president biden to respond as conflicts rage in the middle east. i am john scott, this is a special edition of the fox report. in the red sea, attacks on commercial ships from houthi rebels continue to ramp up. now iran might be getting involved. a us defense official telling fox news a drone launch from iran hit a japanese tanker off the coast to. iran rejects claims of involvement. that s not the only trouble for the white house. alexandria hoff live in washington with the latest on the president s struggle of brought it here at home. accusing iran of being behind these attacks with the biden administration saying the us has joined several other nations in k taking collective action against houthi rebels but republicans like bill haggerty feel iran has been emboldened by inconsistent reaction from the united states. what your aircraft carrier strike groups in the region, massive show of military force. it is highly inconsistent from an economic standpoint and his diplom
welcome to the journal editorial report. i m paul gigot. a high-stakes summit in san francisco this week as president biden met with chinese president xi jinping in an effort to cool tensions with beijing as conflicts rage in ukraine and israel. the president hailed his four hour meeting with xi as productive even as china warned that re unification with taiwan is quote unstoppable. here s president biden on what the two discussed. i reiterated what i have said since i ve become president and what every previous president of late has said, that we maintain the agreement that there is a one-china policy, and i m not going to change that. that s not going to change, and so that s about the extent to which we discussed it. paul: let s bring in seth jones, senior vice president and director of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies. welcome, seth. so what do you think was accomplished at the xi biden summit? well, paul, i do
we know that a deadly threat persists. we know that, in some form, this violent extremism will be with us for years to come. in too many parts of the world, especially in the middle east, there has been a breakdown of order that s been building for decades. and it s unleashed forces that are going to take a generation to resolve. long-term corruption has rotted too many nation-states from within. governance is collapsing. sectarian conflicts rage. a changing climate is increasing competition for food and water. [ applause ] and false prophets are peddling a vision of islam that is irreconcilable with tolerance and modernity and basic science. in fact, every one of these trends is at play inside of syria today.
job is done. we know that a deadly threat persists. we know that in some form, this violent extremism will be with us for years to come. in too many parts of the world, especially in the middle east, there s been a breakdown of order that s been building for decades. and it s unleashed forces that are going to take a generation to resolve. long-term corruption has rotted too many nation states from within. governance is collapsing. sectarian conflicts rage. a change in climate is increasing competition for food and water. and false prophets are peddling a vision of islam that is ir rec an sileable with tolerance and modernity and basic science. and in fact, every one of these trends is at play inside of