yes, of course, that would change decades of policy for how we determine whether drugs are safe and effective. it s such a radical shift that even a lot of pharmaceutical companies are on record as worried about this guy now being in charge. but honestly, it s sort of hard for me to focus on that when he s devoted so much of his time and energy to promoting the creation of independent nations of manmade islands in the sea where we will all live forever. president has already made a lot of wacky nominations, but apparently he s just getting started. peter thiel apparently referred the guy, so presumably he s going to be perfect. that does it for us tonight. see you again tomorrow. time for the last word ari melber in for lawrence tonight. i only hold part of that segment. is this a visa party? basically a vampire novel without vampires or sex. makes more sense. thank you, rachel. see you soon.
of the fda giving a speech on how venture capitalists and investors can get us to immortality. we can live forever. if we can only invent good new business models that will make us live forever. he calls it rejuvenation and reverse aging. he said in that same speech that maybe when it comes to pharmaceuticals in this country, maybe we should not have clinical trials for drugs anymore at all. just put the drugs all out on the open market, let people use them, see what happens and the free market will sort it out. yes, of course, that would change decades of policy for how we determine whether drugs are safe and effective. it s such a radical shift that even a lot of pharmaceutical companies are on record as worried about this guy now being in charge. but honestly, it s sort of hard for me to focus on that when he s devoted so much of his time and energy to promoting the creation of independent nations of manmade islands in the sea where we will all live forever. president has already ma
planes near the islands, sometimes drawing chinese warnings. now, a government run chinese newspaper is warning of a possible war with the u.s. over the manmade islands. it s spurred by this comment from rex tillerson at his confirmation hearings. we re going to have to send china a clear signal, that first, the island building stops an your access is not going to be b allowed. the chinese newspaper says quote, unless washington plans to wage a large scale war then trying to block china s access to the islands would be quote, foolish and tillerson had better bone up on nuclear power strategies if he wants to force a big nuke lore power to withdraw from its own territories. pebt gone officials are calling on china to reduce tensions. how could the u.s. deny china access? you would want to start with a naval blockade. cuban missile crisis, but this is a lot of space to cover. i would assume you re talking
conflict. south china sea, even under the best possible set of circumstances, is going to get more crowded and more contentious. there are going to be more commercial ships in the area and there are going to be more military assets. tonight a key question, did headquarters speak directly for president-elect trump when he said the u.s. would not allow china access to those islands? i spoke to a trump transition official who didn t answer that directly but did seem to walk back ever so slightly from tillerson s comment. this trump official said, denying access doesn t have to mean a nachl 58 blockade, but there are other there are other options including economic ones. when i pressed him on what those might be, the transition official said there are no details yet, that all this will have to be worked out, but jim, this official stated unequivocally that tillerson did not misspeak in that hearing when he said it. denying access in this area, big deal no question. brian todd, thanks
pumping sand through those thin tubes to create islands. then they built air fields with towering radar stations, constructed ports, deployed weapons there, even built barracks. china s military buildup of these islands in the china sea has angered the obama administration. the u.s. has sent ships and planes very near the islands, sometimes drawing chinese warning. tonight a government run chinese newspaper is warning of a possible war with the u.s. over the manmade islands. it s spurred by this comment from secretary of state nominee rex tillerson at his confirmation hearings. we are going to have to send china a clear signal that first the island building stops and second, your access to those islands is also not going to be allowed. the chinese newspaper says, quote, unless washington plans to wage a large scale war in the south china sea, trying to block access would be foolish. tillerson had better bone up on nuclear power strategies if he