now for robert marchand, it is on to the next adventure. brent: do your legs look that good at 105?e's a reminder of the top stories we are following for you. german chancellor angela merkel's conservative bloc and social democrats are entering a decisive face in talks about forming a new coalition government in germany. the deadline for those talks -- tomorrow. after a short break i will be back to take you through the day . ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] n8 (upbeat music) - [narrator] china is building up its maritime presence. it's undertaken a massive investment in its navy, and is ambitiously advancing its territorial claims to the disputed spratly and senkaku islands chains in the south and east china seas. is this maritime expansion an effort to project power and deny access to what were once international waters, or a reasonable assertion of china's expanding capabilities? china, next on great decisions. (upbeat music) great decisions is produced by the foreign policy