the new york times is reporting china will provide 50 fighter generals to pakistan. as prime minister advice iing beijing. also in china right now, high-level north korea delegation according to some reports north korean leader kim jong-il may be leading it. we are watching this story for you. meanwhile, china is pushing a developed new high-tech weapons. what if, what if these weapons are developed as part of a growing arm s race between the u.s. and china? let s bring in our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. she work thing part of the story for us. 20 years ago a lot of people would be surprised if you told them today our primary war would be against these terrorists. not against a nation. it is a job to look ahead 20, 30 years from now to see what the next conflict could be. some of the brightest minds in the u.s. and china are already
this hour, concerns that there are potential targets at risk by cutting homeland security funds. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with deadly new clashes today in syria as security forces try to break up anti-government protests in a number of cities. human rights activists say that at least 34 people were killed. they say to end the crackdown or get out of the way. here is arwa damon. reporter: wolf, when we see the images coming out of syria, the path that the regime continues to take seems pretty clear. they are aiming to clear. a voice yells off camera. this is video said to be from the city of hopes, which has seen many protests in recent weeks. it was posted to youtube. cnn cannot verify its authenticity or when it was shot. but one opposition activist told cnn on friday that the security forces fired straight in crowds of demonstrators and the syrian human rights information link reported a mounting death poll throughout the day. a simila