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>> reporter: rockets from china launched towards the taiwan strait. chinese fighter jets approach the island. beijing ramps up intimidation over taiwan over nancy pelosis visit. on thursday chinese state media reported missiles flew over taiwan for the first time before falling into nearby waters. beijing then announced it is suspending cooperation with the u.s. on key issues including talks between defense leaders and coordination over immigration, international crime, illegal drugs and climate...

The u.s. on a range of issues including climate talks. lets listen to what john kirby had to say. >> china has chosen to overreact and use the speakers visit as a pretext to increase provocative military activity in and around the taijuan straight. we anticipated that china might take steps like this. we also expect that these actions will continue. >> well, susan, how should the biden administration respond? >> well, look, i think that, you know, even in anticipated action and i do think john k...

Ri . ht ago when we first made it. the right white _ ago when we first made it. the right white house is in discussions with china about another person detained, paul whelan, and reports suggest this is who the white house is offering excellent exchange. victor boots, and arms travel are known as the merchant of death. at the top of her game and facing years in a russian prison, this deal might be her only hope —— viktor bout. japans prime minister has condemned chinas military drills around...

>> i think for scarlett lewis and neil heslin this is sort of a moral victory. they felt like they needed a symbolic judgment against him, but as they said in court, this is really a victory for truth and also a message sent to others who might, you know, be tempted to harm vulnerable people by spreading lies of this nature. >> so has this really -- is this really going to stop alex jones? as youve watched him even doing his show throughout the trial, what do you think? >> no. i mean, for someon...

And other foreign ministers are -- he said china cannot use this trip by pelosi as a pretext for squeezing taiwan and trying to attack taiwan by another name. >> so, you were speaking about sergey lavrov and antony blinken. they were both in cambodia. they were a seat apart, and no words were spoken directly. another issue, the situation with brittney griner. you and i witnessed live on msnbc when that verdict came in, nine years a guilty verdict basically something the u.s. said she shouldnt ha...

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American policy. and certainly not inconsistent with travel to taiwan in the past. >> china is apparently now cutting off cooperation with the u.s. in a whole range of issues, as you know. and they say that their ambassador totally reject the u.s. expressions of concern when he was called over to the white house earlier in the day. do you think pelosis visit to taiwan will permanently change the name of this u.s.-china relationship? >> what is potentially going to change the nature of the relati...

Falling into nearby waters. beijing then announced it is suspending cooperation with the u.s. on key issues, including talks between defense leaders and coordination over immigration, international crime, illegal drugs, and climate talks. >> as china is lobbing missiles all around taiwan, theyve decided theyre going to cut off communications with the u.s. which just adds to the possibility of a miscommunication by either side. >> reporter: the u.s. and china are blaming each other. >> china has ...

Aviation roots it can use. in terms of the us, they say that this is completely unjustified and that they are going to be watching these drills closely. in fact we can listen to the white houses national security spokesperson when he spoke to the bbc earlier. irate spokesperson when he spoke to the bbc earlier.— the bbc earlier. we have serious _ the bbc earlier. we have serious security - the bbc earlier. we have - serious security commitments throughout the region, five of our commitments, a...

Basis orjustification all along that there is no basis or justification for the chinese to establish some sort of pretext for this to emerge into a crisis or conflict.- into a crisis or conflict. that was john — into a crisis or conflict. that was john kirby _ into a crisis or conflict. that was john kirby theyre - into a crisis or conflict. that wasjohn kirby theyre speaking to the bbc a little earlier. earlier i spoke to asia security expert bonnie lin. she told me how taiwan is likely to re...