ruling to testify in the special counsel s january 6th investigation. pence is now poised to recount for the first time under oath. his conversations with donald trump leading up to the january insurrection. also tonight, kevin mccarthy leads a defiant show of force in the face of stern warnings from china, the speaker and a bipartisan delegation of u. s lawmakers holding a historic meeting with taiwan s president on american soil. speaking with top democrat who was in the room for the talks. and later this hour, we will go live to jerusalem amid rising tensions in the middle east. there are new fears that violence could boil over after israeli forces raid one of the holiest sites in islam for the second straight night. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today . i m alex marquardt in your in the situation room. let s get straight to our top story tonight. special counsel jack smith notches a major victory, securing a
invasion of ukraine. and i will just end by saying that according to officials, there was a discussion of a possible face-to-face meeting going forward. there s no timeline for that, but they are going to follow up and set up that meeting. mj lee, thank you. let s turn now to selena wang in beijing, gathering chinese reaction to joe biden and xi jinping s phone call. what did china have to say about mo pelosi s possible trip to taiwan? reporter: while the readout did not specifically mention pelosi, they gave a strong warning about playing with fire when it comes to taiwan. in that readout, xi jinping said, we firmly oppose taiwan independence and interference of external forces and will never leave any space for taiwan independence forces in any form. if you play with fire you get burned, and i hope the u.s. side can see this clearly. america is sending in one of its top politicians to taiwan, is treating taiwan more like an independent country that. is a clear red line
wanted terror list with the word deceased. good evening, gentlemen. appreciate you joining us. alex, what are you learning about this mission and how it went down? this was a remarkable and complex mission. we got a lot of details from a senior administration official who spoke with reporters before president biden spoke with the nation. april president biden was briefed on the fact al-zawahiri was believed to be in the afghan capital of kabul living in that city and living there he was told with family members, his wife, his daughter, his grandchildren. now the intelligence community believed he never left the house, it was only his family members who went out and his wife and daughter used what this administration official called a terrorism trade craft to make sure they weren t tracked or detected. they failed on that front because patterns were detected and, in fact, al-zawahiri went on to be seen on the balcony of this safe house. a priority of president biden we are t
right? elliot williams shan wu? abby. phillip, we have to leave it there. thank you so much for your insights. now, just ahead speaker kevin mccarthy, defying china, leading a bipartisan u. s delegation during a meeting with taiwan s president, tracking the angry reaction from beijing. that s next. situation room with wolf blizter brought to you by progressive insurance when you bundle auto, home or motorcycle insurance visit progressive dot com. that s it. yeah progressives home quote explorer makes it easy to compare home insurance options. cool. what do we do now? we live. save time and money with progressives. homecourt explorer once you do afterwards is up to you. right now is the best time to roll into verizon and switch. i got this incredible iphone 14 pro on them. that s right. switch now and get iphone 14 pro on us. there s more you get apple watch sc and ipad all three on us. this offer won t last long verizon buds. wow what s all
chinese leader xi jinping to hold back a bit. this time. he s been positioning himeacemaker war games over taiwan would overshadow that image. yeah the us watching very carefully for any other response from china around this visit selena wang in beijing. thank you very much for joining me now to discuss is the top democrat on the china select committee congressman raja krishnamoorthi. he was in the room for today s historic meetings with presidents congressmen. thank you so much for joining us tonight. this was a strong display of bipartisanship. very very strong symbolism in front of president reagan s air force one their house speaker, kevin mccarthy. he s saying that democrats and republicans. uh today we re speaking with one voice on taiwan. why is that so important ? despite the risk of escalation with china. i think it s very important because the chinese communist party known as the ccp , is counting on americans being