did biden explain this contradiction?uge and confusing story here, and joe bide en in his comments to the public did not address that. privately, vary officials here have talked to us about it. and, you know, to be candid it's very confusing because what they're saying is the faa at a very low level is doing what it has always done, which is, you know, not necessarily just with regard to china but when these zones have appeared it's just to have commercial carriers, you know, notify those that have set up these zones. so they're skirting the notion that anything different is being done with regard to this china adiz. but the fact remains that, you know, usair carriers have been beginning to issue these flight plans to the chinese and the japanese airlines have not. and today prime minister abe said that he would not get in the way or, you know, certainly wouldn't condone any efforts to put commercial aircraft passengers in danger, which was a signal, we think, that he's finally acquiescing to the fact that the rules of th

as you said, joe biden really walking on the tight rope here. trying to push china, but not trying to anger the chinese too much. he did say that china needs to defuse tensions but he didn't say that china needs to scrap this zone altogether. what everybody wants i think in this situation is for tensions to defuse. for everybody to calm down and maybe at some point get to the negotiating table. >> a very, very big trip for the

biden told the chinese later that the u.s.their air defense zone over the east china sea. they also talked about the nuclear issue. no word if he was able to confirm if he sacked his uncle. i spoke with jon huntsman who left that post to seek the republican nomination in 2012. i asked him what he made of biden's diplomatic efforts. >> so his language chosen is deeply concerning. >> yeah, that's the terminology. a lot of what goes on with our ally japan and korea to some extent is absolutely critical at this point. and the language used, i think was appropriate given the circumstances. now it will play out in beijing. the new leader of china was asked who we got to know on a personal level. xi was vice president before he was president of china. it's quite unusual for the head of china to accord this amount of time to the president of the united states. so he is giving him a private dinner, he spent two hours with him in a bilateral meeting. so that is taking us all in a direction that defines parameters around the drama playin

biden said he was very direct present she jumped in. less firm than china's recent and sudden announced the establishment of new air defense identification zone has to state the obvious cause significant apprehension in the region see james dean calls for us to respect china's core interests and says the two countries should maintain what he calls the crack direction of the sino us relations. on sunday. china has set up the east china sea eric and i can put the case in style. how often the tournament needs of self defense in accordance with international law. japan and the united states should respond to read of the issues in an object at the fair manner. secondly as i pointed out earlier in the country has unilaterally change the status quo. repeated tension in the region. its all time she didn't. titus new addy for identification zone was established last month. it covers the disputed tou islands and overlaps with the us. i liked it as a vip the us and japan both the five chinese requirements friday and warplanes students only. china

biden and reassure our allies that we were behind them. it's unprecedented. >> so we also, bret, have a treaty obligation to defend japan if -- including these little islands. >> including. >> did joe biden succeed in assuring them? >> no. i think he raised deep votes in the foreign mint industry and their leaders. >> even talking to your sources? >> yeah. there's real nervousness. they are as nervous as the saudis and israelis when it comes to iran. it's just a sense that this is an administration that wants to put america in retreat. the administration has been talking about channels of communication with the chinese when what they should be saying is we will not recognize this air defense zone and we'll take proactive steps to prevent the chinese from enforcing it. >> but they did send b-52s last week. >> that's correct. >> without informing the chinese in advance and i assume y support that. >> i praised ithow last week. absolutely. >> so what is it that they are doing that is inadequate, in your view, of sending that message of resolv

this time on joe biden. >> what kind of president do you think vice president joe biden would make ifruns? and if he wins? >> well, if he runs and he's a nominee, i'll try to help him win. i think the world of him. >> all right, gloria, if he runs, if hillary runs, will biden run? >> i do not believe joe biden would run against hillary clinton. i still believe that to be the case. and as we're parsing bill clinton's words, as we've done in the past, when he said, if biden runs, and if he's the nominee, i will support him. very careful about that. obviously. he would support his wife. but, you know, i do think there is a relationship and a real relationship between joe biden and hillary clinton and between joe biden and bill clinton. i believe that to be the truth. i believe they like each other. >> i believe they do, too. you do, too, as well. >> first, the president, then-senator biden, bond on issues of crime and violence against women where joe biden was a leader in the senate when bill clinton was senate. then now, of course, biden being the vice president, hillary being the secre

can joe biden discover the real reasons behind the power play. only a gambling man would lay money on what china is thinking. >> the vice president next stop will be china, and he heads to south korea. >> the 85-year-old american war veteran held in north korea is in good condition - that's according to a swedish diplomat who visited him. merrill newman was taken captive more tan a month ago as he was about to take off on his plane after a tourist visit. authorities say they are holding him to investigate war crimes. he was shown on north korean television, reading what korean officials said was an apology. the u.s. is calling for his release. >> pope francis is urging catholics to pray for those with aids. the pontiff addressed a crowd at st peter's square, which is world aids day. >> for 30 years peter has been living with h.i.v. >> i'm used to it. >> his prognosis is good. >> h.i.v. is not a death sentence, but a life innocence. we have it for life and concern ourselves with living, not dying. >> the autolook was bleaker in the "80, in 1981 ma

vice president joe biden is in china today. the top level visit is meant to build on cooperation between the two countries but instead it looks set to be dominated by china's controversial. air defense zone. over regional ireland at the heart of a dispute with japan, the last stop on biden's asia trip. let's bring in our asia correspondent who is covering his trip to china. i imagine it was a bit of a tensor welcome for joe biden today. >> a very tense welcome. making things worse, when he addressed a group of visa applicants at the u.s. embassy and encouraged them to question authority and spoke about academic and intellectual freedoms in the united states. between a tense meeting biden and chinese leaders. today, a state one chinese newspaper "the china daily" warned vice president biden from repeating -- against the repeating further remarks on the air defense issue. earlier this week china said its declaration of this zone was an attempt to unilaterally change the status quo and that it raised the risk for accidents and mis

it is something biden made clear as he sat with xi after the meeting.l complex relationships for sustained a high-level engagement. that is why the president of united states asked you to be here. >> u.s. officials say behind closed doors biden laid out the obama administration's objections in detail and called on him to reduce the tensions. it is acial said territorial dispute in the region. he was going to hear biden out. what he decides to do it that remains an open question. shred ofng came with a positive news. it came from the chinese government. an offer to set up communication channels between china and japan. it would be a shift for the japanese who have refused to acknowledge the air defense zone's existence. what continues to suck the oxygen out of the broader economic agenda, both he and xi expressed the view that 2013 has been a positive year. biden, in his public remarks able toar that they are solidify the relationship and the possibilities are endless. the need for trust and the relationship is something from the foreign relations commit

biden faces a tricky balancing act. >> what has impressed me from the beginning, your candid and you are instructive in developing in new relationship. both qualities are sorely needed. >> reporter: biden is perhaps the best person in the current administration to doing business with shi. he has come to know him well over meetings. he called in on this beijing restaurant, a visit still remembered fondly. they would welcome him back, they said, noting a little friendship can sign hope for both countries. >> i hope the chinese and the american people will remain friendly. >> but observers question how far it will go given the national interests at work on both sides. >> in mexico a search is underway for a truck that was carrying dangerous radioactive material. the truck was carrying cobalt 60 to a waste center when it was stolen near mexico city. we have the latest on the investigation. >> according to one of the leading officials. this is the largest amount of radioactive material that has been stolen in ma. evidence points to it not being attached because it has radioactive material

vice president joe biden today he said it that is ruffling feathers. i was speaking to a group of students. soothe ents do much to tensions. from beijing we have the latest. in asia rising china is asserting itself. america is responding. ed lines are being tested by beijing. and some have suggested the u.s. decline. the sole rica remains super power. joe biden met many of the hoping to get u.s. visas. >> challenge the government. your teachers. challenge religious leaders. letting china's president status quo is not something america is about to happen. >> you're candid and onstructive in developing this new relationship both qualities are needed. china's leaders adopting the term. ationalist >> this is the issue they've in the sea specs controlled by japan but claimed by china. months china has been endingships to probe japan's resolve, flexing the new naval forces it's building. the islands lie far to the southwest of japan and had an the efense zone covering area. last week china announced its overlapping japans, demanding aircraft here following b

and adds that he would support joe biden as a 2016 presidential nominee if he got the nomination. he'll support any democratic nomination. >>> notre dame is suing over obama care birth control mandates. they're doing this again. the university filed a fresh lawsuit opposing insurance for student and employees saying it goes against the teachings of catholic church. the affordable care act does make exceptions for religious institutions. so this new lawsuit seeks an expanded exception for schools and universities as well. >>> the house has passed a ten-year extension of the 25-year-old ban on plastic guns that can pass metal detectors and x-ray machines. new york senator charles schumer calls the extension better than nothing, but not by much. he plans to pass a tougher bill on monday, the day the classic gun band is set to expire. >>> vice president joe biden meeting with the chinese prime minister xi jinping. the vice president spent yesterday in japan, calling on china to drop sovereigncy over the beijing sea. >>> the obama administration says it is prepared to allow iran to eng

let's move on to vice president joe biden who we know is headed to asia today.going to spend a week in the region. what is the overall goal of this trip? >> i think the biggest role that joe biden is playing this week is there's a dispute over an air defense installation that the chinese are starting to set up in an area that is kind of a disputed area between china and japan. joe biden is basically going there not taking a side in the dispute but obviously japan is a major ally in the region. they are balking at what the chinese are trying to do as far as setting up this air defense in this disputed area. so biden is playing kind of a negotiator role, a middle ground role trying to bring the two sides together and avoid some kind of a larger dispute than what's happening right now. >> all right. i believe the president heads there in april. all right. aaron blake with the "washington post," nice to speak you to, sir. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, bill karins and betty will be here for "first buzz." ♪ ♪ ♪ i wanna spread a little love this year ♪ ♪ i wanna sp

when us vice president joe biden has just arrived. the jakarta international airport. my behind as it is viewed as a chartered flight of united states and our city even before his arrival in beijing has visited china is already surrounded with suspicion joe biden has visited china in august. you may want to do it. watching it all day. well john. it's what i did. what's odd is reason to stop this and offered it up at least that's what it is a chipotle which covers just do it don't lie to us so let's hope we're not in the javanese owen ate the icing. he also said the tightest behavior this what's a unilateral on the time to change the status quo in the east china sea our china has already resulted in an assortment of straight sets at that time to tie this behavior is in accordance with international law as was common practice is all across the world and it is not the rest and eighty eyes is a different countries of overlap with each other so tight i suspect it is legitimate cause to set up this boy a deep icy. he's honestly even before the united states joe biden has tol

biden will head to china after he leaves japan. the vice president will meet on wednesday with president xi jinping and other chinese leaders. analysts say biden is starting his tour in japan to highlight the decades-old u.s./japan alliance and to coordinate the response to china. he'll travel to south korea later this week. >>> u.s. leaders responded quickly to china's move with both words and actions. top officials criticize the chinese for trying to change the status quo in the asia-pacific. and military commanders sent b-52 bombers to fly over the air defense identification zone. it sent a strong message to authorities in beijing that the operations of u.s. forces in the region wouldn't change. we asked bonnie glaser with the center for strategic and international studies about biden's visit to the region and how much will the identification zone dominate the talks. >> i think this new air defense identification zone that china has announced will be a very important topic of discussion. it has created new tensions between china

biden emphasised today u.s. support for japan. >> now we want to take a closer look at the train derailment and the question of liability. let's bring in our legal analyst jami floyd. if - this is a big if - if the engineer nodded off as we heard from union officials, what is the legal liability there. >> we have two kinds - criminal and civil. as you say, it is a big if. we have heard different phrases going around, he lost focus, went into a daze, highway hip noses and white-line fever. they all can mean different things, even in terms of the kind of liability. if there's a recklessness or criminal intent, well, then, we might be talking about a criminal prosecution. we saw that in the staten island ferry case in 2003 where the pilot - that's the phrase we used for a ferry driver, was indeed prosecuted. 11 people died and others injured. he served 18 months in prison. he had taken pain-killers. we have no indication of anything of that sort. weeks and months of investigation and thus far - no indication of any

did joe biden succeed? >> i think he raised some doubts, deep doubts, in the minds of japan's foreign ministry and leaders. >> even talking to your sources? >> yeah. there's real nervousness. basically, they're as nervous as, say, the saudis and israellies are when it companies to iran. there's a sense this is an administration that wants to put america in retreat. the administration's been talking about channels of communication with the chinese when what they should be saying is we will not recognize this air defense identification zone and we'll take steps to prevent the chinese from enforcing it. >> they sent b-52s through that zone without inrm toiininformin chinese in advance. what is it that they are doing that is inadequate in your view of sending that message? >> they're very sort of precise, diplomatic terms of art and rhetoric that the administration ought to be using. one other thing they ought to be saying is we recognize the senkaku islands as sovereign japanese territory. we are treaty bound

so they really like joe biden. >> that's right.us personality that democratic voters have come to enjoy and know over the years. that poll really reinforces that. 71% approval rating in iowa. i think if biden's in there he's going to be the prohibitive front-runner. the field would be a lot more crowded than it would be with just hillary. >> dan, you've experienced this longer than i have. the political intelligentsia at any given moment always is more dismissive of sitting vmts than t -- vice presidents than the electorate. >> george h.w. bush. al gore. part of it is familiarity. part of it is people are looking for the next generation to come forward. but as manu says, he's got not just the obama connection, he's got 30-plus years of connections within the democratic party. >> oh, by the way, he's a good come pa campaigner. >> democrats are going to be perhaps ready to move past barack obama in 2016. hillary looks like -- in some ways like a fresher face than joe biden possibly can. >> there's no doubt. but if not her, that's the

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biden will meet friday with south korean preston parker man. south korea is considering expanding its air defense identification zone to include its southern islands and the underwater rock the new era defense zone would overlap those of japan and china. south korean defence ministry came quite can explain the plan at a parliamentary meeting on thursday kim said the government is considering incorporating areas around its southern islands of iran though and home to go into the zone. south korea's airspace over the silence overlaps japan's air defense identification zone. kim also said an underwater rock called he'll go in south korea should be included in the refined so that also claims the submerged rock and included it in the air defense identification zone a declared last month. japan also includes the rock in its era defense sell. thursday marks the eighty sixth birthday of thailand's widely revered king kong the palm of june the day. he called for solidarity in a televised address during a break in anti government demonstrations he did not

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and that the new plant will get balanced bali discussions with biden. fight this trip marks the first visit by a high ranking us officials to watch it and expressed support for japan's pursuit of collective self defense. the move was met with strong backlash from korea and china as it is reminiscent of japan's militaristic past. and the vice president is expected to attract all security concerns regarding the issue. it's widely believed that by mother earth soul to be the past be high for the sake of a stronger bilateral i instantly be at the us and japan. that in a very happy at odds over historical perception when kirby and repeatedly calling on japan to apologize for it were time atrocities during its thirty five year might be shed for me yet. during his stay in seoul a vice president is scheduled to give a speech on foreign policy again thinking thursday and friday. and that at the detail it right now the heavily armed border between the teacher vs on saturday before returning to the us. on sunday at antiques amid the escalating arizona tension in n

biden says the u.s. is deeply concerned about china's just established air defense zone. it covers a group of islands claimed by japan. biden travels to china tomorrow. >>> and a strong winter-like time packing heavy snow and arctic temperatures is making its way south and east this morning. the northern plains is already seeing the effects. winter weather warnings and advisories are posted from montana to wisconsin this morning. eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz is following the storm. >> a big story this week, the storm that starts in the midwest is on its way to the rest of the country today. this is where the cold is on the move pretty quickly. we head toward midweek and dipping down across california down into the four corners region in the upper midwest. by the end of the week, it's spill across the plains. event valley by friday, some of those spots 20 to 30 degrees below average for this time of year. so wednesday, these are approximate high temperatures in the afternoon. single digits that cold air pours into denver and salt lake city. so

would he support joe biden in 2016 if that joe biden beat out his wife, being bill clinton's wife forour political gut check coming up next. >>> i read something about the pope today. pope francis was talking to some parishioners at a church in rome over the weekend about jobs he had before he was pope. he swept floors. he worked in the chemistry lab and best of all, he was a bouncer at a nightclub in buenos aires. that is some career. he went from deciding who gets into a nightclub to deciding who gets into heaven. we're aig. and we're here. to help secure retirements and protect financial futures. to help communities recover and rebuild. for companies going from garage to global. on the ground, in the air, even into space. we repaid every dollar america lent us. and gave america back a profit. we're here to keep our promises. to help you realize a better tomorrow. from the families of aig, happy holidays. >>> welcome back to "new day." let's start off now with our political gut check. bill clinton is talking about. let's talk about a little more than a week from now until congress l

. >>> joe biden - safety in the sky, a dispute between china and japan. >>> and a report says yasser arafat was not poisoned by radioactive polonium. it it disputes findings that there were high levels of the chemical in his body. >> hello, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas draiton, good to have you with us. we are learning about the man at the controls when a speeding commuter train derailed in new york city, killing four and injuring dozens more. the engineer was in a daze at the time. lisa stark has more on the investigation. >> the national transportation safety board wouldn't say what condition the engineer may have been in prior to the tragedy, but found no indications of mechanic call problems. the brakes on the train, that barrelled along at 80 miles per hour, the breaks were tested before the run began, and worked fine at all the stops before the accident. here is board member earl weener. >> based on this data, there's no indication that the brakes were not functioning. >> rockerfeller was on the fifth day of a nine hour shift. the ntsb said he should have had plent

vice president joe biden waspposed to talk trade on the trip to china, instead the focus is on the air defense zone. china specified action over planes that enter the air zone. >> a spokesman for a lebanese organisation says a hezbollah consider was killed. hezbollah is blaming israel. it is a powerful political and military organization made up of shia muslims. >> hezbollah is pointing the finger at saudi arabia for an attack on an iranian embassy. the double suicide bombing in beirut killed 25. a group linked to al-qaeda your claimed responsibility. on lebanese tv the chief said he believed they had links to saudi arabia intelligence agents. >> forensic scientists in francaise yasser arafat was not killed by polonium poisoning. randall pinkston has more. >> in death, as in life yasser arafat is a lightening rod for controversy. nine years after his burial, forensic experts in france came to the conclusion he was not killed by poisoning. they said his death was caused by polonium. the french scientists found tra

biden arrived in japan a few hours ago. biden is expected to push for a transpacific trade agreement when he meets with japanese leaders. he will also be trying to defuse tensions between japan and china, biden will also visit china and south korea. >>> eanlt -- antigovernment demonstrations have taken a violent turn. the prime minister says she cannot accept the demands of the protestors. wayne hay reports from bangkok. >>> a battle front is being waged on two fronts. antigovernment protestors, bangkok metropolitan police. a rubbish truck was used to break through a coffin create barrier, it and its up occupants were forced into a quik retreat. some are willing to go to extremes to achieve their goal. they want the government and the priessmentprime minister gone. the prime minister said she's willing to do anything to end the crisis but the idea of an unelected people's council running the country is unacceptable. >> last night we found out he wasn't interested in the resignation of the prime minister nor does he want to

nothing to do with with vice president biden.ing to holiday parties and sometimes people get too handsy at the party. then do you know what happens come the new year? lawsuits. >> absolutely. >> as an attorney and counselor at law what's your advice for those considering such advice? >> you don't want to hear it. don't go to the party. don't drink more than one drink. stay away from the opposite sex. make everybody put cameras in a basket. >> wow. >> i live dangerously megyn. have a few fu shots and get going. >> and the egg nog. >> what is the most common lawsuit results from the holiday party? i had a car accident or somebody sexually harassed me? >> sexual harassment. it doesn't take much. you know, getting handsy is all it takes. >> that's not going to result in problems. she was good humored about it. she's correspondent for the hill. >> it could be a comment. doesn't have to be hands on. could be an inappropriate comment or something close to the line. >> or you look sexy. coming from a supervisor. >> it really scared her.

but biden's trade agenda has been overshadowed by a heightened tensions in the region. after china declared a new arizona. it overlaps with one already said the budget and tells the covers islands controlled by a tokyo. china has become more assertive in the east china sea. under present she didn't came. and this is putting the stages two economic giants china and japan in direct military competition. weary of a rising china. biden will address the issue and seek clarity regarding china's intentions when he meets with present she later this week according to senior us official. by this final destination will be south korea. we'll meet with president park in hay and assess the ttp the controversial airspace issue and north korea. all of the audio mix the intensifying where the northeast age of major powers in the region are bracing for more advanced weaponry to bolster their defence capability. curry is no exception as the country's reportedly seeking to increase its number of aegis destroyers our defense finish a course on and on has more on the parent arms race in asia

that was before vice president joe biden started his tour of japan. while touring a japanese game company he asked up to a group of women and asked them, do your husbands like you working full time? he also asked them whether they were married and whether they could work from home. they seemed slightly confused. how do you explain biden's inability to stay in touch with reality? >> i really think this is amazing that you're bringing up the republican war on women in comparison to vice president joe biden, the author of the violence against women act when your party spent two years holding back on bringing the reauthorization of the violence against women act to the floor. when your party has nominated consistently the likes of corbett in pennsylvania who famously said, well, if women don't like the fact that we're going to force them to have an ultrasound when they have an abortion, they can close their eyes. or the party of mark obenshain who sponsored legislation that required a woman after having a miscarriage to report it to police. so if you want

vice president joe biden say they stand united in their response to china's newly declared air defense zone. >>> protests in thailand have police trying another way to calm demonstrators. they've let the people into their headquarters and the prime minister's office. >>> a young american woman killed in the march 11 disaster wished to be a bridge between japan and the u.s. now her parents are working to keep that dream alive. >>> u.s. vice president joe biden says his country will stand by japan in the face of a new dispute involving china. he just wrapped up a meeting with prime minister shinzo abe. the leaders shared ideas on how to approach chinese authorities following their air defense identification zone over the east china sea. >> translator: we confirmed that japan and the united states will not tolerate china's attempt to unilaterally change the status quo. we also agree our countries will continue to work closely together to deal with the matter base on the strong u.s./japan relationships. >> translator: the united states has an interest in lowering tensions in this vital reg

all that well continue financing the defender and captain comanche and tokyo one slice president joe biden has arrived in japan and it was to step into the spirit. that's generating plenty of fiction in the stage at the meeting leaders in tokyo beijing and seoul to talk about china's newly established air defense identification zone. i didn't sit down on tuesday with japanese prime minister shinzo abe's called the zone very dangerous. chinese defence ministry officials announced last month that they had set up is down a chemist a large part of the east china sea and includes the islands the japanese control the chinese and taiwanese frame. biting my head to china after he leaves to pad the vice president will meet on wednesday with the president's xi jim king and other chinese leaders analysts say biden is starting his thick asian tour in japan to highlight the decades old the us japan alliance and to quote meat of response to china. it traveled to south korea later this week. us readers who responded quickly to china smeared it with those words and actions. top officials and criticize the

people certainly know hillary clinton and joe biden.ese numbers surprise you in any way, wolf? >> they all like them and -- excuse me. these are self-identified democrats in the poll and they clearly all know hillary clinton and joe biden. most people in iowa, including democrats, don't know much about brian or martin o'malley but they know a lot about hillary clinton and joe biden. so once again, obviously if hillary clinton decides to run and that's still an if, if she decides to run, she's got a very strong opportunity. if joe biden decides to run, he's got a strong opportunity. some people think if hillary runs, joe biden won't run. we shall see. we still have time to sort it all out. >> and that is so key, we still have some time. i remember when michele bachmann was running in the republican polls and a week later everything changed and kept on changing until election time. >> ashleigh, a couple cautionary points. if you go back -- >> i think i was in high school then. tell me what happened, wolf. >> i remember, bill clinton who w

apply online or visit a bank of america near you. >>> will have joe biden was in tokyo tuesday to showor japan in the wake of the air zone. the united states is standing with japan over the matter, biden stopped short of demanding beijing remove the restriction. >> we are deeply concerned by the attempt to change the status quo in the east china sea. >> the vice president arrived in beijing early this morning where he plans to meet with china's president. seems like the house and senate will agree on a bill to extend the ban on manufacturing plastic firearms. the house approved the ten-year extension of the ban tuesday and the senate is expected to do the same when it returns from break next week. >> two skydivers in arizona have been killed in a mid air collision. witnesses say the two divers had opened parachutes when they ran into each other causing them to fall about 250 feet. the third skydiver was taken to a nearby hospital. space x launched the first commercial satellite mission into space on tuesday after two previous delays. the launch marks the first florida launch. >>> and t

as you said, joe biden really walking on the tight rope here.china, but not trying to anger the chinese too much. he did say that china needs to defuse tensions but he didn't say that china needs to scrap this zone altogether. what everybody wants i think in this situation is for tensions to defuse. for everybody to calm down and maybe at some point get to the negotiating table. >> a very, very big trip for the vice president both overseas and domestically as well. david mckenzie is beijing, thank you so much. >>> coming up next, a deadly midair sky diving collision. what went so wrong? we'll tell you all about it when we coming back. you've got our discover it card, so you get your fico® score on your monthly statements now, for free! that's nice of you! it's a great way to stay on top of your credit, and make sure things look the way they should. awesomesauce! huh! my twin sister always says that. wait...lisa? julie?! you sound really different on the phone. do i sound pleasant? for once in your life you sound very pleasant. at discover, we tr

vice president biden wrapped up his visit to china on thursday raising the issue of the treatment of nearly two dozen journalists from different american publications are in danger of not having their visas renewed by year's end. biden argued newspapers should be able to, quote, report the truth without fear of cups kwepss. >>> police have arrested an 18-year-old for allegedly stealing a porsche from the part of the car that allegedly killed actor paul walker. the suspect posted panels of the roof panel on line bragging about the grab. >>> at navy launched a drone from a submerged submarine thursday. it was fired from a torpedo tube and flew for several hours while transmitting live video. >>> just ahead we'll turn to politics. politico's kevin cyrilly joins us. . >>> welcome back. time for our first look at politics. joined by politico's kevin cirilli live in washington. >> good morning. happy friday. >> president obama had an interview with chris mathews on "hardball." we'll talk on the other side. >> both hillary and joe would make outstanding presidents and possess the qualities

can joe biden discover the reasons behind china's power plan.nly a gambling man would lay money on what china is thinking. no one is taking any bets. >> britain's prime minister is visiting beijing to push for a free trade deal, meeting the chinese premier and other senior officials. david cameron says he wants to improve ties between europe and the con-largest economy. >> the latest government numbers put the death toll from typhoon haiyan at 5,670. the number of displaced stands at 4 millon. in an effort to lift spirits. filipino boxer manny pacquiao visited survivors. he met thousands of fans. last weekend crowds packed out a sports complex to watch him defeat brandon rios in mccaw. >> i have been through hardship and experienced what they are experiencing. that's why i'm here to join them, to give aid and encouragement. >> bangladesh is a poor country with low wages. dangerous working conditions have been reported. another is causing concerns. the leather tanning industry is worth a billion. the industry employees more than 30,000 workers. t

qwest lice president joe biden held talks in beijing on wednesday in a bid to lower regional friction it followed a stopover in japan or what biden said the us would not recognize the expansion of china's military airspace to include violence also claimed by japan. the islands called the same cuckoo in japan and d are you in china sea in an area of the east china sea rich in oil and gas. chinese press and she didn't let her find the words with biden talks described as tense afterwards she limited himself to stressing that beijing sees itself as an equal partner with washington the world as a whole is not trampled as the two strongest economic powers and as permanent members of the un security council. we bear an extraordinary responsibility to ensure world peace and stability. biden urged caution to avoid the risk of an escalation of the dispute over the eyelids regional tensions remain. also on wednesday a senior commander of the lebanese shiite hezbollah militia were shot dead by gunmen outside his home in southern beirut kason all locke's death comes amid increasing tension in elev

us vice president joe biden and japanese prime minister shinzo at a meeting in tokyo during biden's visit to the country as pirates of the six day tour of asia both leaders are expected to discuss china's newly announced and the fans identification zone as follows he shoots over the trans pacific flight times are also known as the ppp. later biden is also expected a toy a technology company and attend a conference on women's role in the japanese economy. at the wedding dinner with daddy on tuesday night fighter will fly to beijing on wednesday to meet a tiny speck that is she thinking. by the globe and travel thursday to south korea. well investigators have found that a plane that crashed on sunday in new york city was traveling at me and eats three times the speed limits for that part of the track when when up the whales. the accident led to four people dead and more than sixty others injured cctv snake country has more from the scene of the class in the box trying to put the pieces back together again. paul wrote in a shell good in the bronx on something that can lead to train carrying

but biden knows he has to stop short of damaging chinese and u.s. relations.he chinese president, the need to look strong in his neighbor's eyes, while redefining the very nature of cha >> stephanie:'s relationship with america. >> the first test what the president has referred to is the great power and new great power relationships. great power rivalries in the past have lead to war, and the new relationship should head for peace. how this great power relationship is going to play out remaining to be seen. >> as biden arrived in beijing, state-run media was already carrying criticism, warning america of the perils offing tyking sides. >> you are candid and you are constructive in developing this new relationship, both qualities are sore i will needed. >> reporter: biden is perhaps the person in the current u.s. administration for doing business with the president. he has come to know him well over a number of meetings. one of biden's previous visits to china, he called in on this beijing restaurant, a visit the locals still remembered fondly. they would welco

in tokyo yesterday, biden laid out the u.s.re deeply concerned by the attempt to unilaterally changed status quo in the east china sea. the prospect for miscalculation mistake is too high. >> traveling with the vice president is steve clemens. i'm joining now by steve from beijing, washington editor at large for "the atlantic." he's been covering the vice president's trip. thank you for getting up in the middle of the night to be with us. appreciate it. this was unusual. a long, long meeting with president xi jinping. we know that they've known each other from when he was the vice premiere and came over here. what do you think came out of it? we know they did discuss the security zone dispute. >> well, according to senior white house officials here, they covered everything under the sun in the u.s.-china relationship, not only bilaterally and these whopper issues like the air defense identification zone, various trade issues, but also global issues like climate change, iran, issues relating to north korea. what you really saw j

us vice president joe biden has arrived in japan and will soon step into a dispute that's generating plenty of friction in east asia will be meeting the leaders in tokyo beijing and seoul to talk about china's newly established arab defense identification zone. biden will sit down on tuesday with japanese prime minister shinzo lafayette ave has called the zone very dangerous. chinese defence ministry officials announced last month they set up the cell. it covers a large part of the east china sea and includes islands the japanese controlled but the chinese and taiwanese plane. my dad will have to try to forgive the chicken the vice president will meet on wednesday with pressing she's in pain and other chinese leaders. analysts say biden is starting his six day he shouldn't or in japan to highlight the decades old u s japan alliance and to court in a response to china will travel to south korea later this week. us leaders responded quickly to china's move with both words and actions. top officials criticize the chinese for trying to change the status quo in the asia pacific. and milit

joe biden said the two powers have a stake in preserving intersection at security. >> we are trying to build a new kind of relationship between major powers. one that is different, one that is defined by constructive cooperation, healthy competition and a shared respect for agreed been rules of the road and international norms. >> biden stressed that a pact between the two powers is vital for the asian pacific. he's set to wrap up a visit to china on thursday. >> commuter trains will roll again thursday, past a scene of the a fatal derailment. one of our journalists has this video. an investigation by the crash by the national transportation safety board is focussing on the train's engineer. it is dismissing comment from a union official who said the engineer was nodding off before the accident. >> recording 911 calls during the sandy hook shooting, al jazeera decided not to air the recordings. it revealed new information that we believe you should know. we heard seven recordings made after the first shots were fired inside sandy hook elementary school. at 9:35 a woman who sounded frig

vice president biden wrapping up his visit to china on thursday.raised the issue of the treatment of u.s. journalists in the country. nearly two dozen journalists from different u.s. publications are in daenk of not having their visas renewed by year's end. biden argued newspaper should be able to report the truth without fear of consequences. during an msnbc exclusive interview chris matthews asked president obama who would be a better president, joe biden or hillary clinton? here's his answer. >> both hillary and joe would make outstanding presidents and possess the qualities that are needed to be outstanding presidents. >>> police have arrested an 18-year-old for allegedly stealing a part from the porsche involved in the crash that killed paul walker. the suspect even posted photos of the roof panel you see here on-line bragging about that grab. >>> the navy announced a successful larchlg of a drone from a submerged submarine on thursday. the unmanned aircraft was -- it flew for several hours while transmitting live video. with that, we'll be ri

. >>> plus, vice president biden takes on serious diplomacy with china. >>> and is this the future of inexpensive space exploration? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back, everybody. >>> vice president joe biden was in tokyo tuesday to show support for japan. in the wake of china's new air defense zone. the move by china to control international air space has raised tensions between the two countries. while the united states is standing by japan over the matter, biden stopped short of ordering beijing to remove. >> we are deeply concerned by the attempt to unilaterally change the status quo in the east china sea. >> the vice president arrived in beijing early this morning, where he plans to meet with the president. >>> it seems that the house and the senate will agree on a bill to ban manufacturing plastic firearms. the house expanded the bill for two years and the house is expected to do the same when it returns. >>> two sky divers in arizona have been killed in a mid air collision. witnesses say the two divers had open parachutes when they ran into each other causing them

sit down with japanese prime minister so i bid on tuesday demanded reports on how biden stressed the importance of dialogue and avoiding conflict. us vice president joe biden met with japanese prime minister shinzo lot in tokyo on tuesday with security issues surrounding the asia pacific region topped the agenda would depend on that over time as controversial new air defense oh five is set out to reassure topic that the us japan alliance is the cornerstone of us security. he also called for better cooperation between washington and its allies in asia namely japan and korea with regard to the chinese defense so odd is that he will bring up the matter when he meets with chinese president teaching pain in beijing later this week prior to and in tokyo the first top of the week long trip with these days bowden said in an interview with the japanese duty outside symbol. but the us remains deeply concerned about the current tensions in the region. in response to us vice president's comments china's foreign ministry spokesperson pointed the finger back at japan what a city. we propose that c

icon and peace activist nelson mandela at texas away at the age of ninety five the vice president joe biden introduced new regional issues including the recent air defense browse and north korea's nuclear threats during a speech at one of the nation's top universities it is in north korea is believed to be deposed number two man may be hiding out in china in a quest for asylum in south korea on sunday it's the good sense. welcome to primetime years it's friday this ever sit here in korea life and soul mind and tell him thank you for joining us we begin with present at today's meeting with visiting us vice president joe biden at the presidential office that on a date this morning discussions of the current geopolitical tension in northeast asia that success to paint the presidential office correspondence onto to have to detox. even the president acting u s vice president biden stretched all the good hour long protest get told that the kids got to see the variety of issues freedom from the file at all to the global. first and for the mash the two sides be a further strong a lap full of lions.

biden urged the countries to lower tensions over a dispewed air space. cnn's barbara starr is live at the pentagon with more. how did the u.s. get caught up in this, barbara. >> biden's trip was supposed to be about trade and the economy. now in fact it's all about the chinese military. vice president joe biden with one eye towards a possible 2016 bid is getting the chance to flex his international muscle power in asia. >> the united states has an interest in the lowering of tensions in this vital region. as i believe all the countries in northeast asia share that same interest with us. >> reporter: biden, in crisis manager mode, arrived in tokyo as the region confronts a power grab by beijing. china declared it now controls a vast portion of the air space over the east china sea and remote islands that both china and japan claim. biden will bluntly ask the chinese leaders their military intentions when he stops in china next. u.s. officials worry china's ultimate aim is a confrontation with japan. >> we, the united states, are deeply concerned. by the a

vice president biden has wrapped up his trip to china. they are considering vice president bides request to maintain peace in the region. we'll talk about how this is going to affect the china-u.s. relations. >> secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east dealing with his own set of tensions, taking part in another round of peace talks between israeli and palestinian officials, facing% six from the start about hopes for a breakthrough. in just a few minutes, we'll have more. >> in another international story, thousands of refugees travel from africa to europe. officials in spain are taking action amid a rise of people using one specific city as a stepping stone into europe. >> first, thousands of offensive food workers who are scheduled to start the their shifts this morning say they will picket instead. strikes are planned at fast food shops in 100 cities. the demands, higher pay. today's strikes are the latest move in a campaign that started last summer. the medium wage for u.s. fast food workers in more than $9 an hour. they wa