american to visit the island in 25 years, this is a significant moment in the battle with china that exists on so many economic and military fronts. the communist nation has been caught buying up farmland for unknown reasons in the united states. also expanding their military bases with a stated goal of dominating the united states and making themselves the number 1 super power in the world. now they re choosing the united states of behaving like gangsters after the secretary state antony blinken said any crisis that follows this visit would be entirely on beijing. here s their response. the united states should and must be full responsibility for this. the remarks but secretary of state blinken confounded right and wrong and showed the mentality and gangster logic of some american people that i can provoke you wantonly but you can t oppose me or defend yourselves. martha: she claims she s just visiting taiwan and that that is allowed under the agreements that exist betwe
good afternoon, charles. here on the hill, there s plenty of bipartisan support for the speaker of the house as china really starts to ratchet up its aggression to the u.s. and the fact that the speaker was bold enough to make this trip. speaker pelosi is spending the night in taipei tonight after getting a rock star welcome by a sea of people there shortly after she released a statement that attempts to send a message to china that this trip is not a provocation. that is not how china is reading it at all. chinese media has announced that they will start a series of military operations including live fire exercises around taiwan and flying across the median line. now, many republicans are lauding the speaker s trip, which others have taken in the past. they want the white house, specifically the president, to be firm with china. well past time to do this for the united states, to make clear that we will support taiwan if the chinese communists go for the jugular. if they
martha: thanks, secretary pompeo. good to be with you. martha: good to have you with us. that wraps up the story for this tuesday, august 2, 2022. the story goes on. i ll see you tomorrow morning bill hemmer at 9:00 and then again here at 3:00. thanks for sharing your time with us. look forward to seeing you tomorrow. have a great day, everybody. martha: fox on top of china ramping up threats and gearing up for more military exercises in the taiwan straits as nancy pelosi visits taiwan sounding more defiant than everybody. how is the white house doing with this? welcome. i m charles payne in for neil cavuto. this is your world. we have you covered with aishah hasnie on capitol hill with what china is threatening now. we have richard newton on what the white house should be doing now. we begin with aishah.