be on. we re going to do whatever we can to support her. cnn is on capitol hill, but we begin with will ripley in taipei, taiwan. will, what can you tell us the latest about this announcement of the speaker s trip? reporter: well, for one thing, this is not going to be, you know, a fueling brief stop
to do racist things. we re going to do harmful things that targeted violence for black and brown people or anyone different from us and then tell them it s their fault. that the energy that comes through in his video and song. i knew something was up based on the title. i know what a sign downtown is. it s always like, yeah, this ain t for me at all. juanita, i m gonna stay with you for a bit. and then give full disclosure. i have a 1983 black barbie doll who was an astronaut. the deal was made before may jemison was the first black woman in space. i gotta ask you, republican saying oh my gosh we hate the barbie movie. juanita, what does that say? are they so bankrupt for ideas that they want to run after this dahl? if you wanna make the argument that barbie dolls are made in the country and they re not american enough that s one thing with the idea that barr bardi s chinese propaganda seems like a bankrupt parking party looking for a way to stay
em it s till had just been murdered. that was the america that bill russell was stepping into. with nichelle nichols, she was stepping into a tv world where black women were mostly playing maids and domestics. nothing wrong with that but you have to broaden out what people are allowed to play. she was fourth in command on the enterprise. the only above her were spock, kirk and sulu. that s incredible. i love this scene. i love this. my mom was a huge trekky. i got a lot of her on star trek. and loved it. but one of the most fascinating things about her was that nasa noted that she partnered with them to recruit some of the first women and minority astronauts. that s exactly true. may jemison testified she was inspired by nichelle nichols, and she became the first black woman in space. she had a real world effect on nasa. there s a great story about martin luther king telling her,
good point. for everybody who goes into space, there are literally thousands of people who don t go into space, but have to be better at their jobs, smarter, and be thinking literally outside the box, outside the atmosphere. this is literally outside the box thinking. absolutely. and their job is paramount to the safety of the astronauts, to the completion of the mission. and so no job is more important than the other. so it s so exciting to see people of all backgrounds engaged in space exploration because i believe that s where the unity comes from. and that s where the potential to just be better and do better comes from for humanity. what s the impact on the sciences, on people like you, on physicists, getting people not just people in general, because we need more people in sciences generally. but to may jemison s point, but getting a broader swath of