things to know for this thursday, april 6th former vice president, mike pence, cleared to testify in the justice department s january 6th investigation. pence announced he will not appeal a judge s order. and san francisco police investigating the stabbing death of cash app founder bob lee. no suspect has been named. also today, the tennessee house is planning a vote to expel three of its democratic members. republicans want them out for violating house rules during a gun reform protest. also israeli forces raiding jerusalem s all aqsa mosque for a second time just hours apart, actually palestinian officials report that at least six people have been injured and set to tee off the masters are playing host to golf s biggest stars, as many are heading to augusta to get today to get a glimpse of tiger woods this morning starts right now. papa you re really going to the masters, aren t you? that s why you re there. you i wish i ve never been to the masters, but maybe i will stay a
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mississippi. one of the most powerful warships on the planet . welcome aboard the crew of around 140 people were admiral jeff javelin, is commander of the pacific fleet submarine force facing new, powerful threats in the hotly contested indo pacific. are you concerned about what china s navy is doing , particularly in the south china sea and around taiwan? i am concerned in today s world that we are facing two nuclear peer adversaries where we ve never had that before the soviet union and post soviet union. russia was our peer adversary. we re now facing china, which is expanded and modernized their nuclear capabilities. mississippi is one of 49 fast attack submarines in the us naval fleet. the fleet also has 14 larger submarines carrying nuclear armed ballistic missiles . the u. s u k and australia newly announced august partnership will send nuclear
having republicans and democrats standing behind the house speaker in support for taiwan, mccarthy underscored a few logistics that he s going to continue fighting to transfer arms, too. taiwan as well as supporting their economic growth . he also made it clear that this is something that republicans and democrats agree on. it is such a divide appear on capitol hill when it comes to domestic issues like immigration like investigations on this issue, mccarthy emphasized, as well as democrats who spoke yesterday that this is something that congress and the white house has to be united on. they feel as though this is the best way to show strength for the country. and i think that that was really the whole tone of yesterday s summit out in california. don yeah, a time when you rarely see pipe partisanship, especially on something. it s notable. and selena. this isn t the only thing that s happening. keeping this big picture here. also the top diplomats, foreign ministers from saudi arabia
like? well look, there s been a lot of tough talk coming from china. they have repeatedly condemned this visit. and that s not a surprise because beijing reacts furiously. every time taiwanese leaders have these sorts of high profile international meetings, and that s because beijing sees taiwan as a breakaway province that is part of its territory. so this is what china s foreign ministry said after the meeting , quote china will take resolute and strong measures to firmly defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity. the u. s and taiwan are colluding with each other using transit as a pretext to condone taiwan independents separatists to engage in political activities in the u. s but so far when it comes to the actual response on the ground, caitlin has been far more restrained. wednesday morning, beijing sent a large scale patrol and rescue vessel to the taiwan street than wednesday evening, taiwan tracked a chinese aircraft carrier group passing through the waters of south