mr. hu jintao to release gao zhisheng and release him and let him come to united states and unite with our family. today in china the chinese people are being persecuted by brutally violated their human rights by the chinese communist party. for example the writer lee hong was just persecuted to death 15 days ago and he wrote an article to support gao zhisheng. there are many people like gao zhisheng, many l now he from chg one of top leaders of the kenyan and square democracy movement. one of the most wanted by the dictatorship. now the president of all girls allowed. this protect chinese girls from rampant abortions. disparity is huge in china. there may be as many as 1 hundred million missing girls directly attributable to vote one child per couple policy. >> thank you for your passion and courage on behalf of the people in china on behalf of women and children. thank you all for being here to share our message. as we gather here today in the u.s. capitol, 35,000 forced and coerced abortions are taking place in china today. every 2-1/2 seconds a precious baby's life is taken. every six

mr. hu jintao's visit, will they stop? is it dumb. it is hurting. tervened in various ways saying we are not going to allow this, this isn't going to happen. and i think it's been quite effective. so let's watch, let's see what happens. if we have a situation where the military is out of control in china, if it's being remilitarized, then it could be -- more dangerous situation. but at this point, i would have to agree with mr. wortzel, i think the civilian leaders do have ultimate control. when they look at the cost and benefits, this kind of behavior hurts them. i think they have to calm it down. >> thank you very much. thank you, madame speaker. i yield back my time. >> thank you. i'm pleased to recognize mr. ackerman, the ranking on the submit committee on middle east and south asia. >> thank you, madame chair. the chinese have always been bad actors. they were the national focus of attention of being almost exclusively the worlds number one recluse until richard nixon pointed out came along and decided to have an intervention and decided it was

mr. hu jintao's message. to our second session on the strategic forum on u.s.china clean energy cooperation cohosted by the china institute of innovation and development strategy and the brookings institution. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: in washington, d.c. i would like to express congratulations to all the participants to the forum from china and the united states. and also i would like to give my sincere greetings to the friends from both countries who have carried the ballot relationship. in 2009, the first session of the strategic forum on u.s.-china clean energy cooperation was successfully held in beijing, which provided a platform for men and women from both countries. to promote cooperation in involvement and energy. i believe the second session of the forum will continue to promote our two countries cooperation on clean energy and sustainable development. this forum will certainly play a very important role in this area. china and the united states are both energy producers and energy consumers. in our cooperation on clean energy and env

mr. hu jintao's message to the second session on a strategic forum, u.s.china clean every -- clean energy cooperation july 16th 2011 and this is the message from president hu jintao. on the occasion of the second session of the strategic forum on u.s.-china clean energy cooperation coasted by the china institute of innovation and development strategy and the brookings institution in washington, d.c., i would like to express congratulations to all of the participants to the fore, through china and the united states and also, i would like to give my sincere greetings to the friends from both countries who have cared for the bilateral relationship between the two countries. ayaan 219, the first session of the strategic forum on the u.s.-china clean energy cooperation was successfully held in beijing, which provided a platform for men and women from both countries to promote cooperation in environment and energy. i believe the second session of the forum will continue to promote the two countries' cooperation on clean energy and sustainable development. this f

mr. hu jintao's visit is will they stop, will he stop doing this kind of thing? is done. is hurting, i think this is not u.k.etention of the chinese leaders. it cost them. i think this topic i think about, has done a very good job very quietly intervening in various ways and saying, we're not going to allow this, it's not going to happen. and i think it's been quite effective. and so let's watch. let's see what happens. if we have a situation where the military is out of control in china, if it's been being met we know to rise, then it could be more dangerous situation. but at this point i would have to agree with mr. wortzel, i think the civilian leaders to have ultimate control. when you look at their cost and benefits of his kind of behavior hurts them. so i think they have to call it back. >> make you very much. and thank you, madam speaker. i yield back to make of m time. >> pleased to recognize mr. ackerman, the ranking member designated on the subcommittee on the middle east and south ia. >> thank you, madam chair. the chinese have always been bad actors. they were

hu jintao. henry? [applause] >> mr. president, distinguished guests, before i say anything else, let me congratulate president hu jintao on his successful summit in washington , which i am sure will be marked as a turning point that starts a cooperative dimension in dealing with the important issues that are before us. when we finished the communique announcing my secret visit, someone turned to me and said, this will shake the world. and it did. the opening of relations between china and the united states after so many years of separation did shake the world. since then, eight american presidents, four generations of chinese leaders have worked on this relationship. when i think of the chinese leaders from chairman mao, who unified the country, to the shopping -- to the start of the reform and opening, to the leader who implemented those concepts in difficult periods, and then to present hu jintao, who developed and built on the achievements of his predecessors and came into a situation where both inside china and on re

hu jintao at a state dinner tonight. the main course: ribeye steak. but it comes with a side of diplomatic pressure mr. obama is pushing hu to improve human rights in china, but much of the talk and tension between the world's two biggest economies. economies so dependent on each other, involves trade. we have two reports, beginning with chief white house correspondent chip reid. >> reporter: chinese president hu jintao arrived at the white house to an elaborate welcome ceremony. ♪ ♪ as the two men greeted a group of students, president obama pointed out his daughter, sasha. despite that friendly gesture and all the pomp, president obama said during a press conference that in private meetings he challenged president hu on fundamental disagreements, including human rights. >> i have been very candid with president hu about these issues. >> reporter: in a rare concession, president hu admitted that a lot still needs to be done in china on human rights but gave no indication anything would change any time soon. the two leaders spent most of their time talking about the economy, both repeatedly uttering the

mr. berman, for his remarks. >> thank you very much, madam chairman. chinese president hu jintao is in washington this week for a state visit. as we speak he and president obama our meeting at the white house. after an often tense year the two leaders will try to set the contours of the relationship for the immediate future. the u. s-china relationship, one of the most interconnected and complex in global affairs has major implications for the future of asia and the entire world. the challenge for the obama administration is to manage that relationship in no way that strengthens our cooperation with beijing in areas where we have shared interests while at the same time addressing the serious concerns we have regarding a number of china's policies. china is neither an allied nor an enemy. it is both a competitor and a partner in foreign affairs, security, and economics. a key goal of our china policy must be to prioritize our myriad of global interests, identified those issues where we are most likely to positively change china's position and then find and use our leverage with th

hu jintao. henry. .ne[applause] >> mr. resident, distinguished guests, before i say anything else, let me congratulate president hu jintao on his successful summit in washington. which i am sure it will be marked as a turning point that starts a cooperative dimension in dealing with the important issues that are before us. when we finished the communiquÉ announcing my secret visit, premier cho turned to me and said, this will shake the world. and, indeed, the opening of relations between china and the united states, after so many years of separation, did shake the world. since then, eight american presidents, for generations of chinese leaders, have worked on this relationship. and what i think of the chinese leaders, from chairman mao, unified the country, to deng xiaoping who started the reform and opening, to others who implemented those concepts in a difficult period, and then to president hu jintao, who developed and built on the achievements of the predecessors, and came into a situation where both inside china and i

hu jintao. last night, the ceremony was a rare honor for a foreign leader. it starts a two-day visit that includes an oval office meeting and two dinners with mr. obama. beyond the pomp and circumstance, there's substance. and three, key issues on the agenda. first, national security issues, including north korea's nuclear prom. and u.s./chinese military relations. second, human rights and military reform in china. president obama is a nobel peace prize winner. the chinese are keeping a nobel peace prize winner in prison. >> the longer china represses freedom, the longest it will miss out on opportunities. and the longer nobel prize winners, empty chairs in oslo, will remain a symbol of a nation of unfulfilled promise. >> reporter: and third, trade and economic issues. perhaps the biggest point of contention. mr. obama is once again to push china to stop undervaluing its currency. he's going to push for goods to be sold in chinese markets. china can produce cheaper goods selling them overseas. president obama will host the chinese president at a lavish state dinner at the white house. a clear sign that the importance the administration places on this

. >> hu jintao was just going -- [ imitating aggressive chinese speech ] >> reporter: yee thought that was derogatory and tried to hold mr. limbaugh accountable. he held a press conference yesterday to address the threats that he has been getting including some that investigators were looking into to see if they have any connection to the gabrielle giffords shooting on january 8. here's what yee had to say. >> we have been threatened before. we have not taken it rather seriously. but with the recent shooting and other threats throughout the country, we are taking a lot more serious. but am i changing my behavior? no, i'm not. we will continue to go out to different communities to talk about issues. >> reporter: some of the other controversial issues that yee has been involved with, the speaker controversy with sarah palin at stanislaus and got threats after that as well as well as his dealings on trial to reel in violent videogames, some threats after that. again, it comes with the territory. but for leland yee it's getting to be too much. >> thank you, anne makovec in san francisco. >>> it is now day 9 in the search for

hu jintao in washington. but at the same evening, a state dinner for the chinese leader, mr. obama's hair was noticeably and mysteriously darker. i don't know why he would darken it. i happen to think gray hair is more distinguishing, more mature, authoritative -- >> yeah, yeah. why you saying that? >> i'm not done. >> wait, are we going to see black hair tomorrow? >> stay tuned. >> i like it. >> that's why you watch the show both days. >> you never know. >> you never know, right. >>> let's get the weather now, jackie meretsky who does not dye her hair, right, jackie? >> sometimes, it's mysteriously blonder. it's not just the northeast and midwest dealing with below-normal temperatures also our friends in the southeast. however, you're in the 40s and 50s so you really can't complain that much. what we are looking at, however, is a storm, a low-pressure system. that's going to track northward. and what we could see on the outer banks of the carolinas, quite rare for this time of year, is a light dusting of snow. meanwhile, this is heavier snow from idaho all the way into st. l

mr. haley and their family. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> chinese president hu jintao arrives tomorrow for a four-day business with lawmakers and businessmenerican story. hear historic speeches by national leaders and eyewitness accounts of events that shaped our nation. visit museums, historical sites and college campuses as top history professors and leading historians delve into america's past. american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> it's time to upload your video for c-span's student cam documentary competition. the deadline this thursday, so get your 5-8 minute video to c-span for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. this year's topic, washington, d.c. through my lens. c-span's student cam competition is open to students grades six through twelve. go to student cam.org for details. >> friends and colleagues held a memorial service friday to eulogize richard holbrooke. he died last month as the special representative for afghanistan and pakistan ending a long career with the state department. speakers at the event included president obama, secretary of state hillary clinton, former president bill clinton

mr. obama said that the reason why he met with china's president hu jintao last week during that summit, deal with the u.s. now today's address appears to be a warm-up for the president's state of the union next week. that is expected to focus on jobs and the economy. >>> in texas, a san antonio elementary school teacher is on administrative leave after allegedly taping a student's mouth shut. 7-year-old serena kelly says she found it difficult to breathe after her teacher covered her mouth with tape. the first grader, whose parents say she has asthma, claims the teacher eventually took the tape off then told her to be quiet. the school district says it is investigating the incident. >>> and finally, former russian spy anna chapman has a new role, tv star. last night she debuted on russian tv with the promise to quote, uncover all the secrets. her show features unexplained mysteries of the occult. one secret she won't be revealing, her years deep undercover in the u.s. a provision of chapman's plea agreement with the u.s. government means that chapman must turn over any profits she makes

mr. james rolin. >> now, here is a look at president obama, first lady michelle obama and chinese president hu jintaos the dinner begins. we will follow this. evening, everybody. please have a seat. >> on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. thank you for joining us as we we payesident whhu and tribute to the bond between two great nations and it two it brought people. [speaking chinese] >> there are too many distinguished guests to mention all of you tonight, but i do want to acknowledge a few who have championed relations between our nations. first of all, president jimmy carter and his wonderful wife rosalynn carter are here. [applause] as well as president bill clinton and my outstanding secretary of state, hillary clinton. [applause] president hu -- [speaking chinese] president hu, we have met today in a spirit of mutual respect. united states, the oldest democracy and the world and china, one of the oldest nations in the world. [speaking chinese] while it is easy to focus on our differences of culture, let us never forget the values that our people share. a reverence for f

mr. berman, for his remarks. >> thank you very much, madam chairman. chinese president hu jintaoeek for a state visit. as we speak he and president obama our meeting at the white house. after an often tense year the two leaders will try to set the contours of the relationship for the immediate future. the u. s-china relationship, one of the most interconnected and complex in global affairs has major implications for the future of asia and the entire world. the challenge for the obama administration is to manage that relationship in no way that strengthens our cooperation with beijing in areas where we have shared interests while at the same time addressing the serious concerns we have regarding a number of china's policies. china is neither an allied nor an enemy. it is both a competitor and a partner in foreign affairs, security, and economics. a key goal of our china policy must be to prioritize our myriad of global interests, identified those issues where we are most likely to positively change china's position and then find and use our leverage with the chinese to achieve tho

mr. obama has a rare chance for candid talk with china's president tonight, as he welcomes hu jintao to ase, kicking off a three-day state visit. trade and currency issues high on the agenda. >>> republicans in the house are renewing their battle today, to repeal the president's health care reform law. as the debate gets under way, the obama administration is releasing a study that finds nearly 130 million americans have pre-existing conditions that could get them rejected by insurance companies. republicans call that number overstated p.r. >>> apple reports quarterly earnings today. and we could learn more about ceo steve jobs' medical leave. jobs has previously battled cancer. word of his medical leave sent apple stock falling 4% in premarket trading. >>> well, a jaw-dropping example of budget cutbacks in one of the most dangerous cities in the country. 160 police officers in camden, new jersey, are expected to turn in their guns and badges today. that's about half the force. they're being laid off because of budget crisis. camden has the second-highest crime rate in the country. >>> an

mr. president, distinguished guests, before i say anything else, let me congratulate president hu jintaoon his successful summit in washington, which i'm sure will be marked as a turning point that starts the cooperative dimension in dealing with the important issues that are before us. when we finished the communique announcing my secretisit, he turned to me and said this will shape the world, and it did. the opening of relations between china and the united states after so many years of separation did change the world. since then, eight american presidents, for generations of chinese leaders have worked on this relationship. and when i think of the chne leaders from which chairmen mao who unified the country to with deng xioaping who started an opening to the who implemented one of those concepts in difficult periods and then to president hu jintao, who developed and built on the achievement of its predecessors and came to a situation that both inside china and all the relations of china with the rest of the world into a small contribution to call for cooperatn and friendship. it's cal

mr. obama's presidency. ccidental shooti >>> oakland mayor jean quan and also san francisco interim mayor ed lee attending that state dinner tonight. again, these are live pictures from the white house. chinese president hu jintao president obama. >>> two 15-year-olds are in the hospital this morning after an accidental shooting at a los angeles high school. the teenagers were struck by the same bullet after a gun went off inside a backpack that was put on a desk. a 15-year-old girl was shot in the head. she is in critical condition. the other victim, a 15-year-old boy, was shot in the neck. doctors say he is in fair condition. students are still trying to calm their nerves. >> cops got there and they were telling us, they told my class to get on the ground. >> on the overcom they just said like that, uhm, that there was a shooting or something? so that we were on lockdown. >> the 17-year-old student who brought the gun to school is still being questioned by police. >>> three people are in jail this morning after a stash of pipe bombs were found and detonated. the contra costa county sheriff's department says a tip led them to a storage facility in pacheco. they found a woman with five pipe bombs and drugs. the

hu jintao during the trip. this briefing is almost an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> sorry. let me get semi-organized here. mr. fowler. >> thanks, robert. on the executive order and the op-ed this morning, when you look at the timing of this come is the intent here at all to have been to the widespread concern voiced by the tea party, the business community and republicans about government intervention and government overreach? >> no, ben and two others, this is something the administration and elements will be working on for quite some time. they think it sets out what the the president believes should be our very commonsense approach, which is to ensure the health, the safety, the security and protection of the american people as well understanding that we shouldn't do anything than unnecessarily limit their economic growth. that's been our approach. i think if you look at the history with conflict rules around your mileage standard, i think you make a pretty good case of the administration working with all the stakeholders to improve the situation to save us as is mentioned in the op-ed billions of barrels of oil and the close of the

mr. smith is recognized. >> thank you. let me make a point. the question was asked about receiving, you know, a chinese president like hu jintao. it's not that you don't meet or receive, it's how you do it. the concern many of us have is a state dinner that when bush had a working lunch in 2006, it sends a message especially when he is the jailer of -- >> thank you, mr. smith. thank you. we welcome congresswoman bass of california to our committee. thank you, and i'm pleased to recognize mr. schsvtz of ohio. we're pleased to have you returned to serve with us. >> thank you very much, madam chair. i have a couple questions first. i was for quite a few years one of the co-chairman of the congressional taiwan caucus and have been very interested in those issues and have been there many times over the years, and relative to their defense yows mentioned the fighter planes in particular. could you discuss at the time there was a move for submarines as well, and that ultimately didn't go anywhere. i see you frowning. what are your thoughts about that? >> it's a very difficult problem. it's a problem for the united states navy because

mr. secretary, welcome to your alma mater. good morning, you all. we have a special event today. secretary geithner, head of the visit by president hu jintao to this country, will speak to us t on u.s./china economic relations, the subject as all of you know that is of greatnomi importance to both countries and to the world.ou in the absence of the dean of our school, jessica einhorn, who is watching this event from italy and the head of our chinar studies department, david lampton, who's also watching from korea -- we are truly an international school -- [laughter]s i've been asked to introduce th secretary and to serve as moderator during the question and answer session. i am peter bottelier, and imode teach course on china's economyq at this school. since tim geithner's well knownh to all of you, i can keep myner introductory comments very a short. tim has played a very prominent role in national and international economics and finance for many years. he has always had a special interest in east asia. he was sworn in as 75th u.s.t secretary of the treasury on 26, january, 2009, in the middle of a deep recession as i don't have to remind

mr. hu jintao's message to the second session on a strategic forum, u.s.-china clean every -- clean energy cooperation july 16th 2011 and this is the message from president hu jintao. on the occasion of the second session of the strategic forum on u.s.-china clean energy cooperation coasted by the china institute of innovation and development strategy and the brookings institution in washington, d.c., i would like to express congratulations to all of the participants to the fore, through china and the united states and also, i would like to give my sincere greetings to the friends from both countries who have cared for the bilateral relationship between the two countries. ayaan 219, the first session of the strategic forum on the u.s.-china clean energy cooperation was successfully held in beijing, which provided a platform for men and women from both countries to promote cooperation in environment and energy. i believe the second session of the forum will continue to promote the two countries' cooperation on clean energy and sustainable development. this