fmr. secretary esper: absolutely. as you and beijing no, -- beijing know, the president is obligated to provide articles, in addition to long-standing u.s. policy. and your support makes a difference. what is taiwan doing to improve its security? does it go as far as increasing your defense budget, modernizing your equipment? can you elaborate. i know it is not in your portfolio per se. r se. minister wu: sometimes we joke with each other, myself and defense minister, to see which position is more critical. i don't envy the ministry of defense, but i also think the ministry of defense doesn't envy my job in the ministry of foreign affairs. as far as health, we have made more and more investment in our defense, just to share some internal discussions, internal discussions chaired by our senior officials and president. we were talking about taiwan defensive capabilities. we don't really argue for the increase of our own defense budget. we argue for the increase of the defense budget for the

fmr.retary esper: you mentioned not being provocative. i'm going to ask a provocative question right now, nonetheless. chinese policy has been around for 40 years. i'm skeptical it is still relevant to this day and age and how taiwan has developed. and where china is today. do you want to comment on the relevancy today of the one china policy? minister wu: we understand that the united states and other partners of ours, we don't have diplomatic relations or maintain the one china policy. the one china policy is distinct from the one child principle. i think under the one china policy, we are still able to engage with each other beneath the level of formal diplomatic recognition. for example, we are able to speak with each other on defense matters and other matters and our relations with the united states have been very strong in the last few years. and it is getting stronger. and the one china policy is fine with us, even though we don't like it, but at least we are able to work with the u

[applause] fmr. vice president pence: thank you all and hail the federalist society.ible conference, it is our honor to join you. i want to thank -- for that introduction. you read it just the way i wrote it. [laughter] all kidding aside, is very humbled. the next time you introduce me, it can be a little shorter. i'm a christian, conservative, and republican in that order. it is my great honor to join you to the federalist society conference. thank you for the warm welcome, great to visit with all of you. 70,000 members, gene, thank you for your parental -- principal leadership. i want to introduce the highest ranking official in the room last. i had the privilege to travel with my favorite person in the world, the best second lady of the united states of america has ever had. join me in welcoming my wife, karen pence to the great state of florida. [applause] the federalist society has come a long way from its humble beginnings 40 years ago. handful of dissidents and a few law school campus is scattered around the country came together and made a stand for the consti

[applause] fmr. vice president pence: thank you all and hail the federalist society.edible conference, it is our honor to join you. i want to thank -- for that introduction. you read it just the way i wrote it. [laughter] all kidding aside, is very humbled. the next time you introduce me, it can be a little shorter. i'm a christian, conservative, and republican in that order. it is my great honor to join you to the federalist society conference. thank you for the warm welcome, great to visit with all of you. 70,0 i had the privilege to travel with my favorite person the world and the best second lady in history of america. welcome my wife karen pence to the state of florida. the federal society has come a long way from its humble beginnings 40 years ago when a handful of dissidents at law school campus is scattered around the country came together and made a stand. the constitution of the united states. they came of age in a world when the law was too often defined by activist judges. advancing radical political goals. in sacrificing the constitutional principles upon

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fmr. gov. palin: i can't talk about the case. blame that on my attorneys.: and now, after palin's positive covid test delayed the trial for more than a week, attorneys for her and the new york times will begin arguments in this case that could test the limits of the first amendment. and to help us understand the stakes for journalists and the first amendment, i'm joined by bruce brown. he's the executive director of the reporters committee for freedom of the press, which helps provide legal resources to reporters. it's good to have you with us. and tell us more about the standard that sarah palin's team needs to meet in order to be successful. bruce: well, thank you for having me. and the actual malice standard that you just referred to in the clip is really the core protection for journalists in u.s. constitutional law. it's a requirement that a libel plaintiff who is a public official or a public figure can only prevail in a case against a news organization if he or she can show, essentially, that the journalist published a knowing falsehood or an intenti

joining me now is kurt volker, fmr us ambassador to nato and special envoy for ukraine. donald trump in 2019." inquiry of donald trump in 2019. great to have us does. we paired a lot of the back and forth there in the last couple of hours about trying to de—escalate. do you think there is a path to de—escalation? well, i wouldn't look for de—escalation, i think the question is, does he launch an invasion of ukraine again right now or does he keep tensions high and keep threatening but not in beitone of thoseis threatening but not in beitone of those is going to cause great tension is the right. my best guess is that having had the intelligence of the 16th of april, it becomes unlikely he will comply with that timeline and we'll have to see where he goes from here —— the 16th of february. with that, if he decides to proceed- -- _ february. with that, if he decides to proceed... i— february. with that, if he decides to proceed... i think— february. with that, if he decides to proceed... i think they - february. with that, if he decides to proceed... i think they are - to p