protocol on taiwan. and it risks infuriating china with one china policy which claims that taiwan is part of china. trump tweeted after. interesting how the u.s. sells taiwan billions of dollars on military equipment but i should not accept a congratulatory call. china released this statement, we urge the revolution side of the u.s. to adhere to the one china policy abide by the pledges in the three joint china-u.s. communiques and handle issues related to taiwan carefully and properly. >>> democrats are asking president obama to declassify intelligence after new information specifically to help donald trump win. cnn's jim sciutto has details now. >> christi, we are learning there's new information that russia's election-related hacking is believed to have been intended to help spear the election to donald trump. democrats now want president obama to make this information public. >> reporter: democratic senators are pressing the obama administration to more forthrightly state that russia's meddling in th

taiwan sees itself as its own country. china says taiwan is not its own country. china says taiwan is part of china. we decided in the 1970s, to recognize one china, just one chinese government with its capital in beijing, that was a change for us. we changed course after decades through great diplomatic pain and achievement, we made the decision to acknowledge that the chinese government is the one and only chinese government. we do not maintain separate diplomatic relations with taiwan any more. not since the 1970s. but today donald trump called and spoke with the president of taiwan. and then released this statement, announcing the call as one of his calls with world leaders today. if you don't follow this stuff, a call to taiwan, a call between the president-elect of the united states and the president of taiwan, it may not seem like the biggest deal in the world. hey, it's just one phone call, why is this a big deal. this is something we don't do as a country. this is something we haven't done on push, very carefully for decades. this is the first time a pres

doesn't recognize taiwan as its own nation. u.s. views taiwan as part of china. doesn't support taiwan independence. u.s. president hasn't apparently spoke on the a leader of taiwan since 1979. i think there is a tweet from the democratic senator chris murphy saying these are major pivots in foreign policy without any plan. that is how wars start. does -- i mean -- this does signal some sort of a shift in the president elect's, you know, strategy vis-a-vis china or taiwan? >> well it sounds like senator murphy's tweet is pretty incendiary and does not signal much of a shift from what seems to be the documented democratic response to the election results. this is how wars are starting and it is a major policy shift because you get a phone call. that is pretty negative and presumptives you. >> auous. >> a this has been long-standing u.s. policy towards china not to recognize taiwan. >> right. again i can't discuss anything beyond what's been publicly said. and this is the commander in chief and will be president of the united states and he either will or will not d

with taiwan, especially and including arms control sales. so that's how we have done it for some 40 years. that's how ronald reagan did it, bill clinton, that's how everybody has done it until yesterday. >> we know this is not a president-elect or a president like any other. right? he used very tough rhetoric against china on the campaign trail. this action seems to be following through with that. donald trump did tweet something in response saying that look, it is the united states, it is this current administration, the obama administration that has sold nearly $2 billion in arms to taiwan. >> correct. >> many of them are defensive arms but does he have a point? >> you know, those armed sales done during the obama administration and the george w. bush administration and the reagan administration, et cetera, are all in the context of the taiwan relations act. nothing new about that. what i think the president-elect is pointing out is something to a lot of laymen looks funny, that we can't say hello to somebody but at the same time we can se

and taiwan. we understand an adviser to the trump transition, steven yates, is in taiwan. he helped facilitate the call. yates is a form adviser to dick cheney. he's known to be very pro-taiwan. we're told the obama administration was not told of the call until after it happened. and also -- already the chinese are chiming in, you know, speaking to a taiwanese leader is something no american president or president-elect has done for nearly 40 years because the u.s. has no diplomatic relations with taiwan since 1979, respecting the so-called one-china policy. china considers taiwan part of its territory. chinese state media already calling the exchange an unprecedented break in that policy and that beijing opposes any contact between washington and taipei. this is sure to cause initial diplomatic uproar with china even before president-elect trump takes office. the former diplomats note that many incoming republican administrations have sought to elevate taiwan over china. president reagan invited a taiwanese delegation to his inaugural ball. president george w. bush also i

this is taiwan. and that region over there, the geopolitical, delicate diplomatic dance that we do in that part of the world is very serious. not recognizing taiwan officially as being its own independent state, not -- even calling it taiwan makes a difference. they call it the republic of china. china -- beijing is very sensitive to how the united states recognizes taiwan because as far as china's concerned, they're still part of their empire. so we know that there are many issues going on in the south china sea, in the taiwan straits. we know that there's disputes over islands there. the scarborough shoal, the senkaku islands, what's happening with the philippines. it's than simple for donald trump to pick up the phone and say, oh, that's great, thank you, president of taiwan. this is china -- >> certain critics are saying he really hasn't been well versed on what is at stake before taking a phone call or even in other cases it may have been initiating a phone call. but the bottom line is that ther

territories in taiwan. and the unchina policy, that, of course, claims that taiwan is part of china. now, trump did tweet soon after all of this controversy started. and he said, quote. interesting how the u.s. sells taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment. but i should not accept a congratulatory call. unquote. and truchina released this statements. we urge the revolution side in the u.s. to adhere to the one china policy abide by the pledges in the three joint china-u.s. communiques and handle issues related to taiwan carefully and properly. >>> you may have heard that donald trump saved jobs that were planned to go to mexico. anders rexnord. donald trump tweeted, rex nord is moving to mexico and rather viciously firing all of its 300 workers. this is happening all over our country. no more. i spoke to those about to be laid off. >> reporter: as they celebrated saving hundreds of jobs inside the carrier plant. i sat at josh's kitchen table. he's a long-time worker at a company down the street cal

and taiwan. the u.s. sells arms to taiwan. it's never been simple between the u.s., taiwan and china. however in china it is based on the recognition. recognition of the beijing, as china as china. a one china policy. you recognize china as the seat at the u.n. security council. you recognize china beijing as the seat of government of china and taiwan something different. to have the us head of state call the taiwanese head of state, there is a reason that hasn't happened for 40 years. because those communications between the heads of state should be between the head of the chinese state and the u.s. state. this is not just a disruption of protocol. it is something that has enormous diplomatic and political meaning, certainly to china. i'll tell you tonight it is a 100% certain there are heads spinning in beijing. >> it is in essence truly incredible that this is happening tonight. jim, thank you. i want to go to ivan watson now. our senior correspondent based in hong kong, actually here in new york tonight. and we're awaiting

china believes that taiwan is part of their country and taiwan believes they're a sovereign nation. so as you can imagine, the first phone call between a president-elect and a taiwan leader since 1979. china issuing a formal complaint today in part saying we urge the relative parties to the u.s. to abide to the commitment to the one china policy and to handle taiwan issues with caution and care to avoid unnecessarily interfering with the overall situation of china-u.n. relations. taiwanese leader called to offer her congratulations and the issue here is that taiwan is playing up this phone call as a potential major signal that the u.s. may kboboost the support o free and sovereign taiwan. they said the two spoke for roughly 10 minutes, about establishing a closer cooperative relationship. and the news agency said that trump referred to the taiwan president. interesting how the u.s. sells taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment, but i should not accept a con congratulatory call. donald trump's senior advisor kellyanne conway said that the -- praising trump for reaffirming ou

policy towards taiwan. that i think is something we're only going to learn when he becomes president. but i think it's very interesting. donald trump if you think about it, he built his political career and his campaign on breaking norms and conventions of politics. it worked very well in the domestic political context. the question is he going to pursue that approach as president. i think this incident is clearly a sign that when you do that on the international stage, on delicate issues of diplomacy and relations with other countries and the framework of american foreign policy you could lead yourself into areas you perhaps do not want to go and create crises that could perhaps be detrimental to the early months of trump administration. >> all right. gordon, let me bring you in here, his call, donald trump's dual the philippines leader, this is the same man, of course, who insulted president obama, forced him to cancel a permanent meeting he had. is this a snub now to obama? >> i don't think so. i think t

he is referring to the taiwan relations act. that the u.s. provides arms to taiwan. trump's team is backing the phone call. kellyanne conway backing it as well. take a listen. >> it's a matter of the executive committee. it's a matter of the president elect, the vice president elect. other advisors to the transition making suggestions. we're happy to schedule the calls. it's an orderly process. we make sure there's plenty of time for the phone calls, that there's proper briefing. so far they've got really well. he is having private conversations, giving a reteout here and there about them but not trying to make policy and not trying to make waves. until he's actually the president in six and a half weeks. >> reporter: this phone call prompting immediate backlash china reached out to the white house last night. many lawmakers and diplomats are saying this move s into dangerous authority and could be a threat to the u.s. >> thank you so much. appreciate that let's talk more about this. this phone call. and why china is fearful of it's implications joining me now is the

i could say government of taiwan -- government on taiwan, china would go nuts. and then he tweeted, don't misrepresent what i'm saying, so long as trump called knowing it would change the status quo, i'm fine with it. i hope it was by design. so he tweeted the chinese president called him. he's sort of saying similarly what you're saying. as long as he knows that maybe he's changing protocol or policy, he's fine with it. but he said he couldn't even refer to them as a government, couldn't even refer to them. >> this is the number one issue for china. and so if you're changing a four decades old policy, let's be sure that you understand what you're doing. you'd want to brief your allies. the united states for the last four decades has asked and ensured that its allies follow the same policy as it does. so britain, france, germany don't do this. now, if you're going to go out and do this and they quietly will now start making secret deals with china, that's not a great deal for the american people. then we've gone out on a limb and left open this space where every

china believes taiwan is a territory of theirs. taiwan believes they are a sovereign nation. today china's government filed a formal complaint saying we urge the u.s. to abide to the commitment of the one china policy and to handle issues with caution and care to avoid unnecessarily interfering with a overall situation of china-u.s. relations. the trump transition team said tsai innicalled. but this phone call is being played up in taiwan that the u.s. may boost its support of a free and sovereign taiwan. they said the two spoke roughly ten minutes about establishing a closer cooperative relationship. mr. trump tweeted last night the president of taiwan called me yesterday to congratulate me on winning the presidency. thank you. interesting how taiwan sells billions of the dollars in military equipment but i should not accept a congratulatory phone call. another republican senator tom cotton says that he actually stands with trump and appreciates the reaffirming of our commitment to the only democracy on chinese soil. >> as you note some say it is a strong message to beijing.

a member of taiwan's independence leading party. since she took office, china has cut off communications with what it considers a renegade province. the call lasted just ten minutes. but broke decades of precedent. no u.s. president is believed to taiwan since 1979 when the u.s. officially recognized the people's republic of china instead of taiwan. the two have had a complicated relationship since 1949, when communists took power and china's former leaders fled to the island. since elected in january, elations have stall, because the cornell graduate who studied in lon done has not endorsed one china principle. a pivot and caused beijing june. ironically, former secretary of state, henry kissinger was here in beijing to meet with china's president when the call between trump and the leader took place. kissinger the architect of the one china policy and recently consulted with president elect trump. the cbs "overnight news" will be >>> wednesday marks 75 years since the japanese attack on pearl harbor. president franklin roosevelt c

and taiwan. now, we understand an adviser to the trump transition steven yates is in taiwan, he helped facilitate the call. he is former adviser to dick cheney, we're told the obama administration was not told of the call until after it happened. and already the chinese are chiming in, speaking to a too with a snee taiwanese leader is something no president or president-elect has done for 40 years because the u.s. has no diplomatic relations with taiwan since 1979, respecting the so-called one china policy. china considers taiwan part of its territory. state media calling the exchange an unprecedented break in that policy and that beijing opposes any contact between washington and taipei. so this is sure to cause an initial diplomatic uproar even before trump takes office. but former diplomats note that many incoming republican administrations have sought to elevate taiwan over china. president george w. bush increased arm sales to taiwan. so while there could be some gestures early on to show mo

some republicans who are a little bit more hawkish on taiwan and want to support taiwan more vis-a-vis china are now saying, this is actually great. why shouldn't he be talking to the taiwanese leader? >> i don't think that's what happened. i think he took the call without knowing the diplomatic niceties. that can be very dangerous. he needs an experienced secretary of state. >> kellyanne conway saying, that is not the case. he was fully briefed. >> ryan, thank you. tom, we appreciate it. >>> it was supposed to be a holiday gathering among co-workers. it turned out to be one of the most tragic events in our country's history. a year after the horror, we look back at the man who helped stop the two san bernardino terrorists. you will not want to miss this. . >>> emotions were high yesterday at a memorial service marking one year since the deadly terrorist attack in san bernardino, california. a bell tolled 14 times for the victims as people bowed their heads in silence. we have the harrowing story of the lead officer who hunted down the husband and wife shooting suspects. the terrorists

proposal kahl on taiwan. after spending much of the campaign trashing china threatening tariffs, calling it a currently manipulator. this is perceived as a challenge to beijing, where the leadership expected the status quo in washington. officially, they're saying that china will not tolerate any country that expects official relations with taiwan. beijing was also expecting the status quo with taiwan. they criticized the call as being petty. this comes as sensitive time as beijing is pushing towards reunification. we can't overlook grating tsai on her leadership. it's not something acknowledgeed by beijing and considered an affront. whether trump knew the ramifications of the phone call still are unclear, but if it signals a major shift in u.s. policy, then it will also bring a major rift in u.s./china relations between trump's presidency even gets started. richard? >> janice, thank you. from beijing with that report for us. >>> i now want to bring in two ranking members here from congress. we have californi

a member of taiwan's independence leading party. since she took office, china has cut off communications with what it considers a renegade province. the call lasted just ten minutes. but broke decades of precedent. no u.s. president is believed to have spoken with the leader of taiwan since 1979 when the u.s. officially recognized the people's republic of china instead of taiwan. the two have had a complicated relationship since 1949, when communists took power and china's former leaders fled to the island. since elected in january, elations have stall, because the cornell graduate who studied in lon done has not endorsed one china principle. a pivot and caused beijing to suspend contact with taiwan in june. ironically, former secretary of state, henry kissinger was here in beijing to meet with china's president when the call between trump and the leader took place. kissinger the architect of the one china policy and recently consulted with president elect trump. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. delsym helps control the

>> the important thing is whether they flew over taiwan, if it flew over taiwan it's a violation of sovereignty. that's a violation. that takes peace and stability in asia and moves it down a couple of notches. jenna: we will wait for more specifics on that. if i get more in i will make sure i pas them to you and the viewers. trade with china is in the hundreds of billions of dollars, now $66 billion we are talking about with taiwan. that's one of the arguments. you're going to hurt, you know, middle-class americans, lower-class americans, upper-class americans if we are too hard on china and not able to buy goods for cheap and we are going to be hurt. that's the umbrella criticism of this call, right, between donald trump and they weap, -- taiwan, what's your response to that? >> last year we ran a trade deficit with china, that obviously represents a loss of american profits, but more important american jobs. so we have a trading relationship with china that isn't working. you know, inside china right now they're becoming extremely predatory. they are closing opportunities for american busine

recognized the people's republic of china instead of taiwan. the two have had a complicated relationship since 1949 when communists took power and china's former leaders fled to the island. since tsai was elected in january, relations have stalled because the cornell grawrkt who also studied in london, has not endorsed the one-china principle. it's a pivot from his predecessor and caused beijing to suspend contact with taiwan in june. ironically, former secretary of state henry kissinger was here in beijing to meet with china's president xi jinping when the call between trump and tsai took place. kissinger is the architect of the one-china policy and has recently consulted with president-elect trump. reena. >> ninan: in west texas a bus carrying high school cheerleaders crashed. several girls remain in the hospital. the cheerleaders were returning to the town of ira anne after their football team won a play-off game. the cause of the wreck is under investigation. a male student is under arrest for the fatal stabbing of a psychology professor at

from taiwan. many american products go to taiwan from the u.s. we've had an incredible relationship with taiwan. that since the revolution of china. when you know, there was the group that fled and created a separate republican of china. the people's republic. i don't know what the big fuss u is about other than it's a real test of donald trump is going to lead the american people or whether he's going to do what a lot of administrations have done and that's let the chinese dictate to an american president what we will and won't do. i think it is increde whether i bly refreshing to see a u.s. president say america will do what it dog own wants to and deal with it. >> very interesting. i want to move on to the transition. we are hoping to hear who president-elect trump will be choosing as secretary of state by next week. i know that you and others are not really thrilled that mitt romney is still in the running. why do you think donald trump is giving him serious consideration even though he is one of the leaders of the never trump movement? >> we

taiwan since the end of the civil war in 1949, both maintained there was only one china and that taiwan was part of it and china claimed this is a core interest, meaning they're willing to fight if taiwan makes moves towards independence. so our policy, our non-provocation of beijing along these lines has been essential to stability across the taiwan straits that has benefitted the people of taiwan. >> you know better than anyone how this threatens to have an impact on the world, the global economy in addition to these two big economies that we face, ours and china. with that said, military provocations, a number of analysts who noted yesterday with something like this that could potentially escalate, would the united states be prepared to use its military if this goes beyond where it is now which is a form of complaint and is it always a possibility? >> it's a possibility but a great many steps away. it's somewhat encouraging that beijing has chosen to take a low key response to this. they stated that trump is still the president-elect and this is not an official u.s. action so rather

but we have something called the taiwan relations act that includes the idea that we help taiwan defend itself. that's where these weapons sales come from. the chinese don't like them but they've accepted them over the decades. >> for people who think maybe this isn't a bad idea, putting china a little on edge about what the future holds, and maybe things will be different, and maybe they need to be different in their relations with the u.s. >> well, i think it's the thing if you want to make news, you ought to know you're going to make news. and it shouldn't be inadvertent. if you're going to change a policy of 40 years that's been subscribed to by democrats and republicans alike, you might want to give some thought to it. you might want to do some consultations with people. and you might want to decide whether this is maybe a time to change something. but as far as we know, there wasn't any discussion whatsoever before this phone call. so it does have kind of a look of winging it. and i think it's a little ominous if this is the kind of modus operandi we're going to see. these issues

he spoke to the president of taiwan because she called him out of the blue. which is even more frightening. how are people able to call the president of the united states randomly? and also, if that's the kay, why is he answer -- if that's the case, why is he randomly answering calls? this is president-elect of the united states! ( ringing ) oh, that could be a world leader or my uber calling. hold on. yes, this is donald. hello, donald, this is tsai ing-wen from taiwan. yeah, i'm waving. is that you in the camry? is that you? ( laughter ) who is this man? and this is why everybody is freaking out because it doesn't look like trump knows what he's doing, and china's relationship with taiwan is too tricky to not know what you're doing. you see, just like dwayne johnson wasn't always the rock -- ( laughter ) -- china wasn't always communist. and after its communist revolution in 1949, all anti-communist fled to taiwan and declared themselves independent from china. that's how it started, which china vehemently reject which in china's book stores they open the p

american policy on taiwan has been unsustainable. we have been undermining a free society helping an authoritarian state that attacks our values. at the same time we're working against our geo political ininterei interest to maintain peace and stability. china has been trying to dismembering his neighbors and proliferating nuclear technology to the north koreans. something has got to change. taiwan is an important ally and we've got to recognize that. i'm not saying that trump's policy is going to work. i'm saying our current approach is certainly guaranteed to fail. it's produced bad outcomes in the last few years. >> this is the true definition of whether or not you're politically correct. steven, democratic congressman chris murphy tweeted this. foreign policy consistency is a means, not an end. it's not sacred. thus, it's trump's right to shift policy allegiances, strategy and what has happened in the last 48 hours is not a shift, it's major pivots in foreign policy without any plan. that's how wars start. steven, do you think it

and taiwan is democratic china. we have a responsibility to defend our democratic allies and to support our democratic allies, which i think we haven't done as much in the last eight years. so i used to live in taiwan and i lived in china. i was quite glad to see this, whether it was a misstep or not, this sort of expression of support for a democratic china. >> i hate to be rude. >> but? >> i know you. >> we have one president at a time in our country. if you want to change the policy, you're more than welcome to do so when you're the president of the united states. this is radically disruptive. also, the idea of a trade war with china might sound great to people in manhattan and people in the think tanks -- hold on a second. this is a dangerous game we're beginning to play. and you are talking about now a radical realignment. now russia is our friend, though they have been disrupting us politically with all their cyberattacks, and china is going to be our opponent, though they have been an economic partner. i just

china views taiwan as a threat and could destabilize an already fraught relationship. trump had a choice, downplay the call or declare he's taking u.s./china relations in a different direction and he seemed to indicate the former. "the president of taiwan called me today to wish me congratulations on winning the presidency. thank you." >> so this was an intentional sort of challenge to the foreign policy establishment, to the u.s./chinese diplomatic establishment? >> no, chuck. this was a courtesy call. they called to congratulate the president-elect. >> so courtesy call, not a change in policy? >> exactly. >> the chinese government took a similar approach. its foreign minister saying, "this is only a little trick put up by taiwan. i don't think the u.s. government will change the one china policy." but negative coverage of the call seems to have gotten under trump's skin as it so often seems to and yesterday he followed up with a couple of tweets striking a very different tone. "did china ask us if it was okay to devalue their currency, heavily tax our products going

the president of taiwan called me. and in another he owe owe opined. >> he is having private conversations, and giving a read out here and there about them and not trying to make policy or waves. >> trump also took heat from sarah palin, who has sought a place in his administration, and he criticized to use state tax breaks to keep jobs in the u.s. and he noted the relief for hundreds of workers but slammed the plan as special interest crony capitalism. >> reporter: trump and palin have been friends but the trump transition team does not say she has been considered for the va secretary, and she has said she is interested in the job, and it's important to note as you know so well, ayman, diplomatic relationships are measured in words and tone and a phone call may seem like no big deal but in diplomatic circles it speaks volumes, and they want to be recognized on the world stage. >> let's go to the other side of the world to beijing to see how this story is playing out in mainland china. how is china responding to the ne

against taiwan. it's unclear how that kind of consequence benefits the people of taiwan. >> i have been involved in this relationship for a lot of years. this is the first time i have ever seen a real business person who understands leverage and understands a fair deal and a level playing field. >> john huntsman perhaps applying for secretary of state as he gets ready for his own interview. he is on a long list, expanding list. we will get into that. the phone call between the president-elect and the president of taiwan, a congratulatory call, prompted this reaction. donald trump on twitter kind of reacting to china's reaction. now there are multiple stories that this was a planned shift. and all this hubbub is about nothing. let's bring in our panel. jonah goldburg, maura and laura ingram. there was a ton of reaction over the weekend. >> there was. i will say as someone who thinks i have no problem with sending this signal, messing with china, starting out strong and all the rest. the problem is, if

this lie that taiwan is a part of china, that the president of taiwan isn't the president of taiwan. there are other lies that sort of stem from this, that trade, for example, is going to improve the behavior of china when we know the opposite. in the last decade, china has gotten worse toward its own people and has robbed us blind, stealing jobs from the united states and stealing intellectual property left and right. >> so this woman, who is a president, i want to point out, just because we can, she was elected, right? >> that's right. >> she's a sitting leader of another country. >> right, exactly. and the first woman elected in asia who is not related or married or the daughter of a previous president. really a watershed for taiwan. also the third time taiwan has had a change in parties in peaceful democratic elections, and proof that chinese, ethnic chinese everywhere are, you know, qualified for democracy. so this is kind of a big deal. >> you know, maybe it's not on par, but it did pop into my head today as i was reading what you wrote. i look back before the iran deal that pr

that was a call of course that the president of taiwan hoped and that would put a spotlight on taiwan's diplomatic isolation , though acknowledging intentionally the risks of backlash from china. tie one sees china as a belligerent and authoritarian neighbor that is intent on crushing any steps it takes toward solidifying its the fact oh independence. china sees taiwan as an integral part of its territory, at a time when it is seen as going public policy success with this now. low in one president is polls, coming in at 26% last month, and the economy is sluggish, expected to grow at less than 2% next year, but this call that broke with the diplomatic convention potentially risks further pushed back from china in the weeks and months ahead. >> what reaction have we seen so far from china? we heard from china's foreign minister, who described this as a trick played by taiwan, trying to keep the focus on taiwan rather than escalating tensions with the u.s. we heard from the state media, one newspaper saying taiwan would pay the price if it did soy with the status quote, some strong words

, but taiwan's landscape. potentially taiwan trying to position itself as a technological of, foreign atpanies might look this as a warning sign on whether to continue to increase investment in taiwan. i have been speaking with local entrepreneurs because they are not sure if the regulatory environment develops -- supports development and innovation. haidi: these fines have a chance to be debilitating. that is the upper limit for each driver potentially. uber as we know pays these fines for drivers. how sustainable will that be going forward? uber'shat be the end of business model in taiwan if the bill does get signed off on by the president? >> we have continued to stand by riders and drivers as we deliver a good service to taiwan and provide an income opportunity. we still remain optimistic and that the president's overall goal and strategy for taiwan is to develop as asia's silicon valley. this bill runs counter to that strategy, and we hope she will come up with a more reasonable solution, and to be regula

in taiwan they were pretty excited about this, were they not? >> they think they should govern themselves. i know that's a radical proposition, but they have been accomplishing it. they have been showing democracy in action. beyond that it is in the strategic interest of the united states to keep taiwan as a functioning separate state. when we think of the one policy they won wonder if it is a violation of that. it does not indicate how the status of taiwan and china will be resolved anymore than when the united states recognized both east and west germany it didn't imply the final out come of the two germanys merging. i think what we have done is consistent with american interest and it is the something the people -- it is something the people want and get used to it. >> why has the press be frothing so much about this issue? some of these hysterical tweets i can't believe them. >> it was fun watching rachel madow's head almost explode. and we are on the press miss -- precipice of world war three because of it. it was the first chance to make p

and taiwan since 1979. trump also taking to twitter this weekend to threaten any business that leaves our country. warning of a whopping 35% tax on products shipped back into the country as, quote, retribution. trump tweeting he would keep jobs in the country by lowering taxes for companies and slashing regulations. all this playing out as the president-elect is widening his list of contenders to be secretary of state. a process starting to look more like a reality show. >> other candidates for secretary of state and other cabinet positions. >> reporter: former republican governor of utah jon huntsman, president barack obama's first ambassador to china, now in the running. and disgraced former general david petraeus making a public case for the top post. >> five years ago i made a serious mistake. i acknowledged it. i apologized for it. >> arguing that his guilty plea for revealing classified information to his former mistress should not disqualify him from serving as secretary of state. >> i paid a very he

ties with taiwan. and i think i have a pretty good take on them and china. i've been to china over 50 times. and as the chairman of the asia-pacific subcommittee on foreign affairs, i think i have a pretty good read on what motivates them. i think this is no -- or this is nothing but a tempest in a teapot. >> if it's not a tempest in a teapot, i want to ask you about the long-standing one china policy that we've heard so much about in the last few days. do you see any risk or danger in trump's actions? >> no, i don't see any risk in the decades' old one china policy. i think trump is trying to get into a position of strength in negotiating with china. the -- i heard one of the pundits this morning, one of the former ambassadors say, you know, it's a decades' old policy f it ain't broke, don't fix it. the next analyst came on and raised appropriate points. what you do you mean, ain't broke? they haven't lifted a finger in stopping china from their nuclear ambitions, they haven't done anything to come to

president-elect trump spoke by phone with the president of taiwan. something no white house has done in 35 years. the u.s. only formally recognizes the people's republic of china and not the self-governing island. the democratic national committee pounced, "his foolish phone call threatens our national security." >> the wrong message could be received. he should be fully briefed by the state department before those communications. >> reporter: top trump adviser kellyanne conway balked at the criticism. >> president-elect trump is fully briefed and knowledgeable about the issues on an ongoing basis regardless of who's on the other end of the phone. >> reporter: trump reacted in all caps on twitter. "the president of taiwan called me." and in another he opined, "interesting how the u.s. sells taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment, but i should not accept a congratulatory call." conway insists no global drama was intended. >> he at least is having these private conversations, getting a readout here and there. but not trying to make policy and

but it's not about taiwan. not a single republican objects to what donald trump has done with taiwan, and every single republican would be objecting today if a democratic president-elect had done what donald trump did today. >> trump broke with 37 years of policy. >> one of the most radical shifts in foreign policy. >> likely to infuriate the chinese. >> he's not taking as we can tell most of his intelligence briefings. >> since our victory, i've spoken to many foreign leaders. >> a conversation with the filipino president. >> he should be fully briefed by the state department. >> he cannot conduct himself in this immature and undisciplined way. >> donald trump is going to say something off the cuff that could be a real problem on an international level. >> are republicans going to say cut it out? >> he definitely called you infective and disloyal. have you patched it up in. >> yeah, we have. we're fine. >> paul and i have become, you >> he has chosen a retired marine general whose nickname is "mad dog." so sle

does not formally recognize taiwan as an independent state. chinese officials fear this phone call may have signaled otherwise. trump and his team are downplaying that call, that it had any further implications. cnn's ryan nobles joining me right now from outside the trump tower. ryan, any more detail about the sequence of events and how it all unfolded? >> fredricka, president-elect trump tweeted yesterday he just accepted a call from the president of taiwan and accepted her congratulations of her recent win and he also congratulated her, trying to downplay the idea this is any kind of indication of perhaps a shift in policy by the incoming trump administration. this was simply pleasantries between two foreign leaders. it obviously has raised some concerns in washington and in the foreign policy community that perhaps the president-elect is not aware of all the information that goes into this relationship between taiwan and china and the rest of the world. it is leading some to ask whether or not the president-elect is experienced enough to h

everything" says the us needs to rethink its relationship with taiwan. taiwan.sot: (gordon chang/author & china expert) "our policy is not sustainable. what we're doing is undermining a friend, a authoritarian state that attacks our values. also we're undercutting our own geopolitical interests because taiwan is strategically important."trump's former campaign manager kellyanne conway declined to answer questions about the phone call . saturday.standup: (wendy gillette/new york) "the president-elect spent most of his day here at trump tower although there were no major announcements. he still needs to pick half his cabinet, including his nominee for secretary of state."nats pence vice president elect mike pence was in new orleans saturday to support republican senate candidate john kennedy. wendy gillet there will be no recount of presidential votes in pennsylvania.jill stein is dropping her lawsuit in the state over expenses... expenses...the green party candidate said backers cannot afford the one-million dollar bond ordered by the courts. this case wa

she had a choice the president of taiwan. she could have called the current president after what china did. she didn't. she called the incoming president. >> first democratically elected female national leader in chinese history,thousand years. -- seven thousand years. sandra: more and more state and local governments vowing to defy president-elect trump's proposal to deport illegal immigrants, some cases using taxpayer dollars. is this right way to go? should he strip their federal funding as punishment? when are they leaving? grilled cheese and campbell's tomato soup go together like grandchildren and chaos. made for real, real life. [ that's a good thing, eligible for medicare? but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call today to request a free deci

this is about the taiwan call with the president of taiwan. the call is the latest of several post-election conversations between trump and foreign leaders that have raised alarms about whether the president-elect understands or cares about diplomatic protocol. let me give you a little hint. he does not. he does not care. one former senior obama white house official who handled foreign policy said on friday that world leaders may be wondering whether to take trump's word literally. this has all of the earmarks and randomness on the u.s. side said a former senior diplomat who served in the george w. bush administration. >> i thought the pakistani call was more fascinating. donald trump calls the leader. you're fabulous. your country is fabulous. everyone in pakistan is fabulous when not so long ago he was actually harshly critical of pakistan. so what do world leaders make of the phone calls versus the previous statements? >> i think they are bewildered. in addition in that call with his pakistani call, he volunteered to personally help solve a

of course, he said it benefited taiwan. they certainly benefit from peace and stability in this strait. to upend that, could potentially threaten taiwan and other u.s. allies in the region. >> there would be other steps that would be provocative. but taking a call for real or under the guise of simply being a courtesy, i think that's a good way to say he knows taiwan is a good actor, and taiwan, at least in trade, is a bad actor. . those are what's destabilizing everyone's feelings about asia, and rather than send another fleet to the region, he's been able to tell china that they better reconsider that tools like diplomacy, a good ambassador to china, forcing china back to living up to things they've already agreed to in trade, i think all of that is important. but that doesn't start until after donald trump is sworn in. >> if you had your way, you would stop the tweeting, right? >> you know, i didn't get elected. i didn't run. but if i had run, i probably wouldn't have been smart enough, aggressive enough to tweet as ofte

but it's not about taiwan. not a single republican objects to what donald trump has done with taiwan, and every single republican would be objecting today if a democratic president-elect had done what donald trump did today. >> trump broke with 3yea7 years policy. >> one of the most radical shifts in foreign policy. >> likely to infuriate the chinese. >> he's not taking as we can tell most of his intelligence briefings. >> since our victory, i've spoken to many foreign leaders. >> a conversation with the filipino president. >> he should be fully briefed by the state department. >> he cannot conduct himself in this immature and undisciplined way. >> donald trump is going to say something off the cuff that could be a real problem on an international level. >> are republicans going to say cut it out? >> he definitely called you infective and disloyal. have you patched it up in. >> yeah, we have. we're fine. >> paul and i have become, you know, very close i think. >> and now we're all saddled with a guy who's thoro

between president elect donald trump and taiwan's president was just a small trick by taiwan. trump tweeted the president of taiwan called me, in caps, today to wish me congratulations on winning the presidency. interesting to say how the u.s. sells taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment, but i should not accept a con g these are photos released of that call that broke a decades long diplomatic tradition. the u.s. and taiwan are friendly but it's an unofficial relationship because china considers taiwan an outlaw province. >>> philippine president rodrigo duterte says donald trump told him the philippines is going about their controversial fight the philippine leader and president elect talking on the phone. the u.s. has raised concerns about the philippines' handling of drug dealers which has included alleged government executions without allowing people to go to court. >>> the governor's race in virginia already firing up and could get some national attention. four republicans are in the race. prince william county board chair cory gillespie and frank wagner and ro

taiwan is a self-governing democratic island but china considers taiwan part of china awesome those years ago china made the united states decide if you beck friends with china or friends with taiwan but not with both because we think tie one is -- taiwan is ours, sis china. president jimmy carter chose china. it's called the one china policy and that's how it's been since then, no exception. we sell them arms but no communication, or there wasn't until now. as you remember, trump spent the campaign accusing china of manipulating its currency, and taking advantage of american businesses. and he repeatedly threatened to take a harder line toward beijing and its behavior in the east and south china seas. but the u.s. relationship with the chinese is very complicated because we really need the chinese for issues including the north korean nuclear program. so he has ecenter intentionally sent a message or has accidently caused what could become a big problem. general griffin is here. >> reporter: for the first time china flew a pair of nuclear capable bomber around taiwan on november 26th. le

he said taiwan's president called him. taiwan said both sides agreed to the call beforehand. in any case, beijing was not amused. >> translator: it was a shenanigan by the taiwan side. it won't at all change the structure that the international community agreed upon. it won't change the policy that the u.s. administration's adhered to over the years. >> cnn's alexandra field joins us from beijing. she's been following developments there and what more do we know alexandra, about the circumstances with this phone call? >> well, natalie, we don't know what precipitated the phone call but we're hearing from a spokesperson that it was a prearranged call. that would indicate that the trump transition team and president-elect donald trump were not taken by surprise by the phone call even if the rest of the world seemingly was. mr. trump was quick to get on twitter and come to his own defense saying that taiwan's president had called him and offered congratulations similar to the tone of other conversations that he has had with other world leaders. of course, this was a phone call th