gordon, it is troubling that this nuclear capable bomber has landed in this south china sea, what is om beijing? >> well, the message, of course, is south china sea which everybody else considers to be international waters the chinese say it's there, they have promised not to militarize, this is a 1950's russian badger but nonetheless, our bombers, they're 1950's too, b-52's, we are more capable than they are, nonetheless, what they are saying they have more political will, they have stronger military and they have more political will. i think the united states has to go on a number of different fronts, for example, we need to have destroyers there to tell the chinese this they can't start reclaiming the area and we need to be more aggressive in freedom of navigation operations. we have been timid about that. the most important thing, they have been laserring our planes in south china sea, they did in north of africa. injured two american pie -- pilots, there has to be a severe cost on china. eric: that's astounding. we haven't heard much of that. if two servicemen were injured, with

there's been a huge restructuring of the chinese military under shi an assertiveness in in the south china sea is a very much a -- joint partnership between the vision and pla which more than happy to try to realize that, you know, 80.of the south china sea that they claim -- >> raise a few other things and start because a lot of expertise and experience and talent just in the seat of cohen has expertise in talent, the -- one belt one road -- >> what do you think is what's the chinese goal here what's the definition of success with this? >> so i think one belt road began as a grand scale sphrur project in part to export overcapacity as well as to set the technical and tech no logical standards for the next 50 to 100 years. so -- you know this was a plan to connect china to 68 countries. through the rest of asia, middle east, europe, and out to africa and there's a overland route and there's a route -- through the sea. so it began as infrastructure project but it was morphed and grander so china wants to have a control over the gps, satellite systems, e-commerce and fiberoptic cable there's a s

we cannot pretend there's an issue in the south china sea. there's six countries vying for ownership of these islands. it's not just china. >> including our allies. >> those people also, those countries need to stand up just like countries like saudi arabia and jordan have to in the middle east to defend the middle east. >> this is a complicated issue. we'll keep watching it. republican primary candidates are starting to target robert mueller's russia investigation as a way to align themselves with president trump. whether that strategy can help them win elections. up next. stay close. so allstate is giving us money back on our bill. well, that seems fair. we didn't use it. wish we got money back on gym memberships. get money back hilarious. with claim-free rewards. switching to allstate is worth it. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. >> welcome back to "outnumbered." republican primary

commenting on the far east policy is china's military buildup in the south china sea c. llian turner reports from the state department on the dangerous situation that is only getting worse. >> the chinese government is ramping up its activities in the south china sea, the nuclear situation in north korea dominates the region's attention. >> we have raised concerns directly with the chinese about this. and there will be near-term and long-term consequences. >> in recent weeks the military installed new equipment. antiship missiles as well as jamming systems on three separate islands and disputed territory off of the coast. jurisdiction over these island clusters in the south china sea is hugely contentious. >> there are at least five claimants to a variety of these islands, vietnam, malaysia, philippines, china, and taiwan, also overnight has a claim. >> china's construction has been underway since 2014. in the landscape is shown in satellite images drastically altered because of it. the u.s. position has always been that china claims to that islands are invalid and any mi

around the south china sea if this were happening in the caribbean and it was china's folks that were leading a naval exercise that might involve that might involve so they've been in the way that as well as navy and cuba's navy and mexico's navy the u.s. would be up in arms about it but this is the other side of the world and the u.s. seems to consider it to be american territory i don't know it's ridiculous. news stories look for this hour of facial recognition it's in the docket next in watching the hawks do stick around for that and i'll see you in just over half an hour's time for more global updates from r t h q. now that you. can't escape that is all. digital. i. know you said it being but that you know a lot of them just tell you that i thought if i knew. by then got a session not that. by then there's a sense that one. not i don't. want. so it. well you know support was if you had to move the multiple injuries among can connect to so don't think it's a few looks but it shows the o.e.m.'s on the phone to the bottom if you move a pair of professional services say yes but in the

around the south china sea if this were happening in the caribbean and it was china's folks that were leading a naval exercise that might involve that might involve they've been in that as well as navy and cuba's navy and mexico's navy the u.s. would be up in arms about it but this is the other side of the world in the u.s. seems to consider it to be american territory i don't know it's ridiculous. moving on now a business political elites are gathering in russia's northern capital there in sindh petersburg for one of the main events on the business calendar the international economic forum fifteen thousand participants from seventy two countries including iran two hundred and fifty c.e.o.'s will be there or over the coming days and we'll make sure you don't miss a thing. back to the some petersburg international economic forum where they russian president is right now i'm meeting the head of the international monetary fund christine legarde on the sidelines of the forum it was just downtown. and it is such a gorgeous beautiful city and i miss the time that it was there ok well let's

a pentagon spokesman said beijing's continued militarisation of disputed islands in the south china seatabilising the region and inconsistent with the purpose of thejoint drill. the chinese foreign minister said most of the building in the south china sea was for civilian use and on chinese territory. the us secretary of state says medical teams are on their way to the southern chinese city of gwan—joe after an american to the southern chinese city of guangzhou after an american government employee there suffered a mild brain injury after reporting hearing strange sounds. mike pompeo said the employee's symptoms were similar to those experienced by us diplomats in cuba last year, which were blamed on mysterious "sonic attacks". the italian president sergio mattarella has asked a little known law professor, giuseppe conte, to form a government, ending a stalemate since inconclusive elections in march. mr conte will lead a coalition of the populist five star movement and the right wing populist league party. he said italy's place was in the european union, where he would defend the intere

around the south china sea if this were happening in the caribbean and it was china's folks that were leading naval exercises that made and that might involve say venezuela as well as maybe cuba's navy and mexico's navy the u.s. would be up in arms about it but this is the other side of the world and the u.s. seems to consider it to be american territory i don't know it's ridiculous. but in you breaking news now on r.t. international north korea has dismantled its only nuclear test site this has been confirmed by both snork north korean officials and journalists on the ground including our very own ecostar enough now reporters were invited to witness the dismantling which was an effort put forward ahead of the u.s. north korea peace summit will hopefully have more from our correspondent there and more on that next hour. now with the latest with the latest you know new will be with you the top of the hour. when lawmakers manufacture come sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the financial merry go round of lives and be the one percent. of the time

out of that he believed to be corrupt so this was a restructuring into the absurd is from the south china sea is very much a joint partnership between the vision that is more than happy to try to realize that 80% of the south china sea that they claim. >> the one built one road, what do you think is the chinese goal definition of success? >> i think it began as an infrastructure project to the export of overcapacity for the standards of the next 50 years this was for the 68 countries through the rest of asia, the middle east coming up and out to africa and there is an overland route and a route to the sea. so it began as an infrastructure project but it's morphed into some a much grander. so it became a pitcher go both ways of china won to have control over the gps satellite system and fiber optic cables there's a poltergeist spouse to connect china and europe more frequently. there are security implications with a majority controlling state and 76 ports and even though they stay there for the commercial purposes, we see that they've gone to visit many of the parts after china had taken contr

in the south china sea there have been no military forces nobility bases there the chinese except the united states military base in the south china sea and that even in the philippines because the united states withdrew its forces in the philippines the united states is back in the philippines the philippines and the united states have an ounce to five different locations scattered all throughout the philippines where u.s. troops will be stationed on a rotational basis this threat to china from yet more u.s. bases on its doorstep was not an issue when an arbitration tribunals ruled against china's claims to the strategic spratly islands in the south china sea in two thousand and fifteen the us navy run her blockade that would cut china's lifeline of oil and trade and role materials. the danger of confrontation grows by the day. the u.s. navy is on the doorstep of china regardless of disputed islands and is there with low draw off ships planes battle groups it's right on the doorstep of chinese ships what a few quid lindt was off california where we ask ourselves that question regular

welcome back a tug of war over the south china sea between america and china appears to be intensifying the pentagon says that in light of evidence that baiting is militarizing the disputed body of water it's no longer invited to join the world's largest smart time military drills this summer. during a meeting with the u.s. secretary of state in washington on wednesday the chinese foreign minister rebuked america for the decision about which i was your drawers and we find the pentagon's decision to disinvite the chinese military to be a very constructive move it's also unhelpful in terms of creating mutual understanding between the u.s. and china that the u.s. would change a negative mindset dave lindorff from the online news site this can't be happening things that the us would be serious if the situation was reversed. u.s. position that china should be able to have defensive equal those islands that it claims are part of its territory is phenomenally hypocritical when the us is sealing its i think it's the seventh fleet i'm not sure which number it is. around the south china sea if th

before we send it back to you, a freedom of navigation in the south china sea within the last 48 hours, we're told, where u.s. navy ships sailed close to the islands in the south china sea. that is a good reminder it is a good relationship. that is a sign what happens in one spot of east asia can have an impact on the ongoing negotiations. >> and the trade necessigotiati with the u.s. and china impa impacting what happens with north korea. matt rivers live from seoul. thank you. >> let's chat more with sarah westwood. up and early on memorial day. let's talk about the singapore summit. what changed between the time the president sent out the premature breakup letter and now. is it simply being nice to the president and i'll meet with you. >> it is like president trump never canceled the meeting. there seems to be disagreement within the administration whether it is still able to hold the meeting on june 12th. they lost between several days between now and the cancellation, but the north koreans were unresponsive leading up to the cancellation. that is why president trump issued that in

this is what china is doing in the south china sea. lou: when you make the distinction with law enforcement, i find that curious. as a man who has written about trade with china and understands the national security implications, i would think you would be more vociferous on this. >> i don't mind you pressing on this, and if i weren't part of the administration and under orders, this is a law enforcement issue, i would be free to express my views. but this is a law enforcement issue being dealt with by the department of justice and the district court. wilbur ross and steve mnuchin would be the commenters on this. they have gone up to capitol hill to comment on this. lou: they have also gone to beijing and come back with an interesting but checkered result. we are sitting here talking about 301s and the administration's decision to impose punishment ebb as it's being adjudicated before the world trade organization which some would consider to be a further ambiguity given this administration has not been particularly supportive of the ide

(suspenseful music) it has made territorial claims in the south china sea, in violation of international law. putting itself at odds with the us. (speaking a foreign language) - it's not an ideological competitor to the united states, in the way that the soviet union was an ideological competitor to liberal capitalism, but it's a geopolitical competitor to american power. - if china's rise continues on the trajectory which they're launched right now, they will inevitably pass us as the largest economy in the world that will be significant. their military capabilities have been growing quite considerably in recent years. - there are some areas where i think we have to rightly push back against chinese influence, and trying to flex its military muscles, particularly in the south china sea. - their back is the middle kingdom now, and in every regard they're flexing their muscle. they haven't pushed yet for regional or wider hegemony, but the aspirations are probably there. once a nation gets additional capability, it's been almost axiomatic in history that it starts to reach out more. we do

places where they are building belt,ad, as well as the that overlaps with, for instance, the south china seaere they are deliberately trying to get america -- they have a strategy of extending the perimeter to which they can project chinese power and prevent american power from being projected. in the south china sea, they are turning small islets into permanent aircraft carriers. they are happily picking off the philippines and other countries that were in the american or western orbit. it's difficult for countries like new zealand and australia in the long-term, bringing them into there are rich. -- orbit. that is something we were not used to having. to shift the focus a little bit. we are talking about two things here, china's strategy, but also angela merkel's visit to beijing, which is currently taking place. i think it is her 11th visit in 12 years in office. diligent, very committed. how is she seen in china? is she an important voice? bernhard: i think at the moment china is quite willing to listen to germany and europe, because they need europe, or they help europe could play a rol

example so you talk to the americans and they saying they're increasing their presence in the south china seaand in a sea because. the chinese are also getting more aggressive and building some defensive posture and putting military assets on some features in the south china sea and according to the americans the sea lanes there are too important for world com worse you talk to the chinese they'll tell you that seventy percent of their economy passes through that channel and commerce is too important to that so both are saying the same thing but from an opposite point of view so what do we do if filipinos will be pro chinese are doing be pro america or do without both of them were pro filipina and you guys have to talk and work out this region. so that the us in a sea and the philippines will be caught in between so i think it's not just a trend it's the right thing it's really difficult not to be caught in between especially as time just but it's not the cold war anymore there's no left and right through right than wrong or evil and good you know it's a multi-polar world you have bilateral r

example so you talk to the americans and they saying they're increasing their presence in the south china sea and in a sea because. the chinese are also getting more aggressive and building some defensive posture and putting military assets on some features in the south china sea and according to the americans the sea lanes there are too important for world call murs you talk to the chinese they'll tell you that seventy percent of their economy passes through that channel and commerce is too important to that so both are saying the same thing but from an opposite point of view so what do we do if filipinos really be pro chinese are doing be pro america or do without both of them were pro filipino and you guys have to talk and work out this region. so that the us in a sea and the philippines will be caught in between so i think it's not just a trend it's the right thing it's really difficult not to be caught in between especially as town just but it's not the cold war anymore there's no left and right through right than wrong or evil and good you know it's a multi-polar world you have bilatera

something in the south china sea. so as to rally free trade republicans behind a not-so-free trade president. >> so you're say thanksgiving could be really provocative in an area the u.s. is really upset about, that is the south china sea, the disputed islands, the buildup of their military to galvanize -- >> if they reach the point jumping this is the point of no return on trade. i think the hurdle for doing that would be incredibly high and i'm not a defense expert, but what i know is that in really hard international negotiations, everything can come in to play. >> now, president trump values himself and is constantly touting him as the world's greatest negotiator. his sort of tough speech and then soft speech, whether to president xi or indeed to the leader of north korea are indicative of how he sees the game of negotiation. you're sitting in the united states for much of the year at harvard examining and watching all of this. what do you think is at play? what is at stake right now in the world order? >> oh, fir

a big stick and you mentioned the south china sea and that. aimed specifically at china now anyone else would think that in these circumstances it wouldn't be really wise to antagonize china but you know the pentagon and that that's what they're doing. when you talk about out of washington a brandishing a big stick i mean do you think washington will actually allow for peace on the korean peninsula. that's the sixty four thousand dollars question i don't. i mean the problem for the for the pentagon is that they can't really go to war the consequences are they are too but found too difficult to gain because they could only be the only reason that they will go to war against north korea is if they decided this time for an attack on china i don't think that's base so you know that the pentagon and foreign defense minister matters i'm going to put their foot down and i hope there won't be in the any attack but they still like the still light tension the. the buildup to war and all that sort of thing i mean that is their business. has been so i thi

can project chinese power and prevent america american power from being projected and in the south china seathere's simle tenuously turning small eyelets into permanent aircraft carriers and they're happily picking off the philippines and other countries that were in the american or the western orbit and that this difficult for countries like new zealand and australia in the long term and bringing them into their orbit so they see this as one project and that's why i call it coherent and that is something that we were not used to having. just like to shift the focus a little bit because we have to we're talking about two things here which is what china starts to do but we're also talking about the visit to beijing which is currently taking place. i think it's eleventh this it's to beijing in twelve years in office yeah that's very diligent yeah that's very committed how is she seen in china or is she an important voice. i think at the moment china is quite willing to listen to germany and europe because they need europe or they hope that europe could play a role to balance the u.s. . and the

mark: let's talk about the chinese, they militarize the south china sea, claimed ownership of the seaairspace, of the minerals, they claim that's theirs, they had a court ruling with respect to the philippines that said when they were grabbing distant rocks, they thumbed their nose at it and said who cares? you are wrong. this is a big deal as you point out $5 billion of economic activity. not only, that our fleets need to travel through there. >> xi jinping thinks he's emperor of the world. in december 2016, they took a u.s. navy drone in sight of one of our ships, the u.s.s. bowditch out of international water. it was so far from china it was outside the ludicrous 9 dash line claim. they told us they were taking it and we didn't do anything about it. basically, the chinese have been villains but as i mentioned we're permitting them to be villains, of course they're doing all this stuff and we've got to stop them. this is the problem, now they don't believe us and we have a president who believes what he's saying, there's going to be a problem when they think that trump says somethin

the south china sea is a key trade boost overlapping claims by six countries. the island chain is one big bone of contention about the chinese bomber landed on a different ad drive in which china, taiwan and vietnam all claim. now to cuba where investigators are today searching through wreckage after the country's worst airline disaster in three decades. an aging jets with more than 100 people on board crashed and burned yesterday shortly after taking off. lea gabrielle has more and we more and we are learning more about have the same plane was banned from being flown in another country. >> that's correct julie. the same plane the one that crashed yesterday was banned in the south american country of guyana last april. we are just learning from the cockpit recorder which is one of the two black boxes they are looking through this 39-year-old 737 was operated by a state airline cube onto the rented from the same company that owned the plane when it was banned in guyana. according to the "associated press" that company has been the subject of two serious complaint

. >> were getting breaking news that china has landed a bomber in -- the south china sea for the veryirst time. what do we make of that? >> this is a violation of the chinese rosebush of president obama september 2015. in the rows done with the chinese said they would not militarize their islands in the south china sea. the chinese are villains but it is now up to the united states to prevent the chinese from doing that by imposing costly estimate of the chinese blinded a couple of american pilots in africa and we have not impose any consonant. that occurred two or three weeks it up in the chinese have been using lasers like they did in the south china sea. we need to tell a chinese restaurant, no military to military exchanges. we need to start expelling chinese diplomats because they have injured american service personnel for the first time since the end of the fighting in the korean war. this cannot go unnoticed. >> the president of china, he has, what would be considered a pretty healthy relationship with the president of the united states. yet, we still get news like this. what

how do you deal with something like the south china sea? andare dealing with china china allies.is a game of three-dimensional chess. andt is very serious important. what we need to do first and foremost is make sure we maintain a robust presence in the pacific in the form of a fleet. we need to continue to do all of our freedom of navigation exercises. we need to look at the full lines of diplomatic end political and economic sanctions for any behavior that is against international norms. that is the only way i know to approach that. having said that, there is a bigger issue. that is the emergence of china as the new global superpower. biggest geopolitical and geostrategic challenge facing american policymakers today. of we react to the emergence china. it is extremely important for the united states to have the best possible relationship we can have with china. it is extremely important to chinatown the best possible relationship they can with the united states. we have to look at it that way. there are areas we could cooperate with china. note are areas where we can have to co

officials and the white house confirming china has deployed missiles in the south china sea in contested islands that china has built up. further military in that part of the world. that is something with long-term and short-term consequences. you have a lot of different issues with the u.s. and china making this relationship overall more and more tense. >> so interesting. u.s. ambassador to china is the former governor of iowa. there are real concerns of the chinese retaliating against american soy bean. fascinating. thank you, matt. >>> the pentagon claiming chinese soldiers using military grade lasers to interfere with u.s. aircraft in djibouti. the defense department officials claim multiple cases where two u.s. air men sustaining eye injuries. a formal protest has been discussed with beijing. >>> the shifting story on the stormy daniels payment leaving the white house with no good answers. did rudy giuliani's admission about reimbursement put the president in more legal jeopardy? [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only abo

they are building islands in the south china sea. they are militarizing those islands. they are building bases in africa. down countriesg in africa. contracts, they have these long-term contracts for things like circuit boards and other things our country what it relying on. they are investing in wind and solar. and are investing in cyber security. additive manufacturing. hundreds of billions of dollars. they want to be and have the number one countries -- companies in the top 10 sectors in the world in the next 10 years. that is their goal. i share this with you because china has a 10-year plan, a plan,r plan, a 50-your .nd a 100-year plan i worry because the united states is operating on a 24-hour news cycle. i 24-hour news cycle. that is weakening our country. it is important for the democratic party to win elections so we can get into power and do the things we need to do to compete. so that for the first time in 100 years a nondemocratic country is not the most powerful country in the world. that means living our values here the united states. we are a different co

china. the south koreans are very keen to get this done. japan, anxious and coming to see the president next tuesday in advance of the summit. you have what is going on in the south china sea and india. from your perspective, laymen, viewers like me watching all of this, what are you looking at to determine what is the most important thing to be focused on? >> first, we have to focus on china. i think china is a key player in this whole thing. i think china has tremendous influence over kim. i also agree with the c.i.a. assessment that it's unlikely that kim made a decision to give up his nuclear program. i think what is going to be important here is that we come out of this with some general broad framework for denuclearization. i don't think that is something that is going to happen in just a matter of a few hours of negotiations. i think this is going to be an iterative process and we will see more meetings to try to work out a real agreement. >> dana: bret baier and i were talking yesterday on the program we can't all expect that on june 12 everything will be magically solved. it might be a chance to figure out where everybody is and to stake out the positions. you men

they are building islands in the south china sea. they are militarizing those islands. they are building bases in africa. they have one in jabuti and another ready to come. they are locking down countries in africa. doing long-term contracts for raw materials. these countries are very poor, they get them on the hook, and they have these long-term contracts for things like circuit boards and other things our country would rely on. they are investing in wind and solar. they are investing in battery-powered cars, submarines and cyber security. artificial intelligence and additive manufacturing. hundreds of billions of dollars. they want to be and have the number one companies in the top 10 sectors in the world in the next 10 years. that is their goal. i share this with you because china has a 10-year plan, a 30 year plan, a 50-your plan, and a 100-year plan. i worry because the united states is operating on a 24-hour news cycle. a 24-hour news cycle. that is weakening our country. it is important for the democratic party to win elections so we can get into power and do the

they are building islands in the south china sea. they're militarizing those islands. they -- they are doing long- term contracts for their raw materials. these countries are very poor. they get them on the hook. and they have these long-term contracts for essential raw materials for things like circuit boards and other things that our country would rely on. artificial intelligence, hundreds of billions of dollars. they want to be and have they want to top sectors in the world. their goal. while i share this with you is because china has a tenure plan, a 30 year plan, a 50 year plan and a 100 year plan. states is operating in a . a 24 hour news cycle. that is weakening our country are. it's important for us to get into power. so that for the first time in 100 years the nondemocratic country is not the most part -- is the most powerful country in the entire world. which means living our values here at home. we are a different country than china is. sometimes, we don't really act like it. when we are caring about each other, when we are investing into each other and almo

rules look at the south china sea it is playing a different political game at the same time as pledging its support for free markets and of all based international order now the iran nuclear deal was is key for the e.u. because it really gives an option diplomatic option to solving conflicts also in the future when you look at the korean peninsula this could have been a potential roadmap out of this standoff over north korea's nuclear program and by pretty much throwing out the iran nuclear deal the united states is killing the belief in any kind of future cygnets of a u.s. president on anything potentially similar in the future and china does not want that conflict on its doorstep get hot trade another big focus of this visit or trade connections between germany and china becoming more important in light of u.s. protectionism because both china and germany have been hit by trump's new trade policies well trade between germany and china always was one of the key issues the major issues the broader picture is this international trade is like a board game of finely balanced board game whe