expect the fbi director he fired to speak in public before the senate intelligence committee, perhaps contradicting the president on their meeting in the oval office. seated to the president s right you see there is the saudi king, king salman, the king of saudi arabia. he s going to give a few minutes of comments before the president then speaks and you re hearing now a prayer, a muslim prayer that typically precedes speeches by saudi leaders. before the comments begin, vali, if i could ask you, there s been a momentous election in iran just in the last 24 hours. we know that the moderate, hassan rouhani, has been re-elected by a large margin. how do the iranians view this trip, a president of the united states making his first overseas trip to saudi arabia, iran s sworn enemy. do they see that as raising
also been somewhat unpredictable. and in some of his statements today here in south korea, vice president pence invoked two attacks within the last two weeks. the cruise missile strike on the syrian air base and that use of the moab also known as the mother of all bombs used against a suspected isis complex in eastern afghanistan. he argued that those showed american strength and resolve and he warned north korea not to test that resolve. so that was a pretty stark warning linking recent u.s. military actions to north korea. in the last hour we ve heard from north korea s ambassador to the u.n. who has fired back and accused u.s. sabre rattling as he put it of raising tensions further on the peninsula. take a listen. the united states is disturbing global peace and insisting on the gangster like
officials say of course the two governments do not see eye to eye, dialogue and confrontations are the way to go. that kind of sense can explain why the response has been quick. are the chinese likely to follow up strong words with bringing in the combaed and giving him a dressing down is one way to responsd, are there other things we expect the chinese to do? they ve certainly hinted on that, yesterday, a foreign ministry spokesman said the u.s. option may force the chinese to conclude it will need to strengthen or hasten its relevant capability, certainly a reference to reference to m capabilities. what does that mean? more island building? more aircraft in the air? we don t know. that has the prospects of raising tensions.
russia is celebrting the first anniversary of the annex annexation of crimea. tens of thousands are expected to gather in moscow s red square to celebrate later today. that has been flexing its military muscle ahead of the anniversary. pentagon correspondent barbara starr has that part of the story. reporter: raising tensions, vladimir putin is keeping guessing. nato s deputy military commander warning moscow to tread carefully. russia might believe that the large scale conventional forces could in future be used not only for intimidation and coercion but potentially to seize nato territory. reporter: a clack cold war soviet military technique, escalate tensions to the point no one is sure what putin is now up to next. nato does not seek confrontation with russia.
thatspiration. russia is marking the first information of the annexation of crimea today. celebrations kick off in less than an hour with a military demonstration in crimea. russian president vladimir putin is expected to attend a huge concert in moscow s red square. about 120,000 people showed up at a similar event last year. russia annexed crimea last march after ukraine s pro-mouk president was ousted. in another show of force, russia is sending nuclear-capable bombers to crimea as part of war game. they are also deploying ballistic missiles to a russian enclave bordering three nato allies. nato officials are concerned the military exercises could be you used to seize nato territory could be used to seize nato territory. barbara starr with more. reporter: raising tensions, vladimir putin is keeping everyone guessing. nato s deputy military commander warning moscow to tread