had with the former president, leading up to that day when he and his family were forced to flee a mob demanding he be hanged. today former vice president pence dropped his appeal of the federal court decision ordering his testimony . this would be the first time that a former vice president testifies about his former boss and a criminal investigation. in this case, the boss who according to testimony before the january, 6th select committee, said he deserved to be hanged. you. if i were you, i would still be livid. with donald trump. i would be so furious. and i know you re a measured man. um but are you still angry? well i must tell you the president s words and tweet that day. we re reckless. endangered my family and all the people at the capitol. and i was angry. but you know, my christian faith tells me to be quick to listen. slow to speak and slow to become angry. and then the christian faith. forgiveness is not optional. forgiving is one thing for getting another. we l
by invent help. call 1 807 100020 invention idea but don t know what to do. next call invent help today they can help you get started with your idea. call now. 807 100020. good evening more than 24 hours after the former president was arraigned tonight. new trouble for him. former vice president mike pence, no longer fighting in court now willing to testify before a grand jury in the department of justice s investigation to january 6th about direct conversations he had with the former president, leading up to that day when he and his family were forced to flee a mob demanding he be hanged. today former vice president pence dropped his appeal of the federal court decision ordering his testimony . this would be the first time that a former vice president testifies about his former boss and a criminal investigation. in this case, the boss who according to testimony before the january 6th select committee , said he deserved to be hanged. you. if i were you, i would still be livid
bipartisan congressional delegation and the leader of taiwan at the ronald reagan presidential library in california. this was the first time any leader from taiwan has met with the house speaker on u. s soil last year. as you ll recall, former speaker nancy pelosi visited taiwan and its president, china s minister of foreign affairs now says that this latest meeting quote seriously violates the one china principle and that china firmly opposes and strongly condemns this he also demanded the us quote. stop upgrading the substantive relationship between the u. s and taiwan. cnn s fareed zakaria joins me now with more freed from what we ve seen thus far. do you think chinese response to the stateside meeting will be the same or the same kind of level as it was when speaker pelosi visited taiwan in 2022? i think it s likely to be quite different. they recognize that the difference you know, in terms of how provocative that was. but look, it was a bad idea. financing pelosi to go to taiwan
know? so you see what i mean, where kevin mccarthy is getting himself involved in something that, um merican politicians should. this is a very sensitive issue and better. to let the administration handle source close to speaker. mccarthy told cnn that it was important for the speaker to make sure the meeting with the taiwanese president was bipartisan. talk a little bit about why taiwan is one of the very few things that both sides of the island actually agree on these days. well, this is the big area of bipartisanship in washington. these days, everyone is a china hawk. everyone wants to in some way or the other show how tough they can be on china, and you know, taiwan is an extension of that, uh and that s why, as i say speaker, pelosi went to taiwan because she wanted to make that point. i should point out the biden administration was more opposed to that visit. then they have been to this to this meeting precisely because it was more provocative, but privately , they will tell you
likely to be quite different. they recognize that the difference you know, in terms of how provocative that was. but look, it was a bad idea. financing pelosi to go to taiwan . it is a bad idea for kevin mccarthy to do this, uh, the congress should not try to get involved in something as sensitive as this and particularly get involved. and what is really the domestic politics of taiwan? you know the important thing to realize that actually to taiwan president s going on trips right now there is president side coming to the united states meeting with kevin mccarthy because he insisted on it, but the former president, president ma yuzhou is going to china. and he is meeting there with some chinese officials. he is on a 12 day trip to visit his homeland. that party is much more comfortable with some kind of dialogue with beijing. in the old days, they used to be in