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
shannon: she was a pioneer in so many ways. you reference her time out west and where she was from and it was such an interesting back drop to see her become the first female appointed to the supreme court. she often told the story about graduating from stanford and not being able to get a job. no law firm would hire her as a woman in the 50s and 60s. she struggled to make it in the legal profession. to think she came out of school, she found a roadblock to any kind of legal career and she decided to plow forward and ends up on the supreme court. it is a really fascinating, truly american story. she went out and campaigned to become a judge because she saw this is my avenue. she didn t win the first election. she did ultimately end up becoming a judge but another part of her interesting background is she was a lawmaker in arizona in the state senate. so she had a real appreciation for all of the different branches, for fighting her way into the legal profession. she had a h
follow. so, you re saying that the option to authorize war powers is on the table? if communist china invaded taiwan it would certainly be on the table. that lines up with president biden s repeated comments. would u.s. forces defend the island? yes, if, in fact, there was unprecedented attack. white house has on several occasions now walked back those remarks insisting the administration has made no such promises to taiwan and hasn t pivoted from the one-china policy. taiwan is china s red line. the leading maker of advanced chips around the world and one of the few democracies in the pacific. all important as the ccp tries to grow its influence. president xi hosting french president emmanuel macron this week, giving him a generous state visit. some say is a calculated move to woo an eu member state away from the u.s. but it s this tiny island