Way will they go . Whats the Breaking News tonight . Arizonas investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, getting bigger new subpoenas just issued as investigators look into people tied to trumps campaign. And this hour, a cnn exclusive, our ivan watson spending 48 hours on a Philippine Coast guard ship as a suddenly it is confronted by the chinese Windows Shattering chinese Water Cannons blasting americas allies ship. And tonight, the pentagon responds. Lets go bob, from and good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. Anytime anywhere any place. But former President Trump claims he wants to debate President Biden now that he is just a few hundred delegates away from securing the republican nomination. Now on opposed this from the man who refused to debate any of his political opponents, no place, no time during the primaries, walking away from the second president ial debate back in 2020. Well tonight bidens campaign responding writing that its a conversation that theyll have quote, at the appropriate time. Trumps sudden is newfound desire to debate does come just hours after nikki haley suspended her campaign and she stopped short of endorsing trump it is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it, who did not support him. And i hope he does that so how is he trying to do that . Heres what he wrote online nikki haley got trounced all caps last night and record setting fashion. Then trump went on to say that he would like to invite all of haleys supporters to join the greatest movement in the history of our nation. Well, thats quite an appeal when you feel like you lost and he really liked somebody and, you know okay. Obviously the question is, its more than thats more than the optics. Its whether nikki haleys supporters can look past some truly stark differences between the two and what they stand for, not just who they are and how they conduct themselves what they stand for, like the crucial issue of nato and putins invasion of ukraine. Heres nikki haley russia said once they take ukraine poland, and the baltics are next. Those are nato countries. And that puts america at war. This is about preventing war. It has always been about preventing war has made no bones about the fact that he wants to destroy america and trump is going to side with him over our allies who stood with us after 911 dont take the side of someone who has gone in and invaded a country and half 1 Million People have died or been wounded because of putin consistent, strong, and she never wavered on that. Meantime, as for trump, he is on a very different end of this spectrum. Say that he would let putin invade nato countries in fact, i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. Look, theyre like going to pay. Were not going to protect. Okay and its not just comments like that. Its the trump has time and time gone out of his way to speak glowingly of Vladimir Putin hes taking over the country for 2 sanctions. Id say thats pretty sparse. This is genius putin declares a big portion of the ukraine of ukraine putin declares it as independent. Oh, thats wonderful. Putin respected me. Putin would never have gotten into ukraine the differences between the two on those issues are night and day. And that may have some of haleys supporters not just happy to be talking about being trounced, but literally looking for another option, whether it be biden or a third option. And i use the word third on purpose, a third party candidate. Those candidates are frankly now appearing on ballots across this country. Robert f. Kennedy jr. Now going to be on the ballot in utah his campaign and super pac say theyve had the Signature Threshold meant to qualify now for five more states, including crucial battlegrounds like nevada, georgia, arizona, theyre also on the ballot. They say in New Hampshire and white. Cornell west is on the ballot in three states already, alaska, oregon, and South Carolina, and jill stein is back and she is on the ballot and more states than any of them 19 and washington, dc. And that includes wisconsin, which i mentioned for a specific reason, because a thirdparty candidate can matter so much in 2016, Clinton Lost To Trump by 22,748 votes in wisconsin. And jill stein had more votes than that 31,000 in the state jessica dean is outfront live in arlington, virginia to begin our coverage tonight. And jessica, i know youve been talking to haley supporters there all day who are now having to deal with this choice that they face. What are they telling you . Well, erin across the board, there disappointed and what was interesting was honestly a lot of these people we talked to were democrats who voted for nikki haley in virginia, was an open primary either as an Opposition Vote to donald trump or because they thought that the country would be better off with a race between biden and haley. And then of course, the Bonafide Haley supporters who are now really, truly without a candidate. But for all of these people, the question is, what comes next . As she announced the suspension of her president ial campaign on wednesday, former South Carolina governor nikki haley had a clear message for her rival. It is now up to to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it, who did not support him. And i hope he does that. Were Will Haley Support go now that shes exited the race in virginia, where she captured nearly 35 of the vote on Super Tuesday we caught up with voters to ask, what will you do in november now that shes out and its trump versus biden, what do you think . Oh, no question. Biden. We cannot have another four years that may and i at this point cant answer that question. I think that this country can do better than the choice that weve been given and i dont know how we can change that, but i think its going to be a lot of difficulty thought for people to decide what to do future. I think people are looking closely at the Vice President ial candidate because its a very probable possibility that they will be president by the end of the four years so far, the former president has offered little in the way of an olive branch to haley or her supporters writing on social media, quote, nikki haley got trounced Last Night In Record Setting fashion after weeks of lobbing, insults and their direction, nikki haley has made an Unholy Alliance with rhinos never trumpers the people behind nikki are pro amnesty. You like that. Cnn exit polling found among haley supporters across five states that 19 say theyd be satisfied with trump is the nominee, and 79 dissatisfied. And yet her supporters could be crucial for trumps chances of winning back the white house, especially in Battleground States where the margins are likely to be slim, but still some voters told us now that haley is out neither trump nor biden will win their support. Im not going to vote for either one biden or trump. Id love to vote for her again. Hes just lost me on his past few years i its mostly mostly his attitude about Foreign Policy and ukraine and the tran has the chaos biden, i just think is not fit for office. I think it is not a sure thing that donald trump is going to win the General Election. Because if youre a voter like my self, im going to write her in. I am not going to go to vote for trump. I dont think hes going to be able to corral nikki haley, Support Borders and independent voters back so now we turn our attention to the likely General Election matchup trump versus biden aaron. And of course, a President Biden going to have a huge opportunity tonight with his state or tomorrow night with his state of the Union Address where hes likely to have one of the biggest audiences hes going to get between now and election day in november. And of course, hes got a rile up his base, but the question is, can he persuade any of hes persuadables, erin, that is going to be the question for him and for trump going forward. All right. Thank you so much, jessica. And lets go now to ron brownstein, the Senior Editor for the atlantic. Alyssa farah griffin, former Trump White HouseCommunications Director, and the former democratic congressman, max rose so ron, this crucial question, because it really everything could matter and then you layer in those third parties, where do haley supporters go well, look, the republican primaries taught us two big things are made, two big things clear. One is that trumps coalition is the dominant faction in the party. Hes going to win more more primaries and caucuses than any nonincumbent republican president ever. In fact, we probably should be thinking of him as a quasiincumbent, but that haleys coalition, this kind of holdout coalition is substantial. And not only is it significant in its size, its significant in its consistency. I mean, demographically, it is the same people from state after state and its the same people that weve seen pull away from the Republican Party in the entire donald trump era, whitecollar suburban voters focus probably more on economics than on the cultural grievances that trump emphasizes big numbers of them in the exit polls are saying they are not going to vote for donald trump. I dont know anyone in either party who thinks it will be as high as they are saying now, but it doesnt have to be as jessica was saying even a thin slice of these voters in the suburbs of milwaukee grand rapids, detroit, philadelphia, that could matter in a very close election. So it is still a challenge for donald trump. Same challenge really, hes been facing demographically from the outset so alyssa and trumps statement earlier, he said she was trounced and he put the word trounced in all caps and set him money and voters were mostly quote, radical left. And we did see as David Axelrod pointed out last night, among some of the haley voters, you did see independents and democrats in states where they could turnout but he went after calling them trounce to invite them to join the greatest movement in the history of our nation. To talk about his candidacy. Does that when anyone over in that group of republican in this case in point the problem with trump is he always gives into his worst instincts. I guarantee that his campaign and Susie Wiles Biles did not want a Statement Like this to go out. They would have liked something a bit softer to try to reach some of those nikki haley voters, but he just cant get over the personal grievance. Im sure hes spiraling over the fact that she went for mont, but heres the thing i come from the Old School Part of republican politics where you want someone who can win independence that is kind of one of the first things that you would look for in someone to be an eventual general General Election candidate in nikki haleys prove that that is where donald trump suffers in toronto point, even if that margin shrinks because i dont think its as big as the 30 that wont be with trump, right . If she holds an eight to 10 , that could sway the entire election right . Then youve got the third parties. Now. We made the point about the issues where they are starkly different and that there are some traditional Republican Voters who are not nativist and not populous and do deeply care about americas role in the world. And for them in a trump party, its hard to find a spot, right intellectually, not a small group and not a large group maybe anymore, but doesnt have to be the point that biden made today when he put out about statement, he said donald trump made it clear he doesnt want nikki haleys supporters. I want to be clear. Theres a place for them in my campaign. And he went on specifically to mention haleys attempts to call out trump for as the statement, put it, cowering before Vladimir Putin specifically mentioning nato. Does that work . Absolutely. Look, if you look at some of ambassador haleys comments that this Program Aired just a few minutes ago. She sounds like a democratic surrogate for joe biden talking about the absolute necessity for american leadership, both at home and abroad to preserve and bolster our alliances look with what was shocking about this primary is, if youve got that 48 hours ago everybody knew that joe biden was the Presumptive Democratic nominee, and donald trump was the Presumptive Republican nominee. And nonetheless, many, many, many people, a sizable coalition voted against donald trump in that primary far more than joe biden. But the second shocking thing though, is that look, some people voted against joe biden and democratic primary. Did you see any attempt by donald trump, any attempt whatsoever to say that those folks have a place in his coalition . Absolutely not. Because as everyone knows, that the democratic coalition, that primary base is absolutely unified irrespective of who they voted for. But everyone also knows that republican side, its completely divided. And then of course youve got these third parties ron trump now calling for those debates and obviously it, it wouldnt do it in the primary, wouldnt do it every time last time around. Now, calling for them, will it happen . Count me surprise if it does happen. I mean, im not sure either of them really, really wanted debate trump. Its hard to imagine him submitting to any kind of process through the commission on president ial debates, which is which hes criticized in the past. I mean the argument about debates really goes to this kind of core question of whether you have to reach the middle to win this election, right . Donald trumps superpower has always been his ability to mobilize his Core Coalition and turn them out in enormous numbers, right . But the issue of whether, you know, what independent lets do, who are presumably the Target Audience above all for these debates are soft partisans on each side. Thats much more of an open question because as were saying as a congressman just said, it is extraordinary that this many people still voted against trump on tuesday when they knew he was going to be the nominee. On the other hand, those haley voters have a very negative view two of bidens performance and his capacity the ones i talked to in New Hampshire and South Carolina would deeply negative on biden. Those are the core of what many people call the Double Haters and how they ultimately sort out what q is, what cues they take theres also, by the way, a separate group of what may be described as doublehaters, which are younger, nonwhite voters who are down on biden and down on trumps. So there could be a lot of them and how they make their decisions will probably decide where we go after november and the doublehaters i was watching that whole phenomenon not today and you know, the venn diagram, alyssa, how its all put together. But trump often says things he has no intention of doing or didnt do. So its one thing to say. I want to debate. Its a totally different thing to actually mean it. True. I do think its smart politics and i predicted that trump would be the first to say that joe biden should debate. We know joe bidens biggest vulnerability is the question over vitality and aid page. So if he refuses to show up to debate, donald trump is going to message the hell out of it and say, hes not up to the task. He cant do it. I would implore the Biden Campaign. There is no stronger juxtaposition and standing next to donald trump and showing his character and who he is and who donald trump is. But also remind folks hes not a good faith actor in this. He lied about his covid tests before the pryor debate in 2020 and went on air when we later found out who is covid, positive. So theres a lot of factors that i think have to be weighed in the structuring of debates final word, look, everyone knows theres going to be a debate. So i think its pretty irrelevant at this point, but heres whats going to happen over the course of the next two months the Biden Campaign has money. The trump campaign, its actually not a campaign. Its a Legal Defense fund with a campaign side hustle. So youre going to see the Biden Campaign for the next two months over and over and over again, reminding people of the incompetence and the chaos that was the trump years. And when that happens, youre going to see by it numbers surge and hes gonna be well on the way to winning this election. All right. Well, we all appreciate your time. Thank you. All. Next Breaking News, arizona Issuing Subpoenas and its election interference investigation. And that states probe is getting a whole lot bigger tonight its a crucial development. 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Dont wait, call and switch today right . And take control of your finances download rocket mind Breaking News. New charges could soon be coming in. Donald trump. Donald trumps effort to overturn the 2020 election. Cnn is Learning Prosecutors in arizona are ramping up their probe if issued grand jury subpoenas to people connected to the former president a decision on criminal charges could happen very soon. And our zach cohen is breaking this story outfront. So zach, what are you learning about the extent of this investigation and what it means for donald trump . Yeah, erin is pretty clear now that this statelevel investigation in arizona is not only active, but its accelerating. We know that because these grand jury subpoenas were sent out there, issued at people connected to Donald Trumps campaign and his effort to overturn the Election Results in arizona. And weve known for a while now that the Arizona Attorney general was investigating again, they effort to overturn the 2020 election, but our understanding was that he was really focused or she was really focused on the fake elector plot. 11 individuals who served as fake trump electors. And the people who organize them to sign those false certificates. But im getting indications from my sources that the investigation may have expanded. And as this beers a Charging Decision which is also clear from the grand jury subpoenas, that could mean that there are people on the national level, people who are closer to trump, including from the attorneys who were advising him at the time, they could become under scrutiny. And one of those people whove, you know, its already talked to arizona investigators is protrump attorney ken chesebro. Weve heard a lot about him recently, obviously, but its interesting because ken chesebro has relayed information about an Oval Office Meeting where trump was there in december 2020. And ken chesebro says that he told trump all about the fake elector plot. And specifically how it relates to arizona. Listen to what chesebro said when he interviewed with michigan prosecutors are a few months ago so i ended up explaining that arizona was still hypothetically possible because the Autumn Electors have voted so it was clear in a way that maybe hadnt been before that we had till january 6, to two women so thats chesebro telling investigators in michigan about arizona, but ive heard from my sources that arizona prosecutors have asked chesebro about this same meeting. Theyve asked about people at the National TrumpCampaign Level people who were organizing the fake elector plot across all seven Battleground States. So its interesting as we get closer to a Charging Decision, will it will criminal charges only come for the 11 or so people in arizona or could we see potentially people closer to trump also be indicted . All right. Zach, thank you very much with that Breaking News and we also have some breaking developments now in georgia and Fulton County, the district attorney, fani willis, Slamming Georgia Republicans who are now investigating kerr. Shes saying, quote, i think its just a political quest. They can continue on with their games and ill continue to do the work of the people. Well, those remarks from willis coming after a state Senate Hearing today featured Ashleigh Merchant She is the defense attorney whos pushing to disqualify willis in the trump Georgia Election interference case, including testimony about how Taxpayer Money was allegedly used to pay for personal trips that willis took with the lead prosecutor, nathan wade you show the trip to aruba, another one to bahamas. Wonder believes one to napa valley, california. These are all from october 22 up until may 23, yes. This is a document you produced us to do either of them deny these trips occurred . No, not at all. It is. So is this the the impropriety that Financial One priority of getting financial benefit from the job that hes paying for her way on these trips with money . Yes. That shes playing him and approving this. This is the what i would call undisputed. All right. Both willis and wade deny any wrongdoing in that relationship or funding for vacations. Outront. Now, the man that you just heard there and saw questioning merchant, who led todays hearing, the republican State Senator and majority leader bill cowsert. Senator catherine, i appreciate your time. So i just want to start with where you are on this. Youve said whistleblowers inside im quoting you inside the Fulton County das office youve said theyve reached out and that you plan to subpoena additional witnesses. Can you share anything else about who else you may call to testify . And about what i cant tell you right now publicly, who else we may call to testify. It is true there are a number of people that have reached out volunteered and they want to and they have information to share with us. But were just going to let the Investigation Lead wherever it may. Today was the first witness and this is the lady that broke the story, so to speak, when she filed her motion to disqualify mr. Wade and ms willis from continuing to prosecute the case and that was due to improper behavior on ethical behavior, conflicts of interest, and financial improprieties. So we wanted to hear from her today to see exactly what evidence she had to support those allegations. And i was quite revealing. And you found it revealing. All right. So it just to understand where we are, judge mcafee is expected to make his ruling any day he has the ability to disqualify willis or not. Hes going to rule based on all of what we all saw televise in the Georgia Election interference case. Theres a county Commission Also investigating fani willis, georgia, barack, and get involved. Your committee, just to be clear, does not actually have the power to disqualify her from the case and in that context, your democrat. The way dont intend to interfere, right . And youve been clear about that. You have no intention in fair and your colleague, harold jones, State Senator, was also in that room today. He questioned merchant and after the hearing, he said this im not really sure what game is my friend. We cant remove i think the Endgame Problems is trying to bring a listen to negative publicity. Is at all. A situation possibly try to influence the trial. But i think juries have gotten smarter than that he said at the end game is just to bring negative publicity to the situation to possibly try to influence the trial. How do you respond to that . Does he have a point . No we didnt bring this information forward. Were simply investigating allegations that were made by others this isnt any attempt by the senate inject itself in that criminal prosecution. We need to find out what behavior took place and we wanted to fresh slate to look at the evidence independently and determined or state laws violated and are there adequate laws to prevent this type of unethical behavior by prosecutors were trying to restore the faith of our public in the fairness and impartiality of the criminal justice system. And there are a lot of very really outlandish claims here and very few of them have been rebutted or denied and its very troubling and so just to be clear, youre looking into claims of whistleblowers and no, youre not youre not yet saying who they are . Saar, but misuse of funds in by the da, not related just to this trump case and nathan wade, is that the case . That is true. And in this case, in particular, she ms ms willis signed a contract she hired mr. Wade as an independent contractor, a special prosecutor. There is a procedure in georgia law to do that, and it requires the approval of the County Government where the mr. Attorney sits that didnt happen here and its very clear she hired this man who would not have been eligible to be hard by her das office or under County Policy either because of the nepotism clauses, you can hire your lover to be a contractor to pay him government taxpayer funds. I understand that okay but shes saying they werent dating at that time and i understand that thats thats thats also now. But that but thats what thats what shes saying. So if they werent dating, you have an issue. Now, is that hasnt been proven . Yeah. No, it hadnt but were there were some very compelling evidence today of people that reported that that then theres Phone Information that shows that as well, but thats not our job to determine whether she did that. They which would clearly disqualify her. I think thats why shes fighting the date so bad, but even after that, she never disclosed any financial benefits that she received and theyre County Policy requires you to do a Financial Disclosure if you get anything of benefit of more than 100, she did from this employee that she hired and she approved his bills undoubtably, went on four or five trips overseas and the caribbean and to california. And would there were credit card statements that were reported that were revealed to us today that shows that mr. Wade bought the tickets and paid for the rooms that shed been fitted from and she failed to disclose that one final point to you though, if she as it is a fact pattern that has been established as opposed to when they dated, which has not at least nothing to confirm that what they said is untrue at this point. Did try to hire other people to take that job. And people said she wasnt able to at least on the face of it. I mean it but how do you square that . I mean, if thats your lover as you use your word you know, you try person was person they have both confirmed that. Yes. But not at the time. Theyre saying that at the time that hiring relationship, but im saying doesnt change your view at all that she did the facts of established tried to hire multiple people before she hired him. He was not her first choice. He was not even her second choice. He did hire she did hire two other people and they have expertise in rico cases and these type of investigations and they were paid significantly less. Neither of them received over under thousand this gentleman was getting 35,000 a month. Hes over 700,000 now that hes been paid by her office and she approves those invoices and they were very sketchy and voices today he is billing and blocks of eight hour increments in one day, he billed for 24 hours and she approved that. And thats part of the factual pattern that i dont believe anybody can deny here and that really erodes the trust in the public of the fairness and impartiality in how our tax dollars have been spent by this prosecutor without Government Oversight or approval thats why were paying attention to we may need to change these laws to make it clear, you cant do this in the future in the state of georgia. All right. Center of calcium. I appreciate your time and thank you. Thank you very much. And next, former President Trumps says hes going to respond live to buy the state of the Union Address. How is biden responding to that is Communications Director is Outfront Next and a cnn exclusive this hour, a dangerous showdown. 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Well, it certainly a strong case that the president will be Making Tomorrow Night and then there has been making over the past several weeks. Look, now is the time to pass the National Security supplemental would provide with the ukrainians with Military Assistance. They need to take on putins War Of Aggression than theyve been suffering from casualties. Not because of the lack of will or core encourage, but because of the lack of munitions and we need to get them that Military Assistance as quickly as possible. It would also help the israelis defend against the threat posed by hamas and make sure that humanitarian assistance gets into gaza. So you know, look, maga republicans had been holding this up the speaker, if he allowed for a vote, we know that both parties would support it and would have enough votes to pass. And former President Trump has been intervention is here trying to stop it from paris passing, but the president is going to make the case to the country in the world tomorrow night that weve got to pass that National Security supplemental are longtime political analyst ron brownstein. He was on earlier in the program. Hes been talking to a lot of voters and he says that its not enough for biden to deliver an antitrump message through november tomorrow and through november and he says that biden really needs to improve Voter Perceptions of him and that tomorrow night is going to be a crucial moment. Obviously, youve got a viewership that you might not have again, right . That there is, theres so much at stake and his description is sort of biden has to rebuild his standing is how he put it. So ben is biden going to mention trump at all tomorrow . Or how is he going to handle that well, look, i cant preview the exact text that youll hear tomorrow night, but i can talk about some of the key themes. I think the president is going to make the case that weve rebuilt the strongest economy in the world here in the United States and done it in a way thats benefited the average american that wages are up, inflation is down by two thirds, 15 million jobs have been created, more jobs than under any president or any administration. Theres a contrast point there because the maga republican agenda is to just offer trillions of dollars in tax breaks to corporations and billionaires. Well, the president doesnt think that thats tax fairness and the American People dont agree with that hell also have the chance to make the case that we need to defend our democracy. We need to defend democracy at home and abroad in this moment, the president s predecessor i embrace the insurrectionists to the capitol that tried to overturn the results of the last election. Well, thats antidemocratic. And our democracy is on the line. And finally, our rights and freedoms are under assault by maga republicans. That includes reproductive rights, that includes rights for gay americans. And that includes if youre a parent who believes you should be making decisions about what Book Sphere Children Have access to instead of ideological governors across the country this is really an Inflection Point for the nation and the president will be very strong in making the case tomorrow night. As he does that, of course its on top of it is what has become an important issue for him. Of course, age, and that you see that in every poll Hillary Clinton today came out ben and said biden, whos obviously 81 and trump whos obviously 77 are quote, effectively the same age and that any differences between the two are negligible. The reality of it is ben, the Polls Polling shows that that is not how people see it. 73 of voters, registered voters think biden is too old to be an effective president. Only 42 of registered voters say the same about trump in the latest New York Times sienna poll. What is your plan to address this problem well, theres a few layers to it. Erin, first i would point to the presence record, getting the economy back on its feet, helping to build the strongest economy in the world. 15 million jobs created under his watch, All Sorts Of Bipartite Prison Legislation passed that so many commentators were skeptical of when he came into office. He has a record of being an extremely effective president. Youve seen that play out . Over the past three years. But i also think the age of the presence ideas matter as you pointed out, donald trump and joe biden, about the same age, but their ideas are very different. Donald trump took his back 50 years when it came to Roe Versus Wade. Donald trump doesnt believe that Climate Change is real on issue after issue, Donald Trumps ideas are from 50 years ago, the president is working to restore Roe Versus Wade to address the Existential Threat posed by Climate Change, and to lead our country into the future all right, ben, thank you very much. I appreciate your time and tomorrow night for State Of The Union, ill be live on capitol hill for outfront ahead of the address and also back at eight for our special coverage along with jake tapper, dana bash, and anderson cooper, we all hope to see you then Outfront Next, a cnn exclusive, our ivan watson is there in the south china see when the chinese confront and harass the ship of an american ally and he was there for all of it. 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This all happened in the South China Sea violent confrontation captured by our ivan watson, who was with the fleet for 48 hours. And you could see chinese ships become aggressive, they swarm and they harass the us allied ship, blasting Water Cannons that were so powerful that the windows shattered well, the pentagon tonight responding, calling chinas behavior reckless and saying that the United States will act if china continues. Ivan watson is outfront with this exclusive Us Television report Water Cannons and the collision of heavy ships moving medicine cnn, getting a rare chance to witness the David And Goliath confrontation between the philippines and china in the South China Sea going to occur you know, your behavior the chinese ships make their move at dawn. Our numbering and swarming a small convoy from the philippines. We have a very good view of a large chinese coast guard ship. You can see it written on the side of the vessel. And it is currently steaming. I would say maybe two stone throws so away from this philippines coast guard ship. And thats not all. Look over to the starboard side here. Theres another chinese coast guard ship right here. Not far away. Another chinese Ship Collides with another philippine ship. Fortunately, no ones hurt im a board, the brp cabra, a Philippine Coast guard ship. Its Mission Escort to resupply boats to the second thomas shoal, at teardropshaped reef claimed by both the philippines and china even though its clearly much closer to philippines territory for more than 20 years, china ignored competing claims from smaller countries occupying and eventually building manmade islands on top of several contested reefs and scholz. In 1999. And unusual step from the film filipino, it grounded the sierra madre, a rusted world war ii era ship on second thomas shoal. Filipino marines have been guarding it ever since. Our convoy is supposed to resupply those marines but a much larger ship swerves dangerously close to the brp cabra and eventually pulls in front, stopping it in its tracks meanwhile, this resupply boat doesnt stand a chance. That little vote in front is philippines resupply vote, and it is currently being pursued by 123 at least four chinese ships they blast the boat with Water Cannons shattering windows most likely injuring four Service Members on board forcing the crew to abort their mission. The chinese fleet includes what looked like civilian vessels were currently blocked and surrounded by what looked like ordinary Fishing Boats that are flying chinese flags. And theyre working in tandem with the chinese coast guard. They appear to be members of chinas Maritime Militia away for beijing to project power here. In the South China Sea beijing now accuses the philippines of being dishonest and deliberately stirring up trouble. Even teens in the philippines Rights Infringing and provocative attempts will not succeed. But the philippines remains defiant. On china is the weekend definitively so they will be sorting the supplies the night before the confrontation, we steamed past a us navy ship, the uss mobile apparently being shadowed from a distance by this Chinese Navy Ship and helicopter. A looming question would the us come to the health of its mutual Defense Treaty ally the philippines . Genes if tensions escalate further with china, owner of the Worlds Largest navy now, there really is the risk having witnessed this firsthand, erin, there is the risk that something could go wrong here the these giant ships are essentially playing chicken and they dont stop on a dime. The crews are uniformed on each others bowels and vessels. Theyre facing each other. Theyre not making faces at each other. Theyre not cursing at each other. There is constant communication between radio operators. But if theres a miscalculation, were a further provocation and some filipino sailors or hurt, or killed or a ship is sunk. The us is obliged under a treaty to come to manilas defense. Part of why the philippines is not backing down is in 2016, there was an International Court of arbitration decision that ruled china cannot basically claim all of the South China Sea to itself. Beijing declared that illegal, null and void, and thats part of why the philippines is so adamant about going up against its much wealthier larger rival. Aaron. Those accents, you start up on an Escalation Trail and nobody may like where, where that ends. Thank you so much, ivan. That was incredible to see. This comes as we have obtained an outfront. So new Satellite Images showing how china is beefing up its naval fleet in huge way, running laps around the us as the navy estimates. But a single Chinese Shipyard, and that this is the exclusive images youre looking at. One single Chinese Shipyard, okay. Is what youre looking at parts of here can produce more vessels and all us shipyards combined. The United States falling behind as a new report details how china is preparing for war and outfront now, with brand new reporting that he is sharing with us along with these images is seth jones, the senior Vice President at the center for strategic and international studies. So sad. I mean, thats incredible youve got these Satellite Images. Can you tell me exactly what were looking at on our screen, why and why it is so alarming to you yeah. Erin. So were looking at the schengen shipyard, which is outside of shanghai. I mean, there are at least two or three things that are important to note. One is this has been a huge expansion of the chinese to build ships primarily for the Peoples Liberation army navy. So the chinese navy second, these arent just any ships. Weve got Aircraft Carriers in here. So really indicating that the chinese are building highend capabilities. And third, if you look overall at what the chinese are building, there acquiring highend Weapons Systems five to six times faster right now than the us. And overall, the chinese Ship Building Capacity is about 230 times larger than the us. And then you noted one of try 30 times to anwar capacity yes. 230 times more capacity right now, than the us. Its stunning right now. Us secretary of the navy is aware of this huge divergence right now, but we are behind that would seem to be the one of the greatest understatements of the day, at least seth, but but you taught 230 times on the shipping and just looking at those images here. And then also you mentioned munitions that they are investing in munitions five to six times faster than we are. What, what are the numbers there, which obviously the context of that brings in other, other conflicts like ukraine. So short on munitions well, the point on the munitions is their Acquisition Process is moving quickly. They are moving from research and development to the production of Weapons Systems fast. If you look at the us system right now, we are slow. It takes years to build some of our highend Weapons Systems. And if in, some of the war games weve done in around the taiwan straits, we run out, we dont have enough longrange hit i ship missiles, for example, in a taiwan straits, the us runs out of them after about a week of war. So it really undermines not just wartime capabilities, but also deterrence with such few munitions that, thats sure would have a war game runs out in a week all right. Very sobering. Thank you very much for sharing all of those images with us, seth thanks, erin next the deadline fast approaching for a third party for the movement, no labels specifically to actually name their ticket who, what will it be the, day you get your clear choice. Dental implants changes your struggle with missing teeth forever. It changes how you eat, how you feel and how you and enjoy life. 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