the senkaku islands. china and some asean countries also have competing claims to areas in the south china sea. participants at the meeting say china's delegate insisted that it wants to resolve the territorial issues peacefully. he said china places high importance on discussions with asean countries. china seems to be trying to avoid adding to concern about its behavior among its neighbors. >>> the u.s. military is strengthening its presence in the asia pacific region. it has announced that it's going to deploy two carrier strike groups to western pacific. this comes as the chinese navy increases its advance into the east china sea, the south china sea, and the pacific ocean. so what's behind the u.s. decision? we'll have analysis by our military affairs expert. but before that, let's look at the current situation in the region. the strike groups will include two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. the "u.s. washington" is near yoke sucha and the "uss john c. stennis" is on the west coast. they have the aegis air defense system. the u.s. fleet says the two strike groups will provide a combat-re

conditions by storing a massive amount of fat in their humps. >>> a storm is hovering over the south china sea. for more on the weather forecast, here's mai shoji. mai? >>> yes, gene, absolutely right. you have -- we have a storm over the south china sea which looks like it's going to be intensifying into a severe tropical storm in the next 24/48 before it makes landfall over southern vietnam. this system has the potential of -- capacity of bringing about 5 to 6 meters of very high waves. that will be moving in a westerly path in the later of this week, weekend, and into cambodia and thailand. now, this rainfall accumulation could be some staggering amounts. it could be about 300 milliliters or even more, so coastal flooding, especially in the rural areas, including da nang, could possibly be seen. and the line is focused on cambodia and the thailand region due to the southwestern monsoonal flow being very active this year. so we really don't want anymore rain, but do really be aware of land slides and mud slides that this storm could create. another storm to look out for over the marianas. th

navy base facing the south china sea. the united states used the occasion to send a message to any powers trying to expand influence across the region. >> world war ii, our nations fought side by side and today we remain side by side as we face common threats. >> reporter: the philippines and china are engaging territorial disputes over the spratly islands and off luzon island in the south china sea. chinese patrol boats continue to operate near the shore. that means philippine fishing boats are unable to approach the waters. china is also exerting economic pressure on the philippines. in may china inspections on philippine bananas. causing exports to stall. the philippine says the drill will be conducted within its own territorial boundaries and will not harm relations with china. >> the current was not included in developing the scenarios for the exercises. >> reporter: the philippines is locked in a dispute with a neighbor that is much more powerful. both economically and militarily. even so, it refuses to concede to ch

another storm is the kami over the south china sea. is is affecting the philippines with heavy downpours accumulating. 57 milliliters have been found in the luzon region in the past 24 hours. more rain is welcome, but an undecisive one here. it's lingering for the next of the workweek and picking up its pace, maybe moving towards the west and possibly making landfall in central vietnam. already packing winds of 65 kilometers per hour. looks like this will be here for quite some time. now, let's head over to the european continent. another storm to talk about here. it's tropical storm nadine. we've been talking about this nadine for almost 20 days now. it has been lingering over the atlantic ocean now, but moving towards the azores islands, decreased intensity of a tropical storm status. it used to be a hurricane. and it will be continuing to decrease its intensity, but do watch out for the rip currents and the storm surges as it approaches those islands. up towards the north here in the european continent, we have a very huge atlantic s

let's go now to the south china sea. the tropical storm doesn't have such a decided path at the moment. it's going to be almost stationary. it's going to be gaining strength over the next several days. we'll see increasing sea swells and high waves. here in the northern philippines we're going to be seeing enhanced rainfall. this kind of system really enhances that rainfall. in towards southern china we see heavier rain as well. you could see also some locally heavy rain into tuesday too. temperatures are fairly seasonal. we're looking around the mid-20s in tokyo, seoul and beijing. let's go now to the americas. more severe storms hitting the southeast today. it's the same storm system that has just moved a bit further toward the east. the severe weather impacting georgia as well as alabama. you have tornado warnings posted at the moment. it's going to be heading up toward the northeast. the severe storms are going to be impacting the ohio valley while the tennessee valley and the mid-atlantic you'll be seeing the brunt o

down towards the south we have another area of heavy rain over the south china sea. this is tropical storm kami hovering over the same area since yesterday and will continue to do so over the next couple of days and that means strong winds and heavy rain will prolong in the northern philippines and it will get ample moisture from the water to intensify even more. we're expecting it to become a severe tropical storm by friday morning local time and on friday it will speed up and head towards central vietnam. it could make landfall in this region by over the weekend. we'll keep you mosted on the situation. as for the rest of east asia, light showers are moving over northeastern china and more heavy rain is situated in southwestern china and much of the indochina peninsula and the heaviest rain is found in northeastern india and northern myanmar. as for japan, because of humid and cool air comes in from the ocean, the eastern half of the country will see glammy weather and rain showers will likely dissipate in tokyo as we head into this afternoon and temperatures will b

the south china sea dispute wasn't on the official agenda for day one, but asean diplomatic sources say vietnam used the forum to call on the countries concerned to show restraint and cooperate to find a peaceful resolution. vietnam avoided mentioning the country by name, but its criticisms were clearly directed at china. >>> and we're going to wrap up our bulletin from bangkok. >>> a japanese film director returned from the prestigious japanese international film festival with an award in hand. he directed "the land of hope" that was inspired by the nuclear disaster in fukushima. in pregnant woman is too afraid to take off protective clothing. >> i've made my film extremely dramatic. i have made my es sense of the whole thing, i have tried to express it briefly and emphatically. some have visited again and again to hear from survivors. this area was once a disastrous zone. this is a 70-year-old resident of fukushima. her house is 150 feet from the plant. a line was suddenly drawn through her land. she and her children evacuated their home. >> translator: i was shocked to hear about the

including the security in the south china sea. >> an important meeting in july broke up without a joint communication. the group failed to agree on how some member nations should resolve their disputes with china. cambodia's position was apparently influenced by the close economic relationship with china. insurgents in afghanistan are successfully undermining trust between international forces and their afghan colleagues. that stark admission by nato secretary general a surge of inside era being at thatting in the war torn country and he has pledged to do everything possible to rebuild relations between the supposed allies. more than 50 soldiers from the nato led coalition have been killed so far this year by members of the afghan army or police or people wearing their uniforms. on saturday five people died when us and afghan soldiers exchanged fire in the eastern province of nordag. details are unclear but it is thought u.s. gun soldiers started the gun fight when they mistakenly believed they were under fire from afghan troops and fogh pledged action to stop insider attacks. >> this s

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 united states' desire to maintain free access. the best way of avoiding that military conflict is what we should see because the military conflict with china would be catastrophic for both nations, indeed for the whole region. so, we want to avoid that. i believe the best way of avoiding that is by maintaining a -- continuing to maintain a strong naval presence in the region, and by having an unambiguous commitment to doing that. i believe that our new national security strategy is that unambiguous commitment, and i believe that the u.s. navy is capable of maintaining that unambiguous military strength. as we sit here this morning aboard the uss macon island, in san francisco bay, looking out to the pacific, it i

into the near see air space above them and i think really the term near sees it is useful because the yellow sea, the east china sea and the southchina sea are indeed contain all of china's remaining unresolved maritime claims as well as the territorial island related claims, thus it is no surprise china is focusing intensely in this area with what i would call the second layer after the court homeland defense capabilities. china is pursuing an approach that is often referred to in chinese sources as counter intervention. perhaps a more specific term would be acted strategic counter attacks on exterior minds. these terms can be interpreted in a way that is more nuanced and the context specific than the antiaccess area denial of the terminology employed by the u.s. military. however, i would argue that these are really essentially two sides of the same claim. china feels that these areas and their immediate approaches are sensitive and want to be the will to hold the foreign forces of risk to try to dissuade them from entering an unfortunate event of conflict and thereby further more in peace time before then from pursuing the mi

the u.s. should take for competing with china in order to secure american security? >> what has been happening from japan and south to indonesia, the east and south china and the sea of japan, in the 50s and 60s and 70s all these countries were internally focused. developing their own economies and national capacity and military. vietnam and malaysia have internal wars of rebellion and nation-building. the philippines had a rebellion in the 1950s. japan was just coming on line as a significant power in the 1970s and it was korea that developed into a significant power. all these countries have developed already and because they have developed they now have the ability to project power halt word into the. territorial soil they claim. they didn't have this capacity. we see conflict about island and geographical features below water and high tides that we never saw before. people say has everyone gone crazy? no. everyone has developed in east asia and they have military's and developed navies and air forces and conflicting conflict over geographical space. of battles over geographical space and not about ideas. there are no ideas involved. this is all about territory. t

. >>> the discussion included disputed i in the south china sea. they agree to continue talks to establish a declaration of conduct with their will to resolve the issue peacefully. countries have been asking china to agree to a legal biding code of conduct governing behavior in the disputed region. they have failed to reach substantial progress over the issue. china has been reluctant to establish a code of conduct despite the urging of the united states. the focus is now on bl the relevant countries will bridge their differences at a series of summits next month. >>> a spokesperson said there are no plans for direct talks with japan's leaders. relations between the countries have soured. china and taiwan also claim the islands. if summit is scheduled to open next monday. japanese prime minister is already considering attending. there's fo plano plans for the s to meet. >> translator: japan should immediately correct i wants mistakes. make an effort to remove obstacles to improving relations. >> observers say that chinese government sees the summit

doesn't split off from mainland china, protecting china's maritime sovereignty interests in the south china sear its sovereignty interests in the east china sea with japan. interestingly enough, you can also apply new domains, cyberspace missions. so if you look at the how the pla may be taking on some of these historic missions, you can see them in some of the things the pla's been doing over the last few years. the third historic mission has to do with providing powerful strategic support for national development. that might mean protecting the national interests far and abroad from china itself, so being able to protect chinese citizens in countries like africa, so the counterpiracy mission that we saw at the end of 2008 could be a reflection of that mission. and then finally, the last historic mission is to play an important role in safeguarding world peace. sounds like a lot of fluff, but the reality is what's been going on over the last decade, actually longer, being involved in military diplomacy, sending out a hospital ship to do medical diplomacy. so although i'm reluctant to always ta

the the drills began monday on the western coast m facing the south china sea. 3800 personnel are taking part in this year's exercises. that's 800 more than last year. a philippine know military suggest they reflect the numbers growing in the region. u the philippines is engaged in disputes with china. chinese patrol boats are preventing philippine fishing boats from approaching. u.s. leaders have expressed concern that china is expanding its activities in the region. >>> australian prime minister has urged japan to sign a free trade agreement with her country as soon as possible. she says no other fta will be more logical. he spoke at a reception in sydney. >> japan is a critically important economic partner for austr australia and will remain so in the future but in a dynamic and changing region it's time to take the next step. it's time to seal the deal on the free trade agreement. >> she also referred to regional security issues. she said they must work together to balance rising asian powers. she wants to use the g-20 summit and the asia pacific cooperation forum to work with japan

the center of a territorial dispute between china and the philippines. the drills began monday on the western coast of luzon island facing the south china sea. 3,800 personnel are taking part in this year's exercises. that's 800 more than last year. a filipino military leader suggested the numbers reflect a growing security threat in the region. >> and i'm confident that they shall result in the partnership that is enduring that we shall be prepared to face the present and emerging maritime challenges in this part of the region. >> the philippines is engaged in territorial disputes with china over the islands. chinese patrol boats are preventing philippine boats from reaching the shore. >>> australian prime minister hatz urged japan to sign a trade agreement. gillard spoke in sydney to support the anniversary of the japan/australia business conference. >> japan is a critically important economic partner for australia and will remain so in the future. but in a dynamic and changing region, it's time to take the next step. it's time to seal the deal on the free trade agreement. >> gillar did said australia and japan must work together. she says she wants to us

sea. gale force wind and heavy rain are impacting across the northern half of the philippines. it looks like it will become a severe tropical storm as the it moves over the south china sea and may make the second landfallen vietnam, on saturday. stormiest conditions are easing in the philippines. but we are anticipating 150 millimeters or more over the next 72 hours. mudslides. landslide. as well as the flooding will be a great risk here. and you will notice that heavy rain will be -- will be moving into parts of the, vietnam as well as we head into the weekend. this is not because of a tropical storm, but a low pressure system has dumped quite heavy rain across the black sea region. we have some footage coming out of turkey. the floodwaters, caused injuries and damaged cars and houses, seriously. the same system caused the flash floods in the southeastern tip of the balkans monday, claiming the lives of three. conditions are improving in the locations. but parts of eastern and southern turkey will remain unsettled the next couple days. some where else dealing with heavy rain. southern italy. the good news, rain will be dissipating over the next several hours. out t

seas. high waves could top 4 meters along the coast. now, it should move out to sea by this evening. but it could intensify and move over the south china sea into a severe tropical storm and then may make the second landfall in vietnam on saturday. heavy rain is going to target the northern half of the philippines. as much as 150 millimeters of rain or more is likely for a wide area will locally 200 or more. so watch out for flooding as well as landslides here. out towards the west, heavy rain is also pounding parts of the southern parts of thailand, because another disturbance right here. thunderstorms and rough seas will be a concern through the the day here and up towards the north, dry weather across the korean peninsula and much of japan. but a storm system is moving into the northern half the country today. temperatures are dropping out of the 20s tokyo. 19 degrees. meanwhile, warming up to 20 in seoul today. here's your extended forecast. >> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

once it re-emerges into the south china sea it could intensify to a severe tropical storm before moving off towards vietnam. definitely still want to watch it there as it could bring some heavy rainfall and gusty winds for you in the coming days. so still have plenty of time to watch that. now, across the rest of asia, chain yeah, korea, fair weather is in place today. high pressure dominating much of the region. we do have this low pressure area pushing out of northeastern china. could see some brief rain showers over there. but for the most part, much of japan seeing this autumn weather. i want to show you a video coming out north of tokyo, one of the better weather scenarios here. the autumn leaves are starting to change colors. combineded with the rather warm and above temperatures, we have been seeing thus far, visit fors enjoyed the contrast of the red foliage of the blue sky. it's also in japan where deer fall in love. this is why the deer and the color of the leaves express the real feelings of japan and the fall season out here. manilla coming by these hours on thursday. now ov

seas. moving at 30 kilometers an hour, toward the northwest. it will move through the land, before heading out to sea by friday morning. local time. as it moves over the south chinat could intensify into a severe tropical storm and may make the second landfall in vietnam or hunan on the weekend. heavy rain is already occurring, more heavy rain is coming down. we anticipate more than 150 millimeters of trun fall over a wade area including manila with 200 millimeters or more. flooding and landslide will be an ongoing issue for the next couple of days here. up toward the north, things are quite different. of a belt of high pressure located over japan, korean peninsula. much of china bringing nice, balmy day. but the exception is going to be inland china. snow showers are intensifying here. some of the rain is going to be spreading over the area on your thursday. as for japan, heavy rain will be on the course. of course the northern half of the country, from thursday night. all right, moving into the americas, we can see a swirling cloud over the caribbean sea. this is tropical storm sandy. moving at a slow pace toward the north. it will likely become a hurricane and

it's kind of in between the south china sea as well as the indian ocean. lot of ships that want to go from the pacific ocean to the indian ocean, they all have to come down through singapore and then cross over the other... to the other side. in that sense, its location is favorable. but it also has a natural harbor with nice deep water, and that has facilitated its port activities. narrator: the port is closely integrated with singapore's changi airport, asia's second-busiest. here, freight is exchanged between air and sea. but for such a busy place, singapore is quite small-- just about 400 square miles, only about a quarter the size of rhode island. more than four million people are packed into this tiny island state. 76% are ethnic chinese, 14% are malay and about eight percent are indian. ( indianusic playing ) singapore has a long tradition as a base for foreign traders. its can be seenr history in the architectural reminders of its days as a british colony. that tradition continues with singapore serving as a popular location as the headquarters for

sitting here in the south china sea. moving very slowly at the movement.t like low ly to take of anywhere right now. this one almost stationary the next couple days. also intensifying at the same time. becoming a severe tropical storm by friday. it is giving us winds of 65 kilometers an hour. gusts up to 90 kilometers an hour. impacting surrounding areas with certainly sea swells and high waves as well as enhancing the southwest monsoon. now, northern parts of the philippines, luzon, feeling direct impact. outer band of the storm are, are bringing rainfall here. we have had a course of 50 millimeters in the last 24 hours. and as the system just sits and intensifies, in pretty much the same aira area it will risk landslides as the rain continuously comes down over the same regions. we are going to head toward the americas now. still very high and dry across much of northern mexico. western, central parts of the u.s. that comes with the -- the warning in fact, though, for fire weather, across, the northern and central plains. towards the north -- it is going

all right, moving into the philippines, and another tropical system is now moving over the south china sea. this is tropical system, expected to become a severe tropical storm within the next 24 hours. may make the second landfall in vietnam, some time between saturday afternoon into your sunday morning, local time. heavy rain, of up to 100 millimeters is likely, from tonight into saturday night. and more heavy rain, will be coming down in central and northern vietnam, over the weekend. as for the philippines, the stormiest conditions have, have been over. but heavy rain is continuing, as much as 150 millimeters or more likely in the upper part of the philippines including manila over the next 72 hours or so. as for the rest of the -- the east asia, rain is intensifying over the river valley that is going to be spreading into the korean peninsula as well as japan into the weekend. all right. finally let's go to europe. the main story is going to be a big temperature contrast between the north and the south. and anywhere to the north of the front, very chilly. look at this. only 7 degrees e

also another storm developing over the south china sea. it is likely to become a tropical storm in the next 24/48, and it's not going to be affecting the landmasses directly, but indirectly it will be enhancing the southwestern monsoonal flow and heavy downpours will be seen across much of the area as well as south vietnam and also in much of the indochina peninsula. temperatures still in the mid-30s in the tropics, but finally down to 25 in tokyo. and ulaanbaatar looking at 11 degrees. for your overnight hours. moving over to the european continent, we first start off with this hurricane. this is nadine. we've been talking about nadine for a couple weeks now actually. it will be moving towards the azores and will be downgrading as it does so, which is good news, but still winds are 120 kilometers per hour, so do watch out for those rip currents even now and do stay away from those coastal areas if possible. towards the northern continent of europe, isobars are really close to each other, so you can tell it's going to be a gusty day for you

completely contrary to the international law and the last point i would make is the we that china handles the south china sea is an important test of china's's rise. is it going to be peaceful or is it going to be coercive? china is not lewd noticed chris mccarron. >> aaron? >> i don't think governor romney has taken a formal position and i'm not going to make policy here by. i think there is an underlining, here and it's one that jeff referred to. i believe that the motives which is driving the recent cycle of tensions over these is the growth of chinese power they've made these claims for a long time in the formation of before. the capacity other than to try to enforce them and i agree this is a test how china is going to rise. thus far china's the tater hasn't been reassuring. it's to use coercion and put pressure on countries that have disputed -- claims that are in dispute with its own and we will see. that hasn't served its interest well. it's on the part of many countries in the region. i think it is absolutely critical that the united states play a role in this partly caused because the interest amon

taking a look at our second severe tropical storm, sitting in the south china sea, it's been hovering for the last several days but it now looks like it is going to be moving in a slightly more decided path. we expect landfall on friday local time in southern vietnam, southern to central vietnam. at the moment it is moving slowly but it is expected to intensify as it heads toward vietnam and for the time being it is really helping to enhance the southwest monsoon across surrounding areas, particularly the philippines. luzon's been having some particularly heavy rain over the last couple of days. we're seeing some showers also in southwestern portions of china and another small low is bringing showers to northeastern china and in towards southeastern russia. temperaturewise cooling down to the north, just 12 degrees for ulan bator. mid 20s in beijing, seoul, as well as shanghai. tokyo 27. still seeing the 30s down into the tropics. heading now to the americas, thunderstorms are going to be on the cards today for the southeastern coast of the u.s. up in towards new england, heavy rain a

let's talk what is happening in the south china sea. we have a tropical storm. so it has weakened off a little bit from severe tropical storm status. looks like it will be heading into vietnam. making landfall here, saturday, local time. it will pick up the pace. also intensity a little bit before doing so. reaching these warmer walte eer. for the time being close to the philippines. helping enhance the rainfall across luzon, southwesterly, monsoon rains we see this team of the year. having a system like this close by really helps to exacerbate that problem. heavy rain at the moment. focusing on the philippines. we'll watch the system as the it heads on east into indochina. now to the america's. looking high, dry across much of mexico as well as the the u.s., western canada. but there are thunderstorms in the cards for you today. along the atlantic coast. from florida up into new england. the heaviest of the rain, stronger wind will be found actually up towards the northeast. then we have a winter storm system which is push pushing its way along the u.s./canada

may want to watch this into the latter part of the week as it re-emerges back out to the south china sea. temperatures shape up like this. shanghai with a high of 22, seoul at 15, ulaanbaatar only 9 on your tuesday. overnight hours it will get down well below freezing as well. over towards the americas, also seeing some cold temperatures into the rockies. we have a low-pressure area popping some moisture onshore here. it's going to bring some snow showers up to 37 meters high in some of the higher elevations accompanied by 80-mile-per-hour wis. you see the lines here. even some thunderstorm activity into the western great lakes, around chicago. none of these are going to become severe, but you want to watch out for a flash of lightning or two across this area. temperatures on decent side across much of the southeast, oklahoma city at 27, winnipeg, the gold spot on the map, only 8 on your monday. now over towards europe, we are seeing some rain showers across italy over towards greece. these are not going to be too severe. really the main thing across much of europe here is sunny skies in

don't split off from mainland china, a taiwan mission, protecting china's maritime interests in the south china sea or sovereignty interests in the east china sea with japan. interestingly enough, you can apply that to new domains -- cyberspace, space missions. if you look at how the pla take on some historic missions, you can see them in the things the pla's done over the last few years. the third -- the third historic mission has to do with providing powerful strategic support for national development. what that might mean is protecting the national interests far and abroad from china itself, being able to protect chinese citizens in countries like africa, protecting the impocket -- import of raw materials coming from mountain gulf. 2008 could be a reflection of that mission. the last mission is play an important role in safeguarding world peace. sounds like fluff, but the reality is the decade or longer. u.n. peace keeping operations, involved in a lot of military diplomacy, sending out a hospital ship to do medical diplomacy so although i'm reluctant to take at face value things that the chines

the ceilings of communication -- sea lanes are vital because much oil travels overseas and that's again one of the reasons why united states is such a strong interest in the peaceful resolution of disputes in the south china sea. the stability in regions that produce oil is also, in energy is also extremely important. and also the united states and china may have interests that at times diverge. china has at times been willing to enter into a merger relationships with countries whose governments we and others were seeking to pressure because of their human rights policies. and i think this is of particular importance in the persian gulf. and again, it has to do with iran. nothing that i can think of would be worse to the stability and functioning of energy markets, at least in the near-term, and a war, particular war involving nuclear weapons in the persian gulf. and for that reason i would hope that china would be willing to do more than it has to join the rest of the international community in pressing iran to abandon its ambitions to acquire nuclear weapons. >> okay, second question. a few were from twitter. victor, seattle, washington, on the west coast, topic is political reform. how would obama or r

dealing with a weak china rather than a strong one, one that isn't buying our goods as much, one that is reacting around the world in part by making these claims in the south china sea, and so forth. i'd be interested in hearing how the-- each one of these candidates would deal with a china noose a transition we haven't seen before. that may be harder. >> i add, going back to-- to-- to romney and his aide aides and his sometimes tough foreign policy standing, it seems to me in part, these debates have so raised governor romney's standing with a lot of people, with independents. his numbers with women have gone up. my feeling has been fair very long time, people like to pick as president to the extent they can the guy or woman who says, you can be safe with me. if romney feels he has to show how strong he is and aggressive, that is a little bit at odds with you want to know something, i'm calm, i'm cool, i understand the world and i'm a pair of safe hands. i'm not looking for trouble we don't have to have or that we don't have to bring. maybe we'll see him work out that tension, indeed, it is a tension tomorrow. >> schieffer: one thing we have not talked about is tur

coming days into the latter part of the week into the weekend as it me earned run averages into the south china seavery well could redevelop so, a dangerous storm indeed. manila, a high of 29, shanghai, 24. talking about that fairer weather, seeing cooler temperatures in tokyo, as well, on your wednesday, only up there at 20. now over towards the americas, first i want to start off by talking about our newest tropical storm. tropical storm sandy is slowly moving off here towards the north only at 6 kilometers per hour, already some tropical storm warnings issued for jamaica, watches in effect across the western portions of haiti. really going to watch out with this one. it's also the heavy rains. landslides are going to be very -- probability here, very likely, especially into haiti. this is a very high risk for it. you can see over 200 milliliters of raino jamaica, so flooding, as well, could be seen not just off there towards cuba, so a very dangerous storm, indeed. if you have travel plans out of the caribbean, wap out for this one. it could very well disrupt it as it track off into the bahamas

principles, governing the south china sea. his was the first time i'm aware of any senior official speaking out an outline in our policy in that profess a fashion. she laid out the key print the posts come adherence to the sea and all claims, that had to be based on legitimately and these claims. the importance of freedom of commerce, the importance of peaceful resolution of claims and the importance of negotiation of a code of conduct. appoint a secretary clinton was making was that we need to approach and the principle, rather than taking sides. we do have allies we do have countries who do not wish to see boley. if these principles are followed, that will be the outcome. i think what needs to be done on the u.s. side in addition to pursuing the study policy in which we don't take sides, but assert these principles very vigorously and forcefully as it would be good if the u.s. ratified the u.n. convention on the law of the sea. all for our secretaries of state have proposed that. the business community strongly supports it an

and crucing in the south china sea. stepped up patrols part of the strategy.m the resource rich islands there. they are disputed by vietnam and the fill feigns. i am harris faulkner, now back to huckabee. if you would like to comment on tonight's show go to fox news.com. >>> and president obama made an appearance in fren leterritory. he was a guest on the jon stewart show . he got away with a comment. we start the notable quotables with the president's response about sacrificing our values to insure national security. >>> there are trade offs. there are times when bad folks somewhere on the other side of the world and you have to make a call and it is not optimal. >>> that was the first time he used the term not optimal. >>> fast forward the discussion changes. it focuses the administration's response to the benghazi attacks. >>> i would say even you admit it was not the optimal reponce to the american people as far as us being on the same page. >>> this is what i will say. if four americans get killed it is not optimal and we will fix it >>> there were people

same is true of russia, and the chinese engaging and setting some very large stakes forward in the south china sea. yeah. china's been proferating nuclear weapons technology to iran. it has been iran's primary backer in terms of its economy and, of course, beijin supports iran in the u.n. security council and theoverning board the international atomic energy agency. you know, in a sense we have more of a china problem than we have an ira problem because china is really what makes the atomic ayatollahs dangeus. lou: all right gentlemen, i'm going to have to cut it short. i appreciate it. we're running up on time but thank you both. come back soon, both of you, and continue this conversation gordon chang, ank you so much. walid phares, thank you, sir. and please take ainute to log on to lou dobbs tonight's facebook page to vote on our poll. the question is who do you think wi win monday night's final debate. go to facebook.com/lou dobbs tonight. cast your vote, we'll have the results here later in the broadcast. >>> up next, two disgraced former new york polician and a favori angry liberal squaring