without objection. thank you. you and i had a number of opportunities the talk about asia. if you look at asia it was written once this is the most consequential region for america s future. the largest armies in the world will camp in asia. the most powerful navys will gather. over one-half of the world s commerce will take place. two-thirds of the world will travel. five of america s seven defense treaties located in asia. it s the region where two super powers will compete. good day. i m andrea mitchell this washington. we ve been watching the confirmation hearing for mike pompeo to become the next secretary of state. we ll go back to that in a moment. momentums a moments ago the president spoke from the kwhowhite house about
sequestration. this new ship uss gerald r. ford where do you think it should be stationeded and what does this mite, this construction of this ship say to the world in your opinion? first of all, the ford, like i said before, a technological marvel and has less crew members and can launch airport by 25% more. you re seeing a lot of technological designs in this ship. it has touch screen navigation and magnetic launch system and things the rest of the navys of the world are looking at and saying, wow, this is an unbelievable aircraft carrier and displaces 100,000 sons and the world s largest. as mr. trump said yesterday, it is a symbol to the world we are continuing with our attempts at having power to station aircraft around the world on these on
rivalry between the air force, the navy, and the army over the course of a football season. the air force came out on top this year. they will be receiving the trophy and the president is expected to make a few remarks to that regard. jon: you are partial to the navy because her husband graduated there. i like the army because my son graduated there, but i will call the moral victory since i grew up in colorado where the air force is located. jenna: apparently the air force has won the most times than any military academy. navys six titles. i want to bring our viewers back. healthy rivalry. we ll bring you back to the white house when we said the president. this is something that most presidents would walk into office and that would have been
and in japan and in south korea, they know for sure that they are already well within the range of weapons that we know north korea already possesses. this month the japanese central government has been holding meetings with local governments around japan, advising them what they should do if their region is hit by a north korean missile. it s unprecedented, that s something japan has never done before in its post-war history. yesterday, north korea staged its largest-ever live-fire exercises off its eastern coast. those are all artillery pieces we just saw there. south korean news reports said the exercises involved 300 to 400 artillery pieces. you see them shooting there, those artillery rounds, into the sea. the u.s. and south korean navys have also been conducting their own military exercises. yesterday off south korea s western coast. yesterday the uss michigan, a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in south korea. the uss carl vinson aircraft
government has been holding meetings with local governments around japan, advising them what they should do if their region is hit by a north korean missile. it s unprecedented, that s something japan has never done before in its post-war history. yesterday, north korea staged its largest-ever live-fire exercises off its eastern coast. those are all artillery pieces we just saw there. south korean news reports said the exercises involved 300 to 400 artillery pieces. you see them shooting there, those artillery rounds, into the sea. the u.s. and south korean navys have also been conducting their own military exercises. yesterday off south korea s western coast. yesterday the uss michigan, a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in south korea. the uss carl vinson aircraft carrier is also en route to the korean peninsula now, for real this time. things are already very tense right now. if you are feeling tense about that part of the world right now, i advise you next time you re at the