china hated every second of it and pelosi is calling her trip a defense of democracy. beijing is calling it a provocation. china s military is poised for live fire drills in taiwan s water and airspace in the coming days. here is national security council spokesman john kirby. this is exactly what we would expect the chinese to do in the wake of or even during speaker pelosi s trip. this is pretty much the playbook we expected and we ll be watching to see how they develop. again, we urge beijing not to escalate the tensions. there is no reason to. nothing about speaker pelosi s trip was inconsistent with our longstanding approach to china and supporting taiwan s self-defense. harris: we can hear from admiral kirby but apparently not from president biden who initially pushed back on pelosi going there in the first place. he didn t want her to go. both republicans and democrats have agreed supporting taiwan with china always lurking is absolutely the right thing to do. form
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
Alligators trying to bite me five or six times a week and they are going to try to grab you and take your head off. they aren t puppies. what i would say to the gators i m working with. they are trained. not tamed. they try to bite me pretty often and bill: braver than most. keep it safe out there. chris gillette, the gator guy, martha. martha: they are not puppies, bill. bill: have a great day. thanks for being here. martha: you too, thanks guys. the faulkner focus is next. harris: the silence from president biden is noticeable. china just went from threatening a member of the u.s. congress to making its most aggressive military moves in decades. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus . as part of a trip to asia house speaker nancy pelosi spent 17 hours in taiwan.