>> on the south islands. i should really notice. >> thank you. >> was there a wonder that you wanted in the book that did not make the cut? >> there were so many. the problem with narrowing down, we started out with this giant spreadsheet. we tried to to have a balance in terms of geography and the types of places. the problem was, we all had, had, three of us had certain things that we adored, not all of which made it into the book. as i was talking before we really love medical museums, it's museums, it's just a thing we all like. one of the problems that that is some of them are quite similar to each other. these places that by themselves are so incredible but when you already have one that is very similar in the book, like we have to take one out but i really want to keep it. i was a medical museums generally. and bone churches, we tried not to make the book to death like. there is a lot of death in there but death is treated in very interesting ways. and like coffins that look like tigers. the cemetery -

as a restart to think about losing a few pounds after the festive season, may be new zealand south islands the place to go. people who live on involvement -- on baldwin street get a workout for free. reporter: delivering me post, writing a bicycle, even an afternoon stroll, all grueling on baldwin street in new zealand. lived heitzman has here for 26 years. has increased in popularity as far as tourism goes. ourists here one day. reporter: then the bazaar. an annual charity event. >> i don't get to walk on baldwin street that often. you get halfway up, then you realize why it is the steepest street in the world. reporter: it has caused some residents to improvise. 30 up and 30 down every day, raining, snowing, or whatever up now iknees pegged do it backwards, just. to keep my legs in shape. reporter: its popularity has brought problems. the street does attract thrillseeker's. there was an unfortunate incident where there was a fatality. got themselves into an unfortunate accident. they collided with a trailer. people writing skateboards and bicycles, it is obviously dangerous. reporter: e

syndicate is on the south island. i should know this. dunedin. >> thank you. >> was there any wonder that you wanted in the book but didn't make the cut? >> there were so many.y.>> the the problem with narrowing down -- we started with a giant spreadsheet and tried to have a balance in terms of geography and the types of places. the problem was the three of us have certain predilections into things that we adore, not all of which made it into the book. as i was talking about before, we love medical museums. it's a thing we all like. one of the problems like that was some of them are quite similar to each other. these places that by themselves to learn are so incredible, but when you already have one that is similar in the book, we've got to take one out, but i want to keep it. so i would say yes, medical museums in general.d we tried not to make the book to death-y. [laughter] there is a lot of death, but it's treated in interesting ways. things like coffins that look like tigers, the merry cemetery which is a great laugh. >> thank you.

some rain in the south island, mainly in the south west, largely dry towards auckland.. we've got a southerly breeze —— breeze in kiev and moscow, but it still went to state below freezing in moscow. —— stay below. much of the balkans really quite chilly, only about 1 degrees there the balkans really quite chilly, only about1 degrees there in berlin as well. --1 —— 1 degrees. the latest headlines from bbc news. donald trump has promised to issue a report within 90 days and allegations of russian hacking. us intelligence agencies have been briefing hem on russian interference in the russian election. a woman in america has died of old being treated by 26 different antibiotics. this data is a warning of antibacterial problems that are resista nt to antibacterial problems that are resistant to biotics. i'll win and that was abducted 18 years ago as a baby has been found alive. she was taken when she was eight hours old. the women she grew up with has been arrested. the un refugee agency says that

baldwin street, in the city of dunedin on new zealand's south island, is officially the world's steepest degrees. it's a road that must strike fear into anyone delivering post or newspapers, let alone anyone on a pushbike. we went along to find out what it's like to live there. lean on me plays. you come to this road and it is like something we have never seen before. this trip is really...awesome, yeah. # lean on me...# quite daunting, really, isn't it? # when you're not strong...#. love doing it. it is cool, though. big round of applause! i am dave cull, i'm the mayor of dunedin, and i do not get to walk up baldwin street that often. from the bottom you think, oh, yeah, so it is a bit steep. when you get halfway up it, like now, then you realise why it is the steepest street in the world. it's got a real novelty, and the jaffa race has put it on the world map, and it is quite a sight when you come here and you see all those giantjaffas bouncing down the road. # for no—one can fill those of your needs...# my name is dr kerry blackman. i'm a local historian. that photograph shows baldwin

love to know what the new year's resolution of baldwin street in the needing any new zealand's south islandl road. at its steepest, the slope has a gradient of 35% — that's 19 degrees. so what's it like to live on a road which must strike fear into the hearts of postmen and paper boys? we went along to find out. you come to this road and it is like something we have never seen before. this trip is really...awesome, yeah. # lean on me...# quite daunting, really, isn't it? # when you're not strong...#. love doing it. it is cool, though. round of applause! i am dave cull, the mayor of dunedin, and i do not get to walk up baldwin street that often. from the bottom you think it is a bit steep. when you get halfway up, you realise why it is the steepest street in the world. it has got a real novelty, and the jaffa race put on the world map, and it is quite a sight when you see all those giantjaffas bouncing down the road. my name is dr kerry blackman. i'm a local historian. that photograph shows baldwin street in about 1900. individual 10 acre sections were not wide enough to allow a zigzag ina r

very disturbed wet and windy weather across parts of new zealand, particularly the south island.temperatures easing up to 30 degrees by friday. into southeast asia, quiet conditions, dry across most of india, some snow showers and the odd shower possible in sri lanka. lingering fog patches across northern cities with very little wind to shift those. in new delhi that could be an issue over the next few days. cold is the name of the game across continental europe yet again. another surge down towards iberia. tebbit is well below where they should be at this time of year. low— pressure they should be at this time of year. low—pressure system churning its way across the central mediterranean with bands of wet and windy weather. we've had a lot of snow over the alps in recent days, good news for skiers and fine and clear but cold conditions will continue to prevail across central and some northern parts of europe. across the uk we've got a rather completed picture because although high pressure is keeping things mostly dry, this frontal band is generating some cloud through central a

china's island building in the south china's island building in the south china sea is an illegal takingd for international norms. china's economic and trade practices has not a lwa ys economic and trade practices has not always followed commitments to agreements. it steals our intellectual property and is aggressive and expansionist in the digital realm. it has not been a reliable partner in using its full influence to curb north korea. china has proven a willingness to act with abandon in pursuit of its own goals which at times has put it in conflict with american interest. we have to deal with what we see, not what we hope. dane chamorro from global security consultancy control risks spoke to me earlier about the significance of tillerson‘s criticisms of china. i don't think there is a lot new in the sentiment, i think what is new is that you have somebody at this level, somebody coming into the role, very senior in the administration, using words like illegal. i don't believe that has happened before, at least from a us official, but i don't think there is a lot new in that sentiment

south china sea. listen to what rex tillerson said about that. >> the island building in the south china sea itself in many respects in my view, building islands and putting military assets on the islands is akin of russia taking crimea. >> i want to go live to beijing and bring in cnn's matt rivers. what is the reaction from the conversation from tillerson? >> reporter: we're hearing from chinese officials. they are not taking the bait on this. they are sticking to the usual line. issues with south china sea should be resolved with the bilater bilateral agreement. china views this as a regional issue. the u.s. should not take a part in this stuff and should not get involved. what is interesting about all this is there is a big open question here because of what mr. tillerson said. he actually went a step farther than what we heard the president-elect say. the president-elect talked about the south china sea saying the island building is not good. mr. tillerson thinks the united states should not allow china to access the artificial islands it has built in the south china sea. that raises a question.

the one you mentioned now, the island-building in the south china sea. pace in waters over the seku islands withjapan. they're both illegal actions. they're taking territory or declaring control of territories not rightfully china's. the island building in south china sea itself in many respects in my view, building islands, putting military assets on those islands is akin to russia's taking of crimea. taking of territory others lay claim to. u.s. never taken a side in issues. what we have advocated for, that is a disputed area. processes for dealing withhat. china should respect those international processes. as you mentioned some of their actions have been challenged in the courts in the hague and they were found to be in violation. china's activity in this area is extremely worrisome. failure of a response has allowed them to keep pushing the envelope on this. so again we find, we are where we are. we have to deal with it. the way we deal with it, we show back up in the region with our traditional allies in southeast asia. i think, use some existing st

refused shelters, fearing deportations. 15,000 people are living in tents as far south as greece, including the islands of lesbos and samos. aid agencies warn they are at risk of freezing to death. it's in the balkans, though, where the situation is far more urgent. we'll have that interview with a serbian official in a moment, but first, here's simon jones. the cold snap is tightening its grip. claiming more than 65 lives across europe. causing traffic chaos, power cuts and travel delays. this is sarajevo. the balkans have been particularly hard hit. temperatures have been as low as —15 for several days. there is major concern about the plight of refugees, particularly in serbia. some are being sheltered in reception centres.

baldwin street, in the city of dunedin on new zealand's south island, is officially the world's steepestnting really, isn't it? lung—burner. it's cool, though. woo! a big round of applause! i'm dave cull, i'm the mayor of dunedin, and i don't get to walk up baldwin street that often. from the bottom, you think — oh, yeah, so it's a bit steep. when you get halfway up it, like now, then you realise why it's the steepest street in the world. it's got a real novelty. and the jaffa race has put it on the world map. and it is quite a sight when you come here and see all those giantjaffas bouncing down the road. my name is dr gary blackman, i'm a local historian. now, that photograph shows baldwin street in about 1900. individual ten—acre sections were not wide enough to allow a zigzag in a road. my name's sharon hyndman, i've been a resident 26 years. the street has definitely increased in popularity, as far as tourism goes. we had about 20 tourists standing in our lounge one day because it rained and they had nowhere else to go. i'm brendan thompson and i'm the community constable for north d

snow has been recorded as far south as rome and the greek islands.est, the river danube is beginning to freeze over. our correspondent there nick thorpe gave us this update. it's pretty cold here, and you can see. iam it's pretty cold here, and you can see. i am just standing across from the hungarian parliament here in budapest, and the danube large ice flows are floating down the danube. it is relatively mild here in budapest, only about minus eight. temperatures touched 28 celsius yesterday on the northern border. but in neighbouring romania, 67 degrees, a record —67 was recorded on one mountain peak yesterday. weather like this is obviously causing disruption. many schools in romania and bulgaria are closed, and the most vulnerable people, the homeless in the cities and migrants and refugees are still trying to ta ke and refugees are still trying to take the balkan route through turkey and greece and so on. there are remarkable weather conditions also on the black sea coast, with snow and ice along there. very difficult conditions in large parts

he said beijing cannot dispute islands in the south china sea, and the world wants a strong united statesa5 million to settle price-fixing case in the u.s. they resolve the class action pricet after claims of fixing. the case was heard in the u.s. district court in manhattan. 20 $500 was fined million in the european union for the rival. journalists, 2600 globally. we have got the world covered. i am rishaad salamat. being samsung's leader is confronted as part of a bribery investigation. it is the latest in a scandal that has already led the president to be impeached. rosalind is following this. what implies he was a suspect? rosalind: there is the possibility could be arrested, and that throws at questions about the leadership of samsung. he is the device chairman, but he is also defective head of ,amsung group, the conglomerate and that will have an impact on that. in the office this morning, he did apologize saying, we could not show that at this case. this is an ongoing investigation whether samsung had made other payments to close confidence of the resident. whether they were made -

some politicians plan to put up a similar figure on south korean concerned islands claimed by jap japan. >> it is difficult to interfere with actions taken by private citizens. he added it would take some time to resolve the matter. the placement of the statue runs counter to a 2015 bilateral agreement. they strive to solve the issue of a similar statue from the japanese embassy in seoul. the ambassador to south korea and the general have been recalled in protest. they will watch how seoul handles the issue before sending them back to their post. >> the big question in the world of business is what will happen to the economy under the new administration. >> trump's inauguration has put investors in a cautious mood. his announced plans to renegotiate major trade deals left investors worried that protectionism could rise and hurt the u.s. and global economies. more from the tokyo stock exchange. >> investors are unwinding some of the bets made on tax cuts and other stimulus measures so we saw the stronger general dragging down in tokyo. let's look at the closing levels for this monday jan

peter morici: he stood by while china built the islands in the south china sea and militarized them. he has tried to make china back down on currency and trade issues, but when the chinese stand firm, he's flinched. sharyl: what is it you advise president trump to do? peter morici: bite the bullet and put up with the criticism and perils and put china back in its box. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ sharyl: welcome to "full measure." i'm sharyl attkisson. the new republican-led congress was sworn in this week and one priority was clear -- doing away with obamacare. the promise of the law was affordable health insurance for all. but for too many, the hard unaffordable premiums, and huge out of pocket costs. we've covered the pitfalls since our beginning here on "full measure" and, today, we begin by reviewing what went wrong and the prospects after obamacare. it was a popular election rally cry and will be one of president trump's top priorities. donald trump: we're going to repe

union army is sending supply barges and a few ships through the canal and they found themselves south of islandnumber ten. the commander in island number ten, the confederate commander is so amazed by this and recognizes that he's surround that had he vunders the island. >> without brilliant engineering campaign that did not result in bloody battle because they got outengineered. >> correct. >> the next stop would be vicksburg. people need to read the book to find out the magnificent engineering that occurred in the vicksburg, specifically the ability of grant ability. but what i want to do is turn to another type of engineer. >> okay. >> i want to turn to a different type of engineer. tell us about the difference and tell us what a topo graphical engineer did. >> the united states had not mapped itself with the exception of the american coastline. there was a coastal survey group and this group was responsible for mapping the coastline of the united states and specially harbors and inlets and some topographical engineers worked for this group. when the war broke out they needed good maps, spec

union army is sending supply barges and a few ships through the canal and they find themselves south of island number ten. the commander at island number ten is so -- the confederate commander otherwise a matessed by this, recognizes he is surrounded, mass he surrenders the island. >> without a -- brill -- briggan he can nearing campaign that did not result in a bloody battle. >> correct. >> the next stop would probably by vicksburg, but i think that's -- you need to read the book to find out some of the magnificent engineering that occurred in vicksburg campaign, especially grant's ability -- the ability of grant's he can nears to deal with water, get through water, over water to create new water courses. the canal didn't work. i didn't work. but i want to do is town another type of engineering; there are engineers -- army engineers trashings divisional and then top graphal engineers, sherm want was a topographical engineer. tells what it they did. >> topographical engineers were mapmakers but their role in the civil war from the out set was very critical because the united states had not map

lou: now the chinese sending a bomber to go to the island in one of the disputed areas in the south chinaseas to do flyovers of artificial island that they built. the united states now as we listen to what is being discussed in these committee confirmation hearings, they have got to be stopped. >> there has been increased activity by the nuclear capable bombers of china. flying over the spratleys in the east china sea, and the u.s. navy is nowhere to be seen. lou: that may be about to change. >> i hope so and i think we'll. >> with that change will come some better judgment on the part of the chinese. up next. president-elect trump wants congress to repeal and replace obamacare, essentially simultaneously. >> we are going to have a healthcare that is far less expensive and far better. it will be repealed and replaced. it will be essentially simultaneously. >> amongst the questions now, will congress fall in line? can they readjust their sense of time to a new kind of leader in president trump or are they going to be sort of stuck with the old let's wait and see and see how long we can mak

about russia, he also sounded an aggressive note on china saying that china must stop building islands in the south china sea and mustn't be allowed to access those islands. to ourcrossing correspondent in beijing. any official reaction to this in china? the government must be pretty furious about this. the top word from tillerson we saw a relatively cool response from the chinese government. the foreign ministry spokesperson said china had the right to act in any normal and lawful way with its own sovereign territory. he asked others to take note of this consensus. this is a hot issue for china. not as hot as the taiwan issue. this adds to the amount of tension and the string of provocation from the trumpet administration towards china. seems the chinese government has been pretty restrained during the u.s. election campaign with all of trump's remarks and tweets on china. could we see that change once he is in office? >> that certainly seems possible. an expert at the center for strategic and international study is in the u.s. said china has been aiming for a response in maintaining the bilateral

customers in mississippi, south dakota, rhode island, vermon are about to pay up. amazon already charges here in california. >>> the st. anthony foundation is going to be giving away sports gear, and that's all thanks to your generosity. it is part of a program called one warm shirt. the idea is to provide at least one piece of clothing to people having a tough time. so many donated over the holidays. today, st. anthony's will be handing out hoodies and other sports gear. happening at 10:00 this morning. >>> as we get toward wednesday evening, you can see at 8:00, not much in the way of rainfall. a couple hundredths around san francisco. thursday into friday, an inch to two inches of rain possible out of the waves of showers coming in. as far as today, look at that. 50 in tahoe. 80 in l.a. it was like 78 and 82 in disneyland over the weekend. it was crazy. so was the crowd. here's a look at what's going on thursday and friday. rain to snow, moderate to heavy through friday. how about this morning's commute, alexis? >> one signature trouble spot but it is the counte

. >>> also in south korea, a local politician has put up a statue symbolizing women referred to as comfort women on islands his country controls but japan claims. japan and south korea agreed over a year ago to settle the comfort women issue, but statues symbolizing the women stand in south korea. some assembly members there are collecting donations for such a statue on an island in the sea of japan. >> translator: i think it would be improper to put up a statue on the islands. >> kim said the islands are symbolic when it comes to protecting south korea's territorial sovereignty. he said the issues of the comfort women and statues representing them should be considered carefully. yoshisa suga said on tuesday japan has launched a protest with south korea, saying it's unacceptable. and prime minister shinzo abe has been consulting with officials over japan's stalled relations with south korea. >>> executives at toshiba are bracing for impact. they say it's possible that part of their business could post billions of dollars in loss. to find out more, let's go to ai uchida. >> they are certainly scrambling and

you can climb the lighthouse on south rhode island avenue for free all day.pired by the lighthouse and created by local students will be on display. there will also be a birthday cake. the fun begins at 11:00. >>> 9:28 right now. from camden to the midwest, ahead we'll explain why the head will of the camden county police department will be spending pats part of his work in wisconsin for a special meeting with house speaker paul ryan. n my energy b. we can do that. great. i live in a post-war, pre-war, mid-century home and the heating system is a turbine, hvac, reverse hydrogen, boiler pipe unit. well sir, i can see that you live in a twin and based on the size, your usage has been spiking. ♪ that's exactly what i thought. if you're not an expert, peco can help. we have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. peco. the future is on. >>> forecast over the next few days is a pretty friendly one. today we're looking sunny and dry. definitely can get outdoors. it won't be warm necessarily, but it will be try dry. and monday, the warming continues the next

the white house after trump's press secretary issued this statement on eye loonds in the south china sea. -- islands. >>> if those islands are in international waters and not part of china proper, then yeah, we're going to make sure we defend international territories taken over by one country. >> china has been constructed islands to use as bases. in an interview a senior official insisted that the u.s. shouldn't be involved in these disputes. >> that's not for the united states. that's between china and some other countries in this region. >> you're saying it's none of the united states's business? >> it's not the united states territory or international territory. as he mentioned. >> despite chinese opposition trump administration made it clear they have no intent of disengaging from the region. >>> in chicago, the hacker who leaked dozens of nude photos of celebrities was sentenced to nine months in prison. the 29-year-old admitted to playing a key role in posting the photos of celebrities. the hacker was ordered to pay $5700 for counseling services that one undisclosed victim received after hav

he also says beijing cannot use disputed islands in the south china sea. >> the island building stopsr access to those islands is not allowed. hsbc will pay $45 million to settle a price-fixing case in the united states. it resolves a class-action lawsuit filed by investors over claims of price-fixing. the case was heard in manhattan. forrgan great -- or find rate -- in the eu. bloomberg. let's get a check on the market. not a bad day for original equities. coding at levels we have not seen since october last year. the yen strength weighing into the nikkei 225. australia closing out the session pretty flat, as well. seeing thewe are hong kong market coming off a good run. hong kong had been higher so, its first loss. a lot of weakness coming through from the casino players. profits came through above estimates, $3.2 billion. shanghai, pretty flat. 1% as theby 2/10 of chinese yuan rises the most in one month against the u.s. dollar, so quite a lot of movement coming through. the yen strengthening 6/10 of 1% .gainst the dollar if we have a look at the korean up want -- korean yuan, agai

island was put to a vote. the turkish cypriot north said yes. the greek cypriot south said no. d a divided island joined the european union. in the talks in geneva, there are still serious obstacles to be cleared. but there is a chance, a good one, that this time the frozen conflict will end. the headlines on bbc news: donald trump says the director of national intelligence has called him to condemn a leaked report, claiming the president—elect was vulnerable to blackmail by russia. snow and strong winds are causing disruption across many parts of the uk, and some areas of eastern england are being evacuated following severe flood warnings. tributes have been paid to the former england manager graham taylor, who's died at the age of 72 from a suspected heart attack. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. you can see there the ftse 100 not stop you can see there the ftse100 not stop its 11th consecutive record close, as sterling dipped on the news th

. >> south sea island n and pacific are recovering from a powerful earthquake last night. >> and ruling from federal judge in texing text came pact abortion laws across the country. >> as we head to break a live look across the d.c. region an foggy. 5:08 now and little warmer this morning at about 40ish, 29 degrees. pay no attention to that clock on the screen. back fiji is recovering from a 7 tractor-trailer magnitude earth quake. it led it so you ma'amy issue being -- warning be issued. there have been no immediate reports of any damage or injuries. >>> in syria clean water in demascus hit crisis level and calling the issue an emergency the cutoff is a major snag in government effort to protect capitol from effects of conflict. >> charles manson was taken from prison to a hospital for an undisclosed medical issue. sources say manson is seriously ill. manson and other members of so-called family convicted of killing actress sharon tate and sim other people in 1969. khars manson is 82. >> federal judge in texas is hearing arguments over a texas rule that required feetal remains from all

other ways to cause trouble, firing artillery at south korean islands close to north korea. this is the concern now, something in that category. a north korean defector recently said north korea will try to take advantage of uncertainty during the transition between obama and trump. do they do that? if so, how? >> in his tweet as president-elect, china, you're not doing it. full stop. what's the reaction to this direct criticism from trump? >> the foreign ministry was asked about this today and they said in their words, i'm paraphrasing a little, they say we don't pay attention to the features of foreign leaders communications. we pay attention to their policies, saying we don't watch the tweets. we look to see what they do rather than what they say or tweet. what's interesting about that criticism is that criticism of china is not continue fiped to donald trump. he's not alone in that. there's a lot of frustration that china didn't exert enough pressure on north korea to stop its nuclear program, the read being china would rather have a nuclear north korea than a collapsed

the one with the island building in south china sea and declaration of a space close to it japan. they are taking territory or declaring control of territories that are not rightfully chinas. the island building in many respectses in high view. putting military assets on that island is akin to russia's taking of crimea. it is taking territory that the others lay claim to. what the u.s. can dispute the area and china should respect the international process. some of their actions were challenged in the courts in the hague and found doing in violation. china's activity in this area is worriysome and the failure of a response allowed them to push the envelope. we are where we are and we have to deal with it. we have to show up with traditional allies in southeastazzia and reengagement. and use oscion. most members of them are affected by. this 5 trillion of economic trade goes through those waters every day. and this is a threat to the global economy if china can can digitate the passage in the waters. it is important alloys. >> you would support a more a gleszive first island buildin

also seen geopolitical tensions with rex tillerson saying china should be blocked from the south china sea islandthat was met with a lot of anger here in beijing, with state media saying those comments were foolish and that unless washington wanted a large scale war, there's the question of north korea, trump saying he wants to see more done to rein in pyongyang us nuclear ambitions and that he wants to label china a currency manipulator. to walk back on that, saying he would not make that move on the first day of his presidency. betty: certainly a lot on deck between the u.s. and china. vietnam is still holding out hope the transpacific partnership is going to come together even though donald trump has vowed to withdraw from it on his first day in office. the trade deal would be a major boost to vietnam's economy. >> message i see is i belie the new administration of the united states would reconsider its perspective on tpp and try to achieve a new generation agreement that will benefit all parties concerned. i see the newly appointed members of the new cabinet are tpp, so they might consider th

heard from rex tillerson last week, saying he would try to block china from access to the south china sea islands prompted a furious response from state media here, the global time saying that if washington was to act on blocking china from the south china sea, that it might result in war. korea, trump has said that is an area where he would like to see china make more progress, saying they have not done enough to rein in pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. he did offer something of an olive branch to beijing, saying he was not going to be labeling china a currency manipulator on day one of his job, that he would wait to speak to his counterparts in beijing before making an assessment and call on that particular label. thank you. tom mackenzie joining us from beijing. vietnam is still holding out hope that the transpacific partnership will come together, even though donald trump has vowed to withdraw from it on his first day in office. the trade deal would be a boost to vietnam's economy. i see isssage that that i believe the new administration of the united states will reconsider its perspective on t

this next one is from an album called "south bass island bound." brew with help from steve schern. >> steve: oh. >> jimmy: but apparently, he didn't help that much since steve's name is so small. [ light laughter ] anyways, there's michael in a a suit, getting some work done. and there he is over here. michael he's just casually ready to play some island jams. let's take a listen to, "lord, i need to drink." >> steve: oh, great. ♪ ♪ i don't remember what i did or how i got to bed ♪ ♪ i don't remember who i was with ♪ ♪ or even what i said lord i need a drink i really need some scotch i got tuesday ♪ >> jimmy: stop, stop. please stop. [ light laughter ] >> steve: were gonna need a a scotch. >> jimmy: scotch. i really need it. >> steve: scotch. [ light laughter ] that does make me think of the islands. >> jimmy: that was a a good delivery there. >> steve: yeah, very tropical. >> jimmy: you got it, yeah. i was looking at the back cover, and it made me laugh because, he must really must have it out for steve schern. because there's a picture michael up

south china sea. >> if those islands are in south china waters and not china property, we'll defend international territorieseing taken over by one country. >> reporter: china is constructing islands to use as bases. >> that's for china and other countries in this region. >> reporter: we sat down with the top foreign ministry spokesman in beijing for a rare interview. you're saying none of the united states is business. >> no. that is not international territory. >> reporter: then there's taiwan, china doesn't recognize taiwan's independence but trump after winning the election took a call from the taiwanese leader prompting china to send jets near the island as a threat. how would china respond to president trump taking more steps to recognize taiwan? >> this touches upon china's core interest. by no means this is something that could be negotiated. >> reporter: there's no room for discussion from your perspective on that. >> on china policy. 100%. >> reporter: this is leading to talk of a trade war. do you think that is coming? >> we don't want that, but it's not only up to us. that needs efforts from both

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