a close ally its benefits both russia and china russia is accused of meddling in trump's election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea. chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea. the meeting between china and russia displays of friendship between she and put it all in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence. beijing. well the shanghai cooperation organization has eight members as and four observe the states as well as china and russia the other countries a cousin stand kyrgyzstan to take a stand and is back of fun as well as the newest members india and pakistan as we mentioned north korea is a major concern so is the us withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal iran is one of the observer states and is seeking for memb

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next only a real as i'm about in which is that this is a this is a bad thing for america when russia and china close together so what is dial doing is is pushing the two of them together and he you know he's done nothing in order to to improve relations with russia and and everything that he's doing now particularly when he's actually hitting the europeans for having the temerity to get their gas cheaper from russia than from america that's only going to. meriton block exactly exactly you know the horror of it they want to get a better deal oh my goodness my god i'm glad george dropped out i'm glad george brought that up because i i you may know more about this than i do but my sense is that steve bannon was kind of an influence on trump out ways that you know the u.s. in and russia shouldn't be enemies maybe they won't be great friends but they shouldn't be enemies but believing that they could pull russia and china apart in two thousand eight hundred i think is kind of naive now that train has left the station it's not going to go but we have to remind our viewers because west western media

next only a real as them about him which is that this is a this is a bad thing for america when russia and china close together so what is dial doing is is pushing the two of them together and he you know he's done nothing in order to to improve relations with russia. and everything that he's doing now particularly when he's actually hitting the europeans for having the temerity to get their gas cheaper from russia than from america that's only going to. american block exactly. the horror of it they want to get a better deal oh my goodness my god i'm glad george brought that i'm glad george brought that up because i i you may know more about this than i do but my sense is that steve bannon was kind of an influence on trump out ways that you know the u.s. and and russia shouldn't be enemies maybe they won't be great friends but they shouldn't be enemies but believing that they could pull russia and china apart in two thousand eight hundred i think is kind of naive now that train has left the station it's not going to go but we have to remind our viewers because west western media won't do it who

next only a real as them about him which is that this is a this is a bad thing for america when russia and china close together so what is dial doing is is pushing the two of them together and he you know he's done nothing in order to to improve relations with russia. and everything that he's doing now particularly when he's actually hitting the europeans for having the temerity to get their gas cheaper from russia than from america that's only going to. be american blog exactly exactly you know the horror they want to get a better deal oh my goodness my god i'm glad george brought that i'm glad george brought that up because i i you may know more about this than i do but my sense is that steve bannon was kind of an influence on trump out ways that you know the u.s. and and russia shouldn't be enemies maybe they won't be great friends but they shouldn't be enemies but believing that they could pull russia and china apart in two thousand eight hundred i think is kind of naive now that train has left the station it's not going to go but we have to remind our viewers because west western media won'

a closer law its benefits both russia and china russia is accused of meddling in trumps election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea. chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea the meeting between china and russia displays of friendship between she and put it all in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence. beijing. well the shanghai cooperation organization has eight members as and four observe the states as well as china and russia the other countries a cousin started kyrgyzstan to take a stand and is back of fun as well as the newest members india and pakistan as we mentioned north korea is a major concern so is the u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal iran is one of the observer states and are seeking for m

a closer lion's benefits both russia and china russia's accused of meddling in trumps election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea the meeting between china and russia displays of friendship between she and put it all in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence. beijing. four palestinians including a fifteen year old boy have been killed after israeli forces fired live rounds on tear gas protesters near the gaza border the palestinian health ministry says more than six hundred others have been injured in the violence israel says the action was taken after kites carrying explosives were flown near the fence israeli forces have killed at least one hundred eighteen palestinians in

the conference moments ago putin of making a mention about iran middle east saying that both china and russia agree to the iran nuclear deal and will continue to trade with iran on the issue of syria china and russia both agreed to work and preserve the sovereignty of syria and when it comes to the north korean crisis both russia and china say they are eagerly working towards a peaceful resolution for the north korean crisis putin saying just a moment ago that the north korean leader is clearly making large steps to bring some sort of peaceful resolution to the korean peninsula if you need any more details on the comments or you want to watch some more bits alive if you can do it at ati daughter calm for the meantime though we are back in just a moment. it's. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of the global wealth he longs to the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred trade per s

a closer lion's benefits both russia and china russia's accused of meddling in trumps election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea. chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea. the meeting between china and russia displays of friendship between she and pretty are in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence. beijing four palestinians including a fifteen year old boy have been killed by israeli forces who fired live rounds and tear gas at protesters near the gaza barrier fence on friday and health ministry says more than six hundred others have been injured israel says the action was taken after kites carrying explosives were flown near the fence one hundred eighteen palestinians have been killed by israeli forces in the d

a close ally its benefits both russia and china russia is accused of meddling in trumps election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea. chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea. the meeting between china and russia displays a friendship between she and put it all in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence. beijing. in other world news four palestinians including a fifteen year old boy have been killed after israeli forces find a live round protest near the gaza border the palestinian health ministry says more than six hundred others have been injured in the violence israel says the action was taken after kites carrying explosives were thrown near the fence israeli forces have killed at least one hundred eighteen pal

a close ally its benefits both russia and china russia has accused of meddling in trumps election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea. chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea the meeting between china and russia displays of friendship between she and put it all in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence to beijing. thousands of people across the middle east and south asia are marking could stay in jerusalem day they've been demonstrating in various pakistani cities in baghdad damascus and tehran the annual event is a protest against israel's rule of jerusalem iran says it's a day to express support for the palestinians and emphasize the importance of jerusalem for muslims. not for palestinians including a fifteen

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absolutely i don't think they'll be any change i think russia china and india are all in favor of this as are the majority of the g. seven i think it's a really a six six versus one right now but you know i want to go back and touch upon a point that was made about the belton road initiative in order for india to come into its own it needs jobs and infrastructure and i think modi and she are putting together and realizing that they can work together and be far more powerful the fact is that they control forty five forty percent of the world's population and are the fastest growing a couple large economies in the world and together they could change the way that everything is done today previously we've always looked towards capital to make the rules but when the capital sixty percent of which is in europe and the united states has to make investments it has to choose places where the money can grow and that right now is india and china and i think you're going to see them cooperating out of mutual interests that does not mean that india will abandon its strategic security relationships

a close ally its benefits both russia and china russia's accused of meddling in trumps election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea. chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea. the meeting between china and russia displays of friendship between she and put it all in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence. beijing. now the u.s. says chinese government hackers have stolen large amounts of highly sensitive data about its submarine technology the washington post reports the breaches took place at the beginning of the year the hackers are believed to have attained secret u.s. navy plans to develop a supersonic anti ship missile by twenty twenty the news comes as the trumpet ministrations seeks china's support of persuading

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all it takes to assure we are prepared for a world defined by strategic competition with china and russia addressing china's militarization and the sthin ses military aggression and cyber several of us including the chair we were not long ago about a month ago in the south china sea and if you could see what the chinese are doing totally illegally produced not and that they own and they are rude claiming land. it wasn't egregiously claim by anybody but they have seven islands and we are talking about over 33,000 acres that's out there that they have creat huge military formations. when you look at these you see all of our allies in that part of the world are semi-that they no sayak this. what is happening rightwa now we saw it and we know that it's projected in by the way it's not just the south china sea. i just got back and for the first time the history of china they now have military bases. they are note within the confins of china. this supports the nuclear posture review by authorizing yi million to developing low d ballistic missile. i know there are going to be amendments and we l

and russia and china that more significantly inform the questions for the smaller things? how applicable is that? >> but they try to bridge the gap each weaned deterrence in the real world nuclear strategy but on the more academic side how do we know if the theories are right or not? there were big debates with that department of analysis and qualitative analysis so that physics and social science so the more pieces of evidence and then the more confident that you have and as a qualitative case study between the united states and russia look at the cuban missile crisis 1973 arab-israeli wars when kissinger made nuclear threat and then the soviet union decided not to intervene 1969 the soviet union and with the support that nuclear superior state that they run the risk of nuclear war and then they back down but then they pay to the nuclear balance of power and then with that conventional wisdom of mutual destruction. >> so look at this should have paid attention to the so now as a rhetorical the if you want to understand the world and understand the cases that you have to l

harnessed to certain aspects of competition, and both russia and china want to break the west. russia wants to splinter it, china wants to supplant it. one place they're especially aggressive is in central and eastern europe. our first priority here is to check russian aggression. in recent years the kremlin has attempted to forcefully redraw borders, intimidate and attack neighbors, launch disinformation and cyber campaigns against the west, and engaged in military build ups on its western frontiers. we seek a better relationship with russia, but that can only happen when russia stops its aggressive behavior. we will not compromise our principles or allies. the years of soft policy that enabled russian aggression are over. we will continue to raise the cost of russian aggression until president putin chooses a different path. since january of 2017 we have brought sanctions against 213 russian individuals or businesses. we have expelled the largest number of russian spies in history. in partnership with ucomm, the state department is leading the u.s. government's effort to count

china russia economically quite complementary. china has a surplus of capacity in beauty infrastructure maybe well over doing that in china but china is good at doing that. aetiology aside i think china sees that at the precondition for economic development secondly china is taking. protection now extremely seriously again because we have overlooked that for so many years we are paying the price so russia has a competitive advantage in arm that front. i think central asia is extremely important i don't want to d. and present that but i think central asian hisself won't move the needle when you look at pacific when europe saw economically i do see that rationale for china russia and germany now to form an alliance but to create more synergy economically this is the chinese leaders perspective precisely because these two french gentleman have been arguing against each other chinese leaders and i think the only take germany seriously your. hate to see this . really is germany has a strong interest very strong in the west say to gauge

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these countries came out of the -- russia, china, cuba, and egypt all attempted to undermine our reform efforts. the second reason our reforms did not succeed is in ways, even more frustrating. there are countries on the council who do share our values. engaged.d us to remain they are embarrassed by the mistreatment of israel. they share our alarm with the hypocrisy of countries like congo and others serving. however, many of these like-minded countries were unwilling to challenge the status quo. we gave them opportunity after opportunity and months of consultations and they would not take a stand unless it was behind closed doors. blatante fine with the falls with the council as long as they could pursue their own agenda. a moralot agree with compromise when the previous commission was disbanded in 2006. many countries argued the united states should stay on the human rights' counsel because american precipitation is the last shred of credibility the council has. but that is precisely why we must leave. if the human rights council is going to attack countries that upholds human rights

china russia economically quite complementary. has a surplus of capacity in beauty infrastructure maybe well over doing that in china but he's good at doing that. aetiology aside i think china sees that at the precondition for economic development secondly china is taking. protection now extremely seriously again because we're overlook that for so many years we are paying the price so russia has competitive advantage of that front. i think. is extremely important i don't want to d. and present that but i think central asian hisself won't move the needle when you look at pacific when you look at europe so economically i do see the rationale for china russia and germany not to form a lines but to create more synergy economically this is the chinese leaders perspective precisely because these two french gentleman have been arguing against each other chinese leaders nothing they only take germany seriously europe hate to see this. germany has a strong interest where a strong interest say to gauge you to drag you through history you do

a closer lion's benefits both russia and china russia's accused of meddling in trumps election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea. chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea. the meeting between china and russia the wrong displays of friendship between she and putin are in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership lawrence lee al-jazeera beijing. and the world news an israeli forces have again used live fire against protesters gathered along gaza's barrier fence for friday protests the last protest in fact of the holy month of ramadan more than three hundred eighty five people have been injured in the past few hours five of them who are said to be in critical condition according to palestinian medical sources at least one hundre

equipment that china does have today, that could compete with the likes of the us, france and russia? chinahina is developing space based warfare capabilities. we saw that over the last five or six years integrated with industry for .0 technology, artificial and —— intelligence and the suchlike. —— they are moving ahead with those very quickly. one company has announced they have won a contract from australia ford defence spending. australian defence spending. australian defence spending is on the rise and will be on the rise quickly arms of the next decade. this project is part of that. it is also one that brings big benefits for local industry and local companies. several 100 companies will be involved in this. it has major significance for the royal australian navy and for local industry in terms of its development and new technologies coming in. briefly, we have been discussing trade wars over the last few months. a slowing global economy and higher interest rates. does this impact on defence spending? it can do. generally speaking the military product are outside of that. certainly the

both russia and china want to break the west. russia wants to splinter it and china wants us to plant it. one place where they are especially aggressive is in central and eastern europe. our first priority here is to check russian aggression. in rect years, a gremlin has attempted to forcefully redraw borders, intimidated and attack neighbors, launch information and cyber campaigns against the west and engaged in military buildups on the western frontiers. . . . >> since january 2017 we brought sanctions against russian individuals and entities. in response to the attack the united kingdom we helped organize the largest expulsion of russian spies in history was that more than a hundred 50 spies back to russia. the partnership for your leading the u.s. government's effort to counter this information. demand the russian government uphold its commitment allows citizens to exercise their freedoms without fear of retribution. the parallel, were building the means of self-defense where the frontier states most directly threatened. we've

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and when we look at russia it's finding that it needs more trade partners in the east particularly chinabecause of sanctions against it led by the u.s. for its annexation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen russia is also being investigated and being accused of having meddled in u.s. elections as for china it's in the midst of a possible trade war with the u.s. these are the world's two largest economies china is also facing criticism from the u.s. and being challenged for its increasing militarization of disputed parts of the south china sea and the other thing that these two countries have in common is that they are not invited to the summit that's going to be held between north korea and the u.s. that's not to say though that we can't discount their influence now in the days leading up to in days in the weeks leading up to this summit taking place russia has visited north korea it suggested that sanctions against north korea ought to be lifted in phases to perhaps gain favor with north korean officials in the meantime we've also seen china extend a visit to north korean leader twic

right now both russia and china are ahead ofs. with that type of weapon operating five times the speed of sound right now we are making progress the same thing is true with the triad. the bill is very important and we want more amendment and we are hoping to get to open amendment that we had considered 300 amendments in our bill during the markup. we have a managers package with those bartisan amendments and iust came back from those that were created all around the world they try to get the most significant and important bill every year to get that past and get it passed. the longer we delay the more there is a negative and on that we'd want that to happen. this is the most important bill each year. >> inddition now we are taking care of the military republicans they focus on the progrowth and pro- jobs agenda as there is more evidence that is succeeding from this morning headline from cnbc small business optimism second highest ever cut cited according to a new national federation of independent business survey that small busine

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on russia and china in particular. north korea, a lot of banking is done across a border. but russia now seems to be playing a bit more of a role than we've seen them play in the last couple of years. >> well, when i was in the government, we used to talk about north korea with the russians and the six other countries. they were always the secondary player as you rightly pointed out to china. it was the reverse on iran. russia was in the lead. china was a back venture. they want to be in the game as lavrov said, and they want to be part of the negotiations. and i thinkhat will be the next interesting faze. has the chinese have said the same, will this become a negotiation. the chinese pleased about this outcome. they've always criticized the military exercises. to see them suspended is a good sign. and now moving forward, it's going to be impossible to have new sanctions against north korea with all this happy talk. right? and that's exactly what the chinese also want. they are tired of having to put pressure on north k

elements of the past that cannot be ignored if we want to approach a country doesn't just mean russia china has historical grievances it issues with its neighbors with us with japan korea iran the shaw nine hundred fifty three the airliner shoot down we can't approach any of these countries as if it all started with each new administration and yet we tend to do that it's an american weakness it's also a strength but mostly a weakness but i also feel like fresh equals like the perfect enemy like the dr evil for america is a very good merit if for americans. having russia as an enemy is much more logical than this undefined terrorism thing maybe we're show us relations are actually a victim to a perfect narrative that russia fits into a perfect enemy there's there's something very important to what you're saying.

in countries like russia china churchy people are told lives that's nothing and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoke and mirrors concern just about being here and balance or being neutral it's about being truthful. chinese for golf and i work you know. refugees climate change wars and conflicts. today will be talking about how we can still save the world with the head of the united nations development program. but mr steiner you've wanted to make the world a better place since finishing college you went to india to help out in a small village what did you do there in the park. dominance wasn't going the. it is a kind of apprenticeship and i was eager to work for an organization in the unity of the family tamilnadu assisting with the time i wanted to get to know development work on the ground and to get a better sense of what i could contribute to it and all i can buy off. to these that was my first year in india.

we're seeing sifting at this very moment as we speak really with those challenges not just from russia china but of course most prominently from the united states but she did stress though she did see here programming that is also produced in africa particularly on issues like climate change where african partners actually deliver programming to thoughts of other and show what constructive alternatives are what solutions to problems in the world so that also of course is of all because it is a lot more than you're seeing here right now in fact dortch of us started way back in nineteen fifty three mikaela it's rude has changed a lot over the past sixty five years let's first take a listen to what did the obvious director general peter limburg had to say about that. if you don't you believe they tortured rather reaches more people worldwide than ever be. and it enjoys a high reputation that's also true here in germany across party lines and it makes us proud and happy but not complacent and satisfied we want more for more people especially in places where they're subjected to propaganda and ce

elements of the past that cannot be ignored if we want to approach a country doesn't just mean russia china has historical grievances it issues with its neighbors with us with japan korea iran the shaw nine hundred fifty three the airliner shoot down we can't approach any of these countries as if it all started with each new administration and yet we tend to do that it's an american weakness it's also a strength but mostly a weakness but i also feel like fresh equals like the perfect enemy like the dr evil for america is a very good narrative for americans. having russia as an enemy is much more logical than this undefined.

a closer lion's benefits both russia and china russia's accused of meddling in trumps election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea. chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea the meeting between china and russia displays of friendship between she and put it all in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between country u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence. beijing. the u.s. says chinese government tankers have stolen large amounts of highly sensitive data about its submarine technology the washington post reports the breaches took place at the beginning of the year the hackers are believed to taint secret u.s. navy plans to develop a supersonic anti-ship missile by two thousand and twenty the news comes as e.u. trumpet ministration seeks china's support in persuading north korea to

in countries like russia china turkey people are told it's that simple and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond it you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoking mirrors it's not just about the fear and balance or being neutral it's about being truthful. chinese for golf and i were good enough.

so now we have china and russia back in with no levelling. i agree. raul thought we could leven this with trade and things from the united states. and now i think china, in particular, which is always looking for oil, is using cuba as the steppingstone to oil-rich venezuela. >> that's interesting. >> that's really -- that's a really strange strategy. [ laughing ] >> just -- i mean, does china really need to use cuba as a steppingstone to venezuela? they're hungry for any arrangement. i can't fathom that they need cuba to intercede in anyway, shape or form. and cuba has no oil. cuba -- >> but actually it has -- it should have. it's still not found. >> they've been talking about that for generations. >> they've been talking about that forever. >> they've been talking about that for years. >> but i think that the chinese stepping into venezuela via cuba makes a lot of sense. because the cubans are, as you know, a huge -- >> they're deeply embedded in venezuela. >> yes, yes. >> they're deeply embedded in venezuela. which pronoun should i use? >> i don't kn

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both russia and china want to break the west. russia wants to splinter it. china wants to supplant it. one place where they are especially aggressive is in central and eastern europe. our first priority here is to check russian aggression. in recent years, a revanche is kremlin has attempted to forcefully redraw borders, intimidated and attacked neighbors, launched information and cyber campaigns against the west, and engaged in military buildups on its western frontiers. we seek a better relationship with russia but that can only happen when russia stops its aggressive behavior. we will not compromise our principals or our allies. as secretary pompeo has said, the years of a soft policy that enabled russian aggression are over. we will continue to raise the costs of russian aggression until president putin chooses a different path. since january 2017, we have brought sanctions against 213 russian individuals and entities. in response to the attack in the united kingdom, we helped to organize the largest expulsion of russian spies in recent history and sent m

rules of the game of the rule of the game change we are not in the union or to a word you know russia is. china is there not on you know he said but look back now. impose mazie us and last volley of the sanctions not to be appreciated to european companies and they sing historical reporting east for europe now. and our partners in europe are always that way is that we have the opportunity to stop when there is a sanctions everybody forgets that every six months right iraq story new sanctions or not under all unanimity. agreed but. i mean the europeans have not shown a lot of strength let's put it that way ok you look to go back to two thousand and three in the illegal invasion of iraq i mean france and germany were if they didn't back it but in the end they went along we are i guess i mean is this a turning point here because i don't i hear this from europeans all the time but it never nothing changes you know it does but my point of view is that it's very dangerous for europe because if we continue in a disease first we go against our interests which is bad for our companies of europe and comp

now we have china and russia back with no leavening because i grew too. raul thought we could leaven this with trade and things from the united states and now i think china in particular which is always looking for oil is using cuba as the steppingstone to oil-rich venezuela. >> that is interesting. >> that's a strange strategy. [laughter] does china really need to use cuba as a steppingstone to venezuela? maduro is hungry for any arrangement. cuba has no oil. cuba -- >> but it should have and it's still not -- >> they been talking about that for generations. [inaudible conversations] >> but the chinese stepping into [inaudible] >> their deeply embedded in venezuela. what pronoun should i use? >> we both have mentioned senator marco rubio and with the way you are describing us policy now is if as you do in your book were c in the 1990s and 2000 and when the hardliners in miami and the cuban american national foundation and others are essentially controlling us foreign policy towards cuba but this is 20 years later and the demographics have changed and have