from republicans and democrats alike shows how strong the support is for the people of taiwan and taiwanese americans and everybody overseas right now. it s remarkable. china should know if they re aggressive, this will be long and costly for the chinese government. it s not something that they want to go into. martha: we ll see what the administration and congress will do to push back. clearly we re being tested by flying into this airspace in taiwan. we ll see where it goes. nancy mace, good to see you today. so a brazen and awful killing in california over the thanksgiving weekend of this retired police officer, kevin noshida, that was shot and killed while he was working security with a news crew that was out covering smash and grab thefts. an unbelievable awful story.
manufacturing and working onramping up manufacturing on ramping up manufacturing throughout the world so we can prevent further variants from emerging. molly: dr. janette nesheiwat, thank you so much for joining us. thank you, molly. arthel: smash and grab robberies continue to plague northern and southern california. the latter saw robbers target a home depot in los angeles county yesterday, taking hammers, crowbars and other tools before fleeing in a car that was parked outside the store. meantime, there is a tragic turn of events many oakland. let s go to christina coleman live in los angeles with the latest on this. christina. reporter: hi, arthel. sadly, the aftermath of one of those crimes is a homicide investigation. today we learned the security guard who was shot protecting a news crew during an attempted robbery wednesday has died. the security firm that he worked for has identified him as kevin noshida, a retired san jose
police officer. he s survived by his wife, two kids and three grandchildren. police are still searching for the shooting suspect. his death comes after a week of smash and grab robberies up and down the state. in southern california on black friday, a group of about 15-20 the suspects stormed a home depot store in lakewood and stole mallets and sledgehammers before jumping in getaway vehicles. a store near beverly hills was also hit by a group of robbers yesterday. some holiday shores say they now worry about hair safety. their safety. i used to go to san francisco every christmas and go do the macy s thing, the skating and puppies in the window. i don t want to go now. it frightens me seeing the news. reporter: in the los angeles area, groups of robbers have been targeting nordstrom stores and cvs pharmacies among other places. critics say california s soft on crime approach is leading to the surge in retail crime.