Did President Trump just opened the door to the U.S. no longer selling Taiwan defensive arms?

The lead starts right now.

I think 1980s is a long way.

That's a big far distance away.

The 1980s is a long way. President Trump revealing his thoughts on the Reagan-era commitment to Taiwan,

making it sound less like an ironclad promise and more like ancient history.

What else the president is revealing about his talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as he heads back to D.C.

As China says, it came away from the historic summit with substantial outcomes.

And a rare move from federal prosecutors in D.C. now seeking the death penalty.

The case involves last year's killing of a young couple at the Capitol Jewish Museum.

Plus, a CNN investigation into deaths at ICE detention centers,

finding that many possibly could have been prevented.

Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper.

We start in our world lead president Donald Trump,

returning home right now from that major summit with Chinese president Xi Jinping. In addition to making

no major deals on trade or tech or fentanyl or the Iran war and other key U.S. priorities,

China is saying that they took home something of a win on the

highly sensitive issue of Taiwan. Why? Well, because President Trump refused to commit two

future U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, even though the U.S. is already bound by the Taiwan Relations

Act from 1979 to provide Taiwan with the means

to defend itself. President Trump today on Air Force One asked about the status of an arms

sale to Taiwan said this.

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