looks as though China has broken off talks with us on military and climate.

They've also personally sanctioned Nancy Pelosi and her immediate family.

What is the aftermath and what about these exercises?

How they are playing out?

Amanda knows the region as well as anyone in the country joins us now.

Admiral James Starvedis, Admiral, welcome back.

What's your take on the impact of the speakers trip?

Well, it's very unhelpful the U.S.-China relations.

But let me begin by saying we cannot see to China the ability to dictate who can come and who can't come.

Absolutely.

Whether they're private citizens or senior government officials.

That's our call and above all, it's the call of the Taiwan days.

Having said that, tactically, Brian, this is going to put a lot of sand in the gears in terms

of trying to reduce tensions.

And here's what I'm really worried about.

We've got Chinese fighter pilots, Chinese destroyer captains.

They're operating under very 10 circumstances.

They've surrounded effectively blockading Taiwan.

Just a few hundred miles away to the east are three U.S. carriers, one nuclear powered,

two of our conventional powered, very capable U.S. strike force.

They're going to come in contact.

And so the real worry, Brian, is a miscalculation that occurs up there in the air, in particular,

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