of, for and by the people. we need a government that actually understands that and doesn t think that it is the ruler. what do you think, david? well, i think that he is speaking to the he has command of one-half of the right wing of the republican party and those are social conservatives. and he has he s had a base with that group for years because of his writings. he is now going after the populous tea party base that is fundamentally anti-government, populist in its notions, and this is a direct appeal to that group that is very anti-washington. let s take a look at the second spot from the carson campaign called drain the swamp. did you know washington is built on a swamp? massive government debt, stifling regulation, special interest politics? partisan dysfunction. now it all makes sense.
reporter: during the flight, the chinese navy warned the u.s. aircraft away eight times. foreign military aircraft, this is chinese navy. you are approaching our military alert zone. leave immediately. reporter: the dispute was on the agenda for chinese president xi jinping s state visit to washington earlier this month. the confrontation on the high seas makes clear the two sides have made little progress towards resolution. the pentagon is drawing up plans to make these so-called transits routine, but where and how often is still the subject of debate inside the administration, and the ultimate question is what the administration can do not only to express its dissatisfaction, wolf, but to get china to reverse building land 600 miles from its shores, and that is certainly not clear at this point. and claiming it s their territory. absolutely. their territory. and the territorial waters around it as well. thanks very much, jim sciutto, for that. let s bring back the chairm
lasson s bridge, standard procedure when entering a country s national waters. but the u.s. doesn t recognize china s territorial claim as legal or the manmade islands as territory as all. and this isn t the first time the u.s. navy has delivered that message. in may we flew exclusively on a u.s. surveillance aircraft. a demonstration the u.s. considers the airspace international as well. during the flight, the chinese navy warned the u.s. aircraft away eight times. this is chinese navy. you are approaching our military alert zone. reporter: the growing international dispute was on the agenda for xi jinping s state visit to washington earlier this month. the confrontation on the high seas makes clear the two sides have made little progress towards resolution. now, sailing a warship within 12 miles of these islands is the
in a new cbs/ new york times poll. today, carson picking up an endorsement from mma fighter. that s a good picture right there. reporter: the fight to lead the field increasingly looks like a two-way race as every other republican remains stuck in single digits. it s a marathon, it s not a sprint. poll go up and down over the next year. no one should be terribly alarmed, no one should be terribly excited. reporter: a cornerstone of carson s appeal, like trump, he too, is a washington outsider at a time of growing frustration with the political clasp it s an image he embraces in his latest campaign ad. i m ben carson. i m running for president and i m very much outside the box. reporter: meantime, as trump loses the lead, he s lashing out. claiming carson wants to do away with medicare. ben wants to knock out medicare, i heard that over the weekend, abolish medicare, and i think abolishing medicare i
alarmed and no one should be terribly excited. it s just steady as you go and keep with your message. reporter: a cornerstone of carson s appeal, like trump, he too is a washington outsider at a time of growing frustration with the political class. it s an image he embraces in his latest campaign ad. i m ben carson. i m running for president. and i m very much outside the box. reporter: meantime, as trump loses the lead, he s lashing out. claiming carson wants to do away with medicare. ben wants to knock out medicare, i heard that over the weekend. he wants to abolish medicare, and i think, you know, abolishing medicare, i don t think you re going to get away with that one. and it s actually a program that s worked. so it s a program that some people love. reporter: a claim carson deni denies. the program that i have outlined using health savings accounts starting from the time you are born until the time you die largely eliminates the need