he ll join us with his thoughts on the arrests and the nation s growing crime crisis coming up. so you are saying the option to authorize war powers is on the table? if communist china invaded taiwan, it would certainly be on the table and something that would be discussed by congress. john: house foreign affairs committee michael mccaul making it clear the united states will uphold the pledge to protect taiwan, saying it could empower the president to use military force if the island is invaded. this is america reports and anita vogel, welcome to friday. beijing strongly opposed taiwan s president visiting the u.s. and meeting with house speaker mccarthy. john: and lawmakers will meet with tsai ing-wen in her country, a move to certainly embolden the chinese government. and how the u.s. might respond if china invades taiwan. aishah hasnie is on the ground with more on this. hello, aishah. hi there, anita and john. chairman mccaul, in order to avoid conflict b
chase. matt is live in eagle pass, texas with more. and you know, it seems like every day or every week we see these jaw-dropping pursuits along the border. yeah, anita, sometimes they end up in horrific crashes or mass casualties, that did not happen in this case. a texas d.p.s. trooper lays down strike strips and then jumped to save his own life. he just tried to run over the trooper. silver passenger car will be westbound on 80. a texas d.p.s. trooper, the chase reaches 120 miles per hour. another trooper on the ground throws down the spike strips and then the driver of the silver car appears to try to run over the trooper narrowly missing him. the driver eventually lost control and was arrested.
happened. ramirez was racing from police on the morning of on the morning of september 24th with a kidnapping victim on his front seat. police stopped him with strike strips. you see him make a run for it, while firing at officers from a gun in his right hand. shots fired. i got you, i got you. get down, get down. reporter: in the video they even circle the muzzle flashes, so there s no confusion about what s happening next. the police fire back and find him dead in the woods. back inside the car they rescue a very frightened victim. it s not clear tonight if ramirez was killed by an officer s bullet or his own. tom? steve, thank you. when we come back, the moment rescue teams pulled a survivor from the wreckage alive. you ll see it. and celebrating a trailblazing actress we lost today. trailblazing actress we lost today. trailblazing actress today. e inspired by dentists, with a round brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b s gentle rounded brush head
back towards, towards town into a busier, more populated area. seems to have a preference for being on freeways at this point as opposed to surface streets. yeah. and continuing on highway 80 west at this point and, i believe, approaching 635, the interchange this as well. so headed back towards yeah. he s still. megyn: as we listen to our local coverage, we want to bring in rod wheeler who s been watching this. rod, what do they need to throw down the strike strips or do something to stop the car? that is exactly what they want to do, but it s very difficult. these are some of the most difficult situations. anytime you re chasing a high-speed vehicle and you have hostages in the car, it s not easy making those decisions. so i think what the police are going to probably do is give this guy more time to think to himself what are his options.