CNN Erin Burnett OutFront May 20, 2015 23:06:00
Eight times jim said they were threatened while on board this flight in english. he's saying it's hard to see it not escalating. could this escalate? >> so there's a tactical issue here. and i think a central jurisdiction issue. the tactical issue is there's real risk when you have this kind of confrontation for something bad happening. remember in 2001 a chinese fighter bumped a u.s. spy plane, create ac multi-day crisis. so tactically you've got to worry about something bad happening. strategically, this is part of a very significant dynamic between china and the united states. china is a ri...