We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news tonight, the United States says its ready to do whatever it takes to defend against the grave threat from north koreas rapidly expanding nuclear program. North korea claims it has the abilities to produce weapons with a higher strike power that it could use against the United States and its allies. Hillary clinton says the world must stop north koreas dangerous game. She pet with a group of experts a while ago. Clinton says the Nuclear Threats are a reminder that americans must choose a Commander In Chief that can respond with steadiness and strength. Donald trump is responding by trying to cast blame on clinton. Hes calling the nuclear test one more massive failure from a failed Secretary Of State. Also tonight, russia holds massive war games in crimea. Experts say putin is sending a message to the u. S. And the world that hes in control of krimea and f
the chinese military hackers, the networks are deemed not sufficiently secure from beijing s spying eyes, how significant does this hack appear to be and is a part of a larger perspective china is doing? this is related to your first question about russia and china working together. we know they are learning from one another. we know if vladimir putin is successful in achieving his objective, taking over the country, china will be emboldened and move in on taiwan. japan is, of course, one of our top allies, a treaty ally to the united states, and we believe strongly for freedom of navigation and commerce and all
cnbc s kayla tausche is at the white house for us. talk about the importance of the visit for the president and the prime minister. chris, india is a critical partner of the united states. it s not a treaty ally, but it is a partner in commerce and other issues, especially as relations with other big population centers like china have deteriorated. the u.s. trades $130 billion in goods with india every year. the u.s. invests $50 billion directly into the country, and india is the largest defense exercise partner of the u.s. so certainly that is a partnership that they want to expand. the white house wants to expand some of those partnerships on critical technology and intellectual property. where india has previously relied heavily on russia, and that s one of the main reasons india has so far been reluctant to condemn the invasion of ukraine, which is another area the white house will be looking for prime minister modi to make
in the event of a possible conflict between the united states and china over something like taiwan, for instance? right. taiwan is closer to the philippines geographically than practically all of their south asian asean countries. it sjust over 100 nautical miles. it s just a two hour flight from major cities to the north of the philippines. as far as where marcoer has come from culturally. so it is too geographically close for us to sit it out. and at the same time, we are us treaty ally and getting access to american troops as far as some sites close to taiwan are concerned. so definitely the philippines will be on the american side, but this is precisely why president marcos jr wants to make it look as if his relationship of the united states is notjust about the military bases, it is much more comprehensive. because he wants to have a comprehensive relationship with all superpowers, and i wouldn t be surprised in the coming months
going to be quite challenging for marcosjr. is going to be quite challenging for marcos jr. for marcos jr. is it possible to sa , for marcos jr. is it possible to say. you for marcos jr. is it possible to say, you know, - for marcos jr. is it possible to say, you know, which i for marcos jr. is it possible l to say, you know, which side the philippines would choose in the philippines would choose in the event of a possible conflict between the united states and china over something like taiwan, for instance? right. taiwan is closer to the philippines geographically than practically all of their south asian countries. it sjust practically all of their south asian countries. it s just over 100 nautical miles. it sjust a two hourflight from major cities to the north of the philippines. as far as where marcosjr has come from culturally. so it is too geographically) to set it out. and at the same time, we are us treaty ally and getting access to american troops as far as some sites close