bill: we have gotten a lot of this video in overnight. precision missile strikes blanketing the waters around taiwan, threatening the democratic republic that the u.s. considers to be a strong ally. dana? dana: china demonstrating its ability to bombard the island by air and sea. the show of force prompting taiwan to put its military on high alert and cancelled dozens of commercial flights. bill: beijing is conducting these drills closer to taiwan than ever before. some of them happening a mere 12 miles away. beijing surrounding the island with helicopters and war ships showing its ability to enforce what could be an all out blockade at some point. dana: meanwhile, republicans are blaming president biden. they say his mixed messaging on pelosi s visit gave china the green light. he sent the wrong message like he did to putin. let s invade a little portion of it. we should be very upfront at the very beginning. do not send a missile across. we should set a fine line
attorney has been criticized for soft on crime policies. according to the nypd, one of the worst repeat offenders has been busted 101 times including 88 since bail reform in 2020 and 74 larceny arrests. all of them happened in manhattan. bragg is responding to the mayor s criticism. he says shootings are down from last year in manhattan and says he s proud of the work his office is doing. many have called for bragg s job despite that. the governor has the power to remove him as d.a. but so far has not done that. we ll send it back to you. dana: nate foyt, thank you so much. let s bring in a wall street journal columnist and fox news contributor and he knows new york very, very well. i want to give alvin bragg a chance to be heard here. listen to what he said defending himself. working for 20 years talking about how to improve our imperfect system. so certainly, i think that s what we re working on every day. improving the system.
dana: i m going to ask that jesse watters, yes i am. in the new york city justice system, watch this. they say the difference, definition of insanity is to do the same thing repeatedly but expect different results. our criminal justice system is insane. dana: new york city mayor eric adams reacting to a report claiming the state s bail reform laws embodien career criminals. according to records obtained by the new york post, get this, since the laws went into effect in 2020, 10 career criminals have been caught committing 485 crimes. and most are still free. nate is live in new york city with the story. good morning, nate. good morning, dana. the post reports six of those 10 still on the streets and you heard it. mayor adams and police commissioner as well saying new york s criminal justice system is not only insane. it s broken. let s here. new york remains the only