airmen who was injured with minor injury in djibouti last week, and china has already declined, which was, quote, "the accusations on china was completely inconsistent with the -- with the facts." have you talked with any chinese officials recently of this? general waldhauser: demaverages and such were handled through the state department. i've talked to some military officials in djibouti, but the state department has handled that. reporter: tell us something in the evidence about the ncidents going on of lasing? than the fact that it's happened several times, and general waldhauser: other it's a -- it's certainly very, very for the pilots to fly in there in that regard, and we're very dangerous concerned about it, obviously. reporter: are you still confident it was the chinese? general waldhauser: regardless of the locations it took plays. reporter: thank you for doing this. just to help unpack a little bit of this timetable on this second and third activities they're involved in, general cloutier, that you said at 18:00 on 3 october isthey

are probably going to be for comedy against china for supremacy in djibouti gabby because just because of the nature of city you can dress and desire to india and china and africa in spite of the tramp and iterations relatively and develop african strategy mohamed a weakened yemen obviously plays into what's happening in the horn of africa and the discourse there. when it comes to political developments between these plays the proxy wars the potential proxy wars growing proxy wars where are we this is the problem now because it. we have so many factions and yemen so many parties conflict and parties and there is no way for one of these parties to win this war and at the same time there is no way any of them could think of a political solution peaceful solution. because it's again it is sort of british regional war it's difficult for the inside factions to decide because the decision is sometimes outside. now we kind of back to the what the market has said about the importance of the political solution peaceful solution and how difficult it is this or if the regional powers like iran's

at least and said he has a foothold in djibouti i think as of now in terms i mean you know you have you know any seems to be playing alan all the ballet as it are excuse me jumping in a place or place down to as does djibouti i judy is an interesting case over here i think that china obviously has the upper hand over in djibouti just in general simply because of its control of the military base and now it's asking to build a port in march which would be if it has it would probably surpass anything the u.a.e. has in berbera and is indifference they call those who has an advantage beyond them uys probably the second most powerful factor there and the saudis have a military base there as well as the u.s. having a crucial military installations of life is probably act towards a defense of the u.a.e. interests there because they both are interested in countering terrorism in the hell so i think that there the u.s. and the u.a.e. are probably going to be for comedy against china for supremacy in djibouti gabbie because just because of the nature of so you can dress and desire to india and chi

military forces in the african country of djibouti are under attack by blinding chinese lasers according to u.s. media in fact they're in so much danger that the u.s. military has sent out a notice urging extreme caution this. truce threat to our air. we have formally to marsh. and we for the chinese it's it's a serious matter and so we're taking in various years now chinese military observers say that the beams could be used simply to scare birds off of the airfield or to disrupt the activities of spider oh and they also point out that china is a signatory of the protocol on blinding laser weapons which outlaws the use of equipment that could cause permanent blindness this is china's only overseas military base located in the african country of djibouti just a few kilometers away from a very strategic u.s. military base now you can bet with two key military setups so close together the two geo political rivals are looking for any possible secret info they can get from each other they've even admitted as much we have taken we are taking significant steps on the counter-intelligence side

great location in djibouti said no that's fine they can come on and and so the u.s. asked about that yesterday is this just further proof that you know you didn't want them so close to the american base and the answer from the pentagon is hey they can it's their it's their country their sovereign they can invite in whoever they want but obviously being so close to each other because this is an important base this is basically the forward operating base for air united states african command and you know they're doing a lot of stealth secret stuff there when it comes to al shabaab and fighters from the islamic state where occasionally see a drone strikes or as some sort of special forces so it is an important base for the u.s. and they're sending that message to the chinese and in an incident that they say is serious but really couldn't provide any other details on to what susan appended cohan's in washington thank. my pleasure now the nobel prize for literature will not be awarded this year the swedish academy which oversees this one has been in crisis over its handli

moving on now american military forces in the african nation of djibouti are coming under attack from blinding chinese leaders the pentagon's latest statement also came with an urgent notice affixed dream caution for its military in africa. this activity trysts threat to our air. we have formally to march. and we've changed. it's a serious matter so we're taking years years now chinese military observers say that the beams could be used simply to scare birds off of the airfield or to disrupt the activities of spider they also point out that china is a signatory of the protocol on blinding laser weapons which outlaws the use of equipment that can cause permanent blindness this is china's only overseas military base located in the african country of djibouti just a few kilometers away from a very strategic u.s. military base now you can bet with two key military setups so close together the two geo political rivals are looking for any possible secret info they can get from each other they've even admitted as much we have taken we are taking significant steps on the counter-intelligence

american military forces in the african nation of djibouti are coming under attack from blinding chinese lasers the pentagon's latest statement also came with an urgent notice are they stream caution for its military in africa. this activity trysts threat to our air. we have formally to march. and we've requested the chinese. it's a serious matter and so we're taking in various years now chinese military observers say that the beams could be used simply to scare birds off of the airfield or to disrupt the activities of spider owens they also point out that china is a signatory of the protocol on blinding laser weapons which outlaws the use of equipment that could cause permanent blindness this is china's only overseas military base located in the african country of djibouti just a few kilometers away from a very strategic u.s. military base now you can bet with two key military setups so close together the two geo political rivals are looking for any possible secret info they can get from each other they've even admitted as much we have taken we are taking significant steps on the counte

american military forces in the african nation of djibouti are coming under attack from blinding chinese lasers the pentagon's latest statements also came with an urgent notice of extreme caution for its military in africa. this activity. threat to our air. we have formally to marsh. and we've changed it's it's a serious matter and so we're taking a very serious and now chinese military observers say that the beams could be used simply to scare birds off of the airfield or to disrupt the activities of spider oh and they also point out that china is a signatory of the protocol on blinding laser weapons which outlaws the use of equipment that can cause permanent blindness this is china's only overseas military base located in the african country of djibouti just a few kilometers away from a very strategic u.s. military base now you can bet with two key military setups so close together the two geo political rivals are looking for any possible secret info they can get from each other they've even admitted as much we have taken we are taking significant steps on the counter-intelligence side

military forces in the african country of djibouti are under attack by blinding chinese lasers according to u.s. media in fact they're in so much danger that the u.s. military has sent out a notice urging extreme caution this activity trysts threat to our air. we have formally to march. and we've changed it's it's a serious matter and so we're taking various years now chinese military observers say that the beams could be used simply to scare birds off of the airfield or to disrupt the activities of spider they also point out that china is a signatory of the protocol on blinding laser weapons which outlaws the use of equipment that could cause permanent blindness this is china's only overseas military base located in the african country of djibouti just a few kilometers away from a very strategic u.s. military base now you can bet with two key military setups so close together the two geo political rivals are looking for any possible secret info they can get from each other they even admitted as much we have taken we are taking significant steps on the counter-intelligence side so that w

and i can military forces in the african nation of djibouti are coming on the attack from blinding chinese leis this now is according to the pentagon the danger is apparently so high that the military has sent out an urgent notice of extreme caution. this activity trysts threat to our air. we have formally to march. and we've changed it's it's a serious matter and so we're taking various years now chinese military observers say that the beams could be used simply to scare birds off of the airfield or to disrupt the activities of spider oh and they also point out that china is a signatory of the protocol on blinding laser weapons which outlaws the use of equipment that could cause permanent blindness this is china's only overseas military base located in the african country of djibouti just a few kilometers away from a very strategic u.s. military base now you can bet with two key military setups so close together the two geo political rivals are looking for any possible secret info they can get from each other they've even admitted as much we have taken we are taking significant steps on t

twenty minutes into the program welcome american military forces in the african nation of djibouti are coming under attack from blinding chinese lasers the pentagon is latest statements also came with an urgent notice of extreme caution for its military in africa. this activity trysts threat to our air. we have formally to march. and we've changed. it's a serious matter and so we're taking in various years now chinese military observers say that the beams could be used simply to scare birds off of the airfield or to disrupt the activities of spider owens they also point out that china is a signatory of the protocol on blinding laser weapons which outlaws the use of equipment that could cause permanent blindness this is china's only overseas military base located in the african country of djibouti just a few kilometers away from a very strategic u.s. military base now you can bet with two key military setups so close together the two geo political rivals are looking for any possible secret info they can get from each other they've even admitted as much we have taken we are taking signif

they have one in djibouti and another ready to come. they are locking down countries in africa, doing long-term contracts for their raw materials. these countries are very poor, they get them on the ropes, and they have these long-term contracts for things like circuit boards and other things our country would rely on. they are investing in wind and solar. they are investing in cyber and security. artificial intelligence additive , manufacturing. hundreds of billions of dollars. they want to be and have the number one companies in the top 10 sectors in the world in the next 10 years. that is their goal. i share this with you because china has a 10-year plan, a 30 year plan, a 50 year plan, and a 100-year plan. i worry because the united states is operating on a 24-hour news cycle. a 24-hour news cycle. that is weakening our country. it is important for the democratic party to win elections so we can get into power and do the things we need to do to compete. so that for the first time in 100 years a nondemocratic country is not the most

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officials calling out the chinese for harassing american flight crews over the afghan nation of djiboutiinvolves high-powered lasers. jennifer griffin talks about the incident that lost two airmen. >> the pentagon says there have been more than two but fewer than 10 incident involving chinese military personnel pointing high-powered lasers at us military planes flying missions in africa. >> these are very serious incidents, two minor injuries. this activity poses a true threat to our airmen. >> we raised concerns with the chinese about this. there will be near and long-term consequences. >> the chinese government, we requested the chinese investigate these incidents. >> the chinese opened their first overseas military base in djibouti last summer next to the us airbase which is home to a fleet of drones and us airplanes. it is not limited to this chinese base in africa. on wednesday marine commandant gen. robert miller said marine pilots in japan are facing laser attacks as well. >> it would be helpful if the people that lived around their didn't point lasers at our airplanes or fly kite

military djibouti and africa, injuring american pilots. does any of this cross a redline, and how does the president respond? ms. sanders: we are aware. we have raised concerns with the chinese about this, and there will be near-term and long-term consequences, and we'll keep you up today. reporter: thanks a lot. were you caught off guard by mayor giuliani's comments? ms. sanders: i'm not legal team and will not be part of this discussion. the president come is he pleased with the job that mayor giuliani is doing right now in that he has opened the president up to some sort of criminal liability as a relates to federal election campaign violations? ms. sanders: i would discuss that with the president. reporter: so is president pleased with the job mayor giuliani has done? ms. sanders: i have not had that conversation with the president. reporter: when was the last time that the president talked to is hel cohen, and still his attorney? and is the president concern that any conversations he would have high-end with cohen would have been -- w

. >> the chinese opened their first overseas military base in djibouti last summer. lasers that damaged the eyes of the airmen came from the base in djibouti. >> shepard: there's been a lot of concern, jennifer, over the disputed islands in the south china sea, whether the chinese were trying to militarize them and now we get words about missiles. >> the white house says there's a lot of consequences for militarizing the south china sea. they have positioned anti-cruiseship missiles and surface to air missiles in 3 to four of the outposts in these disputed islands, islands claimed by six pacific nations. this follows china adding radar jamming equipment. >> we've been very vocal about our concerns about them militarizing on these artificial islands. china has to realize that they have benefitted from the free navigation of the sea and the u.s. navy has been the guarantor of that. >> 3.4 billion in trade passed through the strip every day. and now any china ship can hit any sea bearing ship traveling through the sea. >> shepard: rudy guliani said three americans held

chinese investigate these incidents. >> the chinese opened their first overseas military base in djibouti last summer, just next to the u.s. airbase which is home to a fleet of drones and u.s. warplanes. the problem is not limited to this chinese base in africa. on wednesday, marine commandant general robert naylor said marine pilots in japan are facing laser attacks as well. >> it would be helpful if the people that lived around there didn't point lasers at our airplanes. or fly kites, balloons into flight paths. because we would have a better assurance that they would be safe. we want everybody to be safe. >> adding to the diplomatic tension between the u.s. and china, within the past 30 days, u.s. officials say there chinese military has positioned antiship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missiles on three of their fortified outpost in the disputed spratly islands. islands are claimed by six pacific nations. china also added radar jamming equipment to the spratly's as well. >> we have been very vocal about our concerns of them militarizing in these artificial islands. >> $3.4 trilli

permanent blindness this is china's only overseas military base located in the african country of djibouti just a few kilometers away from a very strategic u.s. military base now you can bet with two key military setups so close together the two geo political rivals are looking for any possible secret info they can get from each other they've even admitted as much we have taken we are taking significant steps on the counter-intelligence side so that we have all the defenses that we need there's no doubt about that that's general wald house or the top commander of u.s. military forces in africa now the u.s. military is all over the continent engaging in anti terror operations flying drones propping up aligned governments but while the houser admits that china is doing something in africa that the usa is not doing very well investing look we'll never outspend the chinese on the continent and that's i guess the point i was trying to make china has been an effort on the african continent for quite some time but we as a combatant command have not dealt with it in terms of a strategic interest a

aircraft coming in the land at the american air base of djibouti in africa in two thousand and sixteen apparently this is great china built its first overseas military base just a couple of muscles down the road from the u.s. base and now as these guys look these guys are flying c. one thirty s and their complaint with our get a laser eye like we've seen heard reports of you know drunken college kids apparently that's that's what china's using their labor lasers to do because i know you can figure out a prank for the very agency by the legs or well there's a reason. well here's the part about why did they complain because they're not supposed to be using them yes there was a un protocol blinding a laser weapons i swear literally it's a thing of the un's protocol and blinding laser weapons the u.s. and china are signatories to that so the protocol bans use on humans except for what they call incidental or collateral facts of the legitimate military employment of laser systems so where to start with this protocol why they all think there while they all pat each other on the back about ho

permanent blindness this is china's only overseas military base located in the african country of djibouti just a few kilometers away from a very strategic u.s. military base now you can bet with two key military setups so close together the two geo political rivals are looking for any possible secret info they can get from each other they've even admitted as much we have taken we are taking significant steps on the counter-intelligence side so that we have all the defenses that we need there's no doubt about that that's general wald house or the top commander of u.s. military forces in africa now the u.s. military is all over the continent engaging in anti terror operations flying drones propping up aligned governments but while the houser admits that china is doing something in africa that the usa is not doing very well investing look we'll never outspend the chinese in the communist and that's i guess the point i was trying to make china has been an effort on the african continent for quite some time but we as a combatant command have not dealt with it in terms of a strategic interest a

i've talked to some military officials in djibouti, but the state department has handled that. reporter: tell us something in the evidence about the ncidents going on of lasing? than the fact that it's happened several times, and general waldhauser: other it's a -- it's certainly very, very for the pilots to fly in there in that regard, and we're very dangerous concerned about it, obviously. reporter: are you still confident it was the chinese? general waldhauser: regardless of the locations it took plays. reporter: thank you for doing this. just to help unpack a little bit of this timetable on this second and third activities they're involved in, general cloutier, that you said at 18:00 on 3 october isthey got the second mission. when presumably, this is when they'd gotten the new intelligence where cheffou is, and you've -- the team is launched from arlit. the 3212 is now on the backup role. but you've also talked about the isr soak over this area, at some point, determines the campsite is cold. when is thatand how does that relate to then the subsequent re-missioning at 0100

world for example have and has invested along the coast and there's been a couple of incidences in djibouti for example where the emirate where this immorality company was kicked out and there are immoralities started to to build alternatives across the coast so there is a military component to it which is about controlling ensuring freedom of navigation there is one which has to do with ensuring that no weapons will come to yemen and there is one much further which is about make placing the immorality strategically at the heart of international trade in this part of the world they want to be not just the primas into. ari's which they are at the moment arguably but they want to keep absolutely be the hedge i'm on in this part of the world and if you look at the way they have strategically placed these different ports and military bases this is the only explanation that there is and i think the culture of fits very nicely is a culture is much closer to the east african coast very much closer to somaliland where already the immoralities are very much bogged down in all these areas the the emi

empire of bases so clearly the united states has been in that position china has one overseas base in djibouti but we're saying that china is our enemy at least in economic terms for the difference is there in africa for example which is supposed to be the new battleground the new bread crossbred bread basket of the world of course you have america's africa being centered around that area the difference is the china goes in the and instead of taking minerals actually build infrastructure roads schools hospitals but listen we can continue that in just a moment here as we have been continuing our live coverage on international correspondents. standing by for us now he is downtown in the hollow holes of the kremlin it was quite a ceremony today eager to any any key points in the address the inaugural address by vladimir putin well rory the ceremony has just wrapped up and glad i'm a putin who is known to be sometimes fashionably sometimes not so fashionably late well this time he was right on time with work like a swiss clock i should say and really this ceremony was a very new we had a very fres

>> they certainly have, and the thing just from a couple weeks ago, you know you had over djibouti infrica, china's military lasered two c-130 cargo planes, temporarily blinded two american pilots. mark: they shot the lase right into the cockpit. >> right into the cockpit. when you try to blind the pilot of a plane you are trying to bring the plane down. this is an attack on the united states. and this i think, mark, is the first time since the end of the fighting in the korean wars in 1953 that the chinese have injured american personnel this cannot so unchallenged. the chinese lasered planes over the south china sea. one thing we haven't talked about is the chinese are challenging us in the global commons, trying to prevent us from flying through international airspace and sailing through international waters. if we have had any consistent foreign policy over the course of 21/2 centries, it's the defense of freedom of navigation and the chinese are trying to prevent us from being in the global commons. this is zero-sum challenge. mark: let's talk about the chinese, they militarize t

that's one thing they'll have to figure out, china, north africa, djibouti, do we get involved in that seems to be trade is the focus. is the president winning? >> i think on trade both sides don't really want a fight and that's why we sent a pretty large delegation over to beijing. they're going to keep talking. that's fine. i don't think we're going to end up costing ourselves billions and billions of dollars on trade. i'd be surprised if it escalates much more than where it is right now. but on technology we have a real problem because we don't have interlinkages with the chinese the way we do on trade. they're building one system with one set of companies. we're building another. our top companies on a.i. and automation don't have access to the chinese market, the amazons, the facebooks, the googles. that's a serious problem. >> and one of the barriers to entry isn't just chinese resistance, it's that they don't respect intellectual property rights there and they steal things from the u.s. and it goes unpunished. that's something that trump has been talking about. can he do anythin

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pilots are being warned that chinese military personnel are pointing lasers at military aircraft in djibouti africa, injuring american pilots. does this cross a red line for the president and how does the administration tend to respond? >> we're well aware of the china's militarization of south china sea. we raised concerns with the chinese about this. there will be near-term and long-term consequences. we'll keep you up-to-date. john. reporter: thanks a lot, sarah. were you caught off-guard by mayor giuliani's comments on fox news last night. >> i'm not part of the legal team and wouldn't be a part of the discussions. reporter: is the president pleased with the job mayor mayor giuliani is doing right now? it seems he opened president up to criminal liability as it relates to federal campaign violations. >> i wouldn't discuss this with the president. reporter: the president is pleased with the job mr. giuliani is doing? >> i haven't had a conversation with the president. that is outside counsel. not something i would be a part of. francesca. >> thank you, sarah. when was the last time the pr

we know what they're doing right now into ji boo djibouti. it's the fourth in recent history so it's not just there but certainly in europe, the same. but that's a place where we recently were, it really does affect the navy's attention more than the other areas. how about you, mr. secretary? what's your thinking about it? what are they up to it in the south china seas? >> senator, we know what their activity is in the south china seas. i'd like to elevate it and tell you what they're doing across the whole spectrum. >> i understand that. >> just the other day, we were about to let a contract to one of the primes and we found out in that division, we're going to contract to a joint venture partner and we turned around to say, whoa, stop the horses. we'd like to know what this means. talk to the prime and said no problem. we're not going to use the assets of the software. enjoyable call and said, great, can we see the governance documents of the joint venture and things got frosty. we have now put language in this agreement to prevent any cree