through the issuance of the nancy reagan stamp. we hope to provide the means for the public to come together. in remembrance and commemoration of this great and impactful american i along with 650,000 women and men of the united states postal service and proud to honor first lady nancy reagan with this stamp. thank you. now participants for joining us if you is now my pleasure to introduce fred ryan chairman of the board of trustees of the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute. fred served as an assistant to president reagan at the white house and as chief of staff for former president ronald reagan from 1989 to 1995. police. welcome fred. thank you postmaster good, dr. biden. and i have the feeling someone's looking over my shoulder. and it wouldn't be the first time. it's a pleasure to be able to join you this morning to pay tribute to a remarkable woman and a truly great american. 38 years ago today on a windspeed cliff in normandy france president reagan delivered one of his best known speeches commemorating the 4

nancy reagan was an inspiring individual. she was an important part of one of the most pivotable presidencies of the 21st century as a wife, champion, and trust adviser to our 40th president of the united states, ronald reagan. we mission, her legacy of public service, and her willingness to confront difficult and often highly personal topics throughout her eventful life made her one of the most influential and admired first ladies of modern times. to recognize their many contributions to our nation we will officially issue the nancy reagan commemorative forever postage stamp on july 6th. the dedication ceremony will be held at the ronald reagan library in simi valley california. the postal service takes great pride in our mission to bind a nation together. through the issuance of the nancy reagan stamp, we have to provide the means for the public to come together in remembrance and commemoration of this great and impactful america. i, along with 650,000 women and men of the united states postal service and proud to honor fir

davis, and later nancy reagan. hers is a complicated and often very painful story, but i think that ronald reagan chose well in his partner for life, and i do think that the country owes him a debt for that. >> what do you say about someone who gives your life meaning? what do you say about someone who who is always there with support and understanding? someone who makes sacrifices so that your life will be easier successful. but what you say is that you love that person and treasure her. [applause] >> i simply can't imagine the last eight years without nancy. the presidency wouldn't have been the joysi it's been for me without her there beside me, and that second floor living quarters in the white house what it seemed a big and lonely spot without are waiting for me everyday at the end of the day. she once said that a president has all kinds of advisors and experts who look after his interest when it comes to foreign policy or the economy, or whatever. but no one looks after his needs as a human being. well, nancy

it also meant nancy, the girl he became nancy pelosi was always known as little nancy. and i think she did not shed that nickname until she went away to college but maybe that's why she went away to college to not be known to everyone as little nancy. big nancy was a remarkably smart, intubated entrepreneurial woman well ahead of that's our time. pelosi told me one of the interviews i did with her for the book, that of her mother were born today she would be president. her mother wanted to go to law school. she tried to go to law school after having nancy. so at that point should six kids at home. that did not work out. she inventedy things. >> is an actual patent. >> she got patents for inventions including a device to used to give you a beautiful complexion. which is a metal device with a hole in the top. an electric coil inside. cord to the ads they ran at the time you pour the secret oil into the metal tube. you plug it in any up your face over it to get it steamed. it will give you a beautiful complexion. i do not know if it would in fact give you a beautiful compl

davis and later nancy reagan. a complicated and often very painful story but i think that ronald reagan shows well and the country owes him a debt for that. >> what do you say about someone who gives your life meaning and support and understanding, someone who makes sacrifices so that your life will be easier and more successful but what you say is you love that person and treasure her i simply can't imagine the last eight years without nancy. the presidency wouldn't have been the joy without her there beside me and that second floor living quarters in the white house would have seemed a lonely spot without her waiting for me every day. they had all kinds of advisors and experts who look after his interests when it comes to foreign policy or the economy but no one looks after their needs for a human being nancy has done that for me through recuperation's and crisis. every president should be so lucky. [applause] i think it is all too common in marriages that no matter how much partners love each other they don't t

and nancy reagan truly represents that ideal. mrs. reagan will be the sixth the first lady honored with the us postage stamp. the previous stamps will issued for martha, washington. the first american woman ever featured on a postage stamp. dolly madison abigail adams eleanor roosevelt and lady bird johnson nancy reagan was an inspiring individual. she was an important part of one of the most pivotal presidencies of the 20th century as a wife. champion and trusted advisor to our 40th president of the united states ronald reagan in addition her legacy of public service and her willingness to confront difficult and often highly personal topics throughout her eventful life. made her one of the most influential and admired first ladies and modern times. to recognize her many contributions to our nation. we will officially issue the nancy reagan commemorative forever posted stamp on july 6th. the dedication ceremony will be held at the ronald reagan library in simi valley, california. postal service takes great pride in our mission to bind

that i think that big nancy gave nancy big nancy dalessandro gave nancy pelosi comfort with doing things and ignoring those who said you couldn't do it you as a woman couldn't do it you as an italian-american couldn't do it. i think it just made her it made her fearless and she also learned. she also learned from childhood how to manage and motivate supporters. she the dalessandro family had something called the favor file. and you don't actually need a dictionary to understand. what a favor file is so they would big nancy and little nancy would sit at a table. in the front room of their home in little italy in constituents would line up. like line up out to the sidewalk to go through and see. favors they might need some help with housing, or maybe they had an immigration issue, or maybe they had a child in jail, and they wanted some help from the mayor to get him or her out of jail and big nancy would listen to the problem to the favor that was needed write it down on a card. and figure out what they could do to help and if you got a favor granted that came with a certain expectation. t

nancy pelosi now inc. type a is completely disregard the repeated counseling by the us president joe biden. timing was not right for her to really pie one. she is completely disregarding counseling from the u. s. u. s. military leaders council not to go, because the wrong time me and she completely disregarded the repeated waldis by the chinese government. because china says our visit will hollow out the one china policy will be in violation of the one china policy and will really cause more damage to china us relations. so she is today and tonight she troublemaker in the whole world because she disregarded sanity judgment. and the rash analogy in pursuing her personal goals in taiwan. whether she wanted to use this visit to hide the fact or the husband is appearing cold in the united states. that's another matter. but i think people in this part of the world, people on both sides of the tower straight, do not want to see nancy pelosi because she does not have and the legitimate business in the try, not ar

so why is nancy? pelosi is trip such a big deal is because of the one china policy. taiwan is officially recognized by the united states as part of china usa adopted the one china policy in 1972 usa has no formal ties with the government on taiwan government that was established by the forces who lost out when the communist party to power on the mainland, the usa has no embassy on taiwan and it advocates for taiwan to peacefully re unify with the mainland. this understanding has been key in us china relations for decades in more recent years, as washington drifted toward portraying china as its number one enemy. we've seen washington also drifting away from this policy, hinting its support for taiwan independence as a way just threatened shina. the united states is a hollowing art and the blurting up the one china policy. us officials of course, deny that they are wavering on the taiwan issue, but it doesn't help when president biden drops bombshell statements like this. are you willing to get involve

so why is nancy? pelosi is trip such a big deal. it's because of the one china policy. taiwan is officially recognized by the united states. as part of china usa adopted the one china policy in 1972 usa has no formal ties with the government on taiwan and government that was established by the forces who lost out when the communist party took power on the mainland. the usa has no embassy on taiwan and it advocates for taiwan to peacefully reunify with the mainland. this understanding has been key in us china relations for decades in more recent years as washington drifted toward portraying shina as its number one enemy. we've seen washington also drifting away from this policy, hinting at support for taiwan independence as a way just threatened shire. the united states is a hollowing art and blurting up the one china policy. us officials of course, deny that they are wavering on the lawn issue, but it doesn't help when present biden drops. bombshell statements like this. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan? i

of course nancy pelosi is the speaker of the house. so she's representing a different branch of government. and it, that would be in line with a shift in the u. s. tone and rhetoric that we've seen on in taiwan america as long as it has a strategic ambiguity policy so that it has official diplomatic ties with china, but unofficial ties to taiwan will continue to support a democracy in taiwan and president biden himself a did a challenge that when he said in may, that he would defend taiwan, the u. s. would defend taiwan of china attacks. those statements will walk back. but still it's important to note that what we're seeing from nancy pelosi this visit, is not entirely out of line with some of the tone and rhetoric that we've seen from the, the white house itself. and more generally, what is the feeling that domestically about her trip to the, to what taipei so there has been plenty of support for speaker policies, visit, and certainly from democrats and 26 senate republicans. i issued a statement today saying they also stand behind t

moved by nancy pelosi. absolutely. and you know, you look at those long term effects for both the us and for taiwan. and it is notable because the politicians that were supportive of her wanting to go to taiwan in the 1st place. they seemed to almost be saying that they supported it because paging was warning against it. and even when it comes to those reports of whether or not asian would move in an attempt to take taiwan, there were also reports saying that the u. s. officials were not confident that that was the case that they were not confident that that was basic plan. and so for a number of those people there in taiwan, they're likely looking at those long term effects on themselves as they are the ones who have to deal with the room vacations directly. while politicians like nancy pelosi you get to get back on their play in and go back to the united. yeah, well we're, we're, we're just waiting to see if a citing when the time to use leader would meet sir. so we're just stay with those pictures in the moment. ric

we understand that nancy pelosi's jet -- we think it is nancy pelosi's jet -- it is now in taiwanesee. we are getting cctv reports that a fighter jet is flying across the taiwanese straight, taiwan s trait. we will keep an eye on both of these aircraft. kishore mahbubani, distinct fellow at the asia research institute, joining us from singapore. he was singapore's ambassador to the un, sat as president of the un security council. he has watched situations like this unfold. we are interested in his point of view. thank you for your time, sir. how big an escalation is this, if nancy pelosi is about to touch down in taipei? kishore: is very, very serious. i think it is very important for americans to take a very long-term perspective with china. here is a 4000-year-old dragon that went to sleep for 100 years or so, and now is finally making up. and when this 4000-year-old dragon is waking up, it decided to poke it in the eye and say we don't care what you think, we will do what we want to do. on a very sensitive issue, which every american president has handled very carefully to make su

why is nancy is nancy all of a sudden a china hawk?er time to be in the hot spot of the world they on days nancy's husband goes to court for his dui. the media is just going to blackout the story to make room for puff pieces like this one. on nancy's legacy as a china hawk it if they are involved you can bet money is too. we know the tides are turning in silicon valley after years of getting rich thanks to beijing the money is migrating out of china now. taiwan is the new hub for american tech manufacturing and all the far east countries she hits, singapore, japan, this is where american companies putting the new supply chain. that is why nancy is island hopping and now we are learning this. "washington post" is reporting tonight that nancy is set to meet with the largest semiconductor manufacturer in taiwan. of course. a company called tsmc, they make chips for all the big guys like apple and the pelosi's own plenty of that stock. is this a surprise? no, all part of the plan. following up shares in chip companies before nancy went to

of course nancy pelosi, she wants to do this. is that a chaotic situation or coordinated making it purposely vague? in this case, you know, this is, this is a big question that a lot of analysts have been asking in china over the last several days. clearly there has to be some coordination in so much as we've seen some military movement in tandem with her with her travel. and this would require authorization from the white house, whether or not this was forced on the white house or whether or not the white house, the graduate went along with it. or whether or not it does tell us with, with biden's broader anti china project. it's really irrelevant, i think from beijing position, the bottom line and she appears to be coming and this is very disruptive. top notch in us as, as always we thank you for your time and your thoughts today. joseph gregory mahoney. professor politics at east china normal university, not the united states has an unbalanced position towards china. we just talked about an if i called it's one china policy. wa

how speaker nancy pelosi to type pe let's. i'll give you some of the latest the footage shared by chinese media. we understand a 21 chinese warplanes passed through tie ones at defense identification zone. according to beijing, military sources drills will include non nuclear missile launches from the sea east of the island territory that include alive, fire exercises on coordination between warships destroy, is and fight a gen a taiwanese islands also have said now to be put on full combat alert china had already warned washington of serious consequences of the u. s. a diplomat. visual uses, the china will definitely take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguarded sovereignty and territorial integrity. in response to the u. s. speakers visit, all the consequences arising there from must be borne by the us side in the taiwan independence, separatist forces, ah, such are you some pictures from the song, shine airport in taipei, a regional and military base where nancy pelosi is playing right there arrived earlier. the fli

so it's safe to say that nancy pelosi is trip to taiwan is a big move. she's the highest ranking us politician in a quarter of a century to visit taiwan. but house her trip actually gone down in the u. s. well puzzle. there's certainly been a lot of coverage. all of the networks here were closely following her visit with live coverage of her landing there. and here in washington, there has been a good deal of bipartisan support for the speaker at 26 senate republicans issued a statement saying that they stand behind her. and that they see this trip as consistent with the u. s. as one china policy. and, you know, during the trumpet ministration as china became a key focal point. the accusation had been and continues to be. the democrats have been to week on china, and i was watching fox news, which is the main network for the right wing here. and they were begrudgingly praising nancy pelosi as well, which is quite unusual. but i have to say the voices are makes on both sides of the aisle. so some commentators here pointing out the fact that the doesn't ap

i've tried to just let nancy be nancy for change. in doing the book, i found that the life of a first lady sometimes it's difficult to explain to those that haven't been through it. one thing most people don't realize, and i certainly didn't realize it until i had gotten a few bumps and scrapes is this law -- you just don't move into the white house. you have to learn how to live there. life in that mansion is different. i don't mean simply because it's the only house in the country that comes equipped with access to air missiles. i don't mean, when your husband leaves the, house he often was a followed fruit vest. it's not just the knowledge that a military officer with a black briefcase's day or, night always only seconds away from the many married. those things are a price you pay for the honor of living there, and it is an honor. without a moment hesitation, i can tell you, i wouldn't trade our time in the white house for even extra years added onto my life. the remarkable thing is, how magnified life is there at the mansion. the

nancy polizzi -- nancy pelosi should be meeting with the taiwanese president.t is, the what is happening there. she is such a hold joint briefing as well. she has also come out and said that she had come in peace to the region as well. maybe that was to suasion some of the more hawkish tone coming out of beijing. it is certainly happening as we speak here as well. she is also saying that this service and know it contradicts the long-standing u.s. policy concerning taiwan and the unilateral effort is such a change the status quo so there we go. we have china condemning this visit. including the banning of sand exports to taiwan and it is holding some fish and fruit imports as well. let's have a look at that and leave those images there. let's get it over to you guys in hong kong. >> absolutely. this will also give our viewers a little bit more clarity on what is coming in these next couple of minutes. this meeting is imminent. we should be getting at some point, based on the initial agenda a press conference that will follow from the house speaker. some of the o

you heard nancy pelosi's initial remarks. i think the key takeaway as we look back on what she mentioned is the fact that she has said that the trip was to make it clear that the u.s. was not going to abandon taiwan. >> absolutely. there is nothing earth shattering or earthshaking from nancy pelosi's comments. full of pleasantries that she received that medal of honor award from the president. she did say what i expected her to say and that is that the united states stands by its commitment under the u.s. taiwan relations act to support taiwan despite the pressure it receives from mainland china. now they are behind closed doors. now they're getting to the meat and potatoes of the real discussions. perhaps they will talk more about the chip industry and the like and what the possible response from china is going to be and has been so far but at least publicly, it was full of pleasantries even though china's agency posted a number of comments while pelosi and taiwan were speaking, condemning the visit as well as saying taiwan

her effort as she said to let nancy be nancy. but she left plenty of clues along the way her public image in particular was a source of continuing frustration to her. you'll hear in her own voice how she experienced her white house years featuring footage from c-span's video library. first nancy reagan on how she tried to counter negative publicity part of an interview with journalist hedrick smith. she's talking about her 1982 surprise performance at the gridiron club pressed dinner in washington known for its political parodies. this is nancy reagan in her own words. second hand clothes secondhand closed they're all the rage at the spring fashion shows. even my two new trench coat with for color ronnie bought for 10 cents on the dollar. secondhand gowns old hand-me-downs. the china is the the only thing that's new. even though they tell me i'm no longer queen. did ronnie have to buy me that new sewing machine. secondhand closed second-hand clothes, i sure sure hope ed me so i guess i came around. to thinking well, all right. we

all right, i believe we are seeing nancy pelosi coming down. i was just in the board, the plane after arriving in taiwan. wherever this is the highest level visit by a us official in 25 years coming at a very sensitive time. i want to get back across to zachary lee who's covering this for us from at high. hey zachary, a lot of talk about us and china physicians here. what the people in pie one wants to see from this is again nancy pelosi, la high ranking us policy, tend to be the highlight in 25 years. and is that entity into the how and he's in the global society telling these people are very welcome miss nancy pelosi here and you think it's a close the relations between the us and i one so a lot of people you actually work. i mean, how be that richard were mentioning earlier, these pictures are very dark. we're seeing officials are arriving to greet here is this the china reception that you would expect for such a high level figure in the united states? well, yeah, i think so. so you can just make her out there in the, in what seems to be a l

he of nancy pelosi. what they want to do in asia is to fight china to the last, taiwanese, they will have other countries fighting the was on behalf of the u. s. one could also ask, just as alfred alluded to their, how helpful this is for the taiwanese themselves. is there an argument to be made that they could be left in a much more tense environment than before despite but pelosi is trying to achieve or see if she wants to keep in mind that how one is actually de facto economically integrated with china. so you have a de facto integration. it is going against how wants interest. well, that brings us to the end of the news for this half hour. we'll continue to follow closely the situation in taipei, retentions the main. hi. join us next hour and we'll update you with any and all development you with international thanks with a with in a with a wealth engine oil, the parts, the american approach to their world could be reduced to one bumper sticker. it could be this perception is reality. going to in the

nancy pelosi touched down in iowa. our response to the visit. china begins military drills all around tie. one thing that will include non nuclear missile launchers off the sea, just east of the island. i. beijing had already been boosting its activity near the self rule territory, while ty, one's islands are said to have been put on full, come back a lot. meantime, people in taiwan itself are pretty anxious over the u. s. house speakers, the trip members or the public, told us that u. s. just wants to spread its power and influence with lucy, touch china's bottom line. she touched the red line. so both the u. s. and china have to take actions accordingly. they just use taiwan to get their attention for domestic market. unless these business will add tensions across the taiwan street. i really hope the americans won't come around to mess things up so that we can live a peaceful life with it is 11 pm here in moscow. and just off to 4 am in taipei, taiwan, which is where you as how speak a nancy pelosi is currently huddl

that's as you as how we can nancy pelosi begins. her official visit to taipei, despite numerous warnings from beijing. china is stronger, condemned to visit it, saying it will with the leukemia defend its territorial integrity and accuses the u . s. of provocation. this again proves that some us politicians have become the troublemakers of china. us relations in the u. s. has become the number one savage or of the peace instability of the taiwan strait. and people in taiwan itself, all anxious over the u. s. health. because trip, members of the public told us the us just wants to spread its power and influence not help them. the lucy touch, china's bottom line, she touch the red line. so both the u. s. and china have to take actions accordingly. they just use, tie one to get our attention for domestic market flow. she's to visit, we'll add tensions across the taiwan straits, which has no benefit at all for the taiwan people. with it's 6 am in moscow, 11 am in taipei and you with ot international with coming to life on the russian ca

so why is nancy? pelosi is trip such a big deal is because of the one china policy. taiwan is officially recognized by the united states as part of china usa adopted the one china policy in 1972 usa has no formal ties with the government on taiwan and government that was established by the forces who lost out when the communist party to power on the mainland, the usa has no embassy on taiwan and it advocates for taiwan to peacefully re unify with the mainland. this understanding has been key in us china relations for decades in more recent years, as washington drifted toward portraying china as its number one enemy. we've seen washington also drifting away from this policy, hinting at support for taiwan independence as a way to threaten shina. the united states is hollowing out and the blurting up the one china policy. us officials of course, deny that they are wavering on the taiwan issue. but it doesn't help when president biden drops bombshell statements like this. are you willing to get involved m

the joe - biden administration were not keen on nancy— biden administration were not keen on nancy pelosii going in the first place. they cannot stand in her way and did _ place. they cannot stand in her way and did not— place. they cannot stand in her way and did not stand in her way but they— and did not stand in her way but they made — and did not stand in her way but they made their own ease about it pretty— they made their own ease about it pretty plain. having said that, she did get— pretty plain. having said that, she did get wide support in congress again. _ did get wide support in congress again. 26— did get wide support in congress again, 26 republican senators signed again, 26 republican senators signed a letter_ again, 26 republican senators signed a letter supporting her visit, unheard _ a letter supporting her visit, unheard of when you think of who nancy— unheard of when you think of who nancy pelosi represents two republicans in this country, so this is something that has given her a lot of— is something that has given her a lot of support across the spectrum. but it_ lot

nancy pelosi is still in taiwan. but at the same time, the response is likely to be far stronger than anything that we've seen in recent years. it is important, of course, for president she jumping not to be seen to be weak on this issue and to be seen to be in control, particularly at what is a very sensitive time for him. but there are concerns also that this will be used as a pretext for more regular, a military aggressions and provocations towards ty, one living golf alonza international editor of taiwan. plus she's joining us fire escape from ty pay good to have you with this dea there. when we heard the, the speeches that were made by the president and, and nancy pelosi earlier on a torn, has very cordial. it was referring to the history that her, that sir there exists between the u. s. and anti wine. and of course, nancy pelosi is on interest in the area. she was awarded the order of propitious clouds, which i understand as a civilian order of the republic of china all very pleasant. but it's the very fact tha

nancy pelosi is addressing the media-— stop nancy pelosi is addressing the media. the media. to acknowledge, someone mentioned _ the media. to acknowledge, someone mentioned them - the media. to acknowledge, someone mentioned them at i the media. to acknowledge, l someone mentioned them at the beginning, but i am very proud of the distinguished party that has come with us. they remind me of translation.— me of translation. laughter. there are _ me of translation. laughter. there are a — me of translation. laughter. there are a few— me of translation. laughter. there are a few questions - there are a few questions coming to nancy pelosi as well. we will hang on forjust a moment and pick up on what she is saying. sorry we don't have the question but we will have the question but we will have the answer once the question is translated. nancy pelosi has a long history of relationships both antagonistic, frankly with china, but also very warm with taiwan. �* , ~ ,, �* taiwan. n0 audio translation available _ taiwan. n0 audio translation available. this _ taiwan. n0 audi

so nancy pelosi goes to taipei, what's the effect of that? well, we don't need to guess the chinese government has said repeatedly and clearly that if nancy pelosi lands in taiwan, it could trigger a global war. are you here to provoke a wall or to start a wall? what the hell are you doing here? hello, see? so we've heard a reaction out of beijing. we've heard a bit of muffled reaction out of washington dc. what about the rest of the world? it's rather quiet at the moment we have any other international reaction to that. yeah, you know, is interesting because earlier this week when policy was in singapore, the premier, there actually said that the focus needed to be on maintaining stable relations between the united states and china. that that was something that was in all of their best interest in the region. at the same time, we've also heard from moscow a spokesperson for the kremlin, spoke out and referred to this trip as extremely provocative, noting that russia stands with china and also not moscow understands that frustration that is c

how sick, how speaker nancy pelosi to taipei. she kicked off her to a earlier meeting with high ranking taiwanese officials, including the deputy legislature speaker and president, ty ones defense ministry has already accused mainland china of immediately encroaching on the islands territory and threatened to respond. china hasn't yet commented on those allegations. yes, some of the latest footage shaped by chinese media. 21 chinese warplanes pos to tie ones, aid defense identification zone. and according to basing military sources drills will include a non nuclear missile launches from the sea. east of the island territory that include alive, fire exercises, and coordination between warships and find to a coughed tie, one's islands. our states have been put on for combat alert. as chinese media are flooded by foot sheet of alleged military preparations, china had already warned washington of serious consequences of us because visit with him in china will definitely take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguarded sovereignt

nancy pelosi is trip, could have catastrophic results for the world. caleb, martha r t new york. and i just moment her naughty international will be back with a more of our analysis and our special guests as well. of course the top story is tie one nancy pelosi has arrived. ah ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, a ah. well, it shows the wrong one. i just don't move out date because the advocate an engagement. it was betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground to day, i'm authorized to additional strong sanction foreign companies, quitting russia. i'm busy until one. thank you. this client atm console. blanton banks disconnected from the international payment system. the social move hoppey jermel lewis, donna and euro exchange rates followed minneapolis sellable up our nickel go more so so carbon would know what up what that what he met, that he woke up the pillow from this that is the current. can you see a little sure see a material because it was put zoom in russian business overcome this song. see near rob bought it to the nazi to huddle.

we know two things about nancy pelosi. number one, she is set in her ways of being pro-human rights. this is totally genuine on her part, the nancy pelosi i know. she cares about human rights in china. number two, she is a very astute politician. she knows how to count the votes. you have to wonder, what is she think she is going to accomplish by this? what does she a compass with china, what does she accomplish with the united states, what does she accomplish with taipei? guy: the president is not pushed back on the strip. is it effectively that has speaker doing his bidding? are they hand in glove with this trip?how close are the two when it comes to china? david: this is one of the biggest question coming out of this visit. with respect to the united states but also with respect to china. who is running our foreign policy at this point? i'm not sure from president biden's point of view is it better that he try to get her not to go and fail, or he didn't try to get her not to go? if he didn't say "nancy, please don't do

the headlines: nancy pelosi, the us house speaker, is in taiwan for a hugely controversial visit. the white house tries to manage the tensions. the united states will not and does not, will not seek and does not want a crisis. we are prepared to manage what beijing chooses to do. the killing of ayman al—zawahiri — washington says the taliban broke an agreement not to allow foreign militants on afghan soil. the house that was targeted in the drone strike is just a few minutes away. but the taliban are not allowing anyone to film nearby, insisting there is nothing to see. one even pointing his gun threateningly towards us. shrinking glacier streams in the himalayas are creating a water crisis — we have a special report on getting tap water to villages. hey, josh, it's gillian, how are you doing? very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real—time conversations, right in front of their eyes. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. nancy pelosi, america's third highest ranking politici

s. healthy can nancy pelosi to tie pay? here some of the latest footage shared by chinese media. 21 chinese warplanes passed through ty, once a defense identification zone. and according to beijing, military sources. rules will include non nuclear missile launches from the east of the island territory that include live fire exercises and coordination between warships and fight a croft, ty, ones, islands, i'll say to have been coach on full combat alert. as chinese media is flooded by footage of a major military preparations, china had really warned washington of serious consequences of the u. s. because versus china will definitely take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguarded sovereignty and territorial integrity. in response to the us, speaker's visit. all the consequences arising there from must be borne by the us side and the taiwan independence, separatist forces. ah, he has a quick look at what constitutes china and tie one's military with sources. ty pays total active forces are just a fraction of what stands

nancy pelosi arrived earlier. the flight tracking website flight re dos a, the number of people following her, checked reached a 700000 people. i called figure for the service wearing a face mask, the us house because of the pain at around $1050.00 p. m local time. and in post a photo with a group of taiwanese official, she said, visit has evidence of the u. s. commitment to support taiwanese democracy. policy has become the highest ranking american official to visit the self of island in 25 years. the white house, meanwhile, has stated that a dialogue between washington and beijing will be kept open and that the us won't be involved in any military conflict. with china. the united states will not and does not, will not seek and does not want a crisis. we are prepared to manage wellbeing chooses to do at the same time, we will not engage in sabre rattling. we will continue to operate in the seas and the skies of the western pacific. as we have done for decades. we will continue to support taiwan, defend a free and

and they were begrudgingly praising nancy pelosi as well, which is quite unusual. but i have to say the voices are mixed on both sides of the aisle. so some commentators here pointing out the fact that there doesn't appear to be a strategy from nancy pelosi that she doesn't have a concrete outcome from this visit that she can achieve. and secondly, that the timing is not ideal because because the u. s. is already engaged in another huge security challenge, namely the war in ukraine. and that, that is going to be difficult to balance. and there is the concern that the u. s. it might be on a collision course, essentially with 2 world powers, china and russia by aggravating china with a visit like this. and this comes at a time where beijing and moscow have already been deepening their alliance. so the concern pablo being that this could push them even closer into each other's arms if you will. suit me. what about the white house? where does president biden stand on nancy pelosi visit? well, it is a very complex issue. i mean, the white house, as you mentioned, presid

in responding to this visit by nancy pelosi.ent chao in taipei, our everyday taiwanese people concerned about the retc ratcheting up of tensions concerned about these live fire , drills that are going to be happening? guest: i think what's unfortunate is that provocations and military intimidation and coercion to a certain degree have become part and parcel of everyday life here in taipei and we've really seen a ramping up of tensions from the drc. -- from that p.r.c.. military jets flying across our air defense identification zone . academic course of actions, including most recently, the banning of a few food products. so it has become just a part of routine life. that has its pitfalls on its own, but it is also an unfortunate consequence of the relationship, or the lack of one we see today. but i do have to emphasize one point, if we take this idea of china meaning the people's republic of china, taiwan has never been part of the prc. and this is a historical fact. there's never been a people's liberation army soldier here in

honestly, whether it's nancy pelosi _ now? honestly, whether it's nancy pelosi or _ now?president i now? honestly, whether it's nancy pelosi or president by making statements that united states will defend taiwan all this political manoeuvring to get the logic they want to signal their commitment but it's not helping, just provoke beijing gives them the moral ground and does not address the issue at hand which is the united states military capability to defend taiwan. you believe this was not helpful at all, perhaps she should have decided not to go? it was just the initial decision i would have strongly urged her not to go but once the white house clearly indicated they wanted her not to go then i thought she had to. it is convoluted but a big part of her strategy is to convey to beijing the separation of powers and united states, the white house can't dictate what congress does. the white house couldn't prevent nancy from going but we will have headaches when it comes to congress passing other legislation, arms sales and all sorts of things the taiwan relations act is p

nancy pelosi decide to head to taiwan. it's all but confirmed at this point. government officials in taipei have just been notified that policies arrival is imminent. she may be in the air right now. she's definitely coming. one source told the wall street journal. the only variable is whether she spends the night. so nancy pelosi goes to tie pay. what's the effect of that? well, we don't need to guess the chinese government has said repeatedly and clearly that if nancy pelosi lands in taiwan, it could trigger a global war. are you here to provoke a wool or to start a wall? what the hell are you doing here? hello c. now we've also heard from moscow with the spokesperson for the kremlin, saying that this is a very provocative trip saying that they say what's china. and also saying that they understand how frustrated beijing is right now with the fact that they have issues so many warnings and clearly us how speaker nance, people as the has shown that she's not listening to a single one of them. racial thanks very much. brin