President biden wrapping up his trip to asia this morning, with concerns that china might be turning closer to russia. and why the biden administration is considering sending special forces to kyiv. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is tuesday, may 24th. and a proxy war is playing out here on primary day and the future of the republican party is at stake. voters head to the polls in five states today, but georgia is really in the spotlight. the gop race for governor pitting former president trump against his vice president mike pence, who stumped for incumbent governor brian kemp at an election eve rally. trump is supporting his primary opponent, david perdue. kemp has been a top trump target. trump issued a statement that may be unprecedented when it comes to former running mates. mike pence was set to lose the
Trying to get him to go into more detail about what exactly he meant when he made those comments and this is what the president said. mr. president, is the policy of strategic ambiguity toward taiwan dead? no. can you explain? no. mr. president, would you taiwan if china invaded? the policy has not changed at all. i stated that when i made it. the president saying their policy has not changed. of course, saying that the united states would get involved militarily is further than where officials had been willing to go before when they said they would supply taiwan with arms should this invasion should this attack happened. they have not gone as far as to say troops would get involved as the way the president said during his press conference. we should note that russia has really been looming over the president s entire trip here in asia. his first one since taking office. and on his last day before he boarded air force one to come
Would get involved militarily if china invaded taiwan. reporter: yeah, and, john, he added to them, but only with a few words. no lengthy explanation from the president, but he really said it all, of course, he made the groundbreaking commentes saying that, yes, he would pledge to get united states involved militarily should china ever attack taiwan. and that is a break from what you ve seen other presidents do, because they have pursued what has been called strategic ambiguity, and if you re not familiar with the term, it is basically this practice where presidents warn china against using force in taiwan, but they have hesitated purposefully about what exactly the united states would do if china were to do that. if they were to invade or attack taiwan, which has become been a concern, more of a concern since this russian invasion of ukraine, with people watching to see is china learning from what russia s doing, and are they going to try to do something similar? and my colleague
well, i can t really speak for what how he makes his decisions, but i think, you know, his influence while still very large in the republican party, i think it is diminished and will continue to diminish as he makes bad decisions about attacking incumbent governors and, you know, endorsing primary opponents who are not winning. i think it will become more clear in november and so i can t tell you how he s going to make his decision over the next couple of years, but it certainly is going to show he s not as strong as maybe some people thought he was. defense secretary, former defense secretary mark esper said that trump is a threat to democracy, he said that trump would be emboldened in a second term, that he would be less restricted by a cabinet in a second term, and i know you have some doubts as to whether trump would run again, whether he should. of course, it is possible, though. so what do you think a second trump term would look like? well, first of all, i don t think th
Interesting things on the ballot tonight. there is also this gop runoff in the texas attorney general race, right. you have george p. bush, jeb bush s son, who is trying to unseat ken paxton. i wonder what you re looking for there as he s trying to continue the bush dynasty. a, can you tell the bush name in today s republican politics. greg abbott was there before trump. sure, trump has some influence on it. what grassroot republican politics in texas are moving more to the right. can a bush succeed? george p. moved there. the most fascinating thing for me, however this goes tonight, what is thanksgiving dinner like in the bush family. donald trump savaged jeb bush, his son, george p. running in texas has given him a big hug. it would be interesting for people who studied these things, we had the kennedys, you know,