both nations are upbt about global gwth, pointing to signs the world is moving towa recovery. as darren gersh repos, the question ihow to keep the world's largest onomies headed in the se direction. >> reporter: it was inese state councilor dabinguo who mmed up the self-interest th brings the u.s. and cha together in masse meetings like ts. >> ( transled ): we are in the same big boat, that s been hit by fierce wi and huge waves. >> reporter:s massive economies, both cotries are critical to the emerging gbal recovery, and both countes also have comm interests and prlems. to see why, alyou have to do is walk acrosshe street from this meeting to the s. treasury. the u.s. gernmrt is selling a record $115 billion in debt is week. the chinese, of cour, are the biggest lders of that debt, their stake topping morehan $800 billion economist uri dadushays that means cha doesn't want to see ther too much inflation or t little growth inhe u.s. >> so look at cha as now being a significant stakeholdein how the u.s. enomy performs. >> reporter: the u. too has a propetary interest in china,

our negotiations with president obamaave demonstrated th we share the same attitude towas this problem well, i think president meedev sd it well. this is an urgent issuend one which the united states an russia have to take leadership. it is very difficult fors to exert that leadership unless we deal with our own nuclear ing to stockpiles in a more rational way anthat is why this st-start agreement is so important and i'm hopeful that we can rece ouruclear arsenals bas muc as a trd an hopefully,can move even beyondhat in subsequent agreements and treies. the critical issue that president medvedev identified is the fact that we areing a pace of potential proliferation that proliferation that we have not seen in quite some time. and he mentioned twopefic areas. the middle east, the is deep concern about iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons capability. notimply becauseof one country wanting nuclear weapons, but the fact that if iran obtained nuclear apons, it is an almost -- it is alst certthat other countes in the region would then decide to pursue their own programs and we would then see a

robert gates hailed the progre towas a mre secure existence since his fit visit to the country as defenseecretar and well he might, bause tat was 2006 at the height of the secondaryne vlence tha nearly -- the volence that to place. violence still take place today in many towns and cities. u.s. troops still patrol ceain areas. kuistan is one of the regis in th north. arabs ankurds are at odds over how to dide the revenue from the oil rich province. the rds claim it the fea is that unless the hue is resolved whe the amecans are still in iraq, ad the dispute could slide into conflict once they leave then therere potentially lucrative arms deals to negotiate. the iraqi government saiit is interested in buying 23-1s to help protect iraq from outside threats. th wouldn't solve the cotry's many internal problems. to the amerins, all this boildown to essentiallyne qution. how to get 130,000 troops out of iraq by the end of 2011 witht the security situatio getting any worse? "bbc news," in baghdad. >> the iranian authorities hav released 140 opposition supporters seized inhe aftermath of last mth'

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d on both sides, theygave speeche that sort of courted theay towas a good summit. but in reali except for about three thins, all of which were relatively easy to get, somewha of a reduction in nuclear arms ich russia really needs. an asumtion of miliry to military relations. except on a few things like this, the big issues, the ones where we have profound diffences were left for another day. >> uh-huh. nina, let me ask you is. when we talk about a family relationshipwe might say who wearshe pants in the family? when it mes to the russian leadership, who is actually in control? >>ell, it's a question th everybody's asking and y know myperceion and very unregional in this thatladimir putin ithe one who is wearing the pants and dmitry medvev is a very nice first lady. and he's very ceremial. he's very cordl. >> he dresses wel >> he dressewell. heooks very put together he speaks well. so he's a good spirit lady for russia. only appropriat that we have leader and then a an who is executing thatosition. >> andim, do you think that putin's ju sort of positioning himself t

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. >> china's progress towards liberalization, towards freedom of expression towas rule of law is only goingto be helped by our engagement and our exame. the more studes that come to the.s. and eerience freedom, better off we are. so ty're going to be home and they're going have a taste of what a fr society is. american uversities are actuly the best itrument of diplomyhat u.s. has. students who come hereand live here go home deeply rpectful american values because the see what it's like. they e what a marvelous thing it is to be able y whatever you like, to be able , you know, criticizanyone. >> charl: and not have the internet censored. >> absolutely. i think engagement is the best hope for theiberalization of china. >>harlie: and the change o the political system. >> eventually. >> charlie: not just -- . >> well there's freedomof expression. there' rule of law. are transactions going to be arbitrary based on law. and then there's choice of leadership. ere's democracy. ose are separate things and obviously they're related in our country. buyou can imagine more free speech witho neces

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>> reporter: well, at the moment all leads look like they're pointing towa ining towards a m been on the run here, a notorious terrorist. that's the thinking at the moment from the police. they say they're almost certain that this a double blast was the work of this man, also implicated in a string of attacks in indonesia over the past decade, including the devastating attacks in bali in 2002 and 2005. all of his attacks have focused on western targets, trying to kill as many westerners as possible. yesterday they seem to have succeeded. now getting a picture of the casualties of the six confirmed dead, three thought to have been australians, including an australian diplomat. it's just been confirmed in the last few minutes. also a new zealand gentleman died and a man from singapore and indonesian. a business meeting was the target in the marriott hotel right behind me here. it appears from the tv footage that's been recovered that the suicide bomber talked his way past the security guard, wheeled a suitcase in and detonated the suitcase with devastating results. >> dan, you mentione

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but what surprises me how quickly people move towa the violent situation when they ar pushed. d in the knowledge that their actions will seen around e world a helped? >> the existence of thecameras the back, the idea that you n get anaudience quickly if you have a violent protest tually makes folks more willing to escalate moreickly to aviolent siation, basically for publicity? >> reporter: yea i think that's partf it they c certainly t an audience, whher it's sympathetic or not from different parts ofhe world, dending on the severy of thei reaction. in mo violent nfrontations, being a civil war or full out confrontations, and people, the amazing prepence tthought that i their righ minds would react violently tohe force of ra against them in the countries, and yet people aretill fighting right dn to what is happing in china toy. and i am pretty sure that had the cas no been around, then those things would be over ickly or the level of violence would be lower. do you agree with that? no. i don' the people in iran that were protesting in the streets were perfectly peaceful. it w

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t negotiating tables s wit the iraans to talk about a situation ere theyy end their prograramoving towasw we will g goive to a askao talk to a an anchch onhat thehe are sayiying about sarah palin r hometn state.e. >>> first, william cohen, just back frorom russia.a. we w will ge his take on the presidident's tr to scow. you are watching "morning joe" on a busy d, brewed by starbus. [ revving ] [ engine powers down ] gentlemen,n, you bked your h hotelonrbitz. well, , the ice went down, soououe all getting a check thks. for the e differen. ceptor you -- you di'took with orbitz, so you're not getting a a eck. well, i ink we've all learned a luable lesson today. good day, gentntlemen. thanks a lotot. thank you. introducing hotel price assurance, where if anothther orbitz customer oks the same hotel for less, we send you a check for the difference, aumatically. >>> i think the has been a time over the lt several years wherer rusa/a/s. relations wre notts strongasas they ouould b. whwh i s coming ins i w wantt to prerehe rese button o o relations betwtweeththe united atates andrussia. >> welco

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