duterte has repeatedly described the site as fake news.ewss outlelet.ake -- - not sururprised amy: philippines president duterte describing rappler is a fake news outlet, saying its articles are also fake. last week the fililipino gogovernment indicted d maria r, the founder of the rappler, for tax evasion in what is widely seen as the government's latest attempt to shut down the website. in january, the philippines securities and exchange commission also revoked rappler's license to operate, on charges that the website is foreign-owned, even though the website is owned by filipinos. the government then banned the news website from the presidential palace, claiming duterte to hadad lost trtrust ie publication and characterized its s coverage as fake news. duterte has also calledd reporters s who ask him tough questions spies and when that "just because you are a journalist, you're not exempted from assassination." well -- while the filipino government has attempted to silence maria ressa, her journalism has been praised around the world. l

rodrigo duterte is supposed to bea workers.away. just as department secretary says idlib —— it debunks the myth about the culture in the philippines. but others say the thousands of killings investigated by an independent commissions and they look forward to the international court going through 11 dairy examination of this drug will see if there are crimes against humanity ‘s. —— drug war. earlier i spoke jan carlo punongbayan from the university of the philippines, who has written a column on duterte's war on drugs. i aksed him if the campaign is causing social problems. it isa it is a welcome development, a breath of fresh air amongst president duterte's drug war. we have to remember that the conviction is for the killing of kian delos sa ntos. is for the killing of kian delos santos. we have to pending cases of people killed shortly after kian delos santos. 0ne people killed shortly after kian delos santos. one group estimates more than 17 miners have been killed... this verdict is monumental but could this decision at leas

they have relatives which are 0fws and president duterte was really elected modelling himself as thenow, today, a cabinet secretary, a department ofjustice secretary has come forward and said that this verdict actually debunks the myth that there is a culture of impunity in his country. but human rights watch have come out today and said that this is just one case, that there are thousands of drug war killings that still need to be investigated by an independent commissions and that they look forward to the international criminal court going through its preliminary examination of this drug war to see if there are indeed crimes against humanity cause by president rodrigo duterte and this war on drugs. earlier i spoke jan carlo punongbayan from the university of the philippines, who has written a column on duterte's war on drugs. i aksed him if the campaign is causing social problems. well, it is a very welcome development actually, a breath of fresh air amid president duterte's drug war, which for the past 28 months has infact been unchallenged by the courts. but we have to remember t

president duterte has this build, build, build strategy here.a deal in which he would see $24 million worth of financial assistance in loans coming to this country. 75 major projects were built. at the moment, a reuters study shows that only around $117 million has come from china to fund three projects at the moment. there isa three projects at the moment. there is a lot of talk at the moment here that they want to see more of that money coming. china says it's progressing smoothly that these talks will centre around notjust the money and how fast it could be released but also the issue of the south china sea. we are seeing, obviously, a big story here that's been unfolding in the last couple of yea rs, been unfolding in the last couple of years, the philippines‘ shift towards china and the cosying up of relationships, and at the moment, we are looking to see if the deal will be signed, or potentially a framework for a joint exploration of those oilfields off the coast of the philippines, so president xijinping arrives here around midday. he wi

the chinese expecting to steal billions of dollars worth of deals as philippine president rodrigo duterte'sred basically us warnings about accepting chinese cash, they have dozens accepting chinese cash, they have d oze ns of accepting chinese cash, they have dozens of agreements being signed during this trip from infrastructure to trade, the security, and this basically builds on $24 billion in investment pledges made two years ago when president rodrigo duterte visited beijing. —— seal. but much of that money that china previously promised has yet to come through. few projects have gotten off the ground and the slow pace has been criticised by rodrigo duterte's political opponents, saying the philippine leader had adopted a policy of appeasement towards china and deals could be a case of broken promises, and the expected deals include a $2 billion chinese investment to convert part of a former us air base, north of manila, into an industrial park, and $700 billion development project off the philippine islands of luzon. thank you, great to see you. —— island of. in a debate around the gen

president rodrigo duterte a promised to improve the lives of ordinary filipinos.o finally draw a curtain on the rising cost of living. let's ta ke living. let's take a quick look at markets before we go. this is how asian markets are faring. you can see japan's nikkei down more than 1%, the same thing happening in hong kong as well with the hang seng following on from the lower close in the us on friday. that is it from me, karishma vaswani. thank you for joining us on asia business report. you're watching bbc news. let's bring you up—to—date with the headlines. immigration dominates the campaigning a day before the us mid—term elections, widely seen as a referendum on the trump presidency. the us secretary of state says he'll discuss a possible second summit between president trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un at talks in new york this week. senior figures from across the political spectrum have paid tribute to lord jeremy heywood, the former head of the civil service, who has died at the age of 56. he retired from his role less than two weeks ago afte

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since all that happened, duterte has shelved that in favour of getting closer to china, trying to woot money his way, to try to find that build, build, build project. $24 billion worth of projects. at the moment, only $125 million have been pledged, or have actually been seen by this country since that deal was signed in beijing. now, what they are looking to do here in the next couple of daysis to do here in the next couple of days is to sign a joint framework to work out how they explore that oil together. some people in this country believe that would be selling the country short, that they should simply go it alone. they are worried that, by agreeing to this deal, it sets a precedent in this area, and that could actually verify china's claims to the south china sea off the coast of the philippines, so we will be looking to see what happens later today when xijinping arrives. he is coming around midday today. they will have meetings in the afternoon, and they are expected to come up with some announcements around 5pm local time. switzerland has once again taken top spotin switzerla

president xi and his filipino counterpoint president duterte are expected to sign a number of bilateralst explain the significance, the first visit in ten yea rs ? that's right, the first state visit, i should add. xijingping meeting his filipino counterparts and forging links with regional leaders ata time forging links with regional leaders at a time when relations between china and the us remained tense. billions of dollars worth of deals are expected to be signed as president duterte's administration pretty much ignores us warnings about accepting chinese cash, or what vice president mike pence has called a deft diplomacy. even before president xi's expected arrival there were hundreds of protesters descending on the chinese embassy in manila chanting that the philippines is not for sale and is yet more deals are expected to be signed, everything from infrastructure, to trade to security, investment pledges from china had yet to materialise from two years ago, $24 billion in investments promises was made when president duterte visited china a few years ago but few projects have got

last year, duterte told police they could shoot lawyers investigating his drug war. ramos is the 34th lawyer to be killed since duterte became president two years s ago. in poland, the mayor of warsaw is banning this year's annual march of far-right groups. the march, which ostensibly celebrates poland's independence, was attended by 60,000 people last year with participants chanting sloganss including "f-- off with the refugees" and "pure popoland, ite poland." the march organizers vowed to go ahead with the event this sundndayn defiancece of the van. democracy now! will be broadcasting from poland next month for the u.n. climate summit. in cameroon, almost 80 students who were kidnapped sunday in the northwesest of the country, were released by their captors. the school's principal and a teacher are reportedly still held captive. no group has claimed respononsibility for the abductn but cameroon's government has blamed separatists who h have bn calling g for a secession of cameroon's anglophone regions in the majority french-speaking country. and those are some of

it is the conviction for next to judicial killi carried out as part of president duterte's war on drugs. the bbc's howard johnson has the details fr manila. howard: this was a controversial case because the nig-y when the 17ear-old high-school student was killed, police officers said he fought back and shot at them during a drug war operation and they fired back and killed him in self-defens but eyewitnesses a cctv footage said otherwise. they said he had been dragged across the basketball court and take into an alleyway, where he was given a gun and told to fire it and run. another eyewitness said he begged for his life before police officers killed him. this story caused outrage in the country mainly because a lot of people could relate to it becausehe mother is in erseas worker, overseas filipino worker. she works in saudi arabia and sends money back to the family. many people here are in similar situations. they have relatives like that. the president said he was elected -- modeling himself as a fatherly figure who would look after these children while they were overseas. today the

does president duterte agree with this conditionality? i haven't talked to him about that.are these conditionalities we are imposing now? what were the conditions imposed by premier li keqiang? we would like to know what those conditionalities are. what is the use of talking about the code of conduct if the conditionalities maybe against our claims in the area as well. the president has been quoted in the media by saying he's committed to a quick completion of the code, but how can that be done, secretary lorenzana, when he has chosen to develop warm and friendly ties with president xi jinping? he has even considered the president of china a good friend. there is no conflict there, rico. you can be friends with somebody you are in a dispute with. that's a given. we are neighbours. we consider each other as good neighbours. while discussing this dispute, there is no barrier to being friends. turning now to security in the philippines, secretary lorenzana, it has been more than a year since the end of the battle of marawi. why is martial law still being imposed on the island?

they've pledged more than $20 billion to president duterte's big infrastructure drive here, which is or or duterenomic. then president xi jingping will go back to china. —— which is called build, build, build oi’ which is called build, build, build or duterenomics. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: how drone technology is being used to help rebuild damaged parts of the great wall of china. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election, and she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country, and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much o

it has gone down very well here as far as president rodrigo duterte is concerned.e president, lots of memorandums of understanding was signed between the two countries, around 29, exploring issues like the south china sea, potential oil and gas exploration, and also looking at the belt and road economic initiative of china, looking at ways of tying east asian economics with that of europe's, in the last few minutes, we have just seen president xijinping go the last few minutes, we have just seen president xi jinping go to live to go to the airport. he is heading back to beijing now, all his official engagements are over. in this hotel to the left to me, he met up this hotel to the left to me, he met up with senators to discuss issues such as drug trafficking, there is a big drug issue in this country. thousands of people being killed by president rodrigo duterte's war on drugs, he also met up with members of the filipino chinese business community to discuss economic initiatives. he is now on his way to the airport to fly back to beijing this afternoon. ok, thank y

night there was a sumptuous banquet here at the presidential palace, laid on by president rodrigo dutertestronger between the two leaders. there was black and the chinese sauce and additional tapioca pearls on the menu. there are bilateral deals, 29 to be exact, 29 memorandums of understanding. the two most interesting are signing up to the belt and road initiative that china is trying to push around this region, to try and push closer to asian markets, and also a memorandum of understanding about oil and gas exploration in the area around the philippines. at the moment, no details have emerged about what that entails but it is a significant move because if it leads to oil and gas exploration here, it could potentially mean that it validates china's claim to the south china sea way beyond the chinese mainland. so a lot of people are observing it, as far away as america, the traditional ally of the philippines, but also vietnam and malaysia, to other countries that are very interested in what happens in the south china is seen here. what can we expect? president xijinping is seen here. wha

this conviction is significant — it is the first against police since president duterte launched hissays it's closer to 12,000. and that many are innocent. this is the mother of kian delos santos after the convictions. translation: i'm very happy because this is the answer, the proof that my son is innocent and has never been involved in drugs or stop to eve ryo ne been involved in drugs or stop to everyone who helped, everyone whose names i can no longer list, thank you very much. kian delos santos has become the face of a campaign for justice for other victims. howard johnson is in manila. this was a controversial case because the night when 17—year—old kian delos santos was killed, police officers said he fought back and shot at them during a drug war operation so they fired back and killed him in self defence, but eyewitnesses and cctv footage said otherwise, they said he had been dragged across a basketball court and taken to an alleyway where he was given a gun and told to buy it and run and another eyewitness said he begged for his five before the police killed him. this story

it reflects warmer ties since the president duterte took office.y out. -- claire yao. what is in store over the next two days? customaryl be a itinerary for visiting foreign leaders. there will have a state banquet of meeting with leaders congress but a lot of the attention will be activities this afternoon. expanded been -- an bilateral meeting, and a joint press briefing by both presidents. of international attention on the state visit because it is really not about the philippines. after the war of words between the u.s. and china last week, it will be interesting to see how the tensions play out a manila. the philippines has been an ally of the u.s. -- duterte isy a newfound friend of china. haslinda: how would things changed in the philippines? paul: trade and tourism have been boosted in a previous years after they dried up when the philippines maritime claims over the south china sea. $44 billion in investment has yet to materialize. of the 12 big-ticket infrastructure projects, only three have been rolled o ut, with a total value of $170 mi

president duterte of the philippines seems hellbent on taking down the rapler, a news website foundedacks? because it bears to scrutinize the policies and actions. you're in town accepting a reward in the next couple of days, a press freedom award, but i know you're going to be heading back to manila soon. >> this particular one which the government said they would indict me and rapler on is tax evasion. essentially they reclassified rapler from being a journalist organization to a dealer in securities or stockbroker. and then they said you owe us all these taxes you haven't paid. >>o that makes no sense to me. it seems like an effort to intimidate you and your website. what are you going to do about it because i'm concerned when you go back to the philippines you may be arrested. >> you know, the end goal of all of these cases is political harassment. all of the cases are political in nature. they want to intimidate us and stop doing the stories we're doing. we're focused on the drug war that has brutally killed, the police claim a thousand people, but human rights goes to tens of th

philippine president rodrigo duterte is facing criticism for making too many political concessions to from former colonial master, the us. from china's perspective, though, it's eager to make more friends in the region as it continues to be locked in a trade war with the us. the chairman of president trump's council of economic advisers says beijing has ms behaved sincejoining the world trade organization, and evicting the country from the wto is an option. we never really envisioned the country would enter the wto and then behaved the way china has. they have... it's well documented the intellectual property theft is a major concern to the uk, the eu, the us. we estimate $300 billion or $500 billion of theft from the us, that's kind of a new thing for the wto, to have a member misbehaving so much. i guess the question is, can we fix that with the bilateral negotiation with china? that with the bilateral negotiation with china ? if that with the bilateral negotiation with china? if not, can we fix that with china? if not, can we fix that with reform to the wto? if not, should we pursu

‘duterte death squad' is the headline in the philippine star.kill suspected rebels in public places in response to the new people's army forming a group of urban assassins. and the south china morning post reports on a researcher who claimed to have created genetically modified babies. chinese science authorities have vowed to get to the bottom of whether the biologist bypassed regulations to make the children resistant to hiv. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? it pays to be different. here's the proof from western australia. what's thought to be the largest steer in the world has been saved from the slaughter house for being too big. the humungus beast, curiously named knickers, stands at 6ft 4" and weighs1,400kg. well, no meat processor would rise to the challenge at a cattle auction. he'll now live out the rest of his days on a farm south of perth. the governor of the japanese island of okinawa says he'll hold a referendum next year over a controversial project to move a us airbase. japan and the us want to relocate the us ma

night there was a sumptuous banquet here at the presidential palace, laid on by president rodrigo dutertetween the two leaders. saw a red carpet reception last night, we also saw a red carpet event which was the signings of memorandums of interest and bilateral deals. what we have seen isa bilateral deals. what we have seen is a particularly interesting one about the south china sea and oil and gas exploration. there is an agreement that they will look towards a framework to see if they canjointly look at towards a framework to see if they can jointly look at the billions of dollars worth of oil that is expected to be out there at sea. there was also talk about extending the china belt trade. and crackdown on drug. today we were seedy senate and the house of representatives meetings on the other site of town. we are expecting meetings from the filipino chinese business community is to meet with the chinese president, to discuss potential deals. we have seen a lot of money coming in from china deals. we have seen a lot of money coming infrom china in deals. we have seen a lot of money comi

president duterte prepares to welcome xijinping for his first state visit.

president duterte prepares to welcome xijinping for his first state visit. the pressures of being a woman at the top.

the duterte a administration struggles off u.s. warnings of accepting chinese cash. the trip reflects warmer ties between camilla -- between camilla -- between -- the deals include joint oil and gas exploration in the south china sea. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am jessica summers. this is bloomberg. shery: a new report from the u.s. trade representative accuses china of continuing ipn technology theft, even after tariffs on $200 billion of chinese goods imposed at the end of september. greg sullivan joining us now from d.c. this seems to be an update on the section 301 investigation on ip and intellectual property innovation technology transfer. what exactly is it saying? greg: it is an update on that report, released earlier this year. what this updated report says is that the u.s. trade representative has not seen any fundamental changes in the way china conducts its practices, especially with regard to intellectual property and what they call forced t

you have this in brazil, with duterte, in britain. it's being modeled right now, be it's not just endemic to what's happening in the united states right now. >> the problem with looking at this globally, in every country it's happened, it's split them. these right-wing leaders don't unify government in a way that allows them to govern. i think that problem could hit tomorrow when this division that trump has driven with demagoguery and anti-immigrant sentiment may allow republicans to hold on to the senate. we'll see. there's still a chance that democrats will win. it will most certainly split the house in a way that benefits democrats not republicans. what do you wind up with? a country that's split and angry. >> normt we talk about the norm president trump has broken and president obama breaking the norm and going on the campaign trail and speaking against the current president. what do you make of it? >> the speech in chicago was good. the message that this is about the character of our nation was prime obama and really poignant an

you see the president stand next to duterte of the philippines and laugh as they referred to the press and media as spies. words matter, and when the president denigrates the press and the first amendment and calls real things fake and fake things real, it has a real effect around the world. and we can't forget that. >> and so many people have appealed to the president to stop calling the news media the enemy of the american people. today went one step further. he blamed the news media for helping to create the violence we sue unfolding right now. he's doubling down, tripling down on all of that. >> right. i think that's patently absurd to blame the media for that. i just do. >> let me play a clip of what the president said today on that front. listen to this. >> you are creating, you. and also, a lot of the reporters are creating violence by not writing the truth. the fake news is creating violence. and you know what? the people that support trump and the people that support us, which is a lot of people, most people, many people, those people know when a story is true and they know wh

we were working with up there lost homes, lost family members, and they were there reporting for duterte and getting the job done every day. -- reporting for duty and getting the job done every day. >> reporter: all of these heroic first responders are now reflecting on california's deadliest wildfire. >> the world trade center was a huge event for us. the oklahoma city bombing. hurricane katrina. so we'll have to see where this fits. in terms of the totality of damage, the amount of homes destroyed, then the impact on the team, specifically to the team members, what they had to do, how much work they had, significant. >> reporter: thanksgiving for many was spent in the fire zone. the return home meant it was time to reconnect with their families while they were thinking of others. >> i was embedded in the search team so i was with them as we were sifting through remains and running our human remains detection dogs all week. it was just nice to hopefully bring some closure to some of the families. >> reporter: rob malcolm, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the varsity boys and girls basketball team f

if you're duterte in the philippines, erdogan in turkey. more aggressive on this than president trump. how can you -- and putin. how in the world do you think the united states will hold you accountable for any of this type of behavior? the future? they're not. you'll go to them with a checkbook, a blank check and they'll let you get away with it under the trump presidency. i think this is a crisis-like situation we're in with this president in terms of essentially giving away the store just related to the situation. by the way, if you're -- the whole idea of not being able to hold these countries accountable. that reflects such a weakness, okay? a weakness in policy. and a weakness in response from this white house and this presidency. the guy who's supposed to be master of the deal, art of the deal, give me a break. >> and we may learn something new when the democrats take control of the house . and what they know about the murder of khashoggi and what role president trump's financing is involved in why he's reacting this way. i want to a

you've heard him talk about kim, duterte, putin. but america has never cottoned to strong men. then today he said this about the first amendment. >> i will say this, look, nobody believes in the first amendment more than i do. >> ironic given he is losing a court battle in which he is fighting to abridge free speech. but as always, president trump saying something doesn't make it true. the truth is in his actions. this goes also for his call for decorum. >> what a stupid question that is. that's okay. i know you're not thinking. you never do. you are a rude, terrible person. you're creating violence by your questions. that's such a racist question. >> that is this president's idea of decorum. be clear about this. the current state of play is that we in the media make sure not to stoop to the level of the president of the united states when it comes to decorum. how sad is that? but here's the proof. you've never seen anyone in that briefing room ever address the president in any way like the way that he routinely addresses them. there's an old expression. news is what the powerf

. >> duterte. >> among others. the two of them became pals because whitaker was going over to the white house because trump couldn't stand the sight of jeff sessions and didn't want to talk to him. there's a little personal affinity there but there is more. and the subpoena thing is huge. giuliani has told me that they're going to fight this. they feel they can win if they needed to, if they go to court up to the supreme court. but, of course, they'd rather that have that fight if they can help it. these negotiations are still going on. we've been told the questions are still with the president and his legal team and they still have not, as was reported by politico and others, have not submitted it back to mueller. there's still no sense they're anywhere close to having any kind of agreement to have trump actually sit down for in-person interview. one person i spoke to recently very knowledgeable about this is that is all but out the window. little to no chance of that. if anything happens at all, it's going to be

recep erdogan of duterte of the philippines. and the president of north korea what do you think of that. >> my job is to focus on what matters toenings. >> you don't take it personally. >> in politics, you get called a lot of things by a lot of different people. and most of the time you you are just able to shrug it off. i've gotten good at that. my focus is building a constructive relationship that works for canadians that's what i will do. >> president trump has repeatedly referred to the free press as the enemy of the american people. this happened even after a bomb was sent to my office at cnn. and see dangerous? i have been unequivocal repeatedly that a free press is fundamental to any democracy around the world, to any free society. you have an informed populous where with predictions are held to account from media. that's why, whether it's the killing of a journalist in the case of khashoggi in the saudi consulate or standing up for the important work that journalists do, i will always be unequivocal about defending journ

but he is nice to putin and duterte, he is nice to the crown prince and never criticizes them. it is just puzzling or worse. >> and cia director gina haspel of course has heard the tape and she is the case officer on the assessment from the cia that the crown prince directly ordered this murder. look, we understand she won't be at the hearing tomorrow. they say it is a policy oriented hearing. they will be talking about yemen and her views are not relevant. that is the white house's excuse. your response to that. >> when the senate -- both parties in the senate or the house are sponsoring a briefing for senators that is classified and the leaders in both parties and the committee want the director of the cia, the cia should show up unless there is something she absolutely has to do and that is not the case here. the president doesn't want her there because he knows that she will contradict his position on this. he will reaffirm -- i think there is little question that she will reaffirm that the crown prince was behind this and ordered the murder of mr. khashoggi. >> unless she

for the own regional advantage and struggle with the saudis, if you look at other allies, eduardo duterteiranian regime, if you say the wrong thing you will go to prison otherwise they will lynch you. stuart: obviously calls for concern here, duterte in the philippines extra judicial killings, jamal khashoggi killed in the order of saudi power structure, it's a new era, isn't it? makes people feel uncomfortable and makes them feel maybe we should have stronger response, we are the shining light on the hill, aren't we? >> we are, but i think our response has been strong, we can't -- if we take a jimmy carter approach an turn back on allies because we don't like some of what they do, we did that with iran in late 1970's and we are still dealing with the consequences now, if you look at the history of u.s. alliance with dictators as jim circumstance patrick called them, reagan un ambassador, we can put pressure to evolve over time and we is that true happen with military dictatorships that became democracy that respect the rule of law. philippines is having a break from that. that's the appr

has talked about how great duterts is in the philippines.ple who are absolutely anning at -- an athema to everything we stand for. there is baffle at that but as mike suggested earlier just a deep sadness and coupled with an anxiety that -- i mean, there's a sense abroad that trump is checked in the domestics fear because of congress and that's even more true post midterms. internationally, our system is that a president is not really checked. i mean, if there are real risks of whatever it may be, a war in vis-a-vis iran or some craziness with north korea, who knows. but i think there is some anxiety that he can do enormous damage. a trade war that may spin the global economy down and that makes people, you know, built on that sadness is a tremendous anxiety that might take us in the next two years. >> does that anxiety get -- can you describe it as they are fearful? is that too far? >> no, i think that's legitimate. i think that there was a lot of fear vis-a-vis north korea early on when he was talking about, you know, raining destruction o

philippineshas the stance on the south china sea changed under duterte. more consolatory tone. is not pushed on the south china sea issue. his stance is why fight were china when we can work with china and they will invest in the philippines. he eveneetings recently said that the u.s. should stop holding these naval exercises close to the islands because they said that china was already in possession of those items. rishaad: what does a visit mean for the region? we had headlines being dominated by the apex summit and the singapore minister saying that there will be a time when apex will have to make a choice between the united states and china. the chinese often will put forward a narrative in which the united states is not an asia power. the u.s. will often come back and say that the u.s. has always been a pacific power, a player in this part of the world. never you have a grouping that like aipace u.s., not be able to reach an agreement, and when you have the u.s. president not attending that event, it underlines the narrative that may be the u.s. is n