south china sea. alright, let's get more context on the phone secretaries remarks from richard had area and he's an author columnist and political scientist and an expert in philippines. china ties return from what the foreign secretary is saying. do you get the impression that the philippines has a new way to take an old challenge from china in the south china sea? well, it's hard to say that, oh, there is a new way here, or we're dealing with the old challenge. because on the one hand, the challenge from chinese and evolving challenge, as far as the philippines is concerned, we're not only facing threats in the south china sea area where we have to return these. we china. but now the invasion of taiwan is increasing probability, right? and there, even discussions of that happening within the coming years, if not calm decades. so now the philippines is also worried that bought the potential ramifications of a chinese invasion or any kind of serious military operations against taiwan, which by to weight is separated from the philippines. by a very narrow straight. so the threat from chinese not or not, it

observation point high above the busy deck of the uss nimitz that has just returned from the south china sea. an areaming increasingly aggressive, building up entire islands for military use. and this friday, take a look at this, a new image of a chinese jet fighter shattering u.s. aircraft, armed with four air-to-air missiles. tonight, we talk to an f18 pilot, who sees these chinese fighters regularly, and will share more of that moment on the deck where we witnessed the power of an f-18 land, traveling 162 miles per hour, and caught by an arrested gear landing. plus, the images from our exclusive access aboard this sir helicopter patrolling the pacific. i must say, to spend two days here is to witness america's military might at its best, and a symphony of sailors and their remarkable work, too, in their words, keep the peace on this side of the world. but first, part of the reason we came to report from here is to juxtapose the dual challenges facing the pentagon, as russia continues its war of aggression against ukraine. well, today, china is calling for peace talks and a meeting between chinese

think about is, what kind of aircraft they now fly into contested territories say in the south china sea, areast the u.s. says are international waters that china claims as its own. what china could use this incident for now, no matter who intended it or if it was unintentional and a stray errant balloon, now when u.s. spy craft go into chinese territory, they will feel emboldened to shoot it down. you might remember back in 2001, a u.s. spy plane, among many spy planes that regularly did incursion over chinese air space, got knocked out of the sky by a chinese jet and the u.s. had to negotiate for the release of the spy crew. that created the kind of public message that china might want to send to its allies in this war for influence with the u.s. that the u.s. is the aggressor and china is just trying to get along. >> yeah. i mean, kim, you raise such a grave and serious example there. thank you for all of that analysis. kim dozer, cnn global affairs analyst. >>> and coming up next for us, they are facing grave danger or even death. the governor of ohio warning people living near a toxic dera

seas. up the philippines. i mean, the philippines government says, look, china is endangering the system of their reef. but this is a hotly contested area of the south china sea. how is this affecting their cover, the reason and, and the livelihoods of local people? this this is a really concrete example of the difficulties of showing marine conservation and sustainable likelihoods in areas that are politically or politically contested. if we contrast that with the kernel triangle for the stuff where the 6 countries in the kernel triangle, including in the philippines and indonesia, collaborating to manage and can, says car rapes and fisheries resources. that, that collaboration is proving much more effective from a conservation and sustain livelihoods perspective. and i'm just a final thought pepper. i mean we, we, we have this summit in vancouver where you are now where, where scientists and climate experts a trying to chart a course to secure our sees what are the challenges you and they face in coming up with a roadmap to move forward. the scale of the challenge is enormous, the time period is short, but also importantly we have to do this. well

philippine government will further escalate pensions in the west philippine sea in the south china sea, as well as the area region by one. and now we do not want the means to be part of ha, ha, one thing former president would, we could to turn. they wanted to scrap the agreement that allows the joint military drills between the philippines and the us. but under his successor, the largest value that war gifts involving 60000 soldiers are planned for april. the united states and the philippines military alliance may have been through a few rocky years, but the philippine government under president marcus has put all that behind. one could say it's an old partnership in a new era. barnett below al jazeera manila. i'm still ahead here in out 0 pakistan's top officer and push our reveals at the suicide bomber behind monday's attack. that killed over 100 people was wearing a police uniform. and energy giant shell posts its highest ever and you'll profit is a war. ukraine drives up energy, priced ah hello, the weather is set fair across much of but northern china, clear peninsula. she drives well said a few snow

china sea . south and also in other areas around taiwan, we do not want the philippines to become the scene of proxyen china and the united states. the new agreement between the united states and the philippines and the re-opening of the country's embassy in the solomon islands are part of a larger mission of the united states in the new era. your resources and facilities it gives three to deal with china, because this country is our biggest strategic challenge in the new era . in east and southeast asia, america is rearranging its forces and strengthening alliances with the countries of the region, as well as pushing western allies to adopt a similar policy. china has so far shown that it does not want to remain silent in front of it. america is increasing its military presence in the region. this presence is one of the main causes of instability. all countries should be alert about this. let's not let our region lose its peace and stability it will lead to chaos, mahmoud boland akhtar, tv news agency , the pain in my heart, i think that god is more forgiving and merciful than what we think, god lo

south china sea. it claims many islands in the area as part of its territory, including taiwan. barnaby lay reports from manila, says president ferdinand marcus junior took off his 7 months ago. he has been a succession of high level us visits to manila. on thursday, it was defense secretary lloyd austin's turn. i have always said that it seems to me that the future old, the philippines and for that matter, the asia pacific will always have to involve the united states. walking to talk to marcus administration has granted the u. s. military access to for more sites, meaning american troops will now be able to operate in 9 locations. but austin has clarified, there will be no permanent us basis. it also provides us the ability to respond effectively to humana, korean issues and also the disaster relief and other types of crisis not defer before things. brooks from the regions around one of the bigger and long standing crisis is the territorial dispute between manila and b. j in the south china sea. although an international ruling in 2016, invalidated china's vast claims. the asia giant has built artific

-philippine alliance is essential to countering china in the south china sea and in other areas.you and secretary austin talked about edca. please tell our viewers what that means. >> the enhanced defense cooperation agreement, signed in 2014. it allows the u.s.ilitary to ve rotational access to philippine bases, but also pre-deploy ammunition and equipment to those bases for potential contingencies in the future. laura: thank you. to russia where only -- the 80th anniversary of the associate -- the soviets over the nazis, putin has vowed russia will win the war in ukraine. president putin compared russia's invasion of ukraine to the fight against nazi germany and said his country was once again being forced to resist the aggression of the west. germany's government has aowed battle tanks to be sent to ukraine so they can be used against russian forces. >> unfortunately we see the ideology of nazi-ism in its modern form and manifestation once again directly threatens the security of our country. again and again, we have to repel the aggression of the collective west. it is incred

philippine government will further escalate pensions in the west philippine sea and the south china sea, as well as the area region by one. and now we do not want the means to be part of ha, ha, one thing former president would, we could deter it. they wanted to scrap the agreement that allows the joint military drills between the philippines and the us. but under his successor, the largest public, that war gifts in bobbing 60000 soldiers are planned for april. the united states and the philippines military alliance may have been through a few rocky years, but the philippine government under president marcus has put all that behind. one could say it's an old partnership in a new era. barnett below al jazeera manila, plenty more still ahead on these are including indian tycoon. gotten danny loses $100000000000.00 in value of the allegations of quote, playing at the launch is common for history. farmers improved back her word for political unrest, continues with security forces guarding the pan american highway from blockades by antique government protest. and they're still here guarding the area to sales. ho

issue with our country about provocative moves in the philippines, don't you dare go to south china sea, that's our area sovereign rights. they blow through it like a mack truck and we don't say anything. at the very least, it's a p.r. opportunity lost for us. >> it's a violation of our territorial integrity. even if the information or the intelligence this balloon is collecting isn't of great value of china, what is of value is all the collection they'll get about internal u.s. deliberation. the fact that we haven't done anything about this. the fact that we reportedly knew about this balloon before it entered our airspace and potentially back -- when before it was a threat, could have done something about it. i don't know. maybe you could -- we do jet refuting in midair. i don't know why we could have towed it away and reaped the benefit of knowing what was inside the balloon. we were certainly within our rights to do something about it. the fact that we didn't causes us concern. what if our nonstate actor or terrorists are taking a look and thinking this might be their next way to target our scitizen

philippine government will further escalate pensions in the west philippine sea and the south china sea as well as the area region by one. and now we do not want the philippines, the b, y of ha, that i'm on thing. former president would, we could deter it. they wanted to scrap the agreement that allows the joint military drills between the philippines and the us. but under his successor, the largest public than war gifts involving 60000 soldiers are planned for april. the united states in the philippines military alliance may have been through a few rocky years, but the philippine government under president marcos has put all that behind. one could say it's an old partnership in a new era. barnett below al jazeera manila, us house republicans have voted to remove democratic representative. ellen oma from the foreign affairs committee. omar's been ousted for previous comments. critical of israel. how speaker kevin mccarthy defended the decision based upon what she had said, the anti semitic comments. it's all about the benjamins view. the military in america is equal to hamas and the taliban on $911.00, som

philippine government will further escalate pensions in the west philippine sea, the south china sea, as well as the area region by one and down we do not want that really means to be wired off. ha ha, one thing former president would be good to turn. they wanted to scrap the agreement that allows the joint military drills between the philippines and the us . but under his successor, the largest public than warranty. it bobbing $60000.00 soldiers are plant for april . the united states in the philippines military alliance may have been through a few rocky years, but the philippine government under president marcos has put all that behind. one could say it's an old partnership in a new era. barnett below al jazeera manila. but frances is called for forgiveness, forgiveness, and reconciliation. on his visit to the democratic republic of congo, the pontiff spoke to tens of thousands of young people at a stadium in kinshasa. he spoke about the need for peace after years of devastating armed conflict. as the 1st people visit to the country, which has a large catholic population in more than 37 years, malcolm

. >> the philippines is stepping up patrols in areas of the south china sea where chinese vessels continuee. many countries lay claim towards waters in the south china sea. >> the philippine navy sierra madre, anchored in the south china sea to mark the philippines claim in the disputed region, that has been surrounded by chinese ships. recent flight by the philippine coast guard, spotted 20a six suspected chinese maritime vessels. the chinese coast guard sailing as close as one nautical mile to the philippine vessel. in -- as the philippine aircraft hovered closer, they were told to leave by the chinese. you're entering the territory of china, the voice on the radio said, leave immediately, to prevent any misunderstanding. this follows an incident earlier this month, where the philippine coast guard says military grade laser was aimed at his crew by the chinese and caused temporary blindness. china denies that and so the green light was from a handheld pointer. last weekend the philippine coast guard revealed that there was another laser pointing incident last year. >> there have been yea

the philippines is stepping up patrols in areas of the south china sea within its exclusive economic zone, where chinese vessels continue to operate. many countries lay claim to waters of the south china sea. out as it was, bonded below reports from manila, the philippine navy sierra madre anchored 2nd tom, a shoal in the south china sea to mark the philippines claim in a disputed region. but it's been surrounded by chinese ships. a recent flight by the philippine coast guard spotted at least 26 suspect the chinese maritime vessels . the chinese coast guard sailing as close as one nautical mile to the philippine vessel. it is, the philippine aircraft hovered closer. they were told to lead by the chinese you are entering the territory of china. the voice on the radio said lead immediately to prevent any misunderstanding. this follows it incident earlier this month where the philippine coast guard says military grade laser was aimed at its crew by the chinese and caused temporary blindness. china denies the accusation and says the green light was from a handheld pointer, but last weeke

philippine government will further escalate pensions in the west philippine sea and the south china sea, as well as the area region by one and down. we do not want the means to be part of ha, ha, monthly former president would, we could deter it. they wanted to scrap the agreement that allows the joint military drills between the philippines and the us. but under his successor, the largest value that wargames evolving $60000.00 soldiers are plant for april. the united states and the philippines military alliance may have been through a few rocky years. but the philippine government under president marcos has put all that behind. one could say it's an old partnership in a new era. barnett below al jazeera manila or alyssa, it's on me to speak to elizabeth bro, who's a senior fellow in foreign defense policy at the american enterprise institute. jones not from washington dc. elizabeth, thanks for joining us. here in al jazeera, what do you make of this? first of all, this move expanding the u. s. is military footprint in the area? well, 5 or 10 years ago would have looked pretty expansionist by the americans.

philippine government will further escalate pensions in the west philippine sea in the south china sea, as well as the area regional bay one. and now we do not want the means to be white off. ha ha, one thing former president would, we could deter it. they wanted to scrap the agreement that allows the joint military drills between the philippines and the us. but under his successor, the largest public, that wargames involving $16000.00 soldiers. our plan for april, the united states in the philippines military alliance may have been through a few rocky years, but the philippine government under president marcus has put all that behind. one could say it's an old partnership in a new era. barnett below al jazeera manila folders director of southeast asia program. i the center for strategic and international studies. he's joining us in skype from washington, dc. good. happy with us on al jazeera, we had lloyd austin saying there that the one could be any permanent basis, even though the u. s. troops would have access to all these additional ones. does this in any way change any sort of power balance within th

congressional committee in the philippines has endorsed to build to protect marine areas and the contested south china sea revision came several islands, especially islands on the scottish, all are among the richest fishing grounds in the country. but the visual se that chinese activity is endangering the ecosystem of their reef. bottom below reports from manila for 30 years. now, scientists from the university of the philippines, marine science institute, have been serving damage to marine life in the west. philippine sea part of the south china sea within the philippines, exclusive economic zone. this underwater footage of dying reefs was taken during recent expeditions. the destruction has been most extensive in the last decade or so. coral reef are no longer there. coral east have now become islands and those are manmade islands. so the reclamation of that now putting off additional sediment on top of those reefs definitely killed those cities. since 2013 china has reclaimed nearly 1300 sectors of land in the spread lease. according to the asia maritime transparency initiative, chinese coast guard and

there are areas we are going to have to manage conflict, the south china seas and the taiwan straits with the intrusion of air space, areas we'll want to compete, investments in latin america and southeast asia and where we may need to cooperate with climate action and global health. and a nation 1.4 billion people, it's going to require nuance and thoughtfulness. i'm optimistic that this committee is up to the task. griff: and as we are showing our viewers pictures, this is from earlier, you're seeing on your screen next to congressman auchincloss, but the picture now that's up is our live camera in myrtle beach. the balloon has not entered there, according to our team on the ground there, but we believe there is a chance we could do it. congressman, i want to ask you a little bit as we wait to see if it's going to go over there, it's been, as i mentioned 24 hours since the pentagon gave us an update. do the american people deserve a little more transparency in knowing where in balloon is? >> yeah, i think when a foreign actor has aircraft over the united states air space, the americ

beijing continues to strengthen its military presence in the south china sea, the reporter of nbc news reported about this from above this areahe reconnaissance aircraft of the us navy took off from the us base on the island of okinawa, japan. this is a rare opportunity to see the strengthening of china's presence in this region. i am serving in the us navy at a time when the tension with the united states is intensifying. during this period, we witnessed significant changes in this region , especially in the south china sea region. we are in the international airspace between the philippines and taiwan towards the sea. south china we fly where in that chinese people's liberation army flaunts its presence to us. you can see the fighter pilot and the weapons system officer in the back. they are similar to air-to-air weapons, and this happens often. yes, the chinese fighter is at a distance of 500 fatima was flying for more than an hour. the us navy says this confrontation is a professional act, but the chinese liberation army has become more aggressive. the us flies patrol planes like this most days , equipped with powerful ca

from, but this extra four will give them that extra strategic footing in the southeast area of the south china seaeard from the secretary of defense that it is very strategically important. >> paula, thank you so much. >>> to tennessee now where prosecutors are asking the bureau of investigations to determine whether officers filed false police reports after the beating death of tyre nichols. the city of memphis still has several more hours of footage to release, some already released may contra ddict what officers y happened. >> i think it is fair to say that the incident report that has gone public does not match up on all fours with what one sees when one looks at the video that has hard been released. >> and his office is still looking into anyone which filed paperwork which is contradicted by the video evidence. >>> we can find common ground, those words from house speaker kevin mccarthy after meeting with president biden to discuss the debt ceiling and federal spending. no agreement was reached, but mccarthy emerged hopeful. >> i thought the meeting today was a good first start. that doesn't

will push for a code of conduct and the disputed waters of the south china sea that'd be in coast guard, says at stepping up patrols in the area where chinese vessels continue to linger as bon below reports, joint patrols with the you as an australian. also in the works. the philippine navy sierra madre. anchored on 2nd tom, a shoal in the south china sea to mark the philippines claim in a disputed region. but it's been surrounded by chinese ships. a recent flight by the philippine coast guards bought it at least 26 suspect the chinese maritime vessels. the chinese coast guard sailing as close as one nautical mile to the philippine vessel. and as the philippine aircraft hovered closer, they were told to lead by the chinese, i agree, you're entering the territory of china. the voice on the radio said leave immediately to prevent any misunderstanding. this follows that incident earlier this month, where the philippine coast guard says military grade laser was aimed at its crew by the chinese and caused temporary blindness. china denies the accusation and says the green light was from a handheld pointer, but last weekend, the phi

south china sea sea for many years. preventing freedom of navigation within a certain area of international waters. trying to take over fishing grounds. trying to weaponize military bases on islands. china does not believe in democracy. they don't believe in international rules. much like russia, they believe that if your bigger and stronger, you can set your own rules. that's what they're trying to do. that's why democracies, that's where united states, that's why nato, that's why other countries have to ban together to prevent that and push back on it. it's a very dangerous time right now. >> you may have heard me read the tweet from ukrainian president zelenskyy put out there today. part of what he rode was by returning crimea, we will restore peace. here's the question. does ukraine have the ability to retake crimea? with that effectively end this war by decimating rushes stronghold there. can it be done? >> i do believe that ukraine should try to take crimea. that is unequivocally ukraine. the sick department recently released a statement saying that. they said crimea is ukraine. that was the f

proceed to this certain to this area, but it doesn't mean that we would necessarily agree, but unfortunately that's the situation now, in certain parts of the south china sea, which are actually part of our exclusive economic zone, where we actually, we have the right to take advantage of whatever resources are there and not the, let's say, prevented from doing so. there doesn't appear to be any obvious way to stop it. ah, there's no direct way at the moment because what going to do if you have 2 parties and one party insist that's it's territory the china does claim parts of our e z. and certainly they consider it part of their territory. but we do not. so it's actually, it's, it was down to, to them preventing us from using parts of our exclusive economic zone. the problem is they deny that they actually have prevented us from doing it sometimes saying that they did not really prevent us. they were just guiding us away from certain area. so it's, it's, it's one of those things. now, it's been quite a few years since the philippines, one, it's arbitration case in the hague. china, of course, still seems determined to ignore it. how has this ruling really

proceed to this certain to this area, but it doesn't mean that we would necessarily agree, but unfortunately that's the situation. now, in certain parts of the south china sea, which are actually part of our exclusive economic zone, where we are, should we have the right to take advantage of whatever resources are there. and not the that se prevented from doing so. there doesn't appear to be any obvious way to stop it.

south china sea, the u.s. and philippines have agreed to resume joint patrols in the area.jing has shifted from expressing regret to threatening retaliation over the u.s. shooting down a high-tech chinese balloon out of the sky. they say it was a civilian vehicle that unexpectedly drifted over u.s. territory. beijing has condemned the reaction. secretary of state blinken called the balloon and airspace violation and postponed his trip to beijing. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. haidi: breaking news when it comes to new crest, the australian minor, newmont offered 0.38 shares per one new crest share in a takeover bid, they are considering the proposal. the offer for that is also nonbinding from newmont and we are getting details of the 0.38 shares her one new crest share in the takeover bid. we had heard earlier there was an approach by a company to buy the company. they've sought legal and financial advice and benefits to shareholders. we are hearing that these talks

south china sea, saying that china's behavior threatens original peace and stability. this regarding the incident where a chinese shape directed a laser light at a philippines coast guard vessel in that areans in the south china sea. this is one of myriad examples of the way in which we see this continued rivalry play out between the u.s., its allies, and china in this part of the world. do we need to manage expectations on what could be achieved even if the conversations in the meetings are restarted between the u.s. and china? rebecca: yes indeed. the most optimistic view many will take from this is that things do not get worse, that open communication is better than none. that at least this will mean that china's top diplomat and u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken are having frequent communications. it's important to remember that alongside the backdrop of this balloon incident, to some extent, the u.s. has been pressing its advantage. the u.s. did in some ways use this incident to highlight china's global surveillance program, as it sees it, soliciting and briefing its partners, and other countries and allies that it believes have been targeted by this program. that has prompted

islands that china is building in the south china sea, which i'm not sure the united states does, then can it be said that we fly surveillance balloons over that, those areasst saying, is that how the chinese are making this accusation? >> you know, the chinese territorial demands in the south china sea and off their coast and they are not internationally recognized. even given that, i'm unaware of any balloon flights that we might have executed. we just have other ways to gather that intelligence. >> sources tell cnn that the u.s. intelligence community's method for tracking chinese surveillance balloons was only developed within the last year, so, it seems rather concerning that china was apparently doing this for years and years, perhaps even decades, with the u.s. having no clue, right? >> jake, that is concerning. i can tell you this, as the director of the joint staff, from 2017 to 2019, we never reported a chinese incursion during that period. i don't say that they did not occur, i merely said none were reported. and that was at a period of time where, if the russians flew up into what we call our air defense identification zone, we would get routin

china relations. at some point, gillian, the biden administration has to learn to deal with these gray area threats. this is no different than when china takes over a little island in the south china seas in this case they violated u.s. air space. china has to see a strong pushback from the u.s. and i bet some in the biden administration are wishing they had taken that chance to shoot down that balloon over the west area of the u.s. when they had the chance. >> gillian: one of my sources, a u.s. official tells me, rebecca, that the u.s. had known of plans to launch this balloon as far back as months ago. do you think they had considered their options for preventing it from entering u.s. air space to begin with? it seems that might have been a reasonable strategic plan. >> yes, months ago, and i guarantee you that norad tracked this coming into the u.s., they saw it coming across the pacific, so the white house has been dithering for days over what to do and you know, the question is, what if another one comes across. this is a really unprecedented act, the pentagon made clear it's a violation and i'm shocked and horrified the biden administration would let this big giant balloon drift

china, this is just one area where china has been increasingly throwing its weight around. obviously within east asia, you've seen the situation with taiwan building out islands in the south china seasically trying to create an economic domain through its belt and road initiative. china's been on the offense for years now. so this is just part and parcel of that. it just looks like this is the hot war component of a broader cold war strategy on china's part. >> earlier on saturday, the chinese foreign ministry said the belarusian leader would pay a state visit to the country at the invitation of president xi. french president emmanuel macron now says that he will visit china in april to pressure it to not support russia in the war in ukraine. this flurry of activity, what does this signal to you? >> i mean, i think this is exactly what china wants, frankly. they want to create the image that they are an honest broker of the war. and i think china probably would accept some kind of peace settlement that essentially leaves russia relatively stable. that's not so bad for china because even if russia's weakened, it just becomes more dependent on china. what they cannot accept is a russ

areas of contention between the us and china. as you know, gearhart know they were at odds over in the south china sea, hong kong human rights violations in the ocean. jang region, taiwan, of course. and then there is a warn ukraine where the u. s. wants to see china take a bigger role. so it appears that with all of that on the table, this incident might have been seen as 2 significant for antony blanket to go ahead with this trip. again, these are initial reports and we have to wait to hear confirmation from the state department or the white house, or both aqua bonnet sooner, so must go under their reporting from washington. thank you so me. the award winning iranian so make a jaffar panata as begun. the hunger strike for now he was jailed last july after protested the arrest of 2 fellow filmmakers were demanding the government end. it's violent cracked down on the mos protests. for now, he is currently being held at the country's notorious event prison, which houses political prisoners in a statement released by his wife tonight. he said he was protesting the quote, illegal and inhumane behavior through judicial and security apparat

south china sea. 600 million cubic meters of gas in the domestic sector has been consumed. the high consumption of domestic gas in the cold days of the year causes a decrease in the gas pressure in the areas in some northern regions and the areas that are located at the end of the night. these days, the decrease in air temperature and the continuation of cold causes an increase in gas consumption in the domestic sector. it has been commercialized so that some provinces faced a decrease in gas pressure. in the past 24 hours, the pressure in the provinces of mazandaran , golestan, ardabil has decreased a little, according to meteorological experts, until the end of the month of february , god will reduce the air temperature, and it will continue to affect chaharmahal and bakhtiari . it was the southern part of central zagros the city of lorestan province, kohgiluyeh province, and boyar ahmad west and south of isfahan, east of khuzestan province, north of fars province are the regions that will be the focus of rain . gas industry officials still request people to manage their gas consumption, especially in cities. the northern half of the country is good about the high consumption half of yo

south china sea and elsewhere. obviously secretary of state blinken canceled his trip to china because the chinese intentionally flew a spy balloon over the continental united states. i think this heightens one area where we need to find areas to work more closely with the chinese. we have no communications channels as we did with the soviet union to make sure we don't misunderstand each other if there is a collision or an incident. this is a real challenge to u.s. china relations. i think the chinese need to come clean with the world and be open, transparent, about the spy program they have been carrying out against dozens of other countries. we're now sharing that data with other countries that have been surveilled by the chinese and i think they have a lot of accounting to do for their conduct with these spy balloons over recent years. >> you touched on the crisis. i'm going to ask john kirby about this when he joins us. chris coons of delaware, thank you very much for joining us. as i said, john kirby will join us in just a few minutes. we have all of those questions i just asked the senator and more. he will join us from the white house in just a few minutes as i said. >>> plus, donald trump

navigation in the south china sea and also the rules based international order out which you can see now because the us now has precedence in japan, south korea, we're looking at what area it was very clearly being led now by, by the us and, and we don't have any reaction yet from china, but we will wait for a reaction from china. usually there is a negative reaction from china when it comes to these issues. but for the philippines, it strengthens the philippines, things in the south china sea. the philippines will want these freedom of navigation operations. there are also talks of joint naval patrols between the u. s . and the philippines into south china sea. nothing is confirmed, but that's on the table for that's what's in it for the philippines. but the ration here has been divided. a lot of filipinos do support the strong military alliance between the u. s. and the philippines. but there have been protests to day protest her say that they don't want the philippines to get dragged into an unnecessary conflict into a conflict that the philippines doesn't have anything to do with. and of course, they are referring to a possible conflict over in i was straight if, if

idea -- of closing a conflict in the south china sea by trying to militarily take over taiwan or just gaining influence in the indo pacific, which the u.s. -- its area influence. and relevance to national security. there is no denying that we have to be very wary of a one-party state dictatorship ambition. and under xi jinping, china has absolutely horrific record on human rights and on other matters. look at the uighurs. up to one million people thrown into labor camps. look what happened in hong kong, which was a national security load that led to the arrest of hundreds of peaceful protesters and opposition lawmakers. so there is no doubt china wants to disrupt the world order, once to make it more comfortable for dictatorship and one-party system. and that should be opposed. but the problem is, do you oppose it better by not looking at china? that seems to be the biden administration's strategy. we have to be very careful because feeding the seeds of resentment is not a good policy. we have seen with russia. russia is no peer competitor to the u.s. but it can create a huge amount of problems. we have seen it with turkiye, the same thing. is that

south china sea where -- >> i am. and particularly because the chinese government has been very aggressive. as you know, they're building islands to excerpt what areashey claim they have control over. there have been very aggressive tactics by the chinese military toward u.s. military and we have to be aware of that. so look, this is an escalation at the worst possible time. tensions were already high over issues like taiwan to tiktok to so many other things. sw we are well aware of the extraordinary aggression that china has taken. in chicago, someone was sentenced in january to spying for the chinese government. going after our technology. so clearly, this isn't a wake up call. we're well aware of it. to me it is some odd situation that highlights these issues. but it's still inexplicable for its timing and manner. >> final question before we go. after this briefing. are you more concerned about the threat from this surveillance balloon and others than you were prior? >> in some respects i'm equally concerned but i'm more confident that we can address these issues. i think in the final analysis we have learned a great deal about this, and how to m

areas of the pacific. and china, obviously, just did this balloon. but it's taken other steps to militarize the south china sea their military. this is a tense relationship. and i do hope that the united states and china can find a way to have a dialogue on these issues. i think it's important that we try to avoid a miscalculation. every time something like a balloon appears, could result in a miscalculation. so it's important that the united states and china at least develop a process to try to work together on these kinds of issues, to avoid what could be an instance that could have us in war. so, i'm hoping that the united states can open up those lines of communication. i'm hoping that secretary of state blinken can get the opportunity to go there and visit with president xi. but the important thing is that we do that from a position of strength. and that means that china needs to know that we're not going to back off when it comes to our national security. >> leon panetta, as always, it's great to see you. thank you very much for being with us today. >> good to be with you, andrea. >>> and the search for

south china sea. these are both regions that china claims basically for itself. and washington argues this is international airway and waterways and that's why the navy operates in these areasached the pair sell islands, which china occupies, chinese officials over the radio warned this plane away and moments later a chinese fighter jet, a j-11, a two-seater armed with air-to-air missiles flew along the western, the left side of the wing here for more than a quarter hour. so close you could see the pilots moving around in the cockpit. and repeated warnings for the u.s. plane to leave. the plane made an eventual turn and went to other parts of the south china sea. we overheard the philippines navy warning chinese ships out of philippines water. philippines is an anally of the. we saw this plane descend to 1,000 feet over very stormy seas to look at two chinese guided-missile destroyers that repeatedly warned the plane's crew to move away, saying they felt threatened and the plane crew responded saying they were operating the safe distance and they were not threatening those warships. it's part of a cat-and-mouse game between the militaries of the world's two richest economie

south china sea where the u.s. undertake freedom of navigation operations, fonops as they're called. we've had incidents of u.s. aircraft harassed by chinese fighter aircraft, australian aircraft in that areaships at sea have been harassed. these are international waters and international air space. they are not chinese territory. and so the chinese will go into that international air space and harass u.s. flights. that's a possibility that we could see. >> great analysis as always, malcolm. appreciate it. malcolm davis there for us. >>> divers from the u.s. navy are working to recover the debris of that chinese spy balloon from the atlantic ocean. sources telling cnn it will then be taken to the fbi lab in quantico, virginia, for analysis. cnn's tom foreman with more on what they will be up against. >> reporter: this is the portion of this balloon that investigators want to get their hands on, that payload. a central core and what looked like a couple of solar arrays on either side. when the balloon was destroyed, you could clearly see it falling away below. now, if this had the mass of a human, like a skydiver, it might be falling at 100, 150 miles an hour, something like that. fit had t

south china sea. so what we don't know, and this is crucial, exactly which bases that they are talking about when they specify these four if it is for example in the northern areaaiwan, so that gives huge strategic benefit to u.s. military troops. they have said that it is to allow more rapid support for humanitarian and climate-related disasters in the philippines, but they also specified it is to respond to other shared challenges. beijing was likely to be angered, they have been, we've had a comment from the ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson saying it has escalated tension in the region an endangers regional peace and stability and that the u.s. has a selfish agenda. >> paula hancocks, thank you so much. >>> a key video that could undercut alex murdaugh's alibi was played in court wednesday. we'll have the details from the trial next. for the things you touch, nothing kills momore viruses on more surfaces than lysol disinfectant spray. [girl coughs] and when it comes to your laundry, adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of illness-causing bacteria detergents leave behind. lysol. what it takes to protect. it's official, america. xfinity mobile is