the pacific ocean all the way to asia and china. here the people of the mushroom islands of once again being subjected to the testing of weapons of mass destruction designed for a coming war on. the basis part of a remarkable. knownas vision 2020 devised in the 990 s. it's amos described officially as full spectrum dominance. this means control and sea. cyber space and space 54321. from california almost 5. the u.s. air force tests its intercontinental missile by firing them at the marshall. imagine a missile coming screaming out of the sky it's absolutely terrifying there i think that there is there's really nothing. that i can imagine that that would be more terrifying than this and we're talking about. devices that any one of them could go off course. none of this disturbs life on the base where small town america has been recreated a wonderland of the suburban good. that realize that there's nothing better than living on a tropical island i'm pretty much of each property you know it's great living here . just across the bay busy

the pacific war is sort of the harbinger of death. most of the american war have been fought and decided on the ground but the actual fighting has tended to take place on the ground and to the tune of 90% of our deaths since world war ii. most of that has been done by army soldiers. the other thing american soldiers in the pacific theater, world war ii, carried out for a cultural understanding and missions in places like burma and china and the philippines and the islands of the south pacific that you can equate the special forceaspecial forces mie later generation that continues to the 21st century today. you are already seeing that in the pacific theater and the european theater with permissions and all that. but it's not quite the same as in the pacific and in cultural goals. you see the vital importance of the coordination. think about it from the army commander point of view are you going anywhere without the need in the pacific, zero. everybody has to get on the ship and go some where. you've got to coordinate and vice versa. mu

such as in the war with the pacific. we all know well already that american war planners, especially eliminating the marine corps, long were anticipating war with japan from the early 20th century. so what do you need to accomplish your strategy? what technologies might you require? whether it be ships or transports or landing craft or in this particular case an amphibian tractor. who determines what's needed. depends in part what their imagination and creativity is, also the realm of the possible seems to be. another question involved in opportunity costs. who would reconcile what economists call opportunity costs. as awkward a phrase as opportunity cost is, we are all familiar with the basic premise. if you choose to do something, you forego the opportunity to do something else, by virtue of being in class, you're not out snowboarding. whether that's a good decision, i can't say. but nonetheless, in military terms back in say the planning for world war ii, during the war itself, a host of decisions are made. if you bui

province of nova scotia for the fijian capital suv we're joined by joseph saying sea community he's a pacific organ. at 350 dot org that's a bold facing 5 mental movement hello climate warriors it is so good to have you here on the straight and net me start with some young people that we met at the climate strike in washington d.c. last friday and that is when the young climate activists kreta to book was in front of the white house and we spoke to young people about their levels of climate. this is what they told us. i think a lot of what climate change in society is for me exists and what grana stands for the idea of like we don't have a future so why am i going to school if there's nothing to prepare for the thing i'm most scared about is like when i ask kids or their kids what is their wealth or the fact is my world is pretty nice how i like how it is obvious that you have to change and i just want my concert that's where i do tend to try to think of things you variously so when we're talking about climate change and how much oh i want to bring about this because you know we want to write

we began with an end oh pacific type of challenge. we modeled it at varying levels of intensity going up to an intensity in excess of anything that would actually occur. the thing we do is see what requirements for aircraft, payload would fall out of that so we weren't focused as much on identifying the numbers of squadrons or those types of things so the net result is the force we recommend is approximately the same. there are some differences as the force that is currently programmed by the air force, not including the 386. that is the approach we took. hope that answers that. >> we took a slightly different tack, looking at europe and the pacific computer. we believe the force structure capabilities you need for conflict with russia would be different to some extent than what you need to engage in conflicts in the pacific, different geography, different basic structure, different logistics. we thought it was important to take a look and the capacity for both of those in addition to capacity to sustain strategic deterrence and defen

so we don't need to dill in the atlantic or pacific to fund the lwcf. receive news are not the problem. what is the problem? the real problem is that only twice in the history of the lwcf has congress appropriated the full 900 million. as i pointed out, much more money has come into the treasury. only twice have we fully appropriated the money. in fact, we have collected almost $40 billion in revenues that should have been spent on the lwcf but we have appropriated less than half of that which is $18.4. i'm glad my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are concerned about the lwcf, but i would like to point out is let's make sure we work together and we get the full $900 million that we should be getting everywhere and not getting everywhere. with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from california reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from utah is recognized. mr. bishop: could i ask the gentleman from california -- i'm done with speakers and ready to close if you are ready to close. mr. lowenthal: i'm ready to close. mr. bishop: i y

the free open endo pacific pacific was a night Ãbabe is not only aligning closely with other asian powers which is useful for us he's doing away with six decades of japanese alibi defense policy saying that the peace clause in the japanese constitution means they cannot do joint operations with us. he has changed that in 2015 new legislation said japan can do joint operations with the u.s. he is moving with us. the weak point in japan strategy we can talk about a problem for the larger transport is deteriorating japan korea situation. korea is also weary of china. polls in korea are not good for j Ãbthe chinese you korea is a much more likely candidate for the alignment from the united states. when xi jinping gave a speech in shanghai and 2014 going for essentially two u.s. alliances this is a conference of eurasian leaders, the koreans were there, the chinese put enormous pressure on the Ãjust sign the speech agreeing there should not be alliances. the koreans held firm but it's worrisome that beijing thought korea would bed. the boycott of korean goods, which cost billions of dollars

the indo-pacific strategy was a abe idea. abe is aligning more closely with other asian powers which is useful for us. we's doing away with six decades of japanese alibi defense policy saying that the peace clause in the japanese constitution means that they can not do joint operations with us. he has changed that. in 2015 new legislation said, you know, japan can do joint operations with the u.s. he is moving with us. the weak point in japan's strategy we can talk about and a problem for us in this larger chessboard is the deteriorating japan and korea situation. korea is also wary of china. polls in korea with china are not good for beijing. the chinese view korea as a much more likely candidate for dealignment from the united states. when xi jinping gave a speech in shanghai in 2014 calling for essentially an end to u.s. alliances, this was a conference of eurasian leaders, continental leaders. the koreans were there. the chinese put enormous pressure on the koreans to joint this joint statement and the koreans held firm,

house with allies in the pacific. david: as we saw in the opening remarks in the oval office a short time ago, there was a lot of talk about the long-standing close relationship between the united states and australia. has the dispute the united states has with china put strain on the relationship between australia and china? >> it has. australia has been asked to pick sides. it does not want to pick sides. at the same time, it is navigating its own relationship with china and questioning whether it has gone too far in being too cozy. we have seen some universities in australia question relationships with the chinese communist party. in,ave seen politicians australian politicians, under scrutiny for their relationships with china. there is a moment of thought going on in australia right now over its relationship with china and the direction of that. but it is a different kind of conversation than what you are getting in the u.s. i think that is a reflection of the relative powers. australia's a country of 20 million p

that won't work in the western pacific. in the event of a crisis, you start flowing them, it's looked at as provocative. after a war starts, given chinese capabilities, makes it harder still to reinforce, which is one of the issues with japan's rethinking of its defense posture in these possibmobile land forces, we have to move to a more forward deploy posture and typically when i mention that, people say, that's really hard for a lot of reasons. and it's going to involve a lot of diplomacy if we get it right. and the way i talk myself off the ledge on this issue is, you look back at the last time we called out another great power as a rival, it was 1947 we called out the soviet union. and the american people weren't even thinking about europe anymore. we had no allies in europe, no alliances. we had hardly any troops in europe. and what we took a long view and we began to say this is where we need to go and we had to make adjustments over time. we understood we were in competition with another hostile power. we realized it

so it was in the back at home in the marshall islands it's actually tiny pacific island nation in the middle of the pacific and over there we experience a lot of erosion coastal erosion and sea level rise we're kind of losing our home. it's. in every day experience for us. as you quite at the forefront and you've had a lot to do at that home in the marshall islands tell us a little bit about what you've what you've had to do how you're trying to get gain attention there. for sure my home and we're still a developing country so we're leading in the climate action plate for raising awareness and that's all we can do because we're still developing we don't have that much budget to do action. and that's obviously something that you're trying to get attention for at the un cle climate summit there in new york what are you hoping to achieve there. so yesterday we actually attended the climate shake. we we want to be the last generation to strike for climate justice because like for my country i hope we are we have a future because the future generation is. it is near. you were among million

it is growing in the pacific ocean. >> they are worried about the pacific impact. this is because of this. >> this sound like a threat. but unfortunately scientists and wildlife rescue experts say that it is going to cause major damage. >> reporter: offshore in the cool waters of the pacific, this mimics a similar phenomena from the four years ago that wreaked havoc on the ocean ecosystem. >> we could have a lot of bad things that can happen. for one, there can be a lot of fish that i off. we saw sea lions. >> reporter: or bird die offs like this one. while care rescued more than just in two years than they had the entire year. there getting ready to see those agri-staggering numbers again. >> when these birds come in they are emaciated, they are dehydrated. they are in need of emergency care. >> reporter: the heat wave has not quite reach our shores, but scientists say that it is slated to. it is about seven degrees warmer than average. this can be just as damaging and deadly as last time. >> this is a big impact of our economy. >> reporter: this is their hotline.

a primarily indo pacific type of challenge. we modeled it varying levels of intensity going up to an intensity that is probably in excess of anything that would occur. we tried to see what requirements for aircraft basing and power load -- and payload would fall out of that. we were not focused on identifying a number of squadrons. forcet result is that the that we recommend is very approximately the same. there are some differences as the force that is currently programmed by the air force, not including the 36 -- the 386. that is the approach we took. one -- we took a slightly different tact. we took a look at europe and the pacific theater. capabilities you need for a conflict with russia in the future would be different than what you would need to engage in a conflict in the pacific region. different geography, different basic structure, different logistics. we thought it was important to take a look at that. the capacity for both of those in addition to capacity, -- to defend the homeland at the same recommendedour squadro

i think they want to keep america from dominating the asia pacific so they have what they believe is their rightful place in asia pacific because alonso was asian our history and their size so their objectives are really modest compared with their capacity the the world for new wealth in china and i often say this is this is the product of so far made entrepreneur skill but it's also the product of the exploitation of people after the bottom what are known in china as migrants but they're not really migrants so. if you really. go to talk to these my woodworkers you will find quite surprisingly. over the past 5 to 70 years they have experienced. greater increase there in the social groups china not a car society. but china is a class society. these are the homes of migrant workers people who build and service the new china. here it's not uncommon for 3 families to share one tiny flat. you know you would see that socialist country was equality but a unfortunately since the reform has started china has become one of the most unequal societies in the word the income gap is widening gover

she is concerned that the massive blob that formed in the pacific in 2015 is now reforming. >> you see this, again, this persistent warm water. >> reporter: a side by side comparison of pacific temperatures then and now show striking similarities. some areas 12 degrees above normal. and another blob could decimate the shellfish industry as it did in 2015. lab is conducting tests by blending them and measuring for toxins. >> the risk is elevated. the conditions are more favorable for toxic events to happen. there is an increased risk. >> the ocean is critical. it's the most critical piece of giving us a moderate climate on earth. >> reporter: but once again in the pacific, what was moderate is now extreme, leaving these animals an uncertain future. it must be frustrating you. do all this work to restore her health, but then she is returning to an ocean whose health you have no control over. >> it is. they're really letting us know what's going on with the ocean's health. what's impacting them is eventually going impact us. >> reporter: jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, san diego. >> really

., northwestern university professor spoke about america's territory to the pacific during world war ii. ii. here's here is a portion of the program. >> it is adopted as a europe first policy in the war. over the european theater and pacific and united states would, logically and in terms of priority consider the european theater first. the first goal was to turn back he would give speeches where he would talk about the great need of aid england. but since all the speeches sounded like from manila why are we talking about saving the british empire when the united states is leading his own territory. it would probably hit the united states western territories. virtually the philippines only had a certified defense and it was no surprise that they were very quickly able to take these western territories of the united states. the one thing they did do to prepare for this expected war in the 1930s was to the philippines on the road to independence so that if the philippines of the countdown if it is okay before the war started in the united states would be obliged to defend because it wo

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the pacific ocean all the way to asia and china. here the people of the mushroom islands of once again being subjected to the testing of weapons of mass destruction designed for a coming war on. the basis part of a remarkable. knownas vision 2020 devised in the 990 s. its aim is described officially as full spectrum dominance. this means control of all land sea. cyber space and space 54321. from california almost 5. the u.s. air force times says intercontinental missile by firing them at the. imagine a missile coming screaming out of the sky it's absolutely terrifying there i think that there is there's really nothing that i can imagine that that would be more terror. trying than this and we're talking about. devices that any one of them could go off course. none of this disturbs life from the base where small town america has been recreated a wonderland of the suburban good. that realize that there's nothing better than living on a tropical island i'm pretty much of each property you know it's great living here . just across the ba

to explain what is the pacific alliance and to explain the opportunities that the pacific alliance is offering and it's complementarity. when you talk to europe companies as daimler benz who are established both in the u.s. and mexico. they say what needs to be understood by the u.s. government is that we are producing in mexico not for the u.s. market only. we are producing in mexico which is as a platform for other markets, for world wide markets. and i think that one of the problems that we have now with these very nationalistic approach to trade issues in the u.s. is that there are certain areas of the u.s. government that are not open to understanding the global value chains. and on the contrary, what they are proposing is like going back 30 or 40 years to the concept of value chains and production and trade. so we have these two challenges, how to progress inside the pacific alliance in our relationships and also with central america on the one hand, and on the secondhand is how to make the pacific alliance more visible in the u.s. and make the u.s. understand both the governmen

west pacific comes from the west that it's west pacific avenue that the playground is on. there was a strong feeling that for geographical names it should be something that a newcomer to san francisco, a new family to san francisco could immediately figure out where it was, if it was named presidio wall, because the presidio wall is a finite object, or west pacific avenue, they could google and see where that was. even if they were a little bit confused and just picked pacific avenue, that of course is immediately on the opposite side of the wall from the playground, pac avenue, the wall, and then west pacific avenue on the other side of the wall, and then the playground. so the answer is no. we did talk about things like west presidio or that sort of thing. we thought that that would mislead people locationally. because if you go -- >> thank you. >> they would think the far western -- >> that's all i needed to hear. i withdraw my suggestion. >> thank you. before i entertain a motion, i also just want to make a comment that the shadow cast by the chinese exclusion act was

the key thing this is doing is acting like a big road block in the pacific. so, all the rain chances as of today will start to move well off to the north. get ready for the warmer weather as you move through the weekend. tomorrow temperatures warm up, but it's not going to be that uncomfortable. you can still open the windows tonight and get the cool breeze. this will start you with 62 in the south bay, 60 in the peninsula. not much fog in san francisco and 57, over to the east bay cool here and 61 degrees under sunny skies. temperatures by the afternoon. you're going to open the door, step outside and definitely feel it in the south bay, especially in morgan hill and gilroy, upper 80s over to san jose, 85. i want you to notice the wind here in the east bay. it's going to come out of the north and that cuts off the bay breeze. that dryer northerly wind will have us 80 in oakland. coastline warming up to 69. the way i see it right now, tomorrow in half moon bay, 70 returns, maybe a stay cation. 75 here in the mission. we're at of 70 in the marina. sonoma 84 an

but, look, australia is a big power in the pacific. one thing that you know, we had a pacific islands meeting in tuvalu, we lobbied for 19 years but the first time west papua was adopted, 18 countries. including new zealand and australia. it is time to change the foreign policy. this is talking about a humanitarian crisis. this is the 21st century. we are fighting colonialism in west papua. indonesia colonised west papua. 0ppressed my people. 50—20 is down, iam 0ppressed my people. 50—20 is down, i am worried, we don't want to repeat the history and what happened in other parts of the world, north america and indigenous people around the world as well. i hear your passion, but do you think the world cares or indeed cares enough? i think our world is already finding out. in almost the entire of my life, i have travelled the world, educated the world to understand what is going on. they don't know that indonesia closed west papua to journalists for 58 years. they got away with impunity, but now because of internet and social media, p

and the smog of weapons made enemies as a pacific nation and the united states will play a larger and long term role in shaping this region and its future i have directed my national security team to make our presence and mission in the asia pacific a top priority. in one sense. is the u.s. already with china yes on the ground and in the air the winner of the nobel peace prize president barack obama has committed to trillions of dollars of to our nuclear arsenal he's committing trillions of future dollars to war in space and we need an enemy for all this money and china is the perfect enemy. the aim of this film is to break a silence the united states and china may well be on a path toward a nuclear war is no longer unthinkable in a few years china has become the world's 2nd biggest economic power the united states is the world's biggest military power bases ships covering every continent and every ocean china is a threat to this dominance says washington who is the threat this film is about shifting.

cathay pacific i wa nt in acted by this. cathay pacific i want the employees not to take part in that strike. we will be watching that story closely. to japan because, injuly, that story closely. to japan because, in july, it that story closely. to japan because, injuly, it resumed commercial whaling after withdrawing from a widely accepted international agreement to and it but it comes at agreement to and it but it comes at a time when the annual consumption of whale meat has gone down significantly, 50 times less in fact that it was in the 1960s when the meat used to be a staple of school lunches. we can join meat used to be a staple of school lunches. we canjoin our correspondent. i understand that in the last hour you have heard reports ofa the last hour you have heard reports of a whale that has been cold and brought to shore. —— captured. given the fact that the demand for the meat is increasing why is this still happening? we are in the port city of kushiro. they have called the milky way. they are expected to bri

that won't work in the western pacific. in event of a crisis, you start flowing expeditionary force it into the western western pacif. it's viewed as provocative. it's shifting the military balance, crate an incentive for the chinese to go now before the balance shifts further against them. after war starts, given chinese capabilities, makes it harder still to reinforce which is one of the issues with japan's rethinking of its defense posture and these mobile land forces. we have to move to a more forward deployed posture, and typically when i mentioned that, people say that's really hard,, you know, for a lot of reasons. it's going to involve a lot of diplomacy if we get it right and it's not going to happen overnight. the way i can talk myself off the ledge on this issue is, you look back at the last time we called out another great power as a rifle. it was 1947. recall that the soviet union. the american people were not in think you got here anymore. we have no allies in europe, no alliances. we had hardly any troops in

i was screaming to get to expect team on the >>he's referring to the great pacific garbage patch. a massive collection of ocean trash, the 52 year-old environmentalist based in texas swimming 8 hours every day surviving on a 1000 calories per day passing 300 nautical miles tracking the amount of microplastics and synthetics polluting the you sign this tonight. >>was on michael go soft >>look on to making history during this vortex when sponsored by ice breaker. he and his crew collecting the first transpacific data set the floating debris micro plastics and micro fibers all dangerous and unhealthy for humans and especially wildlife, you know dan. >>if the 2 match. michael big they can start today. you can a community very high to new chance at >>as look on his journey by passing under the golden gate bridge and being welcomed by supporters at crissy field flanked by his kids when he finally hits land the message is for the world to move away from plastics and turned to sustainable natural and nontoxic materials. in san francisco police just all kron 4 news. >>now for 21 still ahea

pacific northwest, so we're going to see our temperatures going up and down. saturday it's up. sunday it's coming back down. so here is a look at the seven-day forecast to help straighten that out. it's cool today in relative terms and slightly warmer tomorrow. 90 degrees on saturday and then it's going to be really hot for the middle of next week, mid-90s in the hotter spot. more updates on that. you have refreshing news. >> refreshing news as i hit refresh, the delay cleared. i will say 41 trains no longer a delay and a typical report that happens sometimes. one of the trains having trouble getting out of the gate. westbound highway 4 is your slowdown. a crash reported around the toll plaza but i didn't see anything. we are now just about 35 minutes from marsh creek. >>> thanks, mike. happening now the white house is transferring federal land to the u.s. army to speed up construction on the border wall. it includes total of 560 acres along the u.s./mexico border. the five parcells comprise land in california, arizona and new mexico. one day after a newly com

in asia, in the pacific. one of the big mistakes i think president trump made that put us partly in this problem is when he pulled out of the trans-pacific partnership, the tpp. that was a huge advantage for the united states with those asian-pacific powers. then tariffs are a part of it. i mean, yes, you can use tariffs, but not just using tariffs only to threaten and then that drives the chinese into a response where they're going to respond and here we go. gerry: let me just quickly show you the president's been talking this week, he was addressing some remarks made by senator toomey of pennsylvania. i think we can pull up the remarks. senator toomey criticized the president in pennsylvania. here, we have the remarks. there's no question the trade uncertainty's contributing to the slowdown by the economy. we're in a very good place, the danger is where are we going to be a year from now if concerns about trade continue to be -- and let's just hear what the president said in response to that while talking o

way do have a system out in the pacific northwest giving them some rain. the system will reach its peak tomorrow. and a little more in the way in a little clouds and the clouds will crank up. temperatures are warming up after mostly cloudy and cool. colted for saturday for some. you can see rain in the pacific northwest and northern california. a little is trying to sneak in. that looks to be the line today. maybe a little bit more to the south on tuesday morning, tuesday afternoon. and the

♪ robert handa: hello, and welcome to "asian pacific america." i'm robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. we start with a celebration of one of the biggest and most important asian american support and advocacy groups around, acci, asian americans for community involvement. the organization is having its annual gala event next week. and after that, we examine a very important dynamic, the us-japan council and silicon valley japan platform. we'll hear about a recent symposium at stanford looking at ways to strengthen economic and business relationships between silicon valley and japan. and are you ready for "christmas in july?" that's a feature film premiering at the knoxville film festival in a couple of weeks. the director and producer, myles matsuno of matsuno media, returns to our show to talk about his latest creation. that and other big events coming up in the bay area all on our show today. well, aaci, asian americans for community involvement, was the very first guest every on "asian pacific america," and we

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they closed the pacific, caribbean, european. you were forced to flee your homeland, west papua, in 2002 because you are facing women or charges. when do you believe you would be able to go home? when west papua's free i will go a free man. that is my mission. i'm forced to leave because i'm not guilty, but indonesia are trying to accuse me of false charges and they have tried to kill me three times in prison, but i managed to escape. many great leaders have been killed and assassinated in prison — poison. the world doesn't know what indonesia is doing in west papua. since i came out and i brought that message in the united kingdom, from here i educate the world, understand about our struggle. do you think you will live long enough to go home?” believe within my life in west papua will be free because indonesia cannot stop us. benny wanda, thank you very much for being on the hardtalk. thank you. -- on hardtalk. hello. weather—wise, yesterday certainly wasn't the most shining of starts to the new week. it was cloudy, it was

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my question is about japan's leadership role in the asia-pacific given that the u.s. is issuing little or no interest at all that's the feeling you get i will give you the example of the tbb which was abandoned by president trump and japan took the lead by re-creating the cdp be which has gone into effect after was gratified. what you think is the feeling in japan about america's leadership role? >> this is where it should out the japanese in the room. >> i think you should be frank. >> i should be frank. diplomatically frank. i think this huge disappointment, the tdp physician there's obviously huge disappointment stop there's two reasons for that. this was an american and japanese initiative by the end of it. and we walked. i am not a fan of president trump's decision cell those biases must be put on the table i think it's a huge strategic loss for us but more importantly i think it was a huge economic opportunity that we lost as well. i think what happened at the end of the obama administration is that the obama administration officials began to sell it as strategi

experts say the worst measles outbreak was spread to the pacific islands. apologies, that was the wrong report. let's return to this. before we return to sharanjit. before we return to sharanjit. last month after more than 33 years, japan resumed catching whales for profit, in defiance of international criticism. for some in the country, this is a tradition that goes back centuries. but there's a growing number of people who say hunting whales is becoming outdated. so why is japan resuming its whaling operation? a short time ago rupert joined me from from kushiro, on the northern japanese island of hokkaido. the whaling fleet flew out from here this morning and five boats have gone to catch more wales today off the coast of hokkaido. —— whales. why is japan doing this? good question. market is small and the number of people who eat whale meat injapan is number of people who eat whale meat in japan is small. number of people who eat whale meat injapan is small. they consume a tiny fraction of the total consumption of meat and fish in japan. i think it co

again, at the end of the day they're all about the free and open in the pacific. it's all about values what kind of asia japan wants to see and i think regionally, sustaining what we now euphemistically referred to as the liberal order . but creating frameworks in which free-trade, economic development, transformation to digital and other kinds of economic transactions, these things can continue to happen across the region not just in countries thathave advantage . i think japan has done a lot lately to offset some of the disadvantages. i think that we have in the region and beyond. >> we're running short on time so two questions at once? >> i'll try to be snappier. >> last questions unfortunately but will take you from the audience at once and address them consecutively to start up here. just wait for the microphone please. >> the upcoming g 20 summit hosted by japan, all senses thgoing to it's going to be xi and trump. what role do you see japan playing is there any possible media role that japan seems to be eager to play a role with your ran? with economic secu

the indo-pacific region is at of this competition, and southeast asia is at the indo-pacific. for these reasons, i urge my colleagues to support the bill, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the texas yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, is recognized. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume for purposes of closing. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. levin: thank you. let me first thank my colleagues ho have taken part in this debate. i thank the gentlewoman from wagner,i, representative and the ranking member, mr. mccaul, for their leadership in area. i want to just close with being with ourselves as a congress, as the united states of america. engaged in the indo-pacific region, if we're ot building bridges of friendship and cooperation, be if we're not bringing american values ip and american to this critical part of the the , who's going to fill void? the answer is easy. it's china. be muddling our way hrough when it comes to our policy. we need a smart, p

a powerful weather system is barreling down on the pacific northwest. we're tracking the fall blizzard dumping a rare september snow. >> hong kong chaos. protestors and police battle on the streets and the growing fear tonight that the worst violence is to come. >> reunited, a father and son separated at the border are together again. the daring and dangerous trip they made while trying to seek asylum. and burning passion. the heart-warming story of three brothers working tother to shine a light in the darkness. >>> the impeachment inquiry of president trump will pick up steam this week on capitol hill. expected to testify before congress. that will only set the stage for the whistle blower to come forward. democrats are hoping to have a final vote on impeachment by thanksgiving. >> reporter: joe biden and his son hunter. according to the whistle blower complaint -- rudy giuliani was a central figure in relaying messages. >> when i talked to the secretary last week, he said he was aware of it. >> reporter: curt -- >> reporter: do you know why he said no

i recommend you go to this page because you will find the link to this pacific avenue brief. it is the public record. it should be available to everyone. we preserved it and put it there what do you see there? you see the penultimate version of the bill. that is what existed in 1995. it took these lobbyists two or three years to write this bill. and on the right-hand side, you see the 1996 version in february of 1996. what you will see when you look at the citing clause is it is very similar in every respect expect -- except there is a missing link. the conclusion is, both those cities never have the operation of cell phone towers preempted from their powers. that is the truth. why do we know that? when you look on the left, you can say what we want to do here is an effective policy regarding state and local regulation operation for the provision by mobile services. that is the wish list. they wanted all four. they didn't get that. our senators talked and it wasn't acceptable. there was a conference report that was all published. so when you read, now it says, nothing in this