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
congress. he values stability and doesn t want to see anything that could create potentially problems for him, getting his unprecedented third term and presumably president for life status. but he doesn t want to appear weak and he doesn t want the united states to throw in china s face that they re sending somebody who is a couple steps away from the presidency, to have these meetings in a place that they consider so much a part of china that they include it in their passport in the page where is they list the provinces, there s a page for taiwan. in taiwan, they would point out they ve had their own government and pill temilitary since the e china s civil war 70 years ago. china said it s only a matter of time before taiwan is a part of china. is that time now or down the road? the u.s. is preparing for it and providing weapons to taiwan. will ripley, thank you so much. joining us now to discuss,