Example senior officials and cabinet members were talking about a new model of great power relations with china. A phrase that is not popular among allies because in the chinese formulation of a new model no other Asian Countries a great power. The administration appears to have dropped that. We have an article coming out in washington quarterly next week that catalogs all of the descriptions of the pitted on rebalance in every major speech on it from the administration and their stars are listed three of four priorities. I wont read them all but they change every time. Most recently secretary kerry said the core of the pivot will be sustainable Economic Growth the Clean Energy Revolution or rulesbased stable region didnt bake security in operation. A very different list than tom donnell and susan rice. There is some confusion i think about exactly what the bottom line is. The president will be giving a speech in brisbane at the end of the trip. He usually speaks most consistently abou
The stunning cosmic first that could unlock the mysteries of the universe. Pressure is building tonight in eastern ukraine. As officials warning of a possible of returning to war. Signs that a ceasefire has essentially collapsed. Accuse article of russians sending troops over the border. Rory clalrorrory challenge repo. An allegation that nato has backed up with its own observations. Crosacross the last two dayse have seen the same thing that osce is reporting. We have seen columns of russian equipment, primarily russian tanks, artillery, combat systems and troops entering into ukraine. We do not have a good picture of how many. We agree that there are multiple columns that we have seen. Russias position is that to insist it has no military role in the conflict so the Defense Ministry has dismissed general breedloves comments. A comment for domestic ears more than foreign ones. Russians have no desire to see brothers fighting and dying in ukraine. Pretending there are no russian soldie
President obama is in china for the asiapacific economic summit before heading to the g20 summit in brisbane, australia. Up next, discussion on u. S. Relations with china and what we can expect from the summit. This is 40 minutes. With president obama attending the asiapacific Economic Cooperation summit this week were joined at our desk by bonnie glasser. Remind us of the significance of he submit and what the president is trying to do. Guest president obama is attending the summit in beijing along with the leaders of 20 other economies, to talk about trade liberalization. This is an agenda of this organization that was created in 1989, to try and promote smoother investment and reduce tariffs on goods that are exchanged among all of these 21 economies. So, the president will attend this meeting, and then afterwards, he will have other meetings as well. He will talk to the heads of the other 11 nations that are negotiating the transpacific partner ship, new free trade agreement, very
Time if 6 00 we should sigh better conditions. The bay bridge toll plaza shows traffic is sluggish and the metering lights everyone turned on and traffic is backed up from the maze. Coming in from berkeley so secretary to put on the brakes into San Francisco. The Golden Gate Bridge is lighter. If your travels take new and out of marin, still damp conditions on the roads andout any rain falling it will be better in terms of pooling or ponding not occurring right now. The big story is through the santa cruz mountains. There is a big sigalert on highway 17. Matt has hive coverage on highway 17 at summit road. Matt . This is a nightmare you think of if you travel offer the hill if the morning commute, four lanes are blocked, the traffic is blocked in both directions. At summit road, the southbound lanes are diverted off and many people are being turned around northern back into Santa Clara County as they try to get to santa cruz and the good news is people would know the mountains can take
Again. Again, the inner loop of the beltway now at kenilworth avenue in greenbelt is shut down. Were staying on top and will keep you posted as we learn new information. Thank you. Now to the story everyone is talking about today. Are you ready for our first real dose of winter out there . Most of us will soon be under a Winter Weather advisory. We have Live Team Coverage this afternoon to make sure you are prepared for whatever the weather brings us. Lets kick things off with storm team 4 meteorologist Veronica Johnson in the weather center. Vj . Yeah guys whether youre ready or not, here it comes. We havent seen very much snow at all so far this season. And now our biggest snowfall of the season. Winter weather advisory in all these counties shaded in purple to the south, so includes d. C. Fairfax, Prince William and fauquier county. Up to the north and west for Frederick County over in virginia too. What were going to see in these locations is snow. It could be moderate at times. An