and we also need to address the challenges we face in the south china sea. all right, let's get more context on the phone and secretaries remarks from richard head area . and he's also a columnist and political scientist and an expert in philippines, china type richard from the foreign secretary saying, do you get the impression that the philippines has a new way to tackle an old challenge from china in the south china sea? well, it's hard to say that, oh, there's a new way here, or we're dealing with the old challenge because on the one hand, the challenge from chinese and evolving challenge as far as the philippines is concerned, we're not only facing fritz in the south china sea area where we hop dirt, or least we china, but now the invasion of taiwan is increasing probability, right. and there even discussions of that happening within the coming years if not come decades. so now the philippines is also worried about the potential ramifications of a chinese invasion or any kind of serious minutes. our operations against taiwan, which by to weight is separa

chinese think twice about pushing further with territorial expansion and control over the south china sea, china's reaction has been mute. it has essenally said this is america trying to trick the philippines into a trap. they are advising the philippines against doing anything. >> out of selfish interests, the u.s. has strengthened military deployment in the region which exacerbates tensions and endangers piece ends to billet. countries should remain vigilant against this. >> that suggests beijing wants to keepood relations and won't retaliate at the moment. for the marcos presidency, the government is walking this fine tightrope, trying to get good relations with china because it is economically important while getting closer to america militarily because it needs support and cannot handlthe situation alone. laura: rupert wingfield-hayes reporting. let's get more from derek grossman. who worked at the defense intelligence agency and the national security agency had follows the u.s.-china relationship very closely. do you think the u.s. wants this access to military bases in the philippi

anymore, or you bear full responsibility. >> reporter: the buildup of chinese control in the south china seabest seen here, an artificial island that over the years fortified and militarized. these recent images showing a runway and radar sites, what's been called china's aircraft carrier that can't sink the u.s. and its allies are now ramping up defenses here and china is making no secret of its plans to challenge that janis mackey frayer, nbc news, okinawa. >>> up next an artist's wartime journey from ballet stage to battlefield and back >>> finally, the impact of the war in ukraine after one year from the battlefield to the ballet stage. here's erin mclaughlin ♪ >> reporter: at the national opera house in kyiv, the ballerinas are doing their best to provide relief to a war-weary capital, but the reality of war hangs backstage. a portrait of one of ukraine's best dancers turned fighter last september oleksandr shapoval was killed in action on the front lines. prima ballerina christina shishpor dances with the memory of her fallen former partner. known for his debonair dancing style, christ

and we also need to address the challenges we face in the south china sea. is it really possible to isolate economic ties with china, from the wider security concerns about the region? well, that's the challenge. that's why i think we live in a very complex world. that's why in many ways, it's not as simple as it was. let's say, during the cold war because you have differences yet you have strong areas of corporation and many interests are love. so it's really a matter of trying to see how you can manage it, but we do have to see we do have to keep on harping on the, on the need to address these differences fairly and squarely. and as the president said, i mean with these many incidents of the south china sea, he does take a toll on our, on public opinion. and we have tried to bring this to the attention of, of china that we as much as we want to be friends. and we also have to address the concerns of the philippine public and incidence in the south try to see doing on health. there's also, of course, a possibility that the wider situation and the region dete

and as the president said, i mean with these many incidents of the south china sea, he does take a toll on our, on public opinion. and we have tried to bring this to the attention of, of china that we as much as we want to be friends. and we also have to address the concerns of the philippine public and incidence in the south try to see doing on health. there's also, of course, a possibility that the wider situation and the region deteriorates. let's assume that anything can be on the table from a full scale invasion of taiwan, a bi china to an incursion on the outlying islands that are controlled by ty, pay. what is the philippines plan in case any of this happens? of course i can't divulge the the plans, but there are plans. but our policy here is really to see that nothing serious happens. i mean, no military conflict occurs and i want because our, our view is that, well, 1st of all, say from the fact we have 150000 b r i. one is only the southern most steep of taiwan is only about 70 can ometer from the northern most tip of the philippines in the lusan. so obviously, any, any milita

anymore, or you bear full responsibility. >> reporter: the buildup of chinese control in the south china sean here, an artificial island, over the years fortified and militarized. these recent images showing a runway and radar sites, what's been called china's aircraft carrier that can't sink. the u.s. and its allies are now ramping up defenses here and china is making no secret of its plans to challenge that. janis mackey frayer, nbc news, okinawa. >> up next an artist's wartime journey from ballet stage and battlefield back. esto helps e your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. with the venture x card from capital one, you earn two times miles on every purchase. they're noise-canceling! you're being too loud. good choice! my lucky number! plus earn five times miles

chinese think twice about pushing further with the territorial expansion and control of the south china seally said this is the americans trying to trick the philippines into a trap and they're advising the philippines against doing anything. out of selfish interests, the us has continuously strengthened military deployment in the region, which exacerbates regional tensions and endangers regional peace and stability. countries should remain vigilant against this and avoid being used by the united states. so that suggests that beijing wants to keep good relations with manila and won't retaliate, here, well, the marcos government is really walking this very fine tightrope, trying to keep good relations with china because it's economically important, while getting closer to america militarily, because it really needs that support and cannot handle the situation alone. there is a bit of sunshine out there today. the best of that in southern and eastern parts. for many other as and eastern parts. for many other as a cloudy story. some spots of drizzle and mist and murk over the hills. the west o

and the philippines in the south china sea. nothing is confirmed, but that's on the table for that's what's in it for the philippines. but the ration here has been divided. a lot of filipinos do support the strong military alliance between the u. s. and the philippines. but there have been protests to day protest her say that they don't want the philippines to get dragged into an unnecessary conflict into a conflict that the philippines doesn't have anything to do with. and of course, they're referring to a possible conflict over in the taiwan strait if, if and when really there will be u. s. military presence in the northern part of the philippines kasha barnaby low there for us in manila, across that deal for us. thanks. i much barnaby russian rocket has hit an apartment complex in new cranes, eastern city of con, tossed, killing. at least 3 people entering 20 others rescue as were on the scene to come through the rebel trying to find any survivors. the city is in the denounced christian way of rushing back to fight as of how

you can see here china's strengthening of control over artificial islands in the south china sea. kurds have been fortified and militarized over the years. this image shows a runway and radar sites. the us and its allies are currently trying to build up capabilities here, and china is hiding its plans to challenge the situation , but hear about the rescue of american astronauts. and russian the russian space organization , roscosmos, launched the ms23 spaceship to save the journey of the russian and american astronauts. the lives of the astronauts were endangered due to technical problems in the ms22 spaceship. the rescue operation of three russian and american astronauts in the international space station by launching a spaceship. the russian key was launched from baigan base in kazakhstan, and the new ms 23 spaceship is supposed to connect to the international space station tomorrow sunday, and the astronauts will move to the new spaceship. the spacecraft will connect to the international space station after two days tomorrow, sunday, february 26 we launch this the spacecraft is

the chinese are claiming they own all the south china sea and no one but the chinese accepts that. >> that makes me wonder whether the chinese are being too cute by half, mr. secretary. as you know, china is helping to prop up russia's economy, offset sanctions from the u.s. and this week russia and china pledged to strengthen their ties even more. does that have the makings of another cold war? >> it has the potential for that. as i indicated, number one, the chinese are not really interested in engaging the united states on that type of a cold war, economically speaking. they need the west. they need american investment from china. they need the european companies and companies investing in china. i think they have a lot to lose in this, should they have this relationship with their funding money or materiel. the indians are also doing business with the russians. all the countries, our friends in the middle east, are doing business with the russians. if this really does spin out of control, if we continue this war for one more year, two more years, three more years, that has the pot

and the philippines into south china sea. nothing is confirmed, but that's on the table for that's what's in it for the philippines. but the ration here has been divided. a lot of filipinos do support the strong military alliance between the u. s. and the philippines. but there have been protests to day protest her say that they don't want the philippines to get dragged into an unnecessary conflict into a conflict that the philippines doesn't have anything to do with. and of course, they are referring to a possible conflict over in i was straight if, if and when really there will be u. s. military presence in the northern part of the philippines. hostile ahead here on out as in the eye of the storm. 5 is on pushing reagan artist mesa with the impact of hurricane maria. ah hello is looking a little milder across western parts of europe over the next couple of days. we have got more when she weather coming into central areas and pushing over towards the east. though no bank of weather systems, they're just rolling around this a

that us is thinking very much notjust about that us is thinking very much not just about the south china seahere it can base its troops, where it can base its troops, where it can watch what china is doing around taiwan and possibly even basis and quite heavy equipment, things like the shorter anti—ship missiles, things like that. people i have been talking to have said that us would very much like to do that under this agreement, be able to put chinese assets, as they call them, at sea, at risk of being hit from the philippine shores. $5 of being hit from the philippine shores. of being hit from the phili ine shores. ~ , i. philippine shores. as you point out, philippine shores. as you point out. ropert. — philippine shores. as you point out, rupert, sensibly- philippine shores. as you point out, rupert, sensibly this - philippine shores. as you point out, rupert, sensibly this is i out, rupert, sensibly this is about china, right, and given the fact that beijing is never shy about how it feels with this region, how do you feel the expanded influence might be viewed by china? it is viewed b

powers is long and it runs the gamut. adds everything from human rights to taiwan, to the south china sea, to tech rivalry, and semi conducted controls. and we also also have to look at the timing on this for beijing. it comes as china's coming out of its corbett, 0 strict policy. its economy is slowing, and china has changed from this more strident diplomatic turn to more conciliatory one in hope of reaching out to other countries, including the u. s. and its allies. so it's certainly bad timing. and this was supposed to be a trip by anti blink. in the highest ranking us visual to visit china as uh, for some years. certainly since the beginning of the pandemic. and it was hoped that this would help to establish more regular channels of communication and prevent any other things escalating between the 2 countries. but it seems instead because of this incident involving the balloon. but this will only add to further distrust between the 2 countries and katrina, beijing seems to be sticking to its story of a weather balloon and a pesky westerly wind. yes, so china has acknowledged that yes,

south china sea where we fly the people's liberation army of china flaunts its presence on us. you can see the fighter pilot and the weapon system in the background. they are armed with air-to-air weapons, and this happens often. yes, the chinese fighter is 500 feet away from us. it flew for more than an hour. the us navy says the encounter was a professional operation, but the pla has become more aggressive. the us flies patrol planes like this most days, equipped with powerful cameras and reconnaissance tools. this is what they call rape this is a close-up of a chinese warship in waters east of taiwan. they issued radio warnings to the aircraft to keep its distance, and china's strengthening of control over the south china sea on artificial islands over the years has seen the strengthening and militarization of this image shows a gang and radar sites. the us and its allies are currently trying to strengthen their capabilities here , while hiding their plans to challenge the situation. bismillah bismillah digikala almond and spain messenger from the messages of karbala said, w

but this is a hotly contested area of the south china sea. how is this affecting their cover, the reason and, and the livelihoods of local people? this this is a really concrete example of the difficulties of showing marine conservation and sustainable likelihoods in areas that are politically or politically contested. if we contrast that with the kernel triangle for the stuff where the 6 countries in the kernel triangle, including in the philippines and indonesia, collaborating to manage and can, says car rapes and fisheries resources. that, that collaboration is proving much more effective from a conservation and sustain livelihoods perspective. and i'm just a final thought pepper. i mean we, we, we have this summit in vancouver where you are now where, where scientists and climate experts a trying to chart a course to secure our sees what are the challenges you and they face in coming up with a roadmap to move forward. the scale of the challenge is enormous, the time period is short, but also importantly we have to do this. well, we need t

many countries lay claim to waters of the south china sea. out as it was, bonded below reports from manila, the philippine navy sierra madre anchored 2nd tom, a shoal in the south china sea to mark the philippines claim in a disputed region. but it's been surrounded by chinese ships. a recent flight by the philippine coast guard spotted at least 26 suspect the chinese maritime vessels . the chinese coast guard sailing as close as one nautical mile to the philippine vessel. it is, the philippine aircraft hovered closer. they were told to lead by the chinese you are entering the territory of china. the voice on the radio said lead immediately to prevent any misunderstanding. this follows it incident earlier this month where the philippine coast guard says military grade laser was aimed at its crew by the chinese and caused temporary blindness. china denies the accusation and says the green light was from a handheld pointer, but last weekend, the philippine coast guard revealed there was another lease or pointing incident last year. there been y

>> reporter: don, we flew past taiwan and into the south china sea.egions that china claims basically for itself. and washington argues this is international airway and waterways and that's why the navy operates in these areas. and as we approached the pair sell islands, which china occupies, chinese officials over the radio warned this plane away and moments later a chinese fighter jet, a j-11, a two-seater armed with air-to-air missiles flew along the western, the left side of the wing here for more than a quarter hour. so close you could see the pilots moving around in the cockpit. and repeated warnings for the u.s. plane to leave. the plane made an eventual turn and went to other parts of the south china sea. we overheard the philippines navy warning chinese ships out of philippines water. philippines is an anally of the. we saw this plane descend to 1,000 feet over very stormy seas to look at two chinese guided-missile destroyers that repeatedly warned the plane's crew to move away, saying they felt threatened and the plane crew responded saying

the south china sea. war planes, china's heavy presence in the disputed region is putting the u.s. and its allies on notice. cnn got access aboard a u.s. navy surveillance flight and saw some tense moments. this is ivan watson. >> reporter: this is is a close encounter with a chinese war plane filmed off the wing of a u.s. navy reconnaissance plane flying over the south china sea. we're getting a closeup view of a chinese war plane, a j-11. it's armed with air-to-air missiles and it's been shadowing this u.s. navy plane now for about 15 minutes. it is pretty remarkable to see this chinese war plane operating at such close proximity, several hundred feet away from our aircraft. the chinese fighter escort, part of a regular routine. >> i'd say it's another friday afternoon south china sea. >> reporter: u.s. navy invited cnn to fly on a p8 reconnaissance plane taking off on the japanese island of okinawa. along the way picking up fuel from a flying gas station. we're refueling in midair right now. flying jus

many countries lay claim towards waters in the south china sea. >> the philippine navy sierra madre,in the south china sea to mark the philippines claim in the disputed region, that has been surrounded by chinese ships. recent flight by the philippine coast guard, spotted 20a six suspected chinese maritime vessels. the chinese coast guard sailing as close as one nautical mile to the philippine vessel. in -- as the philippine aircraft hovered closer, they were told to leave by the chinese. you're entering the territory of china, the voice on the radio said, leave immediately, to prevent any misunderstanding. this follows an incident earlier this month, where the philippine coast guard says military grade laser was aimed at his crew by the chinese and caused temporary blindness. china denies that and so the green light was from a handheld pointer. last weekend the philippine coast guard revealed that there was another laser pointing incident last year. >> there have been years of gray's own activity that -- great zone activity that is not seen by the public. lighting of the gray zone t

i'll tell you this: we are here to stay, right, in the south china sea and in this part of the world, the message that we really want to convey to not only china, but the entire world. orah: eutenant cmander as call sn "ghettos," is an f-18 pilot. >> we are flying and conducting a routine missions, the people's liberation army navy, we are very close to them physically, but we are also very close to a potential conflict, we misbehave or mismanage our aircraft. >> norah: these close calls happen on a nearly daily basis over the south china sea. this one in december, when a chinese fighter jet came within 20 feet of an american plane. and just today, this new picture from "the wall street journal" shows a chinese aircraft shadowing a u.s. navy plane. does that affect how you train? >> it makes it more real. if something were to happen in this part of the world, with an adversary, the consequence, lose and personnel would be incredible. they would be devastating. >> norah: that is why these dozens of f-18's aboard here do not stop taking off. from the uss nimitz flight deck, we suited up

over the past decade, manila has watched china redraw the map of the south china sea, with little powerina has been building artificial island bases near the disputed spratley islands — including one at mischief reef, which is also inside the philippines exclusive economic zone. the philippines defence minister said thursday's deal was an important strategic step for the country. for the defence department, to make sure that not an inch of our nation's territory will be lost. and our people's security and safety will be ensured by the strengthening of our diplomatic relations with our allies, preserve peace and create a stable international environment in the asia—pacific region. the philippines�* former president rodrigo duterte had sought closer ties with china. as this deal shows, the new administration of ferdinand — known as bongbong — marcos has been keen to reverse that. but he needs to tread a careful diplomatic line, because while the philippines may want to protect its territory, china is its biggest trading partner. here's hermin kraft from university of philippines. this is,

to the south china sea, which china also claims almost all for itself.ms from countries like vietnam and the philippines. some 30 miles from the chinese occupied islands, a chinese voice crackles over the radio. >> american aircraft. you are approaching chinese air space. keep a safe distance. >> reporter: that's when the chinese liberation army jet appears flying so close, you can see the pilots in their cockpit. >> i hold you on my left wing and i continue to proceed to the west. >> reporter: the chinese pie plot never responds but eventually leaves when the u.s. plane turns south. >> it is like oil spots as they build. as they build on one and another. >> reporter: commodore will torenson shows the manmade islands china built on what had been coral reefs claimed by other countries. >> our number one focus here is to ensure that we have continued access alongside all of our allies and partners to international air space. and waters. >> reporter: the u.s. presence aimed at preventing further encroachment by china. >> we are flying at a low altitude. a t

promised, and most importantly, it increased its coercion and bullying, and violence in the south china seait back. so what all that has done is reinforce this strategic consensus within manila that they face an external threat from china, that it's only getting worse, and that their only option is to deepen the alliance with the united states. and i just wonder what you think of the sort of wider region, gregory, given the fact that, you know, the philippines and that relationship between the us and china isjust one of example of the countries that are caught in the middle of these two superpowers. do you think that many other asian countries might be looking at this and thinking, "we might do the same thing?" well, i don't think that you're going to see the same kind of tightening with non—allies. so the philippines, japan, australia, and the republic of korea are in a camp of their own as longstanding us allies — and in the case ofjapan and the philippines, as the direct targets of chinese coercion. we should not discount the agency of these countries. the philippines is not doing this b

j in the south china sea. although an international ruling in 2016, invalidated china's vast claims. the asia giant has built artificial islands and continues to encroach on philippine waters that and chinese threat to take tie one by force. if critics fearing a bigger u. s. military presses will serve more as an irritant, rather than a deterrent. we think that this moved by the united states philippine government wilford's escalate pensions in the west philippine sea in the south china sea, as well as the area region of k one. and now we do not want the means to be part of ha, ha, one thing former president would, we could to 3rd, they wanted to scrap the agreement that allows the joint military drills between the philippines and the us. but under his successor, the largest value is at war gifts involving $60000.00 soldiers. our plan for april, the united states in the philippines military alliance may have been through a few rocky years. but the philippine government under president marcos has put all that b

southeast asia on the northern coast of the island of kalimantan is washed by the waters of the south china sea . km and the western and eastern parts of brunei have access to the sea, and it is the land of brunei borders on the malaysian state, the main part of the malay population. also represented here are chinese european and indian communities all over here a little less than 400,000 people live. stormy sutanat one of the smallest and at the same time very peculiar states in the world in terms of territory, it occupies as much as 162nd place there is less than 6000 square kilometers, but in terms of the standard of living, the runes. one of the very first places in asia is there, if there is oil and gas there , absolutely the monarchy of the sultan of brunei dates back to the fourteenth century sultan of brunei. deep, this is how the name of this great sultanei ruler sounds, with whom the formula of power had the honor to talk to the majesty of the palace , the capital of brunei in the palace and camp narul, iman it happened. come here. great honor. e that the form of power was the very fi

the people in the south china sea, east china sea, japanese especially, taiwanese, filipinos, secretary austin was there and managed to get access to four particular bases, but the indians are concerned, vietnamese of concerned, as well, name anywhere in the asian pacific region and people are cautious about chinese hegemon and they are very aggressive and something the american people need to wake up to. having spent so many years looking at the soviets, i'm beginning to wonder if we spent enough time thinking about how serious the chinese people and their communist party are about the way ahead. i've read many of the speeches by key leaders in that country over the years. i see their significant increase here recently that we just discovered of their nuclear arsenal and they are not inhibited by a new start treaty like we have with the russians. they are going to build whatever necessary to intimidate us and balance of the world. what i'm saying in my most recent book, kings of the east, i talk about how they want to change the world order and i'm serious, that is what they want to do

southeast asia on the northern coast of the island of kalimantan, washed by the waters of the south china searritory of brunei consists of two separate parts of western the width of which is 90 km and the east is about 25 km long and the western and eastern parts of brunei have access to the sea, and it borders the malaysian state of brunei, the main part of the malay population. the chinese european and indian communities are also represented here . a little less than four hundred thousand people live here. sutanat brunei one of the smallest and at the same time very peculiar states in the world in terms of territory, it occupies as much as 162nd place there is less than 6000 square kilometers, but in terms of living standards one of the very first places in asia oil. there is also gas, the absolute monarchy of the dynasty of the sultans of brunei dates back to the 14th century sultan and presentation to mankind. i will read his name exactly. it so happened, come here, great honor, e that the form of power was the very first who could talk to the sultan, and to whom i majesty gave this inter

it will only serve to increase the tension in the south china sea and the taiwan strait and uploading -- additional facilities -- between china and the united states. >> china has criticized the deal and accused the u.s. of escalating tensions. >> china's reaction has been mutes and it has said that this is the american trying to trick the philippines into a trap and they advised the philippines from doing anything. >> the uss continued to strengthen military employment in the region and that exacerbates tensions and endaers regional peace. countries should remn vigilant against this. >> that suggests -- and won't retaliate for thmoment. >> stay with us on outside source and still to come, we will take a look at what lies ahead with the u.k. now that the bank of any movement has raised interest rates since there -- at their highest rate since 2008. ♪ >> this is the moment that millions in iran have been waiting for. after his long years in a sow, the first president steps of this man on radiant soil. south african's white government has offered its black opponents -- and the anc leade

sea. and china continues to be more and more belligerent, threatening freedom of navigation in the south china sea and n elsewhere. i think we are seeing all the signs that president xi is serious, at a think the only thing that will stop him is if he judges thehe costs to be higr than the value of unifying with taiwan. that ought to get everyone's attention. >> i think it's a kind of a snap point to make in the sense that the strategy that the united states and other western countries are used to support ukraineba probably won't work in taiwan. if you wait for the fighting to start at the try to flood the place with weapons and supplies, the jerk the is so much more challenging -- geography. >> everything i've read in public sources is the strategy is hold on for a couple of weeks until the cavalry arrives. cavalry being the united states and other countries. that sounds okay, maybe come if you can hold out for a couple of weeks. one of the most interesting things to me about that potential, and gives me some hope, is that taiwan semiconductor manufacturing company, which is the premier world

and in the south china sea and china spies globally uses satellites, uses the cyber hacking to get sensitive data of prominent americans and, and so on. so that's not really news, as sir marina said, the real story is, you know, how does this, this incident play politically? and it tells us it's really hard to put a floor under the late relationship between the us and china. because this trust on both sides is rampant plus sir, there's a lot of pressure domestically in the u. s. served for a president to be really tough on china. the same way. there's a lot of pressure on the chinese leadership to be tough for tough on the u. s. imagine in the coming weeks, maybe there knows her house majority leader. mccarthy will travel to taiwan. she shipping will be under pressure to be even more aggressive in his reaction than he was last year. when nancy pelosi went, we will see some he said just then in the chain. and i think it was a little bit as the price for latin america, a lot of latin american countries in particular, south american countries. actually quite sympathetic to where they're china.

china threatens taiwan china builds artificial islands against international law and in the south china sea and china spies globally uses satellites, uses the cyber hacking to get sensitive data of prominent americans and and so on. so that's not really news. as marina said, the real story is you know, how does this this incident play politically and it tells us it's really hard to put a floor under the relationship between the us and china because distrust on both sides is rampant. plus there's a lot of pressure domestically in the u. s. for you know, a president to be really tough on china the same way. there's a lot of pressure on the chinese leadership to be tough, tough on the us. imagine in the coming weeks maybe the news house majority leader mccarthy will travel to taiwan xi jinping the us. imagine in the coming weeks maybe the news will be under pressure to be even more aggressive in his reaction then he was last year when nancy pelosi went, we will see if i just and i think it was a little bit of surprise for latin america a lot of latin american countries in particular south amer

anything but over time they will continue to build out their military, build it out into the south china seawhich jeopardizes communication and our sea act to have economy through that entire region much the world and eventually global. pete: colonel lippold, thanks for your insight. >> thank you,. pete: pete to that point, xi xinping said he ordered military to be a invasion of taiwan in 2027. it has been this strategic competitor. yes they're intertwined in our economy, tiktok, all this other nonsense but we soft pedaled it. maybe this is part of a wake-up because it is coming quick, real quick. by the way, we'll get and indication how much this matters to voters on this program? a moment. we're talking about the top issues facing america. there they are. they look like such a friendly group. rachel: i know. pete: talking to voters live all morning live long in studio, what matters to them, getting the pulse of the people as we do on "fox & friends" shortly. rachel: they look caffeinated. will: we made them wait a long time. coming up "the new york times" finally coming around to the reali

what international courts of arbitration have argued are international waters, such as the south china seachina has accused other governments of infringing on its own sovereignty when, say, the u.s. sails warships in the south china sea or flies planes there. so it doesn't seem to have a very steady leg to stand on when it is arguing that the u.s. shooting down a chinese balloon over u.s. air space infringes on chinese property. >> yeah, and ivan, that balloon's not the only one. there's a second reported balloon over latin america. any response to that one? >> yeah, i mean, there are so many unanswered questions here. because not only have you had this balloon flying over the entire u.s., but now you have a costa rican aviation authorities and colombian air force saying, we're seeing something that looks an awful lot like the same balloon flying over our own air space. there's been this statement from the colombian air force saying they're seeing an object at an altitude of more than 55,000 feet -- which is similar to the balloon that was flying over the u.s., at a similar altitude -- say

claims that china chair told most of the neighbors all you have to do is look at the child, south china sea rooms. but on the bilateral us china relationship, it is definitely a very, very low point. i think coming out of cobit and looking at china's policies, the policy implementations are coney palsy drum limitations in places like hong kong. and it's very pervasive and oppressive daily military incursions into the taiwanese or defense identification zones and other activities globally. for instance, using economic coercion against countries all over the globe. there's a realization now not just washington, but in capital worldwide, that there needs to be a common understanding recognition involvement that the ccp is on the line force in the world. and now countries are starting to organize themselves, push back and get that understanding that economics is just one aspect of the relationship. so you see greater tendencies all over the world to try to build a resilient approach to the relationship of china. united states is no different. i do not see things improving anytime soon. as you k