China warns of retaliation as Taiwan’s president meets with McCarthy

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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In the face of threats, Speaker McCarthy and the president of Taiwan defiantly meet as Beijing warns the Chinese government will fight back. Plus, one day after Donald Trump’s arrest and arraignment in New York, there are new developments in the federal case investigating him. Also, Mike Pence has decided not to appeal his a federal court ruling ordering him to testify, potentially setting up a historic testimony before the special counsel. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Taiwan's president just met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the Chinese government
0:08.4	is not pleased to the lead starts right now.
0:12.6	In the face of threats, Speaker McCarthy and the president of Taiwan defiantly meeting
0:17.8	moments ago symbolically at the Reagan Library as Beijing warns the Chinese government will
0:23.6	quote, ''resolutely fight back'' plus one day after Donald Trump's arrest and
0:29.2	an arraignment in New York, two major developments in the federal case investigating him.
0:34.9	One, a CNN exclusive, the grand jury testimony, revealing that Trump was warned he could not
0:40.1	legally seize voting machines, plus the decision from his vice president, Mike Pence, that
0:45.3	could set up his own historic testimony before the special counsel.
0:54.1	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and we start with the world's superpowers on edge
0:58.5	in a potentially provocative show of solidarity between democracies moments ago.
1:03.6	Taiwan's president, sighing when, wrapped up a news conference with US House Speaker Kevin
1:08.9	McCarthy on the Republican's home turf in California and the Chinese government is not
1:14.2	happy about it.
1:15.2	The top official in Beijing warning that size visit could lead to a quote, ''serious
1:19.2	unquote confrontation'' with the United States.
1:22.1	Quick refresher here, China claims that Taiwan is part of its territory.
1:27.6	And China has vowed to take Taiwan by force if necessary.
1:31.5	The US government does not recognize Beijing's claim over the island of nearly 24 million
1:36.2	people, but also, for fear of offending China's government.
1:40.0	The US government does not recognize Taiwan as its own sovereign country.
1:44.9	It is also worth remembering, right after then Speaker Nancy Pelosi's August 2022 trip
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