an official said the country must prepare for even bigger salamis. -- tsunami is. wen jiabao hens to your. this is a visit aimed at promoting communication and cooperation. joining me now from beijing is our correspondent. can you tell us how much the premiere's visit has to do with boosting trade and deflecting concerns over the european debt crisis we have been hearing so much about? >> i think it is to do with both those topics. proceedings will be dominated by the european debt crisis. china has expressed concern over it. the economic health of europe will have a knock on effect here on china. in april it did say that it might buy more european debt and that is something that china has done in the past to stabilize the economic situation in the eurozone. also your right in pointing out there will be a series of deals that -- in the trip to hungary and the u.k. and germany over the next few days. >> this week we saw a chinese authorities releasing dissident artist ai wei wei and that looked like it was an effort to deflect criticism of hiuman rights. will the to

she spent 30 years at the line at salami. they wanted to ensure that their daughters would have a shot at higher education. she also brought recipes from her childhood. she will be known for her steaming hot tortillas and salatamales. we learned from the intense love of her family. she softly sang every day, usually mexican ballads and lullabies. she was a war protector to her grandchildren. she will be forever remembered by her brother, her daughters and somebody who we honored several weeks ago. the grandchildren. many nieces and nephews. and countless relatives and friends. the family wishes to a knowledge the kind caregivers at these -- and the alzheimer's a presidential program and the 30th street residential center. this was celebrated bus thursday, june 9 at corpus christi church. she rest in peace at the holy cross catholic cemetery. >> seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes roll call for introduction. president chiu: why do we not now go to general public comment? >> that allows the public to address the

he named them salami and proscrumpious. i'm not going to tell you their names but he nicknamed. he said alex those are like my kids. so you guys honor my brother the way me lived his life and the decisions he made. special man, my brother's life. i have to give much respect to my oldest brother, sergeant lucio perez of the san francisco police department. growing up in the neighborhood we did. there was a lot of violent criminals out there on the street and i was a young man growing up, when he started patrolling the kids. vincent was also a young man just a few years older, i could tell you there's some dangerous guys that are locked up because my brother gave those streets everything he had. and we ended up following in his footsteps. so lucio for being the role model that you are, we wouldn't be in the profession that we are and we would not give it all we have if it wasn't for you. so thank you so much. and i tell you right now we wouldn't be sitting here and i wouldn't be sitting here if i wasn't for one guy who handed out a whole bunch of whoopens and raised that guy right

think that we in the west have any substantial friends in yemen and mr hall referred to a turkish salamis party where there are no friends of ours they've turned into quite a hostile element i don't think we have a base there so where is he we're trying to construct a policy the. it is that we can work with i think it's probably wiser to preempt and say that this is a state whose population is hostile and therefore we should put it on notice you have big debate and i think you know can i just explain it just coming out of the can i can interject i mean sol is because he is perceived as an american ally doesn't that create the anxiety in the in the dislike of the united states in the west just by the very fact that he's being very small rather than there is thirty thirty thirty three years he's been in power and basically been called a friend by the united states maybe not the best friend but a friend. i own that probably was not a wise thing to do but he wasn't as i tried to start earlier really an ally he was someone we could work with i don't know more than mubarak was and i like this p

he needs to explain fundamentally what that goal is and how his kind of slice the salami in this thin and slightly odd way is going to get us there. >> woodruff: help us understand, bill, what the pressures on r on this president right now. because we know they're coming from several different directions. >> you talked to the white house and had a briefing call this afternoon, there are all these pressures and the cost pressure and the amount you'll save by accelerating the p it is $2, $7, $7 billion, i don't think there's much pressure. i think the president has a huge leeway. there's zero chance this congress-- either the republican house or democratic senate-- would cut off funding for war for the remainder of his term. if tse he said we need to leave 90,000 troops there... he can take a lot of pride what n what he announced in 2009. he made a tough decision. he increased the forces. it's by all accounts remarkably success wrfl the sturj went, the south. it now needs to go to the east. i think he's making it harder on himself by not taking a position that's a full "let's win the wa

that kind of salami slicing approach preserves overhead and maintains force structure on paper but results in a hollowing out of the force by lack of proper training, maintenance, equipment, and manpower and that is what happened in the 1970's. a disastrous time for the military and to a lesser extent in the late 1990's. that is why i lost a comprehensive review to be completed by the end of this summer to insure that future spending decisions are focused on priorities, strategies, and risks. and are not simply a math and accounting exercise. this process must be about identify options for the president and for you, the congress to ensure that the nation consciously acknowledges and accepts additional risks in exchange for reduced investment in the military. above all, if we are to avoid a hollowing of fact, this process must addressed force structure with the goal to preserve the u.s. military capable of meeting crucial national security priorities even if fiscal pressure requires reductions in that force's size. i have said i would rather have a smaller, superbly capable military than a

salty meat, nice, creamy,salami. >> eggs. >> life is bet we are a fried egg. everything in life. it, too. >> like building. >> real quickly heefr, the steak sand witch. the way to a man's heart. >> top it with salad for health. healthy sandwich. >> with all that cheese? >> it makes you feel better about the world. >> i think so. dad should feel better about the world. thanks so much. >> thank you. >>> just ahead from our ryan to >>> good wednesday morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. there is snow melt as the temperatures are warming up. swelling in the rivers and waterfalls. there are some sign of flooding. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the sun is out now. the temps are warming up here in yosemite valley, maybe 90 degrees today. that means a lot of the snow is going to be melting and that meanses the waterfalls are going to get their fill. this is the iconic yosemite falls. the snow pack, 200% of normal. we've had the cold spring and now flooding as a result of the recent rise in temps. you're looking at video of the merced river flooding. 20 cabins are clo

that kind of salami slicing approach preserves overhead and maintains others from structure on paper but results in a hollowing out of the force from a lack of proper training, maintenance and equipment and man power and that's what happened in the 1970's, a disastrous period for our military and to a lesser extent during the late 1990's. that's why i launched a comprehensive review to be completed by the end of this summer, to ensure that future spending decisions are focused on priorities, strategy and risks and are not simply a math and accounting exercise. in the end this process must be about identifying options for the president and for you, the congress. to ensure that the nation consciously acknowledges and accepts additional risk in exchange for reduced investment in the military. above all, if we are to avoid a hollowing effect, this process must address force structure. with the overarching goal to preserve a u.s. military capable of meeting crucial national security priorities, even if fiscal pressure requires reductions in that force's size. i've said i'd rather have a s