world. china calls it the project of the century. as the west steps back from global leadership, this is china stepping forward — remaking the map of the global economy. with no other country offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. translation: i'm under a lot of pressure. a massive roll—out of infrastructure built by china. to drive trade across more than 60 countries. translation: it's like a promised land. china's president claims it's a win—win for all. translation: we will not resort to outdated geopolitical manoeuvring. critics say the only winner will be china. translation: the chinese have done nothing. i'm setting out on a 7000—mile journey to meet the people of the new silk road, to understand how it will change their lives and our world. they call them the ships of the desert. for centuries the camel trains of the silk road dominated trade between china and the west. now china wants to build a new silk road. china's belt and road vision is so vast it may be decades before we can tell whether it's a worthy successor to the anc

protect u.s. and selectional property it does not take any specific action against china at this point he said we will safeguard the copyrights patents trademarks trade secrets and other intellectual property that is so vital to our security and to our prosperity this is just the beginning he's wrong a subtle way to approach this america should take the lead and roll back copyright and patent laws protection intellectual property laws back to zero and let the intellectual property free and then allow americans to have access to their birthright the ideas that they created don't lock them up on corporate balance sheets artists in the music industry don't need more than five years of protection thomas jefferson put fourteen years in the constitutional constitution article seventeen which covers copyright let ideas free if it doesn't happen doesn't really matter because. bitcoin a block chain is going to put both china and america out of business thank god they were euthanized these two knuckleheads and it won't be an issue in five years from now but if america wants a chance to survive i

china. surveysormation film the geography, people, and history of china and details their defensive war against japan beginning with the 1931 invasion of manchuria. the film argues that a decentralized and fractious the fight byted in japanese war crimes against civilians in banking in 1937. this was supervised during world war ii i hollywood director and u.s. army major frank capra and created by a team of experienced writers, composers, directors, and technicians. the films were intended to explain to troops the reasons behind the war effort but were eventually shown to the american public as well. the battle of china is a little over an hour and contains graphic scenes of war and death that some viewers may find disturbing. ♪ >> [bombs exploding] >> this was the battle of china. this is the great city of shanghai on a september day in 1937. this is the fearful beginning of a new kind of war. this is the first mass bombing from the air of the helpless civilian population. why? why are these innocent chinese men, women, and children to die beneath the hail of japanese bombs? to f

and an ongoing confrontation between india and china. i am asked as of this is a kaiser report. if you're wanting to talk about the confederacy all around us you know we're in north carolina they're in the headlines because all this anti confederacy stuff going on it turns out this is a quite important state to the confederacy and you do see this you do learn this when you move here i didn't really realize how important it was to the confederacy until i moved here and you drive around and there's just signs of it everywhere but first i want to talk about global these trade deals all being renegotiated and trade wars being started because we are markets finance scandal we are the kaiser report i want to talk about that while the rest of the world is mired in the chaos that is trump. the headline here reads trump signs measure on chinese trade practices says it's just the beginning president donald trump last week signed a memorandum that would lead to a trade investigation of alleged chinese theft of intellectual property the measure directs u.s. trade representative robert light hi

china is a little over an hour and contains graphic scenes of war and death that some viewers may find disturbing. ♪ [bums fixed -- bombs exploding] china. is the battle of great city of shanghai on a september day in 1937. this is the fearful beginning of a new kind of war. this is the first of mass bombing from the air of the helpless civilian population. why? why are these innocent chinese men, women, and children to die on the hail of japanese bombs? answer to these questions, we must understand something about china and japan. to understand china, three facts must never be forgotten. , china is land, china is people. chinese history goes back for more than 4000 years, that is a long time. only 168 years ago that washington crossed the delaware. only 452 years have passed since columbus discovered america. years since the world saw the fall of the ancient roman empire. have gone byars since moses received the 10 commandments. 3700 years have passed since the pyramids were built. but more than 4000 years ago, the chinese empire was already in existence. civilization,nese a civiliz

towards russia, china and north korea. thenixon library hosted discussion which included former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan. this is about one hour and a half. about the's topic is chinese relations between the u.s., china and russia. we thought it would be appropriate to hear president nixon's voice and views on this matter 45 years ago. the clip we were about to hear is from the nixon white house .apes this is president nixon talking to his national security advisor, dr. henry kissinger of january of 1972, and month before the historic trip to china that february. >> [indiscernible] >> before we start the program, i want to introduce a special guest to our audience. president nixon's younger brother, ed nixon. [applause] >> and with that, dr. stoner, the stages years. dr. stoner: thank you very much for having us here. we had a wonderful tour this afternoon of the library. we all enjoyed it very much. i'm going to start our discussion by picking up on the tape that jonathan just played for us which was nixon's idea of formulating friendly relations with china to counterbalance

united states after it goes bankrupt because of china's interest sees if that is even a word and they'll be happy because they can get you know they're living in disneyland now they don't want any cultural reference whatsoever america wants to be a virgin only burst every single day through the vagal canal of their own frickin mass stupidity and pop out of the womb and declare that they're virgins by birth as of twenty minutes ago and they deserve a break today well they deserve to get free access to disney land they're entitled to every frickin consumer product slave made in china because we're american potentates and of course that is always every time what people say right before their empire collapses so you and i notice all the signs here about the confederacy because of hollywood i thought the civil war was basically south carolina and georgia you watched gone with the wind it's all down there i didn't realize how important north carolina was so when i was thinking of these native americans i thought about history and i thought you know i'm from connecticut and places like

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let me go to you first here let me read a few quotes here says china could easily solve this problem meaning the north korean problem that unfortunate character the u.s. has at the united nations that nikki haley says time for talk is over before we get to how the u.s. and its allies look at north korea can you explain to us how the north koreans see their dilemma of be threatening western powers and their neighbor to the south. well peter let's not forget the north korean issue was largely issue resulted from the cold war i mean the cold war largely waged by president harry truman based on an i c sixty eight document largely about the perception of soviet fear rather than the factual assertions about soviet fear and then of course the invaded the north korea the korean peninsula which was one country throughout much of history up until the second world war it was one country one people one culture but then unfortunately the war happened and twenty percent of the north korean population were wiped out of this earth thanks largely due to the u.s. invasion so the memory of history is s

china off-guard is unlikely. seems likely china would alert north korea. so, because they don't want to see the united states take out north korea and then move all the way to the border with china. so lots of different motives in the region of the best course of action for us right now, trish, is talk directly to the leader in north korea, face-to-face. no bellicose public statements. don't get the public alarmed. see him personally say, don't be doing this. you're bringing yourself to destruction because -- trish: are you criticizing what has been said? when you say don't be making public statements just curious? seems you want to get some kind of a message through. since you're not meeting with him, you need to let him know how serious this is? >> the best way to get the message through to meet with him personally, and there are ways to do that. that can be done. it was done in 1994. jimmy carter was sent over there. trish: that didn't work out so well. >> i was sitting in the white house sit room. it worked out well because we didn't bo to war with north korea. trish: now where w

politics over profitability. the big three, china southern, china eastern and airchina, are out china southern, china eastern and air china, are out soon. will events in the world cause a dent in that online? as they pressure south korea over its deployment of a missile defence system. joining me is my colleague. will the south korean tourism industry really have an impact on the bottomline of these chinese carriers? yes, it will, because it is a case of politics over profits. essentially china's big three allied is a china southern, china eastern and air china. let's take a look at a graphic illustrating the size of each. they are asia's three largest airlines in terms of their fleet size and the sheer number of passengers they carry. china southern is the largest, carrying over 70 million passengers this year as ofjuly, with over 500 veins in the f. china eastern follows with 63 million passengers. —— 500 planes in the air. finally air china, which flew 57 million people with just a fleet size of 400 planes. you can imagine, with the sheer size of these airlines, you would

other world. >> watch the communicators tonight at eight eastern on c-span to. >> china's president delivered a speech last night trent month to mark the 90th anniversary of china's people liberation army. during the ceremony, he talked about efforts to modernize the army. this one-hour program was courtesy of china global television network. >> comrades, now i declare the opening of the conference in federation conference elevation of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the people's liberation army. [applause] now, please stand up everyone. we will sing the national anthem together. ♪ ♪ translator: please consider, but. be seated. today, the central committee of the council of military commission is holding the conference in commemoration and in celebration of the united anniversary of the founding of the people's liberation army to review the glorious history of this army onto the leadership of the communist party of china and its great feats and to look into the beautiful future of the cause of a strong, military and a strong force to realize the chinese dream of a strong

. announcer: now, russia and china experts discuss relations between china, russia, and the relevant how that is in today's world as well as the trump administration's policy china, and north korea. this is about an hour and a half. >> tonight's topic is about the triangular relations between the u.s., china, and russia, the world's great powers. we got it would be appropriate to hear president nixon's voice and views on this matter 45 years ago. the clip you are about to hear is from the next and white house .apes this is president nixon talking to his national security adviser , dr. henry kissinger in january , of 1972 just one month before the historic trip to china that february. nixon: [inaudible] >> before we start the program, i wanted to introduce a special guest in the audience today, president nixon's younger brother ed nixon. , [applause] with that, dr. stoner, the stage is yours. very much.u thank you mr. nixon for having us here. we had a wonderful tour of the library and we all enjoyed it very much. i'm going to start our discussion by picking up on the tape that jonath

that china is the key to containing kim jong-un's regime, blocking the quest for nuclear missiles capable of hitting mainland usa. but if they are the key partner, well, they haven't been a cooperative one. there was no sanctions don't affect, for instance, china's critical shipments of oil to north korea, nor does it punish the chinese banks that still do business there. don't expect much change from the portly 30-something communist who suffers from a clear case of mental envy. china has made billions propping up two of the most dangerous regimes in the world, north korea and iran. about $3 billion every year in experts to pyongyang, and over 11 years, has done virtually nothing to stop the regime's long and deadly march toward becoming a full-fledged nuclear power. it is telling that so many of washington's newfound foes seem to have little problem with the communist regime in china. russia, not china, my friends, is the real foe, they say. well, let's compare. hacking into our government computer system? russia get that, but so did china. just a few years ago, china sold stole

, u.s.-japan relations, and china's role in putting pressure on north korea. this 35-minute briefing begins with secretary tillerson on the terrorist attack in spain. secretary tillerson: good afternoon. i would like to start by acknowledging the incident in barcelona which has the hallmarks, it appears, of yet another terrorist attack. we offer our condolences to the loss of life and the injuries that have occurred to so many innocent people yet again. we will continue to monitor the situation. we stand ready to assist law enforcement, national security authorities in spain. our consulates in barcelona and our entire mission spain team are currently assisting americans in spain who are affected by these events. we ask u.s. citizens in the area to let your loved ones know you are safe. terrorists around the world should know the united states and our allies are resolved to find you and bring you to justice. and i aremattis grateful for the opportunity the foreignt minister and defense minister of japan today. the bonds america and japan have forged over previous decades will continue

? is china open to discussion or is the mood darkening for free speech there? and could there be regime change in the gulf state of qatar? my guests this week, henry chu, international editor of variety. the writer and broadcaster isabel hilton, editor of china dialogue. the portuguese writer eunice goes, and abdel bari atwan, writer on arab affairs. a warm welcome and thanks for being with us on dateline. british laws made by britishjudges, one of the themes those who wanted britain out of the european union campaigned on. yet, the government said this week it may not be quite so straightforward to free us from the european court ofjustice after all. when the negotiators reconvene in a few days‘ time after their summer break, they'll have before them a series of position papers from the british team to absorb, on subjects including immigration, the irish border and the court. eunice, have the europeans been impressed 7 well, they have been somehow optimistic about a sudden outbreak of realism from the british government. on the other hand, these position papers were strange be

on q&a. next, conversation on the relationship between the u.s., russia, and china. the library hosted this event which includes authors and former state department officials. >> tonight's topic is about the relations between the u.s., china, and russia, the world's great powers and we thought it would be appropriate to hear voiceent nexen -- nixon's on this matter. the clip you are about years from the nixon white house tapes. this is president nixon talking to dr. henry kissinger in january of 1972 just one month before the historic trip to china that february. xon:ident ni [inaudible] >> it wanted to introduce a special guest in our audience today, president nixon's younger brother, ed nixon. [applause] , the stage isat yours. , thankk you very much you for having us here. we had a wonderful tour this afternoon at the library and we all enjoyed it very much. i'm going to start our on theion by picking up tape that jonathan played for us nixon's idea of former leading relations to counterbalance soviet power. he turned out to be very prescient in terms of not worrying about ch

and china discuss triangulation and its relevance. the trump administration's policy toward those countries and north korea. this is from the nixon library. is about thetopic triangular relations between the u.s., china, and russia. we thought it would be appropriate to hear president 's voice and views on this matter. this is from the nixon white house tapes. this is president nixon talking to his national security advisor. pres. nixon: [inaudible] >> before we start, i want to introduce a special guests in our audience, president nixon's younger brother, ed nixon. [applause] with that, dr. stoner, the stage is yours. dr thank you for having us here. we had a wonderful tour of the mr. putin came into office and proclaim that russia is once again of great power. to be reckoned with. , or fromrussia seized their perspective, took act crimea. back crimea.- took in the intervening periods between 2014 and 2016, china and oil,a signed agreements on perhaps as a counterbalance to american power. 2000 -- in 2011 the united states began a refit it to asia from europe to counter chinese p

the united states is the open door policy and when china closed the door after world war two initially the united states wanted to set up a client regime in china but that failed the communists took over and closed the open door and so the united states decided that career would be its first bastin against the encroachment of china and the closing of asia to american economic penetration ok but i mean let's talk about this need to make this new killer thread i mean why don't they want to talk about that that's very important and that's pressing right now can you answer that for us go ahead home well you know the the real the real threat for the united states from the beginning was always china and you know we talk about one hundred sixty thousand troops stationed across the. western pacific but there are also nuclear weapons surrounding china china is aware of that and you know the united states uses south korea as its primary base to you know basically send messages to china that are going to want to know the united states is talking about a possible war a nuclear war with n

ago and that's china it's now the number two economy in the world. u.s. allies to looking at that it is you know for about two decades the united states has been the dominant economic power in the world and a dominant military power in the world combined so that gave it a unique positioning this is not sustainable long term obviously the world will turn multi-polar. i don't know how fast this will happen i think china will experience a major economic implosion sometime in the future like japan did and others know all cool things down a little bit but long term you know that's what you're looking at you're looking at major economies around the world rivaling the united states and the u.s. allies obviously positioning themselves a little bit for that i mean you can see that was germinated it has been very focused on china. you know it's a major exporter it needs to keep its export markets open and. you know the china is going to be in india too you know these are these are vast economies and they're very important for exporting countries japan too is looking that at that very heavil

possibility for wars between a rising power-- that would be china-- and an established china, which would be the united states. so we talk to graham allison about that possibility. >> long before donald trump found his banner, xi jinping had announced, when he became president, in 2012, his objective was to make china great again. he calls it in his language the great rejuvenation of the great chinese people. in his story, and in the story for most chinese, china was the great country for 5,000 years. there was this to00-year intermission when the west came and exploited them, but now china is growing up to be great and strong again so we want to be great again. >> rose: and we conclude with a conversation about graham windham, the world's oldest orphanage. >> in 2006, it celebrated 200 years of existence, and when you think about it it is the foster care kids, the new orphans in our society. so the institution ha has morphd and has evolved in helping thousands and thousands of kids in the foster care system. >> rose: graham allison and graham windham next. >> rose: funding for "charlie r

china's campaign against leverage, midsized tech companies say they are being squeezed, and it hurts. this is "bloomberg markets: asia." ♪ rishaad: right, the dollar has had a torrid five months after hitting heady highs after the election of donald trump. it is the end of the cycle. this chart could be heralding a bear market that could last a decade. day,91 shows another another dollar decline, the dollar depreciating 3% against all major currencies, only the second time since 1992 it has fallen across the board. the dollar starts a bear market with a banging. the index fell in 1985, this figure around there. bull was after a five-year run ended and then carried on until 2002 or thereabouts. i moved to the upside, then if it breaks another leg down, it is likely to confirm this historical pattern. we are looking at decades here. does this green circle herald the start of a bear market for the greenback? taiwan,ngapore, malaysia just starting their session. sophie, what have we got so far? the dow at a record, but just inching higher. selloff, butd that the dow about 22,000, mostl

pboc is expected to buy all notes. was used to help setup china's sovereign wealth fund a decade ago. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. i am rosalind chin. states ishe united stepping up its campaign to prevent north korea developing nuclear weapons, sanctions being applied to north korean and russian entities it accuses of aiding pyongyang's weapons comes as rex tillerson praised north korea's restraint in recent days. we look at what kinds of north korea-related activity the u.s. prosecutors are targeting. what we are seeing is another step in a long campaign by the trump administration to keep up pressure on china and russia. the u.s. treasury and the u.s. attorney's office slapped sanctions and criminal complaints against north korean -- sorry, chinese and russian in order to call attention to some of the things still going on despite united nations sanctions increasingly being levied against entities associated with the country and restricting trade with the country. the russian deputy for

administration looking to turn attention to china to step up pressure on the country's abuses of intellectual property rights putting trade relations on the line. and taking a bite out of blue apron. requiring a 2% stake in the meal delivery service. in two hours.lose we check on more with abigail doolittle. we are building right now? we had a pullback, then a little bit of a rally. really building on small gains from friday. the nasdaq all sharply higher. of the for the best day week in months in some cases. s&p 500 on pace for the best day since april. a rebound from the selloff last week that was induced by geopolitical tensions. investors are looking past that. this is par for the course of intellectual partners, suggesting that five days after a big selloff tends to bring a pretty decent rally. this is the imap map in the s&p 500, a way to get a quick look at what is happening sector-wise. all sectors are trading higher. up top we have tech and financials sharing the top spot. real estate and financials both of their considering the yields rising are helping the financial se

courtesy of china global television network. > li keqiang: comrades, now i declare the opening of the conference in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the people's liberation army. [applause] li kequiang: please stand up, everyone. we will sing the national anthem together. ♪ [singing chinese national anthem] ♪ li kequiang: please be seated. today, the central committee, of the cpc, the central council, the commission is holding this conference in commemoration and the celebration of the united anniversary of the founding of the people's liberation army, to review the glorious history of the army under the leadership of the communist party of china. and to look into the beautiful future of the cause of a strong military. together, a strong force to realize the chinese dream of a strong military. in this conference, we have the general, chairman of the people's republic of china, and a chairman of the central military commission to president xi jinping. and other members of the standing committee of the politburo of the people's central committee. and present we

europeans? is china open to discussion or has the mood darkened for free—speech? could it be regime change in the gulf state of qatar? my guests, henry chu, international editor of variety, writer and broadcaster isabel hilton, editor of china dialogue, portuguese writer eunice goes, and abdel bari atwan, an authority on arab affairs. a warm work you all. british laws made by britishjudges, one of the themes that many in the league campaign campaign upon. but something it appears easy to free ourselves from the european court of justice. after the summer break, they will be a series of papers to absorb from the british team, including immigration, the irish border and that court. have the europeans been impressed 7 border and that court. have the europeans been impressed? they have been optimistic about the sudden outbreak of realism from the british government. the on other hand these petition papers were very strange. these were edition papers without decisions, they were just scenarios. the british government has no position. but there were some signs of realism in that the briti

security environment in the east china sea and south china sea. the united states and japan oppose any unilateral action that seeks to undermine japan's administration of the sink a reaffirmnds and we article five of the u.s.-japan security treaty that covers these islands. we also oppose militarization activity in the south china sea. maritime disputes should be settled peacefully and maintain the freedom of navigation in accordance with the united nations conventions on the law of the sea. we maintain our unwavering commitment to the 2015 guidelines for u.s.-japan defense cooperation and we have instructed our staff to accelerate their implementation. we also will explore new and expanded activities and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, training and exercises, research and development, capacity building and joint per shared use of facilities. we discussed our deterrence to ensure the security and stability of japan and the asia-pacific region. we planted deep in our engagement through our extended deterrence and dialogue. both the united states and japan are committed t

korea. there is a lot of opportunity. we sanctioned one banker from china recently, but there is a whole lot more they're doing business here and we should be going after china hard. we should demand that they play ball i north korea. as far as rhetoric goes, this is a crazy man, he might as well know that we can do what we say we do in terms of the rhetoric itself. there is nothing wrong with conveying what we have. we don't want to get to that state, but if he doesn't know that we are serious, then he will not take us seriously. this is been the whole problem. >> pete: that's why doubling down on sanctions at this point, and may help bring china along, but it won't solve things. how many miniaturized nukes he has -- if you give up your nukes, you die in a ditch. he gave up the nukes after the iraq war and that's what happened. stopping them before they get them can proliferate them, it's so critically important. i go back to around because iran is even worse. they're cohabiting with north korea to get these very same weapons. under perpetual black know from these two states -- before w

anchor: president trump turns up the heat on china, taking the first set towards an investigation into intellectual property. yvonne: america's top general says diplomacy is top priority in korea. the bears are warding think could escalate out of control. betty: stock surged today. save havens retreated as markets take little chance of eminent -- buffett walked away from ge, but raises his stake in the payment scheme. this is "daybreak asia," coming to you live. i am betty liu in new york. 7:00: it is just after a.m. in hong kong. i am shery ahn. we are seeing geopolitical tensions being great for global markets and volatility retreating as well, but i guess the key question is whether president trump's new actions on china will in fact stoke more trade tensions. betty: we have not seen that affect the markets before, but who knows? the markets are even more jittery these days. it seems like you cannot make sense of what headlines will move what index. you may as well follow buffett. i'm pretty confident you will make money if you follow him. our sources talk more about that story

korean navy vessel. and really to compel china to do more. thet: i do not think rhetoric itself on the president's part. eisenhowermber how handled it, he was careful about his rhetoric and he was very successful managing the crisis. if you hyped the crisis, you can like john f.gs kennedy who made that speech, which would be unacceptable if they did. he thought he had an agreement. he later even said if i had not made that speech, we would not have to do these things in this crisis. even if they are planning to take military action, which i hope they are not, rhetoric like this does not help. you should be speaking softly and not throwing a big stick, as teddy roosevelt used to say. i see no reason for the rhetoric at all. we'll take your calls on the situation. if you want to ask the question -- actionside from military , as far as diplomacy or de-escalation, what is the united states have as options on that front? have diplomacy and sanctions, which we have done. ivana trump think trump is continuing largely the obama program. publicly pressuring itna more than obama did but is large

relationship between united states of america and republic of china but also we can have the people of the two countries to understand to build better relationship than ever. so this is my very short speech, and i thank you for your comment and thank you for your support. enjoy this afternoon. thank you. [applause] >> and also like to introduce another cohost, organizer, in ita institute of taiwan and american studies. [applause] >> now we're going to start the panel and talking about the economy issue, policies interesting but it comes fundamental. everything is fundamental. we are going to go by the order on the program so we will start riley from the heritage foundation and then next we'll have from csis, and then the final -- doctor wayne from isaac off college. >> good afternoon. as the representative for the heritage foundation here today i thought begin by talking about index of economic freedom and where taiwan ranks among the 180 economies that are scored each you. for those who are not familiar with it, the index of economic freedom has been posed by the heritage foundation e

investment and deals from global producers as well as chemical to battery manufacturers in china the top. consumer yeah you know the historical perspective there is i think cogent you know whale oil to hydrocarbon oil in the ground this is been the twentieth century this has been the rise of the american empire the rise of the automobile the rise of industry the rise of henry for the rise of banking but it's giving way to a new technology for energy battery technology and china is dominating that battery technology with their almost monopoly on things like lithium and so the question is is this going to define the decline of the american empire in the twenty first century and based on what you're saying there it looks to be the case because as energy goes so goes empire building and so the empire baton is being handed off to china based on this new energy source and development technology battery technology enter course i would also point out that china and russia are going really strongly into crypto currencies as well whereas america stuck in oil in america stuck in the paper curre

russia and china have criticised american actions in the region. we'll speak to bbc chinese. in venezuela, the new constituent assembly wants some opposition leaders put on trial for treason. this is the un on the health of democratic life there. i think it must be barely alive, is still alive, is the way i would look at it. if you want to get in touch — #bbc0s. tropical storm harvey has reached land again — in louisiana. after devastating parts of houston, it's been in the gulf of mexico, but it's moving again. this is the projected path for the storm. heading in an north—easterly direction through the zorya, tennessee and kentucky. new orleans should miss the worst of it — and the storm will lose intensity as it moves inland. but it's still potent. the cities of beaumont and port arthur received more than 20 inches of rain overnight and while the storm moves on — the heart of the story remains in houston where severe flooding remains. here's what the texas governor said earlier. the rain that was received in the harris county area has set an all—time record. now th

christopher columbus sailed on we need to understand how china views the pacific aside an ancient sea and enormous sea and one they have sailed for centuries. in the american mind when we think about the pacific what do we think about typically? world war ii. we think about the attack on pearl harbor. the campaign to retake the pacific. this is a period of time the early 1940s when the united states navy has hundreds of ships that we do today, we have hundreds of aircraft carriers. today, we have 12 aircraft carriers. hundreds of aircraft carriers, we dominated the pacific. in american view of the pacific tends to have that dna and how we think about it. but another nation is rising at sea. and it is an ancient nation an ancient civilization it is chin. these are chinese ballistic missiles nuclear powered submarines. highly capable i put them here as examples of the rise of the chinese fleet that we have seen really over the last decade. chinese now have two aircraft carriers again we have 12. but they are buildings and they are on a -- a constant increase in their maritime capabi

, china warns the u.s. not to strike first. we have our experts that analyze the escalating crisis. lauren: tensions with north korea, 205 selloff from the the dow yesterday, does the selling continue this morning, dow futures down 27 points, nasdaq down 20. cheryl: the story is continuing in europe as well. european stocks following, could be the worse of the year for the markets, live report from london with pan reaction of north korea. lauren: if you thought that selloff was bad, check out asia. in south korea, kospi down 2%. stock trading in japan, close for holiday. cheryl: at the last minute, google canceling a town hall meeting on diversity fearing for the safety of employees, this is days after firing an engineer who posted a memo who sparked nationwide debate. fbn:am starts right now. lauren: good morning and happy friday, 5:01 a.m. in new york. august 11th, good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning, i'm cheryl casone, i can't wait to talk about the google story, this is when they needed to have a town hall. lauren: talk about how women can't cut it in the t

and niall ferguson to discuss desfinned for war. can america and china escape the trap. the book is available for purchase outside and graham will stay and sign a few copies imhope at the end of the talk so you can't escape the the trap of the book store. graham allisn is founding dean of hard railroad venezuela kennedy school of government. i vividly remember my first time walking into the kennedy school for my first forum event. back in 1986. it was an intoxicate is police and you can feel the brain power working and the policy being changed in the room, and graham allison has been me merlin behind the magic for a very long time. setting the standard of policy level of scholarship since i think the time he was ten years old, back in 1986. ultimate triple threat, serving in a enemy orr distinguished positions in academia, the government and private sector has an special adviser to the secretary of difference under presidents reagan and assistant secretary of defense for policy planned under president clinton elm lets has been a trusted adviser to seven secretaries of defense. both