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Now, obviously viktor boot has been key for russia and all of this depends on the situation by president putin. and viktor boot, even though it been a while, he is an arms dealer and he is very much a prisoner that could be of more value in the time of war because he knows he presumably still has those connections for selling weapons, obtaining weapons, et cetera. i would think that might be useful. and then of course how does this help putin is the ultimate question. does it make him look more magnanimous? i don't think that's probably a major part of this. we'll see what immediately i don't ...

The sister of Paul Whelan, an American held hostage in Russia since December 2018, doesn’t think now is the right time to label the country a terrorist state.

Able to co-exist peacefully. >> your predecessor did meet with president xi. why do you think the communication has gone south since 2016? >> i think the relationship has changed a lot, and china's plan towards the region is very different. >> reporter: that plan includes war threats over taiwan. clashes with japan in the east china sea, and militarizing man made islands in the south china sea, posing a direct challenge to seven decades of u.s. military supremacy in the indo-pacific. in response, the u.s. sold taiwan $5 billion in weapons last year. she confirms exclusively to cnn u.s. support...

U.s. support goes beyond selling weapons. >> does that support include sending some u.s. service members to help train taiwanese troops? >> well, yes. we have a wide range of cooperation with the u.s. aimed at increasing our defense capability. >> how many u.s. service members are deployed in taiwan right now? >> not as many as people thought. >> reporter: defense department records show the number of u.s. troops in taiwan increased from 10 in 2018 to 32 earlier this year. the state department asked for more marines to safeguard the unofficial u.s. embassy in taipei. any u.s. military presence...

Governments everywhere ought to be protecting all people's rights, but particularly the rights of journalists to express their views needs to be continued. >> it's a very worrisome development, indeed. senator, the president says he doesn't want this incident to scuttle a potential arms deal that he's brokered with the saudis. should the united states be in the business of selling weapons, at least right now, to saudi arabia, given the allegation that we have now heard from the turkish government? >> well, wolf, for a long time, i have -- i've realized the value of the relationship we have wit...