we'll get the latest on storm recovery and face off of the south china sea on this edition of "inside story." but first some background. >> secretary of state john kerry traveled to the philippines tuesday. he met with senior filipino officials to discuss trade, security and disaster relief. it is part of the u.s. strategy to pivot towards asia and become closer to its pacific partners. >> the united states will stand with our friends in this region. >> the tour comes during rising tensions in the region. china declared a new air defense zone above the east china sea. with disputes still boiling in the south china sea, the restriction has concerned it's neighbors, including vietnam, japan and the philippines. >> the united states does not recognize that zone and does not accept it. the zone should not implemented, and china should refrain from taking similar unilateral actions i in the region particularly over the south china sea. >> we believe safety and security of the affected nations. >> the trip is kerry's fourth to the region as secretary of state. he canceled the planned visit

never announce their intentions and the south china sea. china has dispatched forty fighter jets to the area seemingly in response to a stand up earlier this month between the chinese and us warship party and has two teeth now i have to back forty of its jacket and fighter jets to the south china sea according to a chinese military paper on tuesday then it is widely perceived as an attempt to prevent additional standoff with the united states in international waters the guide states over the weekend revealed that one of its warships was approached by a tiny bbc pull off on the south china sea despite the radio warnings to us at the time he's in the soul cannot stop work in a us ship to take evasive action to four hundred and fifty meters from cobra jet they stood and to underscore the rising tensions between time and the us. following meetings in you read it clear to arizona for the north and east by the state. delta prompted washington to defend its right to steal freely in international waters and three the formal protest against right no

. >> china and south korea slammed the premier's visit, calling it a provocation. many of japan's neighbors view the shrine as a symbol of japan's past military aggression. shinzo abe is the first to visit the shrine and seven years. >> some symbolic steps in the heart of tokyo. japanese prime minister shinzo abe approaches the shrine. he said his visit was to remember his country's war dead and not aimed at hurting the ealing's of other nations. -- hurting the feelings of other nations. >> i pray for peace for the souls of all the people whose lives were taken by the war. also, i made a vow to renounce war, and it has made me more determined to make sure we live in an era where people's lives are not engulfed in pain by the misery of war. >> despite his comments, there was a swift response from countries that suffered under japanese occupation during the second world war, like south korea. >> it's not very convincing, when he says he is open to dialogue at the same time makes a visit to the shrine. we need to look at who exactly is creating obstacles to dialogue a

role here is to privately go in to japan, to south korea and to china and say, look, you have got to put some of these issues behind you and work more constructively on future, larger issues, and not what are really tertiary issues. >> woodruff: susan shirk, what do you think? will they kind of back off or does the u.s. have a role? >> no, i don't think china will back off and i don't think -- i mean, although that would be our preference, i think what we should do is to press both sides to consult on emergency communication measures in order to present accidents, prevent accidents and we should also ask china what its intention whereas in the south china sea because in that announcement, it made on the air defense notification zone, it said it intended to announce further zones in certain areas, which could mean that where -- we are heading up on a similar cry dismiss the south china sea. and this is really very dangerous, because right now, the nationalist public in china is pressing the government and saying are you just a paper tiger? you have made this threat, and you are not ac

. ♪ lou: chinese aggression leads to an international incident in the south china sea. a stand up between the u.s. navy ship and chinese warships further raising tensions in the region. in the obama administration waited eight days to m.l. is the event occurred to the american people. i am lou dobbs. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. a chinese naval vessel aggressively confronting the u.s. warship in the south china sea last week causing a tense military standoff that the government has just today acknowledged. the pentagon confirms to fox news tonight that a chinese warships try to interdict and stop one of our guided missile cruisers. the u.s.s. comptons well under way in international waters. according to an unnamed defense officials the run in began while the company was conducting surveillance on the new chinese aircraft carrier. the chinese navy vessels sent a healing morning in order the u.s. ship to stop and ordered the ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser ignored leading to a chinese active aggression. a chinese tank landing ship sailed into the path and st

over islands in the south china sea. china's decision last month has shaken up other asian countries. china's newly announced zoning partly overlaps with other nations, including japan. beijing has indicated it may set up another air defense identification zone in the south china sea, a focus of territorial disputes with countries such as the philippines and vietnam. japanese prime minister shinzo abe wants to win backing from asean nations in challenging the legitimacy of china's policy, but officials are still struggling over the exact wording of the drafts. for some countries with strong ties with china, taking a strong position may be difficult. others fear china's expanding reach and may react accordingly. members of the summit are racing to reach a final agreement, but the political stances of each country against china are different. a communique should be issued as early as friday night. officials are working around the clock to come up with a deal. mitsiko nishikawa, nhk world, tokyo. >>> engineers at the crippl

lou: chinese aggression leads to an international incident in the south china sea. a stand up between the u.s. navy ship and chinese warships further raising tensions in the region. in the oma administration waited eight days to m.l. is the event occurred to the american people. i am lou dobbs. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. a chinese naval vessel aggressively confronting the u.s. warship in the south china sea last week causing a tense military standoff that the government has just today acknowledged. the ptagon confirms to fox news tonight that a chinese warships try to interdict and stop one of our guided missile cruisers. the u.s.s. comptons well under way in international waters. according to an unnamed defense officials th run in began while the company was conducting surveillance on the new chinese aircraft carrier. the chinese navy vessels sent a healing morning in order the u.s. ship to stop and ordered the ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser ignored leading to a chinese active aggression. a chinese tank landing ship sailed into the path and stopped

ministry of edward cullen for the survey in south china seas nine shot area covered the largest ever including a juried the second most said what the research team has also discovered the hypertension fashions on the knee area of marine species information has been collected for the fishery development. and also chinese researchers have found tremendous reserves of natural gas hydrate under the program which would ease the country's energy shortage knackered as hard as our natural gas and water frozen together into a solid substance. well the discovery shows about one hundred fifty billion cubic meters of high treason in area fifty five square kilometers under the pearl river. next the guys have is also called flammable our eyes which ana started conducting research in act against tie this back in nineteen nineteen the line but becomes eclectic its first temple in the south china sea in two thousand and two thomas the fourth country to confirm such findings at the us japan and india stunning the rising cost of health care while also maintaining or even improving services become a maj

the chinese are out there in the south china sea convecting naval maneuvers. they have acquire some new ships. their up there with their aircraft carrier that they've got from russia. and the fact of the matter is, we normally would surveils something like that, as they would do on our naval operations and i am suspecting strongly that is where the ship was doing. in international waters. we have the right to observe them. they clearly -- this is all about power and control. they've really what to regain control and influence in the western pacific, something we have dominated for years, and they're going to find many ways to push back the air defense on that we have discussed in previous episodes as an indicator of that. this is another one. and these things are going to continue to occur more frequently. and i do believe this scale will also increase. lou: the scale by my understanding of what you're saying, was egest scale means even greater jeopardy because that introduces a number of variables that cannot be controlled. is that what you are implying? >> a

and china probably will delay trying to establish any similar song in the south china sea area. >> thank you very much. that's joseph cheng from city university in hong kong. thank you. >>> now, anti-government protesters marched towards the royal thai headquarters in bangkok, despite a truce with authorities, handing the police a letter, calling for an investigation into the death v four protesters. the thai capital saw huge protests for the past 11 days. meanwhile a clean-up operation is under way in bangkok. the nation is preparing to mark the king's birthday on thursday. scott heidler has more. >> and just 24 hours it went from rows of riot police to rows of street sleepers. protesters are taking a pause. they said they would stop tuesday morning, they pulled down barricades. today, wednesday, is the day before the king's birthday. it is clean-up day. this is going to be one of the big sites for the king's birthday on thursday. right now the protesters agreed to stop everything, they'll move everyone out of here. and now they are pitching in with the city workers and they are cleanin

indicated it may set up an open air defense identification zone and the south china sea the focus of territorial disputes with countries such as the philippines and vietnam japanese prime minister shinzo abe and wants to win back from our nation's capital t that legitimacy of china's policy. but officials are still struggling over the exact wording of the traps. for some countries with strong ties with china taking a strong position may be difficult. this year china's expanding reach him a real aka corn. the result of its alway seem to be. i know treatments. the political stances of each country against china and different we tasted each city as early as friday night. officials are working around the clock to come up with the deal. a sellout. it's a way out cynthia engineers at the crippled to push him and i each a nuclear plant have identified why the number three reactor experienced a meltdown after the two thousand and eleven disaster they say the accidents like the resulted from the early breakdown of the cooling system and failed attempts to inject water. the class number one tw

china and south korea are condemning the visit. abe arrived at yasukuni shrine before noon on thursday. the day marks one year since he took office for the second time. those remembered include military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by an international tribunal after world war ii. abe did not visit the shrine during its spring and autumn festivals this year. he also didn't go on august 15th, the day japan marks the end of world war ii. >> translator: i showed my utmost respect and admiration to those who sacrificed their precious lives for japan. i also prayed that they would rest in peace. >> abe also said he visited another shrine in the same compound. he said he paid his respects to all the people of the world who have died in wars. japanese citizens expressed mixed feelings about abe's visit. >> translator: oh, he finally went, did he? abe is clear about his beliefs. i respect him for doing what he feels is right. >> translator: some of the people the shrine honors were war criminals. i'm not saying abe shouldn'

it turns to say that trying to change the status quo to the east and south china seas can restrict freedom of plans for us to action and intimidation i mean to say that the well known empty in a policy of hostility toward specific states will keep the door open that done on. he also called for morning then spent an airline price between japan and era. chinese state as the saying good bye to breakneck economic wealth has unveiled plans to teach extension that sustainable style at. comments on team doesn't need to spend four days discussing their economic plans for next tn this tea crushing one easy to see says he agreed to maintain stability in their policies and consider but the cold appropriate. they become the current s comes china's environment and increase the gap between debates and the club the incumbents and bills and debts by funding projects to keep the economy growing he's engaging see them get his stats under control. they look welcoming go to target to see and to centerpoint by the senate. the good outcome on target for all that remains to be seen. peel and weapons inspection a

and japan as well as china and some of the countries bordering the south china sea come to some agreements for instance over oil and gas exploration under sea and these agreements i think could be the kind of core of some agreement in the future one of those agreements was just back in two thousand and eight around the cock while ns and we've seen some additional movement toward agreement in south china say ok martin but if i could put china's policy in a nutshell it doesn't want to have to have to ask for someone's permission anymore this is the whole point of these new restrictive air is a zone is that china is going to say you know well if you want to go through here you're going to have to talk to us here we'll let you through but you have to talk to us it's an acknowledgement that they are a great power in the pacific because all of these zones since the one nine hundred fifty s. were unilaterally done by other powers particularly the united states and japan baby now china's permission. yes absolutely correct but china has to be very careful here because it becomes quite aggressive in

the chinese aircraft carrier is on its way to the south china sea and afghanistan signed an agreement of cooperation with iran, but not with the united states. general tom mcinerney joins us next to a possessed the success or failure of the obama foreign policy. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] here's a question for you: where does the united states get most of its energy? is it africa? the middle east? canada? or the u.? the answer is... the u.s. ♪ most of america's energy comes from right here at home. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. mm. mm-hmm. [ enne revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz your wish list at the winter event going on now -- but hurry, the offers end december 31st. [ sant] ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease the 2014 glk350 f $419 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. lou: two days of talks to work out the details of implementing last months and around nuclear deals and specifically the two sides need to settle the start date of iran's promise of a six-month nuclear freeze and how it will be monitored and when sanct

those friend of china and the obesity issue. as the head of full state of south africa. we use that didn't imagine relations between south africa and china on the first day of nineteen ninety eight and sees that said that officer ties instead just by lead to real issues could be developed in applied to foster. instead the band has to wait. that was the person opens to a finance them and then came seventh in china tries before he became president and often he became the president and that in these pots i feel bad to. he had that kind of very special status to west china the chinese people and the chinese revolution. he read on dates where the chinese revolution as this the pulitzer to be just the start of the south african people. is that a potties and says china and sunsets that use that to come in the real issues. and that he himself was in on a science. we sat at a time for a proper reaching into two paintings so as president went on to nintendo has led to a pressie she didn't in any chinese people when the tough look that great contribution of nasa manned and all too

and japan as well as china and some of the countries bordering the south china sea come to some agreements for instance over oil and gas exploration under sea and these agreements i think could be the kind of core of some agreement in the future one of those agreements was just back in two thousand and eight around the. island and we've seen some additional movement toward agreement in south china say ok martin but if i could put china's policy in a nutshell it doesn't want to have to have to ask for someone's permission anymore this is the whole point of these new restrictive areas a zone says that china is going to say you know well if you want to go through here you're going to have to talk to us here we'll let you through but you have to talk to us it's an acknowledgement that they are a great power in the pacific because all of these zones since the one nine hundred fifty s. were unilaterally done by other powers particularly the united states and japan baby now china's permission. yes absolutely correct but china has to be very careful because he would become quite aggressive in push

and japan as well as china and some of the countries bordering the south china sea come to some agreements for instance over oil and gas exploration under sea and these agreements i think could be the kind of core of some agreement in the future one of those agreements was just back in two thousand and eight around that. and we've seen some additional movement toward agreement in south china say ok martin but if i could put china's policy in a nutshell it doesn't want to have to have to ask for someone's permission anymore this is the whole point of these new restrictive air is a zone says that china is going to say you know well if you want to go through here you're going to have to talk to us here we'll let you through but you have to talk to us it's an acknowledgement that they are a great power in the pacific because all of these zones since the one nine hundred fifty s. were unilaterally done by other powers particularly the united states and japan baby now china's permission. yes absolutely correct but china has to be very careful here because it becomes quite aggressive in pushing g

and japan as well as china and some of the countries bordering the south china sea come to some agreements for instance over oil and gas exploration under sea and these agreements i think could be the kind of core of some agreement in the future one of those agreements was just back in two thousand and eight around that. and we've seen some additional movement toward agreement in south china say ok martin but if i could put china's policy in a nutshell it doesn't want to have to have to ask for someone's permission anymore this is the whole point of these new constrictive air is a zones is that china is going to say you know well if you want to go through here you're going to have to talk to us here we'll let you through but you have to talk to us it's an acknowledgement that they are a great power in the pacific because all of these zones since the one nine hundred fifty s. were unilaterally done by other powers particularly the united states and japan baby now china's permission. yes you're absolutely correct but china has to be very careful here because it becomes quite aggressive in pu

zone in the south china sea. >> on sunday, they will inspect eight activities by japan's self defense forces on leyte island, hit hard by a typhoon last month. >>> south africans are taking to the streets to pay tribute to their late leader, nelson mandela. crowds of people gathered from early saturday morning in mandela square in johannesburg, the nation's largest city. they offered flowers in front of a statue of mandela. people attached messages, expressing thanks to the anti apartheid leader, and praising his achievements. mourners from different ethnic groups formed long lines to sign the book of condolence. >> thankful that he's gone, but also celebrating his life, celebrating what he has done for us as his people. so just want to thank him. >> the country's leaders plan to hold a national memorial service for mandela on tuesday in johannesburg. there will be a state funeral next sunday in the eastern village of cue knew, where mandela grew up. >>> six men suspected of stealing a truck carrying a load of radioactive material in mexico are in hospital for possible radiation expos

china south korea have protested strongly about this visit. so the chances of his meeting with chinese and south korean leaders will be even slimmer. while any form of the magistrates nobody is visiting and bonds. probably hoping to gain understanding for his decision. but some in the government think that at the busy mind i do personally object to the summation relations with united states which hopes to attend to improve its ties with china and south korea. well yes and no it is only natural for the un also needed to pray for the souls of those who fought and died for their country. hopefully all he can do now is to continue his enforced again the un and to gain the understanding of other countries. eye. i miss has had a little more like gaining understanding from people and the bike it's his economic policies aim to close at hand out as the years of deflation recent data suggest that now makes maybe working i heard she had chances now from the prison staff side good morning good morning captain and if deflation means the falling prices the

when you look at the context of the conflict, the turbulence going on in the south china sea am a will that make it harder for the chinese to rein in the north koreans? >> we are involved in a trilateral story which is korea japan, and china all have interest in the south and east china sea. the koreans and the chinese are anti-japanese. that has held them together. the koreans and the chinese have some common interests in not having threats come out of north korea. there are different interests there, the chinese have their own interest about north korea which i don't think we'll get in the way of this. >> one of the sad stories is that the north koreans captured made-year-old forests, him engage in this phony confession. will he get out? >> i hope so. there are those that are making an effort. i have third that he made this phony confession and there are those that believe that the fact that they did that means it is one of the ways that he might get out. .> let me switch to iran you have been a supporter of the interim agreement on nuclear weapons. do you tell israeli prime minister

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china and south korea have protested strongly about this visit. the chances for a visit with those leaders will be slimmer. while abe informed united states about his visit in advance, probably hoping to gaining understanding for his decision, but some in the government think the might adversely affect japan's relations with the united states which hopes japan to improve its ties with china and south korea. he has said that it is only natural for a national leader to pray for the souls of those who fought and died for their country. all he can do now is to continue his efforts to gain the understanding of other countries. >> masayo, thanks as always. >>> the governor of japan's oerk nah wah prefecture is ready to back a plan he hopes will give residents a quieter life. he says he'll approve a plan to reclaim land to the u.s. military can move an air base out of a city. governor hirokazu nakaima told his deputies he plans to okay the land wreck! . he spoke a day earlier with shinzo abe, easing the burden of hosting military facilities. those plans

when you look at the context of the conflict, the turbulence going on in the south china sea, will that make it harder for the chinese to rein in the north koreans? >> we are involved in a trilateral story which is korea japan, and china all have interest in the south and east china sea. the koreans and the chinese are anti-japanese. that has held them together. the koreans and the chinese have some common interests in not having threats come out of north korea. there are different interests there, the chinese have their own interest about north korea which i don't think will get in the way of this. >> one of the sad stories is that the north koreans captured an 85-year-old tourist, made him engage in this phony confession. will he get out? >> i hope so. there are those that are making an effort. i have heard that he made this phony confession and there are those that believe that the fact that they did that means it is one of the ways that he might get out. >> let me switch to iran. you have been a supporter of the interim agreement on nuclear weapons. what do you tell israeli prime mi

the chinese aircft carrier is on its way to the south china sea and afghanistan signed an agreement of cooperation with iran, but not with the ited states. general tom mcinerney joins us nextto a possessed the success or failure of the obama foreign lou: two days of talks to work out the details of implementing last months and around nuclear deals and specifically the two sides need to settle the start date of iran's promise of a six-month nuclear freeze and how it will be monitored and when sanctions against iran will be eased. in a permanent deal is taking a number of very serious obstacles. holding talks with top government officials and the drawdown of american forces from neighboring afghanistan. today, chuck hagel warned pakistani leaders to resolve anti-drunk protest stalling nato shipments across the border of afghanistan and pakistan wants to continue to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in u.s. military aid. ukraine, whiching political has been gripped by more than two weeks of mass antigovernment protests and at issue, the president's decision to freeze ties with the e

when you look at the context of the conflict, the turbulence going on in the south china sea, will that make it harder for the chinese to rein in the north koreans? >> we are involved in a trilateral story which is korea japan, and china all have interest in the south and east china sea. the koreans and the chinese are anti-japanese. that has held them together. the koreans and the chinese have some common interests in not having threats come out of north korea. there are different interests there, the chinese have their own interest about north korea which i don't think will get in the way of this. >> one of the sad stories is that the north koreans captured an 85-year-old tourist, made him engage in this phony confession. will he get out? >> i hope so. there are those that are making an effort. i have heard that he made this phony confession and there are those that believe that the fact that they did that means it is one of the ways that he might get out. >> let me switch to iran. you have been a supporter of the interim agreement on nuclear weapons. what do you tell israeli prime mi

i mean they treat the south china sea or they want to treat the south china sea they way you and i treat lake michigan. no one is going to accept that. and the product of those chinese steps, chinese missteps, where we'll get to keep marines in okinawa, we have joint exercises with the philippines, we have marines in australia, and we get the home corps u.s. naval combatants in singapore. i mean this is bad from the chinese perspective. i really don't understand why they did it. >> so how far should the obama administration go in confronting china, certainly in rejecting their claim of an air defense zone, and what is the danger of a flashpoint? >> yeah, there is a real danger of a flashpoint. but unfortunately, i think we're going to have to continue to do what we did last week, which is to put two unarmed b-52s in the chinese air defense identification zone and not reporting in to chinese air traffic controllers. >> all right. let's turn - there is a lot on the plate here, the foreign policy plate. then there is afghanistan, where afghan president hamid karzai has refused to sign a bil

. , when you look at the context of the conflict, the turbulence going on in the south china sea, will that make it harder for the chinese to rein in the north koreans? >> we are involved in a trilateral story which is korea , japan, and china all have interest in the south and east china sea. the koreans and the chinese are anti-japanese. that has held them together. the koreans and the chinese have some common interests in not having threats come out of north korea. there are different interests there, the chinese have their own interest about north korea which i don't think will get in the way of this. >> one of the sad stories is that the north koreans captured an 85-year-old tourist, made him engage in this phony confession. will he get out? is there anything we can do? >> i hope so. there are those that are making an effort. i gather you made -- i gather he made this phony confession and there are those that believe that the fact that they did that means it is one of the ways that he might get out. >> let me switch to iran. you have been a supporter of the interim agreement on nu

it's the latest twist and territorial disputes between south korea china and japan center on a group of uninhabited islands in the south china sea at first glance it looks like an offshore oil rig but the steel platform is south korea's eo to ocean research station. it's built on a submerged island one hundred forty nine km off the korean coast. china calls eo eileen celia. last month taking unilaterally declared an air defense identification zone that covers the site. now south korea has extended its air defence oh two included as well. japan's air defense own also covers the sole control brought the research station is at the center of a simmering territorial dispute we don't believe this will significantly impact our relationships with china and with that and i'm so hip and as we try to work for peace and cooperation in west asia into. so did john chinese unilateral declaration angered seoul and tokyo. both governments have refused to recognize the move. korean and japanese aircraft or ignoring these things demands to identify themselves when flying to chinese to clear defense own

mission bay it's located on 4th street north to the south china basin to the north and then block 7 directly abutting to the east. this is the result of an agreement part of the new medical center in mission bay originally the city and master developer had don't donated 3 acres. this was land that was going to be developed. ucsf paid a non refundable purchase price. and the original dda allowed ucsf to give first priority to ucsf employees with consideration given to preference hold ers working at ucsf. so in june they basically paid and released property five million dollars and also the commission approved the agreement and amendment that allows us to have the block 7 go directly to the developer for construction of temporary housing for families going through treatment at ucsf and permitted to assign the original block which still exists to the developer for 200 units on the remaining site of block 7 and ucsf has agreed to prepay under the existing dda a. which is tied to construction of the second phase of the hospital. that won't start until otherwise would not be due until 2035 onwards

china stands ready to work with south africa to deepen china/south african benefits to that two countries and two people and make public contribution to the noble cause of world peace and development. >> finally i would like to say the great man has left, but nelson mandela's spirit, thank you all. [speaking in native tongue] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [speaking in native tongue] >> we welcome his excellency, the president of niger. the prime minister of lebanon. has excellent sleep, that his excellency, the prime minister of south sudan. and the prime minister and secretary general of the ruling party, from rwanda. his excellency, president of chad. and his excellency, the president of zambia. his excellency, the president of ireland. his excellency, the president of tunisia. his excellency, the president of guyana. and his excellency, the president and her royal highness, the prince in spain. honorable prime minister from jamaica. his excellency, the president of finland. his excellency, the president of senegal. his excellency, the president from malawi. his excellency, francois jhol d hollan

everyone is back to work. >> in south china a truck loaded with eight tons of fireworks caught fire after a traffic accident this weekend. the ensuing fire burned for five hours while people in surrounding areas were evacuated. no one was hurt. the massive fire works explosions terrified those living nearby. the truck was proposal overloaded and may have hit power lanes sparking the fire. >> energy drinks could give you wings but what did they do to your heart? the results of a study you may want to hear. >> the meet that could determine the future of dozens who call treasure island home. >> the thief that made off with >>> this holiday season, we invite you to help us feed the bay area visiting the facebook page on abc and take the pledge "give where you live." we will donate a dollar in your honor to the bay area speeding america food bank up to $75,000. everyone who takes the pledge will be entered to win $7,000. the winner is announced december 19, so join us, and give where you live. >> two dozen families living on yerba buena island will learn more about the navy's removal of toxic

korea's announced an air zone overlapping china's in the east china sea. >> south africa is uniting in prayer. a memorial service will be held next book. >> in india vote counting has started in four major states where the main opposition party is set to make gains. the state election is a test ahead of the general election. we are joined from new delhi. how is this test going? >> the vote counting started six hours ago. electronic voting in four of those states, there was a fifth as well. it was announced later in the week. the vote counters are making shock waves across the political spectrum. congress is doing badly. they are the encum band party. they lost definitely the capital new delhi, and lost a large state to the west of delhi. it's been a vjp, and delhi a vjp gain. the surprise in the capital where the state is voting the aap, the ordinary mount party, influence and inspired by a man who went on hunger strike to try to clear - clean-up corruption in the capital. another state is a head to head. out of those four the bjp was taking three of them, congress one. >> what have

the problems in the eastern south china seas are such examples. >> a challenge for shinzo abbe and joe biden is how to play their hand as mixed signals are given out. china said japan was the target of the new zone. they said it is neither a no fly zone nor territorial air space. can joe biden discover the real reasons behind the power play. only a gambling man would lay money on what china is thinking. >> the vice president next stop will be china, and he heads to south korea. >> the 85-year-old american war veteran held in north korea is in good condition - that's according to a swedish diplomat who visited him. merrill newman was taken captive more tan a month ago as he was about to take off on his plane after a tourist visit. authorities say they are holding him to investigate war crimes. he was shown on north korean television, reading what korean officials said was an apology. the u.s. is calling for his release. >> pope francis is urging catholics to pray for those with aids. the pontiff addressed a crowd at st peter's square, which is world aids day. >> for 30 years peter has b