Israeli officials are bracing for reaction. The idf says it intercepted a missile over central israel that have been launched from yemen. Israel continues to pound targets Inside Lebanon, large plumes of smoke can be seen all day rising over the south. Ri in iran, antiisrael protesters took to the streets of the Capital City and that countrys Supreme Leader declared five days of mourning, urging his people to stand with hezbollah. In the u. S. , President Biden said he has directed secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to further enhance the Defense Posture of Military Forces in The Middle East to deter aggression and reduce the risk of a broader regional war. We have reporters and analysts in place around the World Right in with all these new developments first. First, Matt Bradley joined us again from beirut. Matt, give us a sense of how tense it is in Lebanons Capital this evening. Reporter tense, and oni hav to say, alex, mournful, People Y are crying in the streets, wailing out. This
Good day. Welcome to the Hudson Institute. Im todd linberg, a seen the yor fe senior fellow here. Were having a conversation today with peter burkowitz, the developer of planning at the state department. Peter is on leave from the stanford university, peters undergraduated years, he has an m. A. In philosophy from the Hebrew University in jerusalem, and then a j. D. And ph. D. From yale. And so hes obviously rather overqualified for any position he finds himself in. But were glad hes able to join us today to talk about this report. The elements of the china challenge. This is a report by the policy planning staff in the office of the secretary of state. Ill just say a word or two about that office. The policy planning staff is an office within the secretarys office. So it is tasked principally by the secretary to undertake such research and policy planning, indeed, as he zeem deems fit and this staff is, of course, a political appointee and has led the office since early in 2019. Let m
And lotsof and china launches its 1st unmanned spacecraft to the moon and aims to bring back from the lunar surface. So many weeks of delay and uncertainty, but finally the u. S. President elect joe biden is formally beginning his transition to the white house ahead of the g. S. A. The General Services association has now designated biden as the apparent winner of this months president ial election. So that clears the way for the transition to finally begin. Joe trump has refused to concede, of course, but he has authorized the administration to initiate the process while still vowing to keep up the fight. Hes insisting without evidence that the election was, quote, corrupt for their part joe bidens team welcoming the decision which now frees up millions of dollars for his new administration. It means it can now work with the existing federal officials on a coronavirus response, as well as a National Security strategy that some of the support from patty in washington. This is the lette
Off china launches an unmanned spacecraft to the moon. Aiming to bring back rocks from lunar surface. Following weeks of delay and uncertainty, u. S. President elect joe biden has formally begun his transition to the white house. The head of the General Services administration is designated by and as the apparent wind of this months president ial election. That clears the way for the transition to get underway. Donald trump has refused to concede defeat or the lies his administration to start the process boss has vowed to keep up the fight, insisting without evidence that the election was quote, corrupt biplanes. Team has welcomed the move, which frees up millions of dollars for his new administration. It can now work with federal officials on a coronavirus response, as well as a National Security strategy of 0 as particle hay and reports from washington. This is the letter president elect. Joe biden has been waiting for giving him the federal resources he needs to begin putting his ad
I have the pleasure today of moderating this conversation between two outstanding policymakers and scholars. And the us china relationship. And working in the Defense Department and mongolia and the commissioner congressionally mandated Security Review Commission and the author of a terrific new book which is called the china nightmare. And we will be talking about it with him and with retired Lieutenant General hr mcmaster. And a reputation and military service one of those adaptive mines in the American Military i am delighted to have both of them here with us today. I am sorry neglected to say hr is also the author of a new book called battleground. Thank you both for making time for china policy. Thank you very much thank you for your leadership at aei and mr. Mcmaster for joining us. And to have reshaped china policy last few years. I am very thankful as we all are for doing that. The china nightmare, what does my book mean by that . China certainly has grand ambitions and power b