MR. SECRETARY, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.I DO WANT TO START BY ASKING YOU, ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT YOU'RE EVEN HERE IN CHINA AS A US SENATOR, YOU KNOW YOU WERE SANCTIONED BY CHINA BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SAID, TALKING ABOUT CHINA'S RECORD WHEN IT CAME TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. YOU HAVE NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM THAT. DO YOU STILL FEEL THE SAME WAY NOW THAT YOU'RE IN THIS COUNTRY.I MEAN, THE DIFFERENCE IS MY JOB NOW IS NO LONGER JUST TO BE A SENATOR. MY JOB IS A DIFFERENT JOB. I'M THE CHIEF DIPLOMAT ...

♪ ANNOUNCER: LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, D. C. , THIS IS "BALANCE OF POWER" WITH JOE MATTHEW AND KAYLEE LINES.>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE WILL SOON DECIDE ON TAIWAN. WELCOME TO THE FRIDAY EDITION OF "BALANCE OF POWER." AN UNPRECEDENTED CONVERSATION ABOUT TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE AND LITTLE TO SHOW IN TERMS OF DELIVERABLES. I'M JOE MATTHEW ALONGSIDE KAYLEE LINES IN WASHINGTON.REMARKABLE THAT PRESIDENT XI DIRECTLY ASKED PRESIDENT TRUMP IF THE U.S. WOULD COME TO TAIWAN'S DEFENSE. KAILEY: IN THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT HE WAS ...