It reserves the right to take taiwan by force under president Xi Jinping China has become more open than ever about the type of threat i guess well see its far from certain put taiwan would get any help if china or. Even 5 years ago. The United States to come to taiwans defense was greater than it is today so what my china actually do lets turn now to all 3 scenarios each one more dangerous than the last were going to start by projecting whats happening right now into the future with china trying to chip away at taiwans defenses and were going to ask how far could it go. February 2020 taiwans air force releases this image to the media it shows a taiwanese jet fighter. Intercepting the chinese boma flying air its an space rankling its just a dangerous tension in the sky the photograph might be red but what it shows happens a lot especially this year taiwanese military expert johnny chung explains a common flight path that chinese planes follow made and and so common brian out. Because t
Recent National Book festival on covert operations. Hi, everybody. Im david ignatius, columnist with the washington post. Welcome to the National Book festival. In this difficult time in the pandemic, one thing we can do is to read good books. I wrote a book that was published this summer which is about a cia officer whos struggling with one of the central problems of our time which is knowing whats true and what isnt. And its my great pleasure to have with me today two people who wrote two two of the very best books of this summer about issues related to our new technologically sophisticated world and the dangers. First, i want to introduce bart gellman, my former colleague at the washington post, who wrote an extraordinary memoir of husband dealings with Edward Snowden that led to the rflations about nsa technology and surveillance, and the subtitle of barts book says the american surveillance state. I also want to introduce another outstanding author the, thomas rid, who teaches at
Warmer than weve experienced, some patchy fog out there. Because of the lighter winds and the warmer day, air quality will be moderate as we get into that ridge of High Pressure building in today, tomorrow and monday. Air quality is moderate from san rafael to oakland and concord. Good in redwood city. Moderate in san jose which as we go through the afternoon, could get hazy. Thats emeryville, numbers in the 40s to 50s right now, about 71 in concord by noontime, 66 over in hayward. By 4 00 we are trailing back out of the 80s, afternoon highs should be reached at about 3 00. Tonight its mild for the trick or treaters, 70s to start out around the bay and inland, dropping through the 60s, very comfortable and dry conditions, right on through the evening. Liz . All right, lisa, thank you. This morning San Francisco officials are asking people to stay away from large gatherings, especially from the castro, where hundreds usually celebrate halloween. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena has a look a
Readiness of our u. S. Armed forces. Today we are joined by nearly 1000 who have registered for this very important event. Despite our attention being focused on other things in the lead up to the election there may be no more vital of a topic for our country then this. Americans have had the good fortune of living in unparalleled freedom and prosperity for nearly 250 years and these gifts are maintained by a powerful and ready military that prevents our adversaries from destroying what so many of us as americans have had the opportunity to experience. President Ronald Reagan said that a truly successful military is one that because of its strength and ability and dedication wouldnt be called because no one would dare provoke it. He calls it peace through strength and that is how we won the cold war against the biggest enemy in history. Yet, in a time when those nations are reeling from a deadly disease outbreak, racial unrest and economic upheaval to many citizens and lawmakers argue
We start off with the stimulus slide, stocks sliding off Speaker Pelosi held a phone call with steven mnuchin. Lets get the latest from ylan mui. Whats going on here they have agreed to talk again reporter thats right, melissa. We know the phone call at 3 00 p. M. Lasted for just under an hour pelosis office sounded fairly positive on twitter, her spokesman said they continue to narrow the difference differences. Now, pelosi and the treasury secretary will speak again tomorrow, and by the end of the day, that 48hour deadline that pelosi imposed, they should have clarity on whether a deal is really possible before the election however, over in the senate, republicans are moving on. Theres not a lot of appetite in the chamber for the nearly 1. 9 trillion offers that the white house has been made to democrats. So one measure will be to extend the payroll protection program, and another one on targeted relief neither is expected to go anywhere, either, because democrats remain opposed on t