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Well-known feud that it u.s. already finds itself facing off against china. man made allands now with airstrips and towers, islands capable of housing troops and weapons. it was clear when cnn's ivan watson joined a u.s. patrol aircraft that chinese forces warned the americans were not welcome. the u.s. crew responded with a carefully crafted message. >> the united states naval aircraft conducting activities beyond the airspace. >> reporter: china is already reshaping itself into an international power. it has a base in east africa and it is beefing up its military operations with pakistan, a ...

Little tweeting today over the weekend as well and late into the night on dhaka, declaring it dead for a variety of reasons, attacking amazon the company, endorsing a big local broadcasting chain, attacking his own justice department with justice in scare quotes. the question is did it reflect our reporting that he's been told that his base worries he's going soft on issues like immigration. is it because of who did or didn't have his ear down in mar-a-lago this weekend? is it because he's now a bit more free to just be himself? we'll talk about all of that in the hour ahead. but first cnn's b...

Still in the news, the reason has to do with how he became the former v.a. secretary and why it might matter to the white house. here he is on cnn's "new day." >> i came to washington with the commitment to make our system work better for veterans. that's the commitment that i went to work every day. i continue to feel strongly about that. there was no reason why i would resign. >> so why don't you just say you were fired? >> well, i -- i think that's the alternative to resignation. i received a phone call saying that the president wanted to make a change, and that's certainly his prerogative ...

Cnn has learned that the pentagon has been talking about sending dozens more troops to northern syria. it's something in drkt contrast to something the president said a few days ago. >> i don't want to tell the enemy how i am thinking. does this make sense? surprise. you remember they used to call it the element of surprise. i keep saying, whatever happened to the element of surprise? you know i've been saying the element of surprise. we're too predictable. we need to be unpredictable. we have to be unpredictable. we want to be unpredictable, folks. i'm not going to tell you anything about wha...

Your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. other side effects include upper respiratory tract infection and headache. tell your doctor about all the medicines you take and if you're pregnant or planning to be. ♪ otezla. show more of you. so the president did a little tweeting today over the weekend as well and late into the night on daca, declaring it dead for a variety of reasons, attacking amazon the company, endorsing a big local broadcasting chain, attacking his own justice department with justice in scare quotes. the question is did it reflect our reporting that he...