of our destroyers. no call for that. it is unsafe, it is unprofessional. martha: john kirby also called the move in a later comment increasingly aggressive, so what does all of this mean. i will talk to former defense secretary mark esper standing by with his thoughts, and eric shawn with the latest news on this in new york. hi, eric. hi, martha, showing that they are showing an increase level of aggressiveness against the assets in the pacific. after the chinese warship intercepted a u.s. guided missile destroyer in the taiwan strait, the shocking incident happened on saturday and crossed dangerously close to the ball of our ship. and then there was this, passing the surveillance plane occurred ten days ago causing the cockpit and our guys, they had to shake because of the turbulence. and the white house at the last hour, saying that the administration in his view is to prepare to face beijing s growing aggression. when you have pieces of metal that size whether it is
you by meso book.com. former president donald trump speaking tonight in iowa. his 1st trip to the crucial campaign state. he is announcing his 3rd white house run. rival candidate nikki haley and likely contenders ron desantis and mike pence also making trips to iowa. the base wants to move on from trump. here with me now karen, bob, mona, tia. i m glad you re all here tonight. let s begin with what trump is saying about governor ron desantis. i know you re saying what is he saying? he is what he is had to say. ron desantis red sanctimonious. ron desantis strongly opposed ethanol do you know that? we don t even know if he is running. if he is not running i will say he was fine on ethanol. don t worry. he also fought against social security. he wanted to decimate it and vote against it 3 times. voting against social security that s a bad one. he is under his skin. he hasn t announced his run yet but he is focusing on him. he has no one else to focus on really because t
in the uk and around the world. i m tadhg enright. we start here in the uk where a summer of strikes could get even worse in the winter as two of britain s largest trade unions have put forward motions to co ordinate future walkouts in an effort to cause maximum impact. this the latest move to build pressure on the government and companies as workers demand higher wages in the face of soaring inflation and the cost of living crisis. the summer has seen industrial action from railway workers, to dock workers through to criminal barristers. and there could be more to come as nurses and local government workers are set to make decisions in the coming weeks. joining me now is gervais williams, head of equities at premier miton investors. whenever we talk about such things, we often reference the winter of discontent from the 1970s when there were widespread strikes in the face of high inflation. could this match it? iithink i i think it s very serious, when we look at the cost of
Exciting. All right. Andy shovels. Thank you so much. Texas that could get some downpours have damaged homes swept away cars, and forced people to evacuate some areas got hit with almost two feet of rain causing widespread flooding and more rain is on the way lets bring in cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar so theres more youre tracking yeah. Unfortunately, the last thing this this place needs is more ran, but texas is about to get a bunch of it. Take a look at the video behind me. This is from livingston, texas again, you can just see all of that widespread water flowing into homes and businesses and covering the roadways. But its not just the rain that fell onto the roads. You also have to worry about the rivers, creeks, and streams because those swell after that much rain. Take a look. Youve got 39 river gauges at Minor Flood Stage 16 at modern and about a dozen river gauges at major flood stage. And these take time. In fact, some of these have yet to even peak and likely wont for a