the island. 27 chinese war planes have buzzed through taiwan s defense zone in the last several hours. it s a show of aggression by china that we have not seen in 30 years in this kind of force. we ve seen smaller versions of this over the last year. but now russia has decided that they want to get in on this whole conversation scolding the united states for her visit to stay out of taiwan. watch this. i have no doubt that this same line that we ve been talking about regarding the ukrainian situation. it s a desire to prove to everyone impunity. i do what i want, something like that. i see no other reason to create an annoyance out of the blue knowing very well what it means for the people s republic of china. with that, we bring in congressman mike gallagher a marine veteran that serves on the armed services committee. very good to have you with us today. there s a piece in the post today new york times, and they talk about two competing blocks that are forming in th
pavlich and jose aristamundo. one thing that is clear, democrats are casting about for alternatives and floating a lot of different names out there. let s put up this screen that shows if you don t want president biden to run, how do you rank these following candidates? interesting thing about this big long list here is that aoc is above hillary clinton on this list and not all that far below the vice presidentkamala harris. what do you make of this theory, katy? let s start with you. i think in general, many people underestimate the power of aoc and the reach that she has online and with young voters. however, when it comes to a democratic primary, the idea that we re just breezing past the fact that joe biden just might not run again is one thing. the other is that she has to go up against people in her party
it s too early. if that day were to come, i don t think aoc is the right candidate. we look at the past presidential election, the last democratic primary, aoc would be more with the bernie sanders wing. they were not selected as the nominee. the american people want someone in the center, which is why they did not select somebody from the extreme left and they didn t want somebody from the extreme right like donald trump. they wanted somebody from the center and that s what they re getting. i don t think aoc would be the right choice. martha: thanks. katie and jose, we ll take to you live about 2022 and 2024. coming up a the story exclusive with the sports illustrated swimsuit model that just made history when we come back. new astepro allergy. now available without a prescription. astepro is the first and only 24-hour steroid free spray. while other allergy sprays take hours astepro starts working in 30 minutes.
like gavin newsome, georgia governor pritzker from illinois. aoc is one of the least effective lawmakers in congress and comes in last in the state of new york. so she has to get through a lot of debates and the gavin newsome machine before she can get on top of that hill when it comes to winning the democratic primary. martha: jose in this piece, it has people talking. he compares her to barack obama. says the charisma and the connection that she has is like what he had even though he was a newcomer. do you think that she s a viable candidate for your party? i respect michael, but i don t think she s she wouldn t be we re over 800 days from the general presidential election.
gooltion bee. goolsbee. before i get to the spending bill itself i want to talk about this continued civil war within the democratic party. i want to read to you something that aoc wrote, alexandria ocasio-cortez in the new york times. she wrote the entire reason the progressive caucus gave their vote to the infrastructure bill was based on direct promises from the president and more conservative democrats hold-outs and house leadership as well. if the promises don t follow through it will be difficult for them to get votes on anything moving forward. steve, that sounds like a threat. we have seen it before. is it going to work or do you think manchin and sinema will save the day, if you will? well, if manchin are sinema are not welcome in the democrat party i m sure the republicans will take them. there is not just a civil war within the democratic party. this is a war between the two parties right now. i have never seen anything quite like it. that bill that passed in the house