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should happen now it should get dismissed. we re not going to stop on this nothing s changed. we believe he s overstepped. two top republicans in the house are promising to investigate the manhattan district attorney following the indictment of donald trump that comes as the former president is escalating his attacks on social media which now include a call to defund federal law enforcement. meanwhile mike pence will soon have to testify before a federal grand jury in one of the cases tied to trump. we ll tell you which one and why the former vice president appears finally ready to talk. plus the gop controlled statehouse in tennessee could take historic action today against three democratic lawmakers. we ll explain the controversy connected to calls for new gun legislation. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, april 6th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin today with the fallout from this week s histori ....
retaliation. senator tom cotton calling on the white house to take a stronger stand against china in support of taiwan. president biden and the white house is going out of their way to minimize this visit, to say it s merely a private visit, not to defend the rights of senators and congressmen. not only are we going to continue this practice, but we ll stand up to any provocation that china undertakes in the western pacific because of these meetings. senior national correspondent william la jeunesse l live in si valley. with many western countries angry for china right now for a variety of reasons, this is an opportunity and pivotal moment for taiwan, which is about the size of maryland with a population of florida. taiwan is david. china is goliath. that s one reason president tsai needs support not just from the white house, but members of congress, including speaker pelosi, formerly, of course, and speaker mccarthy to counter that threat. china claims the islan ....
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 admi ....
peter: good evening, bret. masks, vaccines, school closures, social distancing, the medical professionals who came up with rules that led some folks to go out you of business and others to stay home, the medical professionals that president told us to listen to now admits they were wrong. peter: as president biden golfs away from cameras there is a reason to revisit a comment he has made over and over. tell the truth. follow the scientists the science. poor the peter problem scientists admit they blew it rochelle walensky says in a statement cdc and public health have been preparing for covid-19. in our big moment, our performance did not reliably meet expectations. video of a maskless president biden coughing and shaking hands with lawmakers quickly went viral last night because cdc guidance is for close contact to covid patients like him to mask for 10 days but he is not to blame. an internal cdc review concluded covid guidance was both confusing and overwhelm ....
Visit saying it planned to take resolute actions to respond to the, quote, provocation. at a press conference speaker mccarthy said there was no intention of provoking beijing i m the speaker of the house. there s no place that china is going to tell me i i can go or who i can speak to whether i be foe or friend. one thing i hope all countries see we re united in the same approach together on both sides, and we re going to speak with one voice when it comes to china or any others when we look to foreign policy meanwhile on the heels of that visit yesterday, house foreign affairs chairman michael mccall have landed in taipei for a three day visit. the chairman told reporters they d not be intimidated by china s, quote, saber rattling house speaker nancy pelosi a year ago traveled to taiwan and ....