victim and the suspect later this hour, but begin with a fox news alert. a handshake on u.s. soil in nighting the fury of xi jinping, aircraft carrier sent to the coast as the taiwan president meets with kevin mccarthy in california. we are waiting to hear from the white house and the pentagon, beijing warned the u.s. and mccarthy not to do this. gillian: the big question is how president biden is responding. remember, xi jinping told his military to be ready to take taiwan by 2027. just last fall, biden seemed to commit sending u.s. men and women into harm s way if it does happen. would u.s. forces defend the island? yes, if in fact there was an unprecedented attack. to be clear, sir, u.s. forces, u.s. men and women would defend taiwan in the event of a china invasion. yes. john: the white house walked it back almost immediately saying the policy has not changed on taiwan. will the white house be pressed on this today? we will speak with mark esper. gillian:
address rising crime. chicago will now have another mayor who has previously called for the defunding of police. gillian: what impact will that new mayor have on the windy city s ongoing crime surge? we ll speak with raymond lopez about just what chicagoans say they are expecting. john: begin with the fox news alert, the taiwanese president meeting with kevin mccarthy in los angeles as part of a week long trip to america that has left china threatening to retaliate. those pictures coming in moments ago. hello, john roberts in washington. we live to fight another day. gillian: allegedly. see how today goes. good to be with you, john. john: it s early. gillian: gillian turner in for sandra smith. this is america reports. taiwan s increasingly close relationship with the u.s. is a major source of anxiety for beijing for years, china called it a provocative move that threatens to derail relations and undermine stability across the pacific. john: the biden administra
The Chinese military has been spending a lot on its navy and has created the largest naval force in the world. When it comes to aircraft carriers, although it is still behind, it is slowly catching up.
boisterous as long as they are peaceful. gillian: more than 10,000 miles away from today s meeting out in simi valley, taiwan is hoping for more reassurance, team coverage with aishah hasnie, she joins us live from taipei. china is forging ahead, taking some pretty significant action. hey, good afternoon to you, gillian. that s exactly right. just in the last few hours, the defense ministry announced a chinese aircraft carrier fleet, a whole fleet has now passed through the boshe channel, southeast of taiwan. that means china has now launched its first west pacific training exercise. we expected some kind of response to this mccarthy meeting today, because a year
chinese aircraft carrier fleet has passed through the channel southeast of taiwan. launched the first west pacific training. we could see even more action from china, china has been flying near taiwan almost every day, even cutting across the median line, since speaker pelosi visited the island. the taiwan people telling me they are extremely worried and don t believe they have no reason to believe watching what s happening in ukraine and the rest of europe, they don t feel like the u.s. would come in and help defend them if something happened. gillian: thank you. john: mark esper, author of a sacred oath memoirs as a secretary of defense during extraordinary times, we continue to seem to be in, mr. secretary, i should add. the president said we are going