japanese that were listening that he stated it so clearly. he was asked basically whose side are you on, japan and china in the dispute over the tiny islands that to be honest most americans probably have not heard of and he said, japans, but he wanted to make sure that he said the u.s. has a good relationship with china. he expects china to abide by international law and was further asked, does that mean that under the treaty that exists between the u.s. and japan the u.s. would be able -- would be willing and able to militarily defend those islands for the japanese? he answered by saying, well, he can't see a military situation coming out of this. here are his remarks. >> there's no shift in position. there's no red line that's been drawn. we're simply applying the treaty. at the same time as i've said directly to the prime minister, that it would be a profound