AND WE BEGIN THIS HALF HOUR WITH
BREAKING NEWS.
THE U.S. NAVY IS SAYING THAT A
RUSSIAN DESTROYER CAME WITHIN 50
TO 100 FEET OF A U.S. MISSILE
CRUISER IN THE PHILIPPINES SEA,
FORCING IT TO REVERSE IN ORDER
TO AVOID COLLISION.
THIS AS RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR PUTIN AND CHINA'S
PRESIDENT XI-JINPING SIGNED
DEALS WORTH $20 BILLION AMID
HEIGHTENED TENSIONS WITH THE
UNITED STATES.
PRESIDENT XI-JINPING DESCRIBED
PUTIN AS, QUOTE, HIS BEST
FRIEND.
JOINING ME RIGHT NOW IS RETIRED
FOUR STAR GENERAL, GENERAL JACK
KEANE.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
MARIA:  WHAT WAS THAT, A POKE IN
THE EYE AT PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE'S
MY BEST FRIEND?
>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S PRESIDENT
TRUMP, IT'S THE WORLD STAGE,
CERTAINLY THEY'RE COGNIZANT OF
THE FACT THAT THE WEST IS
CELEBRATING AND HONORING THE
D-DAY UNVACATION
D-DAY INVACATION
D-DAY INVASATION
D-DAY INVASIOION
D-DAY INVASIONON
D-DAY INVASION AND WHAT AN EPIC
EVENT THAT WAS.
THESE REGIMES HAVE A NUMBER OF
THINGS IN COMMON.
THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE
INTERNATIONAL ORDER AS IT
CURRENTLY EXISTS.
THEY WANT THEIR OWN SPHERE OF
INFLUENCE.
THEY OBVIOUSLY LOOK AT THE
UNITED STATES AS AN ADD VEER
RARELY, MUCH MORE -- ADVERSARY,
MUCH MORE THAN JUST A COMPETITOR
AND THEY INTIMIDATE AND COERCE
OUR ALLIES ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN
ALLIANCE LIKE NATO OR SOME OF
THE OTHER RELATIONSHIPS THE
UNITED STATES HAS.
I DO BELIEVE THEY MOVE CLOSER
TOGETHER TO BE SURE BUT THEY
HAVE HISTORIC DIFFERENCES AND
THEY DEAL WITH FUNDAMENTAL TRUST
AND RELIABILITY WITH EACH OTHER
THAT NORMALLY HAVE A TENDENCY TO
PLAY OUT OVER TIME.
MARIA:  WHAT DO YOU THINK WENT
ON THIS MORNING IN THE
PHILIPPINE SEA?
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS NEAR
COLLISION WHERE THE U.S. VESSEL
HAD TO ACTUALLY MANEUVER NOT TO
GET HIT BY THE RUSSIAN VESSEL.
>> THIS KIND OF HARASSMENT, WHAT
OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD DO THIS?
THIS IS -- RUSSIA DOES IT, CHINA
DOES IT PRO
DOES IT ARO
DOES IT AND ALSO IRAN WITH THE
PATROL BOATS.
DOES THE UNITED STATES DO THIS?
NO.
WHY DO THEY DO IT?
THEY DO IT TO GET A HEADLINE, TO
REMIND PEOPLE THEY'RE A POWERFUL
NATION.
THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH THESE
GUYS IS TO IGNORE IT.
THE WORST THING TO DO WOULD BE
TO ESCALATE AND RESPOND, EVEN
THOUGH YOUR INSTINCTS ARE TO DO
THAT.
THEY PUNCH US IN THE NOSE A
LITTLE BIT, THE INSTINCT IS TO
RETURN THE FAVOR.
WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
GO ON ABOUT OUR BUSINESS AND
KEEP DOING OUR BUSINESS.
IF IT
IF GT
IF GOT TO THE POINT WHERE
OBVIOUSLY LIVES ARE BEING
THREATENED, WE WOULD HAVE TO
TAKE SOME KIND OF ACTION.
THESE ARE DANGEROUS THINGS.
I DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE IT.
WHEN YOU COME THAT CLOSE, A NAVY
SHIP HAS TO GO ALL REVERSE
ENGINES, OBVIOUSLY THAT IS
POTENTIALLY A COLLISION.
MARIA:  I KNOW, BUT I MEAN, IF
CHINA IS ALSO DOING THIS, DO WE
HAVE A PLAN TO FIGHT BACK IN ALL
OF THIS BULLYING?
EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT CHINA
IS DOING IN MATERIALS OF
THREATENING -- IN TERMS OF
THREATENING THAT IT'S NOT GOING
TO IMPORT RARE EARTH MINERALS OR
THE WAY IT BULLIED FED EX THE
OTHER DAY, SO IT'S NOT JUST
THINGS IN THE MILITARY BUT THIS
OVERALL, AS YOU SAY, AS YOU
CALLED IT IN THE PAST, IS IT
GRAY ZONE?
>> YEAH, CHINA IS GRAY ZONE
OPERATION, RUSSIA IT'S HYBRID
WAR FARE.
BOTH COUNTRIES ARE OPERATING
BELOW THE LEVEL OF CONSISTENT
FLICK.
THEY BELIEVE THEY'RE ON --
CONSISTENT
CONFISTENT
CONFLITENT
CONFLICTNT
CONFLICT.T
IT'S INFORMATION OPERATIONS,
INTIMIDATION, COERCION,
VIOLATING AIR AND MARITIME
RIGHTS, IT'S MAJOR DIS
DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS, ALL OF
THAT TO UNDERMINE OUR
GOVERNMENT, TO WEAKEN THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PEOPLE
AND ITS CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT
AND SAME THING WITH OUR ALLIES.
I HAVE BEEN BRIEFED BECAUSE I'VE
BEEN CRITICIZING THE
ADMINISTRATION FOR NOT HAVING A
COMPREHENSIVE GOVERNMENT
STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH THIS,
PARTICULARLY WITH CHINA.
AND I WENT THROUGH THE DETAILS
OF THAT.
IT'S CLASSIFIED AND WE DO HAVE A
STRATEGY AND WE ARE OUT THERE,
WORKING AGAINST THEM WITH OUR
ALLIES.
MARIA:  OKAY.
>> THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION
JUST DID NOTHING, A ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING, TO CONTAIN THEM.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS GOT A
PLAN AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH
OUR ALLIES SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
MARIA:  THE PRESIDENT COMING
HOME NOW AFTER HIS EUROPEAN
VISIT.
THE PRESIDENT WRAPPING UP HIS
TRIP TO EUROPE, COMMEMORATING
THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY,
WATCHING A PATRIOTIC FLY OVER
WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL
MACRON.
HE SPOKE TO VETERANS, TOURED THE
CEMETERY AT NORMANDY.
HIS SPEECH WON HIGH APPLAUSE.
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE
PRESIDENT'S TRIP AND THE
RECEPTION THAT HE WAS GIVEN?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU I
THOUGHT THE BEGINNING OF THE
TRIP IN ENGLAND AND HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE QUEEN IS
OBVIOUS.
IT'S PERSONABLE.
IT GOES BEYOND THE NORMAL
RELATIONSHIP, PROBABLY A
TESTIMONY AS TO WHY IT WAS A
STATE VISIT, TO BE SURE.
HE GREW UP IN A FAMILY THAT HAD
GREAT REF
GREAT RESPECT FOR THIS QUEEN.
NOW HE HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH
HE HER.
HE MUST PINCH HIMSELF A LITTLE
BIT IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENED TO
HIM ON A PERSONAL BASIS.
HE THREW A BONE TO ENGLAND IN
TERMS OF WE'RE GOING TO DO A
DEAL AFTER BREXIT, A MAJOR TRADE
DEAL.
THAT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS.
OF COURSE, WHAT HAPPENED IN
D-DAY, I THINK IT'S THE BEST
SPEECHES MADE SINCE HE'S BEEN
PRESIDENT.
MARIA:  YEAH, IT WAS VERY
MOVING.
IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE
COMMEMORATION.
WE HONOR THESE FOLKS, THESE
PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE TO DEFEND OUR
FREEDOMS.
WE WILL HONOR THEM FOREVER.
GENERAL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
