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Memo from a four star general who had put in writing that in his view the us would be at war by 2025. republican michael mccaul said "i hope the general is wrong but i think he is right." it should be stressed that neither comment would represent in any way the position of the pentagon. but it does underline the concern at the highest levels of the us military, over a future attempt by china to exert control over taiwan, which beijing claims as its territory. and with that threat in mind, the un...

Access by the u.s. in more than 30 years? >> yes, we will get to that in a moment, but a major announcement from the u.s. anded philippines with lloyd austin meeting the national leadership in the philippines including his counterpart and the president, and expanding on the enhanced u.s. defense agreement. that is now having more access to military bases and neither the u.s. for the philippines have said what bases those will be, and we know in the past they have expressed interest in and gives ...

Expands its presence in the indo-pacific. we know that the latest u.s. defense strategy is aimed towards china. and this is a broader part of that. you can see why china was so angry looking at that map again. just a few weeks ago the u.s. announced they would put a newly organized marine unit on okinawa, japan. that would have advanced capabilities and some advanced antiship weapons. and now this from chinas perspective this puts u.s. forces perhaps on the southern side of taiwan in the philipp...

Why is the philippines so significant? well, its really about geographical location. if you look at the military alliances the us has in east asia, to the north, you have korea, japan, and in the south, you have australia. but here in southeast asia, the philippines really sits in the most significant strategic position — next to the south china sea, close to taiwan — and thats why the americans have been pushing hard for this agreement to regain access for their troops. under the enhanced d...

And this was, as there were a lot of civilians there on the street, we didnt see any sort of military installations. it was right in the heart of the town of kramatorsk. and then of course we then decided to leave that area as fast as possible after we realized the coast was cleared. >> wow, fred pleitgen and crew, stay safe out there. and just days after an american general warned that a war with china could be possible in a couple of years, theres a new spike in tensions. the u.s. has announce...

Potential humanitarian systems and operations in the region but also importantly, work together on our operability so armed forces can work more closely together in the region. you are already had a position in five paces, im just keen to know with these extra four bases give you in terms of your ability to respond? really, what it does is it increases the options that we have in terms of working with the philippines and other countries in the region to be able to respond to a myriad of continge...

Military in the region in decades. >> tensions between china and taiwan escalate and there are fears of a potential china invasion. oren is live at the pentagon. so what are you hearing? >> reporter: this is part of an expansion of military reegsz between the u.s. and the philippines. access to more bases in the philippines. from chinas perspective that means perhaps a greater u.s. military presence close to china and close to taiwan. this is where the u.s. currently has access to military bases...

Mitch mcconnell himself has sought to assuage markets and countries around the world that this is going to get done and that the debt ceiling will be raised. of course getting there will be bumpy and weve seen bumpiness can have its own real world impact like when the united states was downgraded a decade or so ago in its credit rating. so there are consequences to a rough and tumble exchange as we go through this, but ultimately, yes, they may play to their partys bases, they may play for the m...

We arent covering our bases. i dont know whether people have forgotten what happened before. why would someone from iran on the terror watch list sneak across the border and who might he have been trying to meet up with? >> an excellent point. the real threat is who we dont know and who we didnt catch. you would assume these people as hardened terrorists will be skilled at evading law enforcement. i dont think law enforcement will be blamed. i think the blame for the open border lies now and con...

Nothing better than an actual deadline and that is when resolution to this matter of the debtceiling will come into play. but we should all welcome the president and house speaker sitting down and discussing something as critical as avoiding default for the united states and upholding the full faith and credit of the country. >> thats right. and the way it is kind of falling right now, the posturing feels like this sounds like this, you are holding the country hostage by demanding spending cut t...