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we begin this hour with a very public and defiant show of force by the speaker of the house. speaker nancy pelosi walking down in taiwan. you can see the american flag on the tail of pelosi's air force jet lit up moments after touching down. her trip is both high stakes and high danger. she say this is trip reaffirms the unwavering commitment to taiwan's democracy. this moments after pelosi landed, this new threat from beijing, quote, these moves like playing with fire are extremely dangerous. those who play with fire will perish from it. we have been waiting for this. speaker landed...

And you mentioned that this is not the first time of the speaker's visit to china to taiwan. let me say this. 25 years ago, when the speaker visited taiwan, it was completely wrong. the chinese side was affirmly opposed to it from the start. the u.s. should have learned lessons from it instead of repeating the mistake. and the one mistake cannot justify the following mistake in the same nature. >> speaker employee say says you have to look around the world, and she sees china violating its agreement with hong kong about the one government, two systems, and it's extra important for the united s...

Do you think? >> i think it's great that we have an administration now that positively and affirmly speaks to trans people and speaks to the trans experience. but none of our political leaders are doing enough for our community. we need our political leaders out there on the offense, not just in a defense mode. so they're waiting for these right-wing conservative folks to come at our community when they should have been already ensuring our protections across the board. >> one more question for you about florida and the "don't say gay" bill. why do you think governor desantis is so focused on ...

Because i remember one of the key things that the trump people said early on in the transition and representing a foreign country, you can't have a position in this administration. so, i feel like they would not ever have known this about general flynn and then had him in the white house. i do -- you know, i point out that he did now register and come forward with this fact. but, i'm sure that it was a surprise to the trump administration. >> jeff weaver, do you give the white house the benefit of the doubt? >> no, absolutely not. look, we've seen revelation after revelation about contact with...

Seen this the washington pundit class. >> remember, i'm based in los angeles. >> that's one strike. >> so that's the real world. >> l.a. is reality, not image. look. you write, matt, it's program that's legal, reviewed by congress and subject to court your sight and those are arguments we've heard a lot. it's not league in the sense that the supreme court has affirmly ruled on this. you know. you're lawyer. the court said we're not going to get to the merits of all the surveillance programs. it basically said they cannot prove it so they don't have standing. so for general discussion in washin...