of our destroyers. no call for that. it is unsafe, it is unprofessional. martha: john kirby also called the move in a later comment increasingly aggressive, so what does all of this mean. i will talk to former defense secretary mark esper standing by with his thoughts, and eric shawn with the latest news on this in new york. hi, eric. hi, martha, showing that they are showing an increase level of aggressiveness against the assets in the pacific. after the chinese warship intercepted a u.s. guided missile destroyer in the taiwan strait, the shocking incident happened on saturday and crossed dangerously close to the ball of our ship. and then there was this, passing the surveillance plane occurred ten days ago causing the cockpit and our guys, they had to shake because of the turbulence. and the white house at the last hour, saying that the administration in his view is to prepare to face beijing s growing aggression. when you have pieces of metal that size whether it is
face questions any moment now, we expect john kirby to join karine jean-pierre on the podium after a busy weekend on the international front. more on that in just a moment. sandra: the briefing comes amid renewed questions about president biden s age and the 2024 election. we ll see if the white house gets pressed on any of that. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into hour number two. i m john roberts in washington, off to a rolicking start this week. sandra: we will be monitoring that press briefing and will bring the news as it comes in, but first this fox news alert. john: major powers testing the united states on the world state yet again, starting with saudi arabia after the oil rich kingdom announced more cuts and threatening another summer of high gas prices. sandra: china making waves in the taiwan strait, a chinese navy ship cutting across the path of an american destroyer. john: don t forget about russia, vladimir putin leaning on the back of
john: i did not know that you were doing meal show tonight? we need to promote that. watch sandra at 4:00 eastern and join us tomorrow. sandra: great to be with you, thank you for joining us, i am sandra smith. john: and i am john r john roberts, and the story starts right now, guess who is back, not shady, martha. martha: good evening, everybody, i am martha maccallum, great to be back. here on the story bret baier is here, and jonathan turley joins us as well, and outtakes coming up on the story, but the breaking news right now, the white house calling a chinese warship cutting off our u.s. naval destroyer in this unbelievable video. they call that unprofessional behavior in the taiwan strait. watch this and see what you think. it s pretty close when you are open waters like that. and you can see the head of steam that that chinese vessel had on it as it crossed for one