james is joining us live from anchorage in alaska james you've covered many of these meetings and these public elements are very often stage managed in your opinion how much of this is genuine anger and how much of this is essentially stage setting for the cameras for domestic and international audiences. well i think some of it is for that reason it's certainly very unusual what went on in the room behind me normally the opening remarks of pretty short and pretty polite. even perhaps be part of the trump factor. which we thought had passed but maybe that maybe maybe diplomats now realize that there's a way of grabbing attention with that using shock value i don't know about that but certainly that that's a possibility and certainly the chinese when they heard the u.s. citing in detail its concerns about china including what china does in its own territory they were prepared with a very long retaught to that what's most important of course is not what happened publicly in the room it's what happened afterwards and whether this amounts to a clearing of the air and both sides understandin

what did you make of the one in anchorage? >> look, fareed, this is the most, as you know, important relationship of this era of history. there are profound disagreements between the united states and china economically, strategically, on matters of human rights and the rule of law. this relationship is going to take the most deft handling if these two countries are not going to end up in some sort of confrontation or relationship or where cooperation is recolluded and i would say anchorage is not a good start. and that is diplomatic. that is a terrible start and mishandled. way too much public strategic dial ago. we know we have real disagreements but we know talking about them in public forces people to take out postures that are for more absolute because they have to play to the home crowd, to the gallery, it makes exploring the possibility of compromise that much more difficult. we've really got to dial it down in public. this applies to both sides. make it private. make it regular, make it sustained and see if we can't lo

arbour usher come alive there in anchorage, —— barbara plett usher live there in anchorage, alaska.ng today, but how did relations between america and china get to this point? joining us now isjosh rogin, a columnist at the washington post and author of the new book chaos under heaven: trump, xi, and the battle for the 21st century. josh, thank you so much for being with us. did president trump fundamentally alter the relationship and the landscape of us— china relations? and the landscape of us- china relations?— and the landscape of us- china relations? , ., ., , ., ,, relations? there is no doubt that us foreian relations? there is no doubt that us foreign policy _ relations? there is no doubt that us foreign policy moved _ relations? there is no doubt that us foreign policy moved a _ relations? there is no doubt that us foreign policy moved a huge - relations? there is no doubt that us foreign policy moved a huge amount during the trump presidency, for a variety of reasons, one of which was president trump flipped over the chessboard was to be problem was he was not very good at

meeting in anchorage, lascaux. it seems like trade is going to be front and center. kate: the tariffs remain in place on billions of dollars worth of each other's goods. that is part of a trade war that erected under donald trump. they have not rolled back those tariffs on china with the exception of medical equipment. a phase i deal to ease tensions was reached back in january of 2020 but data has not suggested that beijing has increased purchasing as many goods from the u.s. as promised. joe biden has echoed many of his previous answers concerns when it comes to intellectual property rights and open markets for u.s. companies in china. beijing has accused washington of violating international trading norms as well. >> spea-- [speaking chinese] kate: both sides downplaying any idea of breakthrough. a number of american seeking unemployment benefits rose last week, bucking a trend that raised hopes about a labor market recovery. 770,000 new applications were reported across the country. 18.2 million americans are s

our diplomatic editor reports from anchorage.eporter: this is a meeting that will shape the future relations between the world's two biggest powers. relations that are currently at a low point. >> good afternoon. and welcome. reporter: normally, opening remarks at events like these are brief and polite. but the u.s. side went on to list their specific concerns. >> hong kong, taiwan, cyber attacks on the u.s., economic coercion toward our allies. reporter: the chinese response was long and just as frank. the foreign minister said "you don't welcome guests with sanctions." a reference to the blacklisting of 24 chinese and hong kong officials in the hours before the meeting. his senior colleague was clearly unhappy. >> i think we thought too well of the united states. we thought the u.s. side would follow the necessary diplomatic protocols. reporter: he went on to complain about regime change in the middle east and the u.s.'s own human rights record. >> the challenges facing the u.s. in human rights are deep-seated. they did not eme

let's take you live now to anchorage in alaska where the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken is to meet with this chinese chinese foreign minister a counterpart and state counselor why you we're seeing people gather there now we don't know whether they're going to make a joint statement but at the see the we will hear either one or both of the representatives speak this of course the 1st high level meeting between the u.s. and china since president joe biden has taken office while our diplomatic editor james base is in anchorage or at that summit do we even know if they will be speaking together james. yeah we think that we're going to see the start the very start of the meeting what they need the state department the question of the pools and we're expecting barry brief remarks from the 2 sides worth telling you who we have here because we have a pretty high level delegation from both sides from the new biden administration and you have been to the brink in who is the new secretary of state you also jake sullivan has the national security a

so let's go live to anchorage and speak to the bbc�*s barbara plett usher. hardly sustain any weakness or any sign of weakness when dealing with china. . , sign of weakness when dealing with china. ., , . ., , china. that is certainly the approach _ china. that is certainly the approach the _ china. that is certainly the l approach the administration china. that is certainly the - approach the administration is taking. it's become a man try. our strategy is to come to retrieve a position of strength and position of strength. and they are serious about that. one of the race they are doing that. one of the race they are doing thatis that. one of the race they are doing that is writing i live in a very huge dramatic affect to come up with a joint strategy to counter what they say are practices that china carries out that are fighting human rights but are any threats to the rate of world runs on the rules by which the global order runs and he had been quite outspoken about that and they say these meetings they will be outspoken about that cannot be with me on th

promises they would construct a strategy after consulting fully with their closest allies and in anchorage as they said they would they talk tough with china on some issues while endeavoring to work with it on others after the explosive starts of this meeting the 2 brief statements at the end show that both sides want to lower the temperature for now but the divisions a deep and they're real and it's far from clear whether there's been any actual improvement in relations between the 2 most powerful countries on earth james pays out 0 anchorage still ahead on al-jazeera when you look at some of the challenges facing tanzania's 1st female leader sami are. now in power after the death of john lined up. only. in south korea pop stars are releasing new music with the help of our official intelligence. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways another blast of dusty wind has gone through beijing has gone through its becoming a lighter wind now but it is under active systems brought snow to the far north east of china briefly it's touched north korea and it will touch her

and i was preaching let me go to george 1st in budapest we had that confound with the chinese in anchorage which turned into a train wreck because the secretary of state was more concerned about china's internal affairs and not measuring up to western liberal values however you want to define them and then we had the secretary of state meeting with. nato allies a few days ago and he talked about values 17 times but george i didn't see international law mentioned once so what's going on here i mean what is the playing field international law or liberal values as how the west interprets it go ahead. well that's exactly right. what we have is the western powers that have defined. rules based order something that they appreciate they set the rules and they issued the orders and everyone has to comply wants them there is now an alternative model which is advocated by russia and china which is let us return to the west malian system of states which is that all states are sovereign within their own territory knows they can interfere in the internal affairs of another state knows they can threaten

president joe biden took office out of him out of canada james bay is has the latest now from anchorage the u.s. secretary of state was the 1st to speak and he cited very specific concerns the u.s. house about showing the chinese side responded with a senior politburo member. and he said this wasn't diplomatic protocol what the u.s. had just said and he then cited his own concerns about the u.s. so the u.s. chooses its own type of democracy china has its own democracy he cited us a regime change in the middle east and then he talked about human rights here in the u.s. well china's 1st trial of 2 canadians charged with espionage has ended with no verdict businessman michael spann who appeared in court in the southeastern city of dandong on friday and former diplomat michael coverage arrested 2 years ago in a move widely seen as retaliation for canada's detention of an executive from chinese telecoms giant huawei. a rapid surge in corona virus infections is forcing chile to put hough its population into lockdown more than 6000 new cases were recorded and the latest daily reports while dea

to stay out of its internal affairs a diplomatic editor james space reports from anchorage alaska. this is a meeting that will shape future relations between the world's 2 biggest powers relations that are currently at a low point good afternoon. and welcome normally opening remarks at events like these so brief and polite but the u.s. side when told to list the specific concerns and sions wrong hong kong taiwan cyber attacks on the united states economic coercion toward our allies the chinese response was longer than justice for. nk the foreign minister wang ye said you don't welcome guests with sanctions a reference to the blacklisting of 24 chinese and hong kong officials in the hours before the meeting his senior colleague politburo member yang jiechi was clearly unhappy. well i think we thought too well of the united states we thought the u.s. side would follow the necessary diplomatic protocols he went on to complain about regime change in the middle east and the u.s. is own human rights record and yet the challenges facing the u.s. and human rights are deep seated they did n

promises they would construct a strategy after consulting fully with their closest allies and in anchorage as they said they would they talk tough with china on some issues while endeavoring to work with it on others after the explosive starts of this meeting the 2 brief statements at the end show that both sides want to lower the temperature for now but the divisions a deep and they're real and it's far from clear whether there's been any actual improvement in relations between the 2 most powerful countries on earth james out 0 anchorage. still ahead here on al-jazeera the man they call the empress 6 reelection and republic of congo after 36 years. and a sleeping giant awakes as a long dormant volcano erupts just 40 kilometers from iceland's capital. the tornado threat now has gone but it was quite dramatic and this is how it happens this is a put this on loop for you can see have these streams of plows go inland from this coastal area that's rather more humid air coming yes cold air is coming from the west you get these thunderstorms to topple sunder storms that is lightning and that's w

an outside temperature of minus 15 degrees celsius this is a drive through vaccination center in anchorage the biggest city in alaska the u.s. because of its wealth and power has vaccinated a higher percentage of people than most countries and this state which it more than 1700000 square kilometers is the largest state in the union has done better than nearly anywhere else in the nation we are very fortunate alaska that we have actually been able to open eligibility up to everyone 16 and above at this point how did you get to that point it has been an incredible effort throughout the state in a lot of incredible collaboration with our local and state partners those receiving the vaccine seem appreciative of the state sefer it's been taking very seriously from the onset because of the native population and the potential for that outlying communities in the native villages to be decimated by the all. the bad virus and we've seen things like this happen before so they're taking it very seriously which is great 1000 percent of people here have been fully vaccinated and already life is returnin

promises they would construct a strategy after consulting fully with their closest allies and in anchorage as they said they would they talk tough with china on some issues while endeavoring to work with it on others after the explosive starts of this meeting the 2 brief statements at the end show that both sides want to lower the temperature for now but the divisions a deep and they're real and it's far from clear whether there's been any actual improvement in relations between the 2 most powerful countries on earth james pays out his era anchorage india's defense minister the u.s. secretary of defense of agreed to and hans security cooperation what austin's trip to new delhi following some of the visits to south korea and japan. seen as an effort to shore up ties and counter china's growing influence in the pacific region so how have the 2 countries strengthen ties over the last few years well after decades of tension in 2016 the u.s. and india signed a landmark defense agreement to increase military cooperation last year fighting between india and china over the disputed himalayan borde

but admit they remain at odds over many issues our diplomatic out of our james bays reports from anchorage the chinese delegation arriving for a 2nd day of these talks. on face to face again.

promises they would construct a strategy after consulting fully with their closest allies and in anchorage as they said they would they talk tough with china on some issues while endeavoring to work with it on others after the explosive starts of this meeting the 2 brief statements at the end show that both sides want to lower the temperature for now but the divisions a deep and they're real and it's far from clear whether there's been any actual improvement in relations between the 2 most powerful countries on earth james pays out his era anchorage or in those talks one of the issues raised by the u.s. was the 2 canadians detained in china on espionage charges on friday the trial of businesswomen michael spann for ending. without a verdict being announced he and former diplomat michael cole brig or arrested 2 years ago the case is widely seen as retaliation for canada's to tension of huawei executive $11.00 jew at the request of the united states canada was denied access during spambot his trial a decision condemned by prime minister justin trudeau d p d d b news of you know from the begi

we were stunned, all of us, at what came out of anchorage.ed kevin cirilli, are you going to anchorage? maybe you should have. our chief wearing -- our chief washington correspondent joins us. i go back to 1972. henry kissinger in shanghai, piecing together the shanghai communique. what was the communique written yesterday in anchorage? kevin: game on, essentially. i appreciate that comment, tom. look, as we move forward here, there is a clear resetting by the biden adminstration in tone, but not in policy, from the previous administration. either way you look at this, from the body language in the room or the tone from the secretary of state, but from the policy standpoint, not much has changed. in terms of what the objectives are from the previous administration to the current one. tom: we are constrained on time. every expert writing on it. yes, there is hong kong and the new realities there. what are the new realities across the formosa strait? kevin: i think you get to a point where the broader relationship is incredibly strained, and it

promises they would construct a strategy after consulting fully with their closest allies and in anchorage as they said they would they talk tough with china on some issues while endeavoring to work with it on others after the explosive starts of this meeting the 2 brief statements at the end show that both sides want to lower the temperature for now but the divisions a deep and they're real and it's far from clear whether there's been any actual improvement in relations between the 2 most powerful countries on earth james pays out 0 anchorage. the u.s. defense secretary is again warning allies they should stand clear of russia's s. 400 air defense system and austin made the comments in new delhi where he's been meeting india. defense minister india's paid $800000000.00 towards purchasing the s $400.00 but no parts of been delivered yet the u.s. place sanctions on turkey last year for buying the russian system also strip is seen as an effort to counter china's regional influence despite today's challenging security environment the partnership between the united states and india the world's

president joe biden's administration our diplomatic editor james bays has a latest from anchorage. is this a friend.

by for us in beijing the 1st let's bring in our diplomatic out of the same spaces joining us from anchorage in alaska so tough rhetoric exchanged between both sides it seems that we expect some sort of breakthrough. we don't know there certainly was a rather unusual and frank exchange of views from these 2 sides normally when you get an event like this the 2 sides sit down and you get some very brief polite remarks from both sides that is not how it played out this time the u.s. secretary of state was the 1st to speak and he cited very specific concerns the u.s. has about china the chinese side responded with a senior politburo member yang jiechi and he said this wasn't diplomatic protocol what the u.s. just said and he then cited his own concerns about the u.s. saying the u.s. chooses its own type of democracy china has its own democracy he cited us a regime change in the middle east and then he talked about human rights here in the u.s. talking about the slaughter of black people was the quote that quote interestingly was not used by his translator when she translated it back to those in

and the way the country uses its financial might our diplomatic editor james bass is in anchorage and clearly if we are going to have statements as i suspect from each side separately obviously they will have their own spin on how things have gone and some of what they're going to be so in each case will be aimed at the national audience so they'll be a bit of deduction listening to both sides to see how this is gone and whether or not what we saw here at the open exchange was a clearing of the. frank exchange of views and they move on or whether actually that was the start of a deepening of the division of chinese u.s. relations which after the 4 years of the trumpet ministration are certainly at a low point. at least 8 protesters have been killed in the latest rallies against the military coup and me and my. pals faced off with security forces in several cities the military and police have used increasingly violent tactics to suppress the protest movement a local rights group says more than 220 people have been killed since the coup in early february scott is in bangkok. we saw a bi

the issue there is a crash blocking just one lane over there just around the center anchorage.scene. a couple of crews there helping out but that backup quickly built through the toll plaza itself. your ultimate is b.a.r.t., no delays under the water or the san mateo or the richmond to san rafael bridges. both are moving smoothly as is the rest of the bay. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> when two oakland moms occupied a vacant home to highlight the housing crisis, they took on the world. coming up, hear from one of the moms herself how she came to that decision and why she keeps fighting. >>> but first, our team is always on social media. laura garcia got a chance to get away to tahoe over the weekend. she said on facebook it was her first time skiing with her kids. follow laura on facebook, twitter and instagram. her pictures are gorgeous. you're watching "today in the bay." wanna help kids get their homework done? well, an internet connection's a good start. but kids also need computers. and sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. so why not

our correspondent barbara plett-usher is live with this from anchorage.ort of things to talk about. barbara: there are many things to talk about, things like trade, human rights issues with regards to taiwan and hong kong, xinjiang. these are areas where the biden administration has been critical of chinese actions. things like chinese maritime policy. they call it aggression in asia. all of these things the biden administration has been signaling strongly it will raise in this meeting. they have been talking about these things with allies, pan and south korea. after a trip to south korea he has been exercising with the biden administration, has made the hallmark of its china policy, tried to consult with allies to come up with a joint strategy or commonpproach on how to counter those behaviors they find most threatening. americans are saying that gives them a position of strength with which to meet the chinese. it also means they are getting pushback from the chinese, who have accused them of interfering in their internal affairs. it could be a testy mee

china talks are underway in anchorage alaska the 1st session that after a fiery start on thursday sitting across the table from each other in the u.s. state of alaska the 2 sides traded barbs in a pointed display of how tense relations remain diplomatic editor james bays reports from on courage. this is a meeting that will shape future relations between the world's 2 biggest powers relations that are currently at a low point good afternoon. and welcome normally opening remarks at events like these a brief and polite but the u.s. side went on to list their specific concerns and sions wrong hong kong taiwan cyber attacks on the united states economic coercion toward our allies the chinese response was long and just as frank the foreign minister wang ye said you don't welcome guests with sanctions a reference to the black listing of 24 chinese and hong kong officials in the hours before the meeting his senior colleague politburo member yang jiechi was clearly unhappy. well i think we thought too well of the united states we thought the u.s. side would follow the necessary diplomatic protocol

our diplomatic editor james bay in anchorage, alaska. the head of u.s.d security has pushed back against republican criticism as he was questioned by the house committee over a surge of migrants at the mexican border. alla handrolled may orca said his department is working around-the-clock to manage the situation. president joe biden's administration is struggling to accommodate a number of migrant children crossing the border alone. here is more. >> there is an increasing number of people trying to get into the u.s. as with president joe biden on the defensive. >> do you have to say quite clearly don't come? president biden: yes. while we are in the process of getting set up, don't leave your community. >> on capitol hill, members of congress questioned the new homeland security secretary, who went to the border to see the situation himself. republican say the surge is coming because the biden administration throughout several trump immigration policies. >> we are seeing an unprecedented crisis unfold during an pandemic. the situation at the border cont

beijing of threatening the international order of diplomatic editor james spader's reports now from anchorage alaska where the 2 sides met. this is a meeting that will shape future relations between the world's 2 biggest powers relations that are currently at a low point good afternoon. and welcome normally opening remarks at events like these a brief and polite but the u.s. side when told to list the specific concerns and since wrong hong kong taiwan cyber attacks on the united states economic coercion toward our allies the chinese response was long and just as frank the foreign minister wang ye said you don't welcome guests with sanctions a reference the blacklisting of 24 chinese and hong kong officials in the hours before the meeting his senior colleague politburo member yang jiechi was clearly unhappy. well i think we thought too well of the united states we thought the u.s. side would follow the necessary diplomatic protocols. he went on to complain about regime change in the middle east and the us his own human rights record i mean and yet the challenges facing the us and human rights

know playing a game of one upmanship and gamesmanship actually for quite a while even leading up to anchorage as well as right before the talk i mean clearly they are the analysts for a lot of that. maneuvering and circling and but you know ted for tatting at the beginning was the domestic audiences back home not necessarily each other i wouldn't be at all surprised if you know we have when we have another special session or talks i wouldn't be surprised if at the end of it. you know they came out kind of ok and maybe over in the coming months there might be some some incremental signs of further engagement i mean the key thing here is to keep talking if the whole thing breaks down and there is no more talking then i think we should all take cover far from your perspective what are the biggest hurdles that need to be cleared in in trying to improve the diplomatic relationship between the u.s. and china right now well even a lot to summarize this i know u.s. relationship in my own does the math that i would say that both countries actually seeking to assert yet the preponderance you not i woul

tom: alaska airlines a nonstop from anchorage to minneapolis. jonathan: one of the topics of red goldman because it is so -- top picks over at goldman because it is so leveraged. your line, your words. in year two, if the market could go up if the economy so good, i've asked him, can we really have a boom year any market that doesn't perform well -- year in a market that doesn't perform well? brian: i think the markets are going to perform well. year to of them -- year two of a market cycle tends to be more volatile. we question whether it is too good. the reality is we know there's a lot of pent-up demand, a lot of fiscal support, and we know we are going to have a good economic backdrop. when you have concerns about policy, that is when you get volatility in the markets. but let's remember, this is what we all hoped for a year ago. we are seeing earnings approve -- earnings improve. i think they ultimately fade beyond 2021. jonathan: this cycle moves quickly. we have been pricing in all of 2021 since the beginning of november. when do you star

and chinese officials are meeting in anchorage assume india had his own town with china on the bric summit there are changes china tried out in organisations a lot of these i don't know when with the chain out in order to reassure the country in the quite ok the problem has been china has not been able to reassure and therefore you cannot really. it's give the conclusion that the country also see dealing with china as a common course ok let's cross over to beijing and to mark what is the real point of all of. china the elephant in the room why i think this is a very good question if he statement perhaps thanks valerie i think this is certainly a. dialogue but certainly only of course that he worried that i would focus on the inclusive and if indeed or untruths are focused on the issues that were identified including your parents who. 'd were. how can. any progress be paid without major purchase of the given the size of china's economy. would have the perhaps a less positive look at this and say that this is these are just perhaps they are a big move in. this really is meant to. target chin

back i think it's it was the right step for us and we're going to take a look at that meeting in anchorage in a moment but 1st of all same question to you were you surprised and what do you think about overshooting was a little surprised i mean it is a national politics and security questions that sometimes the difference between being right and being wise. you can be right about calling putin a killer or i would doubt that the russian the hardest human rights violation already is something like a genocide but but even the question is is it wise to do what purpose does it serve if you one hand serves the the rhetoric of the communist chinese party because they say all the while the west is doing it in the unsuccessful regime but the only weapon they have is the morality and they try to to. try to have the moral supremacy about our system by pointing to that it might feed just the rhetoric without any consequence if you would sit down with them and talk business what would really what kind of are you following with and we want to talk in a moment about whether it's still possible to talk of