you, mike. that s right. so these lawmakers will soon meet with president tsai here in taipei in just a few hours. this is their last stop of their three-day tour through the island and it s really been focused on deterring a chinese invasion but, if that day does come, the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee relations committee, excuse me tells fox sending u.s. troops to this island is not out of the question. conflict is always a last resort. house foreign affairs chairman michael mccaul doesn t want war. but if china invades taiwan, he says the u.s. military could step in. speaker mccarthy and yourself have said that multiple times now that we need to arm taiwan now, before there s any sort of invasion. what about u.s. troops? i think, you know, then you are talking about unauthorized use of military force. would you support that. if the american people support this, the congress will follow. so, you re saying that the option to authorize war powe
Another legal setback for hunter biden as the judge rules his federal Gun Crimes Trial will proceed as scheduled. A big primary for voters in maryland and West Virginia as republicans speak gain control of the u. S. Senate and Secretary Of State Antony Blinken visits ukraine as the u. S. Sends in more weapons. Rain showers for donald trump start the crossexamination of the key witness in the former president s criminal case. That trial of course centers on 34 case against counts on falsifying Business Records for a payment to an Adult Film Actress who alleged a sexual encounter with mr. Trump ahead of the 2016 election. This is the first ever criminal prosecution of an expresident. Former Trump Attorney and selfdescribed fixer Michael Cohen was immediately grilled on crossexamination about his often profane social media posts. Concerning his former boss after prosecutors on direct tried to link the former president to that payment and the record of it. Correspondent nate foy is outside
we have the conversation about he won t be given security, won t be given a title and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he s born. fox & friends first starts right now. i m on top of the work. i m on top of the world. waiting on this for a while now. jillian: we might not be necessarily on top of the world. we re coming at you live from all across the world with benjamin hall live in long of don, i m live in new york city. and welcome to the show. that line thrown under the bus like get it, thrown, like the royals, pretty good one. there are shock waves on this side of the pond this morning. that interview causing a lot of headlines. we ll get to that later on in the show. it s going to be busy. jillian: with that we say good morning, you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i m jillian mele. i m benjamin hall, in for todd piro. the house is set to receive the covid relief bill after it passes the senate
Say they plan to reinstall the two young democrats to their vacated seats in the interim. and under tennessee law the two democrats are eligible to run for re-election once special elections are held to officially fill those vacancies. mike? mike: we will follow it. charles watson in nashville. charles, thanks very much. a major break in the high profile case involving the deaths of three florida teenagers. authorities have begun making arrests as the search for an additional suspect continues. correspondent jonathan serrie is in miami tonight. they took a life without thought. sheriff billy woods became emotional as he identified three juvenile suspects in the murder of three marianne county florida teens. two males, ages 17 and 12 are already in custody as deputies search for a third male suspect who is 16. sheriff woods says all three were involved in low level gang activity and were acquainted with their victims, all six together thursday in this white chevy near a constructi