ambassador to japan caroline kennedy stressed the porngs of corporation between the two countries dealing with a range of issues like global security and climate change. business leaders will issue a joint statement when the conference wraps up friday. >>> executives have unveiled high speed technology that's bound for britain. they've showed off a new generation of train carriages that link london with other parts of the uk. the executives revealed the rolling stock at their train yard in south western japan. they're building the carriages to replace the aging trains on a 30-year-old high-speed rail route. they'll build 866 carriages for the line. they'll also maintain them for 267 years. engineers equip the model with a diesel engine allowing it to run on stretches of rail that doesn't have electricity. it can travel at speeds of 200 kilometers per hour. executives are planning full county jail production at a plant build in britain. they're aiming to have them ready for service in 2017. >> translator: hitachi has refined technology and has a high level of safety for trains over a long

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ambassador to japan caroline kennedy has expressed hope for stronger bilateral cooperation in the spaceustry. kennedy spoke at a reception at the ambassador's residence in tokyo. about 100 people including officials from nasa and the japan aerospace exploration agency attended. >> for over 40 years the united states and japan have worked together in space. our joint research and development have increased understanding of the universe. >> japanese astronaut koichi wakata also offered thoughts on their research alliance. >> our bilateral cooperation is not limited in the human space exploration. in our effort to protect the precious environment of our home planet, the field of earth science is a major part of our comprehensive task list. >> the two countries are cooperating on space debris like defunct satellites as well as joint defense. >>> it's sunny and dry here in tokyo, but over in rome people there are dealing with severe weather conditions. let's get the latest of that and more from mai shoji. >> we reported that thousands of people have had to be forced to evacuate across tuscan

kennedy museum and library 20 years later by centered ted kennedy and caroline kennedy to receive the john f. kennedy award for profiles encourage because of the next and -- profiles in courage because of the nixon pardon. but that is why he got the award. for leadership, and courage, and taking a stand in trying to heal the nation. the last thing that i want to heal -- leave you with is this. there is a statue out fronts of dad, and the original is in the rotunda in washington, d.c. there is a very powerful quote on it. it is not by dad, but it is by the democratic speaker of the house, tip o'neill. and it says, and i am roughly paraphrasing, "god has been very good to america. during the civil war, he said abraham lincoln, and during watergate, he sent gerald r. f ord, the right man for the right time. " thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, steve, and thank you for your service through this great presidential foundation which means so much to the country. i would like to now introduce our distinguished panelists who played unique roles and different aspects of th

one is that it was about caroline kennedy.. but i mean it's actually the story that i kind of made up about my wife at the time. but it's a good story. and -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: just stick with the things. we like the stories better. >> i like it. and i needed a name with three syllables. and caroline came to mind and yes, i liked it, i hadn't heard it, sang good, and we kept it and now it's out of the bag and everybody knows it. yeah. >> jimmy: speaking of names, neil diamond. how do you end up with a great name -- it's not a fake name. it's a real name. your name is neil diamond. [ laughter ] >> yeah, it is and -- >> jimmy: but, did you ever think of changing your name? >> yeah, i tried. for the first record i sat down and wrote up a couple of names which i thought were absolutely brilliant. >> jimmy: do you remember a a couple? >> i do. they're stuck in my mind. one was -- and i know you're going to love this, jimmy. noah kaminsky. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what? noah kaminsky. it sounds like you change your name from noah

caroline kennedy doesn't get profiles in courage on immigration. so now he's found religion. he's going to move forward and do it. if he moves forward and does it then the republicans are forced to act. and they have the political incentive to do it. for all the reasons i said a year and a half ago. now you are going to have mitch mcconnell and john boehner look at people that want to get in the way and say really? do you want hillary clinton to be president for eight years. we can stop short of amnesty, we can stop short of citizenship, but we have to do something. and i don't think there's going to be much patience at all for people who want to play to their home district and help lose the presidency for republicans for eight more years. >> certainly an opportunity for them to think. howard dean the former democratic governor of vermont and dnc chair says president obama is not the sole person responsible for the party's losses last week. he said democratic candidates lost because they failed to articulate a clear message to voters. >> the republican message was we're not o