they managed to capture cuba guam philippines puerto rica. now these a-a states and territories are somehow associated with the united states of america, and guam, first of all, as one of the largest military bases, and the philippines as a state that still continues to fight american influence cuba throughout the 20th century acted as chief regional antagonist. as for puerta rica, now it is, in fact, called the fifty-first state of the united states, and the entry of r-derica in one form or another into the united states of america has significantly increased the proportion of the hispanic population, and the united states, if we talk about the prerequisites for war, then here you can draw a direct parallel with the beginning, and the vietnam war, when the incident around the battleship maine was used as the bailey incident as a pretext for war on the american battleship. meng was to carry out a diplomatic mission to cuba, he dropped the anchor in the harbor, recall that then in cuba there was a war of independence on february 15, 1898 , a p

and about the fact that guam is 10,000 km from the american coast. less than 3,000 meters away from me, china does not intend to fight the us and commit an act of undeclared war by sneak attack, as japan did. but if the us military intervenes in taiwanese affairs and thus takes the initiative in an armed confrontation, with with china, we will fight back without hesitation. guam , like other american bases, lies in the zone of destruction of the people's liberation army, china, meanwhile , in chinese social networks. the footage of the exercise surfaced again, where is the juzhi at the training ground. he in inner mongolia, the chinese army is learning to take by assault. the building is very similar to the taiwanese presidential palace. even the color is the same and the turret, which only confirms the stock. beijing has different options for reunification with alexander island beijing bureaus at this moment a ceremony is being held in the center of the capital the opening of the forty-fourth moscow international film festival opens with sands with

they managed to capture cuba guam philippines puerto rica. a-a states and territories, one way or another, but are associated with the united states of america, and guam, first of all, as one of the largest military bases, and the philippines as a state that continues to fight american influence cuba throughout the entire 20th century served as main regional antagonist. as for puerta rica, now it is, in fact, called the fifty-first state of the united states, and the entry along the arteries in one form or another into the united states of america has significantly increased the share of the hispanic population, and the united states, if we talk about the prerequisites for war, here a direct parallel can be drawn with the beginning, and the vietnam war, when the incident around the battleship maine was used as the bailey incident as an american pretext for war armadillo maine was supposed to carry out a diplomatic mission in cuba, he dropped anchor in the harbor, recall that then in cuba there was a war of independence on february 15, 1898, a

ok. $20 million to get the philippines, puerto rico and guam as colonies of the united states. so is it a war for freedom or is it a war for empire? depend on who we're talking about. hold on. you might put an asterisk next to cuba. hold on. some americans call this the splendid little war. how offensive. it's short. americans did win. but thousands of people died. in the spanish-american war most sources claim that only 400 american deaths were combat deaths but almost 4,000 americans died mostly from and african-american deaths were more than their white counterparts. there was death and many cubans and spanish, over 60,000 it's believed died in this conflict as well. so it's certainly deadly. all right. remember when i said unintended consequences? so philippines. oh, i forgot this. another perfect of the war -- remember colonialism. colonialism, one of the goals of having a colonial empire was to unite people at home. one of the official propaganda photos that was released during the war was a picture between a union and confedderate -- confederate who were serving in both

they have specifically said an , entryway to the blue pacific and guam. and guam is a u.s. and of course halfway toward hawaii. so that bothers american strategic planners. kim: of course. i would like to go back to henry huiyao wang in beijing. china obviously views this visit as a violation. what are the chances that you think china would go beyond live -fire drills, and actually take military action in taiwan? >> well, i think this is really breaking the pattern and the norm in the last four or five decades, actually breaking the status quo. because in 1979, the communique established by china and the u.s., it stipulates that the u.s. can maintain culture and commercial ties with taiwan but don't officialize. not official ties. that is a very clear statement there. that's the prerequisite that you establish diplomatic ties between the u.s. and china, and also for 181 countries around the world that china established diplomatic ties with. kim: but this is not establishing diplomatic ties, this is just a visit from the house speaker. guest: well, she is the third highest-r

and they have specifically sh chad, an entryway to the blue pacific and guam guam is a u. s. territory. and of course, halfway toward hawaii. so that bothers americans strategic plan. of course, i'd love to go back to henri in beijing. china obviously, views this visit as a violation. what are the chances that you think china would go beyond live fire drills and actually take military action and taiwan? well, i think this is really, really a break in the pattern and the norm in the last 4 or 5 decade action break to the status quo. because in the, in the ninety's 70 my, you know, the john k established by china, u. s. the john company k stipulates, you know, of course, as us come in tank culture and commercial ties was taiwan, but no official times, not to work liter state it. that's the prerequisite that you know, you start the diplomatic times, you s b u. s. in china and also for $100.00 countries around the war, the child established of americans use a dashing diplomatic ties. this is just a visit from the house speaker. well, this is the office that she's the 3rd highe

my first duty station was officer guam and that's where i got to explore who i was. and being under the umbrella of don't ask don't tell, and having a friend being separated because he was gay. it was very rule. had you to make sure that you were following the rules you needed to do everything you need today do. i was fortunate to be there when don't ask don't tell was repealed. you find people who are making a big deal about it, the next day everybody went to work like nothing happened. we were accepted and nobody made a big deal about it. work performance was even better because you didn't have to hide something and worry about hiding. the transition from that world into this one is basically the exact same. i was able to just jump in and just you know, not even test the waters. >> i grew up with firefighters, my uncle and cuss infor a volunteer department in canada. here it's quite different, bigger department, a lot of different people. you know, just working with san francisco i really enjoy having all the different personalities, background, experiences, i'm a

my first duty station was officer guam and that's where i got to explore who i was. and being under the umbrella of don't ask don't tell, and having a friend being separated because he was gay. it was very rule. had you to make sure that you were following the rules you needed to do everything you need today do. i was fortunate to be there when don't ask don't tell was repealed. you find people who are making a big deal about it, the next day everybody went to work like nothing happened. we were accepted and nobody made a big deal about it. work performance was even better because you didn't have to hide something and worry about hiding. the transition from that world into this one is basically the exact same. i was able to just jump in and just you know, not even test the waters. >> i grew up with firefighters, my uncle and cuss infor a volunteer department in canada. here it's quite different, bigger department, a lot of different people. you know, just working with san francisco i really enjoy having all the different personalities, background, experiences, i'm a

it doesn't say where, i'm almost positive it was in guam. and she to kind of was at the best of her husband schedule and work, but created this incredible program there that ended up again, mostly for women, being a real source of self affirmation, exercise strength, et cetera. and you want to point out, again i'm not doing a close reading of this piece right here. a lot of these programs, even as i fully stand by the idea that these absolutely empowered women created new opportunities for women, some of the language. this is, for the grossly obese, she claims aerobic dancing to be dangerous. there's a lot of kind of weightless talk in a lot of these programs. and i think still today, but even more so than, women's fitness was often talked about primarily as a form of weight loss rather than anything else. okay, so, we've got the machine side of the industry. all these machines, you read about life cycle, the bikes, the pilates reformer you read about to you. now you have studios and like renting rooms and ymca's, or within other gyms, or in

some of the passengers calling guam. most of the man is not cured and there was another mid air surprise. >> was pretty fun are so they all got some free water. they got a chance to meet jason. yeah, they all get. >> 10,000 free miles. i like that on from an yeah. looks like he's fights can be a little born better. that was not for that wraps up kron. 4 news at 5 o'clock. yeah, but we do have a lot more ahead on kron. 4 news coming up at 06:00pm or in cannes winner here. >> all right, catherine, thanks to you both. coming up next kron, 4 news at 6, the richmond police department coming under fire tonight after an officer seen on video beating a man with a taser. we have the surveillance and body camera video showing what many are calling excessive force and one person is dead after a gunman opens fire inside a muni bus in the city. what police are saying about the investigation. >> i'm ken wayne. i'm pam moore. the news at 6 is next. >> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at 6. >> at 6 ri

okinawa with a total of 55,000 in that country around 27,000 service members in south korea and 6,000 in guamu.s. warships continue to patrol the waters near taiwan, the aircraft carrier, the uss ronald reagan and her strike force ordered to stay in position to monitor the situation. >> that was kellie meyer reporting for us tonight. all right. time for a look at the 4 zone forecast on this beautiful friday night. a lovely view of san francisco. look at the little blue sky and there, you know, even if it was a ugly out there better been on a friday. murray says here with our weekend. yeah. happy friday you guys. that weekend. almost inside a few more hours to go for us. let's take a look at today's daytime highs. low 70's for downtown san francisco's of 4 degrees above average. there. >> and relief for our warmest inland valleys today. finally, about 5 degrees below average for concord and santa rosa. both of you should be in the mid 80's with santa rosa. only warming up to 78 degrees. so i hope you enjoyed that great way to kick off your friday afternoon and weekend as we take a live look ou

is there a possibility of a preemptive strike against our base either in guam or in okina wa?ocative and one thing, china really has not fought a major war since the korean war. they really haven't fought a major war and they would have to be tested. one thing i can say about our military its been tested and improved if we have to go forward but we have to be president light in what we do. having only one battle group in the pacific is not too smart. in 2019 we actually put three battle groups, carrier battle groups into the region around taiwan in the south china sea but i think what we're doing is we're reaching a point with taiwan which by the way is our ninth largest trading partner. here is a country and really it is a country, a democratic country, democratically-elected government of 23 million people and the world has to stand up and say what do we really want to have happen in the future. david: general we only have 15 seconds literally, but china's navy is very powerful. a lot of people are saying we have lost our engine terms of naval power to the chinese. is that t

i easy go in the southwest and city of a guam. on friday, mexico's president repeated his promise to punish those responsible for the student's disappearance. i yes. see, of course the case is not closed. the commission's report has been released and the prosecutor's office will continue to work on it. that it was her lover that uncovering the truth, strengthens institutions and punishes those responsible. elisa nicaragua have arrested a catholic bishop known for his criticism of president daniel ortega, lender alvarez is being detained at home at his home rather in the capital. managua . as a latin america editor, lucy newman reports as part of a wider government crackdown on dissent among members of the clergy. for the last 16 days, nick wrong was police and prevented much the gallop as bishop landel. albert is from leaving his residence, not even to preside over mass 0, but i always the road in front of our diocese is closed and blocked by the national police long. oh, but that was not the end of it. before dawn, friday, police

troops in guam. the threat from china escalating as their rhetoric ramps up seeing the latest u.s.provocative. that was kellie meyer reporting for us tonight. >> victims of police shooting say it's been hard for them to access the state's compensation program. we're going hear from both sides on that and soon. san francisco and oakland could become the latest cities to provide safe injection sites. now that could change how that changed, rather could prevent overdose deaths and thieves are targeting fencing in the east bay. one business owner says bay. one business owner says needs to pre-rinsing your dishes? you could be using the wrong detergent. and wasting up to 20 gallons of water. skip the rinse with finish quantum. its activelift technology provides an unbeatable clean on 24 hour dried-on stains. skip the rinse with finish to save our water. ♪ at usaa we've been called too exclusive because we only serve those who've honorably served. all ranks. all branches. and their eligible family members. yep, that is exclusive. and we're fine with that. seen this ad? yep, that is exclu

mostly 3 to consume convoys, not really myers through the squint remote part of the actual guam after they left the nice that i know they did name. they've been ays telephone as an open his mind . may he called on a let's have a cup of tea. ski iga america's cafe and was he was going? but i mean this and now i in thomas high school to their psyche or yes, one of that, those kiddos i am boisterous was he thought he escalade me there in those who finally f e felicity says good family them if, if they did, if that banana made me think i knew though, in the quote that i knew a lot of people get this kinda low, so good. so then any been battle better then somebody gets to the stuff. and i think, i mean, that goes in will be as in local when a c will not back on tele, made of that the integral, no melody meet a mass with gamma and morals. i got li hope on the oh, you go me though it is. that course is done with you. shakafur swanky was in your good or not like one, cuz the yes, what if one of the anthea yes, but if you and i think they might of no, no flag you more, your renewals are gettin

the region is considerable and includes a nearly 90,000 service members in south korea, japan and guams a senior research analyst on china for carnegie. taiwan is one of the most sensitive issues for the chinese government and beijing likely extended the war games to really reinforce just how angry it is about speaker pelosi is visit to the island. >> that was nancy loo reporting for us tonight. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> well, it's game week for both the raiders and the niners. the niners had the day off, but the raiders they were prepping for their sunday matchup with the minnesota vikings today. vegas won their first preseason game last week in the hall of fame game in canton, ohio. but now they are back in the bright lights of sin city and head coach josh mcdaniels. this will be his home debut. remember, he just got hired in the offseason. >> i've never coached there. you know that it a few times for since so super excited. what a great place to excited to to, you know, be with our our fans and raider nation in there and i just see what that's like, you know, during the course of

he was there guam, then there was guam there and so on, yes.ean that if, in a situation where we are weakening in some way, we show strength, he will emerge. trust me instantly, but what was the problem with this whole organization in general. such an economic base why because the moment they voiced the base? what are they going to live this is the great silk road and its manifestations, and immediately the americans began to wrap up this story, because well, why do they need this now. and why did it happen from ukraine? because ukraine , like anti-russians, had an economic base. this is a militarized state. this state is absolutely criminalized in its essence. well , she had an economic base. and what was that base? and who created it? and who supported her? and who created favorable conditions for trade for a very long time. who is provided the russian market. we created it, therefore, when we say that the americans created anti-russia from ukraine. it's true, but we're being disingenuous because we also participated. oh, and for our money, a

and then to guam on our way to get their appraisal of the situation in the region and also to pay our respects to our men and women, which we did there. and we did it in the countries we visited, especially in korea and japan. in career we had to go to the dmv to get an up-to-date current report the dynamic in korea. i have been, it's a horrible place but we were seeing -- we were at the border how things were going. so the reasons we were very honored to be received. we think --thanked our host countries and spent a bit of time with their speakers and we think --thank our diplomats who welcomed us. just close by saying two things when we were in japan we were beautifully welcomed. we went to pay our respects to prime minister abe who was a friend of america. this tribute, they invited us to. it was very sad but again a connection between our two countries. in closing, i just want to thank our president. we are very proud of his initiative which was the main purpose of our visit and our timing. with that, i want to yield to our distinguished chair for the foreign affairs committee. pr