i know tom donilon sorted steered away from expecting that on friday, but if you were looking at the baskets, would you say -- >> i would steer you back to what tom said. that's what i would -- >> -- say that there is any prospect of announcements of positive developments in many of those baskets and would one be more likely than other? >> i think we are hoping for, and i think the president will outline -- president obama will for president hu -- the steps that we believe need to be taken. whether or not this happen on a deliverable schedule -- we have a relationship with countries that isn't simply marked by a visit and a series of deliverable. our relationship is one, as you heard secretary geithner and the national security adviser donilon out line, that for fast and that are broad and that require constant engagement, which this administration will be focused on. >> thanks, robert. i have three quick questions. first, i noticed in the presidents of he talks about beebee formula regulations and saccharin, but there's nothing about the guns, specifically the ban on high-capacity ma

but issa also plans to ask officials like tom donilon to testify. that reminds veterans of the clinton years of former oversight chairman dan burton when he had issa's job. >> i know, but what i can't understand is why you can't give us an answer. >> it doesn't matter whether the question is political, ridiculous, if there's a subpoena attached to it, you're required by law to produce the documents it asks for. >> reporter: the democrats have had the gavel. now the tables are turned. >> the biggest pitfall would be if these investigations are perceived as being witch hunts and political in nature as opposed to focused on substance and policy. >> reporter: andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> and across town at the white house, preparations are under way for a new kind of part two of the obama administration, with new people coming in, and we learned today at least one well-known name departing. white house correspondent savannah guthrie on duty with more from there tonight. savannah, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. as we've bee

tom donilon steered us away from expecting that on friday. >> i steer you back to what tom said. >> say that there is any prospect of announcements of positive developments in any of those baskets and one would be more likely than another? >> i think we're hoping for, i think we're hoping for and i think the president will outline, president obama will for president hu the steps that we believe need to be taken. whether or not, those happen on a deliverable schedule, we have a relationship with countries that that isn't simply marked by a visit and a series of deliverables. our relationship is one, as you heard secretary geithner and national security advisor donilon outline that our, that are vast and that are broad and that require constant engagement which this administration will be focused in on. tom. >> thank you, robert. i have three quick questions. first i notice in the president's op-ed he talks about baby formula regulations and saccharin. there is nothing about guns in there, specifically the ban on high-capacity magazines. does the president support that? >> i don't think t

almost certainly be in the room with his national security adviser, his national security adviser, tom donilon, probably secretary of state clinton, possibly secretary of defense and gates. the chinese president will have his foreign minister, ambassador to the united states, maybe a couple of other people. you are right, it is completely different in private than in public even so, both sides of talking points. -- even so, both sides have talking points. it may be that the american president listening to hu will not hear chinese positions that they have not heard before. but it will be more than in public. they will get some pushback, a lot of pushback, if they ask, for example, for chinese help in dealing with north korea. there are likely to get, as they have before, it warning that china has not all that much influence with north korea, not as much as the united states thinks. thinks. host: we will continue to watch the talk with our guests. your phone calls. greg, democratic line, sarasota, florida. caller: it was interesting to see the pop and circumstance. the real issue today is 50 mil

- but we will have -- likely be joined in some manner tomorrow by our national security advisor tom donilon to walk through some of what you'll see next week and some of -- additional things that we hope to discuss and cover. yes, ma'am. >> back on last night and the idea of unity, the president has talked about and campaigned about bringing the country together in 2004 and 2008. in what way has he not been able -- why has he not been able to bring the country together in the two years that he's been president? and is there some way in which his behavior is going to change after tucson? >> well, look, ann, i think that what the president would tell you on that answer is that -- i think -- and i think this was conveyed in his speech last night -- that we are not going to remove disagreement from our democracy. and we shouldn't. that's the underpinning of the notion of our self-government. but the tone and the approach that we take in those debates i think is what we all hope changes because of both the events of the past few days, but i think anybody would say that -- and, again, i think you

, a can, if they give the word of talk about -- as you heard geithner and donilon talk about the series of baskets i think is tom called them or themes on issues that will be part of the discussion here tomorrow. human rights is certainly an important aspect to that. the economic relationship we have been in the security of that region of the world and of the entire world are important in the role that the chinese must play as world that cares. so i'd give is -- i think again there's a whole host of issues that will be enterprise docket that the two leaders will work on. >> can we have more weight to the human rights issue quiet >> again, i think there are a whole host of important issues that will be discussed and we hope will be ultimately address. >> did you get word from a typed about the looking back -- can you explain a little bit or about how this process will work and the timetable -- a >> we have no idea what the timetable might be, but again, this is simply for the relevant agencies to go back and ensure that the regulations that are currently on their books, again, goes through a process