start, former vice president mike pence will testify against his old boss, what dropping his appeal means for the case against trump and more bad news for the former president. top national security officials testify against him in the 2020 election subversion probe plus put your hands up in some noise for brandon. ahead we re going to have my interview with chicago s new progressive mayor elect brandon johnson, about how he pulled off his upset victory. what s going on everyone welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez in for the wonderful christine romans a lot to get to this morning, so let s get to it. we re gonna start with former vice president mike pence, deciding not to appeal a federal judge s order for him to testify in the case against donald trump. we don t know what date the date yet, but pence will now testify to a grand jury in a special council probe into efforts by trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 20
between mccarthy and saying when . the irony here is the more beijing squeezes type internationally. the more popular taiwan seems to become, as you mentioned destination for politicians and lawmakers, not just from the u. s but other western countries as well as that s increasingly seen as being on the front line in this global competition between democracy and autocracy, as president biden has put it. as for beijing s reaction to this meeting between speaker mccarthy and presidents high, relatively restrained so far, very rhetorical and predictable, with their officials, blasting the taiwan leader and us politicians that issuing some vague threats and warnings. that s in stark contrast to what we saw last year when then speaker pelosi went to taiwan right after her trip. the chinese military conducted days of large scale live fire drills around the island sort of difference this time, according to analysts. president his visit to the u. s relatively low key by design, according to us