china claims taiwan as part of its territory, despite having never controlled it and repeatedly warned against pelosi visiting the island, vowing to take resolute and forceful measures if the visit goes forward. john kirby addressed the trip on cnn last hour. there s no reason for the chinese rhetoric, there s no reason for any actions to be taken. it is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to taiwan. it is very much in keeping with our policy and consistent with our support to taiwan under the taiwan relations act. we shouldn t be as a country, we shouldn t be intimidated by that rhetoric or those potential actions. this is an important trip for the speaker to be on. we re going to do whatever we can to support her. cnn is on capitol hill, but we begin with will ripley in taipei, taiwan. will, what can you tell us the latest about this announcement of the speaker s trip? reporter: well, for one thing, this is not going to be, you know, a fueling brief stop
investigators. for their part, they say trump s team will push the argument that he did not have classified information because he declassified it while still president. more now from jessica schneider in washington. reporter: new details about the fbi search of mar-a-lago are emerging as republican congressional leaders cry foul about the target and the timing. i know doing this 90 days before aen election reeks of politics. reporter: kevin mccarthy tweeting the department of justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization, warning about investigations if republicans take the house in november wri wri wri writing ag garland come and answer our questions about this action today which has never happened in american history. what was on the warrant, what were you really doing, what were you looking for, why not talk to president trump and have him give the information you are after? reporter: trump was in new york at trump tower when the search
we are learning the fbi seized the cellphone of a republican congressman in relation to the january 6th investigation. more on that in a moment. but first, just in, the former president is about to be deposed. sometime in the next few hours donald trump will face prosecutors from the new york attorney general s office. this is the culmination of a civil investigation into the trump organization s finances that has lasted for more than three years. investigators are probing whether the trump organization used false or misleading asset valuations in its financial statements to obtain loans, insurance benefits, also tax benefits. kara scannell who has been all over this story for years joins us now. great to see you. so the former president being deposed. what can we expect today? it s a big day and a long time coming. sources tell us that donald trump will be deposed today, will face off with the lawyers from the new york attorney general s office and, you know, this is som
text messages from january six itself, also the day before that were deleted as a part of a bias replacement program. we don t know what the facts are, we will get to the facts about why that happened and we will do whatever we can to retrieve the substance of those tax. that committee subpoena the math at the agency summit relevant records by tuesday and that s just in time for the next high-profile crime here on thursday. let s get into this joining me now is elie mystal. he is an author of the new york times bestseller, allow me to retort a black ice guide to the constitution. mandatory reading that tell. you so happy to have you here, i know your weekends are very busy so i was grateful when you can join us. i have to ask you first, what do you make of this whole report on the secret service text messages around january six been deleted? how does that happen? it s hard for me to believe that secret service is saying there was not done maliciously, maybe it was not mal
Once again witness the leadership of those peaceful Student Led Protests on campus. President biden i learned a long time ago to listen to that lady. This University Needs to get control of the situation. We want them to be peaceful protests. John we are awaiting a White House Briefing as the antisemitism spread across the country. President biden and his team still have not delivered formal remarks addressing this escalating situation. Setting a deadline for one hour away. Ordering students who have occupied the campus for days to clear that encampment or face suspension. Sandra hello and welcome, everyone. I am sandra smith in new york. John, great to be with you as we kick off a brandnew week and continue to see scenes like this on our College Campuses coasttocoast. John we began this week month as we began last week. So far President Biden has not made any official remarks about the protests which have jewish students feeling unsafe on campus as they get ready for finals and gradua