considerate and they re ambassadors to the country and they do a great job being ambassadors to these people who have gone through an awful lot. this is gary tuchman, cnn, in el paso, texas. gary, thank you. former vice president joe biden reversing course on abortion funding. the question now is, is this going to help him or hurt his campaign? plus tensions growing between the u.s. and russia after this video shows a russian destroyer nearly slamming into a u.s. aircraft carrier. congressman ted yoho, a member of the foreign affairs committee, joins us to talk about that.
base. this is good i looked before we went on, trump is now in an all camp mode on tweet asserting mexico will buy agricultural products and that makes all stories one. no, i don t think nothing ever replaces the wall. i believe in the president trump world and in his thought. this is just something that he will be fixated on and we will see if mexico can really execute this. for the moment, if he has been able to parlay this threat into stemming the migrant tide, this will increase his standing with his base. all right, lynn sweet, always appreciate having you on. thank you, ma am. thank you. so this video shows a russian warship nearly crashing into a u.s. aircraft carrier. now this near collision is part of the escalating tensions between the countries. why is this happening and what will the u.s. do about it? an autopsy results back
heroin comes directly out of mexico. mexico s growing over 73,000 acres of opium and this comes directly into our country. so if we re going to be good trading partners and they want a strong america, they need to come to the table to help get some of the things under control. it is just as much their responsibility as ours and i stand with president trump and if they don t follow through with this, i think the president will follow through with the tariffs and i ll support him. let s switch to one other topic before we wrap up. this week the administration declassified details of this russian destroyer approaching uss chancellorsville the aircraft carrier in the pacific and the pentagon said there have been several, as they described provocation over the last few months and the latest one coincides with the bosom buddy declaration between china and russia. do you see the connection here between russia cozying with china and what we saw in the pacific this week?
with an american guided missile cruiser in the philippines sea. the navy released this video. look at this. taken from the uss chancellorsville that says it shows the russian ship accelerating and closing to within 50 to 100 feet of the american ship while it was in the process of recovering its helicopter. the chancellorsville was forced to put its engines in full reverse to avoid a collision. which called the russian move, quote, unsafe, unprofessional, and not in accordance for the international regulations for preventing collisions at sea. the russians came so close that russian sailors can be seen sunbathing in the video. the russians are blaming the american ship claiming that it, quote, suddenly changed direction and crossed their path. now, that despite this aerial photo released by the navy that appears to support the u.s. version of events. this is the second near miss with russia in four days. on tuesday, a russian fighter jet made a high-speed pass directly in front of
stop people from entering the land of the united states. one thing i can tell you is these border patrol agents we worked with they are very professional, very considerate, they are ambassadors to this country and they do a great job being ambassadors to these people who ve gone through an awful lot. this is gary tuchman, cnn, in el paso, texas. the u.s. and russia are pointing fingers at one another after two of their warships almost collided in the pacific. each side is accusing the other of making reckless maneuvers. as cnn s alex marquardt reports, it comes as military tensions between the two nations have been escalating. reporter: a brazen challenge. this russian destroyer according to the u.s. navy coming within 100 feet of the uss chancellorsville. the american sailors recording the latest potentially deadly provocation by the russian military. the incident taking place in international waters in the philippine sea just south of the japanese island of okinawa. the russian