geopolitics and natural resource grab all of the above then there's the question of what is called the pacific pivot is washington's pivot focused on challenging china's great power ambitions. to cross talk this heated island dispute i'm joined by she cocoa goto in washington she is a northeast asia associate at the wilson center in hong kong we have andrew bloom he is an international an independent china specialist and in philadelphia we crossed and then he is a writer and blogger for counterpunch all right folks cross talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want if i go to our guest in washington d.c. i mean if you were to create a hierarchy of what this dispute is all about what would it be containing china resources the american pivot what's your number one. well the the they just be huge between the the japan and china really started with the grab for resources it has since then evolved into redefining national identity japan sees this as their own territory china has disputed that agreement and it is it is something that both sides simply cannot recall the filing a

pivot the rebalancing towards the asia pacific is one issue than say die you dispute as another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of military action or react in some way the u.s. japan alliance kicks in and then the united states which would. align itself with japan ok manas let me go get a there to ok but the u.s. is involved in ok very much involving let's go to philadelphia what do you think here we got to the pivot real early in this program i'm glad go ahead lynn go ahead well i would respectfully disagree with that assessment because i think u.s. is really behind this dispute the u.s. is playing off japan's fear of falling behind china or losing is primacy in asia and is also playing off the fear of all in the asian nations towards a resurgent china so just the philippines and another countries so the u.s. is using this. as a catalyst as a mechanism to stay relevant in the western pacific so as long as these asian countries fear chinese of bullying them but u.s. ha

you know and it can stay profitable otherwise it has no role in it was in the pacific so u.s. is really behind this is going to japan towards this confrontation station with china because the issue was dormant for decades there was no you know no overt conflict until recently japan initiated this so this rather suicide tactic is really instigated by watching the sea believe it let's go back to washington d.c. then. yes it is that it has been a tension coles subject over many centuries but it's only really bubbled up over the last couple of years but really i believe that the genesis of this is not the united states but rather the governor of tokyo who decided that hey we're going to spend money the government of tokyo to buy these privately owned lands and then the japanese government intervened and said ok well we can't get the tokyo government to buy it so we've the national government is going to actually buy these islands washington again is wants to play a neutral party in this but let me play the devil's advocate. say the united and japan feels more strongly strongly abou

you know and it can stay profitable otherwise it has no role in it was in the pacific so u.s. is really behind this is going to japan towards this confrontation station which i know because the issue was dormant for decades there was no you know no overt conflict until recently japan initiated this so this rather suicide tactic is really instigated by watching the sea believe it let's go back to washington d.c. then. yes it is that it has been a tension coles the subject over many centuries but it's only really bubbled up over the last couple of years but really i believe that the genesis of this is not the united states but rather the governor of tokyo who decided that hey we're going to spend money the government of tokyo to buy these privately owned lands and then the japanese government intervened and said ok well we can't get the tokyo government to buy it so we've the national government is going to actually buy these islands washington again is wants to play a neutral party in this but let me play the devil's advocate. say the united and japan feels more strongly strongl

pivot towards the asia pacific. friend and to separate strategy but what about the timing the timing is very interesting you have to admit that. don't you think the timing is yes it is it but i do believe it is a coincidence the really really balancing of u.s. military forces is not something that you can just do overnight it takes years upon years of decision making and strategic planning it is the reach shifting of military forces from afghanistan and iraq into new interests and that kind of situation has been in play for the past decade. and i also want to add to that i'm i'm getting a lot of. concern about this idea of china being attacks china against the world and that the united states is was leading this global attack against china if we do look at the numbers though u.s. china relations have never been as as close as they are now in terms of capital flow from one side to the other in terms of people to people networking and ideas exchange this is not the cold war it is not the united states against china so

pivot towards the asia pacific region are two different and two suffrage strategy would have all the time in the twenty years very interesting you have to admit got don't you think the timing is yes it is it but i do believe it is a coincidence the really really balancing of u.s. military forces is not something that you can just do overnight it takes years upon years of decision making and strategic planning it is the reach shifting of military forces from afghanistan and iraq into new interests and that kind of situation has been in play for the past decade. and i also want to add to that i'm i'm getting a lot of. concern about this idea of china being attacked china against the world and that the united states as we're leading this global attack against china if we do look at the numbers though u.s. china relations have never been as as close as they are now in terms of capital flow from one side to the other in terms of people to people networking and ideas exchange this is not the cold war it is not the united states against china so i think that really needs to be highlighted a

pivot the rebalancing towards the asia pacific as one issue and say could die you dispute as another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of military action or react in some way the u.s. japan alliance kicks in and then the united states which would. align itself with japan ok manas let me go get a that ok but the u.s. is involved then ok very much involving let's go to philadelphia what do you think here we got to the pivot real early in this program i'm glad go ahead lynn go ahead well i would respectfully disagree with that assessment because i think u.s. is really behind this dispute the u.s. is playing off japan's fear of falling behind china or losing is primacy in asia and is also playing off the feel about in the asian nations towards a resurgent china so just vietnam the philippines and another countries so the u.s. is using this. as a catalyst as a mechanism to stay relevant in the western pacific so as long as these asian countries fear chinese of bullying them b

as a catalyst as a mechanism to stay relevant in the western pacific so as long as these asian countries fear chinese of bullying them the u.s. has a role to play and they can sell weapons. you know and it can stay profitable otherwise it has no role in western pacific so u.s. is really behind this is going to japan towards this confrontation station with china because the issue was dormant for decades there was no you know no overt conflict until recently japan initiated this so this rather suicide tactic is really is to get it by watching the sea believe it was go back to washington d.c. then. yes it is that it has been a tension coles subject over many centuries but it's only really bubbled up over the last couple of years but really i believe that the genesis of this is not the united states but rather the governor of tokyo who decided that hey we're going to spend money the government of tokyo to buy these privately owned land and then the japanese government intervened and said ok well we can't get the tokyo government to buy it so we the national government is going to actually bu

the rebalancing towards the asia pacific is one issue and say kochadaiiyaan the dispute is another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of military action or react in some way the u.s. japan alliance kicks in and then the united states we wouldn't. align itself with japan ok minus let me go and get that to ok but the u.s. is involved then ok very much involved let's go to philadelphia what do you think here we got to the pivot real early in this program i'm glad go ahead lynn go ahead well i would respectfully disagree with that assessment because i think the u.s. is really behind this dispute the u.s. is playing off japan's fear of falling behind china or losing is primacy in asia and is also playing off the fear of other nation asian nations towards a resurgent china such as vietnam the philippines and another countries so the u.s. is using this. as a catalyst as a mechanism to stay relevant in the western pacific so as long as these asian countries fear chinese of bullying

pivot towards the asia pacific region are two different and two separate strategy what about the timing the timing is very interesting you have to admit that don't you think the timing is yes it is it but i do believe it is a coincidence the really really balancing of u.s. military forces is not something that you can just do overnight it takes years upon years of decision making and strategic planning it is the reach shifting of military forces from afghanistan and iraq into two new interests and that kind of situation has been in play for the past decade. and i also want to add to that i'm i'm getting a lot of. concern about this idea of china being attacked china against the world and that the united states is was leading this global attack against china if we do look at the numbers the us china relations have never been as as close as they are now in terms of capital flow from one side to the other in terms of people to people networking and ideas exchange this is not the cold war it is not the united states against china so i think that really needs to be highlighted and never has

the pacific tsunami warning center issued an alert that stretched across from a big part of the pacific ocean. papua new guinea and new zealand and all the pacific islands in between were warned that a tsunami could be on its way. there was a tsunami generated. thankfully, it was much lower than it was first feared. by the time it hit santa cruz in the solomon islands, it was 1 meter in height. by the time it reached a final vanawatu, it was half that tight. the earthquake was a lot deeper than initially feared. it was thought to have been less than 6 kilometers down. in the end, 33 kilometers down. the impact was far less than it could have been. >> much more still ahead. >> [indiscernible] >> worries over paying the bills mounting in greece and so are the numbers of phone calls to suicide phone lines. we look at the look atin mali after a year of turmoil. -- we look at the financial toll after a year of turmoil in mali. >> over many parts of pakistan there's been a lot of wet weather recently and that has been affecting northern parts of india and in afghanistan. in the last three day

. >> it's blowing in from the pacific ocean tonight. heavy rain, hail, and a foot of mountain snow in california. the storm will stretch to the nation's midsection. florida braces for another frigid morning. and new england digging out from yet another storm. with wind gusts out of the north gusting up to 50 or 60 miles an hour, some northeast state, buried by historic snowfall are getting another arctic blast. maine getting the worst of it. >> blowing snow can make visibility zero. >> reporter: eight inches on the coast and more inland. in cape cod, cars are still buried in snow banks from the last storm. more worries about coastal damage. on new york's long island, plows and salt trucks tried to keep up with rapidly changing conditions. connecticut towns waiting for federal relief money from the last storm are seeing snow removal costs add up. >> anywhere from $20,000 to $50,000 a day. >> reporter: the harsh temperatures put florida naerms disaster mode. the northeast is not alone. miserable conditions hit the great lakes, heavy lake-e

the project will diverse 1.2 mile stretch of the pacific coast highway. >>> guess what, if you like, ne. since the day after christmas we have been in the pattern. i know if you love sunshine you don't know where winter has been. we hope it does not come back. it will be the driest winter we have had. you enjoyed a sunny day, clear skies, that is why people choose to live in oakland. this is our camera from the airport looking back towards the bridge to city. another chilly night. now, another direction from the oakland landing of the bay bridge. livermore, 55, san jose, 55. and we always do it and check the radar. now, one can say with all of the cheer sky, -- clear sky, there is nothing off shore. there it is. hi-def doplar radar is dry. tonight, we will be chilly. clear skies to late february. nights are long. upper 30s, the heat will kick over a couple of times. livermore, 36 your low. napa, 37. and at the coastline, looking next to the pacific ocean 10 degrees milder. pacifica, 47 degrees. it is worth it. now there is a lot of activity in the pacific ocean heading towards the coa

not in europe as has been for 100 years prior to that, than the asia pacific region. secondly, that we would maintain freedom of access throughout that region. in particular, we would maintain the sea lanes in that area, whatever the challenge might be. even as we reduce our defense budget, therefore we must maintain and would maintain a powerful navy, and that that navy would be charged with maintaining the freedom of those sea lanes. we had, of course, to be concerned as to whether there would be a challenge for that. we observed that the rise and shine has more energy needs for more energy than they can produce themselves, and to maintain the economic growth which they believe is essential. we observed that the south china sea is a potential source of energy supplies for china and that there is a contention among the nations in that region as to where the ownership and rights of access are to the south china sea. and this is conceivable that china might seek to reestablish its claim there by military coercion and that could lead them into a confrontation with the un

pacific region and indeed on the chelyabinsk is not that far from the pacific and it could if indeed it does come flying over the atmosphere they could be seeing another paul two who knows but of course he would have the camera ready absolutely we do have it outstanding crew there and of course i think you go over that they along with the people you mention everywhere in the world are hoping that we are not going to see anything bigger than what we're seeing right now that this was. you know as glamorous and as disastrous as well you know you could admire the glamour of it from a big distance but i want to be living in that and you know there is no it's a ridiculous go thank you very much for that so i have the great pleasure of lindsay from now a sitting over of the main news desk and if you don't mind i'll come and join you here just for of i would having spoken to a really good just know one of the things that is just become so clear and so apparent is the fact that people were terrified but what i understand with you though there was a sense of relief the end of the day that's wha

abe underscored japan's commitment to ensuring the asia pacific region. he said he may decrease defense spending. he said he is even considering allowing japan to exercise its right to depends an ally under attack. the official position of the japanese government is that collective self-defense is against the constitution. abe explained japan's position on the senkaku islands. japan purchased the islands in september. chinese ships have entered the water around them over the last several months. >> translator: president obama and i agree at the summit to cooperate to defend free waters and to establish order based on law and not force. at the same time, the relationship with china is one of the most important for japan. >> reporter: japan is locked in a territorial dispute with south korea over the takashima islands in the sea of japan. abe sent deputy prime minister taro aso to talk with the president. he sent president mori to russia last week to begin longstanding talks with russia. abe will meet later this year with vladimir putin to discuss the territ

the north pacific, california, north he can with aer toial and another. cific is one of five gigantic interconnected systems of ocean currents. each spirals around a central point. drawing material inward which is what carries the plastic to hawaii. these spirals can also inject material out toward the arctic and antarctic, spreading material across the globe over time. >> these are all connected which means that the problem occurs in the pacific, it eventually goes to the atlantic and the indian ocean. >> just how far does the problem of plastic in the oceans extend? i went to southampton to see if can can be found in the coastal waters of britain. sometime frnt national ocean center took us out to do a bit of sampling. >> so we drag this net through the water. the water can escape through the net holes. but all the particles and the plankton are trapped within the net. and they eventually come into this bottle at the end. well, we're going to leave it out for about 10 minutes. that will allow us to filter through around about 400 tons of water. there's b

the ring of fire is also in the pacific. over 35,000 on average fatalities a year over 35 billion dollars worth of damage and we see that year in and year out with tsunamis of catastrophic proportions. today the coast guard is dealing with the debris from that tsunami as it comes ashore here in the state waters as well. just it close on admire beeman's remarks, i think it's critical not just the work here at seminar but over a cup of coffee exchanging business cards because at the end of the day it's the partnerships that mufrt endure at time of crisis. thank you to the macon island for this show of force during this third fleet week. >> i'd like to bring up the mayor of the great city and county of san francisco. what a difference he's made as the mayor of san francisco. he certainly has welcomed fleet week, he's welcomed the fleet and marines and mayor lee, we can't thank you enough for your support for everything we're trying to do. please help me welcome mayor ed lee. >> thank you, general myat. good morning, everybody, w

also, it will be rainy in the pacific northwest. we'll have some fog and clouds that will keep temperatures cool in southern california. also, some showers in oklahoma city and kansas city. >> the temperatures in the northeast finally warm up to more seasonable readings. new york and boston will get close to 40. warmer-than-usual in the southeast, with atlanta in the mid-60s. 20s for fargo, minneapolis and detroit. honolulu and miami, they're in the low 80s. >>> coming up after the break, a judge you do not want to mess with. >>> plus, the price of convenience. online shopping could mean the death of hundreds of local shopping malls. >>> and we'll take a test drive of the tiniest car on the road. >>> welcome back. the government is claiming a victory against credit card fraud. federal officials say a fraud ring based in new jersey sold $200 million. they allegedly used thousands of fake identities to obtain cards and then got the credit limits raised. 18 people have been arrested for what may be the country's largest credit card frau

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made these airplanes and sentimental the moon how we were able to create these and like we saw in the pacific islands there was a lot of cargo cult activity there because during the world war two all these japanese and u.s. military bases were established there and the. tribes there saw all these planes coming in and the planes brought with them all sorts of material wealth cargo and in an attempt to attract further deliveries of goods once the war ended followers of the cults in these pacific islands and gays in ritualistic practices such as building crude imitation landing strips aircraft and radio equipment and mimicking the behavior that they had observed of the military personnel operating them so the islanders began concocting like headphones meet at a coconuts and would they would sit out in a you know in this sort of fabricated control tower they would also waive the landing signals while standing on these crude runways that they had built so they would be waving to planes that weren't there but thought by the act of doing that the plane would deliver some cargo material wealth to the

-led negotiations for the trans pacific partnership free trade agreement. they say japan or any other nation that joins the negotiations will not be required to promise to eliminate all tariffs. abe is under pressure from japanese farmers to stay out of the tpp. before he left, he made another decision. he decided to send a representative to an annual ceremony pro moting the claim of the islands. south korea controls the territory. >> translator: it goes without saying that takeshima is an inherent part of japanese territory. it's a critical issue involving the sovereignty of our country. >> 19 lawmakers attended the ceremony in shimane prefecture. the prefectural government designated february 22nd as takeshima day eight years ago. japan incorporated the islands as part of shimane on that date in 1905. south korean citizens marked february 22nd as well, with a demonstration. they protested outside of assy . south korean officials launched a protest through diplomatic channels. >> translator: it's regrettable that the japanese government sent an official to

made these airplanes and sent men to the moon how we were able to create these and like we saw in the pacific islands there was a lot of cargo cult activity there because during the world war two all these japanese and u.s. military bases were established there and the. tribes there saw all these planes coming in and the planes brought with them all sorts of material wealth cargo and in an attempt to attract further deliveries of goods once the war ended followers of the cults in these pacific islands and gays in ritualistic practices such as building crude imitation landing strips aircraft and radio equipment and mimicking the behavior that they had observed of the military personnel operating them so the islanders began concocting like headphones meet at a coconuts and would they would sit up in a you know in this sort of fabricated control tower they would also wave the landing signals while standing on these crude runways that they had built so they would be waving to planes that weren't there but thought by the act of doing that the plane would deliver some cargo material wealth to them

heavy snow in the central plains, rain in the pacific northwest. sunny and cool, midatlantic

ocean yes and why was it launched from a platform in the ocean in the pacific well so you go all things happening around the equator and the idea is. that the earth's rotation speed gives rockets additional looks all ration and while this project. exists since one thousand nine hundred five it's an international project between russia ukraine norway and the united states there have been thirty four successful launches throughout these years but through all this year it was the first launch or unfortunately it was unsuccessful currently there is a commission which is external to establishing the details of exactly what went wrong. going off igor thank you very much indeed for that update of course we'll be talking to you later again for more details of course thank you. and still ahead for you this hour the conflict church in germany loses one that's after new and more alleged cases of child abuse by priests and the headlines. and also this hour report on the risk of genetically modified food but why its main producers might not have anything to worry about that and more after a short br

ocean yes and why was it launched from a platform in the ocean in the pacific well so you go all things happening around the equator and the idea is. that the earth's rotation speed gives rockets additional looks so ration and while this project. exists since one thousand nine hundred five it's an international project between russia ukraine norway and the united states there have been thirty four successful launches throughout these years but through all this year it was the first launch or unfortunately it was unsuccessful through either the commission which is ecstatic stablish in the details of exactly what went wrong. going off igor thank you very much indeed for that update of course we'll be talking to you later again for more details of course thank you. and still ahead for you this hour they conflict church in germany loses why should the softer mooing more alleged cases of child abuse by priests hit the headlines. and also this hour report on the risk of genetically modified food but why its main produce might not have anything to worry about thousands more after a short break

these airplanes and sent to men to the moon how we were able to create these and like we saw in the pacific islands there was a lot of cargo cult activity there because during the world war two all these japanese and u.s. military bases were established there and the. tribes there saw all these planes coming in and the planes brought with them all sorts of material wealth cargo and in an attempt to attract further deliveries of goods once the war ended followers of the cults in these pacific islands and gays in ritualistic practices such as building crude imitation landing strips aircraft and radio equipment and mimicking the behavior that they had observed of the military personnel operating them so the islanders began concocting like headphones made at a coconuts and would they would sit out in a you know in a sort of fabricated control tower they would also waive the landing signals while standing on these crude runways that they had built so they would be waving to planes that weren't there but thought by the act of doing that the plane would deliver some cargo material wealth to them o

reporter there was a chance that there was another chunk coming in the next couple of hours over the pacific region so we hear about c. i will certainly be keeping all of you posted. it's a great pleasure to have you and thanks so much. well let's discuss the further with monica grady a professor of planetary sciences at the open university she joins us live now from the united kingdom. a pleasure to see you thanks for joining us here at sea the fall of this meteoroid caused quite a lot of destruction and injured over nine hundred people who do you think all in all they got lucky or was it or was it a really bad strike. hi well i think i think there are unfortunate actually and i mean these things happen all the time. the sonic boom you played a recording of was obviously just immense and it was the boom shattering glass and causing that it was the boom that caused the destruction not the actual landing of the meteorite when i mean i believe it landed in a lake but it didn't do any damage so it's amazing explosion in the atmosphere is it breaks the sound barrier that causes the problem so it

made these airplanes and sent men to the moon how we were able to create these and like we saw in the pacific islands there was a lot of cargo cult activity there because during the world war two all these japanese and u.s. military bases were established there and the. tribes there saw all these planes coming in and the planes brought with them all sorts of material wealth cargo and in an attempt to attract further deliveries of goods once the war ended followers of a cult in these pacific islands and gays in ritualistic practices such as building crude imitation landing strips aircraft and radio equipment and mimicking the behavior that they had observed of the military personnel operating them so the islanders began concocting like headphones meet at a coconuts and would they would sit out in a you know in this sort of fabricated control tower they would also waive the landing signals while standing on these crude runways that they had built so they would be waving to planes that weren't there but thought by the act of doing that the plane would deliver some cargo material wealth to them o

these airplanes and sent to men to the moon how we were able to create these and like we saw in the pacific islands there was a lot of cargo cult activity there because during the world war two all these japanese and u.s. military bases were established there and the. tribes there saw all these planes coming in and the planes brought with them all sorts of material wealth cargo and in an attempt to attract further deliveries of goods once the war ended followers of a cult in these pacific islands and gays in ritualistic practices such as building crude imitation landing strips aircraft and radio equipment and mimicking the behavior that they had observed of the military personnel operating them so the islanders began concocting like headphones meet at a coconuts and would they would sit out in a you know in a sort of fabricated control tower they would also waive the landing signals while standing on these crude runways that they had built so they would be waving to planes that weren't there but thought by the act of doing that the plane would deliver some cargo material wealth to them ok s

pivot the rebalancing towards the asia pacific is one issue since a country die you dispute is another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of military action or react in some way the u.s. japan alliance kicks in and then the united states which would. align itself with japan ok let me go get a there to ok but the u.s. is involved then ok very much involved that's good at philadelphia what do you think here we got to the pivot real early in this program i'm glad go ahead lynn go ahead well i would respectfully disagree with that assessment because i think the u.s. is really behind this dispute the u.s. is playing of japan's fear of falling behind china or losing is primacy in asia and is also playing off the fear of other nation asian nations towards a resurgent china so just vietnam the philippines and another countries so the u.s. is using this. as a catalyst as a mechanism to stay relevant in the western pacific so as long as these asian countries fear chinese of bullying