giving either false hope or faulty information. and it s not just kentucky dealing with extreme weather, either. the super charged mckinney fire exploded over the weekend in northern california, scorching over 55,000 acres. authorities say it s zero percent contained. firefighters reported finding the bodies of two people in a vehicle burned in the path of the wildfire. evacuations continue today. let s start in kentucky. our reporter is live for us. evan, what are you seeing and hearing from people there? reporter: kate, the flood waters are starting to recede, the ones that came in last week. but we re worried there might be more coming in. this gives aus ch us a chanceo talk about how dang rerous thes floods are. where i m standing is a creek that goes along the highway. i want to show you just what happened here when those flood waters came through. over there, that collection of plywood and slats, there s some toys a t the top of that, that was a house. the flood wa
taiwan, despite these warnings we have been discussing from beijing. the biden administration showed support for her decision. we want to make sure that when she travels overseas, she can do so safely and securely. we ll make sure of that. 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. our will ripley is in taipei, the capital taipei, taiwan, this morning. and will, i wonder, we ve heard, as we discussed, rhetoric like this, inflammatory rhetoric often from china as it regards taiwan. they amped it up, but i wonder what taiwan is feeling about this visit, particularly from such a high level? reporter: well, there s certainly a difference probably what they re feeling at the president s office versus what we would be observing evidence folks, this is pretty universal, don t care much about it. they re not following it
todd: i m todd piro. carley: doubling down to nancy pelosi and making it clear to the u.s. concern over what pelosi planned to taiwan in firm opposition to visit if the u.s. challenges and it will be met with resolute countermeasures and must bear all consequences arising thereof. in washington alex, good morning. good morning, carley, todd it seems the chinese believe there was a trip to taiwan gland but the itinerary yesterday the self-governing island was not listed and read in singapore, malaysia, south korea and japan high level meetings to discuss how we can further advance our shared interests and values. pelosi and other democratic delegation has made the trip to discuss security, economic partnership in the region according to the speaker s office and taiwan is not on the public schedule but there has been intense speculation a stop could happen anyway despite a warning from china and president calling the visit not a good idea. mike pompeo said this, i don t
taiwan there is what growing speculation that she will visit taipei as soonest tomorrow. of course that s not sitting well with beijing because it views the independent nations as its territory. chinese foreign minister terry spokesperson is making it abundantly clear there will be serious consequences if that visit goes ahead saying we would like to once again warned the united states that we are fully prepared and solemnly waiting to bear the people s liberation army will never sit by idly and if nancy pelosi insists on visiting taiwan as for what measures exactly, we will take and see if she dares making the visit. you know i think about, this doesn t have to happen in my view. this be the first time in 25 years you d have a house speaker visit, the biggest visit of united states official going back to 1987. it s an porton it happens because a verbal commitment was made and we must show strength. and you think about all of the foreign policy debacles we ve had starting
after he made allegations in a whistleblower complaint. he was strip of his gun and badge, and removed from the daytona beach fbi field office. that sounds like fun, getting stripped at the daytona beach feel office. i guess as far as the fbi is concerned he s been unfriended. see what i did there with his name? because his name s friend. i think that s a courtesy laugh on yor part, bat i ll let it go. now, you can keep doing it, aren t you? don t you remember the whistleblower protection act? that was such a big deal when all the anonymous sneakers were coming after trump. now it gets ignored like tinder dating profile. very lean guy. laughing through the tears. n. friend was declared absent without leave because he wouldn t take part in a swat raid that hey considered excessive force agents the january 6 folks accused of misdemeans. in a way it s like being punished for refusing to take part in a home invasion. but because friend missed off the wrong people he was gone fast