congresswoman ilhan omar about that as well as how she became target for house republicans and kevin mccarthy we are also keeping an eye o the breaking news in californi where there is major floodin in a weekend of extrem weather. new travel warnings from mexic after the disappearance of three women. plus this. drag queens are the marines of the queer movement. don t get it twisted and don t be distracted. register to vote so we can get these stunned queens out o office and put some smar people with real solutions int government rupaul ready for battle t fight back against the war o drag shows and trans americans across the country i will speak to former recal drag show contestant peppermin about all of that later on thi hour we start though with forme vice president mike pence. finally coming out of his shel a bit. and taking on the president he once served over january 6th which is something other potential gop rivals have ye done thus far. want to get right to nbc s ju
Now on bbc news, its time for a special programme. Global questions the taiwan, china conflict. Hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from Liberty Square in taipei, the capital city of taiwan. The main island of taiwan lies about 160 kilometres across the waters from china. In the past few months, china has stepped up its military exercises, and fired missiles over taiwan, in growing tensions with the government here. The chinese president , xijinping, has reiterated the claim that taiwan belongs to china, and he says he does not rule out the use of force to take it over. Meanwhile, the United States, which supports taiwan, has hardened its position with President Biden saying he would send american troops to defend it. So, if china did invade taiwan, it would be a conflict with huge global dimensions, one that involves the two superpowers, the United States and china. That is global questions, taiwan, a flashpoint with china and the world . Applause welcome to the
month but the cost of living is still close to a a0 year high. all police forces in england and wales have been told to check their police officers against the national database to identify anyone who may have slipped through the net after the case of pc david carrick. and in tennis britain s emma raducanu and defending men s champion rafa nadal are both beaten in the australian open. more than 10,000 ambulance workers in england and wales will hold four more days of walk outs in the next two months as part of a dispute about pay. the gmb union says its members will go on strike on the 6th and 20th of february, as well as the 6th and 20th of march. another ambulance union is expected to announce its strike dates later. and today, there is disruption across the nhs in england, as nurses walked out as part of their dispute. about a quarter of hospitals and community health services are affected, though emergency care is being provided. 0ur health correspondent, dominic hugh
tonight keeping them honest with signs other times in the political climate today. they run the gambit from the downright dangerous to the nearly trembling and absurd. it s fair to ask if there is a threat connecting all of them, political philosophy of nihilism driving it or whether this was a moment for whatever reason that one example, new mexico, for home shot at belonging to democratic officials. the man now in custody and charged in connection with the crimes was a republican who lost the state house race in a landslide and refused to concede. he seemed agitated, he seemed a little aggressive to me. i did not consider him a threat then, but he was upset that he lost the election. that s debbie o malley, who joins us shortly. she said police who may be who tweeted after the election, quote, trump just sentenced for 2024, i stand with him. i never conceded my h g 14 race, not considering my options. the options he allegedly chose was politically motivated, that
that is an attempt to have a fix in. the pushes of the big lie reach full throttle. we are not gonna have 2000 situation in these boxes. tonight, marc elias on the multi-front fight against the anti-democratic threats across the country. then, how the georgia senate race got somehow crazier. i want the biggest night for the herschel walker campaign to be tonight. plus, did sarah palin just endorsed her opponent in alaska? maybe it is kind of that alaskan chick thing, you know. and david wallace dwells on the new climate reality coming into view. and why there may actually be a case for optimism. when all in starts right now. joining from new york, i m chris hayes. today, a january 6th insurrectionists, a violent one, was sentenced to the longest prison sentences yet for someone who did for his role in the violent attack on the capitol. his name is albuquerque head, he is a tennessee resident. and he was sentence seven and a half years in prison after