hsiao: there are a number of legislative initiives.t the legislative process here in the uned states. we have not talked about any specific aspects of this bill, but we are exploring some very meaningful ways in strengthening taiwan's self-defense. that includes, for example, continuing foreign military sales. that is not unprecedented. it has been ongoing over the years. nick: yesterday, the white house made a rare announcement about troop deployments and that the uss ronald reagan, an aircraft carrier, and its associated ships would remain in the area st of taiwan, and would also conduct "standard transits” through the taiwan strait in the next few weeks. how important are those transit and how important is it those go off without any hitch? rep. hsiao: i think it is important to assert that the taiwan straits are high seas and the freedom of navigation is a very important part of global commerce. it has worked for all of us, including for china's economic development. nick: beijing has been a bit ambiguous as to whether the taiwan s

we spoke earlier with china's top diplomat in the u.s., bi- khim hsiao.ndicated the military wasn't enthusiastic about speaker pelosi visiting. she spoke openly about the risk of her plane being shot down. did taiwan ever have that level of concern that there was a risk here? >> yeah, we have been livingivig under the thre under the threat from china for decades, and we cannot let their ongoing threats define our desire to make friends internationally. if you have a kid being bullied at school, you don't say, "you don't go to school." you try to find a way to deal with the bully. and that's exactly what taiwan is doing, working on making our society stronger and more resilient, fortifying our defenses. >> brennan: beijing has sent 68 warplanes, 16 warships right off your coast. do you believe this is just a drill? >> china's behavior is unprecedented, and from the scope and, you know, the actions it appears that they have been preparing for this for some time, way before speaker pelosi decided to visit taiwan. >> brennan: taiwan's defense minister said ju

nick: reprentative bi-khim hsiao, thank y very much. >> thank you. judy: with more than 7000 cases already reported in the u.s., the biden administration has declared monkeypox a public health emergency. william brangham looks at the implications and whether it'll help contain the virus. william: judy, the declaration announced yesterday by secretary of health and human services xavier becerra comes after the administration endured weeks of criticism for its response to this outbreak. and it's also been dinged at times for its public health messaging about who is most at risk. to provide some perspective on what this means, i'm joined by dr. jay varma. he's professor of population health sciences, and the director of the cornell center for pandemic prevention and response at weill cornell medicine. dr. varma, thank you so much for being here. the administration has declared a public health emergency. practically speaking, what does that mean? dr. varma: the first and most important thing it does is allow the federal government to tap into emergency f

. >>> on friday i sat down with taiwan's representative to the u.s., bi-khim hsiao, for the cbs eveningerview. president biden indicated the military wasn't enthusiastic about speaker pelosi visiting. xi spoke openly about the risk of her plane being shot down. did taiwan ever have that level of concern that there was a risk here? >> we have been living under the threat from china for decades. and we cannot let their ongoing threats define our desire to make friends internationally. if you have a kid being bullied at school, you don't say don't go to school. you try to find a way to deal with the bully. and that's exactly what taiwan is doing, working on making our society stronger and more resilient, fortifying our defenses so that we have means of managing risks. the risks are not posed by taiwan nor by the united states. the risks are posed by beijing. >> what specifically is that risk? is it a full-scale invasion? >> the chinese have not renounced the use of force. they have been intensifying threats towards taiwan. that is not only on a military level. it has involved a hybrid tool