the real game is being played out in east asia.er offense, i think of the chinese and the american government feel they are under restraints and not capable of doing successfully with what russia is doing, and they are not really prepared to follow a european lead, if there is such a european lead given the internal problems. >> i am not sure that a european lead exist. i would like to ask each of you but optimistic scenario. of how this pans out. olivier.art with what is the optimistic scenario with a talk policy? [laughter] >> ok moving swiftly along. i don't think -- from another point of view and diplomatic circles, it is not optimistic. about japan, we all remember the 1987 add that he published in the new york times where he was forng that japan should pay its security. that means that he has been saying this for 30 years, for many, many years. people think that he is going to be keeping -- doing that in his own way. people are not very concerned. far, it think -- so -- it is a pink scenario right now. optimistican scenario w

>> one thing is clear, the united states under trump does not seem likely to withdraw from asia, east asia, north and southeast asia. we face three major problems, almost immediately. we're already deeply miered in the south trying to see. and we've heard contradictory statements from the trump people on this frightening statements in some cases. tie want is reemerging with trump's help as a destabilizing factor in our relations with asia and china in particular. and the most immediate urgent problem is what to do about north korea's claim to be developing an icbm that can reach loss ang less and other american centers. and there is a rising tide in washington, you read it every day now, of people saying what trump has said on occasion, we can't allow the north koreans to test an icbm that can reach america. nobody knows what he means when he says it won't happen. on the other hand, i'm trying to urge people to take up remarks trump has made on other cooccasions. he's willing to talk to kim jungun, he's willing to negotiate a great deal with the north koreans. nobody in washington believes

it reshaped east asia, southeast asia. and it has an influence today. i read some account of the they allof a strategy, know there mao -- their mao. it is an influence that has continued for a very long time. point to finish with the that people have referred to already. while writing the book i am writing now, i was very interested in clausewitz. boy, that is clever. that is good. we cannot think of examples where clausewitz needs updating, as they say. warfare, economic warfare. i think all the talks we have had today illustrate that. when clausewitz was writing, and the more that's -- ending the war was not that hard. but it was critical to conducting war successfully. japan,done so well in much less well in other areas of the world. needs updating, i am not sure he does, it needs updating in the question of, how do we end war? that is an important aspect we need to think about. it needs to be a part of military planning. that lesson needs to be learned. thank you very much. [applause] mr. citino: we have time for questions. in the back of the room,

in the east in east asia, it's entirely different. they don't have the cultural hangups we have. in japan, for example, where 80% of the population practices a religion called shinto that believes that all objects have souls and they don't have the hangup about robots doing human tasks to the degree to which we do in the west. >> host: why haven't other countries found this model success when it comes to robot. >> guest: it's interesting. very capital intensive. takes more sophistication to develop advanced robotics with artificial intelligence to build the new app. one of those good old-fashioned things that takes dental of million occasionally hundreds of penals of dollars of research and development. what that tends to mean is that it has to cluster in places where there's intense investment. and so in the united states, it tends to come around universities, the spectacular innovations taking police also m.i.t., some good ones coming out of johns hopkins and baltimore, and in asia, a lot comes out of big business. so honda and toyota, the carmakers, because they have toso much

have in place and there's a question about whether we can defend taiwan today or other parts of east asia 10 years from now. there's this crucial global regional distinction that we have to keep in mind and keep -- think about the question of how strong is the american hand. we also have challenges when it comes to global power certainly good in a key region where the rubber hits the road today i think we are actually headed for trouble if we are not there are ready. that leads to a third which the book addresses very nicely which is that when you look at these regional balances it's not just us and the adversary that make up the equation. u.s. allies are a big part of it too and u.s. allies added immensely to the strength of united states. that's good that most of them are in relative decline. you point out how the relative and absolute military capabilities of most of our european allies have basically fallen off a cliff. that is adding tremendously to the difficulties we face in our defense strategy. it's making for harder fights that we have to send a taiwan and japan in the baltics o

the real challenge is east asia. and here and elsewhere the regional balance has become problematic. i think it's quite doubtful whether the united states today could extend the baltics and even parts of eastern europe for resources. there are real questions about whether we can defend taiwan today are other parts of asia. so there's a crucial global regional distinction that all of us have to keep in mind and thinking about the question of how strong is the american hand? we outstrip all challenges when it comes to global power production capability but in the key regions which is where the rubber hits the road, i think we are actually headed differently if we are out there already. that brings me to a third point which the book addresses nicely which is that when you look at these regional balances, not just the adversaries that make up the equation, us allies are a big part of it to us allies at immensely to the strength of the united states wields. host of them are in decline. you point out how the relatives and

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china is not challenging us on a global basis yet the real challenge is in east asia. here and elsewhere the regional balance has become problematic. it is quite doubtful whether nato defended the baltic or parts of eastern europe, a real pro question whether we can defend taiwan today or east asia 10 years from now. there is a crucial distinction we have to keep in mind, thinking of the question how strong is the american hand. we have challengers with global power capability but in the key regions where the rubber hits the road, we are headed for trouble. that brings me, the book addresses very nicely, when i look at these regional balances, that make of the equation, us allies too. us allies add immensely to the strength the united states can wield. most are pronounced in relative decline. the relative and absolute military capabilities of most european allies have fallen off a cliff over the past 20 years and that decline is adding tremendously to the difficulties we face in defense strategy, making a harder fight, we have to defend taiwan, japan, increasingly over

the real challenges in east asia. and here the regional balance have been very problematic.ink it is quite doubtful whether united states and nato could actually defend the baltics and even parts of eastern europe with resources in place.there are no questions about whether we could defend taiwan today or other parts of east asia 10 years from now. so there is a spiritual local regional distinction i think we ought to keep in mind. and the question of how strong is the american hands? we all strip our challenges when it comes to capabilities but in the key regions where the rubber really hits the road these days, i think we are actually headed for trouble. if we are not there already. and that brings me to one third one. which i think the book addresses very nicely. which is that, when you look at these regional balances, it is not just us and the adversary that make up the equation. us allies are a big part of it too. us allies add immensely to the strength of the united states that we can wield. that is good. most of them are not relative à that is bad. you point out how b

the two leaders agreed on bilateral cooperation, especially on security in east asia. >> translator: president trump is surprisingly a good listener, though it may seem that he isn't. he's also very frank and open. but he's very committed to his campaign pledges. >> japanese officials say the summit was a great success in terms of security cooperation. the leaders affirmed that the bilateral security treaty covers the senkaku islands in the east china sea. their join statement stipulates that japan and the u.s. oppose unilateral action seeking to undermine japan's administration of the islands. china and taiwan claim them. chinese government ships have repeatedly entered japan's territorial waters around the islands. >> the u.s./japan alliance is the cornerstone of peace and stability in the pacific region. i also want to take this opportunity, mr. prime minister, to thank you and the people of japan for hosting our armed forces. >> trump had previously suggested that japan should pay more to maintain a u.s. military presence in japan. but abe says trump did not mention the issue dur

in the program are from 29 different countries, in the central outh america, africa, china, south east asia and it is diverse for a relatively small progr program. and the contract with the hantos and the lynn institute and this year we have a knew come poen tent to identify and serve unaccompanied minors as we know there is unaccompanied minors for the last several years, hard to identify them, but the school district is a great partner in helping to identify them. so this year huntos and the school district and a few other clabive organizations are working together to identify the unaccompanied youth and to serve them and so we are happy about that addition to the program. and i just wanted to say a word about why we are submitting for the 15, 16 plan, retroactively. so, this california state department of social services has to approved the plan before we can take it to our human services commission and then to the board and td state did not approve the fy, 15, 16, plan until october of 2016. and the plan was approved on november, 9, 2016 and so a few weeks later we submitted it to our b

as you look at the forecast for east asia we have winds relaxing over the north eastern portions of china but we have rain that's developing. that will change over into snow n for beijing. down toward the south and the philippines a tropical depression is expected to spin out over but not bringing any major impact for the islands there. in japan, cold air filtering in. that's pushing down the temperatures. we'll see a cool down continue ping as we progress through the weekend. we have sea effect snow. that will be a part of the story as we go throughout the day tuesday into wednesday and up where the snow festival is taking place looking at snow with the high of two degrees below zero. tokyo at 11 and cooler back toward the west with high of around 4 and 1 in beijing as we go through tuesday. hope you have a good day where ever you are. here is your extended outlook. we take you to northern japan where sculptures made of snow and ice are attracting visitors from around the world. part of the annual snow festival in the city of sapporo. 200 sculptures big and small on display at three site

as you wrap things up with a look at east asia, the weather has been relatively mild for a good portionf the continental areas as well as japan. we are seeing that weather pattern improving with sunny skies and we are looking at warmer conditions as we go forward in time. we are looking at also temperatures in the mid-teens possible for places like tokyo, 14 for the high on thursday. a little hazy in seoul, we're looking at the air quality concerns as we go throughout the day thursday. 7 in beijing and rain into shanghai with a high of 19. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> we'll have more updates for you at the top of the hour on "newsroom tokyo." in the meantime stay with us here on nhk world. anchor: this is "france 24." these are the headlines. the eu approves the controversial landmark trade deal with canada. they say will boost jobs and growth on both sides of the atlantic. is a it puts standards at risk. suspect talk to

so given the expectations for continuing economic growth in east asia, it's very important that member countries agree on trade and investment rules that are open and fair. >> the rcep free trade deal would take in 16 nations including japan, china and asean members. the chief negotiators say given the likely fate of the tpp, their deal has taken on extra significance. the 16 countries began talks f r years ago but they've struggled to find common grounded on goods that should be covered by goods. >>> white house chief strategist, steve bannon has used a speech to a conservative conference to praise the president. bannon hailed donald trump's decision to pull the u.s. out of the tpp. >> i t think one of the most pivotal moments in modern american history was his immediate withdrawal from tpp. >> bannon says the decision will reposition the u.s. as a fair trading nation and bring back jobs. he says it's a big step toward trump's goal to make america great again. bannon says the trump administration has also made progress on security policy and immigration control. >>> turning to the mar

they want that instability in east asia. what do we do? sending a ballistic missile cooperative agreement with south korea, with japan, would get beijing's attention. they don't want this kind of geopolitical move on our part. we have to proceed with that. and then it is a very careful negotiations between the united states and china, which i do think president trump has corrected a bit by forgetting about taiwan, saying we have a one china policy. but we haven't started out well with china. going to impose all caps of tariffs on them, kind of competitive warlike atmosphere that we seem to have generated from the campaign. china is going to be key, but i don't think china is the answer. i don't think they are going to help us with north korea. i think we need to find new ways to deal with north korea that are not on the table. katty: @kattykaybbc bill -- katty: bill richardson speaking to me a short time ago. rollinge house will be out the red carpet for israel's prime minister. has been trump supportive of mr. netanyahu in the past but hi

whether they could defend eastern europe with the resources that we have in place or other parts of east asia 10 years from that of. ... but think how strong? with that capabilities' certainly been in those cut -- keep regions i think we're headed for trouble not t already been any need to return point that when you look at these balances they add immensely to the strength most are in relative decline. and with those capabilitiesilitr that have fallen off the cliff.ff. and adds to the difficulties that we face. bremer and then we have to defend because they are overmatched by undercuttingut that ability to places like the middle east when traditionally nearly all of the complex they bring progressively less to the table.r we have always had a strateg coalition strategy and that brings me to the fourth point where if you put the last two issues together islamic clear rapid beliefsere e that we cannot do the things traditionally it we have pledged to do we do not have a capacity anymore.we with errors pronounced instability of all of those feeders that we care about. so the backbone of internat

. >>> north korea added another missile launch as eyes focused on east asia and it is a big test. >>> comes at he wrapped up meeting to reiterate to a strong u.s. japanese relationship. fox 29 joyce evans is here with more on the story. joyce? >> there have been no further statements since president trump and prime minister shinzo abe spoke about the action last night. the mar-a-largo resort. north korea warned it was ready to test its first intercontinental ballistic missile. the timing of the north korea launch is no coincidence. according to many experts. weighing in on the act. it was just two days ago that president trump and prime minister shinzo abe held a news conference urging north korea to abandon it's nuclear program. just a little more than 24 hours later, a medium range missile was launched into the sea, a short time after that, the president and prime minister held another joint news conference from florida. >> i just want everybody to understand and fully know that the united states of america stands behind japan it's great ally 100%. north korea most recent missile la

in the program are from 29 different countries, in the central outh america, africa, china, south east asia and it is diverse for a relatively small progr program. and the contract with the hantos and the lynn institute and this year we have a knew come poen tent to identify and serve unaccompanied minors as we know there is unaccompanied minors for the last several years, hard to identify them, but the school district is a great partner in helping to identify them. so this year huntos and the school district and a few other clabive organizations are working together to identify the unaccompanied youth and to serve them and so we are happy about that addition to the program. and i just wanted to say a word about why we are submitting for the 15, 16 plan, retroactively. so, this california state department of social services has to approved the plan before we can take it to our human services commission and then to the board and td state did not approve the fy, 15, 16, plan until october of 2016. and the plan was approved on november, 9, 2016 and so a few weeks later we submitted it to our b

and, lastly, here in south—east asia, china is funding a railway and port project in malaysia, dams inar, and a high—speed bullet train in indonesia, singapore, and thailand. so, let's get to it. the two big questions really are, is it going to take off? and is china's big plan really as in official and benign as its supporters like to say it is? well, we've got a great panel of expertsjoining us for this discussion today. peter chan is professor at the university of malaya's institute of china studies. jonathan woetzel is director of the mckinsey global institute and instrumental in building mckinsey‘s china practice since 1985. and nina yang is ascendas—singbridge's ceo for sustainable urban development with more than 25 years of urban planning and building development. thank you all forjoining us for this discussion on the one belt one road initiative. to begin with, it is a massive project, as we havejust been talking about. jonathan, if you look at historically where many asian companies have been able to get their financing, asian countries for infrastructure projects, it has bee

the next million customers of facebook weather will probably be in south asia, africa and east asia.that but also. we rightly demand more of the companies. i am quite sympathetic.” respectfully disagree with you. facebook had specifically targeted the media, the news business. they replicated the idea of twitter because they knew that is how people keep coming back to the facebook platform. news is one of the most addictive things for people to come back to a platform or a service or a brand. they intentionally went ahead and targeted the news business. between google and facebook, 85% of the online advertising are going to these two companies. these are not, babes in the woods. they are private equities. private entities have responsibilities. it is notjust facebook. facebook, google, twitter, microsoft, which owns the being said engine and other entities like them need to sit down and figure out what is the right answer. i don't think the individual should bear the burden of trying to make decisions on every single piece of information they access on facebook or any other service.

james mattis has told his japanese counterpart their alliance is the cornerstone of stability in east asia made the remarks as he wrapped up his first foreign trip since taking office. the us defence secretary also heavily criticised china for building a series of artificial islands in the south china sea which he said had shredded the trust of other nations in the region. from tokyo rupert wingfield—hayes reports. only two weeks ago generaljames mattis was moving into his new office in the pent goon. gone, today he was being welcomed. japan is worried that president trump is not committed to defending its most important ally in asia. not so according to general matitis, the alliance is enduring and will remain as the cornerstone as peace and security in the asia—pacific region. the us defence secretary saved his scathing words for china. we have watched in the south china sea as china has shredded the trust of nations in the region. he is talking about these huge artificial islands. beijing has constructed to enforce its claim to the south china sea.“ we have disputes we take them to arbi

the reason for the east asia top priority economic geopolitical military, not just a majority of the worlds military spending, but the world's largest economies in asia as well. also, asia's increasingly the scene of great power competition because of the rise of china and chinese military modernization. china has moved from being a continental power, largely self contineng, to composite or amphibious power, more oriented towards of the literal. and that poses challenges for the united states and for our allies. as a result, we can no longer take for granted our ability to project power into the western pacific. we should not think there is some impermeable wall for doing so. but, we should no longer take that capability for granted. in other words, the risk the risk to u.s. forces in the western and fic is going up. that risk and growing chinese military capability has been the backdrop for increasing tensions related to territorial disputes in the pacific. china's pissed military power has made it easier for china to contest the international status quo. with that as a backdrop, i w

he has been assistant secretary of state of the near east, south asia and africa.n 1948, when congress decided we ought to have an overseas information program on a more or less permanent basis, mr. allen was put in charge. last fall, the president decided that this important activity needed mr. allen again. he brought him home from overseas and made them director of the united states information agency. mr. allen attends meetings at the cabinet and the national security council. mr. allen, why is everything the other sites as propaganda , why don't -- why we call everything we say information? >> the word propaganda has taken on a bad connotation. it was originally a perfectly good word, but it brings to people's minds now the idea of twisting or distorting the truth, or even manufacturing complete falsehoods. where as we try in our service output to give as factual presentation that we can. we feel that his information and should be labeled as such, and not called propaganda. >> i wonder if you could give us an example of soviet propaganda as applied to the armed

asia. all this on secretary of state rex tillerson's first day on the job. we have live coverage this morning from europe to the middle east to asia. we begin with ian lee in jerusalem with that surprising white house pivot on israeli settlements. ian. >> reporter: good morning. for those of us who cover israel, this came as a surprise. same sure for israelis waking up, this surprised them as well. it seemed like the trump administration had given them a green light to build settlements in east jerusalem. they announced 6,000 so far. that green light looks like it is turning yellow with the recent announcement from the white house which says while we don't believe the existence of settlements are an impediment to peace, the existing settlements beyond the current border may not be helpful to achieve that goal. we have not heard officially from the israelis yet. reuters is reporting that the ambassador to the united nations is saying it is too early to tell how it will affect future building. this comes as rex tillerson takes the reins of the state department as secretary of state. he talked with prime minister netanyahu. n

in the program are from 29 different countries, in the central outh america, africa, china, south east asiaand it is diverse for a relatively small progr program. and the contract with the hantos and the lynn institute and this year we have a knew come poen tent to identify and serve unaccompanied minors as we know there is unaccompanied minors for the last several years, hard to identify them, but the school district is a great partner in helping to identify them. so this year huntos and the school district and a few other clabive organizations are working together to identify the unaccompanied youth and to serve them and so we are happy about that addition to the program. and i just wanted to say a word about why we are submitting for the 15, 16 plan, retroactively. so, this california state department of social services has to approved the plan before we can take it to our human services commission and then to the board and td state did not approve the fy, 15, 16, plan until october of 2016. and the plan was approved on november, 9, 2016 and so a few weeks later we submitted it to our bo

america first doesn't mean backing out of east asia. ajen days the rising threat from north korea. secretary mattis' first offering of assurance to south korean leaders was an extended hand. a stalwart ally, south korea is uncertain about its standing with america. >> we defend south korea. we defend saudi arabia. we defend countries. they do not pay us, what they should be paying us. >> reporter: president trump's campaign rhetoric sent jitters through the region. and at odds with statements from his new defense secretary. >> our new administration inherits a very strong, trusted relationship between our two countries. and it is our commitment to make it even stronger. >> reporter: clearing up that confusion is the primary goal of the trip. says professor john delauri. >> there is a palpable sense of uncertainty here. defense secretary mattis' job one is to let south koreans know who they're dealing with. mattis is expected to focus talks on containing and increasingly aggressive north korea. the country's capabilities keep growing. ki

philippines economic growth has outpaced most of south east asia, but the philippines may be gearingr course. turning to a fiery new president, one who is set to face serious challenges and perhaps create a few. here is the situation. about twoterte stamp out crime within a year. more than 6000 people have been killed, and half of those at the hands of police as part of his war on drugs. have rights groups protested, as have the u.s. and the united nations. they are threatening to withdraw the philippines from the yuan, -- u.n., and issued a warning against u.s. and efficient. -- interference. old police drug system said he would reorganize and crackdown. other targets have included the pope and the european union. duterte has shifted his nation closer to russia and china and away from the united states commits military ally since the 1950's. the philippines finally got to determine its own fate at the conclusion of world war ii, which ended the japanese occupation. it's democracy has become splintered with multiple parties competing in a political climate focused on personality and

it tends to be a lot of people from south asia and east asia. so first of all, the islam thing, it's interesting to note, while it is a very, very serious problem in the world today, it's just not existential. it's simply not existential. climate change is extension. weer we're not going to disappear because of al qaeda or isis. a lot of these students come here to america, they don't actually get to stay. but if they do get to stay on a visa, they are earning out of university $100,000 a year which leads one to believe there is remarkable demand for these people. during the election, donald trump said that he can get the economy to grow four, five or six percent. steve mnuchin said 3 by the way. i'll grow an afro by the time 6 percent. you require more immigration. we're working as productively as we can. we're all on our phones, working 20 hours a day. you need more people when you have a stable birth rate. western europe around the united states has. we should be thinking about this. i'm from canada. canada loves it when donald trump and stev

i have never felt that they have wanted to because they want that instability in east asia.perative agreement with south korea, with japan, would get beijing's attention. they do not wa nt beijing's attention. they do not want this kind of geopolitical move on our part and i think we have to proceed with that. then it is careful negotiations between the us and china, which i do think president trump has corrected a bit by forgetting about taiwan, saying we have one china policy, but we haven't started out well with china, we have said we will impose all kinds of tariffs on them, kind of a competitive warlike atmosphere that we seem to have generated from the campaign. china will be key but i don't think china is the answer, i don't think china is the answer, i don't think china is the answer, i don't think they will help us on north korea, i think we have to find new ways to deal with north korea that are not on the table. new ways to deal with north korea that are not on the tablelj new ways to deal with north korea that are not on the table. i wonder ifi that are not on th

japanese prime minister's visit but it's also about the trip by the defense secretary, james mattis, to east asia just over a week ago. that trip by mattis, of course, reassured the japanese that the u.s. was a solid ally both in relations towards china and towards north korea. mattis signaled also the u.s. wants to sort of back off any confrontation with china. so north korea rng sends this out as a symbolic response. they doe this time and time again. it pointedly is trying to disrupt that u.s. message of a firm alliance with japan and with cooperation with china. >> let's talk about the optics and context of what we saw coming from the president of the united states. this is not the president on twitter. this is not the president signing executive orders talking to a domestic audience. rather, this was the president of the united states on stage with another world leader talking about a big international issue. giving a very brief statement just your thoughts, your reaction from what you heard from that brief statement from president trump. >> well, i think the statement itself, just that one

this is more than just an east asia threat.here is little doubt in my mind the north koreans timed this missile launch to the dinner between president trump and the japanese prime minister shinzo abe. eric: what do you think the message was to the japanese prime minister and our president as they sat and enjoyed a quiet saturday evening after playing golf? >> the particular missile, the early estimates are it was a medium-range ballistic missile that can hit south korea and japan where we have deployed american forces, but also potentially guam. as they perfect the guidance system it has a direct impact on their, cbm capabilities as well. just as the north has done before. they are making it clear they can hit vulnerable targets and they are not afraid to show this off as they continue to improve the guidance and range of their missile capabilities. eric: how far advanced to you think they can get? >> i think the estimates by the south korean defense ministry are on target. they detonated five nuclear devices since the first on

he is on the job as of this morning, we have a secretary of defense who has headed into south east asianistration is getting themselves together. if the senate want to see more consistency, they need to be consistent in shoring up to vote in approving the president's cabinet. that would be a great step for helping to make certain that you have the cabinet in place and that they are fully functioning. thank you forjoining us. some interesting lines coming out of the pentagon in the past few hours. they are confirming there was a us specialforces raid in yemen over the weekend and that an american soldier was killed on the ground, as well as a number of women and children. the reports in the us press this morning suggest the mission, the first operation to be authorised by president trump, did not go to plan. with me now is nawal al—maghafi from bbc arabic, she's reported from yemen several times, documenting the conflict there in the bbc‘s our world series. difficult to pull everything together, because there are different reports from what the pentagon is saying from what we are hearing

happened while he was with one of our closest alliance, the leader of one of our closest alliance in east asiathis is is something he's going to have to be talking leaders in japan and in south korea about tonight and over the weekend. >> certainly emily, as the president has the working dinner with the japanese prime minister, he's probably also going to be assessing some of the relationships he has had across the region. there's going to be some tough questions about the role of china in all of this and the fact that according to some that he has not had the best footing with chyron's relationship in the first few weeks. i'm curious to get your thoughts on the way the president has handles that relationship. >> it is quite significant. and i think that this would be a different situation if we had a different president, obviously. knowing that he does not seem to fully understand how important and how layered foreign policy relationships are, knowing that he was rejecting his intel briefings all the way through his transition. we really don't know what's going on in the white house right now

and i think for donald trump, it was actually -- this has been a pretty good few days on east asia policy to korea and japan by his defense secretary and then he had a successful telephone call with shi jinping and what better way to show support and solidarity with the japanese people than a nouth korean test. it has been a good day for the president in terms of the policy coming ahead and it's clear what needs to be done. first of all, the alliances with korea and japan need tore strengthened and the u.s. has a role in trying to strengthen the relationship with core korea and japan. the alliance needs to be strengthened and it needs to be strengthened through the delivery america as best which is this anti-ballistic missile system and finally he's going to have to pivot over and work with the chinese about this. >> he has pointed that out, saying that the chinese with not helping enough when it comes to north korea. >> and he implied this is their job to take care of this if he's going to outsource it to china. his conversations would reveal the fact that no one country could solve this

and now you've got all the engineering schools are all full of people from south asia and east asia.t is not that people have any problem with those folks learning, but they're coming here to take these jobs. >> that's the highlight of a "washington post" article today. walter, do investors need to worry about a clash between tech, maybe specifically apple, over this immigration eo over h1b, over a combination of the two? >> well, i think fundamentally there's a shortage of engineers, software engineers, in the world. and the fact that h1b relieves some of the pressure on companies that need to hire people to do software for them, i think it's actually a pressure relief. so, i don't think that these high-end engineers are taking away jobs from u.s. graduates. there are not enough u.s. graduates. you talk to any company that's trying recruit engineers, it's tough. >> but michael, it's not just high-end engineers here. we're talk being midlevel, i.t. workers, and i mean, steve bannon, despite the rhetoric, has a point here. after being in silicon valley for several years, i can tell yo

. >> now you got all the engineering schools are full of people from south asia and east asia. and it's not that people have any problem with those folks learning but they come here to take these jobs. isn't the beating heart of this problem right now, the real beating heart of it, of what we'vgot to get sorted here is not illegal immigration, as horrific as that is, and it's horrific. don't we have a problem we've looked the other way on this legal immigration that's kind of overwhelmed the country. is that not the beating heart of this this problem? >> well, yes, and it's mind-boggling. it's important to understand that historically speaking immigration is supposed to be interrupted with periods of assimilation and integration. >> more recently in an off-the-record briefing to reporters an anonymous senior administration official gave a revealing rationale with the travel ban, one consistent with bannon's stated world view. "you could argue that if you admit 50 people who aren't themselves terrorists but maybe who have sympathetic attitudes towards terrorists or believe that'

jim worked on nuclear issues involving the middle east and east asia. she wrote an excellent paper. it is call add new strategy for u.s./i ro u.s u.s./iran relations. i hope that you will tweet on this event. we welcome you and welcome our panelists to the stage. thank you [ applause ] >> okay. there isn't much to talk about, is there? thank you for agreeing to be with us. when i think of the role in all of this i think of kathy and so it's appropriate we have a woman here given the role they played in organizing and helping the negotiations along. if you could tell us from the european perspective, how well has the deal been implemented? what are the problems and challenges you see going forward? >> yeah. i was just pointed out, we have just passed the first anniversary of the agreement. i want to thank them because i think it is very timely. i think it's just after -- i mean a year is a good time for a first assessment. we are often eager to want to go and assess things after one week and say it doesn't work. i think a year can give us some what of a perspective of how this is wor