taking up the goal of something which i pioneered twenty years ago by looking at the combined indian ocean pacific region as an indivisible combined strategic theater and the u.s. is now seeing that as well it's looking at a new alliance structure in that area not just with ns us with a stranger in new zealand but also with japan and india so looking at this new quadripolar tight strategic alliance structure for the endeavor civic the u.s. is back in the in day pacific and that's its major realm and the may just routine millet and military competition will be necessary to balance china's massive upgrade certainly the u.s. cannot ignore the major advances in quality technology and performance of the russian armed forces that's a fact of life every country which is in the international arena has to take that into account so that's that's very normal but this is not a hostile defense posture towards russia or even for that matter towards china but it does serve notice that the united states will start to rebuild its capabilities in ways which it once lived in. well gregory de facto according to this

pacific. turning to the third largest ocean is the indian ocean. with the pacific 160 million kilometers the indian ocean is a tad smaller but you can take the entire landmass of the united states times three and put it in the indian ocean. those spice routes increase those hydrocarbons with geopolitical carbon pakistan has its own cold war manifesting we see piracy around the edges and off the coast of yemen, the interplay of shia supporting the rebels and saudi arabia the goal states supporting the government of yemen with united states leaning toward saudi arabia. this is playing out in the maritime theater. we ought to consider the number one challenge of the indian ocean is right here. i ran. the iranian flag. it sees itself as an imperial power. seeking to re-create the persian empire. this is the battle flag. i'm darius the great and the flag today. look at the water space around the persian empire. with all of this to bring confrontation between the upper right shia nation and bottom left led by saudi arabia and our closest ally is israel an

weather around the world went to the south the south atlantic then the the south pacific the indian ocean and then we knew it was it was global so with a very big dataset and some of the best ocean modelers within made the first estimate of how much trash how much plastic all plastics all sizes and all oceans and that number is two hundred sixty nine thousand tons from five point two five trillion pieces of plastic we know at the moment that around about seven hundred species of marine organisms and count deborah of some kind and most of those reports relate to encounters with plastic deborah we know that those creatures really chest that their brain and some of them become entangled in it we know for many of those instances that it can be home for even faithful makes me feel quite guilty because i can't do enough about it and i feel that this is kind of it's all wrong. the whole world is backwards. when to do this that's when you like a place you try to keep that environment and task is him in the sea gives me so much the way he was there when i saw that i have to give something back it

pacific coast, not to mention sea lion safety. this is the venomous snake. it is typically found in warm water locations like the indian ocean and central america. this week, they found one in the sand in new port beach. it's not warm enough there. it marks the fifth such discovery ever in southern california and the third in three years raising the concerns about warming waters. >>> happening today, a rocket launch is scheduled at the air force base. the launch has been scrubbed the last couple days. when the rocket takes off, it will carry a national security payload. the launch is set for this afternoon. >>> happening tomorrow, get ready to see spectacular basketball shots with a healthy dose of sweet georgia brown. that is a song you always hear when you see the harlem globetrotters. they take over oracle arena. one at 1:00 in the afternoon and one at 7:00 in the evening. sunday afternoon, they move to s.a.p. center in san jose and more games scheduled for the area next weekend. i can do next weekend. >> you got it. >>> coming up next, students targeted on the walk to school. the warning to parents after several incident

with martin castro in a village, part of an indian nation, and the nations president takes us up a slight incline of a sand bank as we look at the pacific ocean, and she says, when i was a kid, ocean was a football field length away, now it is at our front porch. she explained that her village has been there since time immemorial, but they are seeing rising sea levels and more severe storms, not to mention the threat of tsunami. she points out that her vision is below sea level, not a problem generations back. but now on numerous occasions, when a severe storm hits, the seawall breaches and the village fills up like a bowl. i got off the plane yesterday from washington state, which i have the honor of representing, and i had a message from her on my phone saying it had happened again, we have a seawall breach, can you reach out to the army corps? that story and other tribes in my district, as we sit here today in this amazing setting, is one of four tribal stories from my district that are in the process of trying to move to higher ground. those stories deserve to be heard. that's why i'm grateful, not just to former chairman castro, but to t

let's move to asia pacific now where the malaysian government has approved a new attempt to find the wreckage of flight m h three seventy in the indian ocean despite a three year search for the missing plane its disappearance remains one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries it was our route to beijing from kuala lumpur when it went missing with more than two hundred thirty people on board malaysia has accepted an offer by a u.s. based company to resume the search. about fifty fires have been reported around the australian state of victoria as temperatures soar above forty degrees firefighters have been battling dry and windy conditions to contain the flames three hundred firefighters and to act after tackling one of the biggest fires at its peak police are investigating whether its latest blaze was deliberately late. and one person is dead and three more missing in madagascar in the wake of tropical cyclone eva the storm brought heavy rains caused extensive flooding and property damage more than ten thousand people are being forced from their homes and estimated one hundred million americans are still in the grip of a cold snap at le

pacific ocean not to mention sea lion safety. you can see that is a yellow-bellied sea snake. those are typically found in warm water locations like the indi indian or central america. researchers say they found one in the sand in newport beach. this marks just the fifth such discovery ever in california and the third over the past three years, raising concerns about warming waters. >>> president trump is scheduled to have a physical. it will be his first medical checkup since taking office. the president's official physician will form that physical. the white house says the doctor will release a brief statement after the exam. they say there will be a news conference next week where the doctor will take reporters' questions. >>> new details. for years, many american have paid little attention to the inner workings of our nuclear arsenal, but the latest confrontation with north korea has a lot of folks rethinking our capability. the u.s. controls a massive nuclear arsenal and the us air force let nbc's stephanie gosk inside one of the key outposts at the center of our nuclear program and for the first time, the very special all-female unit awaiti

ocean oxygen levels have declined. according to the climate science special report, the north pacific, north atlantic, southern oceans, subtropical south pacific and south indian oceans are all expected to experience further deoxygenati deoxygenation. oxygen may drop off as much as 17% in the north pacific by 2100 if we don't rein in carbon emissions. not surprisingly, fish and other marine wildlife try to steer clear of dead zones. if they're not able to breathe in these low-oxygen water, they can die. dr. calvin roberts, a researcher at the university of york has also warned that large and fast-moving fish that use more oxygen, like tunas and bill fish and sharks and fish like this, unbelievably beautiful marlin, are being relegated to shrinking high oxygen areas causing them to change how they hunt. a 2010 paper in deep sea research estimated that from 1960 to 2008, the areas in the ocean where oxygen levels are too low to support fish and other big ocean organisms have grown by over 1.7 million square miles. and added 1.7 million square miles with oxygen level too low for god's beautiful creatures like this one. one example of this phenomenon comes to us f