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we begin this hour with a very public and defiant show of force by the speaker of the house. speaker nancy pelosi walking down in taiwan. you can see the american flag on the tail of pelosi s air force jet lit up moments after touching down. her trip is both high stakes and high danger. she say this is trip reaffirms the unwavering commitment to taiwan s democracy. this moments after pelosi landed, this new threat from beijing, quote, these moves like playing with fire are extremely dangerous. those who play with fire will perish from it. we have been waiting for this. speaker landed, she stepped off the plane defiantly. and china has now respond defiantly with what they re saying are going to be various military exercises happening around the area of taiwan in the coming ho you ares. you re talking about overnight military exercises. we re not exactly sure how it s going to look or sound. will there be anyone in taiwan who can hear echoing booms? this is the dramatic kind
cnn identified the house where it happened. and right now china is threatening to start air and sea military exercises around taiwan, this is a direct response to house speaker nancy pelosi s arrival there. the house speaker is the first high ranking u.s. official to visit taiwan in 25 years. a landmark flashed a sign that said speaker pelosi welcome to taiwan. china is not mincing words, the foreign ministry issued a statement, quote, this is a serious rye lags of the one china principle it has severe impact on the political foundation of china/u.s. relations. kylie atwood joins us now. tell us the reaction. the biden administration is trying to bring the temperature down right now. you see china raising the temperature and doing a number of things. taiwan said that a number of the government websites in the country have faced threats, cyber attacks in the last 24 hours as the trip was about to occur. we know there have been war planes that china has sent into taiwan s
six months to plan. and brittney griner is returning to a russian courtroom as she is possibly learning her fate in a russian penal system. welcome to the lead with jake tapper. house speaker nancy pelosi is in taiwan and ignoring weeks of learning from president biden and threats of retaliation from the chinese government, and she says it is america s unwavering commitment to the american democracy which china views as inseparable part of its territory. and president biden said that the u.s. military does not believe it is a good idea for her to visit and it would and could increase tensions between beijing and washington, but president biden stopped short of instructing her not to go. and short of her arrival, there was a sign that flashed welcome to taiwan, speaker nancy pelosi. and china was furious. the foreign minister renewed xi jinping s warning that she was playing with fire in taiwan and added that those who play with fire shall surely perish by it. and ma