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it went down in the south china sea. and tonight, matt gutman here on why the chinese could be very interested in this highly classified american jet. >> reporter: tonight, one of the most sophisticated pieces of military technology on the planet now at the bottom of the south china sea and up for grabs. the navy saying arrangements are already under way to recover an f-35c stealth fighter was conducting routine flight operations, when it suffered a landing mishap, crashing into the flight deck of the aircraft carrier "uss carl vinson" and then fell into the ocean. the pilot ejecting safely and later recovered by helicopter. six sailors were injured on that carrier, two of them and that pilot medevaced to the philippines. the incident, now under investigation, happened a day ago as the "uss carl vinson" carried out a nay have show of force along with the japanese navy in the south china sea, where china has recently made maritime territorial claims. >> the race is on now to get the appropriate kind of recovery gear. the

air craft carrier, they were operating in the south china sea. laims virtually all for itself. the u.s., of course, would not want sensitive technology to get into the hands of the chinese so there is more of a effort to recover this aircraft. they're operating alongside another aircraft carrier, u.s.s. abraham lincoln. as for the f-35, this isn't the first time one of these stealth fighter jets has sunk to the bottom of the sea. it happened with a japanese f-35. it's happened with a british f-35 in the mediterranean last year. in all of those cases the allies have also scrambled to make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. >>> next, the notorious antivaxxer just condemned in public by his own hollywood wife. >>> remember the first rule of fight club? well, it's different in china. we will talk about it coming up. ordinary tissues burn when theo blows.s. so puffs plus lotion rescued his nose. with up to 50% more lotion, puffs bring soothing relief. a nose in ed deserves puffs indeed. america's #1 lotion tissue. living with diabetes? glucerna

the first images of a navy jet crashing in the south china sea. and the wisconsin prosecutor has the final word on what happens to kyle rittenhouse's rifle. >> garrett: images have surfaced of that f-35 fighter jet that crashed in the south china sea this week. the navy's $100 million plane hit the deck hard while trying to land on the uss "carl vinson." it then fell into the water as the pilot ejected. he and several ship crew members were injured. the navy is investigate both the crash and how the pictures were leaked. the assault-style rifle kyle rittenhouse used to kill two people and wound a third during a 2020 protest in kenosha, wisconsin, will not be returned to him. rittenhouse, who was acquitted of murder charges, had asked the court to return the gun, saying he wanted to destroy it so no one could profit from it. but today, a prosecutor ruled kenosha police will destroy the weapon instead. the white house introduced its newest addition today, a gray-haired, green-eyed tabby named willow. willow first jumped on the scene during the presi

has called it genocide in the south china sea bay. jing was turning remote reefs into militarized islands, trying to assert control of crucial shipping route and intimidate neighbors with their own territorial claims. chinese military is expanding dramatically with some new missile technologies, more advanced than west, and a navy growing even bigger than america's. and for taiwan, these posed an existential threat. paging, ramped up emissions to probe the aerospace around the island stoking fears that it threat to take over by force might one day become a reality suppression concentration camps, expansionism threats a war. this wasn't the china that angle a macro had been hoping for. but what about the economic side of the relationship will even that is increasingly open to question. despite all this trade, german and other western companies complained that they don't get fair access to china's enormous market. nobody knows the problems better than your woodcock. he's the head of the e. u chamber of commerce in pe jane the market excess that we hope for 20 years to goal happened to some

it's obviously a bit of an arm wrestle going on at the moment about control of the c lanes in the south china sea and so on. that's principally between the united states and china and, and i, well, those 2 countries will have to decide what level of competition they're ready to engage in. and how much further they're willing to go. the 1st one is actually taiwan. and again, let's hope that has been assigned to say a peaceful solution to what is on c major. deep disagreement can be found, but i don't see united states wandering around the world destabilizing places in the south china sea. it is protecting international see ways which are open to everyone in some believe in humanitarian intervention and often point to those who are converted to the policy by the rwandan genocide. you think there are parallels dionne sander libyan elections are again being postponed libya to beijing and moscow was a kind of red line. they can no longer allow nato countries to can no longer trust them. obviously they, china abstained on the olivia un resolution that libya was a line in the sand and no longer do r

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s. navy is racing to salvage an advanced fighter jet from the bottom of the south china sea. the across highly classified technology on board would be a qu for china. if it found the croft 1st, we're talking about an f $35.00. c crashed on monday as it tried to land on board an aircraft carrier. it's the 3rd time and $35.00 has had to be retrieved from the ocean. in november, a british f $35.00 b, the short take hoffen vertical landing bush and crashed at that last power, taking off from a carrier in the mediterranean. and in 2019 a japanese f. 35, a. the conventional take off and landing motion crashed over the pacific. the pilot was killed was only debra. left to be recovered. lawrence cord is a retired us navy captain, and former assistant secretary of defense. he says the jet was rushed into production before it was ready. he had put all our eggs in this one basket. we stop producing the f 15, the f 16. and we wanted to have one plane for all of the services. and when it ran into problems, we had no alternatives. so we kept building them and worked the problems out as we

detour china and provide the means for continuing freedom of the high seas, for example in the south chinaeas and finally it means a values-based component where we can say to china we think that there are human rights violations. anna china by the wayns can say that to us, and we can have that dialogue between the nations, but above all, we need a plan that has diplomatic, military, tech, business, all of those components put together in a way that could be exercised internationally. india, australia, the united states, japan. diplomatically, militarily, economically. if we pull those together i think that we can find a way to a situation where we could avoid the events of 2034. >> i certainly hope we can find a constructive and pragmatic approach to how we address china and creates a strategic framework that you're talking about. but what i will tell you is at the same time we are trying to create the framework, we are setting up very clearat signalso the chinese thatcl we are goingo focus on multilateral cooperation and alignment and our own domestic competitiveness before we focus on h

north korea had nuclear ambitions for years and china has been aggressive in the south china sea forsea accounts for at least a third of the global a maritime trade and strategic patrol for china's nuclear submarine so the question to you is, why stepped up different ties now? >> i think part of the reason is china's demonstrating increase of aggressiveness, they've increased control on the islands and we've seen them fly warplanes over taiwan so they are getting more aggressive and japan is feeling the heat as our friends in australia and india so it's important to come together with these allies and build relations and indicate to china this behavior is not acceptable. arthel: what i want to do now antony blinken on the u.s. working closer with japan, advanced military technology including hypersonic weapons space based threat. >> watching a research and development agreement to make it easier for scientists and engineers and program managers to collaborate on defense related issues countering hypersonic threats to advancing space-based capability. arthel: so how much time does the

an f—35cjet crash landed off the uss carl vinson in the south china sea almost a week ago, but concernllion aircraft first. mark cancian is a senior adviser for the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies in washington, dc. hejoins me live now from iowa. mark, thank you forjoining us. china said they have no interest in the jet but many people familiar with the case think that may not be the case? it is certainly not the case. this is the united states's most sophisticated aircraft. it has sensors, weapons, avionics, even materials that are state—of—the—art and the chinese would certainly want to acquire them and in fact they have tried to steal them using cyber tools. have tried to steal them using cybertools. i have tried to steal them using cyber tools. i think given the chance they would go after the aircraft themselves. find chance they would go after the aircraft themselves.— aircraft themselves. and what kind of information _ aircraft themselves. and what kind of information and - kind of information and intelligence and technology is

s. war ship that entered a distributed part of the south china sea is that the incident happened near the purcell islands. the united states frequently carries out what it calls freedom of navigation missions. in this disputed waterway. scientists have discovered a rare coral reef off the coast of tahiti. the 3 kilometer long. the reef is one of the largest of his kind in the world. those are the headlines up next is witness more news and 25 minutes after that. oh i the all was on the west show on the michael and on the high level hadn't played yet and i left them in a few months and i was going to be the mom. but i got my mission, a me a, a a, a, a, a, a, a michelle i mean keith it's, i'm just, i'm just gonna miss davis. my mom not in a so called helen. that's a good laugh. ah, i'm to see. yes. a calling to see yada. oh yeah. yeah. need him to bid hello. sierra nice with i'm another how i'm again and he couldn't really even look. i couldn't but he had no incentive to feel aah with her. she did her with 0, one moment in him and his neck and all over this in her mouth he won by then lo

trying to invade taiwan or control the south china sea? leaderships and missiles. uld we feel if our enemies were in our own backyard? when will this establishment wake up? china is already in our backyard aggressively expanding its influence in the caribbean building roads in jamaica and computers to schoolkids in the dominican republic and infrastructure and venezuela and deep space listening station in argentina. will china really help those countries? these are hostile moves against america and then what about all of the americans the chinese regime has killed through the pandemic? they pour drugs into the country 75000 opioid overdoses last year mostly due to fentanyl which china is the primary source. president xi is a brutal authoritarian dictator and can stop all this but he chooses not to because he is attacking us. so where are the mother of all sanctions on our country? nowhere because the establishment is in the china, some of them literally. they bought off the biden family who brought lucrative deals in forced business ties with senator feinstein has b

s. navy is racing to salvage and advance fighter jet from the bottom of the south china sea. the plains highly classified technology would be a crew for china. if it's found the aircraft 1st, the f $35.00 see crashed on monday as it tried to land on an aircraft carrier. it's the 3rd time in f 35 percent to be retrieved from the ocean. in november, a british f 35 b. the short take hoffen vertical landing version crashed as it last power taking off from an aircraft carrier in the mediterranean. and in 2019 a japanese f 35 a. the conventional take off a landing version, crashed over the pacific, killing the pilot, and leaving just deborah to be recovered. lauren's court is a retired us naval captain, and formerly an assistant secretary of defense. he says this jet was rushed into production before it was ready. we had put all our eggs in this one basket. we stop producing the up the dean, the f, 16. and we wanted to have one plane for all of the services. and when it ran into problems, we had no alternatives. so we kept building them and work the problems out as we went along. bu

that a sunk in the south china sea 1000 is forced from their homes in the democratic republic of congo as the army struggles to contain a rebel group. i'm gabriel's on to a new york city. we're more than 55000000 people in the northeast in the united states are in the eye of a major winter storm and sport, the quarter finals of the africa cap of nations get under way. later on saturday. i was nation cameroon, faced the gambia with the indomitable lions aiming for a fix, the african tied up ah monsieur diplomacy, but prepare for conflict. that seems to be the approach the united states is taking over ukraine. president joe biden says that he'll soon be moving a small number of american soldiers to nato members in eastern europe, around 8500 or on stand i for a possible deployment. according to the pentagon, meanwhile, biden's ukrainian counterpart is urging the u. s. and other allies to take a breath president holiday as lensky says that they've seen wash and build ups before. a diplomatic talks must continue. and for many people living in the east of ukraine, the uncertainty over will

the former and the south china sea in 2016 and the latter in the black sea in 2019. in both cases, despite the international court's scathing rejection of both countries' intrusions on protected waters, there's no sign in a the lawless -- that the lawlessness has abated. their encroachment continues as well as the building of artificial land masses that the court condemned. in the black sea, russia claimed sea control in a seizure of ukrainian ships are not part of the international rule of law. putin is increasing the size of his fleet. what is particularly concerning is the development of sophisticated missile technologies by both countries that increase the vulnerability of our surface fleet that's been working in conjunction with allies like france, japan, australia to reassert post-world war ii principles of visibility, peacefulness. the joint sea patrols in the international waters of indo-pacific and black sea are a reassertion of principles that since the end of world war ii have successfully reduced the risk of conflict while enhancing trade and prosperity.

it also highlights security in the south china, see the status of hong kong human rights abuses in shin jang, and more with their questions, whether the new team is really united. about all this. most of all the chancellor love shows and the foreign minister and alina babcock, schultz is a social democrat, and babel could green and the difference runs deep. all of shots, for example, used to be member of hamburg the port city making big money on trade with china. oh, or salt stands for continuity. i think his, his view of china was shaped by his 7 years as mayor of hum borg as the foreign minister and alina bab, book like her dream party. she's been highly critical of said jane. she's called for as essentially a break in, in, in germany's approach so more outspoken on human rights. reducing economic dependencies on china. so germany now has a chancellor who doesn't want to rock the boat and a foreign minister who wants a tough line. also in the mix, a liberal finance minister who's pro human rights, but close to business. this could get very complicated. we could see as sort of coughing

has that are active right now in the south china sea. the chinese of course see that as a provocation to them. and that is probably why they're also demonstrating their capability, at taiwan at this point. >> colonel and kimberly, we appreciate the analysis. thank you. >> you bet. >>> well former attorney general bill barr has spoken to the january 6 committee. what did they learn? >>> and a stunning threat from former speaker of house newt gingrich. he said january 6 committee members could see jail time if republicans win back congress. >> and u.s. markets are getting hit hard. look close to 600 points off the dow today. it was much higher earlier off more than a thousand points. we'll take a look at why iefrs are worried. that is ahead. for adults with e to severe crohn's or ulcerative colitis, stelara® can provide relief, and is the first approved medication to reduce inflammation on and below the surface of the intestine in uc. you, getting on that flight? back off, uc! stelara® may increase your risk of infections, some serious, an

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on the tensions the rising tension, the south china sea. and last but not least, the pandemic situation, china's those that close. now there is no chance of dialogue and that only a channel. so it's not easy to engage personal business. unix changed culture exchange, no tourism. and all this ends up in the public opinion, which is very critical on china, which is not where you, again, the parliament of germany always has also been very critical in china. and on the other side, the german government and during the american you're out. and again, now maybe we ready, don't know yet with all of charles was from a pragmatic handling and then the handling of the china relations. so we have to observe now, well, how, whether this will continue so that the breach between the quite critical public, the quite critical parliament and a very pragmatic government and the upside. but you know, the former german chance or our new america is she was a master at keeping human rights diplomacy on one side and business on the other. and we know lease from the

s. navy is racing to salvage and advance fighter jet from the bottom of the south. china see the aircraft highly classified technology would be a cooper, china if it found the airplane 1st. the f 35 c crashed on monday as a tried to land on an aircraft carrier. eco also suspended booking offenses membership following the military coup on monday. but the group hasn't imposed any sanctions. those are your headlines up next. people in power. we're back from the news from after that with more news, we'll see that news, news, news, news, the european museums hold hundreds of thousands of colonial era artifacts. many of them looted from the place of origin in africa, asia, and the americans. for decades, there's been a heated debate about whether these objects of huge cultural significance should be given back to me. a handful of either being returned activists. taking lessons in the right hand journalist island club, this one has been finding out why i oh, frances, fiercely proud of its culture and history. will down any of paris is grand pool of odds any quickly realised the capital is a monu

it will be the 1st free trade deal between china, south korea and japan. the u. s. is not part of the agreement, even though it is in the asia pacific region. and india pulled out at the last minute. china, by far the biggest economy in the block says the trade pact will help the country promote growth as the region tries to recover from the pandemic. shit engines are you whole cnc p takes affix over 90 percent of merchandise trade between the members will be subject to 0. tariffs, on january 1st, 2022 more than 65 percent of china's trade with a c on australia and new zealand are expected to immediately achieve 0 tariffs. are they be turning all over all the i, c e p. mid. the countries have committed to opening up more than $100.00 service trade sixes covering finance, telecommunications transport, tourism research and development. low r sep, is made up of 10 south east asian countries, as well as south korea, china, japan, australia, and new zealand. the agreement will provide a simpler training framework, meaning businesses won't have to navigate separate require

the chinese is great anxiety about similar tenuously while that's happening in the south china sea or the indo pacific as we now call it the all because deal the pull out of get this done. i mean see obviously the we their easton took is done is that make the movement has been taken off the u. s. terrorist list and china is putting $2000000.00 of burn leave investment to have get it done. one f. b i whistle blow sybil. edwin said, need to see is jin chang is the next day one is actually happening simultaneously. is that credible that need to look ahead? i think this is very credible because me and part of sullivan's talk. he said, part of setting the part of setting this new global order in the c n n interview. he said, well, he said also good. it would be based on enshrining the text of the declaration, the universal declaration of human rights into every international institution as well. as into the border, and i think it's very clear that it was us weapon i vision along with climate change is a weapon is asia of china. and yes, i think that precisely this process, what do i call i

to china because when you talk about cyber threats, technology challenges, but i straight in the south china sea, china is a continuing challenge for the united states. as china rises as an economic power, it remains an important market for u.s. companies. the conflict between china and united states. there are other actors you talk about which we will hopefully get to, ram, russia, they play in the book, too. the conflict between china and the united states is the heart of it. what should be our approach towards china and how do we avoid military come from -- confrontation that might be. what will happen if we are not smarter towards our policy towards china and the united people don't find common ground to work together on the challenges and are more confrontational going forward. are we in a cold war? james: let me start with the book, if i may. it is set in 2034. you have read -- written a work of predictive fiction. this is a work of cautionary fiction. i wrote this book specifically to show that both the united states and china can make mistakes. can make miscalculation that can lead t

while that's happening in the south china sea or the indo pacific, as, as we now call it the all because veal, the pull out of a get this done. i mean the, obviously the wieder eastern turkey is done islamic movement has been taken off the u. s. terrorist list and china is putting $2000000.00 of investment need to have it done one f, b i. whistleblower sybil. edmund sydney to seize. jang is the next taiwan is actually happening simultaneously. is that credible that? i think this is very credible because actually in part of sullivan is told, he said part of setting the part of setting the skew global order. in the c n n interview. he said, he said also that it would be based on enshrining the text of the declaration, the universal declaration of human rights into every international institution, as well as into the order. i think it's very clear that it was an asian along with climate change is a weaponized ation of china. and yes, i think that precisely this process, what do i call it? i would call it the cost of i is ation of taiwan ukraine. and also probably the province justice, kosov

navy jet has crashed in the south china sea. the navy says the jet hit the deck of the "uss carl vinson" dring training exercises. the pilot ejected and was recovered by a helicopter, but seven others were injured. the cause of that crash is still under investigation. >>> we're getting our first look at the coldest marathon ever. dozens of runners took part in the race in siberia over the weekend including one american where temperatures hit minus 64 degrees at the start of the marathon. the winner finished in just over four hours. with that we'll take a look at your tuesday weather. >>> a storm system is expected to bring one to four inches of snow from the great lakes into new york state and new england this morning, and some bitter cold temperatures will follow that storm system. by tomorrow morning negative windchills will stretch from north dakota to st. louis, and it will feel like the low 20s as far south as alabama. checking today's high temperatures, it won't get above zero in minneapolis. the northeast gets into the 40

the chinese government says it warmed away a us war ship that entered a disputed part of the south. china sea says the incident happened near the parcel islands. united states frequently carries out what it calls freedom of navigation missions in the dispute waterway, aide funds from australia. new zealand have delivered their 1st shipments to torn up. the island has been cut off since the days volcanic eruption, and through now me, many homes were destroyed. scientists have discovered a red coral reef off the coast to heathy, a 3 kilometers long. the reef is one of the largest of its kind in the world. but headlines, more news here on algebra, right off the people and power season. ah al jazeera, when ever you ah, all the during the syrian civil war, tens of thousands of people being detained, tortured rates and murdered by the regime of prussia, ro, side in april 2021 is his intelligence officials. roslyn was put on trial in germany, accused of participating in those crimes. now he's being found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, as the case is reaching a climax report. and nina do

ports, deployed weapons there. >> xi's grass-growing fleet tried to extend its influence into the south china china claims virtually all of it. >> harassing dozens of vessels. >> china snoot afraid to fight a war with the u.s. in the region. >> and even sinking ships. >> the international blowback against china, the willingness to see china as a threat, is directly because of xi jinping. >> xi's most defiant move occurred in hong kong. >> hong kong belongs to china once again. >> back in 1997 when the british returned the city to china, beijing had promised the world that it would allow autonomy and freedom there. >> the repeated reassurances to the people of hong kong. >> hong kong residents shall enjoy various rights and freedoms. >> not anymore. >> the political fete of hong kong remained by beijing. >> hong kong has changed beyond recognition. >> a sweeping international security law in 2020 -- >> 47 pro-democracy activists have been charged -- >> -- led to mass arrests of politicians. >> the press literally under attack. >> journalists are under direct physical threats. >> the end of a v

hand-to-hand combat. >> they built airfields, built weapons there. >> xi tried to influence the south china sea, amassing dozens of vessels. >> china is not fit to fight a war in the region. >> and even sinking ships. >> the international blowback against china, the willingness to see china as a threat is directly because of xi jinping. >> xi's most defiant move occurred in hong kong. >> hong kong belongs to china once again. >> back in 1997 when the british returned the city to china, beijing had promised the world that it would allow autonomy and freedom there. >> he repeated reassurances to the people of hong kong. >> they had various rights and freedoms. >> not anymore. >> the political fate of hong kong remade by beijing. >> hong kong has changed beyond recognition. >> a sweeping national security law in 2020 -- >> 47 pro-democracy activists have been charged. >> amid the mass of politicians. >> the press literally under attack. >> journalists under threats of physical threats. >> and a network of party informants just like any other city on the mainland. >> china is flexing its milita

orange tops, they're heavy showers are out that many of those down here, there are a few of the south china see that the potential development might run up towards taiwan and a couple of days time in australia, almost the reverse is true, but she all of tropical australia is subject to likely thunderstorms the next day or so some pretty heavy stuff. i have to say to clear northern queensland then for the south is a good line of shattering through victoria. this good orange talks tops to them, so potential flash flooding here. melbourne included for the west. the off shore breeze in perth means it's getting hot once again per se. as you remember, beaches record of 40 degree days in the summer were approaching that again for saturday. last sunday and probably monday as well. whereas for the rest, the showers or rather, while that lined in a frontal system of trophy, she likes it moving up to new southward, leaving the sun behind. did melbourne at 25 degrees. not particularly warm but settled in new zealand. christ church finally warming up to 24 on saturday. ah, ah, europe's grand capitals ar

this morning, what analysts are calling a free for all in the south china sea.rcraft carrier earlier this week, and then crashed into the water. >> while the aircraft itself is very expensive, it took hundreds of billions of dollars to develop that aircraft. if the chinese get to that airplane and can reverse engineer some of that technology, it will save them hundreds of billions of dollars. >> reporter: the u.s. navy says it is dispatching salvage equipment but analysts say that could take two weeks. in the meantime, china which considers the south china sea its territory is believed to have shadowed the exercise and might even know the location of the crash. the chinese are known to have salvaged submarines that could pick apart sections of the plane. >> there is historical precedent. in the past the u.s. and the cia has pulled a russian submarine up off the sea floor and the chinese have pulled a british submarine up off the sea floor. so going after somebody else's military equipment that has gone to the bottom of the ocean is not unprecedented. >> reporter

an f35cjet crash landed off the uss carl vinson in the south china sea earlier this week but concern first. mark cancian is a senior adviser for the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies in washington dc. while china has denied any interest in recovering the aircraft, he says, given the chance, it would. well, these aircraft have avionics, they have sophisticated electronics, they have sensors — that is things like radars and infrared detectors. they have weapons — the us' most sophisticated weapons — and even some of the materials that go into making these aircraft are very specially designed and developed. these would all help the chinese first to counter the us and any country that operates the f—35 aircraft, including the united kingdom, and it would also help them build their own aircraft. they are trying to counter the us advantage and they would use this information to make their own aircraft more effective. what do you think is going to happen in the next few days and weeks? well, there's no question the united states is going to

to china because when you talk about cyber threats, technology challenges, but i straight in the south china sea, china is a continuing challenge for the united states. as china rises as an economic power, it remains an important market for u.s. companies. the conflict between china and united states. there are other actors you talk about which we will hopefully get to, ram, russia, they play in the book, too. the conflict between china and the united states is the heart of it. what should be our approach towards china and how do we avoid military come from -- confrontation that might be. what will happen if we are not smarter towards our policy towards china and the united people don't find common ground to work together on the challenges and are more confrontational going forward. are we in a cold war? james: let me start with the book, if i may. it is set in 2034. you have read -- written a work of predictive fiction. this is a work of cautionary fiction. i wrote this book specifically to show that both the united states and china can make mistakes. can make miscalculation that can lead t