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privilege, i think as we talk about what these conversations could be between pat cipollone s attorneys and the doj, that grand jury, i should say, what is covered by executive privilege? just remind us here. what conversations could potentially be covered. what we know is that pat cipollone and others have claimed executive privilege to allow them basically to avoid answering questions about conver conversations, private conversations they claim they had with donald trump leading up to and including on january 6. we know with respect to the january 6 committee that pat cipollone, although he appeared before that committee, that he used executive privilege oftentimes to avoid answering specific questions. and this is going to test, quite frankly, whether that privilege holds now that we know that there is a grand jury, a criminal investigation taking place with respect to donald trump. these conversations that pat cipollone s attorneys are having with the doj presumab ....
Pelosi there of course ignoring china s threats about her visit to taiwan, declaring while she is theren a n unwavering to taiwan s democracy. beijing summoning the u.s. ambassador and suspending several agricultural imports from taiwan. let s bring in david sanger. good to see you. the big question that is being discussed is whether this trip was worth it. what is the assessment this morning? that is a hard measure to make. it had great symbolic importance clearly for the taiwanese people, she was cheered on her way into the legislature. she made a symbolic stop at a manufacturing company, the one that provides the most high tech chips to the united states and ....
The world. while pelosi and her delegation are expected to leave at any moment now and continue their tour of asia in south korea and japan, at least for now while they are leaving taiwan, what they are leaving behind are increased tensions on both sides of the taiwan strait. blake essig for us in tokyo, thank you. in terms of those tensions, what we re expecting in terms of the live fire drills, the defense ministry in china mann details n to hold those drills. there have been claims that this is a move described by some analystsn details where they pl hold those drills. there have been claims that this is a move described by some analystsp mann details where thn to hold those drills. there have been claims that this is a move described by some analystsmann details where they to hold those drills. there have been claims that this is a move described by some analystsann details where they to hold those drills. there have been claims that this is a move described by some analystsnn de ....
In fact taiwan is having to negotiate current routes with japan and the philippines because of china s military exercises. despite warnings from the white house and in defiance of china, speaker of the house nancy pelosi did arrive in taiwan late last night and once on the ground the speaker and her delegation issued a statement saying that america s solidarity with the people of taiwan is now more important today than ever as the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy. and after staying the night, pelosi met with senior government officials and taiwan s president who thanked the speaker for being one of the island s most devoted supports and gave her their highest civilian honor. and she visited the national human rights museum in parliament where she met with the deputy speaker of taiwan s legislature praising taiwan as one of the freest societies in ....
What were those conversations? reporter: there is no question that taiwan s government was excited to welcome the u.s. speaker of the house. as for the rest of taiwan, the feelings were likely mixed. some thinking that her visit is beneficial while others are worried that it might escalate tensions. one example of that was the hundreds of people who gathered outside of her hotel last night. cnn s team on the ground said that it was about equal between supporters and protestors and while pelosi made it clear today that china will not stand in the way of people coming to taiwan in the short term, it is hard to, a that the speaker s visit hasn t added to the already tense situation that exists. point in case, within about 30 minutes of the speaker landing on the island, china announced live fire military exercises surrounding taiwan that could already be under way. the defense ministry has condemned those drills saying that they amount to maritime and aerial blockade. ....