u. s. pivot to asia rebalancing away from the security role. and the importance of the energy relationships in, in, in the region means that china, although it doesn't want to step into that kind of role with united states occupied from the ro states in the region that are looking to upgrade their relation was just, this was on the way already, of course, book for commercial reasons and, but there is a sense in which china is positioning itself w fighting a more comprehensive role in the region in the long time. so all of these relationships, gulf states, egypt and the other cases as well matter very much for that chinese, interested in, in, in the white a strategic context as well through fusion and was more left from the german martial found. thank you, andrew. thank you. germany's foreign ministry, he summoned the iranian ambassador after news that iran carried out its 1st known execution of a protest assistance and to government demonstrations began in september, most on shikari was hanged on thursday at the act of his sworn that at least a

u. s. hostages. but rather all those republicans are immediately pivoting back to culture wars.re talking about brittney griner, making that the focus of this conversation. what does the reaction tell us about where we find ourselves now? >> we didn't even take three minutes alicia. before people were saying, she should not have been the prisoner let out. i love your segment about paul whelan. of course he should be out. but that was not a choice for the united states. for most of american history, and something like this take, 1962 when the soviets convicted spy was traded back to the russians in exchange for francis garry powers, the american pilot. people rejoice. compared to now, everything has to be politicized. and what we have heard during the last number of hours has been, in some cases, homophobic. in some cases, races. certainly anti woke. so called. that's different from most of american history. i'm hoping the cycle will turn so that everything in our lives will not be politicized. >> i mean, this week. listen. we've talked about georgia. we talked about some of the

u. s. and during coven, we made up for pivot into a re fillable infrastructure because we started to see a lot of the damage of what plastic and sing the use. plastics are doing her round the world to our environment, into our oceans. and so we, that hard pivot has really allowed us to be able to story tell the commitment to a re fillable infrastructure that people can count on. is there a way to use your technology in developing countries to help improve the water quality? the yeah, absolutely. i mean, everything is about water treatment and water pre treatment. and so what we're trying to do is instill confidence and to consumers that water has evolved and that we can engineer was or to be more efficient, mineral enhance and alkaline enhance water that will provide new trends to people in developing countries. and not just giving them just plain safe water, right? cuz you telling me earlier, it's about the quality of the water, not the quantity right after hydro ration. exactly, that's everything. so everything is where your sourcing of your mineral content comes in so that our bodies ca

were the us to contemplate a more radical pivot to the indo pacific it would cost natives european nations more than $300000000000.00 over 10 years to match the u. s. current investment in our securities. $300000000000.00. mean, even with germany's decision to go ahead with the purchase of f $35.00 still finer jet, is there any hint that europe is heading for self sufficiency in its defense? no. and that is why america has had to lead the way in providing weaponry to ukraine. and indeed, lead the way in virtually every other geo political issue in recent months and recent yes, because european armed forces are simply not in a position to, to, to do very much on their own. and that is the why it initiatives like a manual. my cons, strategic autonomy ideas. they never get off the ground because the, the capacity is not there, the weapon rate, the manpower is not that in your head. if you don't get a germany alone has it struggles to recruit. so just even to the current size of the bonus, we have let alone a future logic one so. so for all the anti american, isn't that many of us europeans like to in gauging european at defense desperately rely on th

u. s. and diffuse the d. r. strategic pressure than the strengthening of the chest landing at ally as may bring to both countries. and also the china, russia comprehensive strategic partnership is one of the most pivotal elements of stability. incomplete in contemporary, in contemporary international relations according to the pair and the to stay bad to one another as equal was and with the respective, they deserve and both agree they should step up coordination and of cooperation. international affairs show, great generosity and act as major powers in fighting the kobe pandemic. boosting the economy and tackling climate change among other pressing issues. there are some say the power mechanisms of the world have shifted eastwards. and as you well know, president g and the russian president vladimir putin of spoken a lot about the bar thing of this new multi polar world dong. how do russia and china essentially now joined at the hip? move forward together in what is being broadcast as a multi polar world. well, president sheeting being have said that in the video conference earlier that i quoted you know, chinese ready to work with russia in the world to oppose hedge monism and power politics. oppose

pivotal to ensure the success of this project, proudly stamped, ceo tim cook said. this is just the beginning of american made components. there appears to be growing concern from u. sfficials about national security risks involving tiktok. those concerns are behind the delay in a potential deal between the body and administration and tiktok that had been expected to be finalized by the end of the year. one of the main issues here is the social media platforms, access to consumer data and his potential use for influence operations. tiktok's parent company, chinese owned by dance, has already spent $9 million lobbying washington for a deal. coming up, bart looking to change one of its older fares why, the agency says this longstanding toll is unfair. also some chilly temperatures starting to settle in out there tonight as we give you a live look out at the golden gate bridge of freeze warning will soon be in effect for many parts of the bay area. we're checking back in with chief meteorologist bill martin after the break. raise the county's living wage more than 2% to $17.25 an hour. the wage increase applies primarily to workers in private companies and non profits