these will inject fresh cooperation into our bilateral cooperation, and create many opportunities fordiscussed some disagreements in economic and trade area, and we will continue to appropriately resolve these according to the principal of mutual respect and equal footing. the president and i agree that china and the united states need to establish a pattern of high level exchanges featuring in depth communication and dialogue. president obama and i will stay in close contact through meetings telephone calls, and letters. the two sides believe that the expansion of exchanges and cooperation between our militaries contribute to deepen mutual trust between our two countries and to the growth of our overall relationship. we also agreed to encourage all sectors of our society to carry out various reforms of exchange activities, in particular, we have high hopes on the young people, hoping that they will better understand each other's country and be more deeply involved in the people to people exchanges between our two countries. president obama and i exchanged views on the international e

cooperation in the area of energy.e tongue] >> translator: now we have a number of important topics in human development and social development. china and the united states have more extensive common interest now, and we both shoulder heavy responsibilities and more important responsibilities. the chinese side is willing to work together with the united states on the basis mutual respect and mutual benefits to promote positive, cooperative and comprehensive china-u.s. relationships. so as to benefit the peoples in both our two countries and the peoples around the world. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i wish this second session of the strategic forum on u.s.-china clean energy cooperation a big success. hu jintao, president of the peoples republic of china 16th of january, 2011. [applause] >> a few comments by way of introduction of this session. and i'll be brief. i see this -- the point of this entire two days as doing our part to ensure that the issues of clean energy and energy efficiency are at the cent

- in dialogue, court nation, and cooperation in areas areas -- in dialogue, coordination and cooperation in the various areas. as mankind enters the second decade of the 21st century, the international situation continues to undergo profound changes. there are a growing number of global challenges. china and the united states share common interests and have increasing, and responsibilities. china-u.s. cooperation has great significance to the world. the two sides should adhere to the right direction of our relationship, is that each other's sovereignty, territorial integrity and development, promote the steady growth of china-u.s. relations and make greater contributions to maintaining and promoting world peace and about men. we both agree to further push positive and comprehensive china-u.s. relationship and commit to work together to build a china-u as cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and -- to build a china- u.s. crop a partnership based on latrobe respect -- on mutual respect. during my current visit to the united states, the relevant departments, institutions, and ent

why are we doing this technology cooperation? we are doing this technology cooperation because we believe that it will lead to mutually beneficial economic opportunity for both of our countries and therefore for the benefit of our citizens. it is the economic benefits that we can jointly enjoy that is a motivation for the technology, investments and cooperation. and here, there are three items which must simultaneously move forward from the american side and similar movements are well as i know the united states. those three? 's first is a reduction in export controls by the united states. and here he makes a president obama has the beginnings of a very important issue. the second must be greatly facilitated possibilities for investment by china and the united states. in the third must be the opening in a realistic way of chinese market to u.s. industry to invest and to operate in china. so i pose an additional, to beyond a clean energy tech lg cooperation, the challenges come in unless we move forward on august 3 fronts, we will

-china clean energy cooperation. i believe cooperation is highly important. this is what we need urgently. on behalf of the ministry of science and technology of china i would like to congratulate on the convening of this form. my thanks go to the brookings institute and the china institute for innovation development strategy for your preparation and arrangements. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, efforts of the international community, the world economy is slowly recovering. but this recovery is after the basis with the balanced progress and certain uncertainties. meanwhile, however, as my friend, dr. holdren, mentioned climate change, energy and resource security, a major natural disasters, etc. as well as over global challenges against more prominence. but energy development for the economy has been making the global challenges more severe for us. faced with these challenges, no country can settle them alone. we must rely on some technology and innovation and join hands to promote emissions reduction. in that way we can promote the civilization from the

so we did cooperate in the past. we have having cooperation now. i think provided that we pursue the same goal, provided we develop cooperation on the basis of mutual interests so we can move forward, that will be a good news for everybody. >> charlie: but the united states has had a difficult time convincing the chinese with respect to iran to vote for proposals in the security council. >> for china with regard to the nuclear issue, our position is when iran should not possess nuclear weapons. two, iran should enjoy the right to peaceful use of nuclear energy. these two points, you know, china consistently defends these two points in our position with regard to the iranian nuclear issue. and sometimes i think you have to put yourself into china's shoes. look, we need u.s. we need also to develop on the basis of the mutual interests cooperation with iran. respecting u.n. resolutions about iran. so this is also, i think, if we do that, that would be equally in the interest of everybody. i think it's not... it is in nobody's interest to drive iran in

cooperation between our countries is also good for china.economic growth has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. this is a tribute to the chinese people. but it's also nice to decades of stability and asia made possible by america's word presents in the region by strong trade with america and international economic system championed by the united states of america. cooperation between our countries is also good for the world. along with rg 20 partners, we've moved from the brink of catastrophe to the beginning of global economic recovery. with our security council partners, we passed the strongest sanctions to date against iran over its nuclear program. we worked together to reduce tensions on the korean peninsula and most recently we welcome china's support for the historic referendum in southern sudan. as we look to the future, what's needed, i believe, is a spirit of cooperation that is also friendly competition in areas like those that i've just mentioned, we will cooperate in forging partnerships and making progress th

cooperation for mutual benefit, as always, being the mainstream of our relations. this has a reinforced our confidence in further pushing forward our relationship. today, both china and the united states are confronted with the arduous task of sustaining steady economic growth and achieving economic transfers -- transformation. we both need to tackle the various challenges brought by economic globalization. this has added to our need and desire to enhance cooperation. >> [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [english translation] we should pursue our relations with a stronger conviction of a broader vision and more proactive a. roche we need to take solid steps to make pioneering efforts to fully tap the potential of corporate -- of cooperation and strive for new progress in china-u.s. relations. i am confident that with a joint effort, china-u.s. cooperative partnership will yield bountiful for its for the greater benefit of our people and make new and bigger contributions to the noble cause of world peace and development. [speaking chinese] [sp

and china can cooperate in this area constructively and there is no reason we can't cooperate in anyother area constructively. i see this occurring in three ways, three practical ways in the next few days. number one, people to people interaction, by that i don't just mean exchange but deepening the relationships everyone in this room knows the world is built up for relationships and everyone knows these are central to building a cooperative relationship to in the two countries and so i would encourage you to go out of your way to deepen your relationships with friends from the other country. second, i see the content of this meeting directly impacting policies in the two countries. we know from the letters we just received from respective leaders that they are taking this very seriously and we will get the input of this conference directly to them and have a direct impact on policy. finally, in the course of the two days we will have an announcement of some concrete agreements to show that we are not simply having a talk shop but we are actually doing things. i'm going to say a few

relationship, and open a new chapter in our cooperation as partners. >> translator: our cooperation and the united states should respect each other's choice of development path and each other's core interests. we should deepen mutual understanding through communication, increase mutual trust through dialogue, and expand common ground through exchanges. [speaking in chinese] >> translator: our cooperation as partners should be based on mutual benefit. china's future and destiny are increasingly tied to those of the world and china-u.s. relations have become closer. our two countries should seek to learn from each other through exchanges and achieve win-win progress through cooperation. this is the right approach for us to develop our relations. [speaking in chinese] >> translator: our cooperation as partnership be based on joint efforts to meet challenges. china and the united states should step up communication and coordination in international affairs, work together to counter the global challenges, and make a greater contribution to world peace and development. [speaking in chines

the initial cooperation had not been good. now the initial cooperation was much better.hans blix was saying this progressively. wasn't just military force as you mentioned in your statement. getting sanctions lifted was obviously a major incentive for him as well. the problem with the argument you have just put is why bother with the inspections process at all, because the cooperation was coming. there was more of it. if you still didn't think this was going to do the job, why set the process in motion at all? >> because here is the situation you declare 1441. you have given him a final chance for full immediate unconditional cooperation. now, at that point, he can make a big decision, which is to say i am going to put aside my concealment, my lack of cooperation, all the things i have done in the past and i am going to cooperate fully. he doesn't. so he is in breach of 1441 and part of the problem is frankly that those who supported 1441 who were not on the american side of the argument got a bye in the end and they agreed he would be given a final opportunity than they

cooperation.cato institute forum on president eisenhower's speech on the military industrial complex and what it means today. on c-span at 10 eastern, a look at the final report on the gulf oil spill and the future of offshore oil and natural gas development. this discussion is hosted by the center for strategic and can -- and international studies. >> live later today tavis smiley leads a discussion on the war, the economy, education, jobs and america's future with arianna huffington, cornel west, maria bartiromo, david fromm and dana mill bank beginning at 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> middle and high school students, it's time to upload your videos for c-span's video documentary competition. this year's topic, washington, d.c. through my lens, get your video to c-span by january 20th for your chance to win the grand rise of $5,000. there's $50,000 in total prizes. c-span's student cram video -- cam video documentary competition is open to students in grades 6-12. go online to student cam.org. >

united security council v are fully cooperating with the i.a.e.a. under the n.p.t. and by now four thousand man day special has been made in iran which is unprecedented in the history of i.a.e.a. what you were really fairing however was there the question of security council resolution to suspend to a stop these activities of a rich man or heavy water reactor a construction which is in not a legally binding in fact without no legal basis and this we cannot of course do that because this enrichment is one hundred percent under control and surveillance with the camera therefore we cannot find any justification in fact with the press conference a minute ago i was explaining for a reason why the security council resolutions have no legal basis first of all i quoted to set your the article for twelve c only these issues should be sent to new york security council if the inspectors ical denies non-compliant as reporting to director general and then director john report to the board of governors however any case of iran even france germany u.k. with the support of the us i

to cooperate on corporation between the financial development institutions. that we will provide we will issue annual statistics. city sticks book statistics reports. and of course we'll continue cooperation on the reforms of the currency systems it's been one of the pirates see the break policy within the g twenty. largely things to a coordinated position of break and some other have come partners we've been able to move on in the reform of the. international currency fund. and the bric countries are now the top ten after this reform and our top ten of the international world fund in terms of quotas. so it's a very young but very promising very hopeful. situation on the platform. which corresponds to modern trends in the world asked for the investment image which i think. the foreign ministry dislike for the mass media. you cannot influence cannot. perform this image investment image is formed by the conditions by the laws that is create conditions and if the business believes these conditions to be profitable to be advantageous and favorable business the bu

cooperation, the energy, the environment, agriculture, health and others and brought in the cooperationin new areas such as avtion, infrtructure a smart power gid. thisway e will make a business ties even stronger and create more jobs for our people. third, in terms ofur communatn donsta and deenooinioan eson aalot spot issues china and the united states should pursue global cooperation as partners to fulfill commonly responsibilities and meet common challenges we should enhance consultation and coordination on global issues such as the a und netiio ca chgene a rou security, public health security to bilateral and multilateral challenge is to maintain dialogue and exchanges on regional security, regional cooperation and hot spot issues. together for a more equitable, just interest and better managed international system to promote peace prosperity in the regions engage in open -- in the from the imported region where china and the united states work closely with each other on the basis of mutual respect. for comedy and friendships, the forward looking vigorously promote friendly exchang

the 26-year-old billionaire didn't cooperate in the making of the movie. the story is considered fictional. facebook now has about 500 million users around the world. >>> in many countries devastated by war, land mines, slow rebuilding and economic growth. but it takes a lot of money and manpower to clear mine fields. yuko aotani spoke with the leader of a non-profit organization in africa that uses animals to detect hidden land mines. >> the united nations say about 110 million land mines are laid worldwide. once planted, the weapon brings long-term risk in the surrounding area. the vast majority of victims are civilians, casualties reported when the fighting has ended. in mozambique, 20 years after the civil war, people are getting a new chance to live free of the threat of the land mines. scurrying over dangerous fields, an african giant pouched rat begins its search. it is specially trained to detect land mines. the animal isn't heavy enough to trigger an explosion if it steps on a mine. the belgium-based group apopo developed the method. 40 of the ngo

cooperation. this happened on tuesday the 13th, day before -- 11th day before yesterday. when i was an assistant secretary of energy back in the late 1990s, we were working on a one, two, three agreement and trying to, you know, move that forward. so it's really been a longstanding initiative, one that both sides have been very intent on bringing to force, and it has finally happened. and there are really, i think, three areas of enormous benefit for both countries. first of all, the area i am most familiar with is the non-proliferation cooperation, having in place an agreement for nuclear cooperation of this kind really helps us to advance our nuclear non-proliferation cooperation. it helps for our technical cooperation when our scientists get together and work on very detailed, technical projects, for example, on new sensor systems and that type of thing. there's been a history of very, very successful u.s./russian cooperation. but a one, two, three agreement will facilitate and ease that cooper

workg in cooperation with the 16 state agriculture ministers, it will increase penalties for companies that do not comply with regulations. >> a rubber chicken. to these protesters it is about as palatable as the contaminated eggs and poultry discovered in the dioxin scandal. consumers were warned to stay away from german meat products. agriculture protection ministers held crisis talks on tuesday, where they dropp anctio plano improve food safety. >> the goal is to have the highest safety and control standards in europe. >> the government plan proposes a new licensing scheme for a strict separation of production lines and tougher punishments of violations. and also receives federal officials taking control of inspections, which have been regulated at the local level until now. officials are hoping that a stricter code of checks and tests will win back consumer confidence. but it is proving to be a tough sell. south korea and china have already suspended imports of pork in exile in germany. >> the russian president has endorsed a palestinian state. in his first visit to the west bank h

>> first of all, minority party always calls for cooperation. but there is a lot of common ground on spectrum policy and the need to rationalize the rules on spectrum options. the priority coming out of the box, at least on the house republican side, is to do close scrutiny of the net neutrality decision that just came out from the f.c.c. and there is a review being called for that with hearings with the full commission and also potential joint rest luges of disapproval, which will be a little more challenging than that of the senate, to look at that more closely. and because that was a very party-line vote out of the f.c.c. very recently, there's a bit of a partisan feeling in this congress. so we'll get to cooperation down the road, but first there will be a close review of the decision. >> catherine, your views on chairman walden and the net neutrality issue. >> well, i think that he stated his views very clearly. he issued the release with chairman upton and also with lee terry, and i think that my colleague here is right. i think if there's

that is not the way that i see cooperation going. and hopefully this kind of attitude will change in the future. commissioner olague: i have seen a lot of progress, ever since you have taken an active role, and this has been at a different pace that we saw from the department. at the diligence of this issue. this has shifted. i want to thank you for taking the active role. this is like night and day. supporting the staff and making certain that there is a shift in the department, and how we are looking at this issue. people who have not been around, they are frustrated, to say the least. and the hardest thing was the theater that was evicted, this was very sad. this was a sad thing to witness. i was going to say that i hope, what happens sometimes with these issues is that we see the laws that we have in place, we see these areas strengthened. and i noticed -- the rent control, there is no obligation. this is just across the board. >> this is across the board. >> this sounds kind of crazy. >> i had a conversation -- and she said to m

-russia cooperation. this agreement will facilitate and ease that cooperation in the future. it will help with some counter- nuclear terrorism issues. when we have material that is acquired and we are concerned about it been part of a possible terrorist plot, the nuclear forensics process will be facilitated and eased by having in place a 1-2-3 agreement. the second area is civil nuclear cooperation. two countries are working together and cooperating. the deputy secretary of energy is the chairman of the bilateral commission. there is a bilateral commission looking at ways to advance civil nuclear cooperation. that means advanced reactors and fuel cycles and arenas of that kind. the third area is on the commercial front. it will facilitate cooperation between u.s. companies and russian companies that are engaged in nuclear energy projects. again, the development of new reactors, new fuel cycles, new fuels. it addresses the issue of when the united states has a deal with another country for nuclear fuel, the united states has consent rights over the final disposition of that f

our cooperation at the u.n. agreements. now we must build on that progress by implementing the agreements on transparency, funding, and clean emergency technology. there is no time to delay. the united states with china working with other partners, including the eu, japan, and india, will set the pace and direction for the world to move rapidly toward a clean energy future. on international development, we could make a significant impact by aligning our investments and coordinating projects. we would ask that china embrace internationally recognized standards and policies that ensure transparent i and sustain -- transparency and sustainability. i often here in my discussion here china's leaders say their country speaks for the developing world because of their progress. but the development practices in africa and elsewhere have raised serious concerns. we welcome the commitment to development, but we would like to work together to have common standards and approaches. on security issues, there is also room to wo

>> guest: i think the minority party always calls for cooperation. that's traditional. [laughter] certainly, there is a lot of common ground on spectrum policy and the need to rationalize the rules on spectrum auction, so i think there will be some of that. the priority coming out of the box, at least on the house republican side, is to do some very close scrutiny of the net neutrality decision that just came out from the fcc, and both chairman upton and chairman walden have called for hearings with the full commission and also potential joint resolutions of disapproval which will be a little more challenging coming out of the senate. but to look at that very closely, and i think because that was a very party-line vote out of the fcc very recently, there's a bit of a partisan feeling opening in this congress. so we'll get to cooperation, i think, down the road, but first there'll be very close review of the net neutrality decision. >> host: connecticut run mc-- catherine mccullough, your view on the net neutrality issue. >> guest: he issued the release with chairman upt

he will speak on building cooperation in the u.s.-china military to military relationship and we will have questions to follow. welcome. it is a pleasure to have you speak on this important subject. [applause] >> thank you. let me thank you all for joining us here this afternoon and offered a special thanks to aa double less and to andrew for all their hard work in pulling this together. i would note on the side that the dirty little secret of this event has nothing to do with security its upcoming trip but a desire to spend time with andrew because i haven't a chance to catch up with him in a couple of years since we've been off the hill. with that said i am happy to be here today and have the opportunity to talk about the work the obama administration and the department of defense are doing to develop a more sustained reliable and continuous u.s.-china military relationship we believe it is a critical component of the broad u.s.-china relationship as well. as you know, secretary gates will be traveling to china next week where he w

the positive, constructive, cooperative u.s./china relationship is good for the united states. >> the major disagreement is over chinese currency. the white house believes that the ren ming-be is overvalued making u.s. goods more expensive in china. some thing it is the big reason why u.s. unemployment is at 9.4%. lawmakers like new york democratic senator charles schumer insisted president obama tell president hu how frustrated americans are. >> we are fed up with your governments intransigents and currency manipulation. if you refuse to play by the same rules as etch else, we will force to you do so. >> the time for talk is over. the time for action is now. >> reporter: the obama/hu meeting ended with an obama call for a speedier yen flsays been movement but it's not as fast as we want. >> question, what policy options does president obama have if president hu jintao refuses to budge on china's currency? >> realisticcally, none. the united states is committed to globalization. the chinese are committed to china first. they are

cooperation between our countries is also good for china.f millions of people out of poverty. and this is a tribute to the chinese people. but it's also thanks to decades of stability to people in asia. by strong trade with america, and by an open, international, economic system championed by the united states of america. cooperation between our countries is also good for the world. along with our g 20 partners, we've moved from the brink of catastrophe to the move towards global economic recovery. we've worked together to decrease tensions on the korean peninsula and we welcome china's support for the referendum in southern sudan. as we look to the future, what's needed, i believe is a spirit of cooperation which is also frently competition. areas -- also friendly competition. competition. areas in which neither nation can achieve alone. a healthy competition that spurs both countries to innovate and become even more competitive. that's the kind of relationship i seyfert united states and china in the 21st century and the kind of relationsh

cooperation. this happened on tuesday the 13th, day before -- 11th day before yesterday. when i was an assistant secretary of energy back in the late 1990s, we were working on a one, two, three agreement and trying to, you know, move that forward. so it's really been a longstanding initiative, one that both sides have been very intent on bringing to force, and it has finally happened. and there are really, i think, three areas of enormous benefit for both countries. first of all, the area i am most familiar with is the non-proliferation cooperation, having in place an agreement for nuclear cooperation of this kind really helps us to advance our nuclear non-proliferation cooperation. it helps for our technical cooperation when our scientists get together and work on very detailed, technical projects, for example, on new sensor systems and that type of thing. there's been a history of very, very successful u.s./russian cooperation. but a one, two, three agreement will facilitate and ease that cooper

it aims to be as cooperative as possible. and everyday when i walk into the united nations, even two years after getting there, it is palpable the difference. countries understand that this is a very different president, a very different country, and america is leading in a very different way. one of my... one of my colleagues joked the other night that now america is bullying us in a way that we can appreciate. >> rose: (laughs) >> that's not what we, in fact, are doing. we're not bullying. but the difference is that countries show up really wanting to work with us, wanting to find common ground. it's not always possible. there are a few outliars, your venezuelas or cubas or syrias that are more interested in combat. but the vast majority really want to partner with this united states of america and this is serving our interests, our national security interests, our economic interests, our political interests, our interests in human rights and democracy very well. >> rose: and they believe the united states is listening to t

so we can take advantage of these cooperation's and. the basic reasons for. this should not be dealt with as a war but it should be dealt as a remedy and we should remedy the problems not fighting is not going to help but we should reduce poverty we should produce more. in terms of job creation and. all these arenas. of course. different. a positive alternative to think. positive alternative for what i didn't understand. in terms of reconstructing the society in general whether it's drugs or anything else. can be. based on. will be affected by extremism. and if extremist elements. it will. totally. dismantled the russian security. and i think has more. and more stake in helping you. only in terms of security and military but in terms of development and reconstruction for creating jobs for creating opportunities and should play a more aggressive role. has been very slow in participating. in the conferences that. been involved dressed as been taking out backseat in a big it's good for russia to be involved it's good for russia's security it's good for russia's

president karzai are talking about the konami cooperation in talking about boosting trade and it was though this is indeed the first needed by an afghan president to russia in over thirty years nonetheless presidents karzai and the judges did meet three times last year and in two thousand and ten they managed to boost trades to form up to four hundred and thirty million u.s. dollars so it could have a corporation is of course very important a full partnership between the two countries osu russia's investment in the reconstruction of the ad infrastructure was damaged during the war something they're talking about today is there's both the ability to russia and the need for russia afghanistan to engage with. russia help rebuild itself and develop its. capacity but also by real trade for investment by introduction between business which is very short the two presidents are discussing military corp of course earlier russian the united states have agreed that the u.s. military cargo would be allowed to be transferred through russian territory to ease the process of delivering military aid

address to the world's movers and shakers in davos and president medvedev calls for greater global cooperation in the fight against international terrorism following monday's suicide bombing in moscow the russian leader was forced to cut short his visit to the economic for. a new strategic arms reduction deal between russia and the us set to be signed into law start got the united dispatching of the federation federation council the upper house of russia's parliament it's the last step before being signed by president medvedev and could see the nuclear arsenals of both nations come by a third. time for some fiery debate in the latest edition of crosstalk as host peter lavelle and his guests look at the implications of a hezbollah controlled government in lebanon it's coming your way next stay with us . for. the. if you can. locate welcome to cross talk i am peter lavelle a country in turmoil a country divided lebanon faces the prospect of a government controlled by hezbollah will lebanon's democratic choice find the country in danger but then upon for others in the region. to discuss the polit

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>> i think there is going to be a high degree of cooperation on certain issues. for instance, tv spectrum allocation. when it comes to the idea of deciding on the authority for incentive options and who's going to get what slice of the pie, i think there's a lot of incentive to work together on those issues because it's going to mean extra money for the treasury, which of course means that money can be used to either lower the deficit or put to other programs. >> do you, trisha paoletta come see cooperation in the upcoming conference on telecommunications policy, and to use the then acting on a lot of different issues? >> i think the minority party always [inaudible] certainly there is a lot of common ground on the spectrum policy and the need to rationalize the rules on spectrum auctions. i think there will be some of that. the priority coming out of the box in the house republican side is to do some very close scrutiny of the net neutrality decision that just came out from the fcc and both chairman upton and chairman walden tough called for the review for that

to cooperate with building operators, and most importantly, the press control operators need to work closely with the tenants and building managers to make sure that they provide very effective services. i hate to tell you this, but if -- we need to spend more time with the pest control system. i do not want to say any more publicly. commissioner walker: i really would love to hear from our housing division of our how we interface as well as maybe wellsro -- maybe the sro collaborative briefly. do we require inspections separate from the provider of the eradication, or are they the same person? is the person who comes in to inspect for bedbugs the same person who gets rid of them? or is it separate? >> our inspectors would inspect and go in and find the problem, but the pest control company is the one that provides the services on a monthly basis. >> but if the health inspector or somebody is suspicious that there is bedbugs, do we call in the press control person to verify? >> no, that is the responsibility of the property owner. >> but we require that? i'm trying to figure out enfo

they did so because they want us to cooperate. we cannot cooperate without an honest debate. we cannot have an honest debate if we insist that fiction is fact. >> reporter: in one of the first signs of renewed bipartisanship, a plan to have lawmakers sit with colleagues from across the aisle was taking hold. the idea offered by senator mark udall a colorado democrat has proposed dozens of pairings including senators john thune of south dakota and kirsten gillibrand of new york and in the house majority whip kevin mccarthy of california and his democratic counterpart steny hoyer of maryland. udall said he hopes the gesture would prove to the american people that their elected officials can work together. >> i'm an old mountaineer. i think the aisle that divides us has become as high as a mountain. and it's time to climb that mountain and look out upon america altogether. >> reporter: the idea to jettison the traditional seating arrangements gained momentum in the aftermath of the tucson shootings. on capitol hill today, black-and-white ribbons were being handed out to members

we cooperate with all countries still in normal cooperative relationship with china and then stress some of the areas where the american public has something to gain from that cooperation. >> is difficult to do when political candidates run ads talking about off shoring jobs and painting the chinese dragon is the looming enemy and things like that. >> but that is the importance of what which ms said. with people in the american public realize how far ahead of china we are they don't have to be quite that afraid. >> and i think secretary gregson mentioned a plan to get 100,000 americans who oversee china. i am in favor of every american of every age spending a lot of time in china just to understand what is appealing about it, what is bad about it and its strengths and weaknesses. just to have this fully featured appreciation of why it matters and what to be afraid of and what not to. >> i agree. that suggest when he to have realistic expectations because i think sometimes we are disappointed because our expectations were too high in the first place. they're going to be a lot of opportuni