president obama, chinese presidenti jinping and their 200 guests will dine on the white house's finest china. centerpieces feature pink and orange roses. what do you serve two presidents? a four-course meal had blending american and chinese flavors. the menu includes wild mushroom soup with black trfls and poached maine lobster. the main course grilled lamp flown in from colorado with sauteed baby broccoli from local farmers markets. the dessert is even more extra gant, poppy seed and lemmon occurred pudding or tiny pastries from this display appropriately named a stroll through the garden. one of the trickiest parts of the dinner is the timing >> in a matter of like 45 minutes, we are going to be handing out about 800 plates, and that's not a small logistical matter to deal with. >> reporter: after dinner, he guests enjoy a concert by grammy award winning artist neo who sang alongside the president last year. something guests might hope he'll do again at this dinner. ar let signs, abc news, the white house. >>> who's idea was it to do that piece at this hour? >> i'm salivating looking

presidential barack obama has hosted a state dinner are at the white house for his chinese counterpat xi jinping. the two announced agreements on cyber security and climate change. candid discussions about beijing's nebeijing'sbeijing's e south china sea. patty culhane reports. >> it was a noisy welcome. inside and out. protesters for and against the meeting, which was about much more than the pageantry of a state visit. this is a meeting with a past agenda. it is clear they got far on their to-do list. china targets u.s. companies and steals trade secrets. president obama says they reached an agreement china won't do it or support it in the future. >> question now is are words supported by actions and we will be watching carefully as to make an assessment whether progress has been made in this area. >> reporter: president obama says the u.s. will consider sanctioning chinese companies and individuals if the hacking doesn't stop. and then cooperation was strained about the south china sea. >> we have a right to pursue legitimate maritime law and interests. >> china agreed to put in a cap and tra

presidential guard. burkina faso is supposed to hold elections next month. chinese president xi jinpingd his attention to doing business today on the first leg of his visit to the u.s. xi's tour of a boeing plant near seattle coincided with news that chinese firms will buy 300 aircraft. and, he spoke of broader cooperation with the u.s. >> ( translated ): in the last 36 years since china and the united states established diplomatic relations, our relationship has been forging forward. i intend to have in-depth exchange of views with president obama and other american leaders to make sure that this relationship will deliver more tangible benefits to people in our two countries and elsewhere in the world. >> woodruff: in a seattle speech last night, xi also said the u.s. and china can work together to address cyber-crimes. u.s. officials have strongly suggested china wasehd a huge breach of federal personnel records. now, it turns out the hackers stole 5.6 million fingerprint images. that number, from the office of personnel management, is five times more than first reported. the images w

jinping, this will be another opportunity to enhance american images. i might mention he will be president a lot longer than his host. adrienne brown, al jazeera, china. >> 15 republicans remain in the republican presidential campaign. >> i will suspend my campaign immediately. i encourage other republican presidential candidates to do the same so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive, conservative look at the campaign. >> pope francis blessed the city from a hill. pope is now at santiago del cuba before leaving for united states. >>> weapons such as rubber bullets and tear gas, hundreds of refugees have tried to leave there and board trains. >> until there is a united nations european stance, member states will be forced to protect themselves from this brutal threat at grave costs. >> africans are among refugee status and allowed to stay and that uncertainty hasn't discouraged them from making the desperate journey as natasha guinane reports. >> this is as the border between guinea and mali, starting a new life in europe some of them don't make it. according to the international organization for migration, more than 2700 people died in the met this year this

presidential candidates talking at great length about this. and the chinese are under more dramatic pressure because they've had all of this market volatility, which has created some criticism of xi jinpingt home in china. >> rose: what reaction was appropriate? >> whether their reaction was adequate or sufficient, and certainly xi jinping feeling confident in terms of his position globally but not willing to take criticism domestically and not going to give any quarter publicly to president obama. >> what do you make of the pope's visit? >> more important than xi jinping today. and i think the americans have to like that. i think it was right for obama and biden and the families to show up at andrews. absolutely. make a big deal, get xi jinping off the headlines. they don't agree on everything, but in terms of the headline issues, whether it's climate or social inequality or cuba, these are place where's obama and pope francis see very much eye to eye. pope francis' popular approval in the united states across the board vastly higher than those of obama. this is a win. and it's -- >> higher than anybody. >> than anyone. and it's a win for the united states to have 170 world leaders and

earlier this week, president xi jinping met with technology executives in seattle, including amazon founder jeff bezos and apple ceo tim cook. democratic presidentialcandidate hillary clinton is facing a new round of scrutiny over her use of a personal email server while she was secretary of state. fbi investigators say they have recovered a slew of emails that had been deleted from her account. anonymous officials told bloomberg news the recovered emails are both personal and work-related. hillary clinton has apologized for using the private server. in saudi arabia, officials say at least 400 people have died in a stampede near mecca on the first day of eid al-adha, as millions of people were making their pilgrimage to the holy city for the holiday. the stampede occurred during the ritual known as the "stoning the devil" in a tent city about two miles outside mecca. the u.s. state department says it welcomes the announcement that saudi arabia will head a u.n. human rights council panel. the news comes amid a growing international outcry over the scheduled beheading and crucifixion of ali mohammed al-nimr, who was arrested at the age of 17 and conv

jinping as part of his visit to the u.s. later, portions from the value voter summit in washington, d.c. that featured several republican presidential announcer: this week on q&a, political reporter tom sherwood. mr. sherwood, who covers politics for washington, did you talks about corruption in washington, d.c., maryland, in virginia. brian: tom sherwood, after 40 years of covering washington, d.c., when you look at, what is the biggest scandal? tom: do not think there is any doubt that

jinping state visit scheduled for next week in washington. >>> the president's rather weak foreign policy is sure to be one of the topics of tonight's presidentialate. here to discuss what we can expect from the republican presidential hopefuls, former reagan white house political director and fox news political analyst, ed rollins, pulitzer prize-winning author and fox news contributor michael goodwin, good to have you here. >> thank you. >> thank you. lou: the reagan library, it looks like there's going to be a lot of people trying to reach for the mantle and claim reaganesque standing, if not stature. >> a few voted to reagan, that's as close as they come, and no disrespect to the cast of characters that's there. i think the reality is this is a survivor contest tonight. trump is obviously gone and created a great deal of attention, a lot of disaffected voters and to a certain extent someone like bush, some of the others have to have a big night or they're not going to be in this game. they may have the money but they're sinking like crazy. i would say the first debate that's on today, the four guys at the bottom are never going to debate aga

jinping as part of his visit to the u.s. later, portions from the value voter summit in washington, d.c. that featured several republican presidential ♪ announcer: this week on q&a, political reporter tom sherwood. mr. sherwood, who covers politics for washington, did you talks about corruption in washington, d.c., maryland, in virginia. brian: tom sherwood, after 40 years of covering washington, d.c., when you look at, what is the biggest scandal? tom: do not think there is any doubt that the marion barry scandal that captivated people and 1990's was it. brian: do you think it is strange and all that they want to change the name of a high school to marion barry in high school and have a statute that says, mirror for life. tom: there is a camp in to get some kind of acknowledgment of im in washington, d.c. marion barry was heralded as a hero for the things he did. he was hated for the bad things. i am not surprised. mary was a big figure. four terms as mayor, for terms on the deep. see perry council. he did do it never things that he ought to be remembered. aian: because there are number of officials from butinia, not virginia maryl

presidential candidates talking at great length about this, and the chinese are under more domestic pressure because they're had all this market volatility which has created some criticism of xi jinping in cheen. >> rose: whether their reaction was appropriate. >> whether they were reaction was adequate or sufficient and xi jinping feeling confident in terms of his position globally but not willing to take criticism domestically or give any corner to president obama. >> rose: and the president is going to make a speech, in -- and the pope is going to make a speech. everybody wants to see, hear or touch the pope. some people don't want to hear his message, his pastoral message about what we need to do about refugees, about immigrants, about having a stronger sense of our brothers and sisters around the world. >> but congress is great, a sense of ceremony. a lot of people tinted want to see netanyahu come and address congress. but when he got there and rallied the crowd, everybody stood up and applauded. in case of the pope, everyone's going to go. congressmen are falling all over themselves to see who's more christian, believes in god more and is more willing to uphold values. >> rose

presidential race, the obama administration said it found a chain of e-mails that hillary clinton failed to turn over to the state department. messages she exchanged with general david pa trayis. >> cheenz president xi jinping travels to new york today. last night xi and his wife were honored at an elaborate dinner at the white house. mr. obama offered a toast celebrating the two countries working together. like fingers on the same hand. >> there will be times when our interests entirely overlap. but i think will be sustained is the friendship between our peoples. the foundation of the tides between our nations. [ applause ] >> first lady michelle obama also had something to say last night. in a fashion statement she wore a black off the shoulder dress designed by vera wang, a chinese-american. and the first lady of china is also a fashion icon. look at both of them standing there. >>> a security breech and lockdown is over at sea-tac airport in washington state. hundreds were delayed after a man went in through an exit. the suspect was taken into custody and charged with criminal trespass. he was reportedly a passenger who had gone through the check point earlier and then returned. >>> this morning's head

that this presidential election is happening and this is very important for our values and our interests and make sure that that part is at least as clear. >> it will come up and pink xi jinping will raise it. whether he does what a number have done and say you americans needed to take this seriously because the risk to relations are pretty significant if things go off track. i don't know if he'll to thdo tr not do that, but i think he'll want the president to understand if that's his view whether he would lean on the president as others haveskm if you want to understand it of course although it's ten years old, read my book. but it's a serious issue and i think the chinese leadership can understand it. i think it does understand it. and i think it is generally concerned for all the kind of reasons we were talking about earlier today that they may face a challenge exactly how they see the u.s. role really playing out, i don't know. but i think that you recall the u.s. not in collaboration with the prc but because of our own interests because very unhappy with provocations we thought we saw coming out of taipei. and they may want to think that we can do this again. and as i've

jinping during his visit to the white house later this month. this according to josh earnest who made the comment aboard air force one. >>> for the first time in her campaign democratic presidentialdidate hillary clinton addressing the issue of sexual assault on college campuses. she called it an epidemic in a speech at the university of northern iowa. her plan calls for a support network for survivors and disciplinary proceedings for both accusers and the accused. >>> at least seven people were killed after a crane at a bridge construction site collapsed in india. the giant piece of equipment fell into the river ganghis in the eastern part of the country. those killed were workers in a boat on the river. >>> a female power lifter from russia pulling off an impressive stunt in an attempt to set a national record. she pulled a 17 ton tram car for more than 6 feet. she says she has been in training for six months. it's unclear whether she set the record. that's a cnbc news update at this hour. back to you. >> i almost pulled my back making the bed the other day, sharon. >> you don't even want to see what contraption is going on with my sprained ankle and crutches behind my. i don't

jinping is on his way to the u.s. and what's shaping up to be a controversial visit. >> before he dropped out of the presidential racealker said mr. xi's visit should be canceled over accusations that china has been sponsoring cyber espionage. >> a u.s. natural security adviser susan rice says state sponsored hacking jeopardizes u.s.-china relations but she says avoiding engaging with china, that is not an option. >> i know that some people question why we host china at all. that's a dangerous and short-sighted view. if we sought to punish china by canceling meetings or refusing to engage them, we would only be punishing ourselves. >> mr. x's first stop is seattle, washington, where he will meet with tech and aerospace executives. for more on this controversial visit let's go to simon who is in beijing. so, some analysts suggest this could very well be the most important trip the chinese president has taken since coming to power. others will say it will be a rocky road with issues like, as we mentioned, cyber security front and center. what are the u.s. and china expectations for this i have it and what are the issue

jinping arrives, china's official news agency announces a pair of deals, boeing will build a 737 completion center in china, and china is buying 300 boeing jets. democrats favored joe biden at the presidentialhe is not in the race. poll still shows hillary clinton leading a 33%, the vice president at second, from a senator bernie sanders a close third at 24% year and "happy birthday to you" now belongs to the people. the psalm without paying royalties. the publishing company has been collecting on the two for decades might appeal. those of the top headlines. tom: let's continue a smart conversation on volkswagen. right now, we need an update. we had a beautiful briefing yesterday from our hans nichols, and he joins us now. hans, what is the nuance today versus your briefing of yesterday? hans: i have got a new paper for everyone to read, and that is -- this is the paper-based in lower saxony, which has a 20% stake in volkswagen. they have a lot of votes on the executive council and governing council. they seem to be getting a little bit of scoop on which direction this is going. the executive committee met last night, a surprise meeting we did not know about. they are meeting today. the exe