year, china arrested many human rights lawyers and actually they told them, have you heard of gao zhishe zhisheng? you probably know him, but so what? you know her? she probably went to a warehouse there. so what? we can still -- they can disappear and we have enough money. that's what they told the human rights lawyer being arrested. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: right now, it's very difficult to get the lawyers to help gao zhisheng, even if we are willing to pay, no lawyers can take the case. [ spoking foreign language ] >> translator: nowadays, the human rights lawyer in china pay close attention to the gao zhisheng case and know if this case can have any improvement, the situation may be different. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: i really wish i can have an appointment with the leaders in the united states so that we can move this case forward. >> you have tried and they have not gotten back to you, including vice president biden? [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: yes. we tried to contact their lawyers, but no response yet. >> let me just clarify. we did