at fedex field in d.c. >> i hope it's not climate project or whatever when you get there. >> i hear, richard and i were the only ones not dancing coming into the segment, i thought he could care less about this. >> i love that two for one, go to europe -- that's how expensive they are here. i'll just watch them on hulu or whatever. "america reports" now. >> sandra: fox news alert, vatican says pope francis is staying overnight in a rome hospital for previously scheduled tests. no details why he is not returning home at this time. >> john: he has suffered from health problems in recent years, including intestinal surgery. we'll bring you more information as we get it today. >> sandra: thinking and hoping for the best for him. another alert now, we are waiting a briefing from white house press secretary karine

jean-pierre, and john kirby as the irs continues to stay silent amid growing questions over why the agency made a surprise visit to twitter files journalist matt taibbi's home, the same day he was testifying before congress on the weaponization of the federal government. >> john: house republicans are demanding answers over the unannounced house call and whether biden's beefed up irs will target democrats' political opponent. is the agency being weaponized? here to weigh in coming up. >> we are probably not going to be able to do anything to stop, slow down, disrupt, interdict or destroy the chinese nuclear development program. >> i have a hard time seeing where we are. please tell us what we are going to do with this threat that's at our doorstep. >> we are interested in investing in the right capabilities that will support the war fighting concepts.

>> can you look us in the eye today and say the dei strengthened the military or weakened it. >> sandra: our nation's top military leaders facing intense questioning on capitol hill the second time this week. this time testifying before the house remember aed services committee. lots to cover this hour as we begin "america reports." i'm sandra smith in new york. john, great to be with you. >> john: sandra, good to be with you. john roberts in washington. military readiness was high priority for lawmakers today as defense officials pitch billions more in new spending. >> sandra: in an effort to counter our adversaries overseas especially as beijing plots the next move. how will the u.s. defend its top position on the world stage. mike waltz, he just stepped out of that hearing moments ago. but first, we begin with jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. hi, jennifer. >> hi, sandra.

the main focus of today's hearing included the threats from iran, russia and china, and whether this $842 billion budget is enough to deter future wars. but there's always a twist and the last question from congressman matt gaetz wanted to know about drag queen story hours on military bases. general milley asked for more details, he did not support such activities on dod bases. austin pointed out that students who go through dod elementary schools and high schools test far higher than the national average. >> can you look us in the eye today and say that the dei and wokeness strengthen our military or weakened it? >> the military i see is the military that is motivated and the folks in the military, we have the highest reenlistment rate in 50 years. >> chairman of the house armed services committee mike rogers

said he's worried if the budget is not passed the u.s. would not be able to deter against both russia and china at the same time and if there is a c.r. or the debt limit is not raised and funding is frozing, the u.s. military will suffer. >> i worry if we have a disruption in our funding, authorization, it could further erode that capability. >> that money, that time is lost and we won't be able to regain it going forward. >> if we don't pass an on time budget, if we go to a continuing resolution, readiness will drop. bottom line, readiness will drop and the future modernization programs at risk. >> he pointed out the growing threat from iran, and the fact that tehran has supplied hundreds of drones to ukraine strengthening its relationship with russia. >> iran could produce enough

material for a nuclear weapon in less than two weeks and only take several more months to produce an actual nuclear weapon. >> difference of opinion between the pentagon and the white house whether they need the submarine launched cruise missile. >> sandra: jennifer griffin, thank you. all right, let's bring in florida republican congressman mike waltz, just stepped out of the hearing. take away so far. >> i think it's a very sobering assessment of the threats that we face. sandra, we have never faced threats like this in our nation's history. china's navy is larger than ours, and modernizing their nuclear arsenal is expanding and tripling, launching more into space than the rest of the world combined, including us. we see iran, no longer deterred, has attacked us 80 times just in the last two years, and we have

responded four. meanwhile, under president trump, you saw them actually bomb russians and that knocked everything off, that's how deterrent is restored. and of course, north korea is on the march and to my surprise today but i appreciate the candor, general milley said the border, southern border is in crisis, and that we have an army corps, 35,000 worth of migrants, don't know who they have streaming across the border and we have to take more aggressive action. so general milley is about to retire. some candor i appreciate and certainly a different story on the border than we are hearing from mayorkas or garland. >> sandra: interesting moments on all that, and also the growing threat that is china and russia to us here at home. this was general milley on china teaming up with russia, making the case it's difficult for our

military to deal with. listen. >> our military capability-wise can fight in a lot of places with different types of contingencies. if you are talking about a serious conflict with a major great power war, realistically, putting both china and russia together is a very, very difficult thing. >> sandra: your take away from that and also whether or not there is going to be bipartisan support for the pentagon budget from lawmakers in washington, considering this growing threat and our need to ramp up our military might. >> well, sandra, these are broader issues. we had the head of our civilian reserve fleet just yesterday testify that it's gone from 400 ships in the first gulf war to 40 now because we have let our shipyard and ship building industry completely atrophy. we don't have enough mariners to staff the 40 that we have.

so this is about industrial capacity. this is about getting america back to making things again, turning wrenches, bending steel and bringing our supply chains home from china that were gutted with nafta and with allowing them into the world trade organization. we have to bring them back home or the western hemisphere and the republican majority is determined to do this. we have to get our military back to war fighting, focused on winning our nation's war, being the best of the best because i guarantee you the chinese and russians don't care about what, how diverse our military is. we just need to have the best in order for them to think again about starting any conflicts. that's how deterrence is restored and they need to believe we have a commander in chief willing to use the military if they go on offense. >> sandra: we saw president xi

of china and vladimir putin of russia publicly on the world stage, the images were seen all over the world and to go back into that hearing room today, congressman, general milley said there is not much that we can do to stop china from becoming a nuclear power. here was another big moment. watch. >> we are probably not going to be able to do anything to stop, slow down, disrupt, interdict or destroy the chinese nuclear development program projected out over 10 to 20 years. very little leverage externally to prevent that from happening. >> sandra: you agree with that, congressman? >> one, we have to modernize our nuclear arsenal and had democrats opposing that for years and now is -- way past due the time to begin modernizing our icbms, our becomers and our

sub marines. and .2, i think the current world in chaos started with the debacle, withdrawal from afghanistan and it was gutting and heart wrenching and disappointing to hear the secretary of defense say he has no regrets and number two, not a single military officer has been disciplined, relieved, removed, anything as a result of that. that led russia to believe it could go on the march, china is using it in its propaganda, iran is on the march to a nuclear weapon, hitting our bases, they believe america is weak and evidenced how with withdrew after 20 years of war. >> sandra: yesterday we had a gold star family, one of the young soldiers who died at the

kabul airport, heartbreaking to this day and demanding so many answers. >> we will keep driving for accountability for the gold star families, sandra. thank you so much. >> sandra: appreciate you joining us, thank you. >> john: we are going to talk more about this coming up over the course of the next couple of hours. jeremy hunt, former intelligence officer, one-time candidate for congress, will join us to talk about the fact he doesn't believe the u.s. military is ready t fight against a major adversary, too much time on woke policies as opposed to war fighting. and patrick murphy and pat rogers, today is the day federal workers have to take tiktok off of their government-issued cell phones. so we'll see if that's the beginning of further action or ends there, sandra. >> sandra: feels it shouldn't be a huge issue if it's on the government device, we were working on those, see how it actually, actually plays out, john. >> john: you would probably be

surprised what's on the cell phone. and tributes are pouring in for the six victims on monday as a christian school. heroic actions taken by some of the victims in the final moments to save the nearly 200 students and faculty in harm's way. c.b. cotton has been following this and live in nashville. any word whether religious differences might have played a role in this attack? >> well, john, police have not said if religion played a role in this attack, but we do know from metro nashville police chief john drake that the shooter, a former student, did target this school. why the shooter did this, we still don't know. republican missouri senator josh hawley said the shooting should be deemed a hate crime and shared a letter he wrote to the fbi director and the dhs secretary calling the shooting a targeted attack against christians. as we wait to hear new developments from the investigation, there is a

growing memorial behind me here at the covenant school. people placing flowers, stuffed animals, and other momentos, many people will come here to grieve in the days and months to come. a citywide vigil tonight. and share a statement from the covenant school which said in part law enforcement is conducting its investigation and while we understand there is a lot of interest and there will be a lot of discussion about and speculation surrounding what happened, we will continue to prioritize the well-being of our community. police chief john drake did explain to me yesterday that a lot of planning went into this attack, but officers still don't have a clear motive. there are a lot of questions from community members to include our teachers. i spoke to one who is a teacher at a school not far from here and she explained to me how she faced her students in the classroom, students who are now filled with anxiety. listen. >> you see it on the news and you see it in other places so far away from you or a state, you know, away from you and like

that would never happen here, you know. that would never happen where i'm working. but the fact that it, you know, happened ten minutes up the road from me is just -- it makes it feel like why not, you know, it could happen at my school, why not my school. it was four miles from my school, it just is scary. >> you got to think about the anxiety that teacher must have herself. police did say that any more that they said today, any more developments in the case would come in writing. as far as manifesto, still no word on when or if it will be released. john. >> john: c.b. cotton, thank you so much. we are now learning more about the timeline of the trump manhattan grand jury case. grand jurors will not sit for the case this week and may not meet monday and wednesday of next week. they are scheduled to be off the week of april 10th.

all of this meaning the earliest the jurors could reconvene might be mid april. sandra. >> sandra: ok, we are watching for that. meanwhile, fox news alert, and a live look at the white house. we are waiting a press briefing from karine jean-pierre and john kirby, lots of news to get there. threat from china, crisis at the southern border, all expected to be coming up in the room. we will take you there for the questions and answers. >> john: plus horrific fire at a mexican detention center, one of the deadliest migrant tragedies in years as new video appears to show guards leaving the facilities without releasing locked up migrants who are smothering from smoke. the vice president of the national border patrol council art dwill join us on that. >> and a staffer for senator rand paul is fighting for his life in a hospital following a brutal attack. will congress take matters into

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>> sandra: a live look right now in rome where pope francis will be staying for an overnight visit at the hospital we are now told for some previously scheduled tests. no details were provided from the vatican over why the 86-year-old pope is not returning home at this time but he has suffered from numerous health problems in recent years, including intestinal surgery. he's also suffered from some knee issues which have forced him to use a cane or a wheelchair in public settings. that's been happening in recent months.

the bbc is reporting the pope's schedule has been canceled the next two days while the medical checks continue. we will watch and bring updates as we get it. >> recent policies that have left our military unfocussed, untrained, unmanned, and unprepared for combat. how much are we spending as far as you're concerned with these diversity-type bureaucrats? >> 114 million on dei programs, and some cases we are paying these dei bureaucrats over $200,000 a year. >> $200 for a diversity person? >> triple the mean household income in the united states. >> john: military experts testifying that the pentagon is not preparing the armed forces for future conflicts with top adversaries. instead, distracted by implementing woke initiatives.

jeremy hunt was a witness yesterday, a former u.s. army captain and serves as the chairman of veterans on duty. thanks for coming in. you said in part of your testimony to the committee yesterday in addition to what we heard, the chinese communist party is building hypersonic missiles that our radar systems can barely detect. spying on americans without consequence and threatening the sovereignty of taiwan, and barbaric regimes in north korea and iran, and growing concern the united states military simply isn't ready. why isn't the military ready in your estimation? >> the biggest problem we are seeing right now, we are so distracted. i mean, if you look at the numbers of just general accidents that can be completely avoidable are on the rise, last year we saw one of our most really prize submarines plows

into a sea mount, and warships barely colliding into each other, we have serious issues the military has to get back to the core mission, making sure we are ready to deter, fight and win our nation wars. >> john: why are we away from the core mission? >> new progressive political ideas. when the secretary of defense came into office he of course mentioned china as a major threat, but then says but we also have other priorities like climate change, and the united states military presented 50 page report about the need to redo the entire military fleet to make sure we are, you know, we are all about climate change but we are not focusing on the core mission. and so in that -- that can lead to a lot of serious issues when our soldiers are completely unprepared and untrained for the fight. >> john: here is how you put it yesterday in your testimony. noted this, you say rather than focusing on new enemy battle tactics the navy recently mandated gender sensitivity training and encouraged them to

closely police the use of pronouns declaring those who fail to comply are not allies of their fellow sailors. one intelligence officer said it's one of messaging and priorities. i know more how to administer a transgender urinalysis. a soldier got back from the middle east, and the first thing he had to do was go to a class of pronouns. >> we have to get truth out. dei bureaucracy has exploded. we believe everyone should be able to serve in the military free of discrimination and the program worked and that was something that we all, you know, coral i behind. now a different camp says that's not enough. now to go around policing

pronouns and inject a completely divisive political rhetoric into some training materials. i'm in the camp that says look, make sure we have equal opportunity, that's important, focus on the mission and if you have some bad apples in the military, knuckle heads in violation of that, let the uniform code of military justice take care of those actions, but we will focus on the primary mission, train, deter, fight and win our nation's wars. >> john: one famously said a great civilization has not conquered from without until it destroyed from within. if the military is not ready to face the next great battle, the most powerful adversary in at least a generation or more, do we risk that? >> we do. mentioned before i'm finishing up my last semester at yale law school.

>> couldn't find a good school to go to. >> we focus so much more on our differences and kind of focus on hyper individualism that we have lost any type of commonality or any type of common purpose that brings us together, and that's probably why you see so many of the news reports out of yale just some of the division and the tribalism that's taking place. i don't want that for my united states military. i don't want it for my alma mater at west point, the officer corps or the marine corps or the air force, navy. we need a military that focuses on the common purpose that brings people together, not hyper focused on what's different about us and that's the primary difference ever those who are ready for a strong military, not one that bows down to the progressive agenda. >> john: west point and yale, classic overachiever. >> sandra: debt ceiling standoff between president biden and kevin mccarthy is growing.

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>> the budget has nothing to do with the debt ceiling. let's get the debt ceiling done and stop playing games. >> sandra: house speaker kevin mccarthy calling on president biden to return to the table,

the white house won't budge calling on republicans to put forward their own budget plans. speaker kevin mccarthy, to claw back spending and unspent covid relief funds, and they would like to explain the proposals before leaving d.c. for what will be a two-week recess. back and for the coming as the country could default in july. and garrett, and robert wolf, robert, explain to people at home. when we get to this part of the, i don't know, we have been here so many times before. debt ceiling debate, anything to do with the budget, kevin mccarthy says no. >> i agree with him the debt ceiling and the budget have nothing to do with each other,

and i've been saying this for 15 years whether president obama is president or president trump. the debt ceiling, you have to pay for, things we have already spent. credit card comes due, you pay for it.enter with that respect we have to pay for the debt ceiling and cannot put the full faith and credit of the united states. >> sandra: i'm going to write it down, have to? >> it's a must, and it's going to pass whether kevin mccarthy and biden sit together or don't, there will be at least five republicans in the house that will pass the debt ceiling. so i don't think that's a question. >> sandra: tell people why they should care, how will it affect them? >> it affects them, the debt ceiling impacts them, we owe each and every day, north of 30 trillion. interest is eventually the burden of the taxpayers. >> sandra: if we didn't meet our obligations we would significantly lower our credibility on the world stage. >> you can't do it. we are the full faith and credit of the world.

respect to the budget, i actually think it's time we sit down and pass a budget. i would love to see every congressman vote up and down on every piece of pork. let's -- let's see where people want to, you know, get going, let's do it. >> i actually agree with that concept, and you know, i think members of congress should take the tough outs and people know where they stand. in terms of the debt limit with speaker mccarthy is coming at, look at some of the things he's proposing, one is something joe manchin put forward would essentially cut nondefense spending that's excessive, clawing back trillions of dollars of -- excuse me, hundreds of billions of covid relief fund. >> sandra: reducing excessive nondefense spending, reclaiming unspent covid funds, lower energy costs in the country and secure the border. >> and something bill clinton

signed into law and president joe biden when he was a senator voted for, essentially tightening some of the worker programs as well there. and so i think those are bipartisan solutions. no one is talking about cutting social security, no one is talking about cutting medicaid. when you have 6.5% inflation, 30 trillion in debt, it's been done before, 13 times since 1985 in a bipartisan fashion, tried to attach fiscal reforms to the debt limit so i think it will get paid, it will get raised, we have months to do this here and i think it will get done. but there's no doubt we need to fix some of those problems with debt and inflation. >> sandra: just compare what we put on the screen as far as mccarthy's spending proposal, and look at the breakdown of biden's budget. tax increases, sky high inflation, looking at 4.957 trillion in tax increases, clean energy projects,

4.5 billion, on defense, 885 billion, social security 1.4 on down. that looks a little different than what we are seeing proposed by president biden -- kevin mccarthy. >> i want to reply to garrett. we meet the moment trying to reduce the budget. one, you can't just look at nondiscretionary defense because to get a balanced budget you have to cut 85% over the next ten years. we know that's never going to happen. with respect to the president's plan, i mean -- listen, it's clear that that is a wish list. >> sandra: before you guys go, i want to get you both on the record, irs is still staying silent on the timing of the visit to journalist matt taibbi's home. how often does it make house calls? could this be a coincidence or something else going on? >> i think it's unconscionable. i would like to know why someone went to system one's house. i've been audited four times, if

they came to my house i would get the police. >> i agree, they usually send letters, phone call, they schedule a meeting at their local office to show up at a journalist's house who just testified before congress i think plays into a lot of things republicans are talking about and jim jordan is talking about the weaponization of the government, the subcommittee important work. >> sandra: and fox digital asked how often agents show up at people's homes, irs is refusing to answer any questions and matt taibbi is silent for now. >> it will all come out. >> i think jim jordan will get answers on this. >> sandra: good stuff. thanks to both of you. john. >> john: a rare moment of agreement there. violent crime in the nation's capital center stage, dragging d.c. officials in a hearing saying d.c. crime is out of control, reinforced after a brutal attack on a d.c. sidewalk that critically injured an aide

to senator rand paul. chad pergram is live on the hill. first, what's the latest you can tell us about senator paul's staffer, chad? >> that's right, john. we have a statement from the family of phillip todd, they say that he's in stable condition, he has a skull fracture and is expected to make a full recovery. now, republicans say oversight is overdue for d.c., especially after the city passed a bill to weaken the local criminal code. the family of paul's aide said he only survived because a friend intervened. the suspect, a man just released from prison. >> makes me think we are in the third world. i wonder whether washington d.c. should be listed on dangerous places to travel like we do the state department for foreign countries. many of our major cities are going to rot and ruin, you know, and demoralized our police. >> rand paul is not the only lawmaker who has an aide affected by violence in washington. >> even a staffer of mine kept,

they kept hearing gunshots around their house and a week ago sold their house and moved out to maryland. >> homicide in d.c. is up 19%. car theft 108%, property crime, 27%. all crime has jumped by 22%. congress got involved after the d.c. city council passed a bill weakening the local criminal code. d.c. council chairman took issue with assertions about crime in the city. >> i know this belies to common belief and when it comes to crime how people feel is important but there is not a crime crisis in washington, d.c. >> democrats want statehood for d.c., congress has final say over the city. washington is a federal enclave. they say congress should not serve as a super city council. >> john: a city full of tourists now for the cherry blossom

festival, hopefully people will stay safe. >> sandra: moments from now we are expecting the white house will be holding a press briefing with the press secretary karine jean-pierre. also there is expected to be the national security council spokesman, john kirby. all of this amid bipartisan calls for a nationwide ban on tiktok. today is the day for the federal workers to removed the popular app from their devices. what dangers could the u.s. face if they don't? former congressman patrick murphy and mike rogers sound off coming up. >> john: george mason university widely touts their inclusive reputation, but the governor picked as a commencement speaker, could it show diversity is not welcome on the campus. >> in a society, hear people's ideas. however, when the ideas target people on the campus it enrages people. we are upset about this decision.

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>> john: stunning new surveillance video of a deadly fire at a mexican migrant detention center. bars were passing by a cell filled with smoke but not stopping to open the door. some migrants fearing deportation set fire to the facility monday night, at least 38 were killed and dozens others hurt. the latest example of the spiralling situation at the southern border. art del cueto joins us now. they put mattresses against the cell doors, set them on fire, the guards walking by and maybe out of the facility leaving 38 of them to die.

art, if you need any more evidence the situation with illegal immigration is out of control i don't know where you would find it. >> no, defer knitly. we already knew the cartels and the people smuggling the people into the united states, they don't care about human life to begin with. now the video shows it's apparent those in charge of the facilities on the mexican side, they are not caring about human life either. what they should be doing, if the people were from central america, they have already made it to their northern border, our southern border. these facilities and the apprehension should be at the southern border where they are coming in, but they have allowed them to travel throughout the entire country before they take any action upon them. >> john: do the mexican authorities have much ability to do anything about it? it seems the whole thing and much of the country is controlled by the cartels that are making billions off of illegal immigration. >> and i think that's the point why they are allowed to travel throughout the country, everyone is getting their piece of the

pie as they are travelling through until they make it to the northern border of mexico and then now you have this tragedy that has occurred, so we are going to have to wait and see what the mexican government has to say about it. what we need to focus on, these are issues that are going to continue to happen because the administration here in america has provided that magnet. they have said hey, it's ok to break our laws, come on through and we'll figure out once you get here and i think that's why the individuals are doing it more so. we as a country need to be better prepared knowing what's happening at their borders, knowing that these people are not going to stop there. they are going to continue to come into the united states, and we can't have knee jerk reactions in our country waiting for a tragedy to happen here. >> john: our terrific correspondents who have been covering the border crisis for years have remarked on occasion, showed pictures of the arm bands a lot of the migrants are wearing given to them by the cartels.

secretary mayorkas was in the senate yesterday at a hearing, asked by senator ted cruz about the arm bands and said he never heard about that, prompted cruz to say this. listen here. >> you don't know what they are, mr. secretary, you have just testified to the american people you are incompetent at your job. the drug cartels, every color corresponds to how many thousands of dollars they owe the cartels. you have turned the cartels into multi-billion dollar criminal organizations. >> john: not a lot of faith in the dhs secretary yesterday at least among republican members. what about you and rank and file of your union, any faith mayorkas can control the situation? >> it just shows how out of touch and is not doing the right job. he doesn't know what he's doing when it comes to this. it's been all over the news, it's been through intel reports. everyone knows what these bands are, they are used by the cartels so they can distinguish who has paid, who hasn't paid,

what cartel is in charge of what group, what country. it's an organization that is doing everything like a business model with these bands and they know what they are doing and they are used for different purposes and for the head of the department and the agency to say i'm not aware of it, that alone, you know, that sends the message not just to the workforce, but to the american public that the wrong person is doing the job. >> john: you look at the decision tree of solving a problem, the first step is acknowledge there is one and the second step to understand it. looks like that might not be happening. art del cueto, national border patrol. >> sandra: crews in kentucky working to free barges in the river. dangerous material one is carrying has them racing against the clock.

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>> the most important thing, sandra. as of now, nothing to suggest one of the barges is leaking methanol. authorities are very closely monitoring the situation and just moments ago various agencies and companies involved in the clean-up operation held a briefing, including the mayor. he says public safety is the top priority. >> more than 80 air quality samples have been taken so far and all tests to date show no evidence of hazards that would pose a health risk. though teams are continuously monitoring the situation. we are also taking water samples on a regular basis. >> underscoring what the mayor said, watching potential health risks, the ohio river provides drinking water for 5 million people. last month following a train derailment fears were raised the river was contaminated.

methanol exposure if left untreated can be dangerous and fatal, used in windshield washer fluid, anti-freeze, and it was 1 of 10 barges that broke away yesterday morning. three got stuck against the mcalpine dam. one we learned moments ago has been removed. all the other barges were loaded with corn and soy. no word on what caused this accident or how long it's going to take for the methanol-filled barge to no longer be a threat. and one of the obstacles in resolving this, the difficult currents at this hour on the river. >> sandra: and not causing a leak and doing so, correct? >> that's contributing to trying to resolve this. what caused it they have not said. >> sandra: david lee miller, we will stay on it. >> john: the river running quickly there. any moment, the white house will face tough questions on the threat from china, biden's out of control border crisis and weaponizing the irs against political opponents at the

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phone call with this counterpart. so on this -- in this instance this didn't happen. but -- >> it's not true we read out every phone call with counterparts. i'm not confirming the press reports. >> in all of your conversations you've had with the prc leading up to this transit, are you confident that you have communicated or you are in a good spot that they might respond with heated rhetoric but that's it, or are you at all afraid that this might be sort of a pelosi 2.0 scenario? >> well, certainly let beijing speaks for itself. we, as i said in my opening statement there is no reason for them to overreact in anyway. it's a common occurrence, that president has done it six times before and other presidents of taiwan have transited the united