these are joint ventures between private companies in pakistan and enterprises in china. and in many of them, many of those projects, i think others are also in. and i believe that the future that i see a pakistan is a pakistan that is friendly to both the united states and china. or to china and united states. i think that's the only future i see for my country. this country has, you know, we go back in time. it will be such a loss if we were to squander such a deeply, dense relationship because we don't see eye to eye on one particular issue. it would be a tremendous loss. it would not serve both countries will. i think it would serve both countries well if we continue to look for, then win solutions for pakistan, the united states and china. and there are plenty of them. >> thank you. please join in thinking the ambassador for being with us today. [applause] >> thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> will is created as a public service as america's public cable-television companies. >> the u.s. senate is about to get into start their

china. but i believe the future that i see in pakistan leads to both the united states and china. those are the only two that i see for my country. so to go back in time to have such a deeply dense relationship it would not serve both countries well. but with pakistan united states and china. >> please join me to think the ambassador. [applause] [inaudible conversations] . . . . senators talk about immigration and government funding. later a look at retirement strategies. these bands washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. come next thursday morning, the associated press will discuss the latest on the mueller investigation and missing test messages between a senior fbi agent and an fbi attorney. then a look at the trump administration plans to allow oil and gas drilling in the us coastal waters. and the natural resources defense council would join us for that. we are live in columbia south carolina for the next hop on the c-span bus 50 capital store. south carolina lieutenant governor will discuss key public policy issues in the state. be sure

in the present government came up with this idea that we have economic priorities, the pakistan china corridor existed but there were mountains that prevented that. the two governments took on the challenge and started connecting across these two regions. it was a win-win option for pakistan and china. for china, if you want to come to the mediterranean, you probably go 5000 kilometers and another 8000 kilometers to come here said it would make sense that you use this link. [inaudible] that would link china to europe so that is what actually pushed governments to move in that direction. it was also the underlying emesis that the net gain will not be restricted only to the people of pakistan and china. but, in good times this should bring prosperity to us. in fact the thought of extending it should become peaceful because if you go up north, the benefit. [inaudible] it makes economic sense to get into that project. this did not mean, it meant a whole lot of physical activity. it included fiberoptics and lifelines. it is still happening. most of these investments are now almost complete

one important component is the china pakistan economic court are. rridor.y door -- corey what is the vision for trade? and how that sits with the role of china. the national security strategy now, both labels from washington, a competitor. for trade? vision how does that sit with u.s. development efforts with a country that is now viewed increasingly as a competitor? how do you think through those issues. >> china has always been a friend of pakistan since china became an independent country. not once was there an issue. the relationship has continued. mostly at the political level. the translation of political economicinto tangible change has happened only recently. the genesis of the economic transformation and the shifting of priorities, since president she came together, is important to bear in mind. while the chinese for three decades were experiencing when he camewth, to power, there was a shift of emphasis to mobilize domestic consumers. thefor equity in investments and economic development. it came to light the western part of china was far l

chinese are focusing on the investing part of china and we have the priority the idea of the economic corridor had to be accepted. it was an option for pakistan and china because if you want to come to you would probably go over for 5,000 kilometers and then another 8,002 come here. in the best economic sense you should analyze the link to that which would link china to europe so that is what moves them in that direction. it was also the underlining effort but in good time this should bring prosperity extending should it become peaceful because if you grow up from. there is the collectivity that included road and rail and the fiber optics and the former domain of connectivity. part of the deficit at that time was in the infrastructure. they have growth and i would like to applaud that book and show how did you visit pakistan work together to change the entire area. it's something that is little known. in the last few months alone if the american company had gone ahead for the securities and exchange commission they are situating themselves to benefit. >> just to share from this group was the growth rate in the last couple of years because i d

invested around $62 billion in pakistan infrastructure under the china/pakistan economic core boref the one belt one road initiative. it's magnitude and transformation of pakistan dwarf anything that the united states has undertaken the ambassador goes on to say if the united states would like to make progress when it comes to pakistan and pushing them to crack down on terrorism, working with china will be a big factor in all this. >> amazing the level of influence china has had in many of these regions africa and pakistan. not so much india because of the friction there, but increasing the footprint in those places. >>> mine is europe listens anxiously as germans talk in the "new york times. the editorial board referring the coalition talks between the social democrats and merkel's cdu alliance the parties have vowed silence until they reach a decision expected thursday on whether they have enough common ground to started formal coalition talks. if they fail, ms. merkel has two options a minority government or new elections and further delays that that entails. clearly everyone is

a result, pakistan could turn to china for military assistance. lly: the pakistan foreign ministry reacting to the aid suspension, saying this friday arbitrary deadlines and unilateral announcements and shifting goalposts are counterproductive in addressing common threats. next, severe weather we have seen in the united kingdom and ireland -- storm elinor with into france and several areas are under avalanche alert. the latest victim, a volunteer rescuer who had been missing since a mudslide swept them away in the east side of the country. have dubbed experts -- dubbedter storm the winter storm ripping the united states as "the bomb cyclone." reporter: --- lines,r: empty security a riverside at laguardia. the winter or bomb cyclone is leaving thousands of passengers stranded.. information.ot t any and now we are just not sure we will be flying out anytime soon. >> we are staying here until tomorrow night. >> it't's a mess. we don't have this s much snow n georgia, to --so to come here and see that much snow is really amazing. reporter: more than tw

now china is building a large airport in pakistan as the u.s. cuts aid to pakistan. old war may be under way and china could have the upper hand according to a new series of warnings from top chinese experts. brimmer warns president xi benefits from lucky timing. trump renounced the u.s. commitment to washington led multilateralism and generated uncertainty about the future role in ace. -- asia. they predict china's navy will be buggerbugger -- bigger than u.s. navy. >> anywhere it finds an opportunity, it is jumping in. headlong. whether that's in africa or in pakistan. >> china is increasing foreign aide building bridges and road all over africa and asia. president trump pulled out of the trans-pacific partnership. >> there is a pull back. america first won't be appealing to this region. >> last sewn the pentagon warned china would establish military bases in countries which had been friendly to the u.s. i asked the defense secretary if he was worried china would fill the void in pakistan. he said no. >> bret: thanks. up next from the russia to the hillary clinton i

number one i would like to do you know the world i would like russia and the united states and china and pakistan and many other countries that have nuclear weapons to get rid of them from the pentagon says it won't comment on the preliminary version of the document robert nigh men from the just foreign policy campaign group thinks more weapons won't actually strengthen washington's position or deter nuclear conflict nobody really think. any sane person is going to use nuclear weapons industry dziedzic competition to the point of having these things if there is any point at all. you know so that the other person will be deterred supposedly using. their nuclear weapons because then you might use yours how doing more nuclear weapons doesn't change the pentagon contractors are going to make money. losing. so they'll create parochial interests there are pushing these things there are now something that is not in the interest of the world it's not in the interest of the majority. of the washington post bureau chief in beirut has faced a volley of criticism after posting a tweet praising the bravery of

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number one i would like to know the world i would like russia and the united states and china and pakistan and many other countries that have nuclear weapons to get rid of them. and for me just foreign policy campaign group told us that the plans would mean a cash windfall for pentagon contract this. it's a troubling development that they would put this out but the administration doesn't get to do this by themselves congress will have to approve it and hopefully there will be pushback and what is. obviously a religious and foolish idea you know i don't think it already has more than enough nuclear weapons the idea of building more is robbery of other priorities and you know contractors are going to make money off of producing nuclear weapons so they'll create parochial interests there are pushing these things there are now something that is not in the interest of the world it's not in the interest in the jury. that the washington post is under fire after one of its bureau chiefs in the middle east posted a tweet apparently praising a journalist from free syrian t.v. questions were raised o

pakistan and china have strengthen ties and have announced they will be using the chinese yuan instead of the u.s. dollar for all bilateral trade transactions this comes less than twenty four hours after president trump tweeted pakistan saying that the u.s. had foolishly given pakistan more than thirty three billion dollars in aid over the last fifteen years and that the nation has been a safe haven for terrorist relations between the u.s. and pakistan have been strained due to islamabad alleged support of the hockey needs militants who have ties to the afghan taliban china is also likely to see a boost to one of their one bell one road initiative which we've talked about on this program before and that road would actually go through pakistan. tesla electric car company energy storage and solar manufacturer out of palo alto held by elon musk is keeping roag blocks as it attempts to get its latest car model out the door on wednesday the company said the tesla model three production was farther behind in the fourth quarter than it had in to subpoenaed tesla stocks resultantly fell more t

there's no collusion no you can't it's very very difficult to track you know what company and or china or pakistan or sri lanka or russia and who they're selling right rifles to it's extremely difficult to do that you've got to remember that these countries with think that this sort of oversight or that somehow this is a bad thing they would think i maybe i might even find that amusing and you can remember that that's where the trade is coming from it's not coming from the u.k. where you know something like point less less than point one percent if you correct ports are in that category in terms of dollar value you know it's not relevant part of the market for us especially and that's for the rest of the west as well because we can't compete on cost and there are and we are regulated it's too costly to look into it and then we talked about president trump perhaps loosening regulations on the american weapons industry how many of those american weapons are going to eventually end up in the wrong hands i think that it's a fallacy to believe that somehow or other. you know major mission systems or pl

denuclearization number one i would like to enter the world i would like russia and the united states and china and pakistan and many other countries that have nuclear weapons get rid of them i stated america's intention to pursue the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons i put forward a comprehensive agenda to pursue it to stop the spread of these weapons to secure vulnerable nuclear materials from terrorists and to reduce nuclear arsenals robert naiman from the just foreign policy organization told us the plans would mean a cash windfall for pentagon contractors. it's a troubling development that they would put this out but the administration doesn't get to do this by themselves congress will have to approve it and hopefully there will be pushed and what is. obviously end of rangers in foolish idea united states already has more than are not nuclear weapons the idea. building more is robbery other priority pentagon contractors are going to make money off of producing nuclear weapons so then create parochial interests there are pushing these things there are not something that's not in the

number what i would like to do you know the world i would like russia and the united states and china and pakistan and many other countries that have nuclear weapons to get rid of them for its part the pentagon says it won't comment on the preliminary version of the document robert nyman from the just foreign policy campaign group told us that more usable weapons are unlikely to strengthen washington's powers of deterrence nobody really thinks any sane person is going to use nuclear weapons in a strategic competition the glory of having it if there is any is you know so that the other person will be deterred supposedly using your nuclear at very low interest and your money to use yours having all nuclear weapons doesn't change the contractors are going to make money of losing and so they'll create parochial interests there are pushing eastern. there are now it's something that is now in the interest of the all is not only interest the majority. of. washington post spirit chief in beirut has been facing a volley of criticism after posting a tweet praising the bravery of a journalist from free syria

number one i would like to do you know the world i would like russia and the united states and china and pakistan and many other countries that have nuclear weapons get rid of them i stated america's intention to pursue the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons but i put forward a comprehensive agenda to pursue it to stop the spread of these weapons to secure vulnerable nuclear materials from terrorists and to reduce nuclear arsenals robert naiman from the just foreign policy organization told us the plans would mean a cash windfall for pentagon contractors. it's a troubling development that they would put this out but the administration doesn't get to do this by themselves congress will have to approve it and hopefully there will be pushback and what is. obviously an outrageous in foolish idea united states already has more than enough nuclear weapons the idea. building more is robbery other priorities pentagon contractors are going to make money. so that creates parochial interests there are pushing these things there are not something that's not in the interest of the world it'

to the sea to the million investment of sixty billion dollars that china is making in pakistan there is everything is happening on the basis of partnership between pakistan and china so basically this strategic direction has already shifted from washington to building just that there is a certain mindset still in islam about that maybe we still need to be connected with washington and maybe at a limited level so was as the time goes by and if the u.s. sanctions continue i think pakistan should the united states might lose pakistan for a long time to come. russia says it hopes talks between north and south korea will lead to agreements that settle tensions on the korean peninsula after years of silence pyongyang and soul are set to meet on tuesday the meeting will focus initially on north korea's participation in next month's winter olympics in pyongyang china and south korea but officials in seoul say discussions are expected to move on to what they say are other areas of common interest foreign three reports. in a few days the truce village of panmunjom on the demilitarized zone tha

number one i would like to do you know the world i would like russia and the united states and china and pakistan and many other countries that have nuclear weapons get rid of them i stated america's intention to pursue the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons but i put forward a comprehensive agenda to pursue it to stop the spread of these weapons to secure vulnerable nuclear materials from terrorists and to reduce nuclear arsenals. i discuss this further we are joined live by robert naiman from the just foreign policy organization thanks for being with us here on our international so as we just heard the u.s. is expanding its low yield nuclear arsenal does this point to a strategic shift. well first of all this is a planning document so this isn't necessarily going to happen it's a troubling development that they would put this out but the administration doesn't get to do this by themselves congress will have to approve it and hopefully there will be pushback and what is. obvious lee and outrageous and foolish idea the united states already has more than enough nuclear weapons

number one i would like to do you know the world i would like russia and the united states and china and pakistan and many other countries that have nuclear weapons to get rid of the pentagon says it won't comment on the preliminary version of the document robert naiman from the just foreign policy campaign group thinks more weapons won't actually strengthen washington's position or deter a nuclear conflict nobody really thinks any sane person is going to use nuclear weapons in a strategic competition the point of having a few if there is any point at all is you know the other person will be deterred supposedly using your nuclear or their nuclear weapons because then you might use yours how doing more nuclear weapons doesn't change that contractors are going to make money off of losing their weapons so they create parochial interests there are pushing these things there are now something that's not in the interest of the world is not in the interest the majority. of. the washington post bureau chief in beirut has faced a volley of criticism after posting a tweet praising the bravery of a journali

china has newfound capabilities and has newfound assertiveness and confidence. anywhere finds an opportunity, it is jumping in, headlong, and whether that is a base in djibouti and now a base in pakistan> china is increasing its foreign aid, building bridges and roads all over after in asi asia. on his third day in office, president trump pulled out of the transpacific partnership. >> this is an opportunity, there is disruption going on in america. there's a pullback. america first will not be appealing to this region. >> last june the pentagon worn china would establish military bases in countries which had been friendly to the u.s. today i asked defense secretary mattis if he was worried china would fill the void in pakistan. he said no. at the pentagon, jennifer griffin, fox news. >> the booming marijuana industry is facing a potential setback. the d.o.j. could pull a plug on an obama era enforcement policy. we have reaction. >> there is a vehicle on the northbound side going southbound. he is now doing 80 miles per hour plus. hour plus. >> dramatic -- cam you won't see these folks at the post office. hour plus. >> dramatic -- cam they have businesses to run. they have passions to

carried out terrorist attacks in russia so i don't think you're going to find russia or china supporting pakistan if it makes the choice to align itself more closely with the taliban or with terrorist i think you're going to see pressure from everyone involved on pakistan to change its policies and really go after all of the terrorist groups are on pakistani soil not just ones that threaten pakistan but the ones that threaten afghanistan and india as well well you know the reason why i bring in all these questions about about this whole move by the u.s. by the u.s. address is used basically also the same time i have this impression that this is based on a very simplistic approach to a very complex political order mr waters you say that no nation should take it for granted that it has and entitle and to the money of the taxpayers in the seas of america but the same time you're giving me the impression this is a charity that we give to people. under taken into consideration that some of the aid is basically to defend some of the tenets of the national defense and security of the seas of american. w

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with pakistan, as china moving closer? general jack keane with his analysis. >> such an attitude from the united states, will only help -- will only increase within pakistan and the region and in the world contact. >> dana: fox news alert as a white house briefing is said to start any minute. we will take you there as soon as it begins prior to the house passing a bill to reauthorize a controversial section, 702 of the fisa bill to the senate. we bring in jack keane, the chairman of institute for the study of war. i want to talk to you about pakistan in particular, let me ask you about the 702 program, from your perspective, how important is it and show we have had it before 9/11? >> absolutely, if we had it before 9/11, we not -- we would've detected what they were doing. we would've been able to monitor and track their phone calls and listen to them. we have had it since, and makes all of the sense in the world. it absolutely is critical if we are going to give our intelligence agency, particularly the national security a

build a consensus with the regional countries that is china and russia are the two main players in the region there has to be a consensus among pakistan china russia and america when it comes to the afghan conflict and they have to join together in order to respond back to the given situation otherwise if there is no consensus it will be difficult to find a suitable solution that can help the sustainable peace building and security of afghanistan security and political analyst thank you. well back after this short break. i played for many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the superman each kill the narrowness and spending to do the twenty million on one player. it's an experience like nothing else i want to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful game but great so one more chance for. me it's going to. lead to a one hundred british men using a button to press the right button and said don't. exchange so that is why there is something that says it is a good day in

korea, japan, india, china, pakistan, europe, it is all winter at the same time.ve storage, you can take lng storage and produce it in the winter. francine: how much does it cost to do a storage facility big enough? marco: all these boxes are storage facilities. the u.k. has recently reduced its storage. you are simply pumping the gas back where it was. impacte: does brexit your pipelines? marco: not physically, but there will be issues around which becomes more liquid. there will be an issue with energy in general with ireland and possible impact of taxation. any distortion will be bad for the u.k. and europe. francine: at the moment, the u.k. doesn't have storage. do you think storage needs to be built? marco: storage needs to be built. storage needs government support. we have strategic petroleum reserves in many countries, but with the exception of italy, very few countries have strategic gas reserves. gas is more fragile than oil. we need strategic gas reserves. francine: let me show you your share price. we are currently at 4.094. do you think there's an ita

pakistan has rejected the accusation. you know there is a partnership which is called start cooperative partnership with china we are building everything from the fire gloria graf to the sea pick to the major investment of sixty billion dollars that john is making in pakistan there it's everything is happening on the basis of partnership but been pakistan and china so basically this strategic direction has already shifted from washington to be doing just that there is certain mindset still in islam that maybe we still need to be connected with washington and maybe at a limited level so once as the time goes by and if the us sanctions going to new i think. the united states might lose pakistan for a long time to come still has hair on al-jazeera overcrowded and broken and we look at haiti's huge challenge to reform its justice system plus. going going gone the final acts and take cues famous fish market. however we've got some dry a clear weather coming into japan over the next couple days it will be pretty cold having said that the cloud is in the process of pulling away into the open waters of the northwest pacific securest

south china sea, israel, pakistan, if you not policing you are taking us off local television stations this is of the current spokesperson but it is a mistake by the current state department. >> yes. from the state >> is an indispensable power player at a global event. at some of these other gatherings. >> i think it is fair to say there's a lot of confusion especially these kind of questions. me personally something i cared about a great deal and still do care a lot about. when i say people are confused they think things are very hard mind against china. and to all the world tpp look like one of the great clues to stand against china to force china to adhere to western standards of trade and business operations. to be seen as a hardliner in china and pulled the plug on tpp, a lot of people are confused. >> will take two from over here. for some reason, all the ladies are lined on the side. >> there quick to the fight. i was hoping you could speak to the rate of staff turnover in the administration. how has this different from previous administrations and what is it say about the curre

northern afghanistan i think in the larger geopolitics of the situation pakistan has always had a close alliance also with china and i think you know these kind of actions by the u.s. could simply drive pakistan into much closer relations with china which i'm sure is not really worth what the u.s. would want. now it's been confirmed that north and south korea will meet for official talks next week it will be the first time for the pair have spoken in two years and the meeting on the ninth of january will focus on the upcoming winter olympics in south korea but there are also hopes too it will address recent tensions in the region will be held in a so-called peace village in the demilitarized zone on the border between the two countries another diplomatic breakthrough this week saw north korea reopen a telephone hotline with the south it had been closed since twenty sixteen and then also on thursday the u.s. president finally accepted souls request to postpone joint military drills during the olympics that's a complete u. turn from just a couple of weeks ago. but these exercises have been all going for many year