its boldest statements yet regarding its threat to taiwan and who it thinks is to blame. this comes amid a significant display of military force in the region. correspondent alex hogan has details tonight. new tensions off the coast of taiwan today as the island claimed 10 chinese air force aircraft entered its air defense zone and five chinese warships random bat readiness patrols. it s the second sump incursion this week. we have always urged china not to take action that would escalate cross strait tensions. china points blame at the u.s. calling washington the hidden force provoking south china sea tension. now china s airing a documentary on the country s state broadcaster which shows chinese troops claiming they are ready to attack taiwan. one of them even saying if war broke out and the conditions were too difficult to safely remove the naval mines in actual combat, we would use our own bodies to clear a safe pathway
caught fire under an overpass which caused the major highway to buckle. it s unclear how the fire started or when the highway will reopen. and another fox news alert, taiwan scrambling jets this morning after a group of chinese aircraft crossed the median line of the taiwan strait. officials say they detected 24 chinese fighters and bombers in the air but only 10 crossed the median line. it s the second time china s crossed the line since thursday. 37 chinese planes entered taiwan s air defense zone. and another alert. american musician michael travis leak has been arrested in moscow accused of selling drugs. he has lived in russia for more than a decade. he is being held for two months in pretrial detention. if convicted he faces 206 years in prison. the 20 years in prison. the state department says they re aware and working on assistance. pete: thanks, will.
Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, visited California last week to meet with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which prompted China to send warshi.
a record 91 penetrations of its air defense zone by war planes. there are a few dozen ships and planes around today. chinese military officials say they are ready to fight. taiwan did its best to be ready for and fend off real or fake incursions. the president condemned the attack saying they aren t the ones of a responsible major asian nation. yes, as you noted, too, dana, there were triggered by the meeting in california last week between the taiwan president and kedge. another bipartisan delegation came and went from taiwan the past few days and interesting, the chinese drills only started after french president macron wrapped up a cordial visit with president xi as he was leaving he said europe should not get involved in the taiwan issue. back home growing voices in washington for the u.s. to get more involved or at least for president biden to reach out to