she argued the territorial disputes in the south china sea should be resolved peacefully in line with past agreements between china and asean. the members of the association of southeast asian nations will likely discuss these and other territorial spats with china at a regional forum next month in indonesia. japan's leading energy business has. it is taking the steps as the country faces possible electricity shortage because of the ongoing crisis at the fukushima power plant. the company plans to deal in renewable energy source like wind and solar power. it is hoping to build solar power farms jointly with local governments. >>> home appliance stores in japan are especially crowded these days. that's because only one month is left before tv broadcasting will all be switched over to digital. people are out there buying those digital televisions now. a big discount electronics store in central tokyo says it has sold 2.5 times more televisions, two times more blu-ray recorders, and five times more tuners for broadcasting this month than a year earlier. the sales of small screen tvs for

mounting international criticism over its recent maritime disputes with nations boarding the south china sea. on sunday china held its first high-level talk with the united states and separately with vietnam over the issue. world nhk world's atsushi miyauchi reports. >> reporter: in the vietnamese capital hanoi, demonstrators took to the street for the fourth straight week. >> translator: we'll continue our protests as long as china's provocation continues. >> reporter: against this backdrop, u.s. assistant secretary of state curt campbell arrived in hawaii. so did his chinese counterpart vice foreign minister cui tiankai. china recently stepped up military exercises and disrupted vietnamese army operations in waters off the spratly islands. three have previously expressed caution of the american involvement in the issue. as the u.s. lays no claim to the territories. speaking to reporters after talks campbell said he has called on china to exercise restraint. >> we had a -- i think, a candid and clear discussion. we want tensions to subside. >> reporter: campbell also said china's overall to

vietnam and china have been engaged in a dispute in the islands in the south china sea. in late may vietnam accused china of disrupting fishing. in the vietnamese capital hanoi about 150 people gathered outside the chinese embassy sunday to support sovereignty over the islands. >> translator: like all vietnamese from the authorities to the people, we strongly protest against chinese actions that violate the sovereignty of vietnam's sea territory. >> reporter: demonstrations are strictly controlled in vietnam. it's highly unusual for the government to allow such protests. demonstrating the level of anti-china sentiment. in washington on friday, state department deputy spokesperson marc ton marc toner said the disputes should be resolved through diplomatic means. vietnam's defense ministry has not disclosed how many steps are taking part in the military drill calling it an ordinary exercise. however it's rare for vietnam to announce such activities in advance, indicating its intention to send a warning to china. maria maotta, nhk world, hanoi. >>> now to the philippines. wh

. >> tension with china in disputed areas in the south china sea. >> it's 11:00 here in singapore. >> broadcasting to viewers in america and around the world. >> hello, and welcome. america's top military officer has admitted that president obama's decision to accelerate the withdraw of afghanistan is riskier than what he originally wanted. a third of the fourth to be brought home by september of next year. har mid karzai welcomed the move but the taliban vowed to continue fighting. >> the president says the tied of war is turning but he's hardly posing as a victor. these men spearheaded his surge and he was hesitant telling them of a decision unpopular with their generals. >> we have turned a corner where we can begin to bring back some of our troops. we're not doing it precipitously. we're going to do it in a -- in a steady way to make sure that the gains that all of you helped to bring about are going to be sustained. >> the white house says the remaining troops can start coming home at a steady pace ending their combat role. many in the pentagon say it's too quick and too large. >

in the disputes. >> translator: china is doing its best to maintain peace and security in the south china sea. there is an open path to dialogue between the concerned countries. >> reporter: continues to build among southeast asian nations, he was left with no choice but to stress the importance of dialogue. china's recent diplomatic effort is a mix of hard and soft approaches. the international community, however, is sure to keep a strict eye on china's increasing military presence in the region. nhk world, singapore. >>> and in other news, the tokyo metropolitan government has introduced on monday summer work hours to save energy ahead of expected power shortages. shifts are staggered with the first starting at 7:30 a.m. and ending at 4:15 p.m. the government aims to cut power consumption by 25% at its head office in central tokyo, which has 9,500 employees. it will expand the measure to other workplaces with a total of 25,000 employees including branch offices. >> several employees have been assigned to go around the office early in the evening to make sure no one is working over time. >>>

i have a followup question about the south china sea. you mentioned between china and asia, making progress. in the past week, we saw a new dispute between china and burma and the united states takes any position on this dispute? >> thank you. almost every week we see incidents of various kinds between fishing vessels, between scientific vessels, prospecting missions and the like. our general policy remains the same. we discourage resort to violence in these circumstances were threats and want to see a process of dialogue emerge. we communicate intensively and privately with a variety of states associated with the south china sea and we will do that as we move forward. >> one more question of front? >> that is a hard one. >> a nice easy question? >> thank you so much for your insight. i am sure you know that kim jong il has visited china and i want to know what your take is on china trying to help north korea and how it might be in during the efforts you and your allies are trying to do in terms of adjusting nuclear issues and if you are

it says the deployment will help extend their field of operation in the north and the south china sea. it is located in a densely populate city of ginowan. a military helicopter crashed on the university campus near the base several years ago. there's growing concern over the aircraft's safety following crashes during development. >> translator: u.s. transport aircraft crashed before. enough is enough. >> japan's defense minister, toshimi kitazawa presented data on tuesday claiming when measuring accidents per 100,000 flight hours the osprey is safer than helicopters now used at the base. however okinawa governor hirokazu nakaima say people of okinawa remain haunted by the memory of the accident seven years ago. >> translator: my top priority is securing the safety of the residents and their property. the u.s. data falls far short of proving the safety of the osprey. >>> hello. time now for your weather update. heavy rain reported in parts of eastern asia once again. southern japan, southeastern china reporting about 200 millimeters in the last 24 hours. now the seasonal rain remains

language ] vietnam previously criticized china for obstructing another oil probe vessel in the south china sea on may 26th. it also said warning shots were fired at vietnamese fishing boats by chinese ships on may 31st. mounting anger towards china sparked recent rare protest demonstrations in vietnam. observers say the latest announcement may lead to further opposition against china. >>> south korea is looking for a breakthrough that will lead to the resumption of the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear program. its chief envoy to the talks has again visited china to figure out a way to end a stalemate that lasted for 2 1/2 years. wie sung lac met wu dawei in beijing. wu chairs the six-party talks. later in the day wie told reporters that the meeting was fruitful. north korea has been increasingly confrontational toward south korea. it recently cut off military communications and says it will no longer deal with the administration of lee myung bak. they've disclosed information about secret negotiations for an inter-korean summit. wie said that south korea is now trying to determine what

. >> growing tension with china in disputed areas of the south china at the sea. it is 9:00 a.m. in singapore. >> it is 2:00 a.m. in london. broadcasting to viewers on pbs and around the world. this is "newsday". hello and welcome. america's top military officer has admitted that president obama's decision to accelerate the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan is riskier than he originally wanted. first 30,000 troops are to be brought home by september next year. afghan president hamid karzai welcomed the move but the taliban said -- dismissed it as symbolic and vowed to continue fighting. our course on the reports. >> the president said the tide of war is turning and he has -- is hardly posing as a victor. these men and women spearheaded his search and he was almost hesitant telling them of the decision unpopular with their generals. >> we have turned a corner where we can begin to bring back some of our troops. we're not doing it precipitously. we're going to do it in a steady way to make sure that the gains that all of you helped to bring about are going to be sustained. >> t

china has been pressing its territorial claim almost over the whole south china sea. there has been confrontations with vessels. singapore brokers violence on the issue asking china to clarify their position. michelle obama has made an unscheduled visit to someone special. >> america's first lady has gone to a week-long visit to south africa and one of the highlights has included a meeting with nelson mandela. we have a report from so we go. >> michelle obama, the wife of the first black president and the first black president of south africa, nelson mandela. mrs. obama and her daughters savored the meeting that they thought might not happen. the frail 92-year-old rarely sees visitors. this a visit kickoff with a history lesson. nelson mandela's wife guiding the obama family through his personal archives. the struggle against white minority groups is the backdrop to mrs. obama's visit. that is where they clashed with protesters, many of them young children. the church offered sanctuary to men and women feared the police. >> there was police everywhere, there was tearga

china told the united states not to get involved in the territorial disputes in the south china sea. they came after the american senator jim webb and called for multilateral negotiations. washington drew criticism from china last year by asserting that the u.s. had in national security interest in the region. you're watching newsday on the bbc, live from singapore and london. still to come -- the name of the east. formountry's clamoring to a new middle lines. >> much under-used a red carpet has been rolled out in puerto rico as barack obama became the first u.s. president to visit the territory in 50 years. while residents listened to him caylee m.i.a. it is the key hispanic vote in the united states -- listen to him keenly, it is the key hispanic vote in the and it states that he is after . >> he had pledged to return to pr as a sitting president. u.s. presidents don't come here very often appeared >> the residents of the island can determine their own future. and when the people of puerto rico make a clear decision, my administration will stand by you. >> that endorsement was music

tensions are building with other neighboring countries in the south china sea. how concerned are you about china's growing assertiveness? >> you cannot rule out the possibility that it has become more ambitious politically than before. therefore it would create problems in terms of its friendship or relation with its neighboring countries. all of the possible conflicts in that area have to be dealt with in a peaceful matter, -- manner, including the problems we have with china. >> is this crackdown on critics in china -- if china takes a return to a totalitarian approach, that is going to make it more difficult for your party to deal with china. >> i am the leader of a party who struggled for decades in order to enrich this stage of democracy in taiwan. we understand fully the importance of a democracy. and we hope china can have democracy as well. if there is a way for us to assist the development in china, we would be happy to do that. >> taiwan presidential candidate dr. wen. our series continues all month. on our website, you will find unique content and a lo

the tensions are building up with other neighboring countries in the south china sea. how concerned are you? >> we cannot rule out the possibility that they have become much more ambitious militarily. therefore, it will create problems in terms of the friendship or relationship with neighboring countries. all of the possible conflicts in that area have to be dealt with in a peaceful manner, including the problems that we have. >> with this crackdown on critics in china, china takes a turn for the more authoritarian, what will make it more difficult for you, for your party to deal with china? >> i am the leader of a party that struggled for decades in order to reach this stage of democracy in taiwan. we understand fully the importance of democracy. we hope that china can have democracy as well. if there is a way for us to assist development in china, we would be happy to do that. >> won presidential candidate. what -- one of russia's richest men is planning to invest billions of dollars in hydroelectric dams. he would like to export power south to support the booming ec

here picking up a lot of moisture from this tropical depression that has formed over the south china seaso in particular, for southern china we're looking at some torrential rains to occur in the next 24 hours. so anywhere from guangzhou up towards shanghai, we're looking at this extensive rain. especially for looking upwards of 100 millimeters to occur in 24 hours. so looking at flood risk in the area. and that rain also stretches into southern kyushu of japan as well. so heavy rain expected here in the next 24 hours. elsewhere, though, across japan, looking at good spells of sunshine. looking a little showery up towards hokkaido. but that should taper off by the afternoon. meanwhile, it looks like more showers to come for northeastern china. scattered thunderstorms in place. that's going to be moving into the northern end of the korean peninsula. for southeast asia, plenty of moisture in place again, especially across the philippines. the southern end could see some flooding problems occur here. also around the bay of bengal, heavy rain persists around bangladesh, northeastern india, i

a strategic partnership, but in practice, all whole series of issues keep coming up, like the south china sea issue, the korean issue, some economic issues that indicate the solution of some problems have not caught up with what leaders have put forward. >> china has many issues. you cover many of them in his books. i just got back from china, and there are number of things i would like to ask. it appears to me the issue of poverty and wealth and equality in china is a form of instability in the future. you buy that argument? >> i agree with this. there are a number of economic issues. wells and the economy is an emerging new one. -- wells and the economy is an emerging one. no -- wealth and the economy is an emerging one. the process of urbanization said results in a situation in which there are 150 million people on their own essentially looking for work. tavis: we talk about china all the time in terms of how much money it has. we talk about the rich and the super rich, when with 1.3 billion people, the overwhelming majority of chinese people are not wealthy. they are poor, so what happens

unanimously passed a resolution condemning what it called the use of force by chinese ships in the south china seathe vote which is largely symbolic calls for multilateral negotiations to solve the territorial disputes. the resolution was passed as the u.s. begins major military exercises with the philippines in the area. this was one of the many issues on the to do list of the philippine president durit. our correspondent in manila went to be tempered >> the philippine president aquino has been in power for a year now. he came into office on a wave of optimism, but right now with an increasingly dominant china next door and a growing row with the church, he faces many serious challenges. at the moment, there are tensions over this island on the south chinese seat. if china decided to take ownership of those islands, what realistically could a country like the philippines do about it? >> they are -- international law is applicable. if anybody looks at the map, it's about 18 miles from -- it's not part of the philippines. the closest that the chinese hold is 500 miles away. >> many economists would

we've good tropical storm haima in the south china sea just strengthened from the tropical depression last night and then we do have another tropical depression that has developed and we are keeping an eye on both for their progress. let's get a look at haima first off. it is not going to be around for long. it should aim for the southern end of china and once it gets close to the coastline it will likely weaken back into a tropical depression. however, it will be stalled, talking about some strong winds in the area, and then plenty of rainfall for this region, with the storm system near the center of the eye, the storm we're going to see heavy rainfall that could affect parts of hainan island as well as the southern end of the chinese coastline here, and then behind it to the philippines will also need to be bracing for another round of heavy weather that will move on in with this storm system, rains will be really strengthening over the next couple days likely. now, for china, also looking at this band of rain that's going to be developing right through the eastern areas, all the wa

about a potential military dispute concerning sovereignty over potential oil-rich waters in the south china sea. the decree of lines to would be exempted for broke out. vietnam has twice accused china of cutting the cables of the oil exploration vessels in the disputed area. a strong earthquake has shaken parts of indonesia although a tsunami is not expected. the 6.2 magnitude quake struck off indonesia's's island at 13 kilometers beneath the sea surface. which is relatively shallow. no damage has yet been reported. indonesia said on the ring of fire were the meeting of continental plates causes high seismic activity and is frequently hit by earthquakes. authorities are investigating a group of hackers that manage to access computer systems. a group said the broken to the u.s. senate pose a computer network on monday. in america, several republican presidential hopefuls have taken part in their first major televised debate. rick santorum, newt gingrich, mitt romney were joined by ron in newtim pawlenty, an hampshire. they are challenging president barack obama in the presidential election in 20

this compact but fairly active low pressure system brings in lots of moisture from the south china sea. looking at heavy showers. especially in around guanxie here. the philippines unsettled again, especially for central and southern portions dealing with some isolated heavy downpours. 34 degrees in taipei today. thundery conditions and 34 in shanghai. as well, a couple of thunderstorms to watch out for in tokyo coming in at 32. so another hot day for you here. now over towards central america, tropical storm arlene is getting very, very close to the east coast of mexico here. lots of rain clouds building over the region, already starting to bring some stormy conditions. by tonight, we'll start to see those really intense winds, high waves, high tides to watch out for as well. it looks like it's going to be making landfall here as a tropical storm on thursday morning local time. and could possibly near hurricane strength as well. and after that, it will continue to trek its way westward as a storm system. so the prolonged rainfall is going to be the biggest concern here. total rainfall

we communicate intensively and privately with a various of states associated with the south china seas. i think we were going to continue to do that as we go forward. we'll take one more. >> one more question. right up front. >> that was a hard one. >> a nice easy question. >> i have two. >> well, thank you so much for your insight. nhk television. i'm sure you know it's the third time that kim jong il has visited china. and i want to know how you are -- what's your take -- what your take is on china intensively trying to help north korea and how it might be hindering all of the efforts that you and your allies are trying to in terms of addressing the north korea nuclear issues. if you are planning to address this at the fn, then to china directly, when you say you are working with china with you, how are you trying to address this issue in particularly? thank you. >> first of all, we have not yet gotten a formal readout from chinese friends about the visit of kim jong il to china. we look forward to those discussions in the coming weeks. i think our position remains the same. we both

capital hanoi for a fourth consecutive weekend calling on china to stop entering the waters in the south china sea the two communist nations have been accusing each other of violating maritime borders for years recently they pledged to resolve the territorial dispute through peaceful negotiation but this escalated after both held independent naval exercises in the area that's believed to be rich in oil and gas. traveling to the most to the most breathtaking and remote regions of russia delving into history and getting to know injured traditions all this available to you on the new r t documentary channel that was launched on thursday or his diary takes a closer look at what's in store. they travel through snow and rain and cross river as they go hunting beyond poland so go and take to the skies they talk to goosed through shamans and studied all kinds they are the team of documentary channel made by those who want to share their discoveries of russia. or to the commensurate is unique oh viewers will not only have a chance to find out it's more about russian history and nature culture traditions or

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in quick succession, beijing picked separate fights around the south china seas with vietnam, the philippines japan. china angered south korea by not condemning aggression from the north from pyongyang which sunk a south korean ship. all these asian countries have been relatively sanguine about the rise of china. suddenly they began to realize it presented not just economic opportunities a big market for them but challenges, even threats. so they spoke out against what they saw as chinese bullying and aggression. and they became far more solicitous of america, far more friendly to washington. now this could not have pleased china. this was not the peaceful rise strategy that beijing had long talked about. but chinese officials said little about all this publicly so no one knew if they believed they had overplayed their hand. after all, they could just as easily taken the view that the world was envious and was ganging up on them and that would just bide their time which brings us back to that hotel in singapore. after year for the last ten years the shangri-la dialogue is the place where defe

robert gates today warned about potential clashes in the south china seas. ment comes amid tensions as china stakes claims on the area and other nations dispute the claims. vice president biden stopped by a station in italy to thank the troops there. they mark the country's 150th anniversary as a republic. >>> and president obama talked about the turn around of the auto industry in his mediadry. it was yesterday during a visit to a chrysler plant in toledo, ohio. for the late stz political news, go to cnnpolitics.com. >>> "newsroom" continues next hour with my friend, don lemon. >> the first time we have gotten to work since, please, can we co-work? >> police, i never get to see him. >> we'll talk after this, get this out of the way, talk business and then have fun. can you believe it's been 30 years since the first reported case of hiv today? >> and you know what we're doing to not really commemorate it but to mark it? what we're doing is having the aids quilt in the studio. it's traveling the world, and we'll have part of it. look how beautiful it is. we ta

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we communicate intensively and privately with a various of states associated with the south china seas. i think we were going to continue to do that as we go forward. we'll take one more. >> one more question. right up front. >> that was a hard one. >> a nice easy question. >> i have two. >> well, thank you so much for your insight. nhk television. i'm sure you know it's the third time that kim jong il has visited china. and i want to know how you are -- what's your take -- what your take is on china intensively trying to help north korea and how it might be hindering all of the efforts that you and your allies are trying to in terms of addressing the north korea nuclear issues. if you are planning to address this at the fn, then to china directly, when you say you are working with china with you, how are you trying to address this issue in particularly? thank you. >> first of all, we have not yet gotten a formal readout from chinese friends about the visit of kim jong il to china. we look forward to those discussions in the coming weeks. i think our position remains the same. we both

vessels cutting the table of a vietnamese ship that was exploring the possibilities of oil in the south china sea. these are basically related to sovereignty issues. they are not only national security issues, they also have downstream economic consequences. to me, they clearly talk to the commitments that we have for stability in this region. we have made these commitments. i think we are the key to the strategic balance in that region. i am wondering if you are of the same mind as secretary clinton was and gates was last year when they pretty strongly stated that we are not going to be deterred from protecting the interests of countries in international waters in that part of the world. >> very much. that's an and screaming important region. we have to have a presence there -- that is an extremely important region to have to protect our presence there. we have to have respect for international law. there has to be freedom of the seas, so that we can do our job. i think it is important to have a relationship with china, but they also have to understand that by trying to advance in the china sea,

we're in a point in the south china sea right now we're approaching a new moment with china. it's not being discussed. >> get back to that. but i want to keep it framed here about what's going on inside the democratic party. you're both democrats, of course. we spoke with our weekly conversation called press pads which is available on our log and website with barbara lee that california democrat and the house and i asked her if there was a political will among liberals to keep funding the war in afghanistan? >> you would vote to end funding now? >> oh, yes, i'm going to offer an amendment to do that. that doesn't mean i do not want to -- i'm going to make sure we have enough funding to protect our troops and provide for what they need and to bring them home safely and orderly. we need to cut the funding, as appropriator, that's our job, that's the congress' job. we have to cut the power of the purse strings and do what we need to do to secure the security of our country. >> senator reid, there's a lot of people, particularly in the democratic party that say, look bin laden is

the seventh fleet which was cruising the waters off south vietnam, international waters off the south china sea, they sent in a platoon of fleet marines. they came in wearing leisure -- according to the paris peace accords, we weren't allowed to have more than x amount of soldiers in south vietnam, and the msgs pretty much took up that quota. so they sent 50 young men with haircuts like mine, and they had them wearing leisure suits and carrying their guns and uniforms in duffel bags. the nco in charge of the msgs in sigh gone, oh, yeah, they're never going to know we're here. so we got saigon, and there's all kinds of americans still in there. not only civilians, but state department, spooks, cia, there's army advisers, air force advisers, navy advisers, but let's face it, the two main players in saigon right now are the ambassador, graham martin. an elegant man. tall, shock of white hair, always had a jaunty cigarette dangling from his lips. unfortunately, he was a young man. he was only in his late 50s, but he looked about 75 because he was sick. he wassing ifly sick, he had walking -- he was

we want to talk about our tropical storm just here in the south of china sea. it is moving towards the north. continuing its path towards making a landfall saturday afternoon. that's local time. it's moving at 25 kilometers at the moment. 25 kilometers an hour, that is. winds at 72 kilometers an hour. now, it does look like it is just going to be weakening off into a tropical depression after making landfall. still is helping to really kick up those heavy rains across parts of northern luzon as well as taiwan and southern china here. but the really heavy rain i think is going to be coming off of this seasonal rain band that we have here. it's just going to be moving up from eastern china through in towards japan and southern tip of the korean peninsula. it really is going to be bringing some extremely heavy rain. especially towards western japan. if we just zoom in on that and look at the next 48 hour ace cumulation. you can see kushu is getting 300 millimeters of rain. up to 200 millimeters for southern parts offia pan. and this area is already had quite a lot

i want to say again the comments you made last july relating to the sovereignty issues in the south china sea. as you know, this is a big issue today. i would also like to point out -- i keep hearing this analogy and i take the point to a certain extent with the situation in 1989 where we could have done more in afghanistan and in that region, but we did not. we should also be mindful that the geopolitical circumstances today are quite different than they were in 1989. if the fact that we could have done more in 1989 does not justify the methods that are being used today. i have to express my agreement with senator lugar's comment. we should not be speak -- we should not be spending $120 billion a year in afghanistan. it is almost like "groundhog day." if we keep coming back to this. if you really look at who defeated the taliban in 2001 -- the afghanis defeated the taliban with a handful of very confident -- competent american operators and border controllers. the afghanis beat them. if we look at the small we are going to be moving forward with in places like somalia and yemen, the model is

vessels cutting the table of a vietnamesehip that was exploring the possibilities of oil in the south china sea. these are basically related to sovereignty issues. they are not only national security issues, they also have downstream economic consequences. to me, they clearly talk to the commitments that we have for stability in this region. we have made these commitments. i think we are the key to the strategic balance in that region. i am wondering if you are of the same mind as secretary clinton was and gates was last year when they pretty strongly stated that we are not going to bdeterred from protecting the interests of countries in internatial waters in that part of the world. >> very much. that's an and screaming important region. we have to have a presence there -- that is an extremely important region to have to protect our presence there. we have to have respect for international w. there has to be freedom of the seas, so that we can do our job. i think it is important to have a relationship with china, but they also have to understand that by trying to advance in the china sea, they

vessels cutting the table of a vietnamese ship that was exploring the possibilities of oil in the south china sea. these are basically related to sovereignty issues. they are not only national security issues, they also have downstream economic consequences. to me, they clearly talk to the commitments that we have for stability in this region. we have made these commitments. i think we are the key to the strategic balance in that region. i am wondering if you are of the same mind as secretary clinton was and gates was last year when they pretty strongly stated that we are not going to be deterred from protecting the interests of countries in international waters in that part of the world. >> very much. that's an and screaming important region. we have to have a presence there -- that is an extremely important region to have to protect our presence there. we have to have respect for international law. there has to be freedom of the seas, so that we can do our job. i think it is important to have a relationship with china, but they also have to understand that by trying to advance in the china sea,

the pentagon says a north korean ship was intercepted by the "uss mccampbell" in the south china sea.the navy tried to get permission to board to look for banned weapons but it was denied. the ship did turn around. it's believed the ship was heading to myanmar with banned it technology. >>> the troops have spoken and they say they don't really like that beret. after a decade the military is getting rid of the black beret as standard headgear for the army combat uniform. one soldier according to the army times complained it felt like he was wearing a wet sock on his head and made him break out. it's being replaced with a camouflage patrol cap. the army said the change came after thousands weighed in on surveys in social media. >> they will still be all issued the black beret for their official part of their uniform, but that the camouflage patrol cap -- >> this is fraught with controversy. the army rangers were irate a decade ago when they did start issuing the black berets because that was supposed to be their special. they changed it to beige. >>> observe and report, part of our in d

vessels cutting the table of a vietnamese ship that was exploring the possibilities of oil in the south china sea. these are basically related to sovereignty issues. they are not only national security issues, they also have downstream economic consequences. to me, they clearly talk to the commitments that we have for stability in this region. we have made these commitments. i think we are the key to the strategic balance in that region. i am wondering if you are of the same mind as secretary clinton was and gates was last year when they pretty strongly stated that we are not going to be deterred from protecting the interests of countries in international waters in that part of the world. >> very much. that's annd screaming important region. we have to have a presence there -- that is an extremely important region to have to protect our presence there. we have to have respect for international law. the has to be freedom of the seas, so that we can do our job. i think it is important to have a relationship with china, but they also have to understand that by trying to advance in the china sea, the