and in london, china and the philippines hold their first talks the disputed south china sea later as they hope to ease tensions. and staying with the maritime theme we hear how scientists are searching the ocean for monsters with teeth from the deep. glad you could join us. it is seven in the morning here in singapore and midnight in london, seven in the evening in washington where president trump has spoken about the appointment of a special counsel to ta ke appointment of a special counsel to take over the russian investigation into potential ties to his campaign. he said the entire affair was a witch—hunt which hurt the country, as he put it, and he denied ever asking the fbi director to end the investigation into his national security adviser michael flynn. we have the details from washington. the president's just not happy with the scrutiny he continues to come under over his links with russia. the entire thing has been a witch hunt. and there is no collusion between, certainly myself and my campaign. but i can only speak for myself and the russians, zero. i think it divides t

the south china sea. meanwhile, with a rebalanced policy, too heavy on rhetoric and too light on action, years of senseless defense cuts and now the disastrous decision to withdraw from the trans-pacific partnership, u.s. policy has failed to adapt to the scale and velocity of china's challenge. that failure as called into question the credibility of america's security commitments in the region. this committee has grown increasingly concerned about the erosion of america's conventional military overmatch as states like china and north korea develop advanced capabilities to counter our ability to project military power. while america's military remains the most powerful on earth, we must adapt to the new realities we face. we must think differently about forward basing and posture, logistics and modernization and our joint force for the renewed reality of greater power competition. specifically on the issue of munitions, this committee has heard testimony each year about the qualitative and quantitative sh

for the disputed south china sea. the paracel and spratly islands are claimed by six nations. a professor of international relations at the university of the philippines told me who he thought held the upper hand in the talks. i think both will have a very good chance at negotiating what will eventually be the code of conduct. it appears to me that the philippines is very much determined, under the administration of president duterte, to find a peaceful solution. but finding a peaceful solution, would this mean having a joint exploration of the disputed islands? well, the deals in october definitely included joint exploration and trade, which we are enjoying robust relationship with china. what i think duterte would like there, and what the philippine ambassador would like, is to be able to provide the ground through which a code of conduct can actually be hammered out peacefully. so what that means is that they would also like to look at issues such as simply... as it has been said in the press, looking at an exchang

sea and the south china sea. [speaking in native tongue] these are challenges that are beyond the ability for any power to address and nor can they be surmounted by national interest in mind. [speaking in native tongue] in these challenges compelled nations to form collaborative mechanisms that are based upon international law and designed in such a way that ensures the balance of interest among parties and help shape and open regional architecture involving all nations, big and small, within and outside the region. and abiding by the peoples of peace, stability, equality and cooperation, in line with the shared goals of prosperity and development in this region. [speaking in native tongue] when you have to indeed asia-pacific is growing to become the new center of power, crucial in the formation of a new world order. as senator john mccain said when he spoke here at the heritage foundation, quote that states recognizes that much of the history of the 21st century will be written in the asian pacific region and t

we have no strategy to deal with china's militarization of the east china sea and the south china sea and how they're trampling over our allies. the trump administration has got to come to grips with the china strategy to counter their aggression. regardless of what is going on in north korea. the tougher we are with china and encountering their aggression and dominating and controlling the pacific will help us with china influencing north korea. because then they know that the united states is dead serious. we need a strategy that involves push back politically, diplomatically, economically and certainly militarily. sailing a ship by every five months is not a strategy. >> sandra: all right, general ke your perspective. thank you. >> good talking to you. >> sandra: a big problem at the border that president trump said he wants to fix. drug cartels bringing cocaine, crystal meth and heroin into the u.s. the rio grande has seen double taplt of drugs in the past year, even though the number of people crossing into the country illegally has declined. national correspondent william logane

neighbors in the east china sea and south china sea and attempting to use the threat of military force to address territorial and regional disputes. and, as you and i discussed when we sat together recently in my office, i'm deeply concerned by the deter operation of human rights in china and the environment for civil societies and independent voices in that country. when i joined the senate foreign relations subcommittee on east asia, president xi became the president of china. at that time many of us hoped that china was on the verge of a more progressive and reformed era and that along with growing interaction with the outside world in a significant economic development, human rights would indeed improve. yet, the opposite has proven true. president xi's administration has adopted a slew of laws that violate the most basic human rights of the chinese people and that presents challenges to u.s. interests and values as well. the community of civil activists in china who lived there in the 1990s and 2000s partly as a result of the u. engagement both diplomatically and economically have

while you look at the situation of china, and the island in south china sea, fighter seem. further they adjust in training or diplomacy. they say aircraft will not be used but military aircraft exist there that is the fact. and therefore as time passes, strategy balance weigh more heavily to china. and therefore, this not a deal in it should be taken care for the best to great interest. >> stage here and then in the front row we have best and brightest of japan's national security thinkers.ve the and the reality is we could probably get more and more members to fill the rows who would agree with what you're saying. members i think there is a pretty strong consensus among political elites about japan's strategy going forward and people can tell me i'm wrong later but i would argue among american treaty allies there's more consensus in japan than there is anywhere particularly in europe and include europe and australia. and that's all quite impressive. at the same time, the national security legislation was a hard, hard legislative fight. and almost half of japanese opposed i

the south china see? >> fephilippines occupies a portion of the south china sea. president trump is trying to build a coalition. he is reaching out to bad guys from thailand and china. you know, when you look at the chinese government and some of the worst behavior on the exec . that is what makes the u.s. exceptional. our values. it is important for us to make sure we are not an ordinary power. we are different because of promotion of human rights. >> colonel, president trump likes to shake up the conventional wisdom. including alliances and duterte and the philippines moved away from the u.s. and chinas schina embrace. maybe he will mix up that alliance? >> i think he will. you know, it is interesting. there is certainly an argument to be made, alisyn, keep your friends close and enemies closer or convert your enemies into friends. the other thing to note is the chinese are going to be making a port call. navy will be in the philippines for the first time since 2010. when that happens, it is very clear the united states does need to have a bridge to the philippi

you know china, as general keen pointed out. lou: they've been provocative in the south china sea. they're being provocative, and the united states has intelligence services and the pentagon have been relatively quiescent. that is strangling the public's right to know when it comes to the degree of involvement of china in the north korean missile program and presumably as well, their nuclear weapons program. >> yeah, definitely their nuclear weapons program because components for north korea's nukes come across the chinese border, that's resent. as well as uranium. lou: what is the united states to do? this is not only aifcult, complex challenge, it's downright daunting. >> first thing is what president trump is already doing -- lou: okay, what do we do from here? >> the other thing we need to do is start imposing sanctions on chinese financials and the enterprises that are supplying this materiale. lou: look, you and i have known each other for many a year, we won't get into all the years. we're friends. and this audience has followed you and me throughout that period, and they de

it is on the south china sea. people have probably heard of the south china sea now. it has become a rather strategic area. it's a big place. not small. that was a port directly on the south china sea. there was a carrier going to do a port of call. they were going to go to singapore. and leonard said he was beefing up the whole operation. it's a great place, it will be a great place for liberty, and we have all the concessions. can you do that? misiewicz did do that. misiewicz managed to change the port call from that carrier. i think it was the carl vincent. brian: how could he have that much power? mr. cavas: you lobby for it. you have meetings. what is the best port? we go to singapore all the time. you are a ways from singapore. they had better beaches out here, whatever. he managed to sell it, they said ok. it's not the first time the u.s. navy was going there, but it was the first time an aircraft carrier went there. 5000 people -- we're going to have a good time. a lot of money, a lot of hotels, a lot of fun. they went to the port. they did a weekend. everybod

you know china, as general keen pointed out. lou: they've been provocative in the south china sea. they're being provocative, and the united states has intelligence services and the pentagon have been relatively quiescent. that is strangling the public's right to know when it comes to the degree of involvement of china in the north korean missile program and presumably as well, their nuclear weapons program. >> yeah, definitely their nuclear weapons program because components for north korea's nukes come across the chinese border, that's resent. as well as uranium. lou: what is the united states to do? this is not only a difficult, complex challenge, it's downright daunting. >> first thing is what president trump is already doing -- lou: okay, what do we do from here? >> the other thing we need to do is start imposing sanctions on chinese financials and the enterprises that are supplying this materiale. lou: look, you and i have known each other for many a year, we won't geinto all t years. we're friends. and this audience has followed you and me throughout that period, and they de

you know china, as general keen pointed out. lou: they've been provocative in the south china sea. they're being provocative, and the united states has intelligence services and the pentagon have been relatively quiescent. that is strangling the public's right to know when it comes to the degree of involvement of china in the north korean missile program and presumably as well, their nuclear weapons program. >> yeah, definitely their nuclear weapons program because components for north korea's nukes come across the chinese border, that's resent. as well as uranium. lou: what is the united states to do? this is not only a difficult, complex challenge, it's downright daunting. >> first thing is what president trump is already doing -- lou: okay, what do we do from here? >> the other thing we need to do is start imposing sanctions on chinese financials and the enterprises that are supplying this materiale. lou: look, you and i have known each other for many a year, we won't get into all the years. we're friends. and this audience has followed you and me throughout that period, and the

neighbors in the east china sea and south china sea and attempting to use the threat of military force to address territorial and regional disputes. and, as you and i discuss when'd we sat together recently in my office, i'm gooep deeply concerned by the deter operation of human rights in china and the environment for civil societies and independent voices in that country. when i joined the senate foreign relations subcommittee on east asia, president xi became the president of china. at that time many of us hoped that china was on the verge of a more progressive and reformed era and that along with growing interaction with the outside world in a significant economic drep development, human rights would indeed improve. yet, the opposite has proven true. president shooe's administration has adopted a slew of laws that violate the most basic hum ranz ran rights of the chinese people, and that presents challenges to u.s. interests and values as well. the community of civil activists in china who tliefd in the 1990s and 2000s partly as a result of the u. engagement both diplomatically and

neighbors in the east china sea and south china sea. they attempt to use the threat of military force to address territorial and regional disputes. as you and i discussed when we sat together recently in my office, i am deeply concerned about the deterioration of human rights in china and the environment for civil societies, independent voices in the country. when i joined the senate foreign relations committee on east asia president xi jinping became the president of china. at that time many of us hope that china would be on the verge of a more progressive or reformed era. that along with growing interaction with the outside world and the significant economic development of human rights would indeed improve. yet, the opposite has proven true. president xi jinping has adopted a slew of laws that violate the most basic of human rights of the chinese people. that presents challenges to you as interests and values as well. the community of civil activists in china thrive in the 1990s and 2000 partly as a result of the us engagement both di

china can take control of the south china sea. i would follow the advice that one of my former bosses, jim baker, that used to give, keep your eyes on the prize. the strategic prize for the united states is keeping the south china sea out of chinese hands. that's where i think trump has done it exactly right. invite duarte to the white house, give him a couple drinks, see what you can do. >> neil: i understand what you're saying. maybe the devil you know is better than the devil you don't want to know. but he is trying to stop islamic extremism, which is a problem in his own country. the fear would be if he were to go, what would be the alternati alternative. what do you think? >> philippines are still a democracy. we have a certain amount of power for that. i don't think duarte's view on china is that of a huge majority of the filipino people. so i think you have to keep your priorities in order. dealing with him on the big issue is a way to engender some confidence if we can bring him back on our side. and then you can deal with

this is constantly challenging in the south china sea. a rapid disruptment to enhance the maritime awareness capability and to facilitate common operating picture to counter behavior of the chinese naval power remain to be a high priority. i will stop here and look forward to your comments and questions. thank you very much. [applause] michael: thank you to each of ou for concise and precise observations on the challenges and responsibilities on us as allies going forward. i am going to ask a few questions of our distinguished statesmen on the stage and open it up for your questions in a moment. first off, aki, i appreciated hat you said about the two staged approach to north korea -- pressure and then diplomacy -- because like you, i am skeptical that we're going to get very much out of diplomacy. i actually wrote the first memo creating the six-party talks when i was on the n.s.c. staff and there was some hope but i think experience has taught us all that we cannot expect even a renewed effort and pressure will change kim jong un's calc

neighbors in the east china sea and south china sea and attempting to use the threat of military force to address territorial and regional disputes. and, as you and i discuss when'd we sat together recently in my office, i'm deeply concerned by the deterioration of human rights in china and the environment for civil societies and independent voices in that country. when i joined the senate foreign relations subcommittee on east asia, president xi became the president of china. at that time many of us hoped that china was on the verge of a more progressive and reformed era and that along with growing interaction with the outside world in a significant economic development, human rights would indeed improve. yet, the opposite has proven true. president xi's administration has adopted a slew of laws that violate the most basic humans rights of the chinese people, and that presents challenges to u.s. interests and values as well. the community of civil activists in china who lived there in the 1990s and 2000s partly as a result of the u. engagement both diplomatically and economically have

trying to change the south china sea. japan and russia used to have a good relation and when i was the defense minister, it was first carried out very good relationship but at that point russia trade out being electoral the change of status in ukraine in the ukraine from japan but we should not tolerate the coercive that change of status and therefore together with united states japan carried out sanctions with russia and the country relationship have been somewhat strained. i think that is a universal principle for anything that is contrary to this inconsistent with that that is a basic principle of the united states and therefore japan and the united states should be firm up against china to convince to coercive or change the status is not tolerable in the china can respond to that diplomatically. the chinese threat is i don't know if we can call it a threat, it's a long-term threat. we should separate the two kinds of threats. in any case, we have a great concern about training activities and there is the administratio

but the issue as you laid out very well is china and the south china sea. vietnam and china don't get along. they have a troubled history. they fought a war in 1979. vietnam is probably playing, you know, hedging its best with china because china isn't going anywhere. that geography isn't going to change in its relationship with the united states, the military relationship is warming. last year they ended some sanctions on arm sales to vietnam. just transferred some coast guard ships to vietnam. so it's a critically important country with 90 million people with a powerful growing economy that could be a even more bigger player in that part of the world. and help the united states advance its interest. liz: but president trump has been very clear. he has done with unfair trade advantages that other countries have. we have a significant trade imbalance with vietnam. 32billion-dollar trade deficit. what does that mean? they two or three way more to us than we do to them. they're buying all of our stuff. >> we're talking about $15 billion in trade deals here. t

it is on the south china sea. e probably heard sea now, it china has become a rather strategic area. it's a big place. not small. that was a port directly on the south china sea. there was a carrier going to a port of call. they were going to go to singapore. in that, leonard said he was beefing up the whole operation. it's a great place, it will be a great place for liberty, and we have all the concessions. can you do that? misiewicz did do that. he managed to change the port call from that carrier. i think it was the carl vincent. brian: how could he have that much power? chris: you lobby for it. you have meetings. what is the best port? you are a ways from singapore. they had better beaches out here, whatever. he managed to sell it, they said ok. it's not the first time the u.s. navy was going there, but it was the first time in aircraft carrier went there. 5000 people were going to have a good time. a lot of money, a lot of hotels, a lot of fun. they went to the port. they did a weekend. everybody was happy. h

that was a point directly on the south china sea. -- port directly on the south china sea. there was a carrier going to a port of call. leonard said he was beefing up the whole operation. it's a great place, it will be a great place for liberty, and we have all the concessions. can you do that? misiewicz did do that. he managed to change the port call from that carrier. brian: how could he have that much power? chris: you lobby for it. you have meetings. this is a best -- what is the best part? you are a ways from singapore. they had better beaches out here, whatever. you managed to sell it, they say ok. the u.s.the first time navy was going there, but it was the first time in aircraft carrier went there. a00 people were going to have good time. a lot of money, a lot of hotels, a lot of fun. they went to the port. they did a weekend. everybody was happy. had a great time. misiewicz got a letter of commendation for making that happen. i forget what year it was, but commendation,r of and he was actually cited for it when he left the position. made more than $2 million on that

protect the south china sea. the reclamation of the coral reef cannot be tolerated and that is the place where -- there may increase japanese safety and japan to collaborate with the rest of the world so that japan could convince china to follow the rules set by the international community. the difference between north korea and china is that china is able to consult diplomatically. in north korea, the policy cannot work, and therefore, the crisis facing us is north korea should be at the top of the list, the top of the ranking but currently, china using the lateral approach in trying to tame -- change the south china sea. japan and russia used to have very good relations. -- the ukraine is a distant place from japan, but we should not tolerate the coercive change therefore and together with the united states, japan carried out the sanctions and japan and russia, the relations have been somewhat strained, but if the change of status by force, i think that is a universal principle, so anything which is contrary to

navy in the south china sea near chinese-made artificial islands. all three of those operations, which sent u.s. navy ships on patrol within 12 nautical miles of chinese-made artificial islands in that part of the south china sea -- all three of those operations were conducted under the obama administration. once president trump assumed the oval office, a senior u.s. defense official tells cnn that the u.s. military in the pacific requested to conduct one such operation, and that request was denied. that official telling cnn that that request was denied in part because of what you mentioned, that operations like that could be viewed as antagonizing china or north korea. and as we know, the president really wants china to help solve the ongoing crisis in the korean peninsula. so these kind of operations in the past have made beijing very upset. it's designed to challenge those chinese territorial claims with those artificial islands, and that's something the obama administration made quite public. so that's something at least for now that the trump a

in the south china sea signal an increasing disturbing pattern of behavior. u.s. policy has failed to adapt to the scale and velocity of china's challenge to the rules-based order. and that failure has called into question the credibility of america's security commitments in the region. i believe there is strong merit for an asia-pacific stability initiative which is similar to the european deterrence initiative pursued over the last few years. this would enhance pacific command's credible combat power through targeted funding to realign u.s. military force posture in the region, improve praegs operationally important infrastructure. these are important steps taken as part of a new comprehensive strategy in the asia-pacific that incorporates all element of national power. i hope witnesses will articulate an a.p.s.i., apsi, strategy. >> thank you to all the witnesses for agreeing to testify this morning. this could not come at a more critical time as the north koreans have engaged in an aggressive schedule for tests in its nuclear and missile programs. i look

that was a port directly on the south china sea. there was a carrier going to a port of call. they were going to go to singapore. that leonard said he was , beefing up the whole operation. it's a great place, it will be a great place for liberty, and we have all the concessions. can you do that? misiewicz did do that. he managed to change the port call from that carrier. i think it was the covance and. the carl vincent. brian: how could he have that much power? chris: you lobby for it. you have meetings. what is the best port? you are a ways from singapore. they had better beaches out here, whatever. you managed to sell it, they say ok. it's not the first time the u.s. navy was going there, but it was the first time in aircraft carrier went there. 5000 people were going to have a good time. a lot of money, a lot of hotels, a lot of fun. they went to the port. they did a weekend. everybody was happy. had a great time. misiewicz got a letter of commendation for making that happen. we would never have thought of this without you. it worked out. i forget what year it was, but he g

we have seen coercing neighbors in the east chien noo sea and south china sea and attempting to use territory y'all disputes. as we discussed when we sat together in my office, i'm concerned about the deterioration of human rights and the environment for civil societies and independent voices in that country. when i joined the sub committee on east asia at that time many of us hoped china was on the verge of a era. along with that interaction and significant economic development human rights would indeed improve. the opposite has proven true. it presents challenges as well. the community who thrived in the 1990s partly as a result of the u.s. engagement have come under assault as never before. when i joined the sub committee it was unthinkable were detained by chinese authorities inside and outside of china. that is the current reality. all the while we do not know if the dalai lama will be allowed to return. we do not know whether authorities will release in 2020. we do not know if the people of hong kong will be able to continue to exercise genuine a ton my. we know he is to remain in power

man-made islands in the south china sea. early thursday, the uss dewey passed near the aptly named mischief reef, 1 of 3 islands built by china in the past three ye military fortifications. beijing protested the action, deploying two chinese warships. >> translator: we urge the u.s. to correct its mistake immediately and stop provocative actions that hurt china's sovereignty and security. a stick at the pentagon would not confirm the uss dewey exact course, saying freedom of navigation operations are not about any one country, nor are they about making political statements." the chinese have built seven man-made islands since 2014. $5 trillion of trade passed through here each year. the u.s. navy sent warships near the islands three times in 2016. last year, an international tribunal rejected many of china's claims to the islands. the u.s. navy has not sailed near these contested islands since october. a recent "new york times" story question whether the trump administration had given up on these operations while trying to w

china sea and the military is facing data. it's heavy on a broad range of issues. we want to take a look at where this relationship is going to be 50 years from now because we have an opportunity to define that. there's been a lot of dialogue areas underway the last several years with china. we have asked china to narrow and elevate to the decision-making level and we have asked them to bring people that report directly to the decision-maker so for the first time, so far it appears we will get people at the public bureau level to participate so that we can refrain in the deal with some of the problems that have been sitting out there kind of stuck in natural for a while. so, it is a much narrower as we make progress those things will be sold in working groups where we can get after solving these things. so we will have a first meeting of the diplomatic security dialogue which is chaired by myself and the secretary with our counterparts here in washington and we have put about as kind of a top priority. the second one is econom

play in areas like the south china sea? would you like to see more u.s. presence? nguyen xuan phuc: vietnam and the united states and other countries in the region and the world want to have a south china sea in which the freedom of navigation and aviation is insured, and the convention on the law of the sea in 1982 is observed. reporter: will that require more u.s. presence or not? nguyen xuan phuc: i think that we would need to discuss together with the stakeholders to make sure all parties benefit from whatever action we decide to take to ensure peace in this area. vietnameset was the prime minister, nguyen xuan phuc , speaking exclusively with haslinda amin and hanoi -- in hanoi. i will speak exclusively with the former hedge fund manager, phil falcone. also hosting a roundtable with the prime minister tomorrow on the investment opportunities in the country. and throughout asia. do not miss that interview i 1:00 p.m. new york time, or 3:00 a.m. if you are watching in sydney, or 1:00 a.m. in hong kong, guys. anchor: coming up next, the st. louis fed president's

play in areas like the south china sea, for instance? would you like to see more u.s. presence? vietnam and the united states and other countries in the region and the world want to have they south china sea in which the freedom of navigation insured, and the un's convention on the law of the sea in 1982 is observed. reporter: would that require more u.s. presence or not? >> i think that we would need to and with theher stakeholders to make sure that all parties will benefit from whatever action we decide to take to ensure peace in this area. betty: we are going to talk more about vietnam on bloomberg television tomorrow when i speak exclusively with the former head fund manager who is making a comeback with his new company hc inoldings, which is invested vietnam. he will be holding a roundtable with the prime minister. betty: the fed turning its attention to the balance sheet. john williams says cutting back assets will not upset the market. toio draghi is the latest say the u.s. is wrong on trade. he says europe cost recovery may be threatened from abroad. >> japan changing th

they had unsafe encounterover the south china sea in february. nicole: let's get you caught up on the global market action after the big lling we saw on wednesday and more in asia yesterday on the heels of what we saw here. today a little bit of a turn around, not big. the hong kong hang seng 1 tenth of 1%. lauren: the ftse in london is up 32 points. cac if paris is up by 35 and dax in germany 33. nicole: tough day on wednesday. back to back loses for the dow and s&p, all major averages are down more than 1% this week. today a little different picture with up arrows to tack on the slight gains. dow futures up 23 points, s&p futures up 4, nasdaq futures up 10. lauren: moments ago oil prices hit $50 a barrel once again. right now at 49.94. the dollar has been weak this week, that's supportive of higher oil prices and there's optimism that opec will continue to cut production. gold down a 1.60. nicole: uber revolutionized the taxi industry and now trucking. drivers who sign up will be checked out before they're allowed to use the service. uber freig

north korea to the south china sea to human rights. it has been an honor to serve the people of iowa alongside governor branstad, the longest serving governor in united states history, and i am thrilled to continue to work with him in his new role serving the american people. i thank governor branstad for his service to iowa and i wish him and his family the best as they prepare to depart for beijing. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. mr. cardin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: mr. president, i join the senator from iowa in supporting governor branstad as our next ambassador to china. i had the opportunity of being the ranking democrat on the senate foreign relations committee and i knew of governor branstad's reputation as the governor of iowa. that he was well thought of, that his leadership was recognized not only by the people of his state but of our nation. before the nomination was made, i was impressed by his dedication to public service. i then had a chance to meet with hi

philippines has a dispute over some of the islands in south china sea with china and other countries. >> thank you. >> thank you very much, guys. >> still ahead, a huge resignation from fox news and the growing scandals the network gabrielle sherman broke the story. the first campaign out of 2020 in thing one, thing two, after the break. >>> $1.5 million ad. the president's campaign for election happening three-and-a-half years is buying national ad space. they've hit a snag, hr mcmaster who is in uniform. you see there. a member of the washington group, the campaign legal center noted this seems to violate intent of military policy against members engaging so donald trump removed that video, posted a reedited shortly after. now, in the first three months of this year, trump raised 13 million for his re-election, we know over a million dollars went to tv ads. we know where a whole bunch more is going, which is also not surprising but it's thing two in 60 seconds. >>> politico put the final tally, now it appears the habit of campaign cash at businesses will continue while donald trump

and it is all against the backdrop of strategic uncertainty on the korean peninsular in the south china sea. is there evidence that a lot of people are buying more? i caught up with one european manufacturer who is selling increasingly to the asians. countries in this region generally are starting to realise that there are things going on around them and they are not aware of what's happening. events are occurring just over the horizon and nations and armed forces don't have the awareness or the flexible response. we see a lot of interest in our products, like global eye, a multiplatform surveillance. an ability to keep the man on events in air, land and sea. we have our swordfish maritime patrol platform. we stay out all on time, get there quickly, maximum endurance and capability. but again, compact and affordable platform. a naval solutions, warships, extremely advanced technology that you can see oi'i advanced technology that you can see on display, that is of great interest. we also build radars, command and control systems, so that you can network and link your forces together. wh

building islands in the south china sea. this goes beyond north korea. if the chinese wanted to put their thumb and say north korea, stop it, they would but they're not. that's the real problem. this is where i do blame barack obama because he did not have a robust strong position against china. it's absolutely true that the fact of the matter is, donald trump won because he was protecting strength and he said were not gonna sit down and take it anymore because china is aggressing throughout the entire south china sea. >> ben: under barack obama, the north koreans did not send a missile into the sea of japan. that's a strange point to make. donald trump's u.s. foreign policy. we don't know where we are in the world. we are angering the germans, befriending the president of the philippines. what is going on right now with obama's foreign policy? i'm sorry, trump's foreign policy period that is what is embolden kim jong-un. >> eric: he wasn't in power at the beginning. he is getting progressively crazier. as time went, the lea

vietnam is afraid it will be at the detriment, at a cost, to vietnam, especially in the south china sea. british airways says its flights are gradually getting back to normal after a ll gradually getting back to normal after all its planes were grounded over the weekend. the chief executive has blamed a power surge in one you take —— the uk data centres. it was claimed the back—up systems also collapsed. he is refusing to resign. he insists the computerfailure had refusing to resign. he insists the computer failure had nothing refusing to resign. he insists the computerfailure had nothing to do with cost cutting. there are no redundancies taking place around this particular hardware set of infrastructure. in this particular case it is all locally hired resources that have been attending to the maintenance and running of this infrastructure. so, completely unrelated to the redundancies and outsourcing of the it systems? in this case, yes. weeks after government data showed the economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year, clocking its longest period of ex

is becoming ever more strong in its claims to the south china sea and, of course, an important role that the chinese play with regards to the relationship is north korea. it is a most strategic move rather than an a endorsement of his policy. facebook in the news. this parliamentary committee basically saying that not just facebook but also google and twitter and many other social media giants are not quick enough to remove offensive material and that kind of thing. they should now have measures in place to make sure these companies do something more quickly. a recommendation by a parliamentary committee and i guess it addresses the questions that have been posed in the past few weeks where we had quite a lot of... well, violence— loaded content on facebook and also the social network were struggling to get off within a reasonable amount of time. this is calling for judges, just because it requires more effort now to police these social networks than it did before. similar levies are in place for nightclubs and for football clubs... why not the web? yes. although it is more diffic

hanoi has discussed the wired over chinese the direction of the south china sea. in the trade front, president trump raised concern about the growing trade deficit that had nearly $32 billion last year. what do you make of this? this has been one of the biggest issues in trade. is this the right tax at the prime minister of vietnam? >> is the right path to take. the president was vehemently opposed so he needs to go out there in the asia-pacific region and strike deals especially early with the trade part is over there. it is critically important, especially because he's seen his administration talk about that. but as for wilbur ross or lighthouse there, we need to strike these deals because we have ip issues we need to settle it would also need their assistance when it comes to exports and taking in imports when it comes to be. >> there was not focused on this. even with regard to germany. about of conversation there. vietnam's prime minister to sign deals for up to $17 billion during his trip to washington. >> the hard-line boat for a while. to a certain extent,

we backed way off in terms of calling china out for militarizing the south china sea. if you look at language and the upcoming shangri-la dialogue which is an annual meeting of asian defense ministers, that language really is kind of calling china to task for putting military bases on islands all along the south china sea. it's been removed, at least in the drafts i've seen. we put a lot of prioritization on what china can do a north korea and when i would like to see is holding their feet to the fire. changes. when i don't want to see is the united states get strung along for years and years like we did in the bush administration, to be candid, well north korea continued to develop its missile and nuclear capabilities. >> jenna: i did that happen? what was part of the thinking -- strategic patience is used for president obama commented could also be applied to the bush administration as well in some aspects. what was the thinking about waiting and waiting and waiting and what would you do differently? >> the thinking, at the time and the thinking now is that the milit

man-made islands in the south china sea. early thursday, the uss dewey passed near the aptly named mischief reef, 1 of 3 islands built by china in the past three years containing a runway and military fortifications. beijing protested the action, deploying two chinese warships. >> translator: we urge the u.s. to correct its mistake immediately and stop provocative actions that hurt china's sovereignty and security. a stick at the pentagon would not confirm the uss dewey exact course, saying freedom of navigation operations are not about any one country, nor are they about making political statements." the chinese have built seven man-made islands since 2014. $5 trillion of trade passed through here each year. the u.s. navy sent warships near the islands three times in 2016. last year, an international tribunal rejected many of china's claims to the islands. the u.s. navy has not sailed near these contested islands since october. a recent "new york times" story question whether the trump administration had given up on these o

so that gets to the island building in the south china sea, the militarization of those islands, and obviously, we have huge trading issues to talk with them about. so we are using the entree of the visit in mar-a-lago, which was heavy on some issues with north korea but also heavy on a broader range of issues. and what we've asked the chinese to do is we're -- we want to take a fresh look at where's this relationship going to be 50 years from now, because i think we have an opportunity to define that. and so i know there have been a lot of dialogue areas that have been underway for the last several years with china. we have asked china to narrow the dialogue areas and elevate the participants to the decision-making level. so we outlined four major dialogue areas with china, and we've asked them to bring people who report directly to the decision-maker, which is president xi. so for the first time, we are seeking and we -- so far it appears we will get people at the politburo level and at much higher levels of the government within china to participate in these dialogues so we can re

so that gets to the island building in the south china sea, the militarization of those islands, and obviously, we have huge trading issues to talk with them about. so we are using the entree of the visit in mar-a-lago, which was heavy on some issues with north korea but also heavy on a broader range of issues. and what we've asked the chinese to do is we want to take a fresh look at where's this relationship going to be 50 years from now, because i think we have an opportunity to define that. and so i know there have been a lot of dialogue areas that have been underway for the last several years with china. we have asked china to narrow the dialogue areas and elevate the participants to the decision-making level. so we outlined four major dialogue areas with china, and we've asked them to bring people who report directly to the decision-maker, which is president xi. so for the first time, we are seeking and we, so far it appears we will get people at the politburo level and at much higher levels of the government within china to participate in these dialogues so we can reframe what

china sea and disputed territories? well, the disputed territories? well, the disputed territories? well, the disputed territories of course is a subject and i think that all of these countries are facing more direct economic issues, direct threats because they believe that there economy has to be defended from illegal traffic. and that is what our boats are built for. and who are you selling specifically to? which countries have shown interest? the countries are singapore where the exhibition takes place. thailand, the philippines, indonesia, malaysia, all these countries have the same issues and all these countries are showing a lot of interest in our product. that was the maritime defence exhibition in singapore. chinese online giant 10 cents has defeated expectations with a 15% jump 10 cents has defeated expectations with a 15%jump in its quarter profitability thanks to strong growth in gaming and digital payments. the company looks set to expand its digital music services. it has signed a deal with universal music

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