A month ago because this kind of i think sets the story up better so lets do that one month ago tensions between hong kong and beijing were boiling over so the United States sent in literally one 4th of its carrier fleet to the waters that are surrounding china china did not take that well in fact here is the warning that china has said the United States government officially warned the United States that they would consider deploying countermeasures in quotations against the warships including carrier killing bullets stick missiles while china insists that the United States is trying to provoke them ok that was a month ago now using chinas own description a new provocation may be under way this time its chinas arch rival and u. S. Ally taiwan that is conducting mill. Terry exercises that are obviously meant to send beijing a stern message that message is a massive i mean massive live fire military exercise on land air and sea meant to quote show china this is what taiwans president is saying show china taiwans determination to defend itself if youre ready here it is. So what is the message that we here in the United States are sending china with some of what you just saw are right there and doing it through taiwan is it justified how will china react to all of this heres what were going to do were going to drill down because this is a place where the next major global conflict could easily erupt and because we think that you should know about it this is the news of rick sanchez where we believe its time to do news again. Right here we go with a list of the questions we think youll be asking tomorrow after watching our newscast today in the midst of a Global Pandemic taiwan flexes its u. S. Hardware military. Anger and frustration boiling over in florida and georgia what is all the fuss about. And why did tens of thousands of make have to be put to death in spain. Ok. They are among the most massive and certainly the most visual live fire military exercises that weve seen in that part of the world in quite some time and theyre presented well theyre presented that way for a purpose the purpose is messaging and the message is back off china. Correspondent. With the latest from the South China Sea. Air sea and land forces using live ammunition to show off taiwans military might. Major advantage in our military any showings the combat power troops and yet the world to see our determination and efforts to protect our country this year 8000 soldiers took part in the show which is modeled on a potential invasion of the island from Mainland China china has always insisted that taiwan is a part of its territory and to some degree a peaceful status quo relationship has been internationally respected for decades through the years of the United States a short appreciation for the relationship but now with tensions high between the u. S. And china the Current Administration in d. C. Is taking a less conciliatory stance with taiwan and other chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea i think things have shifted dramatically in the region i think you are seeing countries all throughout asia and indeed in Southeast Asia and in the pacific recognizing that the United States is prepared to do the things necessary to assist them in protecting their valid legal claims china says that the rhetoric and other moves by the trumpet ministration are attempts to destabilize the region aside from brash statements the u. S. Is actively patrolling the area which is half a world away from its mean land with 2 warships and occasional fly bys of b. One b. Supersonic bombers. I want to side without a doubt the South China Sea is very valuable about one 3rd of the worlds shipping flows through the strategic body of water 10 percent of all the worlds fisheries are there and to top it off the South China Sea is thought to contain 190. 00 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 11000000000. 00 barrels of oil the usual suspects want to increase americas foothold in that region i think support for taiwan maintaining its separate status and indeed. With the United States remains very strong but many countries in the area would rather avoid trouble a number of regional players are saying that they have historically been able to manage their own relations with china and that they are eager to continue moving forward peacefully without interference from the other side of the globe for news with rick sanchez im alex my love it is a Fascinating Development joining us now for more on this topic our 2 guests who come at this from maybe slightly different points of view john so ladies who is a geo political strategist that trilogy advisers gerald harner as a professor of history at the university of houston gerald im going to begin with you is our government the United States of america and our military do you believe justified to be doing military exercises right off the coast of china and or using taiwan as a proxy to do so. Absolutely not imagine if you will what would happen if china were to engage in military maneuvers off the coast of Southern California or more provocatively off the coast of washington d. C. Obviously you have to put this in a broader context that is to say that washington is frightened that china is in the passing lane by some measures china already has an economy thats larger than that of the United States however the United States still maintains a military advantage or so it thinks and so it is putting a full court press on china which not only includes these military maneuvers but also pressure with regard to hong kong also pressure on socalled out wides including Great Britain to not go forward with the Telecommunications Deal with the chinese giant speaking one way and that also includes putting pressure on canada to continue to detain the daughter of the founder of weiwei who is under house arrest and vancouver British Columbia so you have to see this in a wider concepts carol back so much john you heard what jerrold said how is he right or how is he wrong. To global commercial system upon which the nations of the world including china have been able to join prosperity and joy Prosperity Peace and flourish meant its a largely dependent on freedom of navigation freedom of overflights and street and open shipping and what china has done in the South China Sea over the last decade is to undermine those principles and illegally and unlawfully declare one of the worlds poster teacher waterways almost all of which are International Waters a sovereign chinese territory and this is all against the wishes of its neighbors vietnam philippines indonesia malaysia boon im and so this is very very problematic because none of these countries are able to stand up to chinas very powerful military the only country that is able to do so. Defend open shipping for all of the countries of the world not just itself is the United States so the u. S. Is there showing it will shorten credibility and demonstrating to chinas neighbors and to china that it will stand up to these very important principles and as it pertains to taiwan and its president xi jinping who issued in a speech 2 years ago warning to taiwan there will be unified with china whether it wants to be or not by 24 not 40 not so its china the strengthening taiwan and to wanting gaged in selfdefense let me go back to you gerald he has a great point especially about china hoarding all those islands in the South China Sea and essentially developing them many of them for military purposes which is something the United States has been complaining about isnt john right when he makes that point that china is not blameless here. Well look if there are disputes in the South China Sea they should be settled between amongst the cartoons not least vietnam and the philippines but once again you have to see this in a broader context a choice you paid attention to the fire breathing speech by attorney general william barr just yesterday at the general for museum where he issued a bill of indictment not only against china but also u. S. Corporations like apple and Hollywood Studios that have interests and this was preceded by another far reaching speech by f. B. I. Director Christopher Ray who announced that already as we speak there are thousands thousands of investigations into chinese a look at cyber now the alleged espionage and other transgressions supposedly that are sweeping with us am but many Chinese Americans many of chinese ancestry United States and including the chairman of the Chemistry Department and harbor Charles Lever mr trump is already a know its a face to trade deal thats off the table and i think china would have said the same thing so cold that were going to remake its economy in the audience and in the visit of United States of america so we need to realize that this is cold war 2 its very dangerous and us military of the new 1st off the coast of china is not solving anything i take your point but you did not answer my question and im a holder to it is china wrong to be hoarding all that land or off its coast well i wouldnt use the verb hoarding of there have been disputes in International Tribunals involving philippines those disputes being with it as far as i know all right thank you so much john let me just go back to you real quick with 30 seconds left the argument is that the United States is bullying china because china is too successful and its mad about that what do you make of that argument. China is engaged in unrestricted warfare not only in terms of its military operations against its neighbors i mean it sank a vietnamese boat in april its arresting a maritime fleets of all the other neighbors in the South China Sea region and its threatening taiwan openly including using the cover of the coast tend to engage in him serious exercises that would replicate invasion of taiwan so china china that she believed humans activities against all of its neighbors and the u. S. Working with your hand with the United Kingdom with friends is a coating navigational freedom and overflights freedom in one of the most important war ways of the world in accordance with International Law and its china that rejected tribunals the International Tribunal that favored philippines position when the philippines went to an International Court china simply says we dont get rid of it as we were thats not the way to operate in a rules based International System 2 contrasting points of view but 2 very well d delivered well thought out and very smart perspectives this is what news is supposed to look like were so happy we have both of you thank you gentlemen there is a timely conflict occurring as we speak in georgia pitting a city against a state earlier this week the governor there announced that while people there should wear masks the government cannot force people to wear masks not long after that the mayor of atlanta announced its citizens have to wear masks right well that will now be decided by a court because both parties are so we each other meanwhile a neighboring florida it seems like the whole place is in a state of anger and confusion with kovan 1000 cases surging the level of fear and frustration seems near the boiling point or to correspondent john hardy reporting today from miami. Miami has always been high just not like this the center for Public Integrity reports that a new document prepared for the White House Coronavirus task force. Lists florida and 17 other states as being in the coronavirus red zone with 11 of those states including florida having more than 10 percent of covert 900. 00 tests coming back positive weve been reporting for almost a month about miami being the epicenter of the coven 1000. 00 virus in florida this week the Mainstream Media picked up on it with wada law coverage of floridas outbreak and Public Officials including city of miami mayor Francis Suarez making the rounds on the various talk shows talking about what miami is doing to stop the outbreak the problem is almost every other day a new record is being set reuters reported thursday that florida recorded the largest one day increase in deaths from the corona virus since the pandemic began and the state 2nd largest increase in cases ever as our t. V. Reported 4 months ago on march 18th there were 314 coded 1000 cases statewide and 7 deaths today there are more than 315000 more than 4600 deaths. Governor Rhonda Santas who while during a press conference this week in miami said he couldnt recall if theres even a case of kobe 19 back in early march was heckled by a protester. So i think they are. The santas coming under increasing pressure continues to deny any plans to roll back the states reopening as which started back in may but some top florida officials are calling on the santas to impose a mandatory statewide stay at home order meanwhile this week the city of miami beach ordered all Short Term Rentals to be shut down thats existing and future reservations and Miami Dade County passed an emergency ordinance increasing fines for people not Wearing Masks for the news with Rick Sanchez John hardy good stuff job but actually this is the news of those youre watching our special coverage when we come back ok we showed you how things in georgia things in florida theres a lot of frustration a lot of people are out of the. Time coping what are the coping mechanisms for all of us especially those of us trying to maintain relationships or those trying to find relationships in these difficult times psychologist lisa paul will join us from florida. Ah no team no crowd. No shots. 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But it seems these days that in places like florida as we just showed you and other red zones around the country really around the world its a virtue that sometimes difficult to achieve these days so that we want to go back to florida now and talk to a noted relationship psychologist lisa palmer to give us some advice on this situation yeah you should be smiling because i tell you these are times we almost have to force smiles hey let me let me start with this everything that were all going through right now the social distancing the people Wearing Masks the frustrations. Do you get a feeling that we are emotionally going to be changed maybe for a long time if not forever as a result of what were going through right now. For the positive in certain ways i mean that a lot of people have been making changes in their relationships in your life as a lot of people now decide to get worse because. You know there is a figured out and theres other you know families that. Mean more positive changes are at work time with their kids and doing our home its in the home. Getting back to. Having a family dinner together and so on and so forth so i think on that level there are people that are needing changes either way ok so theres 2 parts to this there are people out there who are trying to maintain their relationship but suddenly they find themselves spending a lot more drama at home than they used to and theyre having a tough time with that or for whatever other reason and then there are the people who are looking for a relationship but how do you find it underneath masks and social distancing so lets tackle the 1st one what are the skills that you need right now to maintain a healthy relationship with your partner during these times. Well just later i mean its time that hes not hes going to run a really really high end even more than us