u.s.-china relations. despite many serious remaining concerns i believe it's important to stress the significance of the u.s. reaching two deals on this sensitive crisis with the chinese as well as engaging in the annual strategic and economic dialogue as planned. these talks underscore the vast array of national and economic security issues in which is u.s. and china must continue. we must continue to work toward greater understanding. with regard to north korea, iran, the south china sea, international property rights and currency manipulation. i believe efforts to improve cooperation officially and through enhanced public diplomacy will allow us to better address areas of mutual interest and those of disagreement. including the mere ad of security challenges in the serious cases of human rights abuses like the one that mr. chen has endured and those revealed in the course of his brave work. beyond bilateral engagement to address these issues the u.s. must continue to pursue engagement including the u.n.

china's most amount of course to the u.s. and you surprised that the biggest market in china to just last week. play so i think for hillary clinton. and the rest i think this is really a selling trip they want to show they. want to sell goods explosion. to china they want china's market to to be to keep all that for you schools but of course they are also the military. china is growing military really and. politics in the u.s. want to keep china within board with this war costo waterways. do you. not want to see china become a global power where the military side of things that you mention there is particularly interesting isn't it i mean u.s. and chinese leaders are trying to downplay their disagreements but we know the u.s. is building up its own presence around china while beijing is boosting its military spending so what is all this going. well. on the face of it a confrontation is. this is like the. force the. defense so. you. had on the south china sea or somewhere but i think there is enough mutual interests between the

u.s. and china. china and us people countries. will be responsible u.s. or china. the u.s. says it won't limits the deployment of a nato missile defense shield in europe despite objections from russia the project is the cause of one of the deepest divisions currently between the two countries russia is now making a high tech case against the system and a special conference in moscow which fifteen nations planned to attend but it's now . no way on this and if so what exactly does russia want to demonstrate at this international gathering. well mr de france has been at the deadlock for quite some time now between the u.s. russia and nato it's a long standing issue on what russian officials at this summit are hoping to do is to prove with a computer model how deployment of missile defense systems in poland romania even as far as turkey plans which aren't even crimes really anymore they're really in full force pose a major threat to russia's national security this is something moscow has been trying to prove to all parties to dialogue. for some time now and to no avail washingt

now china has been using his family for bargaining chip. u.s. officials said china was threatening to beat his wife to death that he did not leave the embassy. this evening speaking on the telephone, chen said the danger to his family and children the reason he left. >> at no time did u.s. officials speak to chen about the physical or legal threats to his wife or children nor did any chinese officials make threats to us or threats. >> american diplomats did tell him chinese officials had said his wife and children would be set -- sent back to the the village if he stayed in the embassy. they demanded an apology. the u.s. has said it will not be one. hillary clinton is in beijing for scheduled talks with china's leaders. on a host of major issues, america has to work with china. whether it is the state of the global economy or stopping the bloodshed in syria. tonight, from his hospital, chen guangcheng vergie might be kidnapped again. he appealed for help that his china -- his family once lived china. >> live now to beijing. we know the economic d

china. she said the u.s. doesn't take sides in the dispute but has an interest in maintaining open seas. >> as a pacific power we have a natural instinct of free am of navigation, respect for international law. >> del rosario says they hope the u.s. will increase their involvement in the region. >> we reaffirmed our shared obligations under our mump defense treaty and jurnd scored the necessity of ensures that our climate is robust and responsive. >> they want large scale joint military exercises. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." thank you to watching. fo watchi. . tavis: good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. tonight a converson

u.s./china relations into a crisis. the u.s. is believed to be sheltering an escaped dissident as hillary clinton heads to beijing for talks. celia hatton is in china, norah o'donnell at the white house. one year after the killing of bin laden, new revelations about his ultimate goals. reports from david martin and john miller. dr. jon lapook on a surprising new study about children and diabetes. and after serving years for crimes they didn't commit, mark strassmann finds men helping others just like themselves. >> sometimes when i get up i still pinch myself to see if it's true or not. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. just when the obama administration was expecting progress in relations with china there's a new crisis. one of china's leading human rights dissidents escaped from house arrest and is believed to be with american diplomats in beijing. the timing is incredible. tonight the secretary of state and treasury secretary are leading a delegation of 200 a

>> reporter: the case focused international attention on the thorny issue of human rights in china. >> the u.s. and china, at least in this instance, were able to work together for an outcome satisfactory to both sides and mr. chen. >> reporter: chen is a self- taught lawyer, had been imprisoned four years for speaking out against china's one-child policy and advocating for the rural poor. most recently, chen was under house arrest, where he alleges he and his family were subject to beatings. visitors were turned away. wereds monitored his every movement. but last month, under the cover of darkness, chen eluded the guards and escaped with the help of other activists, he traveled ng0 miles to beijing where dissidents secretly transferred chen from a van to a u.s. thernment car, all without being detected the by chinese surveillance. chen was given sanctuary inside the american embassy, touching off a diplomatic standoff. after tense negotiations, chinese officials agreed to let chin chen live free of persecution, but chen had second thoughts. after another round of talks, he was allowed to purs

u.s. and or china that there will be a bipolar world placing the soviet union the u.s. but very different bases so no. or yes a cold war but it's sort of a cold war with the soviet union on an ideological basis with china on the economic. news today. and fled. these are the images that are seeing from the streets of canada. sigrid laboratory kirby was able to build the most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tombs mission to teach creation why it should care about humans in the world this is why you should care only dot com. live from moscow this is our. russia warns it could launch a preemptive strike against the nato led defense shield planned for europe if divisions between them reach over the project reach a critical point now the country's military chiefs have been voicing their concerns at an international conference on military defense here in moscow are here this is now a follow the event for us. well missile defense has been in a deadlock for some time now but certainly no secret between the u.s. russia and nato and once

u.s.-china relations? >> top officials from the u.s. and china aheld hybrid talks lat week in beijing but all the attention was on chen's case. the two countries made the position clear concerning human rights issues in china. >> we will continue engaging with the chinese government at the highest levels and putting these concerns at the heart of our diplomacy. >> china repeatedly expressed their frustration, saying that the u.s. was interfering in their domestic affairs and this was unacceptable. it seems like china's true intention is to prevent the issue from getting any bigger. one expert says the exchange of strong words is just a part of rhetoric. >> neither side wanted this case to stand indefinitely. it doesn't work for any side. for president obama, it simply provides a new card for mr. romney to hit back. for china, the chinese leaders and the government, people would be moredissatisfied with the government. >> another case receiving a lot of international attention was the fall of the former chief and rise i rising star. are t

u.s.-china relations was being played out across town. u.s. officials a sweeping into a beijing hospital where the blind human-rights lawyer now says he is anxious to get out of china. in a telephone interview he says i would to leave as soon as possible, i feel very unsafe, my rights and safety cannot be assured. a dramatic turnaround, he was brought to the hospital personally by u.s. ambassador gary locke wednesday after six days in the u.s. embassy and after an apparent u.s.-china deal to guarantee his safety in china. >> apparently he has had a change of heart. we will just have to sit down with him and talk about it and review all of the options. again, they are going to have to make a decision. for the u.s. officials say che or pressn to leave the embassy and they said he never once asked for asylum. according to one report, chen has asked to leave on the same plane as secretary clinton but the reality is he is in china -- in a chinese hospital under chinese jurisdiction and getting him out of the country may be far more complicated. back

u.s./china relations? >> well, top officials from the u.s. and china held their annual talks in beijing last week, but all the attention was on chen's case. the two countries made their position clear concerning human rights issues in china. >> we will continue engaging with the chinese government at the highest levels in putting these concerns at the heart of our diplomacy. >> china repeatedly expressed their frustration, saying that the u.s. was interfering in their domestic affairs and that this was unacceptable. but it seems like china's true intention is to prevent the issue from getting any bigger. one expert says the exchange of strong words is just a part of political rhetoric. >> neither side wanted this case to stand indefinitely. it doesn't work for any side. for president obama, it simply provides a new card for mr. romney to hit back. for china, for the chinese leaders of the government, people would be more dissatisfied with the government. >> right. another case receiving a lot of international attention is the sudden fall of bo

u.s.-china relations. just before noon in beijing today, the blind activist was told to pack his bags with his wife and two children. chen did not know until his arrival at the airport that they were headed to the united states. ken lieberthal is with the brookings institute. >> the u.s. and china, at least in this instance, were able to work together for an outcome satisfactory to tho both sides and mr. chen. >> reporter: the case focused international attention on the thorny issue of human right rign china. chen air, self-taught lawyer, had been imprisoned four years for speaking out against china's one-child policy and advocating for the rural poor. most recently, chen was under house arrest, where he alleges he and his family were subject to beatings. visitors were turned away. guards monitored his every movement. but last month, under the cover of darkness, chen eluded the guards and escaped with the help of other activists, he traveled 300 miles to beijing where dissidents secretly transferred chen f

used to smaller countries did to challenge china so the u.s. strategy is to give enough to do some leverage in countries to keep china occupied so a dead child never would not have the time. hard to do with our the geopolitical fleece john they spit host set up his own institute in china to study social and economic developments there foresees a new current of cold war on the horizon here's some of what we'll hear later on in today's program. we've heard a lot of talk about malta over world but last century it was it's over the us this is truly to be very simple minded out of this century is the u.s. and china that bipolar that world is going to be dominated by the bipolar connection of china and the u.s. and people will make countries will make decisions and calibrate their their actions against what they perceive will be the response of the u.s. and or china that there will be a bipolar world replace it and they so be us but very different bases so no knowledge of war no i guess a cold war but sort of a cold war with the soviet union on an ide

u.s. and or china. moscow is warning it could make a preemptive strike against nato zante missile defense shield plan for europe if the u.s. persists in going ahead ignoring the criminal position russia's military chief city telling concerns about the planet an international conference here in moscow with representatives from over fifty nations attending of his admission no he joins us live with more on this meeting that was saying today hi there nice and i want kind of message is russia hoping to deliver at this international gathering that. the missile defense has been in a deadlock for some time now that's certainly no secret between the u.s. russia and nato and once again russian officials today reiterated the sentiment that that deadlock needs to end or else russia is going to take responsive action we heard the phrase preemptive strike this is pretty harsh rhetoric we're hearing from russia they're very serious about their their concerns their national security concerns being taken into considerati

u.s. or china. moscow's warning it could make a preemptive strike against nato as anti missile defense shield plan for europe if the u.s. persists in going ahead ignoring the kremlin's opposition russia's military chief the detail and concerns about the plan at the international conference in moscow with representatives from over fifty nations there he's innocent now he's got the details. missile defense has been in a deadlock for some time now between the us russia and nato and that sentiment was reiterated by russian officials are apt this summit that that deadlock needs to be resolved or russia will take responsive measures we've heard talk of preemptive strikes are pretty harsh rhetoric coming from russia that's because according to officials the lack of response that we've seen to their concerns by the u.s. and nato missile deployments really in eastern europe is no longer a plan it's well underway poland romania even as far as turkey and russia sees this as a major threat to their national secu

u.s. and china. at the prospects are getting worse all-around. >> is this going to have an impact on the relationship? >> probably not until i hear from now because there are such large issues the two countries have to deal with. they have these annual negotiations, this moment of tension is not a good thing. >> of course, he is not the only dissident in china. but will his case and the publicity that the global attention is bringing have any impact on how china treats these people in the future? " this is a particularly important case. -- >> this is a particularly important case. his case is that china should run in accordance with its own rules. the people should have the protection of lot guaranteed under the constitution. women should not have forced abortions. so, he is calling for the communist government to it here to atone banners, and that -- to its own banners, and that makes it a particularly trying case for the chinese government. >> thank you. at least 20 have been killed and over 100 wo

>> as hillary clinton said to herself, at between china and the u.s., they cannot solve all the world's problems. but by cooperating, they can have a good stab at it. america will be trying to persuade china to take a tougher line on syria, iran, north korea. china will be looking for concessions from america on the economic front. there is a lot to talk about. whether we get any kind of hard details or a hard deal at the end of these two-day talks, it remains to be seen. i think these talks and the issue of chen guangcheng will still be discussed. >> tempers flared between the two contenders and the french presidential election on wednesday evening. it was their only televised debate before sunday's second round vote. the accused each other of lying. our europe editor has more. >> on a rainy night, the to the candidate arrived for what has been called the dual. first and, francois hollande, said he hoped for decency in the debate. then president sarkozy arrived. he described himself as determined, but not extremely determined. >> the expected audience, 20 million. the last chance for t

u.s. strategy is really trying to encircle china from ordering from japan to. india three quarters so the u.s. is calling china an expression in south china sea there you have a military exercise somewhere for. these two smaller countries here to challenge china's so here strategy is to. give enough backing to neighboring countries to keep china occupied so a dead child there would not have tired to deal with other geopolitical feelings. joe nice bit to set up his own institute in china to study social and economic developments there he first sees a new kind of cold war on the horizon now we've got a full interview coming out with him in twenty five minutes but here's a quick taste. we've heard a lot of talk about multiple polar world but last century it was over the u.s. this to be very simple minded about it this is the u.s. and china that bipolar world is going to be dominated by a bipolar connection of china and the us and people will make countries will make decisions and calibrate their their actions against what they perceive will be the response of the u

china. i hear a lot about the u.s. view but what in your view is china's current policy towards ties with the u.s. in terms of those here in paris beijing what are they really thinking i think for china actually there any do stores. i think is a bit. complicated i ding on the economic side they also or wants. more aid and walk operation from the u.s. but other human rights you see on the security i doing this perceive us as a potential or a rival in the region so i think this dialogue those economic and security so i think actually china we'll hold our barry. added us thoughts just to use us ok we have to leave it there thank you very much indeed of a chain gang from the east asian institute the national university of singapore thank you. ok. set up his own institute in china says the world is yet to see a major standoff between washington and beijing has a good taste of our interview with him which you can see in full in about twenty minutes time. they have been building their military but it's still the u.s. military

u.s. and or china that there will be a bipolar world break placing the soviet union the u.s. but on a very different basis so not all for naught or yes a cold war but sort of a cold war but with the soviet union on an ideological bent basis with china on economic growth you very much for this interview thank you very much. to a substantial degree and one form or another socialism has spread the shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations of the earth and the shadow is an approaching a whole different. in the early twenty first century military bases the network of military bases all around the former sleepy empire that the united states is trying to build its astonishing most americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of a million or more than two hundred fifty thousand u.s. troops stationed on these bases all around us. we don't have fallen bases in america we don't have any british base we don't have any korean base we don't have any french bases or you know we just all american bases in our bases of. the noises our north and doesn't bother us at all bec

and or china that there will be a bipolar world replacing the soviet union the u.s. but on a very different basis so no more no i guess a cold war but sort of a cold war but with the soviet union on an ideological basis with china on economic. two of egypt's leading presidential candidates are suspending their campaigning they blame the ruling military council for wednesday's brutal attack on protesters up to twenty people were killed and more than one hundred injured by on known attackers sparking for the clashes the rally was supporting a disqualified also a conservative islamist candidate seen as one of the frontrunners before he was banned various political forces and he was the ruling military for all to strengthen the blood shed surf earth looks into the chaos religious tensions have created in post-revolutionary egypt. taking phone in middle eastern news across this is the leading comic actor. and his satirical film the leader is just one of a number in which he's still heard that if you learned him in prison for offending islam it's a ruling that's in raging w

u.s. to slap a currency manipulator label on china. the u.s./china business council supports the treasury's decision. it says calling china a manipulator would only complicate the fragile relationship between the two countries. >> susie: billionaire investor carl icahn is turning up the heat on chesapeake energy, the embattled energy producer. he wants to replace at least four directors on the company's board, saying they have failed to hold its c.e.o. accountable in a quote, "dramatic fashion." chesapeake shares have tumbled sharply, since the company's sweetheart loan and investment package for c.e.o. aubrey mcclendon came to light earlier this month. icahn is the company's third largest shareholder. >> tom: june 7 is circled on jamie dimon's calendar. the j.p. morgan chase c.e.o. has been invited to testify before the senate banking panel that day. he's been called to washington to explain how a trading unit at his company lost over $2 billion on complex financial derivatives tied to corporate bonds. so far, dimon's office is not commenting

u.s. and or china or the there will be a bipolar world replacing the u.s. but very different bases so no knowledge of war no i guess a cold war but sort of a cold war with the soviet union on an ideological bent basis with china on the economic. you're just joining our team it's nine minutes past the hour and russia warns it could launch a preemptive strike against the nato led defense shield planned for europe if divisions between them over the project reach a critical point the country's military chiefs have been voicing their concerns at an international conference on missile defense in moscow as any so now explains the missile defense has been in a deadlock for some time now but certainly no secret between the u.s. russia and nato and once again russian officials today reiterated the sentiment that bad deadlock needs to end or else russia is going to take responsive action we've heard the phrase preemptive strike this is pretty harsh rhetoric we're hearing from russia they're very serious about their their concerns their national security concerns being

with chinese production or with japanese or other asian production well if we take china as an example we know that the u.s. administration is also going out of its way to persuade china to buy less earing in oil for example. what sacrifices could they possibly be offering to the chinese in your opinion well the try and you're right the u.s. is asking china to buy less arabian oil the us is asking china to put pressure on north korea to stop its missile program so we're asking the chinese to do a lot of geopolitical things what we're not asking the chinese to do is to stop manipulating their currency to keep their currency undervalued as a. subsidy for their exports we all complain about that we say fine what the u.s. does complain about it their car we don't bashing china no no this is ministration tim geithner the secretary of treasury refuses to say that china is manipulating its currency he will not formally say that because formally to say it would then compel him to take some action he doesn't want to take any action because he knows that that would cause a huge conflict which i. mean we heard presid

plus hillary clinton pitches for china's support of north korea and iran but the u.s. military's asia pacific buildup and support for chinese dissidents leave beijing where e. to stay with china as china's rampant economic growth and political influence continues we'll take a look next how big a challenge this could be for the world.

u.s. secretary of state to discuss human rights issues in china where christopher were to visit christopher in the following months. he mentioned about the debates in the u.s. congress about human rights and trade issues and the potential risks of this meeting. i hoped my opinions would prevent the u.s. from moving backwards on human rites issues in china. i would be willing to take such a risks and meet with the secretary of state. he mentioned that my opinions had been passed on to president clinton by senator kerry and already had a positive effect on the set up of radio free asia. he hoped that my views would help the secretary of state christopher. we discussed and agreed on some details of the meeting with secretary of state christopher during his visit. in the morning about two or three days later a police who has been in charge of my surveillance come to my home and say that security would like to talk to me. later they brought me to a resort hotel saying that i should relax here and wait for their superior. i ask who would i meet and what to discuss but there were no answers. on th

quote, if i can get out of china, i will. u.s. ambassador to china on the left telling us he was never pressured to leave the embassy and insisted he wanted to remain in china. we will have a live report for you later on the show. >>> what an emotional day in the courtroom with the corruption trial of john edwards as his daughter left the courtroom in tears after a former aid testified. he talked about the fight between edwards and his now deceased wife. telling jurors how a distraught elizabeth confronted her husband about the affair with rielle hunter the same day tabloid published a story about it. his daughter eventually returned to the courtroom after a recess. today a former staffer takes the stand. >>> take a look at this. you are looking at the world's most expensive piece of art ever to sell at auction. the famed work is called the screen. you recognize it. it sold for nearly $120 million. the bidding went on for 12 minutes between 7 people. the winning bid went to someone over the phone. the buyer's name not being release

now, growth of course has been a major focus for markets, whether it be in the u.s. china or europe. so encouraging words from china's leaders yesterday, did help boost markets, especially in the commodity sector there is, we did see a spike higher in wti crude prices. premier wejiabao and a visit to central china did say that growth was one of the major priorities for china. also in the camp david meeting in washington, the leaders will also agreed greece should remain in the eurozone so encouragement seeping into the marketplace. we did see that reflected in european markets as well as u.s. markets and now we're seeing that translated into the nikkei and the topix there. now, the nasdaq i got to mention that, was also boosted considerably after we did see share in apple trading higher you see that coming u onhe screens there. that was on hopes of new line-up of products this summer also apple had been heavily oversold in the last few weeks. facebook, however, which did have its initial public offering on friday did a tumble more than 10%, so a bit of a mixed picture ther

u.s. strategy is really try to encircle china from all the way from japan to. india so three quarters of the u.s. is calling china an expression. is south china sea there you have military exercise somewhere for philippines and vietnam so that these two smaller countries can dare to challenge china so they your strategy is to give enough backing to against neighboring countries to keep china occupied so a dead child never would not have tired to deal with the geopolitical things. to sort of his own institute in china to study social and economic development full season you can the cold war on the horizon this is just a clip of what we'll hear next hour. we've heard our talk about multi polar world but last century it was the soviet us this to be very simple minded about it this is the us and china that bipolar world is going to be dominated by a bipolar connection of china and the us and people will make countries will make decisions and calibrate their their actions against what they perceive will be the response of the u.s. and or china that there will be a bi

u.s. and china relations. ide from many serious concerns, it is important to stress the significance of u.s. reaching a deal on this since the crisis with the chinese, as well as engaging in annual strategic and economic dialogue is planned. these talks } vast array of national and economic security issues, which the u.s. and china must continue. we must continue to work towards greater understanding. with regards to north korea,, iran, and currency manipulation, just to name a few. public diplomacy will also address areas of mutual interest and those of disagreement. including the disagreements of human rights abuses, like those that mr. chen endured, and those of his brave work. beyond bilateral engagement to address these issues, the u.s. must continue to pursue engagement in multilateral form, including the u.n., reflecting positive change in china. it is important in note that the u.n. population in china was one of the first to raise mr. chen's writes in chinese government -- with chinese government offic

u.s. wanted to give china face and avoid tensions ahead of the talks. u.s. ina put on an alls well front today as they opened the strategic sxhik talks. secretary clinton did did mention human rights, but most of her remarks were around cooperation. president hu jintao urged mutual respect between the between countries. with the case receiving so much media attention, it is likely that china needs to salvage it face that has been lost by two embassy incidents in the past few months. so chen may not be allowed to go to the u.s. immediately, but judging by the past cases, similar cases, the release may come later. what this does is highlight the degree of human lights abuses at china local government levels. i tried to contact the government of chen's hometown and they said everyone has left and nobody could do interviews. meanwhile china's global times newspaper says this issue has been blown out of row portion by the u.s. government and western media. back to you. >> and after talking to chen guangcheng earlier this morning, she tried to get back in touch wit

u.s. treasury secretary timothy geithner and china's vice prime mere shengxian. the low currency allows it to export more products. the u.s. urged china to raise the value of yuan with reforms of its currency control. further deregulation of export control on high-tech products to china. it said the trade imbalance has been called for excessive regulations on high-tech goods. >> translator: more than 2,400 products fall in the u.s. exports control. that's why it's difficult to eliminate the trade. >>> 13 asia nations have agreed to set up a preventative lending program to stop the eurozone crisis from spreading to asia. finance ministers and central bank governors from japan, china, south korea, and the association of southeast asian nations reached the agreement in manila. the new system would allow fund injections before it would affect any of the nations. the agreement follows a similar move by the group of 20 nations last month to increase the lending capacity of t international monetary fund. the asian economic leaders also agreed to double the current region