the united states is a pacific power, and we are here to stay. indeed, we are already modernizing america's defense posture across the asia pacific. it will be more broadly distributed -- maintaining our strong presence in japan and the korean peninsula, while enhancing our presence in southeast asia. our posture will be more flexible -- with new capabilities to ensure that our forces can operate freely. and our posture will be more sustainable, by helping allies and partners build their capacity, with more training and exercises. we see our new posture here in australia. the initiatives that the prime minister and i announced yesterday will bring our two militaries even closer together. we'll have new opportunities to train with other allies and partners, from the pacific to the indian ocean. and it will allow us to respond faster to the full range of challenges, including humanitarian crises and disaster relief. since world war ii, australians have warmly welcomed american service members who've passed through. on behalf of the american people,

presence in the asia-pacific region. i hope that japan and the united states can cooperate in working on economic rules and security. >> noda told obama of his intention to begin consultations with member countries of the tpp and said he wants to promote a higher level of economic cooperation. obama welcomed noda's decision and called for japan/u.s. cooperation through future talks on the new free trade framework. noda also touched upon the ongoing review of restrictions on imports of beef. currently only meat from cows up to 20 months old can be imported to japan to prevent meat containing mad cow disease or bse from entering the japanese market. noda told obama the government is considering raising the limit to up to 30 months old. obama said he was looking forward to seeing progress on the issue. noda also said his cabinet is working toward implementing the bilateral agreement on the planned relocation of the u.s. marine corps futenma air station in okinawa. he explained japan's plan to submit a report to the prefectu

more than one-third of the population is asian-american and pacific islander. you rock. next speaker is no stranger to this event, but within the last few years, he represented mayor newsome at this very celebration. in january of this year, a new chapter was written when the board of supervisors unanimously voted in city administrator edwin lee to be the mayor of san francisco. he was noted as the best candidate for leading the city for work because of his more than 25 years of experience as a leader in city government. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the hon. edwin m. lee, the mayor of san francisco. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you for that wonderful introduction and thank you for being here. it is the seventh annual celebration. sydney already explained our history, what president carter did for us, and what we are doing for ourselves, joining the whole city and region in celebrating asian-pacific portage month. i am so grateful to the board of supervisors for this whole four months of leaving this great city. i will say once again as i have said throu

meanwhile, a strong pacific storm is approaching onshore of british columbia and the pacific northwestging heavy rain, heavy precipitation as well as strong winds, gusts of up to 130 kilometers per hour were reported along the coast. the system is moving further inland and will create blustery snow over the northern rockies in the next 24 hours. as for thursday's highs, we're expecting only minus 8 degrees in winnipeg with some snow expected and 4 degrees in chicago, and 6 in toronto, but still in the upper teens in houston with 19 degrees. finally, let's go over to europe then. a cold front is bringing in rain across the western british isles, and unstable conditions will likely continue into saturday, but the london area will escape rain. severe thunderstorms are still continuing across southern italy, and out towards the east, a system is moving through western russia, bringing snow and windy conditions. and for turkey, remaining wet and cold due to a stationary low pressure system. lots of single digits in the east, 1 for stockholm, 3 for moscow, and staying in the teens in madrid

great wonderful shows that she's sponsored, pacific fusion and others.now jan is all around the bay area. all around the san francisco communities. she's helped us on engagement with our public and helping us dialogue with a difficult -- with difficult topics and being moderator or immediate -- mediator and hosted so many nonprofits and being there for every important fundraiser like the ones we've had with kristi yamaguchi and always dreaming foundation and being part of the osaka sister city association, founder member of course, and asian-american journalist association, again, others following her. for david and for jan, if you look at television today, no matter what channel you turn to, there are asian americans on the journalism positions. and i believe and i know it's because of both david and jan's work behind the scenes, in front, bringing just that whole professional care to what they do every day. and i remember a very unique story. as i was a first-year law student at berkeley, jan was covering this whole issue about affirm active action and

the united states has been and always will be a pacific nation. >> u.s. president barack obama lays out his new strategy for the asia pacific region. welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. u.s. president barack obama said in a landmark speech to australia's parliament that the ununed s stes is turning its attention to the vast potential of the asia pacific region. he stressed the importance of the region as a major part of his country's foreign policy. obama told his audience that his administration plans to refocus on the region now that it's ending its military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan. obama acknowledged the importance of china, but pointed out that the international community wants china to abide by international rules. his remarks suggest that the unite is seeking to involve china in a multinational framework as a strategy for achieving stability and prosperity in the region. >> the united states will continue our effort to build a cooperative relationship with china. all of our nations, australia, the united states, all of

presence in the pacific. when we get to bali for the asean meeting and the east asia summit, were going to be speaking, again, about how can we, a great pacific power, work with our partners to ensure stability, to ensure free flows of commerce, to ensure that maritime rules, drilling, a whole host of issues are managed in a open and fair way. and one of the things that im very encouraged about is the eagerness of countries to see the u.s. reengaged in this region. i think back here in the united states, there are times where we question our influence around the world. and obviously, having gone through a couple of tough years, having been engaged in a decade of war, we recognize all the challenges that are out there for the united states and the reforms and changes that were going to have to make to ensure that we are competitive in this 21st century global economy. but the news i have to deliver for the american people is american leadership is still welcome. its welcomed in this region. its welcomed in the

region. >> the united states has a pacific nation, is and will remain a a pacific power in thi region. >> president obama travels to honolulu, hawaii's capital, to host apec, the asia-pacific economic cooperation conference. it will be the first meet this is year of apec world leaders. the prestigious and powerful apec consists of 21 asian and pacific ocean nations. apec began 21 years ago. the mission of apec is to foster sustainable economic growth and prosperity apec is t foster sustainable attendees at the meeting are australia, canada, indonesia, japan, south korea, malaysia, new zealand, the philippines, singapore, thailand, taipei, hong kong, china, mexico, new guinea, chile, peru, russia, vietnam, and the u.s.a. attendees also include business leaders and academics from around the world. aggregated, these 21 nations want to be called "economy" and not "nation." they want to emphasize that asian-pacific economic economies have no political agenda, rather, they have an economic agenda, notably, trade. these collected economies present a massive volume of power. item, apec, gross

presence in the pacific. when we get to bali and the east asia summit, we are going to be speaking about how can a great pacific power be working with our partners to ensure stabil ity, to ensure free flows of commerce, maritime rules, and drilling, a whole host of issues are managed in an open and fair way. one of the things i am very encouraged about is the eagerness of other countries to see the u.s. reengaged in the region. here in the united states, there are times when we questioned our influence around the world. having gone through a couple of tough years, having been engaged in a decade of war, we recognize all of the challenges out there for the united states and the reforms and changes we are going to have to make to stay competitive in the global economy. the news for the american people is that american leadership is still welcomed. it is welcomed in this region. it is welcome in the transatlantic region. it is welcome because we have shown that we are willing not just to look out after our own i

is stepping up its commitment to the entire asia pacific. in this work, we're deeply grateful for our alliance with australia and the leadership role that it plays. as it has been for six decades, our alliance is going to be indispensable to our shared future. the security we need and the prosperity that we seek, not only in this region but around the world. i'm also very grateful for my partnership with prime minister gilard. we've worked quite a bit together lately. >> we have. >> spanning time zones, the g-20, apec and ttp in hawaii and now on to bali for the east asia summit. this speaks to how closely our countries work together on a wide range of issues. in my friend julia, i see the quality that we americans admire most in our australian friends, somebody who's down to earth, easy to talk to, and who says it like it is, straight up. and that's why we achieve so much today. we agreed to push ahead with our efforts to create jobs for our people, by bringing our economies and those of the region even closer together. building on our prog

transport and logistical system since the asian pacific region. liberalization of investments in the region from food security into modernization of. technology including issues situate digital property rights. and that's it for now business desk about fifteen minutes stronger than. think. from los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand severe problem is not enough inpatient beds not enough urgency department beds and not enough nurses to man goes that is to take care of all the people who are the only real health care system that we have in the city of los angeles is the los angeles fire department in fact when i started my venture is a firefighter i didn't want to turn it around so i started out going to just do firefighting it's about eighty two percent of what we do the florida problem is medical but they had a rescue couple weeks ago waited four hours for big i've waited sometimes three hours but i was it's a same francis in lynnwood for four hours and fifty minutes standing against a wall of pat

as a result, defense spending will not come at the expense of the asia-pacific.guidance is clear. as we plan and budget for the future, we will allocate the resources necessary to maintain our strong military presence in this region. we will preserve our unique ability to deter threats to power and to preserve the peace. and we will commit -- keep our commitments to our eyes like australia. -- allies like australia. our enduring influence in the region demands are enduring presence in the region. the united states is a specific power and we are here to stay. >> following developments from sydney explain the significance of the president's remarks. >> president obama was using his visit to australia to announced to a wider world a week celebration of american foreign policy toward the asia- pacific region. the u.s. has never left the asia-pacific region, but it has somewhat neglected it with wars in afghanistan and iraq. this is now a statement of policy saying, we are back and we are here tuesday. -- we are here to stay. the message was, everybody has to play by

>>> asia pacific push. u.s. president barack obama shifts his country's focus east as china's influence in the region grows. >> after a decade in which we fought two wars which cost us dearly in blood and treasure, the united states is turning our attention to the vast potential of the asia pacific region. >>> welcome to "newsline". i'm michio kijima in tokyo. tonight barack obama outlined his nation's new security and cooperation strategy. the u.s. president spoke before the australia parliament. his message, the united states is a pacific power that's here to stay. >> as the world's fastest growing region and home to more than half the global economy, the asia pacific is critical to achieving my highest priority, and that's creating jobs and opportunity for the american people. >> obama said the u.s. is moving out of a long period of conflict in iraq and afghanistan. the policy shift is aimed at keeping china in check. the chinese government is building up its armed forces. its number one objective is said to

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focused on the pacific wide free trade zone but. its implications. reports. basically even though the primary primary goals of the apec summit are improving the trade relationship and economic relationship all the countries that make up the asia pacific because of the extent of the european financial crisis this is certainly a headache that's looming over leaders having gathered here and many are seeing this as sort of a continuation of the g twenty summit without the participation of the european states we are expecting the leaders gathered for the apec summit to send another push to send an extra message to the european countries to try to find to step up their attempts to improve the financial situation so this is an extra message important message that we're expecting to hear a lot of about here on the ground in the next few days to come even though the top of the topic and the substance of the effect summit is usually traditionally economic issues certainly political issues are surfacing we've been hearing because of the situation in syria where anti-gov

he's hosting the asia pacific economic corporation summit in honolulu.moment here on cnn. life insurance companies treat you like a policy, not a person. instead of getting to know you they simply assign you a number. aviva is here to change all that. we're bringing humanity back to insurance and putting people before policies. aviva life insurance and annuities. we are building insurance around you. >>> all right. back now live on cnn. i'm don lemon at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. we want to welcome our viewers from around the world. we're awaiting a news conference by barack obama. he is hosting the asia pacific cooperation summit in his home state of hawaii. honolulu, hawaii. america's sluggish economy is at the top of the president's agenda. they also touched on the european economy as well. with european countries in deep debt troubles, china, india, japan and other pacific rim nations may be the u.s.' best hope for a recovery as well as some folks in europe as well. our white house correspondent dan lothian is standing by. he is traveling

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to the north is the pacific park. those spaces constitute a linked network of space is reaching all the way back to walton park and then further into the city to jackson square and barbara coast. jackson commons is perhaps the most urban of these. it is a pedestrian way through the project, from west to east and from east to west. it carries the fluid language of the landscaping, which pete walker's firm established at sydney walton. it allows pedestrians passage and use where there are currently none. retail in three places. the cafe and retail space. a larger one to the right. and then the club kept a to the north. opportunities for indoor/outdoor seating and retail uses there. and then the club itself to the north, the aquatics center, is screened from the public, but in a way that we think will allow glimpses in and at least a sense of openness while preserving privacy. here is the existing conditions, looking towards the embarcadero on jackson street. a very unfortunate terminus for one of the city's interest in

that's your pacific event of the day. when i grew up, i always wanted to be a guy who would race porsches. that's my dream. still working on it. >> one step at a time, bill. thanks. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. if you went to the movies, you saw some girl power action. the "twilight" saga, "breaking dawn" took in $130 million in america and another $144 million overseas for well over a $250 million weekend. because women and girls made up 80% of the audience. it did more than half its business, $72 million on friday opening day. its debut weekend was the fifth best other. on the other hand, the debuting dancing penguin sequel "happy feet 2" stumbled with $22 million, barely half of what the first film opened with. this one had the advantage of extra 3d dollars. >>> elsewhere, the ball keeps rolling for taylor swift, who won artist of the year for the american music awards last night for a second time. >>> finally, let's go back to the box office. "the die sendants" a comic drama, sta

i wonder lander for travellers turns into a hub for high profile discussions as the heads of asia pacific nations gather in hawaii pledging to prevent the european debt crisis from spreading to that region. italy prepares for the dawn of a poster bosko any era as its parliament sits down to vote on a new austerity package intended as a last line of defense against collapsing confidence in the economy. and china's a booming economy isn't always met with open arms of the united states or sometimes painting be emerging superpower as a dangerous prospect. worldwide news live from the heart of moscow this is r.t. with me a recent showing now the world's political and economic heavyweights from the asia pacific nations to stand upon a sunny hole-y. this weekend storm clouds continue to build thousands of kilometers away over the euro zone forcing the apec leaders to find ways to protect their region from economic trauma. takes a look at what's on the table and one of the. basically even though the primary primary goals of the apec summit are improving the trade relationship and economic relatio

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welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm veronica de la cruz. >>> breaking news. new york police in riot gear made a surprise sweep of occupy wall street campers last night. authorities dismantled tents ordering them to vacate the park temporarily along with all of their personal belongings. police handed out letters saying the park, quote, poses an increasing fire and health safety hazard. at least 70 have been arrested and three injured. the park has been fully cleared. the impromptu park cleaning comes on the heels of similar moves in cities across the country. just days ahead of the movement's two month anniversary on wednesday. >>> for the first time since being indicted for sexually abusing eight boys jerry sandusky is speaking out about the charges against him. sandusky insists he's not a pedophile. nbc's michelle franzen has more. >> reporter: in an exclusive phone enter on "rock center," jerry sandusky, the former penn state assistant football coach, charged with 40 counts of child abuse, tells bob costas that h

this will happen on the weekend at the asia-pacific economic cooperation summit in honolulu. i'm fully aware of the benefits as well as the concerns pointed out over the matter. through the discussions with other countries we'll strive to collect information on what they expect from japan and by carrying out thorough public debate on the matter with national interest as the top priority in my mind i'll seek to reach a conclusion on the tpp. >> the tpp will eliminate tariffs and other trade barriers among member countries in the asia-pacific region. big business is for it. farmers, fishermen and co-ops are against it. prime minister noda says the tpp will help japan tap into the growing power of the asian economy and pass wealth on to the next generation, but he also mentioned the drawbacks of joining the trade pact. he says tpp might have a negative impact on japan's medical system, traditional culture and beautiful villages, things that have been protected for a long time. reporters asked the prime minister why he won't give a clear answer about whether japan will join the t

ok renaissance hotel ok rules we take from pacific silver missiles and. in this room look he's available in some hotel to a period some of her children recently. played a summit of pacific powers in hawaii opens a financial can of worms between the world's two biggest economies. a new twist in the currency wars between the u.s. and china as washington calls on bingeing to start playing by the rules but china is calling its own shots we bring you all the latest details from honolulu just ahead in the program. syria seeks to reverse the arab league's decision just a span of from the organization of it growing antares ebro task which some believe are concert from abroad. and blasting into orbit a crew of three have still the international space station is the first launch since a similar rocket carrying out man supply craft crashed back to earth. in business out speak up saw is russia's take the country wants to invest in the liquefied natural gas project more on this in twenty minutes. watching r.t. coming to live from moscow one pm here on marina joshie as

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happy asia-pacific american week. thank you. [applause] >> and i heard the supervisor kim has joined us. thank you for being here. >> i look at david and jan and i would not be here if it were not for them. you have heard the professional side of it. 20 years ago, i was a very young reporter in montgomery, alabama, and our -- they decided, they had come out to san francisco and decided that they needed someone that looked just like her, and i was the only one in the newsroom in montgomery, alabama that look like her. do you know they forced me to do this show, and that started me on my road to coming out to san francisco and the bay area to live and work here and become part of the community. i thank jan for that. i had no idea who she was, but that is how i got my start in the coming out to california. on a quick personal note, 10 years ago, she says she works out, but she really just kind of talk to people on the machine at certification, asked a fellow should in london, and she said she had a single friend she got really need

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noda spoke about the tpp at the asia-pacific cooperation summit in hawaii. >> translator: we explained japan's decision to start consulting with countries involved with the tpp. and some economies welcomed our offer. we will begin consultations by trying to get a sense of what each country is looking for, and discuss the issues at hand. we'll make our final conclusion based on the national interest. >> nhk conducted a survey about the tpp last weekend. more than 1,000 people responded. about 34% say japan should join the tpp talks. a little more than 20% say they should not. nearly 61% of those surveyed say there wasn't enough political discussion in japan about the tpp issue. only 4.6% say there was. >>> the u.s. government has welcome ed japan's decision to start consultations towards a tpp agreement and stress its hope to reach an agreement next year. by boosting exports through tpp, the u.s. intends to create jobs to get out from an economic downturn at home. nhk world's raiko sukurai has more. >> the united states and our eight partners reached a broad outline agreement on the tra

rajin port will become a new cargo center in the asia pacific region.his center will make it possible to create the longest euro-asian transport corridor, over 10,000 kilometers long. >>> russia says starting next summer it will use freight trains to transport coal into north korea. >>> time to check on some of the stories we've gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin with this item sent by ntv, nepal. nepal's main political parties have signed a landmark deal to integrate thousands of maoist combatants into the national army. under the agreement, more than 6,000 fighters will be integrated into the security forces. the remainder will receive a payoff of about up to $11,000. the maoists ended a 15-year insurgency five years ago, with the abolition of the monarchy. however, moves for peace have stalled over the future of the former rebel fighters, and a new constitution. >>> the sri lankan army has acquired four remote-controlled machines from russia to help with the removal of land mines in the north. there are 29 machines that work clearing mi

here to state as a pacific power. -- here to stay as a bus of a power -- as a pacific power. >> president obama thank to the troops at his door when air force base, speaking up for crowd -- speaking before a crowd of about 2000. the moment marks the 60 anniversary of the military alliance between the united states and australia and marks a shift in u.s. foreign policy. >> here in northern australia, we will write to the next proud chapter in our alliance. and irime minister announce announced yesterday that some of our marines will rotate through these parts to train and exercise with you and to work as partners across the region are for the security we all want. >> analysts said the move is meant to serve as a counterbalance to china, which is emerging as a major power in the region, and meant to send a signal that the united states will protect asian allies when enter attacked american military officials would only say that the marines will help with disaster relief, humanitarian assistance, even piracy. during his visit, president obama visited a memorial to a ship that essentially suf

apec, it's the asia pacific economic cooperation. the main economic forum for the region has 21 member nations, including the u.s., australia, china, japan and mexico. the united states's turn this time to host the summit. the focus is trade and investment as well as technical cooperation between member nations. >>> and did you see the site last night? reynolds within it was one of the coolest sporting events i have ever seen. but it was on the deck of the "uss carl vinson." they had a basketball game there. you're seeing time lapsed video right now of how they built and convert an aircraft carrier into a basketball court. but yes, they put a court there. you had north carolina playing michigan state. this was really a show for the troops. a way for them to bring attention to the troops on veterans day and to say thank you. the president was in attendance. they were able to get some 8,000 people aboard for that game. you had a lot of celebrities and things. magic johnson, but mainly in the audience, you had currently serving members

changes its focus from across the atlantic to across the pacific u.s. president barack obama pushes for a trade deal with nine asia pacific nations at the apec summit in honolulu but hold on wasn't just a month ago the u.s. and china were on the brink of a trade war we asked with the global economy or at least western economies possibly headed toward a lost decade are we going to see not more trade deals the trade wars and outside apec don't forget that activists protested free trade policies as designed to promote corporate interests while one protester was actually invited inside to play for world leaders and he serenaded them with protest. he. complains. if you just said you were a key summit. you sure did meanwhile on mainland police clear off oakland's camp so where is this movement headed well we'll speak to gerald celente who predicted these protests more than a decade ago let's get the capital account. so u.s. president barack obama is pushing a trade agreement with nine other age of pacific countries he wants to sign up by the end of next year

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president is going straight from the asia-pacific cooperation forum in honolulu. this visit comes as the two countries marked a 60-year security alliance. they are expected to announce plans for expanded military cooperation. we could also see a pledge by president obama to refocus on allies of the asia-pacific region. there is australia's prime minister walking out onto the tarmac to welcome barack obama up. this visit was twice delayed. it has finally happened and is expected to focus on security ties. joining me now from sydney is our correspondent duncan kennedy. this visit is expected to focus on security ties. there may be other things on president obama's agenda as well. >> very much the emphasis on security. after his meeting in hawaii, the focus will now be on security. he is gone to address the australian parliament on thursday. we know from one of this aid on the flight over on air force one, he has told reporters that the president will be talking about increasing the american military presence in australia. he would not put any numbers on a time when

economy, getting those exports into the asia-pacific region. this apec meeting, it was all about the transpacific partnership. this is eye new free trade deal that nine countries, including the u.s., are trying to push forward. obama wants to see this deal in place by next year. it's a fairly aggressive timetable. china is not included in the initial nine. that will be an interesting development to watch as well. >> it seems to me, andrew, that the president wants it both ways. he wants asian growth to be strong, but he also wants u.s. exports to be stronger. he's pressing china to let its currency appreciate, yet one of the reasons that china has been able to grow so fast is because it's kept its currency, some might say, odd officially low. you can't have it both ways, can you? >> you can't have it both ways, you're right but the u.s. has been relentless in its operation to try to get china to ease or let the currency appreciate, charles. we've been following this story for a long time. the president certainly using the apec meeting to start