DETAILS: China pushing RAPID EXPANSION of nuclear arsenal

>> Bill: NOW YOU HAVE A. HIGH-STAKES SUMMIT AT THE WHITE. HOUSE HAPPENING IN MOMENTS. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL MEET WITH. CHINA'S PRESIDENT XI JINPING AND. HIS WIFE. THE STATE VISIT COMING AS THE. WORLD'S TWO LARGEST ECONOMIES. NAVIGATE A WIDE RANGE OF. ECONOMIC AND GEOPOLITICAL. MATTERS. SOMETIMES TENSION. BRAND-NEW HOUR BEGINS NOW. DANA IS OFF THIS WEEK. BILL HEMMER LIVE IN NEW YORK. CITY. MY PARTNER FLYING WITH MY WING.

MAN THIS WEEK JACKY HEINRICH. >> Jacqui: I'M JACKUI HEINRICH. TODAY'S MEETING IS TAKING PLACE. AMONG MAJOR CONCERNS OVER TRADE, DEVELOPMENT OF A.I. AND RAPID. GROWTH OF CHINA'S MILITARY. MARCO RUBIO YESTERDAY ADDRESSED. THE LATTER. >> THE PRESIDENT'S BELIEF THAT. NO MATTER WHAT OUR DISAGREEMENTS. AND DIFFERENCES MAY BE WITH THE. CHINESE GOVERNMENT THIS IS NOT. SOME SMALL COUNTRY. THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST. ECONOMY IN THE WORLD AND PRETTY. SUBSTANTIAL MILITARY UNDERGOING. THE MOST RAPID MILITARY BUILD-UP.

PROBABLY IN HISTORY. WE HAVE STRONG POINTS OF. FRICTION WHEN IT COMES TO TRADE. AND SUPPLY CHAINS AND CRITICAL. MINERALS AND THINGS OF THIS. NATURE. IT IS RESPONSIBLE STATE CRAFT. FOR OUR LEADERS TO SPEAK AND. MEET WITH ONE ANOTHER. >> Bill: A LOT TO COME THIS HOUR. INCLUDING RETIRED GENERAL JACK. KEANE WILL JOIN US WITH ANALYSIS. IN A MOMENT. LET'S GET TO THE REPORTING. LUCAS TOMLINSON KICKS OFF A NEW. HOUR LIVE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> WHEN XI JINPING HOSTED TRUMP. IN MAY ONE OF THE QUESTIONS HE.

ASKED TRUMP IS HOW THE TWO SUPER. POWERS COULD AVOID GOING TO WAR. REFERENCING THE TERM COINED BY. ALISON WHO STUDIED THE DANGERS. EMERGE WHEN A RISING POWER TAKES. ON AN ESTABLISHED ONE. AMID THE POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. CHINA'S MILITARY BUILD-UP. CONTINUES. >> IF THE U.S. SIGNALS THAT THE. U.S. IS DETERMINED TO AVOID A. CONFLICT AND THAT ALL NEW GOALS. OF AVOIDING THE CONFLICT IT WILL. INCENTIVIZE CHINA. YOU SIGNAL TO THE CHINESE WE'RE.

OPEN TO CONSIDERING THEIR. INTERESTS ON --. >> CHINA IS IN THE MIDST OF A. MASSIVE NUCLEAR EXPANSION WITH. ITS ARSENAL ON TRACK TO SURPASS. 1,000 WAR HEADS BY 2030. INCLUDING EXPANDING MISSILE SILO. FIELDS IN THE WESTERN PART OF. THE COUNTRY. SOME OF WHAT THE U.S. HAS. THE U.S. MILITARY DEPLOYS 1550. WAR HEADS. 70% OF THOSE BENEATH THE SEA IN. SUBMARINES. CHINA BOASTS THE LARGEST NAVY IN.

THE WORLD AND THE U.S. NAVY IS. HALF IS SIZE DURING THE COLD. WAR. TEN YEARS XI VISITED THE WHITE. HOUSE AND PROMISED OBAMA THEY. WOULDN'T BUILD UP THE --. >> CHINA DOES NOT INTEND TO. PURSUE MILITARIZATION. >> HE MADE RUNWAYS AND AIR. DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND PRESIDENT XI. WILL PRESS PRESIDENT TRUMP TO.

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