boehner is resigning as speaker of the house. today's hashtag one lucky guy, judge alex ferrer. >> it's all good. new york can't handle anymore than me. >> the news conference is expected to begin at any minute. it comes at a time fraught for u.s.-chinese elations over chinese cyber attacks on the american government and its corporations, and china's flexing of its military muscle in the pacific, unsettling key

american allies. chris stirewalt joins us live from washington. you can't miss the timing of this. you have a lot going on around this relationship. the foam would be quick to point to china's horrible record on human rights violations. >> remember the overlay for all of this and this may sounds strange. the overlay for all of this is global warming. the pope is interested in global warming. the president is hugely interested in global warming. and you mentioned concerns about aggressive actions by the chinese military. the top priority for the president is to get a deal with china about carbon emissions. that's a huge legacy project. he wants to get president xi

jinping to get on board. >> the prime minister is known as one of the most aggressive leaders since mao. and is it any coincidence he decided to buy 300 beauing jets yesterday? -- 300 boeing jets. it appears he wants to be elevated to the world stage. president obama is giving him this house warming party, this 21-gun salute so he can go back to his country where he's been known for jailing people saying he's on the same playing field as the united states of america. >> they are on the same playing field. our economy is not good. their economy isn't great either. but we are not in our strongest position ever.

belly scratching for good relations, people do it all the time with people you don't like. you give them a show so they can look good at home. the question is what you get in the end. it just matters do it work out and you get what you want. you just say, yes. 50 years from now we promise we'll pollute less. you guys go ahead and shut down your factories now. >> one of the biggest issues in the business community has to do with cyber-security spying and theft intellectual property. companies are very frustrated continuously their intellectual property is stolen they believe by the chinese government and handed over to companies there. it gives them a competitive advantage. this is something a lot of people close to the situation say the chinese government feels like they have a right to do, to

help their companies. when they come to talk to u.s. officials, they don't admit they do it. we hear they are talking about this behind the scenes and there is hope some sort of arms agreement of on this issue. are you hearing anything about this? what is the hope something actually gets done? >> they much touted the prospect they will come up with something like a treaty to how to deal with, not the spying, but the hacking, the stealing, to deal with the cyber issues and to lay grounds rules for the attack side. and then there is espionage and stealing. they say they are hoping to come up with a deal on that. but what i would expect to come out of this is hot air. they will say yes we should all be good and he will fly back to china and say what did the boys in the hack room get today.

>> we appreciate your perspective as we await the president pant chinese leader xi. at ground descree row in new york pope francis leading that interfaith prayer session has begun his speech. >> the water running towards an empty center reminds us of all the lives who left under the power of those who believed in destruction. -- they believe is the only way to solve conflicts. that silent cry of those who suffered in their -- in the

violence of hate and revenge. the logic that could only cause pain and suffering, destruction and tears. water falling also symbolizes our tears. the tears shed for the destruction of yesterday who are joins by so much destruction today. is this a place where we cry? we cry the pain that powerlessness makes us feel when we see injustice, an inability

to solve our differences and dialogue. this place with the unjust, they are innocent because we are not able to find solutions for the common good. it is water that reminds us yesterday's tears and today's tears. a few minutes ago i met some families of the first responders that fell while performing their service and i was able to see how destruction is never

impersonal, it's never abstract, it's not about things. above all the destruction it is specific, it has names, the family members show the face of pain that leaves us speechless but that screams to heaven. but at the same time they are able to show the other face of this attack. the the the other -- the other side of the pain. the power of love and remembrance. the memory that does not leave us empty. on behalf of so many loved ones

written here in the faces of this towers so we can see them and touch them. i'll never forget them. with this pain we can people the capacity of heroic goodness that the human being is also capable of. the hidden force that we must voice and appeal to. at times of greatest pain and suffering, you will witness the greatest acts of giving of themselves and of themselves and held a stretched out hand. it may seem impersonal, people

were able to show the powerful solidarity of mutual help, love and self-sacrifice. at that time it wasn't about blood or origin or neighborhood or region or political views. it was a matter of solidarity. brotherhood. it was a matter of humanity. new york firemen when they came into the towers that were crumbling. without much thinking about their own lives, many fell in

their duty and sacrifice they allowed for so many others to survive. this place of death also is transformed in a place where lives saved, saved lives, a psalm that lead to us affirm that life will always triumph over the prophets of destruction over death and good will always win over bad, reconciliation and unity will prevail over hate. in this place of pain and

remembrance i'm full of hope because of the opportunity of joining the leaders representing so many religious traditions that enrich the life of this great city. i hope our presence here sent a powerful sign over which to share and reaffirm to wish to be forces of reconciliation and peace, throughout the whole world. it is possible to live in a world of peace. the face of any attempt to make

us all similar, it is possible, and it is necessary to meet together with our different tongues, different cultures, religions, and raise our voice against anyone who would like to prevent that because together today we have been invited to say no to any attempt to make us all the same and to say yes to our differences, accepting reconciliation. for this we need to throw away feelings of hate and revenge and rancor. we know this is only possible through a gift of heaven.

here in this place of remembrance. each one of us in their way together. i propose a moment of silence and prayer. let us ask the lord the gift of joining the case of peace. peace in our homes, in our families. in our schools. in our community. peace in all the places in which war seems to be endless. peace in the faces of the people who have only seen pain.

peace in this wide world that god has given us as our home -- as a home for us all and for us all. oonly peace. let us pray in silence.

in this way the lives of those we love will not be forgotten, but it will be present each time we try to be the prophets of con truck and reconciliation, the prophets of peace. harris: pope francis wrapping up that interfaith prayer service he has been giving with some words to the victims' families

and survivors of 9/11. this is where we cry over the pain and injustice. he is set to have a private viewing of the piece of steel shaped like a cross that was covered by firefighters and baipt centerpiece of the mass at ground zero. also he will see the bible recovered at the site. this is the first time a pope has visited the memorial obviously since what happened in this country all those years ago. we are watching the service. you can see some of the participants today who stood at the lectern and told their stories and their perspective and their prayers from their own faiths. and a lot of young faces in that audience as you see now, the choir singing. but we wanted to bring you these pictures. it's one of the top stories

today that's happening almost simultaneously. let's bring out the couch. judge, i want to know your thoughts. >> i love the fact we are seeing so much interfaith participation during this difficult ceremony for the families who lost their loved ones there. but at the same time it's an uplifting ceremony. so i think it's a good bringing together of a lot of people. harris: rachael with your husband and current member of congress you probably had discussions as you were coming all this way when pope francis was in town. what did you talk about in terms of what this means? >> this is pour new stuff. -- this is powerful stuff. i have been following his schedule. i think each one of us on this couch would be in a nap coma.

the message in new york. he has a couple more stops before he takes off to philadelphia. what we talked about, we are excited about philadelphia because that's the reason he came to america it's about family, and it's about putting the family first, and at the center of frankly many of the things that he's fighting for. even poverty. family is at center of that. i have to tell you, if you are catholic, you are probably saying the pontiff has the power to bring all these religions together for such a touching moment. harris: the pope is reaching out to everybody. i heard him say several times, if you are not of any faith, could you just send me well wishes? you don't even have to know how to pray. he has stopped much to the challenge and sometimes stunned

reaction by secret service members who were with him, the security forces i should say with him, base he wants to pause and, the people in the crowd. let's watch and listen for just a moment. >> i invite you to stand and exchange a sign of peace. harris: we are going to pull away from this as they continue that interfaith service. and now we are going to shift gears with that other story going on right now. we are watching this dual set of lecterns at the white house. the other story has to do with the meeting between our president and the leader of china and going forward what we learned about cyber attacks that were so horrible that now they include 6 million fingerprints against our government and many

fingers pointing at the chinese government. we learned that has been a topic between these leaders. the white house said the u.s. china agreeted first cyber meeting will be held by the end of 2015 and will occur twice per year thereafter. both sides agree to discuss this topic and try to curtail that type of activity as much as possible. i don't know if that goes as far as anybody taking responsibility. by the many interesting. >> the chinese leader said they didn't have any involvement. he won't acknowledge it. but every country spies. the difference is how they spy and what they do with that information. the chinese are known for intellectual property violations. i don't see a lot coming out of this meeting. people are asking, are we going to impose sanctions?

i don't see sanctions. but a lot of hot air coming out of this meeting. xi is so aggressive. jailing a lot of people make it look like he's cleaning up sheen ease address. i don't see a lot coming out of this meeting. he wants respect. he wants to go back to china and say he's a major player and recognized by the united states in a major way. that's exactly what he's going to get. harris: i want to get your thoughts on this. we have the kind of co--dependence that cheating spouses have who won't leave each other. >> china is a huge market for the united states. when you listen to apple earnings they talk about how much they have grown in china. this is the frontier where they want to expand. but if you shop sat walmart. we get so many cheap goods from china. they buy our debt. that's one of the reasons we are

allowed to borrow so much. it's an incredibly co-dependent relationship financially. we talk about sanctions but to me it's almost laughable. harris: the president of the united states, the president of china will step up. each will have something to say, then they will take a couple question s from the the press corps gathered in the rose garden. >> i want to once again welcome president xi back to the right house. we first hosted him three years ago when he was vice president. this our sixth meeting. as a result of our nations our nations are work across a broader range of critical issues and the cooperation is delivering results for our nations and the world. since i took office american exports to china have nearly

doubled and support nearly 1 million americans jobs. chinese the investment in united states helps support jobs across our country. we partner to address global cleajs whether it's global security and encouraging reconciliation and development in afghanistan and helping end the ebola he deputyic in south africa. historic expwhrie mat change agreements have encouraged other countries to step up as well. and as a member of the p5 plus 1, china was critical of the regime that brought iran to the negotiating table to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. greater prosperity and greater security is what american and chinese cooperation can deliver. the united states well comes the rise of a china that is

peaceful, stable, prosperous, and a responsible player in global affairs. i'm excited to expanding our cooperation even as we address disagreements candidly and constructively. that's what president xi and i have done on this visit during our working dinner last night and our meetings today. let me mention some specifics. first with respect to ouronomicd to step up our work to a high-level investment treaty to level the playing field for american companies. we committed to principles for trade technologies including protection of innovation and intellectual property. president xi expressed his effortsing to have china play a bigger role in the rules-based system that controls the economy.

i raids our concerns about growing cyber threats to american companies and american citizens. i indicated it has to stop. the united states government does not engage in sierk economic espionage for commercial gain and today i can announce our two countries reached a common understanding on the way forward. we agreed neither the u.s. nor the chinese government will conducts or knowingly support psycher theft of interests intel prompt including trade secrets for commercial advantage. in addition we'll work together and with other nations to promote international rules of the road for appropriate conducts in sieb per space. so this is progress. but i have to insist our work is not yet done. i believe we can expand our cooperation in this area even pass the united states will continue to use all of the tools at our -- at our disposal.

second we are building on last year's climate commitments. i issued our clean power plan to help reduce america's carbon emissions. china will limit emissions from some of its largest sectors through cap and trade. i announced our pledge last year of $3 billion to the green climate funds to help developing nations deal with climate change and today i welcome china's efforts. we are putting together our common vion for the ambitious agreements we seek in paris. for energy consumers and carbon emitters come together like this, then there is no reason for other countries whether developed or developing, to not do so as well. this is a major step towards the global agreement the world needs.

third, with respect to security in the asia pacific. we agreed to new channels of gore nations to reduce risk to our military. we demands the full implementation of all relevant u.n. security council resolutions and we'll not step north korea as a nuclear weapons state. we had candid discussion on the east and south china seas. as such i indicated the united states will continue to sail, fly and operate anywhere that international law allows. i conveyed our significant concerns or lands reclamation and the militarization of disputed areas which makes it

harder for countries in the region to resolve this peacefully. we are not a claimant. we just want to make sure the rules of the road are just held. i reiterate owrd strong commit to the our one china policy and the stay juan relations act. weave agreed to do more to promote international security. the united nations in the coming days, the u.s. and china will bring countries together to promote development in afghanistan and we'll work with our many partners to strengthen international peacekeeping. all parties including iran need to fully implement the united nations temperature. we'll build on our efforts against ebola we'll work to strean then global health security, expand our efforts on

humanitarian assistance and food security. and given china's success in lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty which is one of the most remarkable achievements in human history. we'll help rally the world in our goal to ends poverty. we had a discussion about human rights. i confirmed america's support for the fundamental rieflts all people including freedom of assembly, expression, freedom of the press and religion. i expressed our strong view that preventing journalists, lawyers and ngos and closing churches are all proper mat nick our view and actually prevent china and its people from realizing its full potential. obviously we recognize there are real differences there, and

president xi shared his views in terms of how he can move forward in a step by stem way that preserves chinese unity. we expect we'll continue to consult in these areas. even as we recognize tibet as part of the people's republic of china. continue to encourage them to engage the daly llama and his representatives. we are taking more steps to expands the connections between our two peoples. we launched an initiative to boost tourism. and just as children across china learn english we are starting a new initiative to encourage one million american students to learn mandarin chinese the next five years. vice president biden points out two of his grandchildren are on track. after all, if our countries are going to do more together around

the world. then speak each other's language and understanding each other is a good place to start. overall we have had an extremely productive meetings. the particular work that has been done by our teams shows the extraordinary progress we can make when we are working together. the candid conversations between president xi and myself help us understand each other better to avoid misunderstandings orness calculations and pave the way for further flog those areas. i want to thank you for expanding your commitment to cooperation between our nations. i believe that it's another reminder that as we work to narrow our differences we can continue to advance our mutual interests for the benefit of our two peoples and for the benefit of the world. thank you very much.

>> dear friends from the press, ladies and gentlemen. good morning it's a great pleasure for me to meet with all of you together with president obama. let me begin by thanking again president obama and the u.s. government for the gracious hospitality and thoughtful arrangements and warm reception accorded to me and the chinese delegation. i also want to thank the american people for a warm welcome. yesterday and today president obama and i had discussions on our respective domestic and foreign policies, international and regional situations. our meetings are constructive and productive. and we have reached extensive and important consensus.

during the discussions, president obama shared with me the domestic tea general today and foreign policy he has been working on and i congratulate him on the progress he has made in those areas. i appreciate his reaffirmation to me that the united states welcomes the rise of a peaceful, stable and prosperous china it supports china to play a bigger role in the international arena and the united states you a ports china's reform at opening up. i indicated to president obama that china is making all round efforts to dean comprehensive reform to enforce strict party discipline to achieve a grand goal of society.

china is firmly committed to the path of peaceful development. it's committed to growing friendship and relations with all country in the world. to work the united states to built the new model of major country relationship without conflict, without confrontation, with mutual respect and win-win cooperation is a priority in china's foreign on i. we have spoken highly of the important progress made in china-u.s. relations since the summit in 2013, and we agreed to follow the consensus, expand the practical cooperation in various areas at the bilateral, regional level. and manage continues and sensitive issues in constructive manner. and to advance the new model of major country relationship

between china and the united states. we have agreed to dean the practical cooperation in various areas. this includes we have agreed to vigorously push forward the bilateral investment treatment negotiation. speed up the pace of the work so as to achieve a high standard, and balanced agreement. we'll expand multily beneficial cooperation in energy, yalg protection, vaive yaition, infrastructure, consider aviation, infrastructure, health and other areas. the two governments and relevant agencies have signed many cooperation agreements. china and the united states are highly complementary economically. there is huge potential for further cooperation.

for the united states to recognize china's market economy and ease export controls it will expand mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries. we had in-depth discussion on the current economic and financial situation to jointly promote global growth and financial stability. we established the mechanism on regular phone conversations on economic affairs between chain today and the united states which will be led by our vice premiere and the secretary of the treasury jacob lu. we'll also step up cooperation with the ng20, the world bank, imf and other mechanisms.

i appreciate u.s. including the rnb into the imf special drawing rights when certain standard of the imf are met. and i also appreciate the commitments to implement the reform plan adopted at the g20 up it. we have fully affirmed the new progress made in the confidence building mechanisms. we have agreed to step up exchanges in policy dialogues at all levels. hold more joint exercises and training. we believe that terrorism is the common enemy of mankind and we agreed to step up multi lateral and counter-terrorism cooperation. we decided to increase communication and cooperation on pie a $i and disaster reduction

and international peacekeeping operation. and we'll jointly fight against all kind of corrections crime. we had in-depth discussion on the asian pacific. and china and the united states. and we will work together to promote interactions and inclusive cooperation in the asia pacific and work with the country in the asia pacific to promote peace, stability and prosperity in this region. china is committed to a partnership with our neighbored. islands in the south china sea since ancient times are china's territory. we have the right to uphold our own territorial sovereignty and

maritime rights and interests. we are committed to maintaining space and stability in the south china sea and managing continues and disputes through dialogue and addressing disputes through negotiation. we are committing to respecting and upholding the freedom of navigation and overflight the countries enjoy according to international law. relative construction activity china are undertaking do not target or impact any country and comiena does not intend to pursue militarization. the countries directly involved should address their dispute through consul take and peaceful means and we support freedom,

navigation and overflight according to international law. and the management of differences through dialogue. and an early con cliewfghts consultation based on consensus building. we agreed to maintain constructive communication on relevant issues. china and the united states are two major cyber countries and we should strengthen dialogue on cooperation. confrontation and africa are not thdconfrontation and friction ae not the right choice. they have reached the important consensus on the joint fight against cyber crimes. both sides agreed do step up crime cases, investigation assistance and information sharing. both government would not even

gang in or knowingly support online theft of intellectual properties and we'll explore the formulation of behavior norms of the cyberspace. and we'll establish a high-level joint dialogue mechanism, the fight again cyber crimes and related issues and establish hotline links. democracy and how rights, at the same time we must recognize countries have different historical processes and realities. that we need to respect people of all countries in the rights to choose their own development path independently. the chinese people are seeking to realize the great renewal of the chinese nation which is the chinese dream. this process is a process to achieve social equity and

justice and balancing human rights. china stand ready to in the spirit of equality and mutual respect conduct human rights dialogue with the united states, expand consensus, reduce differences, learn from each other, and progress together. we have decided to continue to work together to tack the global challenges and provide more public goods for the international community. we again issued a joint announcement on climate change. we have agreed to expand intellectual practical cooperation in multi lateral negotiation and work together to push the climate change conference to produce important progress. we have signed china-u.s. development cooperation m.o.u.

and are agreed to expand in asia, africa and other regions in terms of food security, emergency response and disaster reduction. and we'll maintain communication and coordination in implementing the post-2015 development agenda to promote a more equitable and balanced partnership and help developing countries to achieve common development. we agreed to uphold the nuclear non-proliferation regime. president obama and i welcome the plan of across reached by relevant parties. we reaffirm that all relevant parties should undertake to implement the agreement fully and work together to implement all relevant united nations security council resolutions. we reaffirm our commitment to realize the complete and

verifiable dekne de. we believe that the september 19 joint statement of the six-party talks should be implemented in full. and all relevant parties should work together to firmly advance the denuclearization of the. the friendship between the two peoples is the foundation for u.s.-china relaying and we should endeavor to solidify this important foundation. we decided to make 2016 the year

of tourism. we'll fund a total o of 50,000 student to study in each other's countries and welcome to extend the 100,000 strong to elementary and secondary schools and by 2020, one million american students will learn mandarin. the door of friendship will continue to be open to the american people. i also hope that the chinese people could come to the united states for holidays or visits more easily and conveniently. mr. president, with 36 years of development, the interest of china and the united states are deeply interconnected and we have greater responsibilities for world peace and progress. there are broader areas the two sides should and could work together.

the chinese stand ready to work with the united states to uphold a spirit of perseverance to seek further progress to the better benefits of the chinese and american people and the people in the world. thank you. [applause] >> we are going to take a few questions. we'll start with bloomberg. >> reporter: i would like to talk to you about cyber. if i'm an american business being hack bid chinese pirates trying to steal my intellectual property, what firm assures can you give us things will get bert and when? what do you still need to see, and president xi can we expect prosecutions of chinese people and organization hospital have hacked american businesses and if the u.s. did sanction anyone in chain a would you respond

with sanctions. also everyone will kill me if i don't ask. ways your reaction to house speaker john boehner's decision to resign. will this make life bert or worse for you. and do you think boehner could waive the rules and get immigration reform through before he leaves. >> i'll take them in order. with respect to cyber. this has been a serious discussion between myself and president xi since we first met. and the good news from my perspective is that in the lead-up to and then finalized during our meetings here today, we have made significant

progress in agreeing to how our law enforcement and investigators are going to work together, how we are going to exchange information, how we are going to go after individual or entities who are engaging in cyber crimes or cyber attacks, and we have jointly affirmed the principle that governments don't engage in cyber espionage for commercial gain against companies. that all i consider to be progress. what i said to president xi and what i say to the american people is, the question now is are word followed by actions. we'll be watching carefully to make an assessment as to whether progress has been made in this area. with respect to the various

tools that we have to go after those who are attacking our companies or trying to extract trade secrets or data, we have traditional law enforcement tools. but is a indicated a while back through executive action, i also instituted the ability to impose sanctions on individuals or entities where we have proof that they have gone after u.s. come any or u.s. persons. and we did not at our level have specific discussions of specific cases. but i did indicate to president xi that we'll apply those and whatever other tools we have in our tool kit to go after cyber criminals either restrospectively or

prospectively. those are tools generally that are not directed at governments, they are direct at end advertise or individuals we can -- shall -- they are direct at entities or individuals we can identify. they are not direct at china. they will tools we'll be using with cyber criminals around the world. with 1.3 billion people he can't guarantee the behavior of every individual on chinese soil. but what i can guarantee and what i'm hoping president xi will show me, is that we are not sponsoring these activities, and that when it comes to our attention that non-governmental

entities or individuals are engage in this stiff, we take it seriously to enforce the law. the last point on the cyber issue. because this is a global problem, and because unlike some of the other areas of international cooperation, the rules in this area are not well developed. i think it's going to be important for the united states and china working with other nations and the united nations, and other -- and the private sector, to start developing an architecture to govern behavior in cyberspace that is enforceable and clear. it doesn't mean we'll prevent every cyber crime, but it does start to serve as a tell threat where countries know what the

rules are, they are held accountable, and we are able to jointly go after non-state actors in this area. on john boehner. i just heard the news is a was coming out of the meeting here. so it took me by surprise. i took the time prior to this press conference to call john directly and talk to him. john boehner is a good man. he is a patriot. he cares deeply about the house and institution in which he served for a long time. he cares about his constituents. and he cares about america. we have obviously had a lot of disagreements and politically we are at different ends of the spectrum. but he has always conducted himself with certai k with courd

civility. he kept his word when he made a commitment. he is somebody who has been gracious, and i think most importantly he's somebody who understands that in government, in governance, you don't get 100% of what you want. but you have to work with people who you disagree with sometimes strongly in order to do the people's business. i'm not going to prejudge who the next speaker will be. that's something that will have to be worked through in the house. and i will certainly reach out immediately to whoever is the new speaker to see what his or her ideas are and how we can make progress in the important issues that america faces.

the one thing i will say is that my hope is there is a recognition on the part of the next speaker, something i think john understood, even though at times it was challenging to bring his caucus along, that we can have significant differentials on issues, but that doesn't mean you shut down the government. it doesn't mean you shut down and risk the full faith and credit of the united states, you don't invite potential financial crises. you build roads and pass transportation bills and do the basic work of governance that insures our military is operating and our nargsal parks are open and our kids are learning. and there is no weakness in that. that's what government is. in our democracy.

you don't get what you want 100% of the time. so sometimes you take half a love. -- half a loaf, sometimes you take a quarter loaf. i'm look forward to working with the next speaker. in the meantime john is not going to leave for another 30 days. so hopefully he feels like getting as much stuff done as he possibly can. and i'll be look forward to working with him on that. >> madame reporter raised the cyber-security issue. indeed that's current for international community and china and the united states. with president obama and i have on many occasions, and a long history have an exchange of views on this.

i think it's fair to say we reached a lot of consensus on cyber security schowg new consensus. the united states is the strongest country in terms of cyber strength. chain today is the world's biggest cyber country in terms of the number of web users. we have 600 million net users. cooperation will benefit both and confrontation will lead to loses on both sides. we are entitled to carry out efforts of dialogue to strengthen our cooperation in many respects and turn the cyber security into a new growth source rather than a point of confrontation between the two sides. china strongly opposes and combats the steps of commercial secrets and other times of hack attacks.

the u.s. side has concerns in this respect. we can through the existing channels express those concerns. the chinese take seriously. now we have and in the future we'll still through the law enforcement authorities, maintain a communication and coordination on this matter. and appropriately address them. so all in all we have a broad common interest in the field of the cyber. but we need to strengthen cooperation and avoid leading in the to confrontation. nor should we politicize this issue. during my current visits it's fair to say the two sides concerning combating cyber crimes have reached a lot of consensus going forward. we need to at an early date

reach further agreement on that and further put them on the ground. thank you. now, i would like to propose for china's central television reporter to raise a question. thank you, mr. president exirks. i have a question for president obama. at the welcoming ceremony you indicate u.s. welcomes a rise of a prosperous china and supports the [inaudible] what have you done some enable the region -- we are more interested freert mainers of the office what will you do further to reach that goal. thank you.

>> i think the united states has provided a platform in the post-world war ii era in which the asia region has been able to stabilize. (0209fox555a.ecl) to help rebuild both asia and europe. to help establish the international norms and rules that facilitated global growing trade and connections and travel and interactions and to help maintain the peace. since i've been president, my goal has been to