raul and president obama raul and president obama uniting for the sake of the people in cuba. >> it's the most important step yet between normalization of relations between the two countries. they were severed in 1959 after the cuban revolution, and the caribbean island was added to the list 23 years later. the u.s. accusing havana of aiding armed rebels and harbouring us fugitives. cuba welcomed the decision by obama, cuba welcomed the decision saying it should never have been on the list at all. >> we are not terrorists, the opposite. we are supporters of peace and tranquility and good things for all. >> translation: this implies development. progress in economic and social areas. everything. it's great that this has happened. >> reporter: it's not a done deal. obama must get approve from congress. it has 45 days to consider the decision. the republican presidential hopeful, marco rubio, who has cuban heritage condemned the move. >> the decision made by the white house is terrible. not surprising unfortunately. cuba is a state sponsor of terrorism, it's also the country that harbore

raul and obama united for the sake of the piece. it is the most important step yet between the two countries. >> the the caribbean island was added to the list 23 years later the u.s. accused havana of aiding arms rebels cuba's welcoming the decision saying it should never have been on the list at all. >> we are not terrorist ever arists quite the opposite, we are supporters of peace and tranquility and good things for all. this implies development. everything. it is great that this has happened. but it is not a done deal yet. they must get approval from congress which is 45 days to consider the decision. the terrorism six made by the white house is a terrible one but not surprising, cuban is a state sponsor. who kill add police officer in energy, over 30 years ago also the country that is helping north korea evade weapons sanctions. they should have remained on the list, it send as chilling message that this white house is not serious about calling terrorism by it's proper name. both cuba and the u.s. agree to disagree this latest

raul and obama united for the sake of people in cuba. >> it's the most important step between normalization of relations between the two countries. they were serviced in 1959 after the cuban revolution, and the caribbean island was added to the list 23 years later. the u.s. accusing havana of aiding armed rebels and harbouring fugitives. cuba welcomed the decision >>> a step closer to mending >> translation: this implies development. it's great that it happened. >> reporter: it's not a done deal. obama must bet approve from congress. the republican presidential hopeful, marco rubio, who has cuban heritage condemned the move. >> the decision by the white house is terrible. not surprising. cuba is a state sponsor of terrorism, it's also the country that harbored fugitives and killed a police officers and the count ri that helped north korea evade weapons sanctions. they should have remained on the list of the state-sponsored terrorism. this white house is no longer serious about calling terrorist by its proper name. >> reporter: being blacklisted by the u.s. it an emotive thing. >> many thing

raul and obama united for the sake of the people of cuba. >> it's the most important step for the normalization of relations between the two countries. they were severed in 1959, after the cuban revolution, the caribbean island was added to the list 23 years later, the u.s. accused havana of aiding armed rebels and harboring u.s. fugitives. cuba is saying it should never have been on the list at all. >> we are not terrorists, quite the opposite. we are supporters of peace and tranquility and good things for all. >> progress in the economic and social areas, everything, it's great that this has happened. >> it's not a done deal just yet. obama must get approval from congress. republican presidential hopeful marco rubio has condemned the move. >> the decision made by the white house today is a terrible one but not surprising unfortunately, cuba is a state sponsor of terrorism. they harbor fugitives of american justice including someone who killed a police officer in new jersey over 30 years ago. it's helping north korea evade weapons sanctions by the united nations. they should have remained on t

obama. ["hail to the chief" playing] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of japan followed by the national anthem of the unitedtes. ♪ ♪ ["the star-spangled banner" playing] >> mr. prime minister, the honor guard. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ceremonial. >> mr. president, this concludes the honor. president obama: good morning. [speaking japanese] [applause] president obama: on behalf of the american people and michelle and myself, it is a great honor for me to welcome prime minister abe and mrs. abe of japan, one of america's closest allies in the world. [speaking japanese] president obama: across japan, over the coming days, our japanese friends are marking special holidays, honoring their history celebrating their constitution giving gratitude for nature's beauty and expressing their hopes for their children. now with this visit, it is a truly golden week. president obama: for michelle and myself, it is an opportunity to return our hospitality that shinzo, akia and the japanese people have had in the past. in i could ota, michelle had a nn opportunity to play drums and i played are the robot -- and i played with the robot. th

is president obama is the united states, is nato, played for fools here? by the capitals of beijing moscow and tehran? >> i think -- those capitals all perceive weakness on the part of the u.s., they perceive america under president obama withdrawing, as that happens they intend to establish their own empire, iran plans to be boss of middle east. that is why it wants to control the strategic waterways vladimir putin reconstituting a russian empire in crimea and ukraine. he may have other ambitions and china wants to establish hegemony in asia. that is not as bad as it gets. i think it gets a lot worse, if we continue to withdraw. the problem if u.s. does not lead in the world these other actors will rule, that is what these leaders are doing and saying that america will not stop them. lou: nuclear talks how do you think they end? >> badly, i think they end with an agreement, president obama feels that a bad agreement is better than no agreement he means to go in congress, make it binding on u.s. by going to united nations and having international law minus

you don't ever want to underestimate michelle obama. >> if barack obama's not president of the united states what is michelle obama doing today? >> she's probably not riding around with the secret service. exactly. thinking of all the things she's not allowed to do. she sat out after she graduated from law school and after she had a brief experience in corporate law to try to make a difference on the south side particularly with disadvantaged communities, communities that she had known very well growing up. it certainly appears that that's what she wants to keep doing after she leaves the white house. she said she'll focus on education, which she calls one of the most important civil -- >> when you hear education, but is there a specific thing? and we know what the president, i think my brother's keep we know what he wants to go with it and wants to make it post presidential. does she have a separate track? >> i think she is very consistent with the notion of expanding opportunity with what i call in the book unstacking the deck a little bit. it is not at all clear she's exactly what

meeting of congress. ♪ >> present colors. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama["hail to the chief" playing] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of japan followed by the national anthem of the united states. ♪ ♪ \["the star-spangled banner" playing] >> mr. prime minister, the honor guard. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ceremonial. >> mr. president, this concludes the honor. president obama: good morning. \[speaking japanese] \[applause] president obama: on behalf of the american people and michelle and myself, it is a great honor for me to welcome prime minister abe and mrs. abe of japan, one of america's closest allies in the world. >> [speaking japanese] president obama: across japan, over the coming days, our japanese friends are marking special holidays, honoring their history, celebrating their constitution, giving gratitude for nature's beauty and expressing their hopes for their children. now with this visit, it is a truly golden week. translator: "speaking[speaking japanese] president obama: for michelle and myself, it is an opportunity to return our hospitality tha

obama. both agreeing to disagree on human rights and democracy. this is more about just cuba. it's an unprecedented attempt to reset relations between 33 latin american states and united states one of the most recent right here in panama. that's why president obama's statement that the days are over when the united states could meddle in the hemisphere with immunity resonated strongly but did not convince his left wing peers. >> translator: the illegal u.s. interventions continue. human rights in countries like venezuela, cuba and nicaragua. >> reporter: still the significance of what transpired here cannot be understated. a hemisphere that represents 40% of the world's gdp. clearly the differences between the united states and cuba have not disappeared only perhaps the method that they will use from now on to confront them. lucia newman, al jazeera panama city panama. >> believes the u.s. congress will allow president obama to remove cuba from its list of state sponsors of terror. >> the most met thing is the removal of cuba from the black list the list of terrorist-supporting countries. that was an item that the cubans really insisted on as a prerequisite for openin

that's why i believe despite the pressure that netanyahu has exerted on the obama administration in the unitede obama administration is basically relos angeles tonight to cut the umbilical cord. it wants to establish limits on iranian compass 270 build a nuclear bomb at least in a year. and basically change the nature, the institutionalized nature of hostility between iran and the united states. remember, we have an institutionalized hostility in the last four decades. if this particular agreement takes place, you're talking about a major breakthrough as important as nixon's opening to chi china in the 1970s. >> it would be huge and seismic in terms of pulling it apart. we'll see in the next 24 hours what comes of the meetings. joining us live from london with your insight. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> and worth noting, u.s. official say they are not ruling out military force to prevent iran from developing a nuclear bomb. pentagon correspondent barbara starr looks at what could happen if a strike against iran is ordered. >> reporter: even as the u.s. and iran struggle to reach a nuc

obama's medical policy. peter: the interest of the u.s. government and the president of the united states expanding the private sector to cuba, these are areas where the common interest really comes together. obama has tailored some of his efforts to poke holes in the embargo by focusing on the ability to not only send goods to the private sector, the growing private sector in cuba, but to actually allow exports from specific private sector businesses in cuba to the united states in an effort to rebuild a sector in the united states. castro wants to expand that as well. he has a mandate and decision to cut the state coffers in half. he does not want those people to end up on the street starving and protesting. he wants them to find work in which they can do well. this is an area where the two governments do have a shared interest in going forward. it remains to be seen what the impact on the political future of cuba is over the long term, there is no doubt that in our daily lives of cubans as the private sector expands with higher remittances from the united states that obama has n

made by the government in order to renew normal diplomatic relations with the united states something that president obama, as i said had been want toinging to announce at the summit. >> what about relations between the u.s. and venezuela in. >> while the united states is getting closer to cuba it's further away from venezuela. that is a sticking point at the summit. 24 latin american americans wrote a letter demanding respect to human rights and releasing prisoners, others at the sum out... >> okay. we have lost lucia newman there. we'll leave it there. sorry about the break up in the sound. lucia newman there in panama city. now, it's been 15 years since 164 countries agreed to improve access to education, a report says one-third succeeded. one is afghanistan. which is considered to be among the worst places for schooling after decades of civil war. education detear rated after the taliban took control. no girls were allowed in secondary school 4% attended primary school. things have proved since the taliban was ousted. by 2012 afghanistan made the fastest progress of any country towards gender equality

earlier today, president obama said the united states will not be imprisonned by the past as he seeks to end tension and decades ofoisealation. president obama meeting with president castro for an hour. both countries are capable of turning the page. castro praised the president and calling him a honest and trustworthy man. this was the first time any u.s. president met a cuban president face to face since eisenhower say the down. we'll have the latest from panama city. >> clearly the head line, julie, in the summit of the americas is what is going on between president obama and cuba president castro. the two men speaking in glowing terms of an optimistic future of the two countries. you heard the president address the summit and he acknowledged there is a long road ahead in restoring ties with cuba but said he would not allow the past to dictate the future. >> the united states will not be imprisonned by the past we're looking for the future and the policies that improve the lives of the cuban people and advance the interest of cooperation in the hemisphere. >> meanwhile the presiden

president obama: we are honored to welcome you to the white house. as we celebrate the great friendship between the united states and japan. prom: i give my tribute -- president obama: i give my trib by the to the two leaders. passionate about what they believe in. an inspiration to so many women and girls, including the students they met today. and the first lady is responsible for more responsible for a beautiful room tonight than i am. thank you, michelle. we give you the best sushi place. i have to confess we could not have the sushi if we did not have some excellent saki. tonight everything was traditional a little bit and sake from the professor. [inaudible] >> i met with japanese americans who are such important friends and parts of my community. one in particular, a man who calls himself freddie. we became great friends. [inaudible] president obama: he always remained with me as an example how japanese culture was woven into and spoke to the entire friendship. in 1957 shinzo's grandfather addressed our house of representatives. he hoped it would lead to a strong and enduring partnership to japanes

obama met with cuban president recall castro at the u.s. the americans in panama as the two leaders keep work on a new relationship between the united states cuba. this is president obama continue ing to sell the nuclear deal with iran. we want to drill down on both issues with democratic senator bob me then degrees a critic of united states policy the first television interview since he was indicted two weeks ago. senator menendez welcome to fox news sunday. >> before we discuss and i program we will, the serious policy issues, we have to daily with the case against you right at the start. federal prosecutors have charged you with bribery for accepting $1 million in gifts on rides on private jets and campaign contributions and in return they say there have been problems with medicare building. the doctor is a long time friend of yours but in accepting the gifts you have betrayed the public trust. >> when all of the facts are known, the prosecutors took out parts of the story to make their case we will have an opportunity in court to make the entire case and when all of the facts are known i know i will be vindicate asked we will win. what

. >> reporter: president obama says the united states will not be imprisoned by the past when it comes diplomatic relations with cuba. >> i'm optimistic that we'll continue to make progress and that this can indeed be a turning point not just between the united states and cuba but for greater cooperation among countries across the region. >> reporter: the president shaking hands with cuban president raul castro at the summit of the americas as the two shared their thoughts. it's the first face-to-face meeting between leaders of the two countries in half a century. in his speech, president castro listed past grievances between the u.s. and cuba but said he doesn't hold president obama personally accountable and agreed to move forward with talks. [speaking foreign language] >> the interpreter: no one should entertain. it's true we have many differences but we're willing to make progress in the way the president has described. >> reporter: the obama administration and the castro regime announced back in september that they'll work towards normalizing relations with each other including re

president obama with ties between the united states and cuba former ambassador is with us today to discuss policy. breaking news out of florida where senator rubio became to declare his candidacy for president and the first third time senator to do so to take a jab hillary clinton. is a generational choice of a kind of country we will be a leader from yesterday just yesterday. [laughter] began a a campaign for president to promise to take us back to yesterday for. yesterday is over pro and returning to hillary clinton and to waffle if president obama is ready to endorse hillary during 2016 as the president indicated that the two of them have become friends but as has been stipulated there are other people who are friends with the president but the president has not offered an endorsement this planet is the responsibility of democratic voters to decide who should be the nominee. lou: joining us now michael goodwin who wrote a column about the announcement doug show and who says clinton made a smart launch. good to have you. and a the very idea. you were pretty tough on the former secretary

foreign policy but said i'm not holding the president of the united states, barack obama responsible for this almost apologized to him. >> he did apologize to him. i'm not sure he did a lot of favors in american politics by doing that. it was sort of a very weird, dissident moment. this was a classic castro performance, much more his brother than raul, to condemn the united states, and saying, of course, it's not you, you youngster pup weren't responsible for it. >> sreenivasan: juxtapose that from open hostility from the leader of venezuela, the leader of ecdo, right now, really speaking at the president and saying here's why the united states is a horrible place and a horrible country. >> on the other hand everybody else was embraced obama for many, many reasons, of course. in good part, also, because he decided to end the hostility toward cuba. i mean, they had insisted on this at the last two summits, saying it's time for this relic of the cold war to be over with. >> sreenivasan: what does it take to lift the sanctions, what are the chances? >> lifting the sanctions that's the e

anchor: let's move on to another story out of the united states where barack obama has decided to lift the designation of cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. >> this is a very symbolic and long awaited move hailed in cuba from officials there ordinary citizens. they see it as kind of a healing move to end a decades-long insult to national pride. you can read about it in a cuban paper. this is another step in warming relations between the u.s. and cuba that started in december. it removes a major roadblock to establishing diplomatic relations. if you want to get the technical aspect of how this is being lifted you can read about it in the "washington post." basically obama wrote a letter to congress and congress has 45 days to consider cuba's removal from the list before it takes effect. it can't interfere with obama's decision without voting on separate legislation which the "washington post" says is up likely. anchor: and in the united states there is a lot of brewing over the presidential campaign that is getting unway. now hillary clinton still in the spotlight. >> there is a majo

we begin with the obama administration announcement united states has extended the negotiations with iran despite what is the third missed deadline passing just a little over an hour ago part of the white house declares progress has been made so they keep talking. >> our negotiators have determined over the context of the mostly sleepless night in negotiations over the course of the day that they will continue these conversations tomorrow as long as necessary as long as they continue to be productive. lou: joining us tonight former israeli ambassador founder of the advocacy group the truth about israel and former pentagon official national security analyst k.t. mcfarland. ambassador, let me begin with you by saying's thank you for staying up so late but another deadline but an appetite for continued talks? >> ambassador? i thought we were just waiting for the delay touche televisa we will try to get back to the ambassador. surely the delay was not that long? thank you. you can hear me well? seven yes. good to be with you. what i see here is from iran not very much impressed with the

course famously his alternative comedy house weekly show barak the mike obama makings you laugh and friends, president of the united states barack obama. all right let's hear from the comedian barack obama. >> "saturday night live" ses ily impersonates cnn anchor brooke baldwin which is surpassing because usually the only people impersonating journalists on cnn are journalists on cnn. the polar vortex caused so many record lows they renamed it msnbc. (laughter) >> jon: you know what? those was pretty good turns out he's pretty good. turns out barack obama lit it up! crushed it as did ses ily strong, they crushed it. it was a fine i don't know 40 minutes of entertainment. unfortunately here is the problem. while the a list of america's media political complex fiddled on this saturday night. >> this is the scene in baltimore at the latest protest over the death of freddie gray. gray died from a mysterious spinal injury whale he was in police custody. >> the protest did turn violent. >> thousands of protestors stormed the streets. >> people that obviously want to have their voices heard. >> yes, about 40 miles from di

united states. by doing this president obama is calling cuba's bluff. >> what can we expect from the face to face meeting between the two leaders at the americas summit. >> i expect handshakes smiles. i don't think there'll be a bilateral meeting. one hasn't been announced. no more than that. there's still serious differences. i think the president of cuba is not as interested in president obama in moving forward with the reproach. we may see raul castro denouncing the united states for sanctions against some officials of the venezuela government. that may happen >>> juan carlos thank you >>> iran's supreme leader break his silence on the nuclear deal with the u.s. ayatollah khamenei saying he's in the optimistic a deal will be used referring to parties as stubborn and stretchous. erica woods has more. >> reporter: any final approval has to come from this man, ayatollah khamenei. that's a way to go before it's a done deal. >> translation: what has been achieved so far does not guarantee a deal and neither do the talks leading up to the deal. it doesn't guarantee the peace talks will continue to the end a

senator lugar: i would say that barack obama is president of the united states.e ought to be doing the very best he can on behalf of this country and the negotiations with iran are very important. the united states, and to iran, and to many others. i believe that you ought to pursue those. i appreciate the fact that senator bob corker has been working on a bipartisan way the foreign relations committee voting 19-0, on legislation just the other day that will make it possible for the senate to review what occurs. if something does occur by june 30, and to move ahead. i would save right now that there are amendments that are being suggested, such as iranians ought to recognize israel as a part of this deal for example, or there ought to be a formal treaty as a matter of fact. 2/3 majority as opposed to the majority that is inclined to be the case now. other amendments of that variety. the battle still goes on in this country apart from the negotiations in iran. it will be difficult enough. it will be not semi-miraculous but remarkable if by june 30 the parties come

i would like to express my heartfelt respect once again to president obama and the citizens of the united states, who have committed to take on the multiple, multitude of challenges of this world and for the unstinting efforts you are making for the benefit of the peoples of the world. yesterday i visited the jfk library in boston. on television i saw president kennedy deliver his inauguration speech. it deeply resonated with me. and it still has a lingering effect. i recall the following quote, my fellow citizens of the world, ask not what america will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of mankind. now japan wants to be a country that can respond to such calls. hand in hand, we want to work together with the united states to spread basic values throughout the world, such as those of freedom, democracy, basic human rights and the rule of law. and we want to be a country that can contribute to peace and prosperity of the world. in visiting the united states, i've had very heartwarming welcome and reception by all citizens of the united states. i would like to compress

japan welcomes the united states policy of rebalancing, which emphasizes the asia pacific, and president obama expressed his support for japan's principle of proactive contributions to peace through coordination of these two policies the deterrence of our alliance will no doubt be further strengthened. against this backdrop we have reaffirmed our resolve to steadily move forward with realliment of the u.s. forces in japan. the dangers arising from the air station being surrounded by housing and schools should be eliminated by relocation as soon as possible. we will move forward with mitigating the impact of the base in okinawa founded on our strong relationship of truth. it is prosperity that brings peace. this belief makes us eager to see the early conclusion of the tpp. on the bilateral outstanding issues we welcome the fact that significant progress was made. we will continue to cooperate to lead the tpp talks through its last phase. we have confirmed that we would work together for the early and successful conclusion of the talks. in addition, with regard to the situation in east asia abdu

translated ): we are calling for them to abolish that law that was passed by president barack obama in the united states senate. that they repeal that law because we don't want that imperial law in our nation. we are free, independent and sovereign. >> warner: other leftist latin american countries, including cuba, and even some of america's friends in the region, also denounced the executive order's language, saying it smacked of u.s. bullying. but plummeting oil prices have left venezuela unable to continue buying regional influence with its heavily subsidized oil. washington hopes that means the region's flagging economies will see more need for u.s. investment, and that the summit will focus on issues like combating smuggling, energy and trade. >> woodruff: and margaret joins me now. >> woodruff: margaret, welcome. what should we expect tomorrow when the summit gets underway in panama? >> the white house hopes this will be a victory for president obama, giving the openings to cuba. that were frank when the opening was announced last december that yes it was done on its own merits by the timin

that was president obama announcing that the united states and its partners had reached a quote historic understanding with iran, agreeing on the frame work of a deal meant to block the islamic republic from developing nuclear weapons in exchange for lifting sanctions. what's left before a june 30 deadline, joining us is dan lettinger. the president said a good deal. do you agree? >> no, i think it's a week deal. when they began these negotiations in early 2013, the goal was to some iran from getting a nuclear weapon. >> still is the president says. >> well, halfway through they decided, and they came they saw this coming. iran was not going to dismantle its nuclear infrastructure. what we have ended up with is a country that has one year to build a nuclear weapon, so they still remain with the ability to do what they wanted to do from the beginning. this is what is known as a threshold nuclear state. and because we have a flesh hold nuclear state in iran that puts in motion all the other dynamics we've been worried about, about proliferation around the middle east among other countries.

i would like to express my due heartfelt respect once again to president obama and the citizens of the united states who have committed to take on the multiple -- multitude of challenges of this world and the instantaneous effort you are making for the benefit of the peoples of the world. yesterday i saw president kennedy deliver his inauguration speech in boston, his speech resonated with me and it still has a lingering effect. i recall the following quote my fellow citizens of the world, ask not what america will do for you but what together we can do for the freedom of mankind. japan wants to be a country that can respond to such calls. hand in hand we want to work together with the united states to spread basic values throughout the world such as those of freedom, democracy basic human rights and the rule of law. and we want to be a country that can contribute to peace and prosperity of the world. in visiting united states, i have had very heartfelt warming welcome by all citizens of the united states. i express my heartfelt gratitude. lastly, i would like to emphasize the following. that

thank you >>> in advance of the next round of united nations climate talks, president obama just submitted to the u.n. our intended nationally determined contribution on green house gas emissions. it's a big cut over the next ten years. our science and technology correspondent helps us sort of the rhetoric and reality next on inside story. >> al jazeera america brings you a first hand look at the environmental issues, and new understanding of our changing world. >> it's the very beginning >> this was a storm of the decade >>...hurricane... >> we can save species... >> our special month long focus, fragile planet >>> so we're going to now widen the focus from florida to the united states to the whole planet. president obama has given a down payment on long term goals for the reduction of carbon emissions into the atmosphere. al jazeera's science and technology correspondent, jake ward, joins me now to talk about it. it looks like it obliges the united states to aim toward some pretty ambitious goals. >> that's right. this is an interesting build up to the december deadline in paris that the

obama's team. but of course let's remember the process. so the state department recommends makes the recommendation to the president of the united states they've recommended for cuba to be removed from the state sponsors of terrorism list. but then his team needs to evaluate president obama makes the call. we don't know that he's going to make that announcement. but of course we're going to be keeping our eyes and ears open. because if he does it's going to be huge news for the cubans. it's another thing that president castro mentioned during his speech saying why are we still on this list? >> right. >> and pretty much making a plea for the removal. >> rosa give us a sense of what that would mean for the average person in cuba. if cuba were to be removed from that list? what does that mean for everyone on the ground? >> reporter: you know for people in cuba -- and you know poppy, i've been there twice in the past four months since this announcement was first made of this path to new and renewed diplomatic relations. people in cuba on the ground i've got to tell you, you walk down the streets and people will just be singing and saying president

united states threaten the venezuelan government." venezuelan president nicolas maduro responded thursday. >> we may be able to say that the statements given today by president barack hussein obamaould open a door to start a new era of relations among venezuela in the free and sovereign latin america and the empire of the united states. it could happen. amy: meanwhile, fights broke out ahead of the summit wednesday when anti-castro cuban demonstrators tried to lay flowers at a bust of cuban patriarch josÉ martÍ near the cuban embassy in panama city and were confronted by a group of pro-castro activists. cuban delegates also protested over reports that former cia-backed paramilitary officer felix rodriguez, who was sent to kill guevara in bolivia in 1967, was meeting with opposition groups in panama city. the last picture taken of che guevara alive in october 1967 shows rodriguez standing on his left. elsewhere, pro-venezuela protesters rallied. >> we are also defending is the right of free determination for the people. it seems a bit disrespect to conspire against another delegation in the middle of a summit. i wouldn't do it. amy: we're going to go to break and when we come bac

obama to do more to get republicans to go along with immigration reform. and deteriorating relations between the united states and venezuela is also likely to be a sore point after president obama last month ordered sanction he against venezuela for alleged human rights violations. the president arrives at the summit in panama on thursday. mike viqueria, al jazeera washington. >> david the focus willen on cuba, you were just in venezuela, and the tension will on the center stage perhaps play out between president obama and nicholas maduro. >> venezuela is heavily dependent on its energy sector, tanking right now. china isn't invited but it is sort of the underwritten code within all of this, there are so many nations within latin america that are heavily heavily endebted to china. venezuela is an interesting one to watch. back during the last summits this was when chavez was sick, he did not attend. maduro was essentially vice president at that point and he's coming to the summit now in protest, he's bringing 10 million signatures so he says of residents within his country that say they need to get rid

japan welcomes the united states' policy of rebalancing and president obama has expressed his support for japan's proactive contributions for peace to coordination of these two policies; the deterants of our alliance will no doubt be further strengthened. against this backdrop we affirm our resolve to move forward with realignment of the u.s. forces in japan. the dangers arising from the air station being surrounded by housing and schools should be eliminated by relocation as soon as possible. we will move forward with litigating the impact of the space founded with a strong relationship of trust between japan and the united states. this prosperity brings peace and makes us eager to see the early conclusions of the ttp. and we welcome the fact significant progress has been made. we'll continue to cooperate to lead the ttp talks to its last phase. we confirm we would work together for the early talks. with regard to the situation in east asia nuclear missiles and the situation in the ukraine, and the threat of terrorism. further more climate change communeical diseases, the unm securit