Towards establishing legally binding rules to resolve territorial disputes. However, they failed to make a concrete schedule for when that minor league happen. Asean leaders met with chinese premier wen jiabao on monday evening. The South China Sea is a contentious issue in part because the area is believed to hold rich natural resources. Vietnam and the philippines have claimed other parts of the sea. They are strongly in favor of a legally binding code of conduct, or coc. But china seems reluctant. It apparently believes the coc will limit its maritime activities. Before the talks, a Chinese Government spokesperson said asean should have more important issues to deal with. Translator first of all, asean nations should take appropriate measures in order to make progress in the region. They should focus on how they can boost their economic growth. Now, after the meeting, indones indonesias foreign minister told reporters that asean and china agreed on the need to take concrete action t
Morning. Flying from the west coast to much of the country today will not be easy. Many cities face the biggest snowstorm of the season. Winter storm warnings are posted across the midwest. Hundreds of flights have been canceled. Jamie yuccas of station wcco is in minneapolis. Reporter snowplows were out all night but drivers have a tricky commute this morning. Were waking up from anywhere from 7 to 10 inches of snow. Its not going to stop anytime soon. We could see more than a foot of snow by the time this is all said and done. The flakes are expected to taper off this afternoon but minneapolis will remain in a winter storm warning until 6 00 tonight. Blowing and drifting snow is also possible this evening when winds pick up. Weve had snow all season. This is one of the biggest storms of the year. The storm is dumping wet, heavy snow which can be a very strenuous activity for those not used to shoveling. Flights have been canceled to places like chicago and while drivers have to deal
This is the cbs weekend news. Quijano good evening, im Elaine Quijano. This is our western edition. Washington is bulling out over President Trumps unsubstantiated claim this weekend that president obama bugged his new york office before the election. The president made the accusation on twitter early saturday and followed it up with an official white house statement sunday requesting a congressional investigation. Tonight the New York Times reports fbi director james comey is asking the Justice Department to publicly reject mr. Trumps claim. The president spent the weekend at the so called winter white house. His maralago resort in palm beach, florida. Errol barnett is there. President trump was here in florida a thousand miles from washington when he claimed a series of tweets claiming president obama issued a wiretap of trump tower. No evidence was provided and president obama denied it democrats and republicans have been trying to figure out if the explosive accusations have merit
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