this leaves china with no other option but to reciprocate and to retaliate by closing a us consulate generalng to suffer the consequences. this is not the way to demonstrate courage, vision or leadership in the united states. if washington really wants to demonstrate their leadership, focus on fighting on the coronavirus will stop focus on saving more american lives. focus on preventing more american people from getting infected by the pandemic — rather than barking up the wrong tree, rather than hurting china — us relations by closing consulate general. the actress, amber heard, has claimed her ex—husband johnny depp, threw bottles at her "like grenades", during an alleged row. she's been giving evidence in mr depp's libel claim against the sun newspaper, over an article that labelled him a wife beater. ms heard also accused mr depp of repeatedly assaulting her, fuelled by drink and drugs, on a trip to australia, claims he denies. david sillito was in court. amber heard, and day three of her account of her relationship withjohnny depp. this case, brought by johnny depp, is a libel action ag

documents or burning papers the wrong chinese sides requirement to close and take over the us consulate general in chengdu is justified to necessarily response to the justifiable behavior of the us side we need a strategy to protect the american economy and indeed our way of life through free world must triumph over this new tyranny of the free world doesn't change doesn't change governments china will surely change us. completely repudiated the 40 year history of china us relations. claiming he wants to defend democracy and freedom taken by no means represent these ideals only serves the american hegemony and the interest groups behind him last week the us demanded the closure of the chinese consulate in houston shortly after a fire was reported in the yard that suspected the documents were being destroyed the u.s. claims the facility was being used for espionage it's something beijing denies i spoke to ren from the americas department of beijing to international studies institute who thinks that trumps trying to score votes here by being tough on china . there will be like a more tense here r

this leaves china with no other option but to reciprocate and to retaliate by closing a us consulate generalquences. this is not the way to demonstrate courage, vision, leadership, if washington really wants to demonstrate their leadership, focus on fighting on the coronavirus. focus on saving our american lives, focus on preventing more american people from getting infected by the pandemic — rather than barking up the wrong tree, rather than approaching china us relations by closing the consulate general. victor, let me ask you about this. this all comes as too —— just make chinese nationals were indicted on accusations of packing american intellectual property on behalf of china's spy agencies. we know for sure from all the records and details who is doing all the hacking, engaging in sabre espionage —— cyber espionage committee read anything by edward snowden, you will know for sure now that there are people who are desperate to divert attentions from the complete disaster and fiasco in handling the coronavirus. but what about these arrests ? coronavirus. but what about these arrests? the

consulate in chengdu now the national security council of the white house issuing this statement saying the reason they took those actions to prompt the closure in houston was because china was using this consulate general not for processing visas but instead for conducting and using it as a house for illegal spying for influence operations the statement from the n.s.c. is that this was taken to protect american intellectual property americans private information and we urge the chinese. communist party to seize these the line actions rather than engaging in tit for tat retaliation which the united states allege ledges is exactly what china has done complete does seem very interior at the moment what the endgame is here because the road ahead still requires china and the us to talk to each of them on several levels on a range of subjects that some of them they do or don't agree on but they still need to talk to each other hard to see how that's going to happen right at this moment in time. the united states says that they were trying to talk and it was china that made the decision not to be reciprocal in terms of the diplomatic relationship according to these white house officials that had a conference

us u.s. consul general told the press today that the swipe little as a tragedy to hong kong and just to let hong kong be home to our game and that he criticized the loon that the new law s erosion of freedoms and autonomy and openness in our home and i always saw that on us congress has already passed several acts to impose fisa and its laws in a strict restrictions on china and hong kong and apart from that over the past few days canada also follow suit by suspending extradition treaty with hong kong and stopping the exporting of sensitive military items to whole kosovo. like many western countries now starting to impose maybe that might follow the same kind of measures and routes. just like us. but using has imposed that new security law on a hong kong it's very controversial what impact is it having on hong kong so far. in terms of law enforcement hand peep hole have already been arrested. charges under the new security law and one of them have already been prosecuted and brought to court. for a prosecutor in sightings of sasha and meeting terrorist activities because he's a motorbike too was

i see it is very easy to understood the consulate general in houston is china's largest city pro-american organization you sounds of the us or cause they are many important of your documents even the consulate general so it's very luda of the us to let a chinese diploma to leave for 3 days china was forced to burden reality for the show documents the charms china policy now is quite a crazy and has no will all turn up. several points of contention between america and china at the moment trade spying coronavirus the south china sea when you have lots of areas of disagreement between 2 countries isn't that why we're seeing the consulate in houston being closed not because of anything that they've actually done but because this is just the way of trying to punish a country. i see there now days we predict charmed is likely to announce diplomatic agree with china one of the champions track each is to constantly provoke trying so if china strikes back no one in the us and european can you can to try to feed unified against a pandemic the travel can't pretend to be a strong political man who dared to fire against china and to g

striking back in china orders the us to shut its consulate general and the city of chengdu in retaliation over the closure of its own consulate. as the u.s. secretary of state ratchets up the pressure by calling on the world to gang up on quote this new tyranny. several people aboard a passenger plane are injured after the pilot is forced to make a dangerous maneuver we're going to encounter with a u.s. fighter jet. watching our international bring your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the u.k. his opposition labor party is pushing for artie's broadcast license to be revoked and a letter to the country's t.v. regulator off com the watchdog is supposed to be independent and immune from political pressure. to have takes us through the development. these must be some sort of record in order vanity's history it has done less harm if any both immediate and long term to great britain to the british people and britain's future than one woman did in the space of a single letter and this woman she isn't a russian agent she isn't a foreign spy or bent on brita

striking back to china orders the us to shut its consulate general in the city of chengdu. the closure of its own consulate in houston it was like the secretary of state rather pressured by calling on the world to gang up on quote this new tyranny. elsewhere more protests in the city of portland after president donald trump sent in troops to stamp out nearly 2 months and braces and protest the business owner tells us she just wants the rest to be over. and you feel businesses like when your city looks like a war zone failed leadership and we're very disappointed very angry. plus in the city of hamburg germany a 2 year suspended prison sentences given to a former concentration camp guard what's believed to be possibly the last trial of a nazi era war criminal. by the very good morning to you lots of places you could be right now i'm sure really appreciate you decided to join us here on r.t. international. first for you this hour letter suggests the u.k.'s opposition labor party is pushing for artie's broadcast license to be revoked despite the independent regulator in britai

striking back china or the us to close its consulate general in the city of chengdu in retaliation over the closure of its own consulate houston as the u.s. secretary of state ratchets up the pressure on the world to gang up on quote this new terror and. also more protests in the u.s. city of portland the president on trump sent in troops to stamp out nearly 2 months of anti-racism protests local business on a told us she just wants the rest to be a. new field businesses like when your city looks like a war zone failed leadership and we're very disappointed very angry. that the city of hamburg a 2 year suspended prison sentences given to a former concentration camp godhood what's believed to be possibly the last trial of the nazi era was criminal. good morning welcome you watching on t.v. . a little later suggests the u.k.'s opposition labor party is pushing for auntie's broadcast license to be revoked despite of call the independent regulator in britain supposedly being immune from political pressure. hawkins discussed the development leaked and i will say unverified laughter has come

china has ordered us to shut its consulate general in the country southwestern city of chengdu in retaliation of the closure of its own consulate in houston while the u.s. secretary of state is calling on the world to join forces against this new. president trump. has made very clear we need a strategy to protect the american economy and a way of life through free world. over this new tyranny. so protests continue in the u.s. city of portland president sent in troops to stamp out nearly 2 months of anti-racism protests. while in the city of hamburg a 2 year suspended prison sentence is given to a former concentration camp guard to believe to be possibly the last child concerning sick. for good morning to you this is r t international. a league slow to suggest the u.k.'s opposition labor party's pushing for all to use broadcast license to be revoked despite of call the independent regulator in britain supposedly being immune from political pressure. hawkins discussed the development. a leaked and i will say unverified letter has come to light allegedly from stevens who is the shadow cultural s

premises of china's consulate general in houston in any way china expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the intrusion into the chinese consulate general in houston. the us flag was lord of the consulate on monday after the chinese government announced it was revoking licenses and giving americans 72 hours to vacate the property a heavy police presence surrounded the building over the weekend where workers were seen removing signs outside while moving trucks enter the property similar actions were taken a week ago in the us when the trump ministration ordered the closure of the chinese consulate in houston claiming they were justified because beijing had felt to follow us laws and regulations a spokesperson for the state department claimed the decision was made to protect american intellectual property and the private information of its citizens without providing further information secretary of state my pompei i even went as far as to call us and gateman with china a fellow year in a recent speech where he called for the world to come together to put pressure on beijing. the kind of engagement we've been pursuing has not brought the kind of change insid

would use the premises of the chinese consulate general our national property of china according to the vienna convention on consular relations and the china u.s. consular treating us cannot invaded the premises of china's consulate general in houston in any way china expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the intrusion into the chinese consulate general in houston. now after this announcement china essentially gave american workers 72 hours to vacate the property altogether and we did see a very heavy police presence there so it doesn't appear that either side is backing down right now it doesn't and it really looks like it's this tit for tat like we saw for nearly 2 years with the trade war but what reason is the u.s. giving for the closing of chinese consulate or their consulate well the u.s. is definitely not backing down here and they are saying that they are actually in their right with international law where this is concerned they say that it's their duty to close down this consulate because they believe that beijing is not following u.s. laws and regulations no

media reports the consulate had begun burning documents and accuses the us of violating international law. surely on july 21st the us abruptly demanded we close our consulate general this was unilaterally initiated by the u.s. side we demand the u.s. withdrawal this decision or we will respond in another dispute china's foreign ministry's urged the u.s. to stop making slanderous accusations about cyber crimes to chinese men have been charged in the u.s. for hacking hundreds of companies including firms developing coronavirus vaccines prosecutors say the pair acted on behalf of chinese intelligence as part of a long espionage campaign targeting global defense an energy industry whose hackers are also accused of trade secret theft and wire fraud conspiracy allegations come a week after the u.s. the u.k. and canada accused russia of trying to steal covert 19 data the number of coronavirus cases continues to grow around the world more than 15000000 people have now been infected globally but u.s. researchers say the true toll might be 12 times larger al-jazeera has gave his owner reports from new york. the spread of corona virus around the world over 600000 lives lost

he surely on july 21st the us abruptly demanded we close our consulate general this was unilaterally initiated by the u.s. side we demand the u.s. withdrawal this decision or we will respond u.s. president donald trump has warned that the coronavirus brakes likely to get worse before it gets better is urging the public to wear masks and has promised to deliver a vaccine as soon as possible. police in bolivia have recovered the bodies of more than 400 people thought to have died from corona virus the bodies were picked up from streets vehicles and homes over the past 5 days the government's been advised to delay presidential elections due in september. zimbabwe's president has announced a dusk till dawn curfew in an effort to contain the spread of covert 19 amas among god was says it'll begin on biden staying and being forced by security forces critics say the measures aimed at stopping anti-government protests planned for next week as in bobby an investigative journalist and an opposition politician were both arrested and how the outing on monday for inciting violence if the o.p.'s s

. >> reporter: the consul general was allegedly involved in using false i.d.s to escort chinese travelers out of houston's airport. beijing, meanwhile, calls the closure of the consulate political provocation and says it will sabotage u.s./china relations. kenneth, mona. >> andrew, thank you. >>> the former minneapolis police officer charged with murderingeorge flo now faces multiple felony counts of tax evasion. derek chauvin and his estranged wife are charged with underreporting their income for six years. they're also accused of failing to file three years of tax returns. >>> breaking news from portland, oregon, the mayor has been teargassed during a protest that police are calling a riot. this unfolded outside the federal courthouse downtown where protests over racial ngfferfflast nig are needed to protect federal buildings from vandalism. several fires were set overnight. authorities responded with warnings before firing flashbangs and tear gas. there was no immediate word on any injuries. >>> a new tropical system is taking aim at the gulf coast. right now it's called tropical depre

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consulate general. chandu is just a far too nice response to the justifiable behavior of the us side we need a strategy to protect the american economy and indeed our way of life through free world must strike over this new tyranny of the free world doesn't change doesn't change governments trend will surely change. completely repudiated the 40 year history of china us relations. claiming he wants to defend democracy and freedom but he can play no means to represent these ideals only serves the american hegemony and the interest groups behind him. last week the us to run to the closure of a chinese consulate in houston shortly after the fire was reported in the it suspected that documents were being destroyed the u.s. claims the facility was being used for espionage which beijing denies is going to talk about where the school be heading i'm joined by ren yang who's a systems research fellow at the department for american studies at the china institute of international studies in beijing hello warning. was china's response appropriate here in closing the u.s. consular kind of thing would have been bigge

consulate in houston. the u.s. says china used texas facility to spy and steal data. generalu use consulates by very nature, this is foreign governments if your -- in your country and can be used for spying, consulates are potentially spy centers. jack: absolutely, chinese embassy here and 5 consulates and they are all major spying platforms conducted intellectual property theft and cyber espionage on a regular basis. listen, director wray told us he has thousands of counterintelligence investigations against chinese espionage taking place inside the united states and he says he has a new case every ten hours. we have had enough and that is what this government is trying to say. trying to put an end to this and send loud message to chinese communist party and work with allies to push back. maria: yeah, absolutely. general great to get union insights in all of this, thank you so much. >> good talking to you, maria. are. maria: and to you, general jack keane joining us there. major companies to release earnings this week and face bill grilling on capitol hill, we will talk abou

on july 21st the us launched a unilateral provocation related probably demanding that china close its consulate general and schuster and it will be the u.s. move seriously breached international law the basic norms of international relations and the terms of the china u.s. consulate convention it greatly harmed china u.s. relations the measures taken by china is a legitimate and necessary response to the in recent well action by the us it conforms with international law the basic wants of international relations and customer diplomatic practices the current situation in china u.s. relations is not what china decides to see and the u.s. is completely responsible for all of this journalist. is in beijing fawaz materiels how serious is this foreign nations between beijing and washington. this is a retaliatory move it has been announced from the very beginning on wednesday night . at a tuesday night at the us ordered the consulate in houston to be closed and then it was china announced the next day that it had been ordered to shut it down they have said they would retaliate everybody was expecting they wou

beijing over intellectual property theft has led us all totties to order the closure of the chinese consulate in houston texas the chinese consul general is resisting while his bosses say the move is destroying friendship between the 2 countries. signs of the young people outside china's conduit in houston the u.s. has given be ginning 72 hours to close it mission citing concerns about intellectual property theft inside the top diplomat says he's not packing his bags just yet. so you say something ok we have found something wrong ok so give us some i wouldn't otherwise i know we were innocent until you pulled out these pictures may not help his case on tuesday neighbors watch dawna's conscious stuff appear to burn paper emergency services were called to the scene. for the man dubbed the conspiracy theorist in chief there is no smoke without fire and there may be more sanctions to come as far as closing additional embassies it's always possible you see what's going on with that there was a fire in the one that we did everybody said there's a fire it is a fire and i guess they were burning documents or burning papers and i wonder what th

consul general in china to justify it in response to the unjustifiable behavior of the us site we need a strategy to protect the american economy and indeed our way of life through free world must strike over this new tyranny of the free world doesn't change doesn't change government china will surely change. this completely repudiated the 40 year history of china u.s. relations compel kept claiming he wants to defend democracy and freedom but he can by no means represent these ideals only serves the american hegemony and the interest groups behind him. last week for us to mounted the closure of the chinese consulate in who stood shortly after a fire was reported in the yard it's suspected the documents are being destroyed the u.s. claims the facility was being used for espionage which beijing denies i spoke to ren the young un from the american studies department at beijing's international studies institute he thinks trumps trying to school vote see above being tough on china. there will be like a more tense here riyadh for the time to u.s. relationship before and during the trying to

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consulate general this was unilaterally initiated by the u.s. side with him on the u.s. withdrawal this decision we will respond. in another disputes china's foreign ministry has a us to stop making a slanderous accusations about cyber crimes 2 chinese men have been charged in the u.s. for hacking hundreds of companies including for i'm steve l. think one of eyes vaccines prosecutors say the pair acted on behalf of chinese intelligence as part of a long espionage campaign targeting global defense and energy industries a vote is expected in the coming hours that will give israel's government increased powers same polls coronavirus restrictions across the country the move comes as more than 30 people were arrested following protests in western men which called on israel's prime minister to step down mitchell barricades a political analyst he also plays a former advisor to president shimon peres and prime minister ariel sharon he says a prime minister netanyahu has reason to be worried as protests have never been this violent before. yeah i think this is much different because you have people who are actually being arrested you didn't have them or every night people a

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gave to china earlier in the week to shut down its consulate general in houston, accusing it of being a hub of intelligence, and chinese officials today usingthe same wording this their justification, again, calling it necessary, calling it a measured response. the big question, of course, is what happens next? will we continue to see this back-and-forth of each side ordering the other to close consulates? the problem, of course, is analysts on both sides of this do not see much optimism. it could lead in two very serious directions. first, there could be a breaking off of diplomatic relations, a closing of embassies in either of the countries o there's a risk for heightened military confrontation that's not being ruled out either. yasmin? >> not good prass expects. janis mackey frayer. thank you. >>> still ahead, we'll talk about what is next for the national republican convention now that the president has canceled the event in jacksonville. >>> also the president speaksy vladimir putin for the first time since the congratulations as the russia paid bounties to the taliban for the killing of u.s. troops. apparently that wasn't part of the

us agents break into the form of chinese consulate in houston. hours after washington saw this long as a sign at the world in the chinese city of chengdu people are seen scrubbing down america's consulate general shut down by b. fishing in a tit for tat retaliation. both of those protesters burned turkish flags in the greek city of saloniki outraged.

the facility using tools where they managed to enter officials were seen trying 3 separate entrances but without success cleaners were seen taking out the rubbish at the u.s. consulate general in the chinese city of chengdu beijing has told america to fake it. those promises in a tit for tat measure. and all comes as a chinese researcher is arrested by u.s. authorities in beijing sconce alyson some francisco she's accused of allegedly hiding her military affiliations during her visa application she's one of 4 visiting researches you've recently been accused of visa fraud beijing strongly condemns the crackdown urging the u.s. to stop harassing chinese students and research its artie's done quarter looks at the recent escalation of tensions between the 2 foes and the latest cold war style rhetoric coming from america's sect of state. since the 1970 s. u.s. foreign policy has used more honey than vinegar and its dealings with beijing china has definitely changed as a result but not exactly the way washington wanted it to you know the world was much different than we imagine think you shouldn't which and it would produce a future with bright promise of comedy and cooperation.

consulate general in chengdu has been proudly fostering mutual understanding. we will miss you forever. let's bring in cnn's david culver live for usn chengdu. what a symbolic moment. >> reporter: no question. it's historic. for that reason there are crowds gathering here in front of the former u.s. consulate here in chengdu. all weekend since the announcement that this location would be china's reciprocal response. retailliation to the closure of the chinese consulate in the u.s. you can see all the signage has now been covered up. all of this as the tensions between these two countries continue to rise. after some 35 years, the u.s. flag lowered for the last time monday at the now shuttered u.s. consulate in chengdu, china. the u.s. mission in china tweeting this farewell video adding, we will miss you forever. over the weekend the u.s. insignia taken down. moving trucks seen entering the consulate compound. a bus pulling out. on board, u.s. diplomatic staff. u.s. foreign service officers were flown in from other consulates to help with the rush to move out. they are headed to beijing, to the u.s. embassy. fire crackers erupted o

facility using tools before they managed to enter though officials had been spotted trying 3 separate entrances without success we walk lane as we see taking out rubbish at the u.s. consulate general in the chinese city of chengdu beijing is told america to vacate the premises in a tit for tat measure. and this all comes as a chinese researcher was arrested by u.s. authorities in beijing's consulate in san francisco the she was accused of allegedly hiding her military affiliations in these are applications she's wanted for visiting researchers who's recently accused of visa fraud beijing strongly condemns the crackdown urging the u.s. to stop harassing chinese students and research its auntie's don't call to look at the recent escalated a solution of tensions between the 2 foes and the latest cold war style rhetoric coming from u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or. since the 1970 s. u.s. foreign policy has used more honey than vinegar and its dealings with beijing china has definitely changed as a result but not exactly the way washington wanted it to you know the world was much different than we imagine think you shouldn't which and it would produce a future with bright promise

generous for giving us so much time. there's been a lot of heating up between china and the u.s. when it comes to, say, consulates, etc.t doesn't directly affect your business but when you see these headlines getting more hostile between the two countries how do you think of that? hans: i think of course having countries not getting along, it's not good. we should have a world where we fight the big challenges. but for verizon, there's no impact at all. we don't use chinese equipment. we're not in that market. so for us it doesn't really matter. but when it's geopolitical there's a challenge when you have this type of situation but ultimately we want peace and we want friendship and we want to attack the larger societal problems together, all of us, large corporations and small corporations and governments. and of course that is something that i'm hoping. francine: hans, thank you so much. the verizon chief executive officer. coming up, the bling is back. gold breaks $900. how much higher could it go? we talk to susie cooper in charge of precious metals research director, coming up shortly and this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ al

us? >> reporter: well, it's been a wild morning that started with these reports of smoke and flames at the consulate generalchina in houston. it has now spiraled to this statement from the state department about an hour ago, confirming that they have ordered china to close down the mission within 72 hours. china is calling this outrageous. they call it unjustified. foreign ministry spokesperson accusing the u.s. of intimidating, of interfering in china's affairs, even accusing the u.s. of confiscating diplomatic pouches on two occasions back in october and in june. what this is is a very sharp and rapid deterioration of what was already a combative relationship on pretty much every front, from huawei to the south china sea. it has really gone downhill over hong kong, with the decisions last week by the u.s. to consider hong kong and mainland china to be effectively the same, and now discussion of suspending the extradition treaty. so, why the consulate in houston? i mean, it handles the affairs and has jurisdiction over much of the south and the southeast, but it is hugely symbolic because this was the firs

consulate general this was unilaterally initiated by the u.s. side we demand the u.s. withdrawal this decision or we will respond let's bring in our state department correspondent roslyn jordan so ross tell us more about what the state department is saying are the reasons for shutting down the chinese consulate in houston. well the argument that's being pinned being put forward by the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh is that the chinese government is engaged in a systematic effort to basically conduct spying operations on the united states government on u.s. businesses and u.s. universities really undermining the national security of the united states the secretary expanded on his view during a press conference about an hour or so ago in copenhagen denmark we're not going to allow this to continue to happen where they have seen the remarks that. visor brian gave that f.b.i. director ray gave him that attorney general barr has given we are setting out clear expert taishan for how the chinese communist party is going to behave and when they don't we're going to take actions that protect the american people protect our security our national security and also protect our economy and jobs.

consulate general this was unilaterally initiated by the u.s. side we demand the u.s. withdrawal this decision or we will respond while we have katrina you standing by for us in $100.00 china with the latest reaction out of china but 1st to last state department correspondent was named jordan rawls a so tell us more for is about what the u.s. state department is saying is a reason for shutting down the consulate in houston. well as we just heard from the secretary of state mike pompei o who is on a visit to copenhagen denmark the u.s. has been extremely concerned about chinese efforts to steal law intelligence secrets still to was corporate intellectual property and otherwise undermine the rule of law here in the united states there are unsubstantiated allegations at least by the state department that the chinese consulate in houston has not been involved in this theft of intellectual property but certainly the order has now gone out that the staff in their families assigned to that facility in houston must leave the country within 72 hours it's not the 1st time that the u.s. government has closed another country's official law presence in this country will our viewers wil

consulate just hours before being evicted from houston. fox news strategic analyst, retired general jack keane joins us next. ♪ whether it's bribes ...or an right when you need them, with curbside pickup at petsmart. just order online, drive up, check-in, and pick up. 49i found you! good job. now i'm gonna stay here and you go hide. watch your favorites from anywhere in the house with the xfinity stream app. free with your xfinity service. now any room can be a tv room. stream live tv, on demand shows and movies even your dvr recordings. download the xfinity stream app today to stream the entertainment you love. xfinity. the future of awesome. brian: break overnight, beijing retaliating, as expected, against the u.s., ordering it to close its consulate in china. the move coming just hours before the chinese government is set to be i victimmed from their consulate in -- evicted from their consulate in houston. china officials based in the consulate were targeting u.s. energy firms and also, perhaps, fomenting some of the unrest through social media in u.s. cities. let's bring in fox news senior strategic analyst, retired four-star general

general, not the city administrator. the id would have authority to review them and make policy recommendations related to police use of force and misconduct. >>> the trump administration says the chinese consul in houston texas has to close its doors today. the state department claims chinese agents tried to steal data from texas the sales including the teaxas a & m medical system and the university of texas. china denies the allegations calling them, groundless fabrication. at the same time, china has ordered the closure of the u.s. consulate in the city of chengdu in southwestern china. the staff has reportedly until monday to get up. there is now an fbi arrest warrant for a researcher at uc davis who is from china. agent say she may be hiding out in san francisco at the chinese consulate there. the fbi said that when the researcher applied for her visa, she claimed she had no connection with the chinese military. investigators say photos were found of her wearing a military uniform. back in davis, the women's neighbors say they are shocked. >> it is scary to know that someone's lying about their identity. and close by, i got kids here. what else is she lying about? >>> a spokesperson for

consulate. stuart: thanks ashley. that's a very important news update. got it. bob doll, still with us. you know this market used to react to china and trade news and it generallyew cold war with china, but the market's still holding on to significant gains. what do you make of this? >> yeah i think the cold war with china which i think we are clearly in china has moved from competitor status to adversary status that's not good news long-term for the planet when the number one and number two powers are kind of sparring with one another. let's hope it stays cold. eventually some of those things will weigh on the market. i think the market's giving it a pass now because of the economic recovery despite the city thing we talked about a minute ago. stuart: got to tell you, i would not want to be an equity strategist moving significant amounts of money around in this year 2020. i don't envy you your job. that's a fact. last word to you. >> the uncertainty is always with us but there's extra uncertainty. there's no playbook. i agree with you, it's a tougher slog in this environment. stuart: there's just no playbook out there. there simply isn't. never seen anything l

us the latest on this consulate closing and the implication for future u.s./china relations. >> hey, guys, good morning to you. hook, senior officials tell me that consulates in generalment in our country. so is take that with a grain of salt just knowing about consulates in general. in this situation in particular, you have foreigners basically misusing the visa process, and you had at least one individual concealing her ties to the chinese military, and that's what you're seeing increasingly in this country, ties to the chinese military, abusing our visa program. that's why i have in front of me a list of indictments from various universities. don't forget charles leiber, the head of the biology and chemistry division of harvard, he was indicted because he was part of, and others, are part of the thousand talents program which is a program that the chinese set up to try to reward talented people, but they have also abused that program by spying. there's a massive espionage campaign going on in this country by the chinese communist government. the u.s. is aware of it, and they are now cracking down on anybody who is abusing our student visa a programs, our work visa