our job to flesh out that outcome, and to change his calculus against anything other than peace. admiral, what could we do, if in the proximity, what if beijing decides and takes military action? how would america stop them? the president said that we are committed to defending taiwan. well, i think if you the sat down with the admiral who is in charge of the o plan, if you will, or the plan, if there is a conflict, he needs to be and likely, he needs to be ready tomorrow to do this. and i know his focus and the focus in the indo pacific region has gone up dramatically from where it used to be. there s an awful lot we can do militarily to stop the chinese. it shouldn t be lost on anybody that any kind of laning
and so doing all we can to try and forestall this, the right thing. when you look at it from china s perspective, only xi knows what his intention is. but if you look at the observables what you have are statements on his part that he believes reunification is an issue of nationalism that should be passed on. you see increasingly coercive acts from china toward taiwan. i think you also just see growth in their military capabilities that were not present even ten years ago. and then finally, their actions globally, but particularly in the south china sea. so, what you see are statements, actions and capability. does that mean that you ve decided how it will be resolved. it does not necessarily, but i think that s really where our report was trying to focus is, so take this moment and then do
to comcast business internet customers. so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities™. secretary of state blinken is in london today following that high-stakes beating in beijing with china s president xi jinping yesterday, trying to stop the downward spiraling relationship with china. taiwan was once a center issue for them to talk about. and they did not agree on resuming military-to-military communications. but how it used to exist to avoid miscalculation. blinken has said that is critical to avoid any potential accidental conflict particularly over taiwan. nbc s janis mackey frayer asked secretary blinken about his discussions about taiwan. one thing we tried to make clear is that at the very heart of the relationship between
as you know, it s ongoing with the expectations. and the status during the progress? i think we re getting really good answers. the question, though, goes to how do we make certain that when china opens police stations in the united states, there s a spy balloon that goes across our country is negotiating to put a base right off of our shore, with cuba. where before we had a union problem with cuba, that you really need to be able to call them out and put those issues on the table. let me nail down what s happening in cuba because they ve been there for a while but it s my information that they are negotiating for an expansion. that s what you reported, yes. and tell me what you can say about that. are we actually going to see a military base not just a listening post. i can t go into the details. so, i m speaking of. what you re reporting. and with the wall street journal said. those are things that still this administration is not being as aggressive with china as t
reimagining public education. former president trump of course is facing his own legal woes. was very quick to slam hunter biden s plea agreement, criticizing hunter biden and the justice department in social media. joining us kristen welker and u.s. chief peter maker. i want to play your question to president biden in the debate about hunter biden. there have been questions about the work your son has done in china and for the ukrainian energy company when you were vice president. in retrospect, was anything inappropriate or unethical. nothing was unethical. here s the deal, with regard to