underway that there is initially an agreement for what would be a training center, a base. that is the belief at this point, that it starts as a diplomatic relations, and then it spans to possible training facility. and then there could be the potential for military assets to be moved. in speaking with secretary blinken about this, he says of that the u.s. is very much aware of what has been happening at this base. that these are conversations that they had with other countries, warnings that they give to other countries, about the slow creep of chinese influence. that it can start with diplomatic relations but then move towards something very different. but he says this is something that the u.s. is aware of, that they re watching. and that he did raise directly with his chinese counterparts. you also asked him about the
amphibious landing. it s the most complicated military operation that i m aware of. so there s no easy for china with respect to that. the part of the worry, at least our report lays out our belief that deterrence is actually failing. it hasn t failed for obvious reasons because we re not in conflict. and that we need to build up that deterrence in a very strong way so that the chinese leadership will never decide now is the time to go to war and take taiwan back. we support the one china policy which is the peaceful reunification. that s what has been in play for, you know, 40-plus years. and we would like to see that continue. sue gordon and admiral mike mullen. thanks to both of you. i know you ve got an event to present your findings and appreciate you coming here with us. thank you. thank you, andrea. and conflict over taiwan is one of the tensions that
remains. janis mackey frayer did sit down with secretary blinken and asked him about the spy base in cuba. of course, this is something that s not new. this is something that s gone on for a number of years, that i raised t with my chinese counterpart. are they concerned with it being more than a spy base? we have concerns and physically taking a position, or trying to take a position with the country that could turn into a military basis of some kind. frayer, joins us how after your marathon work in beijing with the secretary. thank you, janis, for being with us. there have been positions and i ve been told this is very much
spy balloon. and did he basically say case closed? this was the trip that secretary blinken had called off when the spy balloon had been shot down. and the biden administration made no secret about wanting to get this visit back on track. so, it naturally begs the question, does it not, does this mean that the balloon incident, vis-a-vis china is over? here s what he had to say. so, with beijing, the balloon incident is over? water under the bridge? we have we did what we needed to do to protect our interests. we said what we needed to say and made clear what we needed to make clear in terms of this not happening again. and so, as long as it doesn t, that chapter should be closed. reporter: that was after president biden had said he felt
goes along. then there s the other judge charge where he filled out a form declining or failing to say he was addicted to drugs at the time. that technically is a felony. he ll enter a diversion program that won t be on his record. in a sense, you see this as a significant victory for hunter biden, look, he paid back what is we believe more than $1 million in a tax bill last year. the documents don t specify exactly how much taxes he owed. as part of a significant federal investigation. but also looked into whether he was violating the law by representing foreign companies or governments. nbc news reported that he was paid millions of dollars, some $13 million from ukrainian and chinese business interests. at the end of the day, investigators did not find criminal wrongdoing in any of that, at least according to this presentation today. and hunter biden s lawyers are saying from their per inspected