So we're pretty much in the last week of October, time flying by, it's October 24th today. This is the CMC Markets Weekly Charting Analysis webinar with myself Jasper Lawler. Just got the risk warning on the screen here, I'm going to allow you to peruse that at your leisure. A bit of a move taking place in equity indices, noticeably the German DAX or the Germany 30 as our product is listed. That touched its highest level all year, pulled back slightly from there, so we're going to assess that potential there for a bit of a break higher, but not ensure that that's necessarily going to follow through on the other indices, we're going to touch on that too. Any questions you have on any particular stock index currency or commodity, please feel free to let me know at any point and I'll answer your question as you answer it, as you ask it. Quite a bit of M&A going on as well, so for those of you buying the individual shares within CMC Markets, quite a few deals taking place there. Anyone who owns French Connection shares, quite happy today, bit of M&A talk there. If you're buying the US shares, then Time Warner shares doing pretty well or expected to do pretty well on the open, AT&T looking to buy out Time Warner, though it looks like it may get into a little bit of trouble with regulators and the two presidential candidates have both said they would, well I think Clinton said she would assess the deal, so a bit fudgy there. Trump said he would just stop it, so no messing there. Both quite interventionist candidates, so bit of a kind of general risk to deal making in the US, potentially if both these candidates get in, either one really, though I suspect with Clinton it's probably more pre-election rhetoric than actually genuinely meaning it. So as I mentioned the Germany 30 to start with, let's go straight into that, because that is pulling back a little bit, but it's right up there. So this is the range that we've been talking about for a number of webinars now, this is the daily chart, so you can see we've been stuck in this way and I mentioned just in a short note last week that it's been in that range here for 12 weeks, if you start down here. And so 12 weeks, about three months, and we're eyeing a potential breakout here. Now we're obviously pushing into the highs, we've edged slightly above it and we've also seen a break of this RSI well-defined trend line down here and this bottom trend line holding up pretty well. So this momentum shift to me suggesting that well of course we can get a bit of a pullback from those selling the top of the range, I think eventually this breakout could happen. Now we do have a few layers of resistance right above, quite a clear cut one is that if you look at this little move high here from trough to peak, you see it pulled back quite nicely into the 61.8 and it's moved up higher to the top of the range. An extension of that breakout, a 161.8 extension, would take us pretty much bang on to the 11,000 mark. So that would be an obvious first target to this move higher, gain a bit more legs. And then as you pull back the weekly chart you can see that we start pushing into the highs of November last year. So we've got the break above this high here. We've been pretty flat but signs starting to show now but maybe this was some accumulation in here and the market's going to push higher. Why might that be the case? Well one is we'll have a look at another chart and the second is the euro. The euro dropped down to seven month lows last week after the ECB basically didn't say anything but the market nonetheless took it that December as a likely time in which the ECB will reveal its latest forecast and possibly announce that it's going to extend its QE program probably for another six months if they are going to do it to give themselves a bit more time to print some more money and hopefully get to their inflation target. Eurozone inflation did hit near a two year high last week so inflation already heading in the right direction. So questionable whether this is needed but the central bank thinks their policy are working so they're continuing what they believe is a successful policy. So obviously more money printing the euros, devalues each euro that's out there pushes the euro lower. Let's just look at that euro chart while we're talking about these kind of correlations. Why is the weak euro good for the DAX? Well similar reason that the weak pound is good for the FTSE. We've got a lot of multi-nationals in these big stock indices and just a weak currency translates well for their foreign earnings. So you can see this is the Brexit range which contained just the day after Brexit has contained the euro for pretty much a similar amount of time as the DAX even a bit longer than the DAX has been in its price range. So we have this triangle pattern within the price range which we saw a nice breakdown from in the last couple of weeks and we've actually pipped below this June 24th low now. So in all of you's next layer of support would be these lows down here just above 108 and there's quite a cluster of support down in this 108 type vicinity. So you'd imagine there's a fair few profit taking, potential going along by orders in the 108 type vicinity. So if indeed we do push a bit lower from the gains that we've already had this would be a logical sticking point, this kind of price sown around 108 and obviously heading all the way down here we had a bit of a kind of false breakdown which took us almost down to 107. If we take this triangle pattern here which is quite well defined we just do a little extension of that from the breakout area. Then we've already reached the 100% extension and I can actually modify that, can I? It's going to do the trend line, is it? Ah, here we go. And here we are, the 161.8 is just below that 108 mark sort of probably in the middle of these two price points. So again, a little cluster of support down there potentially. You wouldn't really describe this whole piece of price action here as a trend. This is, this is obviously a short term downtrend which you want to try and sell bounces into downs into this support potentially but in the greater scheme of things we're pretty much in a sideways range. So until it happens, you know, my assumption is that this kind of the bottom of this price range is it's going to hold. So until it happens, I mean, until the breakout happens you've got to assume it's not going to happen if that makes sense. So mix, dumped around a bit there between indices and currencies there I think it's not a coincidence that the euro's breaking it's range to the downside and the DAX's breaking it's range to the upside. We may as well do a similar looking comparison here with the UK 100. Now this is on a short term time frame. I typically don't use the moving averages too much on the short time frames but obviously they're stuck there from the higher time frames. What we're looking at here is the hourly chart. This was the big sell-off that we had between as I mentioned here between the October 11th and 13th. We've got a pullback to the 61.8 drop down to the low again and then we're pushing back up and we're kind of struggling again at this 61.8 and while we opened higher today in UK markets we're well off the highs but now we're coming back again a bit. So definitely multiple attempts at this resistance here and you can kind of see why because this short term moving average is above the longer term I've just got the 20 and 50 period moving averages here and if we do push out to a daily chart you can see that's been the case on the daily chart for all this extension that we had. Obviously the moving averages are lagging indicators so we had the big, the Brexit drop, the rally up through the Brexit highs and at that point, once we were already at the highs you saw that the trend was starting to open up the moving averages were starting to spread and the market ticked higher and so every drop has been a buying opportunity even dropped through this first low you start to think maybe the uptrend's unwinding a bit after coming close to 7,000 well it then does find support before the next low and rallies up again. So we're still in that kind of mode and you can see that it's the 20 day moving averages which supporting the FTSE quite well but that's not to say we can't have another drop so that's when we're assessing is this drop the four taster to a new rally up? This price action looks a bit sluggish to me not much conviction there and it suggests to me that we're at least gonna roll down to the low again before pushing higher, potentially down to 6,900 again but no point in throwing darts at the dartboard let's see if there's some reaction here we're getting another day if we start pulling down through the previous days lows after reacting again then we've got some confirmation that this 61.8 is actually proving to be the ceiling should 61.8 give way then we're obviously looking for a similar thing to happen up at the 78.6 now depending on your style you obviously can be buying into the uptrend here but just being more cautious or you can just be on wait and see mode to see if we can get through that 78.6 before looking for dips to buy into the uptrend again or indeed waiting for the market to roll over if that's your expectation so slightly different look here because while with the Germany 30 we were kind of eyeing the potential for a breakout here we're looking to see if the market rolls over we're at resistance levels in both markets so typically you want to sell at resistance but obviously that only holds true until there's a breakout I'll start with indices for the time being I'm going to jump across to the US got a lot of earnings out this week again if you are trading any individual shares have a look at our weekly preview page that we've got on the blog site because we've got a list of all the corporate earnings are out this week and there's a lot of big tech companies so you know all the favorites Amazon, Alphabet which is Google, Apple of course kicking things off tomorrow so I think to some extent you know the market waiting for some sort of positive earnings surprise as a buy the buy for the S&P 500 companies earnings are expected to go up by 0.2% this earnings season over the same period last year so you know starting to maybe we've had four quarters of earnings declines in the S&P this one we're looking like a 0.2% gain so nothing really to shout home about but obviously if some of these tech companies especially with huge growth beat earnings then that's going to be a bit higher as a result so quite a potentially important week I think overall it's about a third of the S&P are reporting this week with those tech names being particularly so far it's been quite good in US earnings the banks have all beaten expectations and I just see that T-Mobile have beaten expectations one of the big US phone carriers the shares are up pre-market probably a little bit in sympathy with the AT&T deal as well so look at the chart here so I've had this little triangle in last week that we got the breakdown from bounce off support we've come off from the triangle again a couple of times we've come off the support again we're kind of so we're still in this range at the end of the day I did add this longer term trend line which is somewhat of interest and if you draw it through the closes here rather than the low connect this trend line it kind of matches up quite well with the peaks up here that we're dealing with at the moment so if this market is going to roll over it really does want to be doing it before 1800 up to the top of the range again I would suggest that that's above these trend lines of course could be a fake out above those trend lines but it's increasing the likelihood that we're pushing up into the record highs again I would say it needs to roll over in this sort of territory to increase the odds of lower prices so I've covered the indices the next thing just to have a look at here would be some of the currencies and we don't have the cash chart for the dollar index but just worth noting here but if you are a currency trader always worth having a quick check of the dollar index chart pretty strong uptrend I'm sure you'll agree this is any short term but over the past few weeks we've seen quite a steep incline in the dollar and it's now pushing into the 99 if you've got a long-term chart of the dollar you'll see 100 is obviously a big psychological number and has proved resistance in the past as well so this all in expectation that the Fed is going to raise rates after the US election this year a little bit dependent on who gets in as president the general thinking being here and if you want a bit more information on this check out our US elections page but the general thinking is that Trump obviously has a big source of uncertainty but probably if he did get in would mean the Fed might hold off in December from raising rates whereas Clinton a bit more of a certainty factor positive for stocks initially but then you do have to consider that she would probably be more of a kind of continuation of current Fed policy meaning more likelihood of a rate rise in December so US election could be an important swing point in how the things work out here but you know number of gaffes from Trump has most people expecting that Clinton is going to get through pretty easily we'll see if that rings the case one thing that I noted last week which is sort of of interest to me at least was that in terms of how people are betting on this it's a little bit obviously in the US gambling is restricted in a lot of states that's why people have to go to Vegas and Jersey City and the likes not Jersey but New Jersey so not much information on US betting but more global betting the UK included is that people are betting on the amount of money put on for Trump is way less than Clinton so Clinton has the money but in terms of number of bets Trump is ahead so that's the same thing that happened with Brexit where the so-called experts with the big money bet there would be no Brexit with the Joe public with the smaller amount of money who plays more smaller bets got it right so that's either just them playing the extreme bets or maybe having a better sense of things than the then the experts remains to be seen on a financial market sense I think you generally interpret the market up near the record eyes and a big push higher in the dollar and some recent strength in the Mexican peso as well to suggest that there's a pretty wide spread opinion that Clinton's going to get it I sort of deviated off a little bit there with a bit of an election tangent we look to the euro so I'll skip that let's look at sterling so these are the these are the way that this is the way I'm looking at the dynamics here this is obviously a short-term chart because this this is a flash crash since then we've been we've basically entered into a bit of a triangle pattern with a trend line support through here now we were breaking resistance and and holding support but as of this point we're now breaking supports and holding resistance and up here now as we approach this trend line again this this support is holding and signs this resistance is going to give way so what does that tell you that we're basically in a price range and I think for to get any kind of confidence about going long sterling the moment you need a move above above the one twenty three twenty which was the highs we reached in the in the in the days right after the flash crash you know that's when you tell you that not that you buy the breakout necessarily but you know some sustained move above it and then looking for pullbacks to to buy at cheaper prices would probably be the more conservative way of getting long cable here it's it's a bit of a bit of a stab in the dark if you're going long at this point because clearly that is a pretty significantly bearish move you know just fundamentally here with all the amount of political uncertainty I don't know how many people are really going to be going long sterling we're in kind of different circumstances now where you can't just assume sterling is going to hold its historical range you know there's many legitimate forecasters calling for parity against the dollar now that we'd love to eat you I'm not one of those but you know you've got to got to be aware of the possibilities both looking quickly at the euro sterling rate kind of interesting just from the perspective that euro is obviously pushing into the recent low here's the Brex the flash crash rather euro kind of pushing into the low so that weakness in euro dollar not just dollar strength euro weakness too because obviously the pound has been weak against the dollar it's not been the overly strong cable obviously but the euro definitely kind of declining on that ECB weakness quick look at dollar yen not a lot's been happening here since the last webinar when was the last webinar here we've done all of nothing since then you know we're basically in this range beneath 104 you know judging on this triangle you know we're expecting a breakout but that's not to say that we can't get quite a severe pullback before this triangle breakout gathers momentum so yes you know should we get some closers above these highs you know want to see some pullback opportunities up there but while we're hovering below you know if you are looking to buy at the bottom of this price range just be aware that we could get a dip back down to the 102 type currency which would be a 61.8 and would fit quite well with these two peaks in here before we've got this nice breakout so look at the triangle pattern and we've had the breakout there we've held the 100 level quite well so if you never get another pullback down here you know that to me would be a time to have some more conviction that the move higher can be sustained now let's have a quick look at oil softened up a bit in the last couple of hours so this is the daily candlestick in Brent zoomed out a bit here so you can see that it this 61.8 level you know things are looking obviously these these levels we're in place before we've reached the low but you can just see the kind of synchronicity here at the market extending down to a point that makes this 61.8 percent level important as far as support and resistance too and basically the market stored out just before those peaks before the 61.8 you know nothing's perfect and we've been in this price range for a while since again look at the moving averages can because oil has been so volatile and been quite trendy the moving averages have for the most part worked quite well so you know not in terms of giving you an early signal but just because the trend lasts for a while you know obviously in this point period of time you know where I'll put my cursor now that's a point in time which you want to be selling so even when you get that big spike up there you know potentially time sign of a changing circumstance but nonetheless the moving average is so clearly in bearish mode that you know the the the 50 day ended up being the resistance you know matching this little breakout down here and and we dropped and worked again so you know same during this period of time you know very much a selling type environment and then here when the market turned over you know there wasn't much of a base here it just zoomed higher and it's only recently that even during this period of time you've got a nice little drop you know then we've turned a bit more choppy recently but it looks like the averages are starting to spread apart this was obviously the the OPEC news down here and so the market's consolidating as you would expect it would because this level has been pretty huge this 53 you know we haven't been above it really strictly yeah it's it's July 2015 so 15 months or so a source of resistance you'd expect some sort of slowdown at that point but it it it looks like the the market's ready to push higher and that would that would make sense if if OPEC are raining in production on the shorter term chart this trend line has been working quite well so we haven't had a a close below it yet a close below it even on the shorter time frames you know if we get a little drop down here you know wait you look for some kind of drop pullbacks because I think you know that's support's held for a long time so you know once it gives way there'd be a lot of people jumping out of those long positions and then I've just got obviously got this level just above 48 is a potential area that the price could fall back to though obviously you know our price is very slightly from the futures markets but 50 is obviously got a strong level so you know depending on your aggressiveness obviously we've just talked about how the trend is it's higher and we're looking potentially for a breakout above here so you know whether you want to go against that trend and trade that breakout down is you know it's a matter for you okay and we'll just round things off with gold so obviously on the short term chart here this is the one two fifty level which has just been working very well as support and we did get the breakout above the the peak here but we've not quite made it up to the the 61.8 near one two eighty or indeed this this little bounce peak here was starting to roll over if this low gives way the market's looking pretty soft it would look like the probably one two fifty is going to give way let's pull out to the daily chart just to see where we're we're coming from on this so obviously this this support level worked well it's the round number and the low before a massive uptick in gold so it you know makes sense that it's it's holding but given this huge decline that we got you know the you know the markets looking for opportunities to sell off and if you can't even make it up to here you know we could be looking at some declines down to one two hundred again so that is about it I think that's we're just about out of time so thank you very much to everyone for attending good luck with trading this week we've also got those us tech earnings if you're interested in the individual shares in terms of data I didn't go over it in too much detail there isn't that much of interest really there's us durable goods orders but really we're probably going to spend a lot of the week waiting for UK GDP on Thursday and US GDP on Friday thanks everyone have a good one


Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Banyan Tree Leadership Forum here at CSIS. I'm Murray Bauer. I'm the senior director. Actually, I'm not the senior director. I'm the senior advisor and the director of the Southeast Asia Program here at CSIS. And it is a rare pleasure this morning to be able to introduce a very good friend who is also one of the most important leaders in terms of foreign policy and foreign policy developments in Asia today. And that is the new secretary of foreign affairs of the Republic of the Philippines, Albert Del Rosario. He is a man who is truly sort of a renaissance man. He's a leader in his country of the business sector, of the social sector, and he has given his time and energy to the public sector. He was the CEO of many companies, the chairman of Think Tank, Strat-Base. He was ambassador to the United States and went back into private practice after that. He was called by President Aquino to become the new secretary of foreign affairs. And when that happened, I knew that the Philippines was going to move up to another level of engagement in terms of the region and in ASEAN and Asia Pacific and also globally. And I also thought this will be a special time for the U.S.-Philippine relationship. And indeed, it only took days in office before those things started to happen. This is a man who has made great bounds forward in the U.S.-Philippine relationship as ambassador. And I think it will be very interesting to see what he will do as foreign secretary. Ladies and gentlemen, I don't want to take any more time. I'm really looking forward to this presentation this morning myself. I hope you'll join me in welcoming our speaker today, Albert Del Rosario, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines. Thank you, Ernie, for the generous introduction and the very warm welcome. Ladies and gentlemen, it is good to be back in Washington, D.C. As a visitor now, after having been in residence here from 2001 to 2006, when I left Washington, D.C. in 2006, the country was in the midst of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the government had just announced its plan to renew ties with Libya. China was criticizing the U.S. for overreacting to North Korea's launching of missiles, and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld stepped down that year to be replaced by a former CIA head. I returned to Washington, D.C. well on its way to bringing home its troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. The Arab Spring has redrawn the diplomatic map of the U.S. relations with the Middle East, and we are hearing the very significant results of the U.S. engagement with China on the strategic level. Coincidentally, another CIA chief is set to become the Secretary of Defense. Our country and our people have undergone a sea of change in that time. President Benigno Esaquino III, son of the two of the Philippines' democratic icons, was swept into the presidency with the undisputed mandate of the Filipino people. When he assumed the presidency, he stated that our foremost duty is to lift the nation from poverty through honest and effective governance. In pursuit of this commitment, he has entered into a social contract with the Filipino people and set out an agenda for national development and good governance. This social contract underspins the three pillars which will continue to define the course of our foreign relations, promoting national security, enhancing economic diplomacy, and protecting the rights and welfare of Filipinos overseas. Anchored on these three pillars, we have crafted a foreign policy that is focused and deliberate, a foreign policy that advances our domestic interests, fully cognizant of our commitment to our core values, and our responsibilities to the region and the world. Economic diplomacy is among our most important tools in achieving the twin goals of poverty alleviation and job creation, and my department will be more aggressive in engaging with our traditional economic and commercial partners. Yet we are aware that the success of our economic diplomacy relies on our capacity to create a good investment climate in the country, both internally and externally. Within the country, we are taking the necessary measures to build an economy anchored on transparent, stable, and predictable policies that create a domestic condition attractive to foreign investors. To address the concerns of investors, we have initiated a public-private partnership program that will modernize our infrastructure. We have also fostered the conditions for peace, particularly in the southern parts of the Philippines. Externally, we continue to develop stronger bilateral relations and pursue cooperation with our multilateral partners to build a safe and secure environment, not only within the bounds of our territory, but also regionally and globally. ASEAN continues to be a cornerstone in this endeavor as it moves closer to building an ASEAN community by 2015. We will also build upon our strong defense partnership with the United States and will engage China, India, Japan, and other regional partners such as the Republic of Korea, Australia, and New Zealand in mutually beneficial security and defense dialogues. We are also stepping up our cooperation and interaction with the countries in the Middle East and north of Africa and the Organization of the Islamic Conference in resolving the Mindanao conflict. As we work on creating more jobs at home, we remain mindful of the President's call to be even more responsive to the needs and welfare of our overseas Filipino workers. We will continue to do what is necessary to send a clear signal that the Philippine government cares for its people wherever they are. Protecting the rights and promoting the welfare of OFWs will continue to be a strong pillar of our foreign policy. So how does the Philippine-U.S. alliance figure in our foreign policy? When I served as Philippine Ambassador to the United States, my worldview put the U.S. Philippines alliance at the center of the universe. Coming back, wearing a different hat, I am constrained to make adjustments to that perspective. To be sure, the United States remains the Philippines' foremost strategic ally. Our relations are enduring, cemented by the sacrifice of those who fought side by side in defense of our common ideals. The United States is one of the Philippines' top two trading partners. Two-way U.S. merchandise trade with the U.S. was at $15.4 billion in 2010, and 11 percent of our imports are sourced from the United States. On the other hand, 15 percent of our exports find its way to the American market. With our population of over 90 million people, we are the U.S. 30th largest export market. The U.S. is also important to the Philippines in terms of official development assistance. Since 2004, the government received close to $1 billion in grant funds for various programs to support economic growth and alleviate poverty. Strengthen democratic institutions and governance, and counter transnational terrorism and insurgency in Mindanao. Strong people-to-people ties strengthen the fabric of our relations. The 2010 census indicates that some 2.5 million Filipinos live in the United States. The U.S. Embassy in Manila, on the other hand, estimates that some 300,000 Americans make their home in the Philippines. Our common commitment to the ideals of democracy provides another underlying thread that fortifies the fabric of our relations. Despite the network of old and new relations, the U.S. is established in the region. It is difficult to imagine any other country who will share as closely with the U.S. the same set of core values and beliefs as the Philippines, and is as committed to the defense and pursuit of these values. Thus, for many years, the Philippines and the United States have soldered on, confident in the strength of our alliance. Yet, the global and regional environment on which we built our alliance did not stand still. It has developed in ways we did not and could not imagine in the 1940s or even when the Cold War ended. The new global and regional architecture demands of each country an introspective assessment of how it relates to the rest of the world. In the post-2011 world, for example, security relations between the Philippines and the United States have been focused heavily on counterterrorism cooperation, and this cooperation has undoubtedly borne much fruit for both countries. But the Philippines' relative success in counterinsurgency, coupled with pressures in the regional environment, compels a reorientation of focus and resources. On the other side of the Pacific, we observe the U.S. renewing its engagement with Asia in very substantive ways, after what has been perceived as a long preoccupation with the Middle East. We also see that fiscal pressures may impact certain aspects of U.S. defense and foreign policies, requiring policymakers to explore new and creative ways of doing more for less at a time of growing challenges in various parts of the world. The recent slump in the global economy has taught both our countries invaluable lessons, and the intense competition for markets and resources are cause for common concern. In an increasingly interdependent global economy, we need to ensure we are well positioned to leverage our relations to produce more trade, more employment, and generally a better life for our people. A reset in the relations has therefore become an imperative to allow the Alliance to continue to meet domestic goals while contributing to global stability. The intersection between our respective domestic imperatives and the current regional and global challenges indicate a momentum for a mutually beneficial recalibration and reset of Philippine-U.S. bilateral relations. We welcome the pronouncements made by the United States on their renewed engagement with Asia and on the importance of relations with the treaty allies. Allow me to share with you our own vision for the United States' continued presence in Asia. The U.S. presence in Asia has been long-standing, and we wanted to endure. We wanted to be premised on a deep-seated recognition of the U.S. role as an Asia-Pacific power, rather than a reaction to perceived challenges to its global leadership. We want the U.S. presence in Asia to build cooperation, rather than it being misconstrued as fermenting divisions. We believe that Asia is in the midst of unprecedented growth and the most serious of challenges. We believe we can best harness these opportunities for growth and address the challenges with unity of purpose underpinned by strong rules based on international system. We recognize the potential of the Alliance to be an enabler for the growth of the region in terms of security, the economy, and people-to-people connections. In our current role as country coordinator for ASEAN-U.S. dialogue relations, we are committed to help the U.S. secure its equitable place in the ASEAN-centered regional architecture. We believe this is also the time to recast the model of our security engagement. The military tenets of the Cold War are no longer valid, and the physical presence of military bases is no longer the foundation of a robust security arrangement. To be clear, we do not expect the U.S. to fight our battles for us, but we count on the U.S. strong and unwavering assistance in building the strength and resources of the Philippine military to meet the new challenges. To this end, we are exploring novel and innovative ways to strengthen the security engagement in ways that will address the challenges, but respect the constraint of each other's domestic environment. The Philippines is well aware that the Alliance is only as strong as the commitment and resources with which both countries are prepared to commit for the pursuit of our common goals. On our part, the Philippines is prepared to step up to our responsibilities to contribute to the security and stability of the region, first and foremost by being able to secure and protect our own territory. Our defense establishment is thus working to improve our capabilities to police and patrol our own maritime domain. The campaign against transnational crime, including piracy, drug trafficking, and human trafficking is also being sustained. We are prepared to take our place in the global supply chain, leveraging the skills and talents of our people, and showcasing an economy where everything works. We resolve to create the best possible environment for business to thrive free from corruption. We will also continue to explore opportunities for mutually beneficial economic linkages, such as the Save Our Industries Act, which Senator Daniel Inouye refiled yesterday at the U.S. Senate. The new model should also embrace a development dimension. The Partnership for Growth is a joint undertaking between the Philippines and the United States, whose principal aim is to unlock the Philippines' potential for a broad base and sustained economic growth. As the only pilot country in Asia, the Philippines was selected on the basis of its track record in partnering with the U.S. government and potential for continued economic growth. We are prepared to assume a more active role in crafting the policy environment of the region and in building stronger networks of cooperation among regional powers through bilateral arrangements and through the mechanisms of ASEAN. We intend to lend our voice and the force of our convictions to the issues that define us. The protection and promotion of the rights of our citizens, the establishment of the institutions of democracy, and the peaceful settlement of disputes. A few weeks ago, I have advocated for the pursuit and promotion of a rules-based international system, which will provide an effective tool for peaceful and fair resolution of disputes. Not since the Panganivan mischief-reef incident in 1995, has the Philippines faced serious challenges in the West Philippine Sea, otherwise known as the South China Sea. For instance, our ownership of the Kalyan Island Group features and our legitimate maritime jurisdictions have been contested by certain nations, even as the Philippine sovereignty and jurisdiction over the Kalyan Island Group are firmly grounded on international law. The primacy of international law, particularly the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, UNCLOS, is the cornerstone on which we define and protect our territory and maritime entitlements in the South China Sea. It is this principle and the requirements of UNCLOS that govern the passage in 2009 of the Philippine Archipelagic Baselines Law. It is also the same principles that underpin the two vital pieces of proposed legislation defining our maritime zones and archipelagic sea lanes. In the same manner, we are fully committed to the spirit and letter of the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea between ASEAN and China and will utilize all diplomatic means at our disposal to work for a binding regional code of conduct. To reinforce this goal, we offer the framework that transforms the South China Sea from an area of dispute to a zone of peace, freedom, friendship, and cooperation by a segregation of disputed relevant features from the undisputed waters of the South China Sea consistent with UNCLOS. In the words of President Aquino, ZOP-FFC, which is Zone of Peace, Freedom, Friendship, and Cooperation, is a modality for ensuring that what is ours is ours and that what is disputed we're willing to work towards joint cooperation. There should be no room for discourse on what are clearly internal waters. The disputed features, on the other hand, can be transformed into a joint cooperation area for joint development and the establishment of a marine protected area for biodiversity conservation under the zone of peace, freedom, friendship, and cooperation. We are confident that ZOP-FFC represents an important contribution to securing peace, stability, and progress in the South China Sea within a rule of law framework and that the concept deserves serious and favorable consideration by countries with stakes in the South China Sea. The Philippines policy in the South China Sea, both with respect to securing its terrestrial and maritime domain and to advocating dispute resolution and joint cooperation were applicable, is grounded on unwavering adherence to international law. Since international law must be observed, it behooves the Philippines to embrace this imperative to the fullest. Ladies and gentlemen, the immutable forces of geography have predestined for our countries a shared history, but it is the choices we have made through the years that has allowed our relations to evolve and to endure. As we stand at important crossroads, we are called upon again to reshape our engagement in a way that will allow it to meet our mutual needs and grow beyond our expectations. I firmly believe in the strength of our alliance and more so in the dynamism of the ties that bind us. By the grace of God and with the determination of our governments and people, I am confident that we can provide a new impetus to our relations, which will propel us towards our shared aspirations for peace, prosperity and progress. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary. I would like to welcome all parties to ask questions. The only rules, as usual, are that we ask you to just mention your name and your affiliation and please ask questions, not make a statement if you don't mind. I would like to start with Chris in the front. Thank you very much. Chris Nelson and the Nelson Board. Thank you, sir, for a very far-ranging speech and as somebody who writes every day about both trade and Paul Mill, thank you for talking so much about the economic side of your job. At least we'd ask two questions. Where are you in looking at the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the TPP, that is certainly currently the central U.S. engagement in the Pacific and Asian region? If you could share with us some of your thoughts on how that's going, if you would like to see the Philippines more deeply involved. And you spent a great deal of the end of your speech, of course, on the South China Sea. You probably know that Ernie sponsored it, just terrific, although terrifically depressing conference Monday and Tuesday right in this room, which leads to this question. In listening to our Chinese friends, they flatly stated that China has sovereignty over the South China Sea, not our part of but the, all of it, and that everything China is doing is legal, defense of that sovereignty. In your dealings with the Chinese and what you've heard from them, are there any areas of the South China Sea that they concede are actually Philippine resources, or are they talking to you mainly about sharing your resources while safeguarding theirs? Thank you. Thank you for the question. The Pacific Partnership is an initiative that's currently shared by nine countries. This is the original group and it is intended to develop into an area FDA. That group has considered itself as a close group as far as the first phase of that program is concerned. The Philippines is very much interested in being a part of this, but I think we have been relegated to be part of the second group. And to the extent that we're preparing for that, we are, we have been offered by the United States, a program inclusion which involves only four countries, one country of which is from Asia, that being the Philippines, on this partnership for growth. This is an initiative of the United States, of the White House actually, in order to be able to provide a broad-based economic growth for the Philippines. Essentially the program is, as I said, for four countries, and it's directed towards looking at constraints to moving forward and is also very much into encouraging and looking for ways to foster revenue generation. So this is the preparatory stage, I think, for being part of Trans-Pacific Partnership. Yes, we're very interested in being a part of that, and yes, we are working with the United States and are grateful for this accommodation, because 15 of the U.S. departments will actually work in terms of trying to unleash the full potential of our economy. And the question on the South China Sea. Ah, yes. Actually, your question is, if we were to look at the China claims on the South China Sea, is there a room for anybody to have jurisdiction over anything? The answer is no. No room, because China has two concepts. One is the nine-dash line. On the basis of a historical record, they say that the nine-dash line concept provides total sovereignty for China on the entire South China Sea. Their second concept is their Nanxia concept, which states that the Spratlys belong to them, that they have full jurisdiction of that as well. Yes. Mr. Secretary, Gene Martin with Asia Pacific Strategies. I like your idea of stronger regional networks dealing with the South China Sea. Do you see any opportunity, any chance that the overlapping conflicting claims for parts of the South China Sea would prompt those countries who have claims to join together to try to negotiate with the Chinese? I know the Chinese have always said bilateral negotiation is not multilateral, but since even bilateral negotiation would not resolve the overlapping claims, perhaps a multilateral approach would be helpful among the ASEAN nations. Well, I think the claimant countries, if you exclude China, would reasonably look at international law as a basis for determining the legitimacy of their claim. And if we're able to sell that idea that international law should prevail, particularly the Unclos, then we would be able to establish the legitimate claims. And the proposal that the Philippines is making is that the disputed areas, after you determine legally who claims what, you're left with the disputed areas. Those areas, we believe, should be open for consideration in terms of joint development. Tiger Zhang from the Stimson Center. I noticed your underpinning of the idea of ASEAN centrality in regional development. However, the current regional integration regime was built in a time when the U.S. force was lacking in this area either geopolitically and economically. I mean, at least it was far less focused than today. So given today's situation where the United States is coming back with much larger engagement in this area, why do we have to still stick to ASEAN centrality? Thank you very much. Well, you know, I think that we are building a community among 10 countries in ASEAN. And ASEAN, by the way, is the bedrock of our foreign policy. We believe that ASEAN is a growth opportunity in our region, and we believe that it has a political dynamism in itself. And I think that the centrality question is, if you want to do business with us, you have to allow us to set the agenda. That's what centrality is all about. For example, I think you're referring to, if you're referring to a forum, a regional forum that the U.S. is effectively belonging to or about to belong to, you might be referring to the East Asian Summit. The East Asian Summit is strategic, it is leader-sled, and the next East Asian Summit will actually include the U.S. and Russia for the first time. So President Obama will be coming to attend that meeting, and the centrality of ASEAN is we do have an agenda, but with the entry of Russia and the United States, we have felt that it was appropriate to open that agenda to include other issues that are of interest globally. And to that extent, the original agenda for the AAS as driven by ASEAN was economic energy, education, pandemic and disaster management. And the U.S. felt that the discussion should be extended to political and security issues, and we agreed with that, and so that will prevail. I'm Mitsy Picard of Asia Society. Thank you very much for your comments, Secretary Del Rosario. I have two short questions. Question the strong strategic relations between the Philippines and the U.S. In regards to Osama bin Laden's death, how do you think these defense or strategic relations have been affected? Has the Abu Sayyaf been weakened, and how will this look towards the Balikatan exercises in the future? My second question is the SAVED Act. There's a short timeframe for it to get passed in U.S. Congress. What is your strategy in regards to getting the SAVED Act passed? Will you be going through ASEAN also as an ally for the SAVED Act? Thank you. I think the strategy for focusing on the Abu Sayyaf, I think they have been degraded. They used to number about 1,200. According to the military, they're down to 200. And we believe that what's become of greater import is the need to develop and refocus on our territorial defense. And at the time when we were dealing with the Abu Sayyaf, when they were a significant force, the police force did not have the capability to address that issue. And so we had the military turn to them and to help out. At the end of the day, it was the military carrying the ball, and we feel that that situation should now be corrected. I believe that the police is going to be able to handle the challenge of the Abu Sayyaf. And we will continue to work with the United States in terms of interoperability and joint exercises. We are, after all, a treaty ally. So that will continue. Now with regards to the SAVED Act, I think that we are doing an all-court press, Mitzi, in Congress. I think we must have seen better than, I don't know, I have at least a dozen senators and congressmen on the list that I have to see after having seen maybe that many already. So we did succeed in getting Senator Inouyeh to refile the bill yesterday. And for example, we were able to get John McCain on board. He will be a co-sponsor, I think. But he said yes. It's not sure to what extent. He said yes, I will be part of that. So we are doing what we can. And I'm not sure that ASEAN should be enlisted in this effort. I think this is a bilateral issue and we should try to do this ourselves. A few dozen meetings on the Hill, Ambassador Quisha, you really are, you welcome to Washington, by the way. Amazing job. Let me go to the back and I see Al Santoli back there. Okay. Hello, Mr. Secretary. Welcome back to Washington. Thank you. And thank you, Ernie, for another great meeting. One of the issues that besides the South China Sea and the natural resources of the maritime, including energy, is food and water security. I mean, right now Manila's flooded. Cotabato is under quite a bit of water. And down in the South there wasn't a dry season this year. And last year, the traditional rice belt up in the Cagayan Valley was pretty much devastated. What is the foreign ministries role in terms of trade relations is there's countries from outside of the Philippines and outside of the region even, such as the Arab countries who are running out of food and water. China, Korea are coming in to be able to form business deals and leasing large tracts of land or attempting to lease large tracts of land to protect the Filipinos. In Bukit Nan, we saw that the old Del Monte area, the Filipinos are going hungry while the food is going to China. What can be done to be able to protect the well-being of Filipinos while the agricultural trade moves forward? We have programs to address these issues that you mentioned, Al, not only on a bilateral basis but on a multilateral basis, which we do with ASEAN. We do have programs to address the food, water, and energy security situation that is facing the ASEAN countries. And we're looking into various areas of cooperation and best practices on how we may be able to address these challenges. I'm not sure what the other question was. I think you had two questions. Yeah, I don't know the answer to that. I'll have to get back to you. But, for example, something came to mind when you were asking me that question. One of the problems of food security that accentuates itself when you have disasters. And we have a program in ASEAN where we will be storing food, be it rice or whatever staple food, precisely to respond to areas of disaster as the time requires them. Paul. Thank you. Paul, I heard of the Reuters news agency. In your opening remarks to us, you said that you do not want the United States to fight your battles, but you wanted certain kinds of defense help and other help. Also, you'll be meeting Secretary Clinton later today. And I'm wondering, especially as a treaty ally, what sort of, more concretely, what are you going to ask of the United States in the South China Sea? What sort of concrete follow-up do you want from Secretary Clinton's remarks a year ago in Hanoi? Well, I think that the problem in the South China Sea is not just a Philippine problem. I think that if I can recall what was said in Hanoi and again said again in interventions in the ministers meeting recently for ARF, I believe. There were some, I think we do agree with the United States when it stated that maritime security is essential. And when you have intrusions, you must think about the possibility that freedom of navigation is being threatened. And you really should look for diplomatic ways in order to solve the disputed area problems. And you should look to international law for the solution and you should proceed as fast as you can in terms of finalizing and making concrete the DOC and COC, the code of conduct that remains out there and has not been finalized. I think the problem of, as I said, repeating myself, maritime security is our problem, but it's also your problem. There's been talk in the media, at least, of the U.S. I'm sorry. There's been talk in the media that there may be a question of consulting with the U.S. on the mutual defense treaty when it comes to events in the South China Sea. I think what you've said a couple of times today would certainly lead to that question. Are you thinking about talking about consulting us under the mutual defense treaty? What would it take, do you think, to get to that point? Are we getting close to it? Thank you. Well, I think it's a good question to ask. If you were in my place, I think you would consider asking that question. I don't know what the answer would be, but I can tell you what the circumstances surrounding that have been in the past. We do have a mutual defense treaty. We do have some evidence on what exactly is covered, and as a matter of fact, we have Ambassador Hubbard here who is responsible for clarifying that the Pacific area doesn't mean the Pacific Ocean. It means the area surrounding the Pacific which encompasses the South China Sea. Thank you. I was afraid Chris Nelson would ask all of my questions first. I'm Greg Rushford from the Rushford Report. On the South China Sea issue, does the Philippines have any plans to upgrade its navy, buying more boats or whatever, or helicopters? And on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, I may have misunderstood your reference to that having been a closed organization because I believe at the initiative of Singapore, New Zealand, and others that the United States and Vietnam were welcome to negotiate to join the TPP and the Philippines before you assumed office declined. If that's true, it's hard to see any advantage for the Philippines when Vietnam and even the United States are going to join or are likely to join. With regards to your first question, Greg, yes, we are looking at trying to upgrade our navy. The President has set aside a, what to us is a significant amount of money, 7 billion pesos to see what can be done for an upgrade. But I was at the Washington Post earlier. Okay, so let me share with you what I had said there. Anyway, you're going to read about it tomorrow. We are looking for, as I said, some new ways, for some new ways to do things that we had been doing in the past. For example, the idea of resorting to excess defense articles to be able to upgrade our military capabilities has served us well in the past. But we think that we should be thinking of another way to do it. What seems to have happened, and we're accustomed to this already because we've been beneficiaries of this program for so many years, they try to look for assets that can be reconditioned. We take them out of inventory and then it takes months, maybe a year, maybe a year and a half to recondition this. And the cost of reconditioning comes out of our FMF. Very expensive. And then if you have, it's like buying a used car. If you talk to Senator Inouye, he will create a great analogy for you. He says, you know, the reconditioning doesn't last very long. You know, at some point in time you have great maintenance challenges in terms of that particular asset. What we'd like to do is we obviously need to to refleet, refleet quickly and more thoughtfully and more cost effectively. And we're looking for, I made a suggestion at the interview with the editors of Washington Post today that what we'd like to see is the possibility maybe of an operational lease so that we can look at fairly new equipment and be able to get our hands on that quickly. I think we need to have the resources to be able to stand and defend ourselves. And I think to the extent that we can do that, we become a stronger ally for you. Lady in the back. Hi, Mr. Secretary. Welcome back to Washington, D.C. My name is Sylvana Chan and I'm representing the Human Rights Watch. And I have two questions. The first one. Has the U.S. raised concerns with you doing your time here about the ongoing extrajudicial killings and impunity for these abuses? How has U.S. diplomacy influenced Philippine government policy in practice regarding human rights and particularly accountability for military abuses? My second question. The Philippines sees itself as a human rights leader in Southeast Asia. Why is the Philippines not leading the region in pushing for a commission of inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma when such a commission would help, as Aung San Suu Kyi has said, to find out what human rights violations have taken place and what we can do to ensure that such violations do not take place in the future? Thank you. Yeah, those are essentially two questions, right? As far as the Philippine record for human rights is concerned, we're endeavoring to do what we can in order to develop a climate that obviously promotes that. As you know, our president, President Aquino's father was a victim of extrajudicial killing. And so he knows and appreciates what needs to be done. For example, you speak of the military abuses. I just looked at my notes before I came here and I saw that we have an anti-torture law and the enabling documents, the implementing rules and regulations are being finalized as we speak. In terms of the problem in Burma, in Myanmar, I think you're speaking of the due diligence. To me, it looks like a due diligence of human rights violations there. I think we're not clear yet how we want to side with that issue. My thinking is that there is a democratization quote-unquote process that's being undertaken in Myanmar. They've had elections and we've stood up when we can and as often as we can to say that this democratization process should be more inclusive and that, for example, there are 2,100 political prisoners there and those prisoners to begin with should be released. But we think that that's a very young democracy if they're headed towards democracy and we should give them a chance. I think that this audit, it's due diligence audit, whatever you call it, you may be seeing too many people who are looking backwards and not enough who are looking forwards. That's my concern. I'll be time for one more question in the back. Hi, I'm Marianne from George Washington University. You mentioned your speech about your office's priority to also ensure the welfare of Filipinos abroad and you mentioned the number of Filipinas in the US. I don't know if you have read already but Mr. Jose Antonio Vargas, New York Times reporter, released an article in New York Times regarding his story regarding being an illegal immigrant or undocumented immigrant in the US so I don't know if you have read that and if you have, can I get your reaction to it? And second, I also would like to know if your office or the Philippine government in general has expressed interest in helping Mr. Vargas in his situation and another question to that is as we know Mr. Vargas situation is not unique. We also have teachers in Prince George's County in Maryland who are losing their jobs who are Filipinos also. So in general is immigration also a priority of your office aside from economic and security issues. Thank you. I have not read that article but if the embassy is in a position to help it would be our responsibility to do that. As you know, we have we have assistance to nationals focus when, for example, our people are apprehended all over the world and it's our job to make sure that that person is treated fairly, that he has legal representation and if there is a conviction then we appeal for him. So we do have assistance to national programs in place and we do take care of our overseas Filipinos. Believe me, it was barely 36 hours and I was already in Libya trying to get those Filipinos out there who initially we had 500 out and then we came back and the situation had improved they didn't want to come out and then days later it got worse they wanted to come out so we had to go back in there again. You know, that's our job. Okay, and we do that. Well, Mr. Secretary I would ask all my colleagues to join me in thanking you and thank you for joining us.


Hi friends, I'm Jasmine.  The super posh Beverly Hills mansion of Jasmine Johnson from the series Married to Medicine LA had come up on the market last year for $9.5 million. However, it wasn't reported that she and her psychiatrist hubby ever ended up getting a sale on the plate. Aside from this super glam nearly 10,000 square foot of boat, the Johnsons also maintain another contemporary property above the sunset strip, which they apparently rent out. We're gonna take a look at the couple's estates and if you watch the series, they may even look familiar. In these videos, we don't reveal any addresses even though I've done a house tour of my own place. Please do not show up at any private residences because it's not safe for anyone. Jasmine Johnson is best known for being a cast member on the Bravo reality series Married to Medicine LA, a show that centers around the highly dramatic relationships between rich and successful women. She lives with her husband, Santa Monica based psychiatrist Dr. Gadsden Johnson, who's never appeared on the show and their son. Jasmine is not only a doctor's wife and reality TV persona. The energetic and outgoing star is also an entrepreneur, fitness lifestyle influencer and former bikini fitness competitor. The Johnsons are pretty quiet about their net worth despite showing off their over-the-top lifestyle and tastes. Jasmine and her husband live a life of luxury and while we don't know their current earnings, it was clearly enough to purchase a couple of multi-million dollar homes. In fact, their opulent mansion has often been a hot topic on Married to Medicine with co-star Dr. Amani Walker calling Jasmine out and saying there's no way the family could afford their home and lifestyle.  If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe and ring that bell for notifications because we post brand new videos daily. As always, you can follow me on Instagram to chat and now let's get into this video. We're gonna jump right in and start off with the beautiful mansion Jasmine and her husband call home in Beverly Hills. At first glance, the estate is definitely grand and I can see why castmates would throw shade, but maybe they're just jealous. The home is fronted with a white exterior decked out with a massive columns and an iron gate. However, it's right on the street and certainly attracts attention. Located in the heart of Beverly Hills, Jasmine and her hubby listed the mansion last year for about $9.5 million, but there are no reports of the place sold yet. Parceled landspans just under a quarter of an acre and is situated right outside the highly sought after Beverly Park enclave, which is much loved by A-listers and wealthy folk alike. Castmate Dr. Amani Walker has also claimed that Jasmine's mansion looks like a drug dealer's house, but either way, the Johnsons have been enjoying the over the top home. According to records, Dr. Johnson purchased the estate almost five years ago for about $6 million. Just when you thought a nearly 10,000 square foot mansion was enough, the couple also boasts their fleet of Rolls Royces on the driveway as a bonus. Once you get past the cars, eight towering columns, and the elaborate roof details at the front of the abode, inside there are seven bedrooms and 10 baths over three lux floors. The mansion is dripping in opulence and is just one of those homes that screams, I'm rich, with sparkling marble floors and countless crystal chandeliers that are sure to blind you. The extra grand foyer has not one but two chandeliers, a winding staircase, second level gallery, and double height ceiling with touches of red on the carpet and curtains. I'm sure this space has served well for some of Jasmine's social media photo shoots. The wealthy vibes carry on to a formal living room with carved stone fireplace, white furnishings, glass doors to outside, and a large flat screen TV. The nearby dining room has an even larger flat screen TV just so Jasmine never misses an episode of Mary to Medicine, and this space has bold red walls and curtains, as well as enough space to host a proper dinner party. A smaller bonus room on the main level hosts a beautiful piano and another chandelier, but it looks like it's an extra space where the couple just put some filler furnishing. At least Jasmine's kitchen looks like it's more functional. While it's fresh and outfitted with expensive appliances, including double stainless fridges, double ovens, and more, it's less stuffy than the other common rooms. The Johnsons can enjoy a more intimate family meal here at the casual dining table too. The other spacious family room has a bit more of a modern vibe, but still boasts a fireplace and flat screen TV as you might expect. All of the bedrooms in this mansion are en suite with plenty of room, however Jasmine and her husband have the best room of all. The master, Treet, has a TV and separate sitting area with French doors to a private balcony, while the bathroom design is back to that over-the-top opulence. It's a bit much for me, if we're being honest, covered in gold marble and more gold-plated fixtures. Elsewhere in Jasmine's mansion, there are other fancy features like a marble floored formal ballroom perfect for entertaining, an elevator, and a home gym and sauna, since we know the Johnsons have a love for fitness and exercise. Out back, the resort style yard is mostly stone terracing but has plenty of palms and plants surrounding the pool and spa with waterfall feature. Well, I can't say no to a beautiful pool and this one is extra nice. I think the grounds are my favorite part of Jasmine's mansion. According to property records, Jasmine and her man also own another home above the Sunset Strip, which they purchased about two years ago for $3.85 million. After a huge overhaul, the couple flipped it back on the market in 2019 for almost $6 million, but it didn't sell. In fact, on Married to Medicine LA, several of the women from the Atlanta version of the series came to town and stayed at this property, which Jasmine more recently claimed was an investment home. It was listed for sale again at $5.2 million, then the price was chopped, and most recently, the couple took it off the market in 2020 and still own it. So let's take a look. The multi-level contemporary abode boasts unreal city views of LA and spans 4,800 square feet of space inside with four bedrooms and five bathrooms. While Jasmine's other mansion has been a controversial topic, it seems this modern abode was much loved. When the ladies from the Atlanta series headed straight from the airport to stay here on the May 3rd, 2020 episode, they were blown away by the gorgeous home. The house, located in the Hollywood Hills, has a simple exterior unlike her other mansion, with shades of gray and white. Jasmine's reality star guests were immediately impressed by the abode, when Toya asked, Why aren't you living here? This is beautiful. She clearly loved the views from the pool area. Jasmine explained that the four-story home is an investment property, and had said earlier in the episode that it's a big moneymaker for her business. Walking in, there's a bit of an open lair with all white walls for a clean look and black marble underfoot, which you'll see as a theme in Jasmine's house. There's a seating area once you enter the abode, with matching red chairs and an elegant staircase. The Hollywood home has an amazing main living room that may just be my favorite spot in the interior. Here, there are floor-to-ceiling walls of glass opening right up to the amazing pool, which no doubt looks great during day and night time. I gotta say, night time looks even cooler since you can see the sparkling city lights. The living room has plenty of seating for all of the reality stars to hang out with a white sectional couch, as well as a built-in modern fireplace and TV overhead. The other side of the room offers a dining table with plush gray chairs. The sprawling master bedroom is impressive and no doubt caught the lady's attention with the black marble wall and fireplace, which matches the rest of the home. It's totally chic and modern, while another guest room had neutral accents and white decor. At least two of the five bathrooms were decked out in sparkling marbling glass, and one with walls of black marble was super notable because of the mirror. They weren't your average, they were equipped with touch switch lighting, and it also looks like this upscale bathroom had a TV. Damn, my counters just have products all over, certainly no fancy mirrors and definitely no TV. And is it just me or do the Johnsons really love having TVs all over their home? Elsewhere in the abode, Jasmine has her one collection built into the walls, which looks to be super organized. Now, the pool area Jasmine's house in the hills is a feature of its own, but the views back here are also a sight to see. You can take in unobstructed views of all of LA by the looks of it, and out back, there's also a seating area with fire pit. The infinity pool with built-in spa as just steps from the main living room, and as you might expect, is lit up at night for the full effect. While the cocktail party that Jasmine hosted here with other guests like Amani Walker, Kendra Segura and more took a dramatic turn in the episode, one thing everyone agreed on was how beautiful this home was. With the blue pool, countless luxury bathrooms and chic bedrooms, it's not hard to understand why. After checking out the homes of Married to Medicine star Jasmine Johnson, I think thought about wraps up this house tour. We saw the lavish, over-the-top main mansion the Johnsons live in, which castmates often critique, as well as the couple's second property in the Hollywood Hills. After checking out the grand Beverly Hills Mega Mansion and the more modern home above the Sunset Strip, did you guys have a favorite? While Jasmine's opulent main mansion is more than double the size of the other plays, I don't think bigger is always better, and in this case, I prefer the Hollywood House. The first mansion is a bit too posh for me, not my taste. I think we can agree that both of those homes had beautiful pools though. The second one was the nicest in my opinion, because not only was it an infinity pool, but those used. Would you guys rather have the Hollywood home, even though it's smaller or that grand white mansion? Be sure to let me know your thoughts on Jasmine's properties down in the comments. Thanks for watching. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, and I will see you all in the next video. Bye!


It's early in the morning here, as you can see the sun is just beginning to rise over there It's a really nice vibe here when you wake up early. I woke up about 5.30 it's now coming up to 7 a.m. Had a shower. I got ready To start my day. I'm going to upload a premiere soon And then I'm going to start work on some new videos read all of your comments and Then I'm going to go out and do some traveling It become back later and go to the gym so I like to start the day early so I have More time in the day, but yeah, the Sun is just rising over there starting to get a bit brighter now okay, so The narcissist ends up watching you first. Let's talk about why they end up watching you they end up watching you because They be the discarded you or you chose to leave and Maybe they tried to hoof it you But you rejected it You didn't entertain it or maybe They were too full of pride and Ego to who for you so instead they lurk in the shadows They watch in the distance rather than trying to participate in anything with you and the reason for that It's because they feel like they can't get supply from you. You're not a good source or You just didn't validate the illusion You weren't susceptible to them at ablation You weren't under their spell under their control so They realize that By being a direct participant in something with you that could end up affecting them And they don't want that to happen That's why they need people who are susceptible vulnerable Under their control Those are the types of people they need and that's why you'll notice the people they surround themselves with look like they're in a trance Like they're under a spell Like they're in some other world Because those are the types of people they need around them.  They may still watch you Stalk you and they may do that because They like the benefits and conveniences that you provided to them and they're very envious and jealous They always feel like they miss it out on something so They just want to see if you move on if you find someone better than them because that's one of their greatest fears and If not, then they just come back to see you suffer To see the aftermath of the damage That they caused your life so that's really Why they end up watching you those are the reasons and Now I'm going to get into how they end up watching you But first let's go back to the sunrise over there. It's getting brighter now I did see some lightning over there too in the distance. It looks like they're heading out on a boat I want to do that soon as well Maybe go to those islands Okay, how they end up watching you? they may stalk you on social media and They may do that themselves or They might get someone else to do it Or they will create fake accounts Or they may stalk you in person or they may get one of their flying monkeys to stalk you And that could be At your home your workplace Or wherever they think you're going to be another thing they might do is Install tracking devices on your car Or on your phone or computer So then they can always keep tabs on you They always know what you're doing They always know who you're talking to and the other extreme is Installing surveillance cameras in your home and they may do that because remember they are very envious and jealous They may have moved on and Being involved with someone else But they don't want to see you doing that they want to keep you alone Isolated but anyway, I mean Alone time is good after you've been involved with them And I say that from my own experience When I was involved with a narcissist before I must have spent Two years alone, and I mean completely alone and That was the best thing I ever did because That's what helped me to build my YouTube channel. So yeah alone time Isn't bad anyway, you know, it can be difficult Especially after you've been involved with them. I Do think it's important to take that time to grow and heal But yeah, that's really what they'll try to do is they'll try to isolate you because an ideal situation for them really is They don't want to watch you have a lot of fun And you're like living your best life, that's just gonna make them miserable They're hoping that when they watch you you're gonna be down miserable you've got nothing to do with your life You have no motivation That's really what they want to see and they want to see you alone without anyone just remember When you were with them It was always a competition They saw you as their enemy their opponent and They always had to compete with you They always try to be better than you and the competition never ends Even after the relationship is over They're still comparing themselves to you they're comparing their Illusion of happiness With your life and their new supply They're comparing with you and With anyone you may be involved with So it's still a competition And it will always be a competition Because they're very insecure They have low self-esteem They can't just Come up and meet you on your level You have to go down They have to bring you down For them to feel comfortable around you just Nala running there Can't see the Sun right now. It's behind the mountains after about 30 minutes one hour it will come and Rise there and then it gets very strong Especially around lunchtime Sometimes I have to close the curtains When I'm making my videos the birds flying past Yeah You know, it's really sad when you think about it though. I mean when you were together There was no real intimate connection They were always so distant emotionally They didn't show any desire to connect. They pushed you away and As you try to progress so It's like you would take one step forward and They would take two steps back That's how it feels and then when it's over. It's no different They still cannot Have any type of connection with you No intimacy and that is just the saddest most empty thing In the world for me.  We all have sex now and again. I mean, there's nothing wrong with that But I'm talking more About just being playful just being relaxed And having a good time Joking and laughing but without trying to hurt Without trying to really compete with someone Be better than them You know where you can just let your ego go and just be yourself Yeah, that's what I like, but you can't get that with the narcissist So it was a competition no intimacy and That's just why they end up watching you in the end Because if they're no longer a part of your life, what else can they do if you think about it even when You are with them That's all they really did was watch you They were constantly observing you studying you All the time they were never intermittent Intimately connected with you. They were never You never had a deep connection It was just them observing Monitoring and studying you instead of asking you questions about yourself or showing curiosity An eagerness to learn more about you They were studying They were observing you very closely Watching what you were doing Trying to figure out what you were thinking Instead of just coming out and asking you Just the creepiest thing ever I mean if you want to know something I mean You don't really need to have the balls to ask It's just it's like some such a simple thing to do, but yeah, they They have to go around that and do it indirectly And that is the weirdest creepiest shit I've ever seen in my life Why do you have to do that? Why can't you be a normal functioning person Who just comes out and just says it directly and At the end I came to the conclusion that You're just dealing with a coward Someone who lacks the confidence to just come out and say it maybe they fear there might be consequences Maybe they fear that what they're saying is Socially unacceptable or Maybe they see that as a way to control you I think it's a combination of all of them, but power and control is Definitely a big one when they do things under the radar They see it as though it's more effective for them if they just come out and say something directly Ask you a question then They're not taking any power from you their power comes from you and Their power comes from you lacking awareness knowledge experience So they're gonna do anything to keep you in that state But you're confused Because confusion gives them power you have to remember that these people do lack intelligence especially emotional intelligence So they have to go around it They can't just drive straight through they have to go around They have to go the long way about it and they do that through Manipulation Tricks and deception That's how they have to do it because they can't compete with you head on with logic and intelligence They know they're not gonna win that battle So instead of using logic they Try to get in your emotions Everything becomes a fight and argument Something that you have to win Because you put your ego first Instead of just using basic logic to work things out That's why they do it and I think that's why They just end up watching you From afar in the end Rather than talking directly to you. It's the star of the show Nala she spends most of her time out here I just leave the door open overnight because no one can get through here It's safe and she's okay on some balconies These types of balconies she's safe because of the glass quite high up. I had an apartment in the UK and She was going out on the balcony for about three years, but then there was one place in Sri Lanka and And Yeah, that was quite dangerous. So I couldn't let her out on that one, but she's safe. She's comfortable here I think she just enjoys the view.  You can probably hear them Okay It's time for me to sit down and I'm going to upload a new premiere now So check back over the next one hour There will be a new video and I'm going to do some work as well Make some new videos and then I'm gonna head out so Thank you all for joining me and Have a great day


Hello, my name is Joakim Auckland, from Sweden, and you're watching Trucker Josh Lopes. Fine, beautiful people. It's Monday. Can you believe it? Another week is here. Yes! We've got another load of these, uh, plastic rolls going down a walk in North Dakota. Keeping us busy. I like it. I'm gonna go grab some Timbs and we'll be on our way. Okay. One thing about these W900s, now this isn't a complaint because you can't complain about a W900.  That, uh, can't even say that with a straight face. One thing I can, uh, say I don't really appreciate in the design is that these, uh, power outlets are behind the cup holders. In the middle.  This radio in here I need to replace so that I can connect with Bluetooth, but right now I still have to connect with an auxiliary cable. So I have an extra few wires hanging around here, and it messes with my mind sometimes. I don't like all that, uh, that look, the messy look, but what can you do? What can you do, right? Just one thing I could say is, man, they could have put like an outlet on here and on the side here or down here. It would have been nice to have one up here for the GPS somewhere on the dash, but this is a 2008. You got to remember that. So in 2008, there wasn't very many outlets in any trucks. The new trucks, they got a power outlet in every corner and everywhere.   You can't have all of the technologies and all of the fun stuff, but, uh, you get the real fun stuff. You get to drive a nice old truck. I like the old ones better than the new ones. So I wouldn't trade it in for those, just for those plugs. I could probably add them in. Beautiful fall morning. All right, what's the correct word? It's a beautiful autumn morning. It feels so proper when I call it autumn. Autumn. No, it's fall because leaves fall down. This last Saturday, Britt reached the 14-week mark. She's 14 weeks pregnant. That's a weekend is three and a half months pregnant. Over a third of the way there. Here, my wife is having our first baby, an IVF baby. It's due on my birthday, April 1st. Wouldn't that be cool? Share my birthday with them? That'd be the best birthday present ever. We don't know if it's going to be a boy or a girl. We're not going to find out either. I'm an old school trucker and I'm old school that way too. My wife was on the same page with that, surprisingly. I'm glad she was. Very few surprises in life. Why not get a surprise if it's a boy or a girl? We have a sneaky feeling it's going to be a girl, but if it comes out a boy, that's awesome too. I just hope they're healthy. You were watching last week. This week is going to be pretty similar, I think. We did two runs down to Buxton, North Dakota from Carmen, Manitoba, and three to Waffden. Today we're starting a week off from Waffden. If I can get on to the road here. Monday morning rush hour in Carmen. Southern Manitoba is in Southern Manitoba. Obviously just north of eastern North Dakota.  Going up we used to live in the bush, and in fall time obviously all the leaves would fall down. I'd go jump in the big pile of leaves. I remember that smell very well when I was a kid. I loved that. Our very important first stop of the day after we're loaded. Can you see it? So what does a trucker Josh Timmy's breakfast look like? Let me tell you, it's magical. There is a sausage biscuit, home style sausage biscuit, and a hash brown in here. This is so good. This is so good. And here is where the magic is contained. It is an extra large coffee, regular, with two cream, and a magical shot of espresso in it. That's what makes it magical. It's the espresso shot. If I'm feeling super magical I might put two in there. Not too often, but every now and then when I need a bit of a kick in the pants. I'll put two in there. It does not be an extra large coffee either, but if it's an extra large it has to have two cream. No sugar. Sugar ruins coffee. It's disgusting. If I don't need so much coffee I get a large coffee with one cream. That's it though. And the espresso shot. Don't forget the espresso shot. Because unfortunately Tim Horton's coffee is pretty weak. And if you don't add that espresso shot, you're just getting coffee flavored water. In my humble opinion, I like my coffee to kick me in the back end, you know? I like feeling alive. That's what I want to change my shades on. So I have these prescription shades, right? I've told you before. I'm trying so hard not to get my glasses dirty, but they're always dirty. My wife warned me about that, because she's worn glasses for a long time. And I just got my glasses like a month ago. And she told me, don't always be dirty. She'll give you something to complain about. She didn't say that, but she was thinking it. Because I was thinking it. I'm like, oh, I got something new to complain about. Awesome. That's awesome. So here's my prescription shades. Not exactly the cleanest. Oh, oh yeah. I'm so glad we went with the shades. Because we bought one pair, we got a second pair free, right? And I decided to go with a pair of shades, which was thank goodness. Because I use these all day on the road. All day. Time to get going. Off to Wapden. Wapde Wapden. See if I can get myself turned around here now. It's always very busy. Amazon Prime coming through. That's going to be our house one day. Special licenses and permits to pull that kind of stuff. I won't be able to do it myself. I'm going to leave that to the professionals who know what they're doing when they're pulling houses down the road. I've never done that before, so I don't want to go and start pulling my house down the road and risk something. That's my house. It's going to cost me a lot of money. I'm just going to pay for someone to bring it there for me so that I can just follow them in my pickup truck. I'm going to get some good footage of it, don't worry. I'll get better footage of it if I'm not actually pulling it anyways, right? But yeah, we're buying an RTM for our land. Not any time soon. Don't get too excited. First we're building our shop on the land and then we're doing the house. I'm hoping the goal is my red line, my hard line is by summer 2027 I want to be living in the house on our land. That is my goal or the latest I want it. Hopefully within the next couple of years we can get it done and then it's going to be built in Winnipeg put together. And then it's going to be pulled from there all the way out to our land in the bush. I can't wait. I can't wait. I'm not quite as excited for the house as I am for the birth of our first child, but I'm pretty excited for the house too. It's going to be like the second coolest day this decade. I've got to be careful here. Wait a second. Wait a second. There's my wedding day. And my wedding day too. Third coolest day of the decade. Whatever. It's going to be one of those big life moments because this is going to be the house we want to live in the rest of our lives when we retire in there. We might own some other properties and rent them out, but this house is going to be ours. We're building it for us. So it's going to be a big moment in life when that house rolls down the highway to our land and gets set on the foundation. And get all the electricity, the plumbing hooked up. What a day that's going to be. Every time I see an RTM going down the highway like that, I get all excited. One day. One day that's going to be our house. And the reason we're going with an RTM, RTM stands are ready to move. It gets built on site in Winnipeg and then it gets moved to our site where we're going to place it. It's cheaper that way for one because I don't have to pay for the builders and the crews to go back and forth between our land, which is way out in the middle of nowhere in the bush in time. I got to pay for that comedic time. So it's cheaper that way. And they're also built stronger usually. And in this case, the one that we're going with, it's built a lot stronger. It's built to move, right? Time of the crew is going back and forth from wherever they're based to the city or I mean from the city probably to my land. I mean, I've also got to get all the product delivered to my land then as well. Whereas if they build it in Winnipeg on their site, all of the materials they need are right there. Everything they need, all their tools, everything is right there. It gets built a lot faster. So they'll build it, move it, set it up for us, fit it all hooked up, we're moved in. Then for me begins the fun part for me. Landscaping our yard. We're going to have a nice front yard. No dogs allowed in the front yard. They're going to be in the back. Property. Maybe I'll get a couple. I don't know. I'll have at least one. I want a big one. Those flower beds in the front, our vegetables and stuff. Build a nice fence around it so the deer stay out of it. Build a nice living area in the back. We're not a living area, but like a family area in the back with a bonfire pit. I can't wait. I'm getting impatient. I want to start building now. I really want the foundation for our shop in the ground next summer. There's a few things we need to do to the house we're in right now first. One of our windows on our house that we're in now, our little house is cracked. It's broken. We're getting that replaced next month. I just paid for it or paid for the down payment. So we're getting a new window installed in the house. That needs to be done first. We've got a new hot water tank in there now. That's done. New washer and dryer. That's done. We need to redo the bathroom. That's another big one that we need to do before we get going on our property. So we'll get the bathroom redone. I'd like to update the kitchen. It depends, right? Because we might keep the property as a rental property. That's probably what we're going to do. When I have an asset like a house, I really don't want to sell it if I don't have to. I'd rather get some renters, some good renters that are good that won't destroy the house. Get some good renters in there and then you're providing a home for somebody. And also you keep your asset and that keeps growing for you. And then down the road somewhere, whenever we need the cash or whenever we want to retire, then we can sell it and have a chunk of cash, right? And in the meantime, our tenants are paying for our mortgage and they're paying for our investment. It's like forced savings. We take the rent from them, we put it into an account, pay our mortgage, pay off the house. And then in the meantime, we can live in the house that we're building, right? I might buy a few more properties in the next couple of decades throughout my life. I'd like to have several properties lined up and hopefully paid off, good tenants, so that one day when I'm ready to retire, I can sell off my assets, all my houses, cash in on that and go sit on a beach in Florida. Speaking of Florida, how are you guys doing down there? I've been watching the news. I've been keeping up with the devastation down there from the hurricane. Also on the east coast of Canada, Hurricane Fiona hit up there and Hurricane E in Florida and South Carolina. How are you guys doing all along our east coast, Canada, the U.S.? You guys doing all right? Let me know down below in the comments if you were caught in that storm. How are you doing? I hope you're doing good. I hope you're doing as good as you can be given the situation. I'm thinking about you guys. Getting straps off and put away too. We're done. I think that's a record. 16 minutes from the time I stopped to the time I'm rolling away right now. 16. Let's go get another one. I'm not completely positive, but I think we're doing another one tomorrow. That's where I'm headed right now anyway. Unless plans get changed on the way, I'm going to stop in Fargo for fuel. I heard anything by then. I'll call in this week as well. Better shoes for my feet. I'm thinking of getting back to Carmen as fast as I can and then doing my walk there. See how that works. I don't know if I like that as much. I usually like to walk during the day. By the time we get back to Carmen, it'll be the evening. Hopefully it's not too cold already. Whatever. You walk and you warm yourself up, right? At least there's no bugs this time of year. All the mosquitoes have wonderfully died. Hopefully. Never to be seen again. The Canadian border here. All trucks, commercial vehicles next right. It should say keep right. Same thing I guess. Keep right would make a little more sense. If you come to this border crossing in the middle of the night, just a heads up. This sign will say closed. Kind of freaked me out when it did last time. You got to go through the car side then. They just have one window open then for cars and trucks. You got to keep left. Really freaked me out. I think it was a few weeks ago. I crossed here like three in the morning. I'd never seen this sign before. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. It was a few weeks ago. I crossed here like three in the morning. I'd never seen it closed before. Because commercial vehicles always keep to the right. And personal vehicles you go to the left. And there's two different buildings almost. It's all part of the same building. But two separate areas that we cross. Apparently when it gets really slow. I guess it makes sense. They only have one window open over there on the left. For everybody. So I thought the border was closed. I was freaking out. This border doesn't close. 24-7. Why would it close? Then I'm thinking what happened? Like were we attacked or something? Was there like a military attack somewhere? And why else would they close the border? Another pandemic? Border was still open. I figured it out after I saw another truck go through there. Who obviously knew what he was doing. Just followed him through the side there of the cars. And asked him yeah apparently in the middle of the night they shut down the commercial side. I guess to save on workers. I don't know. It was a good run though. It was a good run down to Wapton. I'm going to do the same thing again tomorrow. I've got my load off for here already. I'm going to pull it up here. I believe I'm going to Wapton not Buxton. It's one or the other. Come on. Show me my load assignment. Yeah. Wapton, North Dakota. Wapton. Wapton. Cool whip in Wapton. No? So I'm going to go to Kermit again tonight and sleep there. You're ready for a thing in the morning again. I'll show you what I was talking about here. On the right here there's three lanes for commercial vehicles. There's usually just one or two open. Unless it gets really really busy. On the left over there that's where all the cars used to go. That's used to be where we all went. And then they built this side for us. Here you just stop here and wait for this light above here to turn green. They'll turn it green when they're ready for you to come up behind them. I got the green light already. If they're doing a shift change or something at the border, sometimes they'll leave those lights back there red so that all traffic stays well back from here so that they can switch out customs agents or whatever or do a shift change. Then when they're ready for you, they'll turn the lights green again. Then you come up to the window here. If you don't get a green light there, don't come through that red light. They really don't like that. Wait for the light to turn green. Sometimes it feels like lights aren't working. You're wondering why do I got a red light up sitting here? There's no one in front of me. It's not turning green. They're working. They're working just fine, believe me. It doesn't have to make sense to you, but when they're ready for you to come to the window, they'll turn it green. You might get yelled at. You might get pulled in for a search. You might get an extra little hassle that you don't need that you don't want. No, why did it run through a red light? Maybe there's a charge connected to that. You run through a red light and your results is charged, right? Another day is done. I know these days aren't as exciting to show you online here when I'm doing the same thing day after day. I'll find ways of making it interesting. I might be doing this all week yet. I don't know. I know I'm doing it tomorrow again. We'll go day by day to see how it goes, but by the sounds of it, I have a feeling that I'll be doing it all week yet and maybe even parts of next week. It's a really good run for me. It works out really well. I'm happy with it. I've just got to find a way of making it interesting to show you what I'm doing every day when I'm doing the same thing. This won't be forever. What we're doing right now, we're running all this pipe down south. They need to get it into the ground before the ground freezes. Once winter hits, this is going to slow down and play at this route as much as they'll let me. I really like it. I'm happy with it. Who knows how long I'm going to be doing this for. But it'll definitely not be longer than fall time because once winter hits, I'm sure we'll have other things to do because they can't put any of this pipe in the ground after that. I'm not on that side of things. I don't work in the office. I'm a driver. My end of it is I just do... I deliver the loads that I'm sent. As long as I'm happy with them and like I've said over and over, I am happy with this route. I want to do this. On YouTube here, we're going to find different ways of making it interesting and different things to show you every day. This is Matatoba in North Dakota. You've seen my challenge. I'm going to try hard though, guys. Thanks for hanging out with me here though. I appreciate it. Thanks for hanging out with me all the way to the end. And we'll see what happens tomorrow. It's Monday night. It is October 3rd, 2022. When I'm filming this, I'll see you in the morning.