david mckenzie joining us there live from beijing. thanks to you. >>> we keep our focus in the region and look at what's happening in japan. the country's prime minister is risking his political future by testing public support for his economic policies. just after the world's third largest economy slipped back into recession, vicenza oh abe announce -- shinzo abe announced

david mckenzie for us. now, the steep reductions in that climate change deal could set up tensions between the president and the republican-controlled congress next year. not now though, congress with the senate begins its lame-duck session. among the issues, the keystone oil pipeline which has long been on the republican wish list maybe picking up more bipartisan support now. the president waiting for a full regulatory review from before he weighs in. >>> in yemen a growing surge among rival factions there. the fighting so tense now the u.s. military is updating plans to potentially evacuate u.s. embassy personnel u.s. ambassador to yemen matthew tueller has been targeted before. and one of his friends telling us, he's worried for tueller's safety. >>side say he's in a great deal of danger just because you have all of these factions. fighting around the country. at least a couple of them would like to take out the embassy and him because of the role, positive role, that we play and he plays. in trying to pu

let's go to cnn's david mckenzie live in beijing this morning. ng, david. >> reporter: good morning, john. yes, the leaders of china and the u.s. get together, the whole world watches. certainly it will be very interesting to see if any tangible results come from the meeting of president obama and president xi jinping of china. they will be meeting today, tonight and tomorrow as well. it is all come after a meeting ever 21 leaders of the pacific region or here in china. cyber security is top of the agenda for the u.s. administration. they say they will continue to push china on that subject. though china might not listen. there are also issues of freedom rights and human right and the domestic agenda and the economy. the u.s. and chinese presidents have said when the u.s. and china work together on trade, both countries benefit. they mentioned one bit of progress, john, a high tech trade agreement agreed on the specifics of that to allow high tech from the u.s. to be sold with lower tariffs in the coming months, most likely in china. that could cr

let's go to david mckenzie live in beijing with the latest. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, john. the certiserious allegations of hacking into the u.s. postal service won't sit well with the chinese or the u.s. the u.s. and china announcing a negotiated deal to improve trade with the information technology agreement. bringing down the tariffs and medical equipment and gps equipment and other assets the u.s. could bring many jobs and trillions of trade globally. that's the positive sign. as you said, the u.s. president obama meeting with his counterpart moments away. they will discuss those issues and thorny issues like freedom of the press and human rights and whether the u.s. and chinese relationship can improve. >> david, that is one of the big meetings set for the three-day summit. i saw a picture of president obama near russian president vladimir putin yesterday. will these two leaders have a chance to talk given the thorny issues with these nations right now? >> reporter: right now it is a tension time because of the issues

let's bring in our david mckenzie, following developments from beijing. and david, after months of secret negotiation, the united states and china took everyone by surprise by announcing this historic agreement on chie mat change. how is it going to work? and are the ambitious goals actually doable? >> well, we'll have to wait and see, rosemary. certainly they are ambitious goals. on the u.s. side, they're saying they're going to accelerate producing co 2 emissions significantly. in fact, doubling those reductions to between 26 and 28% by 2025. this means that the u.s. is going to have to really shift its economy substantially into clean energy, something that president obama has talked about a lot creptly. and then on the chinese side, it's also truly historic, because the chinese say they're going to peak their co 2 emissions by 2030. that's the first time they said they'll have a cutoff point. they'll also really have a substantial part of their energy done by clean energy sources like nuclear and wind and solar power in the coming years. how they will

thanks to david mckenzie. >> it has to do with congress with the steep redishgzs set up in an area.ust hours from now, the president begins its lame duck session. the and the keystone oil pipeline has been on the republican wish list but now have bipartisan support. the president says he's waiting for a full regulatory review before he weighs in. >>> an al qaeda leader in yemen who has been a top priority leader has been killed in a strike there. he was killed during a surge in fighting in rival factions. the fighting is so intense that weighing plans to eventually evacuate u.s. personnel. he's been targeted before and one of his friends told us he's worried for his safety. >> i'd say he's in a great deal of danger. just because you have all of these factions, fighting around the country. at least a couple of them would like to take out the embassy because of the role -- positive role that we play and he plays. in trying to pull together these very factions into a coalition government.war. this comes at the time when they're fighti ing amongst themselves by israelis by palestinians

it could take decades to find out how this xinjiang class will shape china. >> david mckenzie joins usfrom beijing. you mentioned about prayer in the schools. they don't allow prayers in the schools. is that universal there? rrn >> reporter: well, it's universal in china. public schools don't allow religious observance. but certainly with xinjiang and minority students, me announce aid policy to defend schools against the influx of religion, trying to get teachers to make sure students are not even praying at home if they're under 18. those who follow uighur rights, particularly in the dice para, are saying this is just another way that the communist party is claimping down on religion, something that uighurs are often resentful about. >> isn't there some debate on the seriousness of the security problem in xinjiang for china. how serious is the threat of separatis separatism? >> reporter: the chinese government certainly and the communist party say there is a serious threat of separatism. and you have certainly seen an uptick in violence and attacks in the recent years. particularly i

cnn senior correspondent david mckenzie is live in beijing. david, so interesting to listen to the president as he wades through issues that he knows could potentially offend china. >> reporter: that's a very good point, john. certainly he touched on hot-button issues to offend the asian leadership. at the front end of his speech, he was pushing for a better relationship between china and the u.s. >> we welcome the rise of a prosperous, peaceful and stable china. in fact, over recent decades, the united states has worked to help integrate china into the global economy. not only because it's in china's best interests, but in america's best interests and the world's best interests. if china and the united states can work together, the world benefits. >> reporter: well, certainly he went on to talk about human rights in china as well as freedom of the press saying these are important issues for the united states, not just boxes to check. that will certainly wrangle leaders. he will have meetings with president xi in the coming days. this is a rock

cnn international correspondent david mckenzie is live in beijing. e have been rocky moments in the u.s./chinese relationship. this is the president trying to show the two countries are stronger together than apart. >> reporter: christine, that is right. i think that is what the obama administration is trying to do in china. try to show the two world's biggest economies can benefit from each other. in the last few months, a lot of issues that have touched a nerve here in china and of course in the u.s. issues like cyber security, the theft of trade secrets and intellectual property rights and freedoms that many are not enjoyed in china. all of those issues are president obama touched on in the speech to world leaders and business community. effectively, the main message he was trying to get across was china and the u.s. are stronger together when they work on economic issues. take a listen. >> we will come the rise of a prosperous, peaceful and stable china. in fact, over recent decades, the united states has worked to help integrate china into the gl

david mckenzie joins us live from beijing with more about his visit. >> reporter: that's right, it's a crucial trip for president obama to the asia region. especially here to china. he'll have several meetings with president xi jinping. and since the obama administration announced this pivot to asia or what they like to call a rebalance in asia to show the u.s. is committed to its asia-pacific allies there's been a great deal of mistrust between china and the u.s. on issues like you mentioned of cyber security and others. chinese leaders and thinkers are criticizing the u.s. for trying to contain the rise of china in the asia-pacific while the u.s. is suspicious of china's role in the region, particularly its increasing flexing of its military muscles when it comes to disputes in the east china region, east asia region. one with of good news was the meeting between xi jinping and prime minister abe today. that was a long time in the making and does show that there is a warming of relations between japan and china which has been incredibly frosty for at least two years. >> what common

david mckenzie joins us live with more details. given problems at home how much influence would he have in china when it comes to human rights? >> reporter: john, he's still the commander in chief of the u.s., of course. and that carries a lot of weight still around the world. including here in china. though state media gave him a rubbing before he arrived, certainly this will be a crucially important set of meetings between xi jinping and president obama on the side lines of apec mutual day-lateral meetings. and one issue that could be on the table is human rights. since president xi jinping of china came into power, human rights groups say that he has tightened the screws on the press, on civil society, and on activists. and one prominent activist we spoke to says this is an opportunity for president obama to bring those issues up. the gleaming towers of beijing. an image the rule is communist party wants to show off. but there's another side to the chinese capital. in an apartment complex called freedom city, evidence of the par

. >> cnn's david mckenzie joins us live from beijing to discuss this issue. ow would you describe the overall relationship between china and north korea? as we alluded to there, china only protects pyongyang as far as it needs to without destabilizing its border region with the country. that would suggest that it can be convinced in some ways to put more pressure on the north. what is the relationship between the two now? >> reporter: well, i think you're right in terms of pressurizing the north. there are ways that china can make the north potentially slow down its move toward nuclear weapons. that really is the main priority of the chinese state. other than a stable korean peninsula, they have also repeatedly said they do not want the kim jong-un regime to do nuclear tests and to launch nuclear capable missiles. that is the way they can pressure it. on the human rights side, though, it's certainly the case that china has not bended at all. they have sent any north korean refugee that they find back to north korea where they could face gross human rights viol

. >>> cnn's david mckenzie joins us live from beijing with the latest. d, how likely is it that this will ever get as far as the international criminal court given north korea's ally, china, will likely use its veto power in the u.n. security council to prevent it from being hauled before the icc? >> reporter: well, it's a very good point, i'd say the odd at this point are still a long shot that those pushing this, and there are several countries backing this resolution, that they'll actually make it to the security council with the provisions intact and that it gets passed because the key to this is accountability. they're trying to get accountability for what they say are gross human rights violations, possible war crimes that kim jong-un and his regime are conducting to keep themselves in power. you know, the report is pretty breathtaking. and a lot of it is based on the testimony of north koreans who have fled that country. and to get out, they take a perilous journey. it's rare to actually speak to them before they reach south korea. we managed to do

. >> and our david mckenzie joins us live from beijing with the latest developments. so david, as we said, 21 leaders, and not surprisingly a few frosty and awkward moments there. we'll certainly look at that. but first, what about efforts to forge trade deals? what progress has been made on that? >> well, they said they're making progress, calling it, quote, momentum on a couple of major multilateral trade deals. one pushed through by the u.s. or attempted to push through involving around a dozen countries, excluding china there is another trade deal potentially on the table that china is pushing, a kind of competitive deal to that one. but we don't really expect anything major coming out of it in terms of those big multilateral deals to try and bring down tariffs and create a free trade environment around the asia-pacific, which after all is what apec was created to do. but they have announced some significant trade deals between the u.s. and china and visa rules that have been relaxed between those two countries as well. one thing also that a lot of people in china

let's bring in david mckenzie who has been following the developments from beijing.t's not often that a chinese president will actually talk about human rights. what did xi jinping have to say? >> on human right, certainly, john, he was at least just being there, showing up for the press conference that he could take questions from foreign reporters is extremely unusual. i want to start, though, with the climate change deal that these two countries have announced. it's very significant indeed. the chinese are saying they cap emissions by 2030, and maybe even before that. now that might seem like a long time away, but that's in fact the first time the chinese have ever announced some some kind of climate action and anti-co2 action. then there is the u.s. side they're going to significantly reduce according to barack obama their co2 emissions. the u.s. president said this was a historic deal. take a listen. >> this is an ambitious goal, but it is an achievable goal. it will double the pace at which we're reducing carbon pollution in the united states. it putt puts us o

to put on a grand display for the dignitaries coming to the apex summit, but according to our david mckenzie cuban rights record of the country will also be under the microscope. >> the gleaming towers of beijing. an image the ruling communist party wants for show off. >> we are going to see if -- >> can we come inside here? >>. >> sometimes 20 at a time. >> yeah, but this is just a private complex. what's the problem? >> the extraordinary measures for just one man. this is a human rights icon in china. an agitator for reform and democracy. this time around he has been under house arrest for more than 40 days. there are other ways to talk. >> they have posted state security agents outside my door for ten years. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. >> this is not to preserve the safety of the people or even the government, but the party. >> it's the worst crackdown on dissidents in decades. activists, professors, and journalists have all been detained this year alone. he has a message for president obama. >> if he doesn't, it would be a huge loss for himself, for china, and for american values. >

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david mckenzie is live in beijing with more on that. let's walk through exactly what happened here.d the chinese president initially ignored that question. but then he sort of came back to it later on and essentially blamed the paper for its own troubles. >> reporter: well, that is right and it is extremely rare. and you would know this, john, for the chinese president to talk with the foreign press in any forum, let alone a press conference. and so when he did eventually get to the question from "the new york times" who would have been designated as the foreign press to answer the question, he said that they had caused their own problems and that they had to respect the rules of china. using an old saying, saying if you tie a knot you need to untie it yourself. he did say they respect the role of media just to put that in a perspective. in a survey recently done with foreign correspondents here, they say that the situation has worsened. 80% of them said, the situation for the press has worsened in china and under xi jinping's rule. john? >> what is also significant about the news c

david mckenzie live in beijing. >>> japan's prime minister is risking his political future by testinglic support for his economic policies. just after the world's third largest economy slipped back into a recession, abe announced he's dissolving parliament and holding snap elections next glont month. >> he says the vote will be a referendum on abenomics, his plan to end years of sluggish economic growth. >> translator: we have finally gotten this chance of breaking free from deflation which has plagued us for the past 15 years. we can't let go of this chance. we must not return to that dark and confused period. >> mr. abe is also delaying a controversial hike in the country's sales tax, hoping that might give the economy a boost. >> well, the u.s. government is asking for a nationwide recall of vehicles equipped with air bags by the takata company. the devices meant to protect people in crashes can explode, hitting passengers with shrap l shrapnel. the current recall covers 8 million vehicles in warmer states wi states wi states with humid climates. the move to expand it came after of

mckenzie, bloomberg. flax -- >> let's keep it on politics. the real test will come next year. we have seen a change in rhetoric as they try to define the debate. davidtubbs,is global market strategist at j.p. morgan. part of this is that we know who mark reckless is but if i go to a pub with an educated audience and say, who is the conservative candidate, they would go, i don't know. it and they would be like, o wright, who is that? it is about cameron, isn't it? >> it is an early indication of what we are going to see as ukip focuses on the discontent we see throughout the country. the people have seen living standards compress in recent years, have struggled to get a job in many cases. at some of the policies that have been political consensus. >> what does this mean for markets? how do i trade this? >> i think the election presents to sterling investors next year. in one sense, it doesn't matter who wins. the budget deficit is going up, not down. whoever gets in power is going to have to run tight fiscal policy. that will slow the economy and reduce the need for interest rate hikes. it mattersr hand, very much who wins this election. ,f it is the