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
appointed director of the fbi, responds to threats against asians in the aftermath of the search. d-against agents in the aftermath of the search. good morning to all of you, welcome to way too early , that is the show on this thursday, august 11, it is not just the time on your clock. i m alex witt for jonathan lemire. we begin with the latest legal fallout from donald trump s deposition from the ag s office and the former president pleaded the fitchth amendment, his right against self incrimination for 450 times in four hours. it is all part of the new york a. g. s probe into the trump business practices with the former president s attorney saying the only question he answered wa about his name. the attorney said trump took the fifth on questions about evaluations of items, and golf clubs, signing documents, mortgages, loans and the size of his apartment. the former president said in a statement that he did it because his family, company, and all the people in his orbit
nine miles people to go in and pay their last respects to queen elizabeth. there will never be another like her. common ground starting to emerge. justice department and former president trump s legal team over the appointment of a special master. it appears both sides agree on former judge raimondo deery. 26 last week. 26 is a weird age in hollywood. you are young enough to play a high school student but you are too old to date leonardo decaprio. in dallas. 5:00 central time. you should whisper. ainsley: wake up, get dressed. brian: cowboys think they are in a bad dream dallas play terrible and lose their starting quarterback for two months. chris, would you look that up or carley, would you look that up? it out for two months. ainsley: 91 degrees. low of 65. 67 right now. sunny, thursday, friday good weather for the weekend. steve: it s dallas, it s your 5:01 central time wake-up call. good morning to the dallas-fort worth metroplex. speaking of numb
flights and now mountains of misplaced luggage. tom costello will explain the latest headache facing summer travel. it is just horrible traveling this summer. it is hard to get a flight that is not canceled. and the new comments from senator joe manchin as he now claims that he has not written off any of president biden s agenda. okay. we ll figure that out. but first, emotions running high still in uvalde, texas. after a tense school board meeting last night, parents are demanding answers after release of a scathing new report calling the shooting response at robb elementary school a systemic failure. nbc news correspondent sam brock joins us live from uvalde. sam, good morning. what are the families saying today? well, mika, good morning. look, this system was structured in such a way that the meeting was so that participants could vent frustration and feels for about 45 minutes. it lasted more than three years with young kids asking the grown-ups, what are you doing righ
situation is fluid. we ll be listening to what nancy pelosi has to say. and it gets to a larger question, is momentum building for some big wins, a bill that helps us compete with china now heads to the president s desk for signature. and democrats have senator manchin on board for a bill they are calling the inflation reduction act that addresses everything from climate change to health care. couldn t come at a better time with the midterms fast approaching and democrats fighting to hold on to control of congress. and there are policy challenges from the war in ukraine to securing the release of brittney griner. there is iran and russia and china whose leader the president spoke with yesterday amid rising tensions of pelosi s trip to the region and potentially taiwan. let s dig into all of this. wehave mike memoli and also ali vitali. and we have our mcrib contributors. ali, what more can you tell us about the situation of the bills? reporter: at this point it is really fl