so this is not any step closer on finding a solution to the crisis in syria. zanna called reporting from a refugee camp and become lebanon. thank is, i know memorial services have been held across the united states, marking a years since george floyd was murdered by a white police officer. the 46 year old family and friends attended a candlelight vigil in the me in the city of minneapolis where he was killed. the on, on black men's death spot mass, anti racism, protest and demands for racial equality. earlier, george floyd's family met president biden at the white house, biden told him he was hopeful that a policing reform bill named 5th george floyd, would be ready. by the end of the month, floyd says to did boy caught the meetings. she says biden's broken his promise to sign the legislation by this one year anniversary, but other family members said they understood the reasons for the delay. i think that the meeting will be so concerned at all. i think generally he wants to know exactly how we were doing and what he could do to support us any day. let us know, days of course, passing t

secretary lloyd austin, spoke with his counterparts in the philippines, secretary dill, fiddler and zanna to discuss the situation. often proposed measures to deepen defense cooperation. but many here believe this will prove difficult unless the visiting force. this agreement is fully restored. jamaila in dog. 8 in our 0 manila . right, let's get some analysis from dr. graham own web. he's the adjunct fellow at the right direction. i'm school of international studies. he joins us from singapore, graham, great to see you there. again in singapore. give me your thoughts on the top line on the story. the united states says this 3000 ships in this region. what you're reading of that, my reading is that this assessment by the united states trans, centrally, is not true at one that has been a quiet expansion of china's maritime militia over the last decade alone. this is not a new concept fall. the chinese military in particular, the people's liberation army, navy rich field. this capability is a contract at a time by the chinese military to prior create a force multiply all sorts over the wide