china claims taiwan as part of its territory, despite having never controlled it and repeatedly warned against pelosi visiting the island, vowing to take resolute and forceful measures if the visit goes forward. john kirby addressed the trip on cnn last hour. there s no reason for the chinese rhetoric, there s no reason for any actions to be taken. it is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to taiwan. it is very much in keeping with our policy and consistent with our support to taiwan under the taiwan relations act. we shouldn t be as a country, we shouldn t be intimidated by that rhetoric or those potential actions. this is an important trip for the speaker to be on. we re going to do whatever we can to support her. cnn is on capitol hill, but we begin with will ripley in taipei, taiwan. will, what can you tell us the latest about this announcement of the speaker s trip? reporter: well, for one thing, this is not going to be, you know, a fueling brief stop
americans and their governmentm. a decade ago. the new york times admitted this. the times markedis the anniversary of 9/11 by publishinhed a piecg a piece on the rise of domestic surveillance abuses which explode after the 9/11 attacks. the patriot act, according to st the new york times, quote, govem quickly became a sort of shorthand for government abusenh and overreaching, which, quote, inflicted collateral damage on political dissent, religiousl liberty and the freedom of association, end quote. that is still true, in fact, truer than it s ever been,trage. and it is still a tragedy. what s fascinating is that stopd the new york times has stoppedi acknowledging it. in fact, remarkablity, there wae not a single mention oft page o the 9/11 anniversaryf yesterday. on the front page of yesterday s paper, the paper that purports to represent new york , the epicenter of the 9/11 attacks. now, why would the new york times ignore 9/11? ignore well, good question, be the new york
Sean welcome to hannity, joe biden president Caught In The Act here is your president lying through his teeth in 2019. The idea that we would cut off military aid to an ally are only true ally in the entire region is absolutely preposterous. Sean preposterous, joe bidens words they mean nothing, he turned his back on americas top ally in the middle east and abandoned american hostages in gaza, joe biden is nothing but a spineless coward, no moral compass who can never be trusted. Our allies do not trust him and guess what, their enemies are emboldened. And much more than that well have a lot more in joes betrayal straight ahead. Plus shocking revelations from Robert Kennedy junior. Watch this. I believe while we should it to the women,. Even if its fullterm . Even fullterm. Sean fullterm abortions, make no mistake. Is somehow running to the left to joe biden, we have the vetting the nobody seems to want to do, a full report coming up. We begin with one, Kangaroo Court in New York City
weekend. let s dive right into the week s top stories. it is interesting that nikki haley, again, is bad lane along with ron desantis, chris christie for first place, for second place right now. there may be a pathway for her to win new hampshire. there may be new hampshire s interest in this year. you don t have a democratic race. so you have a lot of independents that aren t going to be splitting between republican and democratic voting, but she has right now, and, again i, know she s a civet boosted to the shull polls, i ve also filed enough campaigns. when people start talking about somebody, that s usually a leading indicator. you see polls go up, you but you look at the debate, the men screaming. you look at ron desantis and gavin newsom shouting at each other with sean hannity shouting in the middle. serious. there s a lot of men out there shouting. a lot of buffoon airy, a lot of really loud voices, and so, if politics is about contrast, then what a contrast and n
the same outfits. putin is basically ruthless dictator barbie. all right. good morning. and welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, december 6th. we ve got a lot to get to this morning, including donald trump s response to questions about his promise to use a possible second term to seek revenge and retribution. we ll show you what he said. plus, republican senator tommy tubervillle finally drops his hold on hundreds of military promotions. but he s trying to spin it as both sides not getting what they want. let that breathe. also ahead, the partisan fight over the senate s foreign aid package. one contentious issue is threaten to sink the bill. we ll have the very latest from capitol hill. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire. congressional investigations reporter for the washington post, jackie al mayny and white house editor for politico, sam stein. good to have you all with us this morning. our top story this hour,