i think there are lots of great, exciting democratic leaders that are on the horizon. congresswoman, excellent job filibustering there. we ll come back in a few months. i ll ask you that same question. who is the de facto leader of the democratic party. perhaps you ll have an answer then. thank you for your time. thank you. president trump on the last leg of that nine-day five-country overseas trip. the president today met with g p leaders in sicily after meetings with nate to leaders. i want to bring in christopher hill, ambassador to iraq under president obama, and ambassador to south korea under president george w. bush. ambassador hill, let me start with you. earlier ambassador nick burns called the president s trip the, coa quote, single least effective visit by a president to nato in
disputed part of the sea. china s foreign ministry said it monitored the ship s movement and now called for the u.s. to, coa quote, immediately change its mistake. and not take any provacative act. this isn t a huge surprise. expected in many ways. what details is the u.s. providing about this mission and if it s something that will become routine. reporter: well, if you listen to u.s. defense officials, this is or this was a routine mission according to the u.s. they conducted a transit within 12 nautical miles. that s one of the reeves that the chinese have turned into a manmade island and claimed to be a coverage territory. we understand there were u.s. aircraft in the air to provide cover and surveillance. u.s. officials are saying this is a routine mission, what they