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And on top of that, if you would, captain collins, let's consider the implications behind the incidence. the china administrator saying they will return the drone. and there is no details on what that means and given this took place in the south china sea, are u.s. military and intelligence leaders to infer there is more brewing? >> look, absolutely. i mean, you cannot overstate the importance of the south china sea. it is half of our commercial shipping, the global commercial shipping goes through. a third of the global maritime traffic going through this. china asserts it owns 90% of it and ...

>> reporter: and this incident is just the latest clash between china and the president-elect trump and another indication that the next administration does not plan to carry on with business as usual. eric. >> garrett, thanks so much. and for more on this now, we'll bring in captain ben collins, u.s. ashly special forces -- army special forces veteran who served three tours of duty in afghanistan. so captain collins, considering the length of time that china has had this drone, how much information on the technical and physical construction of the drone could china collect through reverse e...

Essentially be advocating a sea lane that half of our commercial shipping goes through and that is untenable. so there is room for us to push back. >> more to talk about. captain ben collins, but out of time. thank you so much and we'll see you next time. >> thank you, arthel. and the terrorist attack in jordan that killed four security officers an a canadian tourist and now we are told there is apparently a hostage situation going on right now in the 12th century iraq castle. that is a 12th century crusader castle that is a popular tourist spot in jordan, in iraq. the local reports say 14 p...

Just two weeks ago or so, specifically a bomber that targets u.s. ships. that has the capability to target u.s. ships. so china is really making a play right now into essentially becoming that regional dominant player within the asia-pacific region because they want to have that control. and it would destabilize not just the economy but the regional stability if they are able to intercede. so i think trump is sending a specific signal right back to them. >> so a signal saying what? that we're going to put a stop to it. he is saying keep the drone. that is reactionary or are you implying there ...

Slides. we'll take you back to our msnbc special. december 20th, 1995, american airlines flight 965 is about to begin its descent to cali, colombia. its approach is through a narrow corridor in between one of the tallest mountain ranges, the andes. 155 passengers are on board, including mercedes ramirez and both of their parents. they're eager to be reunited with relatives waiting for them at the airport. >> you can tell everybody was excited because this was a christmas back home flight. >> air traffic control clears flight 965 to descend to 15,000 feet and proceed to cali. the captain inst...