j. collins, i wouldn't call a meeting with our national security advisor and his counterpart, an ad hoc meeting. obviously we raised our concerns to a range of channels. the state department also put out a public statement, a proactive statement on this, which is not something they do frequently, and the secretary of state spoke to it today. for more on this, let's bring in boom bust co host an investigative journalist, ben swan, ben. a i want to start with this issue of taiwan. president biden spoke about it himself briefly and here's what he had to say. i agree with will. bye bye. i would agree that we are and we made it clear that he should be doing anything other than by the group. so ben, where does this leave things? but it didn't sound exactly like a very strong stance there. but look at a 145 fighter jets. that's the report. 145 fighter jets from china have entered, ty, ones, aerospace since the weekend over about a 4 day period that took place. it looks like provocation. taiwan is obviously very upset about it. china seems to be encroaching more and more, moving towards some ki