rebalance towards asia, one thing to watch is his attitudes towards china expansion in the south china sea. i think donald trump would see that in almost a personal way. talked about how china's island the building in the south china sea was an affront to the american president, and there is implied criticism that the american president did not do enough to stop china from taking actions and the south china sea, so this will be an area to watch , particularly when you see donald trump pledging to build up the u.s. navy. rishaad: thank you very much indeed.

that contrast sharply with the standoff in the two countries in the south china sea. how will this change with the trump administration? let's bring in cnn's matt rivers. the trump campaign said part of the reason china kept pushing into the south china sea is obama did not stand up to him. the implication is he would. how is this being received there? >> reporter: well, china's leaders are just as curious as the rest of the world as what the trump administration plans to do when it crafts the policy toward china. when donald trump talked about china on the kpacampaign trail, was about the economics about all of this. the chinese economy heard the u.s. economy in the words of the president-elect. we heard him talk less about the military side. and so really in order to determine what he will do next, we have to look for clues. he did talk about the south china sea a little bit, but if donald trump follows through with the rhetoric where he says put america first. if he focuses domestically, maybe he pulling back from the south china sea and doesn't engage as the obama

, dealt with china in quite a tough manner when it came to its activities in the east and south china seas and her stance on human rights issues was very clear. compared to that, what is your take on the outlook for u.s./china relations under trump? >> i guess his foremost priority is put on trade. so my wildest -- somewhat exaggerated fear is that if china agrees to restrain its export to the united states, mr. trump might concede on like east or even south china sea. this kind of deal is not a problem in his world. in his -- his world outlook is kind of one dimensional. consisting just of trade or who makes more money. and, you know, very different from mrs. clinton. he rarely talks about human rights problems in china or in military activities in the south china sea. so i'm hopeful that he will have good experts. he'll put -- surrounded himself with good experts and will listen to the advice of these people and he will learn a lot of the policy details. i suspect that he might be a pretty lazy person in learning the policy details and my suspicion is that he doesn't know article 5, arti

when you look at how china is flexing its muscles in the south chin asea and the east china sea, and island building program there, how would a mitt romney delicately dance, you know, to figure that out while staying trade partners with china and addressing the other major relationships that the ambassador just laid out? >> this is clearly one of america's most complex relationships that we have geopolitically. if you look back to governor romney's 2010 book "no apology," which really is an articulation of his world view, he talks about these competing systems of government. the american system of democracy competing with the russians, the chinese, and the jihadists to a certain degree, trying to contrast those different forms of government. so obviously he approaches this from a -- very much a lens that looks at china and says these are people, yes, we need to be engaged with them economically and there are interests at play. but also we have to realize that the systems of government, the way that we approach the world may be very different. and that should inform the basis of our re

and chinese navies are locked in a tense standoff in the south china sea. na have seized territory. in response the u.s. has sailed more ships and flown planes nearby. the delicate stalemate is part of a complicated relationship between the world's two largest militaries that the new u.s. commander in chief will have to manage. but what will u.s. president-elect trump's policy toward china look like? in short it's hard to tell. trump largely avoided the issue on the campaign trail, driving home an anti-china economic message instead. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our can country. that's what they're doing. >> reporter: some analysts have speculated trump could give china more of a free pass in the south china sea. instead, focusing on other issues like trade. but others point to who might join trump's administration and say a tough on china policy could be in the work. >> very conservative people who really embrace very anti-china rhetoric. >> reporter: trump's pick for national security adviser, retired general mike flynn says, quote, china sh

the national institute for south china sea studies issued the report. it claims that the u.s. s been bolstering aerial reconnaissance against china. the paper says the number of unit deployments from rose from around 260 in 2009 to more than 1,200 in 2014. it also says the u.s. pacific command conducted 160 bilateral and multilateral military exercises in the region in 2014. and last year the number rose to 175. >> translator: issues in the south china sea have overheat, become more complicated and expanded, all due to continuous u.s. interventions. >> translator: president-elect donald trump may request japan and south korea cover more of the costs for u.s. troops stationed in the countries, but he will never want to weaken the alliance with them. >> this is the first report on the u.s. military presence from an institution affiliated with the chinese government. analysts says beijing wants to counter u.s. criticism of its military buildup and justify its activities in the south china sea and elsewhere. >>> tokyo's nikkei average extended its winning streak to a seventh day. i

rebalance towards asia, one thing to watch is his attitudes towards china expansion in the south china seaink donald trump would see that in almost a personal way. talked about how china's island the building in the south china sea was an affront to the american president, and there is implied criticism that the american president did not do enough to stop china from taking actions and the south china sea, so this will be an area to watch , particularly when you see donald trump pledging to build up the u.s. navy. rishaad: thank you very much indeed. next, why short interest in australian banks is rising and why it is a trade some call the widow maker. ♪ rishaad: a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. asia shares falling by their daily limit in taipei after the airlines says they want to shut it down. pays asia says it cannot notes due next week, however banks are rejecting that closure plan and will fight it. taiwan cooperative bank calling other banks to discuss counterproposals. first three quarters of this year, the company lost almost $70 million, and the future does no

and china's aggressive policies in the south china sea have had an impact.his documentary on the u.s. election from state broadcaster cctv aired in early october, and the producers didn't hold back their criticism. translator: one is a raving billionaire with no political experience. the other is a scandal-packed former secretary of state with 30 years of expxperience. they both claim to make the u.s. stronger, yeyet they d do nothig but slander each other. during this u.s. presidential election, the candidates' performance overshadows their policies. now "chinese perspective" brings you the storory. anchor: interest in the election is spreading like wildfire. media reports a about this yea's presidential elecection have cacalled it the most attention-n-getting presidenentl elelection in u.s. history, the mosost unothodox election in momodern u.s. history, the most chaotic election, and d more. wy has it been labebeled with so oy mosts? b because this electition is filled withth a variety o of confusing events. one article described it as slander and lies al

they're building right now a tremendous fortress in the south china sea. not supposed to be doing it because they are doing it because they have no respect for obama. they laugh at hillary. they think hillary is a joke.

. >>> taiwanese coast guard officials held rescue drews on an island in the south china sea. china, the philippines and vietnam claim it. ships and helicopters were deployed to simulate the rescue of a crew of a foreign ship that had caught fire. taiwan has been increasing its presence on the island and has built a runway there. this is the first time the government invited journalists to the island since may when the president took office. relieved to bee trying to show that typing belongs to taiwan. >> there is no doubt that taiwan has sovereignty over the south china sea islands. >> back in july, an arbitration tribunal in the hague ruged that it is a rock, not an island. thatat means that taiwan is not entitled to have an exclusive zone. the ruling has drawn anger from many taiwanese. >>> planners of the 2020 olympic games and paralmmpic games but the volleyball location valulue remains up in the air. four planning committees met on tuesday to review proposals. two sites remain in play. the proposed ariake arena and an existing facility in nearby yokohama. she supports the

. >>> taiwanese coast guard officials held drills on a disputed island in the south china sea. the island is controlled by taiwan. ch china, the fiphilippines and vietnam claim it. they conducted the drill in the spratly island chain. ships and helicopters were deployed to simulate the rescue of a crew of a foreignship that had caught fire. coast guard practiced providing first aid and emergency airlifts to taiwan. taiwan has been increasing its presence on the island and has built a runway there. >> translator: there's no doubt that taiwan has sovereignty over the south china sea islands. >> back in july, a tribunal in the hague ruled that it's a rock, not an island. this means taiwan is not entitled to having an exclusive economic zone. the ruling has drawn anger among taiwanese. >>> in business headlines, oil is taking center stage this wednesday. representatives from the world's major petroleum producers are gathering in vienna to discuss what they can do to reverse the trend of falling prices. ai uchida joins us now. what's on the agenda? >> representatives will be going in

india is willing to increase its interest and its influence in the south china sea region which will see an increase in the region. >> reporter: prime minister modi's visit to japan is likely to lead to further cooperation with japan on a range of interests. nhk world. >>> prime minister modi spoke to nhk in new delhi ahead of his trip. he said india must make the shift to nuclear energy to address global warming. and he said japan is a promising partner in that field and others. >> translator: our countries have a win/win relationship. we need technological support that japan can offer. >> he said that india has a growing market while japan has ample funds. modi also made an apparent reference to china which is wary of stronger ties between india and japan. he stressed the importance of the bilateral relationship. >> translator: our relationship will not harm any third country but rather it's aimed at better serving global interests. >> his three-day visit begins thursday. >>> here in tokyo, it's looking dark and gray and it's feeling chilly out there. let's get a check of the weath

rishaad: territorial tensions in the south china sea. how would a trump or clinton presidency affect u.s. relations in asia? this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: in g.m. resorts jumping the most in nine months in new york. -- mgm resorts jumping the most in nine months in new york. latest results show signs of recovery after a two-year slump. they plan to open their second macau resort next year. bank has posted a record second-quarter profit. to $465me climbed million. the stock has climbed 7% this year. ousted started it could reduce the need for impairments which you total more than $10 billion. are still awaiting the october trade data out of china. economist expecting it to drop 6%, a slight improvement from those numbers last month. rishaad: the chief china economist at ubs joins us now. we are still waiting for the numbers. idea do you get for the chinese economy? 6% as thedecline is consensus forecast, it still shows improvement from last month. it would still mark a 2% increase in export volume. that shows global demand is climbing out

the east china sea, the south china sea, north korea. or it's often about people, leaders. it is about putin or aside -- or assad or kim jong-un. it is not about the values that bind alliances together. we have also been cavalier, blurring the distinction of the word ally. we have allowed it to apply to others who perhaps are aligned with us, who fortunately fight with us, and they are all seemingly equal in our security lexicon. we have not made clear that there are allies, with the associated commitments and obligations, and there are others -- valued, to be sure -- but without the status of allies. we have not articulated the common cause based on the interests and values and qualities. the coverage and discussion is too often about what allies are not doing rather than what they are doing. and what we do to help allies as opposed to how our relationship with them enables and facilitates shaping the environment consistent with our interests and to our advantage. toa wider context, we fail address the broader dimensions of national security and fixate on the military, neg

the east china sea, the south china sea, north korea. or it's often about people, .eaders it's not about the values that find alliances together. ,e have also been cavalier blurring the distinction of the word ally. allowed it to apply to who only fight with us, but they are all deemed equal. we have not made it clear that they are allies, with the associated commitments and and others who are valuable to be sure without the status of ally. we have not articulated the common cause based on the holidays the benefit the coverage and discussion that is too often about what allies are not doing, rather than what they are doing. and what we do to help them as opposed to how our relationship with them enables the facilitating of shaping the environment consistent with our interest in to our advantage. in a wider context we neglected economics ignoring these relationships that can accrue to those who are in these special relationships. that we use, in my opinion, it skews the discussion, rather than beneficial obligatory conversations fundament

on the flip side, in terms of china's aggression and expansion in the south china sea, what you're hearings that president elect trump has said he wants to focus on more domestic issues, maybe there's a chance for china to freely exert its will in the south china sea if president elect trump does focus on more internal problems in the united states. so economy and geo politics two different sides of the coin. there's going to be a lot going forward. >> and we know you will by watching it very closely. live from bejing where it is 3:38 in the afternoon. >>> iraqi forces have declared another victory over isis as they push deeper into the key city of mosul. but civilians are just barely escaping. their next steps. that'ser style come. i'm not a customer, but i'm calling about that credit scorecard. give it. sure! it's free for everyone. oh! well that's nice! and checking your score won't hurt your credit. oh! i'm so proud of you. well thank you. free at at discover.com/creditscorecard, even if you're not a customer. i'm terhe is.at golf. but i'd like to keep being terrible at golf for as lon

cyber security and south china sea and plenty of challenges for the trump administration. >> and america'sies in the region concerned about a rising china and china's aggressive stance in the south china sea. will trump continue the policies of this administration? we don't know. it means it will be an important story in the months to come. matt, thank you. >>> at least two deaths reported in new zealand after the earthquake and aftershocks. the first is a 7.8 magnitude after midnight and followed by a 6.2 magnitude aftershock that rattled the south island. the country's prime minister described it as utter devastation. new zealand is on the pacific rim ring of fire. >>> there is no relief in sight for the crews battling the wildfires in the southeast. drought conditions in the forecast. this video from north carolina. i want to bring in meteorologist pedram javaheri for the latest. >> victor and christine, these satellite/radar images tell a story. we have 44 large fires in the ohio valley and southeast. you consider none across the western united states. incredible. the drought monitor s

military forces, particularly navy, into the south china sea and strike alliances with the surrounding countries like philippines, japan, south korea? or is he going to, you know, start the trade war with china? and engage in china in a more negative way rather than positive way. i think that's the challee. and the -- if he is interested in the business relations with china, then he might also would have to think whether he's going to continue this rebalancing policy towards asia. already that some of the obama initiative has been backfiring, for example. the philippine president, duterte, has openly attacked obama and the u.s. policy, and he just turned 180 degrees now to seek help from china. so whether the united states is wise to really play some unfriendly asian countries against china, that kind of t t tact tactic, is wise or not, it could backfire. but the most important thing is that a lot of asian countries do not want to see america believe. countries like singapore, for example. always takes a stance that it want the military political alliance with the united states and eco

of a series of protests to beijing after confirming a new bid to develop gas fields in the east china sea. foreign minister fumio kishida said his government has proposed through a diplomatic channel. >> translator: we deeply regret that despite repeated protests, china continues its unilateral activities even though we have not agreed on the establishment of a marine boundary. >> japan and china agreed in 2008 to jointly explore natural gas resources in the sea but have not concluded a treaty. china has built structures near a median line between the two countries that was established by japan. kishida said japanese authorities have confirmed the presence of a chinese ship operating in the waters. >>> two of china's new stealth fighter jets made their debut at an air show on thursday. the j-20 jets performed a series of maneuvers as they showed its military hardware to public for the first time. chinese media said they have capabilities to avoid detection by radar. beijing has claimed sovereignty over much of the area. other planes featured in the show included the y-20 transport aircraf

surprised a few months ago when obama sent two aircraft carriers, at the same time, into the south china searetary of defense got on one of the carriers and made a quite hostile speech against china. that's action implementation. so president trump has to even go beyond that, it seems to me. lou: yeah. and the thing about action, it has to have effect. the islands are still there, they're still continuing to deploy military assets of all sorts. it's going to be just one of many challenges that donald trump faces as president. dr. michael pillsbury, i hope you'll come back. we'll discuss it further. can we talk you into that? >> thanks. yes, sir. lou: thank you very much. that's it for us tonight. thanks for being with us. ambassador john bolton among my guests monday. in the interim, have a great weekend and good night from new york. ♪ >> from fox business headquarters in new york city, the new wall street week. gary gary welcome to wall street week, the show of record for long-term investing, i'm gary ca missky. maria: and i'm maria bartiromo. it should with no surprise that the markets hav

. >> send the navy inside the alleged waters -- lou: south china sea? >> south china sea.. you do, that they're in a frame of mind. this is serious, sit down, stabilize currencies, no more valuations, devaluations and that kind of thing. lou: sort of a form, what would you call that, a benign gun boat run at diplomacy? >> does two things, shows we're serious about negotiating, negotiations take time, you can get early next year a real tax cut bill. hugely important, it would be a model for europe and asia. lou: some of that you have to send the gun boat up the potomac. >> it happened, it is called tuesday, the election. that blasted them away. lou: you're in a bellicose wonderful kind of mood tonight. >> we need things done. lou: well, one of the things we need done, i think, is a president who is moving at the rate of speed that donald trump is. i mean, aren't you impressed with the speed and the quality of people he is bringing together for both his transition team and ostensibly for his cabinet? >> well, the transition team that you saw reformulated today, that's more l

chinese president told the philippines and vietnam in separate meetings that disputes over the south china seahould be handled bilaterally. she reported made comments to -- this under scores beijing's opposition to involve other countries in the dispute over other islands in the south china sea. >>> a quarter million people trapped in aleppo and they don't have a single hospital operating at full capacity. we'll have that for you coming up here. >>> plus, a look at donald trump's cabinet. the staff picks so far and what they tell us about what a trump administration may mean. stay with us. that's a good t, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients... plus, there are no networ

and particular in the south china sea. isis. things that you don't, can't know what's going to happen. >> secretary mavis know that is the navy has been ramping up shipbuilding. another sign of increased military response since 2014, the obama administration has been returning troops to iraq. officially an advisory and support roles. >> how many more troops can americans expect to be b going to iraq? >> if more is require and i'm sure there will be, additional authorities and capabilities that will be required, i'll let our commanders see opportunities to do that. >> we have undertaken some military operation, but the difference between war and fiddling around, if you're at war, you better plan to win. >> former cia director who advised trump on national security during the campaign, thinks what we're doing simply is not enough. >> the obama administration do a bit and that is a recipe for losing. in war. if you want to be respected every once in a while when the circumstances are such that you really need to use it, you use the

with the south china sea and the east china sea, figuring out those disputes will be a major challenges well. and one that i think donald trump is certainly prepared to take on. >> this is where mr. trump's deal making skills will come quite handy. >> yes. >> let's talk russia now. russia has an aircraft carrier, as you know, in the eastern mediterranean sea for the war, the civil war there in syria. it's a very complicated situation. how should president trump play his political cards with vladimir putin? >> absolutely. syria actually presents one of the earliest challenges that will come across donald trump's desk as he starts his presidency. and i think this is a great time for donald trump to show that the united states is still capable of projecting force and i think if we were to respond by moving an aircraft care wrrier the coast of syria and we were going to have a strict no-fly zone, that would end the bloodshed we've seen in syria and the targeting of hospitals and civilian targets in aleppo and other parts of syria. it's been just horrendous. and the bloodshed needs to end.

if china takes more islands in the south china sea, i really the south china sea, i really don't carehe stock market else down, everyone here will feel it. russia, putin., whatever qs mucking around, but what if he collapses? they still thousands of world nuclear scientists and weapons? our rivals falling are more dangerous than rivals rising. managing weakness, that is so much more difficult. managing strength, that is easy. managing weakness is hell on wheels. charlie: we should take a responsibility making sure russia does not collapse? tom: at the same time, incurs them too much and they take a bite out of ukraine. managing these balances are so complicated. his trump up to it? i'm certainly not going to say no. all i'm saying is, it is much harder than before. charlie: so we have got technology like no one else, a military like no one else. an economy like no one else. universities like no one else. we have all these things. so what could go wrong? obama said, our politics could go wrong. in the end, the biggest challenge to a america right now is three or four square miles in wa

secretary of the navy since 2009. >> the rise of russia, the rise of china and particularly in the south china sea, isis, things that you don't, can't know what's going to happen. >> he notes the navy has been ramping up ship building. another sign of increased military response, since 2014, the obama administration has been returning troops to iraq. officially in advisory and support roles. how many more troops can americans at home expect to be going to iraq? >> if more is required -- i'm sure there will be additional authorities and additional capabilities that will be required -- i will let our commander see opportunities to do that. >> we have undertaken military operations. the difference between war and fiddling around is that if you are at war, you better plan to win. >> this man who served as bill clinton's cia director thinks what we're doing simply isn't enough. >> the obama administration, do a bit. that is the recipe for losing in war. if you want to be respected, every once in a while when the circumstances are such that you really need to use it, you use the stick and you use it dec

mcdonald's in their recent earnings reports said sales were hurt by protests and boycotts after a south china sea ruling against china. starbucks in the quarter so no impact. for "nightly business report," i'm susan lee. >>> facebook shares fell despite a blowout quarter for the social network. we reported it last night. on the conference call, the company surprised investors when it said its strong ad base was set to slow. that pressured the stock today, as you see right there. julia boorstin takes a closer look at facebook's growing pains. >> reporter: facebook says it's reaching its limit on how many ads users see in their news feeds. and it won't be able to continue to rely on increasing its ad load to drive revenue growth. facebook's cfo explaining the company's outlook on its earnings call last night. >> ad load has been one of the three primary factors fueling that growth, with a much smaller contribution from this important factor going forward, we expect to see the ad growth rate coming down meaningfully. it's premature to provide specific expense guidance. we anticipate 2017 will be an

especially in the south china sea. e: the question has always been that china has not shown any desire to be an imperialistic power. it has not. but people wonder if, at some point, as it continues to become a larger and larger economy, as it continues to have a greater role in the world, as it continues to see institutions that it wants to be part of and that it can play a role in it , might change. james: yes. and certainly from the chinese point of view, what might be perceived as imperialism looks like the natural extension of their core interests, as they put it. for example, this island building in the south china sea, and also trying to change international institutions. in the absence of the tpp, china is going to be setting up lots of trade deals with all of its neighbors, which will be kind of a chinese regime replacing an american-centric regime. charlie: i assume that is an argument for tpp in our interest? james: yes. i think that for any complaint one might make about it, the alternative is going to be wor

secretary of the navy since 2009. >> the rise of russia, the rise of china and particularly in the south china sea, isis, things that you don't, can't know what's going to happen. >> he notes the navy has been ramping up ship building. another sign of increased military response, since 2014, the obama administration has been returning troops to iraq. officially in advisory and support roles. how many more troops can americans at home expect to be going to iraq? >> if more is required -- i'm sure there will be additional authorities and additional required -- i will let our commander see opportunities to do that. >> we have undertaken military operations. the difference between war and fiddling around is that if you are at war, you better plan to win. >> this man who served as bill clinton's cia director thinks what we're doing simply isn't enough. >> the obama administration, do a bit. that is the recipe for losing in war. if you want to be respected, every once in a while when the circumstances are such that you really need to use it, you use the stick and you use it decisively. in responding to

control and all these regional security issues in the south china sea. the numbers are solid in the house of representatives now. of course republicans believedte that they would lose at alose minimum double digits in the house. still maintain control, but but still double digits. they lost a handful. republicans firmly in control of the house of representatives. hu > that makes the jobse of paul ryan if he wants to stay on as speaker, and i don't does. but he says he he's going to run in a sense of duty. to try to retain enough support to keep his speaker job. >> 30 seconds. > the remarkable thing about this indss. how it will change e hoping that their enemies willet actually be the check on the trump presidency and trying to rain him in from his boys in stints, michigan or pennsylvania either one of those would put donald trump over the top should he win them. so we should go to donald trumpa headquarters and the man who was. carol cameron will see him atamr donald trumpon headquarters at t new york hilton in ju moment. in the race for the white house

and east china sea.hose islands are contested by the japanese as well as chinese. what are the chinese up to? how does the united states work with our traditional ally dealing with it? david: they definitely need us dealing with china. kt thank you. thanks for joining us. >> thanks, david. melissa: president donald trump getting ready to move into the white house in january but will the door be closed? ♪ >> that was. melissa: president-elect trump about to call the white house home but the oval office may not be ready for him. david: "new york post," reporting that oval office will not be ready for the new president, president obama is refusing to renovate during the remainder of his term, forcing donald trump to spend his first year in office somewhere other than oval office. melissa: in the meantime, donald trump is making america late again or at least new york that is. david: we have a view of 6th avenue, it looks pretty clear. melissa: not really. david: you see that gap between the back lights that

he has been floating around are hawkish on china, advocating sending naval ships to the south's china seachina from moving into disputed territory, so you should have a much more hawkish administration. a lot is unknown about donald trump. he could go either way obviously. rishaad: we do know donald trump the candidate. >> exactly. it is like when duterte came in, saying all these things, disrupting a lot of alliances that have been in place for years, but if you look at what he has done, it has 10 mostly a rhetorical shift. he has not broken any alliances are scrapped military cooperation agreements. trump is the same way. he likes unpredictability. haidi: this sort of duterte watering down of the extreme views he took when he was out on the campaign trail. how it has the impact on the economy played out for the philippines? >> we saw a lot of capital flight when he said he was breaking up with the u.s., but economists are pretty happy. he is spending a lot on infrastructure, consumer demands up, soike it will stay economists see more than 6% growth, one of the fastest growing economies

they're expected to be sent to the south china sea. beijing has claimed sovereignty over much of the area. other planes featured in the show included the y-20 transport aircraft. china says it can carry large amounts of cargo and personnel. china's latest weapons systems and domestically produced drones were also on display. >>> the u.s. military says one of its ballistic missile submarines has arrived at a port in the western pacific island of guam. it says the visit demonstrates the u.s. commitment to its allies in the indo asia-pacific region. the u ss pennsylvania made port on sunday in the u.s. territory. such submarines are capable of carrying nuclear missiles and constitute part of the u.s. deterrence triad along with strategic bombers. it's rare for the military to publicize the whereabouts of its submarines. u.s. military officials said such submarines provide a critical, stabilizing, and highly effective element of the u.s. nuclear deterrent force. the u.s. military and japan's self-defense forces have been conducting joint dr

given chineset military base building in the south china sea, and north ofea's continued defiance internationalctions as it continues to develop a working nuclear deterrent and ballistic missile project. that meeting with the japanese prime minister comes as donald trump and his team are still trying to pull together the new cabinet. the transition team includes trump's three adult children and his son-in-law, jared kushner. that 35-year-old businessman is often thought to have the final word in advising the president-elect despite his lack of political experience. brian quinn has the details. >> throughout donald trump's presidential campaign, his family was by his eye. often in very public roles. it's his spotlight of her son-in-law who may be the most influential of all in the coming administration. jared kushner, a real estate developer, is husband to trump's daughter ivanka. recent indications this political newcomer is a force to be reckoned with, he is said to have been influential -- instrumental in trump's pic of mike pence over chris christie for vice president. when trump met with pr

the cys the system has weakened to a tropical depression over the south china sea. the system wilill make i its wa the west and affect vietnam within the next seveveral days. across the north, thanks to a couple of high preressure syste across the continent and dry weather across the kororean peninsula, aswell. wewet weather across the northwestern flank of the nation and, i fact, heavy snowfall has been continuing and snowfall reached as much as 94 centimimeters in parts of hokkao which is much snowierer than averageoror this t time of year and snonow will likely continue into your tuesday, at least. but a different story across the other side of japan, including tokyo, as well as kyoto. it is going to be dry at least for the next couple of days. nagano and dry conditions will continue into wednesday. a couple of low pressure systems are moving into the area. now, tokyo's low is going to be only five degrees on wednesday. things are getting colder and colder day by day but some animals are relaxing in a hot bath. an annual unique event started in the zoo on saturda