>> PAGEANT WAVE. IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS GOOD. GREAT TO HAVE YOU FOR A SECOND GREAT TO HAVE YOU FOR A SECOND DAY HERE. DAY HERE. WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER INCLUDING WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER INCLUDING BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT. BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT. A CHINESE WAR SHIP NEARLY A CHINESE WAR SHIP NEARLY COLLIDING WITH A U.S. DESTROYER COLLIDING WITH A U.S. DESTROYER IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT. IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT. THE ENCOUNTER CAUGHT ON VIDEO, THE ENCOUNTER CAUGHT ON VIDEO, SHOT BY A GLOBAL NEWS CREW ON A SHOT BY A GLOBAL NEWS CREW ON A CANADIAN SHIP NEARBY. CANADIAN SHIP NEARBY. >> THE TWO VESSELS REPORTEDLY >> THE TWO VESSELS REPORTEDLY COMING WITHIN 450 FEET OF EACH COMING WITHIN 450 FEET OF EACH OTHER. OTHER. THAT IS LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF THAT IS LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF THE U.S. SHIP, THE DESTROYER. THE U.S. SHIP, THE DESTROYER. ACCORDING TO CANADA'S MILITARY, ACCORDING TO CANADA'S MILITARY, THE CHUNG-HOON AND A CANADIAN THE CHUNG-HOON AND A CANADIAN SHIP WERE SAILING SHIP WERE SAILING THROUGH THE TAIWAN STRAIT IN THROUGH THE TAIWAN STRAIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAWS. LAWS. >> THIS ENCOUNTER COMING A WEEK >> THIS ENCOUNTER COMING A WEEK AFTER A CHINESE FIGHTER JET AFTER A CHINESE FIGHTER JET CROSSED THE PATH OF A SPY PLANE. CROSSED THE PATH OF A SPY PLANE. LET'S GET THE LATEST FROM LET'S GET THE LATEST FROM LONDON. LONDON. PATRICK, GOOD MORNING. PATRICK, GOOD MORNING. >> REPORTER: GOOD MORNING, WILL. >> REPORTER: GOOD MORNING, WILL. YEAH, THIS IS JUST THE LATEST IN YEAH, THIS IS JUST THE LATEST IN A STRING OF INCIDENTS AS CHINESE A STRING OF INCIDENTS AS CHINESE MILITARY HAS BECOME MORE MILITARY HAS BECOME MORE ASSERTIVE ESPECIALLY AROUND ASSERTIVE ESPECIALLY AROUND TAIWAN. TAIWAN. CHINA THIS MORNING IS CHINA THIS MORNING IS UNAPOLOGETIC SAYING THE U.S. UNAPOLOGETIC SAYING THE U.S. PROVOKED IT. PROVOKED IT. THIS MORNING THE U.S. AND CHINA THIS MORNING THE U.S. AND CHINA TRADING WARNINGS AFTER A U.S. TRADING WARNINGS AFTER A U.S. DESTROYER AND A CHINESE WAR SHIP DESTROYER AND A CHINESE WAR SHIP CAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE IN THE CAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT. TAIWAN STRAIT. THE NEAR COLLISION CAUGHT ON THE NEAR COLLISION CAUGHT ON CAMERA BY GLOBAL NEWS, A CAMERA BY GLOBAL NEWS, A CANADIAN TELEVISION NETWORK AS CANADIAN TELEVISION NETWORK AS IT TRAVELED ON BOARD A CANADIAN IT TRAVELED ON BOARD A CANADIAN BOAT TAKING PART IN A JOINT BOAT TAKING PART IN A JOINT FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION MISSION IN FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION MISSION IN THE WATERS THAT SEPARATE CHINA THE WATERS THAT SEPARATE CHINA AND TAIWAN. AND TAIWAN. THE U.S. INDO PACIFIC COMMAND THE U.S. INDO PACIFIC COMMAND CONFIRMING THE CHINESE SHIP CAME CONFIRMING THE CHINESE SHIP CAME WITHIN 150 YARDS OF THE USS WITHIN 150 YARDS OF THE USS CHUNG-HOON BEFORE CUTTING ACROSS CHUNG-HOON BEFORE CUTTING ACROSS ITS BOW AND FORCING THE AMERICAN ITS BOW AND FORCING THE AMERICAN SHIP TO SLOW SHARPLY. SHIP TO SLOW SHARPLY. U.S. OFFICIALS ACCUSING THE U.S. OFFICIALS ACCUSING THE CHINESE SHIP OF ACTING IN AN CHINESE SHIP OF ACTING IN AN UNSAFE MANNER AND VIOLATING THE UNSAFE MANNER AND VIOLATING THE MARITIME RULES OF THE ROAD OF MARITIME RULES OF THE ROAD OF SAFE PASSAGE IN INTERNATIONAL SAFE PASSAGE IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS. WATERS. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, DEFENSE SECRETARY AUSTIN WAS IN DEFENSE SECRETARY AUSTIN WAS IN SINGAPORE ATTENDING AN SINGAPORE ATTENDING AN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE OF DEFENSE MINISTERS CONFERENCE OF DEFENSE MINISTERS INCLUDING THOSE FROM CANADA AND INCLUDING THOSE FROM CANADA AND CHINA. CHINA. >> WE WILL SUPPORT OUR ALLIES >> WE WILL SUPPORT OUR ALLIES AND PARTNERS AS THEY DEFEND AND PARTNERS AS THEY DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST BULLYING. THEMSELVES AGAINST BULLYING. LET ME BE CLEAR. LET ME BE CLEAR. WE DO NOT SEEK CONFLICT NOR WE DO NOT SEEK CONFLICT NOR CONFRONTATION. CONFRONTATION. BUT WE WILL NOT FLINCH IN THE BUT WE WILL NOT FLINCH IN THE FACE OF BULLYING OR COERCION. FACE OF BULLYING OR COERCION. >> REPORTER: CHINA'S DEFENSE >> REPORTER: CHINA'S DEFENSE MINISTER FIRING BACK, CALLING MINISTER FIRING BACK, CALLING THE U.S. SHIP'S PRESENCE A THE U.S. SHIP'S PRESENCE A PROVOCATION AND ACCUSING THE PROVOCATION AND ACCUSING THE U.S. OF TRYING TO DESTABLIZE U.S. OF TRYING TO DESTABLIZE CHINA. CHINA. THE INCIDENT COMES AMID MOUNTING THE INCIDENT COMES AMID MOUNTING TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA. CHINA. LAST WEEK A CHINESE FIGHTER JET LAST WEEK A CHINESE FIGHTER JET CAME WITHIN 400 FEET OF A U.S. CAME WITHIN 400 FEET OF A U.S. RECONNAISSANCE PLANE OVER THE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. SOUTH CHINA SEA. EARLIER THIS YEAR THE U.S. EARLIER THIS YEAR THE U.S. SHOOTING DOWN A SPY BALLOON THAT SHOOTING DOWN A SPY BALLOON THAT FLEW OVER THE U.S. FLEW OVER THE U.S. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SO CONCERNED THAT WILLIAM BURNS CONCERNED THAT WILLIAM BURNS MADE A SECRET TRIP TO BEIJING. MADE A SECRET TRIP TO BEIJING. TWO U.S. OFFICIALS CONFIRMING TO TWO U.S. OFFICIALS CONFIRMING TO ABC NEWS THAT BURNS MET WITH HIS ABC NEWS THAT BURNS MET WITH HIS COUNTER PART, THE HIGHEST LEVEL COUNTER PART, THE HIGHEST LEVEL U.S. VISIT SINCE THAT SPY U.S. VISIT SINCE THAT SPY BALLOON WAS SHOT DOWN. BALLOON WAS SHOT DOWN. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO STOP THIS SLIDE IN TRYING TO STOP THIS SLIDE IN RELATIONS WITH CHINA THROUGH RELATIONS WITH CHINA THROUGH MORE DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH. MORE DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH. A SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT A SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL IS DUE TO BEGIN A RARE OFFICIAL IS DUE TO BEGIN A RARE TRIP TO BEIJING TODAY BUT THE TRIP TO BEIJING TODAY BUT THE CHINA DEFENSE MINISTER REFUSED CHINA DEFENSE MINISTER REFUSED TO MEET WITH DEFENSE MINISTER TO MEET WITH DEFENSE MINISTER AUSTIN, WHICH SHOWS HOW LITTLE AUSTIN, WHICH SHOWS HOW LITTLE DIALOGUE THERE IS.