and not. thanks for joining us. our team covering this from around the asia region and thanks for joining us today. i m jim sciutto at this hour with kate bolduan starts right now. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. hello, i m kate bolduan. we re following breaking news. nancy pelosi arrived in taijuan, arriving moments ago for a visit that s been controversial and speculated about for weeks now. the visit never publicly confirmed but been public knowledge for sometime. the white house concerned and warning pelosi about the visit although never actually telling the house speaker not to go. in the meantime, u.s. officials are closely watching china to see how beijing could respond to the visit. officials offered several veiled threats including a warning that the chinese military would not stand idly by if the sovereignty was infringed upon. taking a look at the pictures of speaker pelosi getting off the plane in the middle of the night in taipei. will ripley is live
was infringed upon. taking a look at the pictures of speaker pelosi getting off the plane in the middle of the night in taipei. will ripley is live joining me now. will, it s never been publicly confirmed she would be even landing and would be visiting taijuan, now we know. but what do we know about her visit? reporter: well, you know, just like we had to kind of hodgepodge together information from various sources telling us that we should look at this flight coming from malaysia landed a short time ago. it s just after 11:00 p.m. here in taipei. it s been a long day for speaker pelosi and her staff and we believe any time now they will be on they are way to their hotel. which is not that far of a drive from where they re landing. they have a hotel also with a view of taipei 101, which has been lit up in colors and a message to welcome speaker pelosi. that s one of the most public expressions that we ve seen