the workers are clearing the streets of taipei. after typing, congress slammed into the island on thursday with winds of over 180 kilometers per hour. much of the damage will take days or weeks to repair power. when he is, authorities are used to destructive weather at this time of year. but this storm was something out of the ordinary dw strange trade, hers in taipei. he said, as of this update on how daily life is still getting back to normal. now that the type things moved on, schools and businesses across some parts of taiwan remain closed on friday. if they, off the island was paid by one of the most possible storms in maybe 3 decades. a storm that injured hundreds across this island of 23000000 people. even here in the capsule type pay, many roads are temporarily. blogs by trees. there was snaps in hoff some ribs from the ground of the pulsing over taiwan. the still move towards china, bringing wind and rain to south eastern provinces of the country. attention and taiwan will now turn to the future and how to prepare for stor

cnn international correspondent will ripley joins us from taipei.onder, what has been the mood and reaction there in taipei to trump's election? he is certainly unlike president biden, who repeatedly said the u.s. would defend taiwan militarily, trump has not said that. has been told by tromsØ and former senior advisers that he had no interest in defending taiwan militarily. are they afraid there? >> afraid would not be the right word, jim, but i think there is a lot of caution . there is a lot of uncertainty. there is optimism that under the first trump term, remember, it was president comes at penetration that green lit $5 million in weapons sales to taiwan, weapons being sold occurred in the trumpet a lot of the policies were continued under the biden administrator and. so the next go around here in taiwan, they feel like they have had bipartisan support. you have a lot of high-profile lawmakers visiting the democracy, but the uncertainty about whether this transactional approach with resident trump were to feel like you could make a deal with be

>> president elect donald trump's transactional tone rattling nerves in taipei raising serious questionsort for this island democracy already under relentless pressure from beijing. what do you do when you're on an island with less than 25 million people? with a neighbor like china and a political situation like what's happening in oh, we have to we have to up to our teeth and we have that kind of mentality. >> we are willing to fight. >> taiwan will need to invest even more in defense professor chun ming tsai says including billions of dollars in u. s. made weapons despite a $20 billion backlog of undelivered fighter jets and tanks artillery and missiles is taiwan more or less safe during trump 2.0? >> we don't know when. >> one characteristic of trump especially during the second trump administration, will be the unpredictability so we don't know. we will be safer or more dangerous, but the thing is that we are going to pay higher price for either way. >> taiwan could be caught in a bind facing skyrocketing defense costs and growing economic uncertainty. what are you guys thinking here

it always, james trader was in taipei. he said, has this update on how day the, the only if it's still disrupted after the storm. they've done schools and businesses across some parts of taiwan remain closed on friday. they off the islands, received by one of the most powerful storms in maybe 3 decades. a storm that injured hundreds across this island of 23000000 people. even here in the capsule type pay many roads, the temporarily blocks by trees. there was snaps in hoff, some ripped from the ground off to pausing over taiwan. the still move towards china, bringing wind and rain to south eastern provinces of the country. attention and taiwan will now turn to the future and how to prepare for storms of this nature. this is one of the largest storms of this strength to hit taiwan. so late in the season, the tie for in season and tie one usually runs from may to october. this one impacting tie one into november will suddenly raise big questions about the unpredictability of typhoons. as a result of climate change, there were

james teresa is in taipei. he sent us this update on how day the life is still disrupt schools and businesses across some parts. of taiwan remain closed on friday and they, off the island was hit by one of the most powerful storms in nearly 3 decades. a storm that injured hundreds across this island of 23000000 people. even here in the council type, a many roads are temporarily. blogs by trees, there was snaps in hoff some ribs from the ground of the posting of a taiwan. the still move towards china, bringing wind and rain to south eastern provinces of the country, essentially. and taiwan will now turn to the future and how to prepare for storms of this nature. this is one of the largest tombs of this strength to hit taiwan. so late in the season, it's high frequencies and, and tie one usually runs from may to october. this one impacting tie one into november will suddenly raise big questions about the unpredictability of typhoons. as a result of climate change. if you go to some of the other stories making hea

will ripley is following that story from taipei. this is quite a moment.already have the largest war since world war ii prompted by the full scale invasion in 2022, and now we have north korea in europe as well. i wonder what the reaction is in asia to see north korea, a nuclear power, already considered a threat by so many of its neighbors, principally south korea, to see them deploys forces for a war in europe. >> reporter: well, kim jong un has not only been deploying thousands of russia where they'll be gaining real time combat experience, hypothetically, also intelligence about how the north korean weapons that have been supplied to russia are operating on the battlefield. so they're gaining all this tactical experience making their army, in the long run, more experienced, and perhaps a greater threat on the korean peninsula where tensions have ratcheted up to their highest level since the first trump administration that ended somewhat dramatically in hanoi with a huge loss of face from if kim jong un when president trump and his team decided there wa

people were injured to to the driver of this taxi thought it was safe to go back out on the streets of taipei, but learned the hard way that it wasn't the uh the tree still pin the vehicle to the road in the morning. as a matter of luck that he wasn't till the roof of my car hit my head and felt like my headed been hit hard. i put the seat down right away. i managed to move backwards in the mountains to check hikers were rescued by helicopter. after they went missing during the storm, they told local media that they had planned the trip thinking data, voided type, fluid season, only to be caught off guard. workers are clearing the streets of type. a after type from congress slammed into the island on thursday with winds of over 180 kilometers per hour. much of the damage will take days or weeks to repair. tar when he is. authorities are used to destructive weather at this time of year. but this storm was something out of the ordinary. i thought was one of the james chase in typeface and this update tom, the way david locksley still being disrupted, even though the storm has moved on. the scho

the workers are clearing the streets of taipei. after typing, congress slammed into the island on thursday with winds of over 180 kilometers per hour. much of the damage will take days or weeks to repair power. when he is, authorities are used to destructive weather at this time of year. but this storm was something out of the ordinary. it's time to remind you of that top story based . our rescue teams in spain are continuing to search for thousands of people. still missing assets demonstrate from floods, financial source, and say, the number of people killed. there's no business to 200, i'm fine. i'll set you up. today's, i'll have more. well, here's the tougher b a, b, w, use documentary strand dumped. film is next looking at the wrote, wrote a rogue day and placed the lives of 3 young techs who have a good, the good news innovation green, the green revolution global. so listen to a whole lot of climate problems if the care is subscribe to those channels, every friday, subscribe to plan. it's a.

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rule making strategies at the time a university in talked to thank you so much for joining us from taipei on friday. what are you making of all these confirmed names say fall, especially when it comes to the is it full influence? the countries full of foreign policy? i mean top ministry personnel already saying that concern, but he's building a team that will have long lasting changes. it's tempting to say that he's actually seeking 1st to troll, i think in both the democrats and some of the traditional, his members of his own party. but very clearly he's looking number one for loyalty from all his cabinet members. and he's looking for people that are full heartedly embraced his agenda and are going to move forward is going to be, i think, a fairly controversial and perhaps very sticky and difficult confirmation process. i a controversial as you set the, i mean, you have, for example, a full c a got his form, a democratic congresswoman, and now that she's been named as director of national intelligence i, she's already assigned the biden's administration a full before and policies and the

it moves into a tie one, it'll still bring some very heavy rain here under rashaw was expected in taipei. we've also got tie food menu which is moving across the moving parts of the philippines on sunday, bringing some life threatening conditions like a storm surge, strong winds and very heavy rain will move into the south china sea pretty quickly by monday. and we all go see some heavier rain link for the north of that heavy rain as well for japan, tends into more wintery features by monday. and behind that we've got some very cool air blowing and that's gonna drop temperature for rushes far east minus 3 in that invest, talk on monday, only 6 invasion when to also show it's honda for the west of us across the western parts of china. now as we move west to south asia, there's a divide to be found here. we've got lots of why whether across the north west, the weather, in the very south of india and into sri lanka, the subdomains, an issue. we've got an amber warning out in the hall and the smoke continues to haunt daily. it'll be hazardous on sunday, some improvement by tuesday. the, the

(vehicle horns honking) today, taiwan is a vibrant democracy, and its capital, taipei, is one of theaiwan with mainland china. it's a position that the party has held ever since they seized power in 1949. >> generalissimo chiang kai-shek, now on the last stronghold of nationalist china... >> smith: it was in that year that america's ally chiang kai-shek fled to the island and set up a separate government. for beijing, this was unacceptable, and the problem has festered ever since. >> the taiwan issue is a direct result of an unfinished civil war. very simple. there is only one china, taiwan being part of china. >> smith: the problem today is that the people of taiwan have made it pretty clear with their elections that they do not want to reunify with mainland china. >> the future of taiwan is not to be decided by the local residents in taiwan themselves. >> smith: why shouldn't these people have the right to self-determination? >> the status of taiwan eventually will be decided only by the people on both sides of the taiwan strait, including the 23 million people in taiwan, as well a

>>> tonight, taiwan is cozying up to trump as taipei faces the threat of a chinese invasion.overnment of taiwan appealing directly to trump. taiwan's top diplomat quietly delivering a redder letter during lunch. the fear over invasion is so intense in taiwan there is even a television show all about what it war between the two countries will look like. will ripley is out front. >> reporter: i am in a temple in southern taiwan on the set of zero day. and upcoming 10 part series, dramatizing for the first time, taiwan's response to a looming invasion. >> wire we nate temple with a table full of money? >> translator: many taiwanese temples have closed relationships with china, service will not fund bribery in elections. >> reporter: zero day errors a few months after taiwan's general elections. from how much research went into this? >> quite a lot. >> reporter: zero day shows how quickly daily life in taiwan could crumble, before a single shot is fired. china's people's liberation army cuts off the island by sea and by air. within days of beijing's blockade, the financial system

national priorities, creating more problems than solutions will ripley, cnn taipei all right, out front now, jonathan mahler. >> he is writer for the new york times magazine. he has been writing about elon musk. and jonathan, i really appreciate your time. so, you know, musk has been with trump pretty much every day since he won the election. every single photo, you know, those photos that you would get that there was trump in them. now it's trump and musk. i mean literally every single one. and you can laugh at it. but then you take a step back and go, wow what's really going on here? i mean, and to this, jonathan, look, musk is already the richest man in the world by far. you know been there, done that for him. i mean, what do you think he's really after here? i mean, is this really about running the country or. i mean, what's it about? do you think? >> yeah. i mean, i think there are a few things going on. i think there are there are real business interests. i mean, you know, in particular i think right now musk's companies are under under numerous something like 20 investigations re

the people here in taipei will of course be watching the us selection very closely given that increased chinese military invitation they stead down over recent years . washington is taiwan, is the biggest international baccha and almost a privilege to fully speaking that's been more concerned about the trump victory would mean for to like one given his more transactional approach to foreign policy at various points during the campaign. trump is incorrect and stated, that's why one quote stole america semi conducting business and the taiwan should pay for its own defense comments, which, that chinese officials and the weeks before the election to want to victory for trump could mean taiwan if discarded. us will come to the higher says paul, expect to, to be continued see from the bite in ministration. a strong stance on economic competition with china. i'm really tumbling down on those lines. who's with us mutual traits, allies in the region. countries like japan on the philippines alliances which the resilience of our importance for ty, one's own security as well. so. so many different