right now he's meeting with indian prime minister nor ren da modi.y have strong culture ties but the relations between the two countries became strained in recent years. there are disagreements about climate, trade and restrictions with pack tan. they hope to translate that trip into diplomatic progress. cnn's white house koorpt michelle kusinski is traveling with the president. first, the president has described the friendship between the u.s. and india as one of the defining relationships of the 21st century. is that what you've witnessed so far? >> we've heard the white house talk about this for months now, especially when prime minister modi shortly after he was elected, one of the first big trips he made was to the united states. he spent a week there spending quite a a lot of time with president obama. even though there was the controversy over modi not really having a visa to be in the u.s. of course as head of state that nullifies that and he's certainly able to visit. but this time around with president obama visiting india, it's really sign