he also told our aishah hasnie serving u.s. troops is on the table if china invades taiwan. reporter: so, speaker mccarthy and yourself have said that multiple times, that we need to arm taiwan now. what about u.s. troops? i think, you know, then you re talking about an authorized use of military portion that would come out of my committee or a declaration of war which we haven t utilized since world war ii. reporter: would you support that? i think if communist china invades taiwan, i think that is certainly the american people support this, the congress will follow. sean: this visit came days after house speaker kevin mccarthy is other lawmakers meant with taiwan s leader at the ronald reagan presidential library in california. mccarthy says the country s support for taiwan is resolute and unwavering. house china committee chairman mike gallagher said moments a after the meeting that washington shouldn t be scared to have these kind of meetings. some who fail to l
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stars of the silver screen are getting ready for the baftas later tonight. we ll look at which films might take home the awards. good morning. we are looking at a brighter day, with a few more cloudbreak surround, so some sunny spells developing for many. probably quite a nice sunrise for some of you. in scotland we have to get cloud with rain on the way and here it is going to turn progressively windier, with severe gales on the way, tonight across the north. more on but a bit later on. it s sunday, the 19th of february. our main story: the british medical association says the government is standing on the precipice of a historic mistake by failing to stop strike action in the nhs. 16,000 junior doctors in england are being balloted over industrial action. that vote closes tomorrow, when a large number of ambulance workers in england and wales will also walk out. vincent mcaviney has the latest. escalating strikes across the nhs. ambulance workers in england, wales and nor
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national guardsman, federal authorities say is responsible for perhaps the worst leak of classified material in a decade . airman first class jack to share his family had nothing to say, leaving federal court today in boston. earlier they watched him brought in shackles before judge he entered no plea to a pair of charges under the espionage act, unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention. of classified documents from material will remain in custody until the detention hearing next wednesday . as the hearing ended, a man in the courtroom shouted love you, jack to share a did not look back, but responded you, too, dad. according to the government s court filing on clt , the it specialists received top secret security clearance into 2021 may have had access to more sensitive material, the filing says. he quote maintained sensitive compartmented access to other highly classified programs, end quote and that he b