nonetheless, president duterte is clued out of step with public sentiment.china's approval rating the latest one is -33. you've got you got 100 points difference between the two. when you look at service of people what they want the government to do in south china sea, night at a ten philippines what the government to take a stronger stance. president duterte can get away with what he wants because more and more filipinos are practical. they pragmatically welcome engagement with china. this expense why president duterte can get away what he's doing because the public is embracing some elements of his pragmatic approach. that's not the at the view. president duterte himself made it clear they're certain red lines in the south china sea, one of them is -- might be in it china reclaims or milk prices to take advantage of the vfa backing right now, that will force president duterte hands. it remains to be seen a china will exploit the current gap in use military alliance. this situation is that the press is a look at the bigger picture, zoom out from the philipp

experts see it as part of duterte's larger realignment toward china.center for strategic and international studies details how since taking office duterte has been distancing himself from the united states and seeking new alliances with russia and china. he has courted chinese investment to the tune of $24 billion. the atlantic reports that china is investing $2 billion to build a modern industrial city out of an air base that was once america's largest overseas military outpost. moreover, observers of the region wonder whether duterte's pulling out whether further chinese expansion in the south china sea. philippines is one of the nations laying claim to waters where china has been building up artificial islands and military bases. days before announcing the break with the united states the philippines own foreign secretary warned such an act would embolden chinese aggression. now american and filipino negotiators have six months to restore the pact or we will witness a sharp geopolitical shift in asia. thank you for being part of my program this week

since taking office, duterte has been distancing himself from the united states and aligning himselfhe tune of $24 billion. china is now investing $2 billion to build a modern industrial city out of an air base that was once america's largest overseas military outpost. moreover, observers of the region wonder whether duterte pulling out of the pact will further expansion in south china sea. the philippines is just one of the nations in charted waters. since announcing the break from the u.s., even the philippines secretary warned that such an act would embolden chinese aggression. negotiators have six months to restore the pact, or we will witness a sharp geopolitical shift in asia. thank you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. >>> hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> it was a huge night for bernie sanders on the campaign trail. cnn is predicting the vermont senator to win the nevada caucuses, confirmed so far. the win will cement sanders' status as the democratic frontrunner as we reach a political stretch in t

since duterte took over as president, the philippines has moved closer to russia and china as allies and away from the u.s. the termination of the 1999 agreement will take effect in six months. the u.s. presence in the philippines is seen as a crucial element to countering china's growing dominance. >>> santa clara county has made progress in speeding up testing of rape kits. they say the average test time is now 16 days and that has lead to faster arrests. in the past, the average time was 94 days. all the rape kits are tested in under 30 days. earlier this month, a young woman from san jose was sexually assaulted in the crime lab processed the evidence quickly, within 48 hours. there was a match and police made the arrest. santa clara county d.a., jeff rosen, we'll talk about the significance of the case and those faster testing of rape kits at a news conference this morning at 9:00. >>> students at berkeley high school walked out of class to protest a dangerous culture of sexual harassment at school. they say harassment and assault are occurring on and off campus and the administr

prepare to deal with the public relations in the southeast asia, especially now in the field under duterte. what if there are efforts to somehow create conflict it between our american armies and the people there in the philippines by causing a lot of chaotic situations like what happened in vietnam under president and also order in the long term -- you say we have the will. but will the will of the people of america be what's, you know, going now if we're not under the support of congress? so the second question is what do you think about the role of congress in supporting your role? thank you. >> the role of congress is critical for everything that we do in the u.s. army because the american people send them there. they're elected. i'm appointed. so they're my board of directors and they're the pulse for where the country is. so it is incredibly important for us to work with congress. i talk to congressional members and staff i think just about every day. so with respect to the vietnam conflict, as the son of a vietnam veteran i am intimately aware of the aspects of that conflict, of gro

the philippine star reports on president duterte's decision to terminate the philippines‘ visiting forcesth the united states. the vfa sets conditions for us personnel in the philippines. senators filed a resolution saying abandoning the vfa will be bad for security and the economy. the japan times front page has a piece of good news to tackle the country's rapidly ageing population. prime minister shinzo abe's cabinet has approved bills to call on businesses to let their employees to work until the age of 70. many thanks. you up—to—date with the papers. we are going to go back to us politics. we are awaiting the results from ior. in the meantime... —— iowa. lawmakers in the us will gather in washington where in the next few hours president donald trump will deliver his annual state of union speech. it's the opportunity for the president to highlight his achievements and set the tone for his agenda in 2020. it's thought he'll deliver an optimistic message, buoyed by his expected aquittal by senators in his impeachment trial, and the chaos seen during the iowa democratic caucus. joining me

philippine president rodrigo duterte took the unilateral decision to cut the pact with america afterected to the country's war on drugs. us defence secretary mark esper called the decision by the philippines unfortune. it comes at a time of closer relations between the philippines and china, a country that is partly financing president duterte‘s flagship infrastructure building strategy. 0ur lead story is... china has suffered its worst day yet from deaths of the coronavirus, as numbers go up sharply partly to way it is changing the way it has started diagnosing those. in north—western syria there's been another major exodus of people fleeing a government offensive. in the past 48 hours, tens of thousands of syrians in western aleppo province and idlib havejoined almost 700 thousand others seeking refuge from the fighting. president macron has visited france's most famous glacier the "mer de glace" on the slopes of mont blanc to highlight climate change. the glacier is shrinking — with an average of 50 metres thickness lost during the 20th century. one of the world's most active volc

philippine president rodrigo duterte said his country's forces can fight insurgents and muslim extremists without any help from the u.s. military. he was defending his recent decision to terminate the u.s. security pact and also said he would stick to his pledge to not travel to the united states. he made that decision early in his presidency in response to president barack obama's criticism of his deadly antidrug crackdown. the palestinian foreign minister has hit out at donald trump's peace plan, calling it no more than a surrender plan. uniono urged the european to impose sanctions on israel if it goes ahead with plans to build 3500 new units on the west bank. he told the press association in geneva it will destroy any hopes for peace. there's also the reaction by the international community regarding the release of the trump plan. it the peacecalls plan. it has nothing to do with peace. it is a surrender plan. su: global news, 24 hours a day, on-air and at quicktake on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm su keenan. this is bloomb

since rodrigo duterte took over as the president, the change moves closer to russia and china as alliesom the u.s. the termination of the 1999 agreement will take effect in six months. the european presence is seen as important to countering the growing dominance of china. >>> it's 6:36 and teachers in san ramon voted to authorize a strike if they can reach a contract agreement with the school district. the foundation said 98.2% of the members voted in favor of authorizing a strike and the teachers say they want students to have the best support, best class sizes and educators. the teachers, right now, are working under an expired contract and are negotiating for a three-year deal. the school district said it's committing to negotiating both a fair and fiscally responsible contract. >>> the city of san francisco is buying two residential care facilities that were about to close. they will pay nearly $4 million to buy and renovate grove street house, with nine beds. it's state licensed as a mental health facility in the north panhandle neighborhood. they will acquire south bend manor was

that is what the term people have done when they talk about wanting to praise duterte and kim jong uner authoritarian leaders. putin. he saying, "i'm not advocating for authoritarianism, i'm saying we could bring some of these things that would cause literacy and bring prosperity to american people." >> harris: matt? >> this is the problem with all this. of course, bernie sanders also traveled to the soviet union. he's had wonderful things to say about the youth program in the soviet union. their public libraries and such. it's all balderdash. let's face it, this issue of castro is near and dear to my heart. fidel castro put my father-in-law in prison, still a decade of his life. let me tell you with the literacy program is under castro's cuba. it's learning how to say, "don't shoot me," because that's what they did to thousands and thousands of people. that's what they continue to do. they stole every one of the piece of property my father-in-law owned. this is what socialism leads to. it leads to undermining the individual human rights which we cherish in america. we should never ta

since rodrigo duterte took over as president, the philippines has moved closer to russia and the allies like that. the termination of the agreement will take effect in six months and the u.s. president in the philippines is seen as crucial to countering china's growing dominance. >>> santa clara county officials say they are making progress to speed up testing of june 21 with the average testing time of age in 20 now 16 days and that leads to faster arrests. it used to be 94 days. rape kits are now tested in under 30 days and earlier this month, a young woman from san jose was sexually assaulted in the crime lamb processed the evidence fast. within 48 hours, there was a match and police made the arrest. santa clara county will talk about the significance of that case and the faster testing of rape kits at a news conference this morning at 9:00. >>> students at berkeley high school walked out of class to protest what they call a dangerous culture of sexual harassment at school. they said harassment and assault is occurring on and off campus and that the administration is not addressing i

vladimir putin rules russia, like kim jong-un rules north korea, like recep tayyip erdogan rules turkey, duterteules the philippines, et cetera. he feels this is how a president or the head of state is. he's not just the commander in chief but the chief law enforcement officer even if he isn't, that he can just do whatever he wants. we're seeing this kind of -- before we saw a norm-breaking, rule-breaking trump going into the impeachment. now we see a kind of imperial trump coming out on the other side of it. >> so, jason, when rod blagojevich gets out of prison and says he is a trump-ocrat, is that along the same lines of what julia is saying? >> well, yeah, brian, because the goal is donald trump wants to use all of the sort of pardons and these commuting of sentences in order to create a commercial. it's theater. i'm the benevolent king. i can put my thumb up or down like a powerful emperor. look at all these people i can rescue. and when he does that and people come out like rod blagojevich and they say, oh, hey, i owe him this or i'm going to give school to that person, it allows him to sor

in russia, we have lcc in egypt, we have duterte in the philippines, we have the homicidal crown prince in saudi arabia, and i was donald trump's first visit. have have north korea, china, o on. we are talking about the future of democracy on earth. will government of the people, by the people, for the people perish from the earth? we are not, that is not a rhetorical question, but it is a serious question. we have to look at all the threats to democracy in america and at the same time, we got a loved organic domestic threats, and historically, that is where the struggle has been. mrs. pratt: no, but right now, it works for one party, and not necessarily for the others. >> i am a masters candidate at udc in the homeland security program. my question revolves around narratives, and i know we have talked a lot about narratives a lot today and narrative have been a big thing in regards to these past four years. my question is how do we go about combating misinformation as it applies to these narratives and do you believe that there is a process in which the government can sort of better or

we have putin in russia, we have hungry, egypt erdogan in turkey, , duterte in the philippines, we have the homicidal crown prince of saudi arabia. that was donald trump's first visit was to saudi arabia. we have north korea, china, so on. we are talking about the future of democracy on earth. it is what lincoln talked about on the battlefield at gettysburg. will government of the people, by the people, for the people perish from the earth? or not? that is not a rhetorical question, it's a serious question. we have to look at all the threats to democracy in america and at the same time, we got a lot of organic domestic threats, and historically, that is where the struggle has been. with the disenfranchisement in the voter purges and the ku klux klan. >> right now it works for one party and not necessarily the other. the question is will it come back to bite everybody. >> i am a masters candidate at udc in the homeland security program. my question revolves around narratives, and i know we have talked a lot about narratives a lot today and narratives have been a big thing in regards to t