military? one single senator is so determined to make a point about abortion, he s blocking the pentagon s most senior promotions. that republican is here with me in just moments. also tonight, i have some new reporting inside donald trump s thinking regarding the special counsel s january 6th probe. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. tonight, the window until the first votes are cast in 2024 narrowing and trump headed to trial, is there still time for a viable alternative to emerge? ron desantis is still number two in the gop race. he s trailing trump by more than 30 points in most polls. so what is the florida governor s strategy? what is he doing to turn things around? blaming the media. the media does not want me to be the nominee. i think that s very, very clear. if you look at the people like the corporate media, who are they going after? pretty clear that the media does not want me to be the candidate. i think that they ve tried to tik create a narrative
pledging america s unwavering support for democracy in taiwan. the ccp is not taking that lying down. china putting out a new saber rattling video this morning showing missiles at the ready and fighter jets moving into position as beijing prepares to hold its largest taiwan military drills. they will go on for six days. we haven t seen them at this magnitude in 30 years. bill: they re set to surround the island while conducting live fire exercises. some of those drills will happen in taiwanese waters. former secretary of state mike pompeo saying it is america s responsibility to hold beijing accountable. over these last 48 hours with respect to pelosi s trip is a symptom of the challenge in front of us. we weren t going to sit back and listen to the rhetoric and do nothing. if you continue down this pack and conduct live fire exercise we ll begin to take real action. there was no threat to china itself. they created this crisis. we should not let them use the visit of s
the way here. we will be joined in a moment. john: but first, a fox news alert, a furious china and military on high alert. house speaker pelosi s trip to taiwan is now over, as the world awaits the fallout promised by the chinese government. good wednesday to you. gillian: pelosi met with taiwan s president and other senior leaders during her 20-hour stay in taipei. reaffirming the commitment to taiwan s democracy and supporting the island militarily. critics say it does more harm than good in an already unstable region. john: communist regime planning a series of live fire exercises tomorrow. ten miles off the coast of taiwan. tennessee republican senator bill haggerty has expertise as a former ambassador to japan. gillian: aishah hasnie joins us this afternoon. how is the white house responding to china s plans? hey there, good afternoon to you, gillian and john. the white house is really trying to get china to not increase tensions any more, to not escalate the
well, first of all, congratulations on your team. alabama people are proud of you. this is an interesting situation. you can t work out a problem unless you have a conversation. i ve had a ten-minute conversation five months wag anybody from the white house or the pentagon. i m doing it for several reasons. number one, i m not stopping anybody from being confirmed. i m just stopping them from confirming hundreds at a time. they can confirm as many as they want during the day. we re just sitting around twiddling our thumbs and should be confirming people. that being said, they re delegating and legislating from the white house. they changed the law. section 1093 of the code, the law says, again, voted on by president biden, says that there will be only abortion during the three exceptions. now, president biden has changed