more difficult. we re seeing some of the video of the frantic rescue efforts going on. and you can see the small boats that are going out in these choppy waters and people being pulled from the water including little children. these are people from all walks of life who have been on this boat. my family is from the philippine philippines and i have relatives who live in this province. i can tell you this is very regular for a boat to go between islands ferrying people. people are bringing things like groceries. and we are told by our colleagues in cnn philippines that they may be getting an idea of what may have caused this. they say the coast guard has told them that the boat may have left port to too quickly and the boat balance may have been thrown off suddenly. we ll continue to bring you updates as the search continues. we have more breaking news 5,000 residents are under a
the president, and before he heads to malaysia and the philippine philippines and one country he is not touching down, china. and joining us is a forbes.com contributor and the author of collapse of china and gordon, thank you for being with us. and you think not visiting china is a good idea. why? well, there has been too much diplomacy with the chinese and not enough reassurance of the allies and the friends and because we tell the chinese they are central to everything, we are feeding the already inflateded sense of ego which is making them arrogant and leading to the belligerent conduct in the region. and so dealing with the friends and the allies is the right way to go. and a real counter there as the president here is visiting three countries of note where the u.s. forces are there, and we have bases and interests, and isn t that so important to counter balance what you were just saying? absolutely. because what we see from the arc in india and the south korea and the nor