in the south china sea and the intersection between the indian ocean and the south china sea. this is completely crazy because what is stead of america proposing a project for celsius. for the countries in the cells trying to see or a vision for the future it's another military drive and the chinese of course because the chinese diasporas they are extremely powerful know this solves this station so when there is something to be negotiated in the south china sea will be on the table between china and the philippines china and vietnam china and indonesia and not with american military interference so it sounds and it looks like a desperate ploy from a decline in empire once again so we keep repeating the same scenario over and over again you know now i want to shift a little bit to a controversial law recently signed into law by president obama and it's related because you know the us takes launches these wars takes these steps all in the name of fighting terrorism he least recently signed this new piece of l

support intervention in the south china sea issue is very important for a force for the chinese government the chinese government has perceives. you as part of. serving national interest so i. expect or anticipate some sort of rest from beijing in the next couple of weeks perhaps we might see something coming out of beijing in regard to the philippines but i just want to to bring up the issue of you know this must not lead to. political conflicts you know in the region because there are the oven used. major powers can sit down and talk about it especially true. what you said a while ago that there might be a strong response to this but how do you actually see america's military presence affecting this region and why of what's going on now. sure i think partly for us to come back we idea of reengaging with especially true. the us has claimed that this is about to maintain the freedom of navigation and this is partly the interest of the us but i think if we look deeper this is not only about. to defend and navigation this is about two cultural balance the rise of china and when you talk abou

on exploring all your resources in the south china sea where the are the our oil faction has been working with china in which they signed an agreement in around two thousand and five and trying to have a joint exploration for oil resources in south china sea so i think the philippines is altering that to trying to ballance and trying to get internal political supremacy on the other hand and on the other hand the philippines is trying to get the best interest from from this china and u.s. relations yes maybe wrong that is clear but given the security concerns that you mentioned earlier and the complexity of the situation in the region how does this sit with beijing with china specifically i mean as it all seems like it appears there is nothing china can do in this particular situation especially in its own neighborhood kind of without the approval of the u.s. what are your thoughts. yes now i have already noticed there's tremendous pressure from the public opinion within china asking and urging the chinese government to top up for a tough position towards the philippines however i think th

so when there is something to be negotiated in the south china sea will be on the table between china and the philippines china and vietnam china and indonesia and not with american military interference so it sounds and it looks like a desperate ploy from a decline in empire once again so we keep repeating the same scenario over and over again you know now i want to shift a little bit to a controversial law recently signed into law by president obama and it's related because you know the us takes launches these wars takes these steps all in the name of fighting terrorism he least recently signed his new piece of legislation into law it's the national defense authorization act and this act allows for the indefinite detention of u.s. citizens and his justification when he signed this was quote ultimately i decided to sign this bill not only because of the critically important services it provides for our forces and their families and the national security programs it authorizes but also because the congress revised provisions i would otherwise have jeopardize the safety security and li

we have china saying the would have the south china sea. s through the south china sea. they are saying our nation would have to get permission from them to go through the south china sea. go across the world, you have got pakistan in a state of tumult with 100 nuclear weapons, and you have the arab spring in full bloom, and some going well and some not going well. there are threats and challenges around the world. for them to shrink our military is unthinkable. he is saying we should reduce our personnel by 100,000, slowing down the number of aircraft that we build, reducing the number of ships that we build. that is the wrong way that we go. my view is a very different course. i believe america is the greatest ally that peace has ever had. [cheers and applause] i believe that it is essential -- i believe it is essential, i believe that it is essential that we invest in our military to make sure it is so strong that nobody would think of testing it, so i want to add personnel to our active duty personnel, to our armed services. i want to ad

we have china saying they would have the south china sea. permission from them to go through the south china sea. go across the world, you have got pakistan in a state of tom jon with nuclear weapons, and you have the arabs spring in full bloom, and some going well and some not going well. for them to shrink our military is unthinkable. he is say we should reduce our personnel by 100,000, slowing down the number of aircraft that we build. that is the wrong way that we go. i believe america is the greatest ally that " -- that peace has ever had. i believe it is essential, i believe that it is essential that we invest in our military to make sure it is so strong that nobody would think of testing it, so i want to add personnel to are active duty personnel, to our armed services. i want to add ships. i want to go from building nine per year. -- i went to go from building nine per year. -- i want to. i am not want to take that money to go pay for obama care or some other program. i want to take that money to rebuild america. there is the care fo

have an accidental conflict over taiwan or all with some of the mineral rights in the in the south china sea china is not an expansionist power they want to protect their their their their their own interests but there's no real danger of the united states and china going to war. so militarily that the obama administration does is keeping at least a close eye on the area and expanding the bases there at the base in australia increasing ties with the philippines also in south korea there's an island off the south korea where the u.s. is eyeing to expand the bases there. so i mean from china as pers fact of when you see a military build up kind of surrounding the country how can we expect china to react well this is the great irony is because with the rhetoric of some people the chinese think we're expanding we're not adding any forces to the pacific and i think yes we're going to put twenty five hundred marines in australia but that's hardly a threat to you know to try to you know it's got to be over a thousand kilometers away so you have to be careful of the rhetoric that people might think

military strategy in the asia-pacific region says that role for japan may be in the east china sea and the south china sea. >> the major role that japan would play would be to shift its focus further south and it has an expertise in anti-submarine warfare and naval surface warfare. >> still, schmitt says the u.s. may find it difficult to ask its allies to do more as it cuts defense spending. so far the chinese government has given no official reaction to the new u.s. defense policy. but media coverage within the country has expressed caution. >>> a communist party is linked newspaper, the global "times," carried a detailed report on the new strategy. a chinese expert tells the newspaper that the u.s. clearly views china as a military rival. but he said china should remain calm and continue its development for the coming decade. the state-run news agency and communist party's people's daily also covered the news. the article said the u.s. will boost deployment capabilities in the asia-pacific, but they did not criticize a strategy or make any connections between the shift in u.s. policy and china

military strategy in the asia-pacific region says that role for japan may be in the east china sea and the south china sea. >> the major role that japan would play would be to shift its focus further south and it has an expertise in anti-submarine warfare and naval surface warfare. >> still, schmitt says the u.s. may find it difficult to ask its allies to do more as it cuts defense spending. so far the chinese government has given no official reaction to the new u.s. defense policy. but media coverage within the country has expressed caution. >>> a communist party is linked newspaper, the global "times," carried a detailed report on the new strategy. a chinese expert tells the newspaper that the u.s. clearly views china a mitary rival. but he said china should remain calm and continue its development for the coming decade. the state-run news agency and communist party's people's daily also covered the news. the article said the u.s. will boost deployment capabilities in the asia-pacific, but they did not criticize a strategy or make any connections between the shift in u.s. policy and china. we

is great, but how it affects their neighbors, what the the one in terms of sovereignty in the south china sea. but that their neighbors do not know the answer to that question and they have asked the united states to get more visibly engaged in regional security. i think that is part of the american motives. they want to send a message to the chinese, to let them know we are still there. we have been there since world war ii, and we will remain at a very strong and forward-deployed power. >> with asia-pacific a priority, doesn't mean the diplomat of more military personnel and hardware into the region -- does that mean the deployment of more military personnel and hardware into the region? >> we have announced new base agreements with australia, but i do not think you will see significantly enhanced troop presence in the region. there will be stronger architecture and emphasis on regional security and closer cooperation in areas like training with treaty allies and strategic partners, such as japan, korea, australia, thailand, the philippines, and other nations. >> the director of the southea

. -- there are two disputed island chains in the south island sea. china, of course, claims all of the south china sea, saying that historically it was theirs, but that is in dispute with japan, as well as with the philippines. this is significant, because what we're seeing is we're seeing increased tensions in that south china sea area, and the reason the u.s. should care about that is that there are an estimated 213 billion barrels of untap ped oil reserves in those -- under those seas, so that's why this is a high stakes game and that's why the u.s. navy, as we've reported in recent days, is starting to project a stronger presence in the south china sea, because of these disputes and because of the importance in terms of oil reserves and china trying to sort of gobble up these areas, jenna. jenna: interesting to note that. you walk through the halls of the pentagon every day. is there a concern we're shifting too quickly away from the middle east to kwraeurb? >> it's official, our -- our chief at the pentagon asked admiral jonathan greener that this mor

decisions have to be made on how malasia should deal with territorial disputes in the south china sea and trade. anwar is ethnic ma lay, but popular among the urban middle class. he's said to be advocate of western style free economy. now his trial is over, attention will turn to the policies he chooses to dif risht his party from the ruling coalition as the country moves towards a crucial election. >>> now to india. heavy snow in india continues to wreak havoc in the country's northern states severing a major highway for the fifth consecutive day. parts of cashmere are completely cut off from the rest of the country. authorities are working around the clock to clear the national highway. >> translator: it's the worst snowfall in 25 years. so it's taking us longer to re-open the highway. >> hundreds of people remain stranded along the highway, which serves as a lifeline for villages in kash mere. many travelers were forced to take shelter at bus stops because they could not afford hotels. sections of the 300 kilometer highway have been reopened and authorities hope to resume normal op

fear of china has some asian nations turning back to uncle sam for protection, especially in the south china seaan economic shipping hub where china has laid claim to disputed territory. >> there is a sense that we need to be there to serve as security blanket in the region. >> reporter: along with the philippines, the u.s. is looking it into possible security arrangements with indonesia, thailand and even vietnam. singapore has agreed to host navy warships. >> the united states is stepping up. >> reporter: in november, president obama announced plans to station 2500 marines in northern australia. the largest number of troops in that country since world war ii. >> our economy, virtually every job in america, it tied to the stability of this area. >> reporter: regional expert anthony cordas mann says preserving u.s. trade to and from asia is vital. >> preserving that level of security and stability is the cost we have to pay, is actually a relatively cheap insurance policy. >> reporter: there are fewer than 100,000 american troops stationed in east asia, which is not expected to change. pentagon

engagement with the east asia we defeat bins and also or intervention in the south china sea issue that is very important for the chinese government chinese government has perceives. you as part of. preserving national interest so i think we should expect or anticipate some sort of rest from beijing in the next couple of weeks perhaps we might see something coming out of beijing in regard to. but i don't hesitate to log on to our website and so you don't com it's the best place to look for the latest updates comments and videos that someone can see some of the items waiting for you there right now is so-called healing pyramids certainly attracting russians who are hoping to improve their health skeptics dismiss the structures as fraudulent false idols designed only to help people part with their money. and the pentagon's money management proved to be far from efficient as one hundred million dollars once stored in saddam hussein's palace disappears into thin air. all right in a few moments in a tussle with the business but for now britain is preparing for the greatest show on earth and

now claiming the gulf of mexico as an area of its national interest so why are we claiming the south china sea is something that's so important to america's interest is of no importance to america's interests i mean you know it's interesting that you say that because obviously with the with this effort and this military presence being often and the troops being deployed to areas around china that you know that they are viewed as somewhat of a threat otherwise they wouldn't be focusing so much attention to this region of the world i mean how much of a threat is china really to the u.s. . it's not any threat it's our biggest creditor it's the biggest buyer of washington's debt. it's great finance or. it you know it is it's a host of numerous american global corporations. so it's not janet has is idiology it world and gentleman it's washington i'll come back to those neo conservatives that got a whole government following the notion that all american must use its dominance for loses it to establish cage and me know where all that means we can't let any other country rise up well this is a formula

issue of the us reengagement we saw east asia we defeated bins and also its intervention in the south china sea issue that is very important for the chinese government the chinese government has perceives. you as part of. preserving national interest so i think we should expect or anticipate some sort of rest from beijing in the next couple weeks perhaps we might see something coming out of beijing in regard to the philippines. you with r t don't hesitate to log on to our website on top is the best place to look for the latest updates comments and videos some of the items are standing by for you right now including whistleblower julian assange will ignore his house arrest in spectacular style when his alter ego appears in springfield alongside homer simpson a milestone episode of the us cards. and the pentagon's a money management proved to be far from efficient as one hundred million dollars stored in saddam hussein's palace disappears into thin air. now it's ten minutes until the business here in artsy now the latest effort to save the euro underway in brussels now is off to a characteristic

thought that a single seat right at the you know at a particular location where you know the south china sea meet with the straight and that would cause an impact on the national interests of singapore that's why the singapore has an interest in involving the u.s. in these you know apollo gave right thanks very much indeed for your thoughts on the program sir that i was probably in touch of all lead researcher for political and strategic affairs at the institute of southeast asian studies now don't hesitate to log onto our web site r t dot com it's the best place to look for the latest updates comments and videos here's some of what's there for you right now. so-called healing pyramids attract russians hoping to improve their health but skeptics dismiss the structures as fraudulent falls iles designed only to help people part with their money. and the pentagon's money management proved to be far from efficient as one hundred million dollars one stored in saddam hussein's palace disappears into thin air. britain's preparing for the greatest show on earth and taking the possibility of a terror

way and the south china sea then do you think they would be fair for china to see some kind of worry as in that signals that we might try to do something that might cut off their oil supply you know if it ever came to something. yeah and here's the conundrum i mean we're actually making an argument for withdrawing from southwest asia not being so involved in the middle east the out of the is that the bulk of the persian gulf oil goes east not west so china is already the primary beneficiary of that flow and most interested in securing it we keep talking about china becoming a responsible stakeholder in terms of international affairs and yet if they make any moves along that line trying to create deano basing rights or a replenishing of rights for their ships between china and the middle east we find that suspicious by and large you know and we come out with this strategic guidance that basically says in fairly uncertain terms that we're going to try to pend them in as much as possible militarily in east asia and that we find their lack of strategic clarity you know rather odd i don't

you have to deal with it like you deal with iran and burma and pakistan and the south china sea, they're interrelated. to have a president who understands how that relationship works would serve the interests of the people of this country from an economic standpoint and from a security standpoint. >> i'm sorry, governor, you were the last two years implementing the policies of this administration in china. >> reporter: texas governor rick perry had a disappointing fifth-place finish. he's hoping for a strong comeback. he appeared to make a little news at the debate. >> i would send troops back into iraq -- >> yeah? >> i tell you, i think we start talking with the iraqi individuals there. the idea that we allow the iranians to come back into iraq and take over that country with all of the treasure both in blood and money that we have spent in iraq because this president wants to kowtow to his liberal leftist base and move out those men and women -- he could have renegotiateiated that time frame. i think it is a huge error for us. >> reporter: those comments generated buzz on line and the

change of leadership, which puts that in play, china is saying they should have control of the south china seaget their permission to go there. almost half of the world's trade goes through the south china sea. we have a nation in pakistan which is in the tumult. the arab world is going through a spring. this is not a time to cut back on our military. i would make sure we have 11 aircraft carrier task forces. i would make sure we upgrade our air force fleet. i would add 100,000 active-duty personnel to the military. i will make sure that as we save money by finding ways in the department of defense, we use it for weapons systems, soldiers, and veterans to make sure they get the care they deserve. this is a campaign about the soul of america. are we going to become something i do not think we recognize, something that is more european, are we going to remain true to the principles of america? i love what the founders did. i love the vision of the founders of this country. when they wrote the declaration of independence, they said the creator had endowed us with our rights. not the state, not th

i think they have every incentive not to create any waves in the south china sea or elsewhere. can possibly help it, i think they will try to keep things very calm with their neighbors until this leadership transition is out of the way. >> they may be provoked. >> arab spring. what countries are going to be clearly successful or clearly fail by 2012? >> i don't think that degree of clarity is going to be easy to spot. what i do think you might well see is a spreading south of the arab spring to parts of subsaharan africa. >> like? >> well, i think in particular the most vulnerable countries are the nine countries that have had the same leaders in place for over two decades now, countries like zimbabwe, guinea. angola. i think that's where you will find this desire for change. among people who now see what's going on and have been following very closely what's been happening in north africa and have the mobile telephones and other means of communication to organize. i don't think carbon copies but very much a sense of the legitimacy of protest and the possible of protest. >> i t

million apiece or do we develop a censor system that can listen to machinery from submarines in the south china sea and can network that to some drone flying around to drop a torpedo. that's the reshaping that president announced today. it's about capability, not necessarily more structure. >> all right. gentlemen, thanks to both. interesting you both seem to it this president is doing the right thing. and, of course, everyone out there, let us know what you think. this opens the whole door why china is so obsessed with hacking into our technology. . >> tonight we talk about facial recognition. we is seen with the homeland security department. and now can you see it on facebook with photo tagging. but now businesses from bars to big retail chains may all be using facial detection to target you. now how and why? >> well, there are three uses that we have seen primarily in facial recognition technology. the first is photo organization and sharing sites. i can upload my photos and organize them with facial recognition. and then there is signs. i might past by a sign and may record my age and gender so

change of leadership, which puts that in play, china is saying they should have control of the south china seawe should get their permission to go there. almost half of the world's trade goes through the south china sea. we have a nation in pakistan which is in the tumult. the arab world is going through a spring. this is not a time to cut back on our military. i would make sure we have 11 aircraft carrier task forces. i would make sure we upgrade our air force fleet. i would add 100,000 active-duty personnel to the military. i will make sure that as we save money by finding ways in the department of defense, we use it for weapons systems, soldiers, and veterans to make sure they get the care they deserve. this is a campaign about the soul of america. are we going to become something i do not think we recognize, something that is more european, are we going to remain true to the principles of america? i love what the founders did. i love the bishop of the founders of this country, when they wrote the declaration of independence. they said the creator had endowed us with our rights. not the sta

power in the asia pacific and south china sea, where u.s. carriers are now vulnerable to being increasingly impressive tech policy of chinese ballistic missiles and so forth. so it is a very complex picture. can you sorted out a little? i know you addressed it in your book. >> guest: let me first of all say what i do thing an american engagement in the far east across the pacific is a natural thing for us to undertake. i do not think the way to define it is to somehow or rather relate its greater significant far as to the declining military rule of the united states and southwest asia, specifically a msdn and iraq. i do not think it is particularly affect his or persuasive to even illustrate it by announcing they are going to deploy 500 marines announced really a. i find that to be on the verge of absurdity. what it would imply in a larger sense i also disagree with because it would imply we were really serious that we are going to do in a show that we did. our earlier discussion i do a difference between what we have to do in europe with wh

power in the asian-pacific south china sea where u.s. carriers are now vulnerable to be better increasingly present technology, the chinese ballistic missiles and so forth. so, it's a very complex picture. can you sort it out a little bit? i've know you do address this in your book. >> guest: let me first of all say what i do think an american engagement in the far east across the pacific is the natural thing for us to undertake. i do not think that the way to define it is to somehow or other relate its greater significance for us to the declining military role of the united states and southwest asia and pacific lee afghanistan and iran and i don't think it's particularly effective or persuasive to illustrate it by announcing that we are going to deploy 500 marines in australia. i find that frankly on the verge of absurdity. what it would imply in the larger sense i also don't agree with because it would imply what we are going to do and asia what we did in europe and i draw difference between what we have to do in europe with what is ne

like you do with north korea, like you do with iran, like you do with burma, pakistan and the south china seaterrelated. to have a president who understands how that relationship works would serve the interests of the people in this country. from an economic standpoint and from a security standpoint. >> i'm sorry, governor, you were the last two years implementing the policies of this administration in china. the rest of us on this stage were doing our best to get republicans elected across the country and stop the policies of this president from being put forward. my own view on the relationship with china is this, which is that china is stealing our intellectual property, our patents, our designs. our know-how, our brand names. they're hacking into our computers, stealing information from not only corporate computers but from government computers, and they're manipulating their currency. for those who don't understand the impact of that, i've seen it. i've seen it. and that is, if you hold down the value of your currency artificially, you make your products artificially low priced and kill

million apiece or do we develop a censor system that can listen to machinery from submarines in the south china seand can network that to some drone flying around to drop a torpedo. that's the reshaping that president announced today. it's about capability, not necessarily more structure. >> all right. gentlemen, thanks to both. interesting you both seem to it this president is doing the right thing. and, of course, everyone out there, let us know what you think. this opens the whole door why china is so obsessed with hacking into our technology. >> tonight we talk about facial recognition. we is seen with the homeland security department. and now can you see it on facebook with photo tagging. but now businesses from bars to big retail chains may all be using facial detection to target you. now how and why? >> well, there are three uses that we have seen primarily in facial recognition technology. the first is photo organization and sharing sites. i can upload my photos and organize them with facial recognition. and then there is signs. i might past by a sign and may record my age and gender so it

power and the asia-pacific and the south china sea where the carriers are now vulnerable better increasing the technology the chinese ballistic missiles and so forth so it's a jury complex picture. can you sort it out a little bit? i know you to address it in your book. >> guest: let me first say that what i do think of american engagement in the far east across the pacific is a natural thing for us to undertake. i do not think that the way to define it is to somehow or another to relate its greater sycophant for us to the deepening military role of the united states and southwest asia specifically afghanistan and iraq, and i don't think it is particularly effective or persuasive to even illustrate that by announcing we are going to deploy 500 marines and australia. i find that to be on the verge of the absurdity. what would imply in a larger sense i also disagree with because it would imply if we are really serious about it that we are going to do what we did in europe and in our earlier discussion there is a difference between what we have to do in europe with what is today needed in the

they've told us get out of the tie won strait, the south china sea, get out of the east china sea and get out of the yellow sea. and these are our territorial waters. >> host: yeah, well, you know, they look at it this way, what if they had aircraft carriers off long island sound? >> guest: well, they had them in the gulf of mexico? yeah, i think we'd be miffed. >> host: yeah. let me go through some things in this book in more rapid fashion. iran. you debunk iran as a threat. again, it's being built up as a major existential menace. >> guest: well, i did say sort of off the record to someone that this plot, in this plot to blow up the ambassador for saudi arabia with this character down there who's a womanizer, a big drinker, a smoker, a loudmouth guy who is a used car salesman, and they got him as the key guy in this conspiracy. so he goes to the mexican cartel and happens to run into a dea agent. and he did get some money from iran, that's a little disturbing, but they sent it to the fbi account apparently. [laughter] so i said this thing looks like it was worked up by a couple of i

navy from the persian gulf and the south china sea. both countries test fired and they call this 828 d for anti access aerial denial. this includes a good lawyer--this includes space war and developing a new stealth bomber. in the president has announced his plan to trim $480 billion from the pentagon over the next in years. report and the character of the eight great boy that was shot and killed by the police in south texas, can't they say the police have not even bothered to contact them and details on what the young boy was shot officers at his school this regard and he refused to stop what turned out to be a pellet gun. his family is demanding to know what offices used legal force. >> no one has contacted me, not a detective not the police, nobody. they overreacted. i understand that the look at the gun, but shooting him three times in one in the head that is unnecessary. to use it to the now, he was a child, he was my child. i deny having your. the >>catherine: police argued that what it seems to be holding a handgun if the office