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
touchdown, china made announcements to back up the threats. will ripley is going to report from taipei, and now, china is looking at targeting some areas around taiwan. reporter: an escalating look at threats from china after nancy pelosi landed in taiwan ignoring days of threats from china. and days before the arrival, china target ed a map of to drills that began in the overnight hours just miles from the taiwanese coast. as nancy pelosi s convoy arrived at the hotel, a heavy police
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.
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