bill: we have gotten a lot of this video in overnight. precision missile strikes blanketing the waters around taiwan, threatening the democratic republic that the u.s. considers to be a strong ally. dana? dana: china demonstrating its ability to bombard the island by air and sea. the show of force prompting taiwan to put its military on high alert and cancelled dozens of commercial flights. bill: beijing is conducting these drills closer to taiwan than ever before. some of them happening a mere 12 miles away. beijing surrounding the island with helicopters and war ships showing its ability to enforce what could be an all out blockade at some point. dana: meanwhile, republicans are blaming president biden. they say his mixed messaging on pelosi s visit gave china the green light. he sent the wrong message like he did to putin. let s invade a little portion of it. we should be very upfront at the very beginning. do not send a missile across. we should set a fine line
that is the wrong direction to go in. i would urge my senate colleagues instead of passing this half a trillion dollars of morning pork barrel spending, let s pass the national defense authorization act this week which includes enhanced authorities for providing munitions to the indo pacific commander and stockpiling key weapons systems designed to prevent a war. i know it s a big investment. i know it costs money. but it is far less costly in terms of blood and treasure than stumbling into world war iii on someone else s terms and struggling to mobilize at that unfortunate point. so we need to make an investment in american hard power before it s too late. bill: mike gallagher, thank you for your time. we ll get more from taiwan perhaps from the white house today. thank you for coming on today with us. dana: thank you. bill: speaking of beijing, house speaker nancy pelosi seems to be the point person on u.s. policy visiting taiwan, as you know, despite president biden urging her