might. bill: beijing showing it whats the power to blockade the island firing maybe from every direction. the drills come on the heels of last week s talks in california between the president of taiwan and our house speaker kevin mccarthy. dana: congressional dell grecian visiting taiwan. the foreign minister warning to fox news any accident might spark an uncontrollable war. the chinese did their exercises these couple days have been very serious. if you look at the chinese air force and with the ships they re coming close to taiwan. even though taiwan is small. we believe in the prophesy of david versus goliath and taiwan will also prevail in the end. bill: brand-new week. mike gallagher house chair joins us in a moment. dana: greg palkot joins us. good morning, greg. there is the latest flurry of saber rattling by china around taiwan appears to be ending for the moment. there is more to come. war planes and ships were announced around the coast. a warning to th
Circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter. This Appointment Underscores for the public the departments commitment to both independence and accountability and particularly sensitive matters. And to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. Lets bring in Wall Street Journal columnist Dan Henninger and kim strassel do you think Merrick Garland had a choice here or was he boxed in and really had to appoint a special council or is he just trying to build in some political insulation here for the hard choices that may come . Well i would say all of the above, paul. [laughter] for sure. I mean, really consider that one week ago today, we were all sitting here discussing that fiasco of Kevin Mccarthy House Speakership Roll Forward nearly one week we have a spectacle of a special council appointed to investigate the sitting president of the United States after one has already been appointed a special council to investigate the form
more states, making it harder for women to get abortions do democrats have a plan to respond ? speak with democratic senator kirsten gillibrand next? and secrets out the intelligence community and us allies shaken at the scope of classified material leaked by a 21 year old junior airman is the u. s doing enough to keep it secret? safe plus, don t get distracted. we ve never been in such danger. as we are right now the gop works on its message and its messenger for 2024 gop governor who overcame donald trump s attacks and one in a purple state lays out his vision for how his party can win back the white house. georgia governor brian kemp joins me ahead. hello i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is compromised. president biden is back in the u. s after a deeply personal diplomatic visit to ireland, but he returns to face a thorny new set of issues at home, the u. s and key allies trying to assess the full damage after the arrest of a 21 year old member of
with breaking news this morning. in the balance of the supreme court considers a challenge to abortion medication. out of there. man. more states, making it harder for women to get abortions do democrats have a plan to respond? speak with democratic senator kirsten gillibrand next? and secrets out the intelligence community and us allies shaken at the scope of classified material leaked by a 21 year old junior airman is the u. s doing enough to keep it secret? safe plus, don t get distracted. we ve never been in such danger. as we are right now . the gop works on its message and its messenger for 2024 gop governor who overcame donald trump s attacks and one in a purple state lays out his vision for how his party can win back. the white house. georgia governor brian kemp joins me ahead. hello i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is compromised. president biden is back in the u. s. after a deeply personal diplomatic visit to ireland, but he returns to face
hackers stole from one of the agency computer networks. and researchers show the program that kept millions out of poverty is expiring. plus the biden administration is reacting after several reports revealed how migrant children are being exploited for cheap labor here in the u.s. and as the defense rests in the alex murdaugh trial. we begin at the u.s. supreme court. right now the justices are hearing arguments on whether president biden has the authority to wipe out more than $400 billion in student loan debt. the president s plan is being challenged by six states that say only congress could act on that. the plan was announced last summer, but lower courts put it on hold. the high court is expected to announce a decision later this year. with us now to talk about this, nbc news washington correspondent our reporter outside the u.s. court, and lindsey reiser. reporter: essentially what you have is two parties arguing that the biden administration didn t follow the pr