wendell goler reports the president doesn't see it that way. >> sometimes instead of home runs we'll hit singles but they're important. >> president obama denied he was leaving seoul empty handed but it was easier to see impact of the emerging countries expanding the most important economic forum than the economic of the u.s. faye filed to find impact of the trade recovery. >> it is under valued. china spends enormous money intervening in the market to keep it undervalued. >> they declined to single out china for criticism. da silva accused them of pushing down the dollar to get the trade advantage. >> that wasn't part of the discussion we had in the leaders meeting. >> he denied the political setback weakened him on the world stage, but said they might not be as interested in the photo ops now. he said a host of other countries are doing well and coming in their own. >> bret: naturally, they'll be more assertive in their interest and ideas. that is healthy. >> the debate over the tax cuts followed him over seas. he said extending them for the middle class is a priority. the presiden

white house correspondent wendell goler has the story from seoul. >> reporter: president obama arrived in seoul with the difficult task of convincing china to sell less abroad so the rest of the world can sell more. in a letter to g-20 members he warned the u.s. can't continue to rack up debt to fuel the global recovery. and said, "just as the united states must change, so, too, but those economies that have previously relied on exports to offset weaknesses in their own demand." at his last stop, jakarta, mr. obama pointed the finger at the undervalued yan. >> you say some countries one up very big surpluses and intervening significantly in the currency market to maintain their advantage when it comes to their currency. >> but the federal reserve board recent decision to pump $600 billion in the u.s. economy has drawn fire from china and other countries, who say it has the effect of lowering the value of the dollar. and giving it an unfair advantage against other currencies. germany's finance minister called the policy clueless, though he declined to pick a fight with the u.s. >> we do

wendell goler tells us why. >> unable to finalize the trade agreement they hope to show case as model for other nations, president obama said he hoped there would be a short delay. >> we don't want months to pass before we get it done. we want it done in a matter of weeks. >> this stems from the auto maker that are being frozen out of the market. korea limits import of the u.s. beef as safeguard against mad cow disease. two michigan congressmen suggest that the president was right to walk away, saying, "there is a basic principle at stake with a practical impact on american jobs." but the u.s. chamber of commerce warned the koreans are negotiating a free trade deal with europe and, "american workers stand to lose 340,000 jobs without the u.s. deal." specialist charles freeman says the trade ambassadors let them down. >> that is putting pressure on your principle to throw up your hands and say okay. >> they are trying to convince jintao to elower the trade. >> we have a special balance for strong growth. >> u.s. officials says china exports more because goods are cheaper which is a res

>> bret: wendell goler, travelling with the president in jakarta. thank you. >>> a hand shake with the first lady is causing problems for an indonesian minister. that's in the grapevine. up next, incumbent congresswoman in illinois hopes every last vote is counted for her. 3Ñ@n÷úe0ç=?ú%@0wwó;>çn >> bret: a former supervisor for the defunct politicaled a vo cas group acorn -- advocacy group acorn agreed to a plea deal for illegally paying canvassers for registering voters in nevada. acorn filed for bankruptcy last week and was defunded by congress last year after numerous scandals and investigation. it could be more than a week before we learn who won last week's congressional election in one suburban chicago district. correspondent steve brown tells us what the hold-up is all about. >> joe walsh is not yet a new member of congress, but he must prepare anyway. >> i'll go to washington next week for freshman orientation. i've got a great group of advisors who are helping me step up right now. >> watlsh has a scant 347-vote lead over melissa bean

wendell goler live in japan. wendell?> rick, the president hopes the senate will ratify that treaty during its lame duck session, which starts next week. but it takes 67 votes to ratify the treaty. republicans are demanding billions more in spending to modernize the arsenal as the price for name vote. the president agreed to some of that. but they'll have a tougher time with a smaller democratic majority next year if not ratified this year. there was entertainment for the 21 leaders gathered here last night. kabooky is a japanese dance dr. practice from the 1600s. this annual summit known for showcasing the culture of the host, the host next year will be president obama. the summit to be healed in hawaii. it's back to work on this last day of the trip. it centered around ways to boost u.s. exports and cut into china's huge trade surplus and says it's about rebalancing a global economy that has come to depend too much on american consumers. >> we see the need for rebalancing as an opportunity to rebuild our economy on a ne

wendell goler traveling with the president live this morning in seoul. wendell?shepard, that a u.s.-south korea free trade agreement would be an example of sharing the wealth and the sacrifice that other countries would follow and could pressure china to lower its huge trade surplus. but president obama couldn't live with a deal that froze u.s. automakers and beef producers out of the korean market. he said that kind of sacrifice wouldn't help the global recovery anyway. >> the most important thing that the united states can do for the world economy is to grow. because we continue to be the world's largest market and a huge engine for all other countries to grow. >> mr. obama spent more than an hour trying to convince chinese president hue jintao by pricing his currencies so low leave other countries unable to sell and unable to buy. likewise president obama failed to convince angela merkel to back limits on trade surpluses. one analyst expects it to go too far. he doesn't expect the leaders to go far enough. >> the danger of not being much movement there we drif

let's ask wendell goler who joins us live from japan tonight, hi, wendell. >> reporter: the presidentertainly didn't get as much as he wanted, he hoped to reconfigure a bush administration free trade agreement with south korea. that basically shut the u.s. out of the korean auto market and also, gets international pressure on china to stop adjusting its currency, to gain an unfair advantage in exports, he got neither. and, in some ways it is a result of the decision a couple of years ago to expands the world's most important economic group from 8 members to 20. the president agreed it was necessary to bring in merging economies like china and brazil, to cope with the economic crisis but, now the crisis is over, and those economies, chinese and brazilian economies are booming and the president has been unable to convince them america's economy is weak enough to threaten the rest of the world, especially since u.s. trade and -- in this region of the world seems to be expanding quite well and here's what he said to the ceos, yesterday. >> president barack obama: the u.s. is looking to ex

>> jon: wendell goler with the president. wendell, thanks. speaker of the house nancy pelosi, who is preparing to convene a lame duck session of the house next week, is also making it clear where she stands in the tax cut debate. a live report of that coming up at the bottom of the hour. some confusion tonight over whether al qaeda may have a new guy running terrorist operations against the west. london's daily telegraph newspaper reports osama bin laden appointed this man to coordinate new attacks. the paper says is he believed responsible for both the recent terror alerts in europe and the failed airplane package bomb plot. the fbi is offering a 5-million-dollar reward for him in coordination with the bombings in kenya and tanzania in 199. no doubt is he dangerous there is a question whether is he really running the show. catherine herridge with the news live in washington. catherine, what are you hearing? >> thank you, jon. based on our reporting, investigators can't agree on whether he has taken one of al qaeda's top operational jobs beca

>> bret: wendell goler, travelling with the president in jakarta. thank you. >>> a hand shake with the first lady is causing problems for an indonesian minister. that's in the grapevine. up next, incumbent congresswoman in illinois hopes every last vote is counted for her. [ man ] ♪ trouble ♪ trouble, trouble trouble, trouble ♪ ♪ trouble been doggin' my soul ♪ since the day i was born ♪ worry ♪ oh, worry, worry worry,orry ♪ [ announcer ] when it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance. travelers. take the scary out of life. if cars didn't need keys? if you could talk to them wi this? if you turbocharged this little guy? if old water bottles became new seats? if you never bought another gallon of gas? or what if cars had force fields? that would be cool. nissan. innovation for today. innovation for tomorrow. innovation for all. ♪ but one patient is my favorite... my mother. lastear mom needed addional nutrition so i recommended boost nutritional drink. and she still drinks it every day. [ male announcer ] boost has 26 vitamins & miner

wendell goler traveling with the president jakarta tax indonesia. hello, wendell. >> hello, shep. for days the president has been watching the weather concerns the winds will push the ashes into the flight path of president 1 as the president travels from here to seoul. this trip which was delayed and cancelled and rescheduled and then cancelled again has now been cut back to about 18 hours. the president welcomed here yesterday with a formal ceremony. he held one op. one talks and news conference with indonesia president. he was guest at a state dinner last night. still have time today to visit the mosque, the country's largest and give a speech at indonesia university that aids call follow-up to the muslim address to the world in cairo. america's favorite son isn't quite as popular as he was the days after the election when people thought he would completely reform america's relationship with the muslim world. president obama says that will require more people-to-people contact. >> our efforts have been earnest, sustained. we don't expect that we are going to completely eliminat

>> shepard: wendell goler live in seoul, south korea. wendell, thank you.ple hundred miles south of that summit rescue crews have been engaged in a desperate earth to find survivors after an accident at sea. 150 tons south korean navy ship started sinking today after it is said to have collided with a fishing boat nearly twice its size. they say it happened in the waters off south korean resort island. we're told at least one sailor died. two others are mission. of course, this triggers memories of an incident earlier this year in which 46 sailors died when a south korean war ship sank. international commission found a north korean tornado hit that -- torpd has torpedo has hit that ship. new government ending 8 months of political gridlock. this has happened in the last few minutes. with the deal, the iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki will stay on for yet another term. al al allawi stunned some of his own supporters by accepting his terms and taking the post of parliament speaker. al alawi's party won two more seats than al al maliki's did in the electio

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tell us what's going on, wendell goler?nt obama and the other president started their news conference almost 30 minutes ago but they're getting to questions because both of their opening statements were considerably longer certainly than reporters had expected. i can tell you president obama announced that he will return to jakarta next year to attend the summit of the association of southeast asian nations. it actually took him four tries to make it here on this trip. the trip first delayed and then bumped from his schedule by the debate over health care reform, rescheduled and bumped again by the b.p. oil spill in the gulf of mention mechanxico. as point out, this is likely to be cut short because shifting winds are pushing volcanic ash in the path of air force one traveling between here and seoul, south korea where the president is headed for his next stop. a short while ago, we got a bulletin about an earthquake here in indonesia. a 5.1 magnitude earthquake 600 miles from here but i can pretty much assure you, we did no

with the president in new delhi, wendell goler, found. >>> in other world of the news, officials say nine suspected militants were killed in u.s. drone attacks. the u.s. has publicly acknowledge those attacks. pakistani media claims that last year 700 civilians were killed in drone attacks, but the new american think-tank says about 120 civilians were killed. >>> in indonesia, evacuations continue as the merapi volcano spewed ash and sputtered lava. this video shows people runing from the volcano. on friday 90 people were killed sending hot clouds of gas, rocks and debris avalanching down mount merapi. in all, some 138 people have died. >>> and in italy, archaeologists and politicians leveled charges of government neglect and mismanagement following the collapse of a 2,000-year-old house in pompeii ruins. now the curtal minister warns more buildings in the ancient city may fall. 2 million tourists visit pompeii each year. >>> it was a beautiful day for a more than in new york city. more than 45,000 athletes took part in the annual marathon and among them chilean miner edison penia, k

though the effort stalled, wendell goler reports on the goal next. >> reporter: as he moves toward the third year in office, aides say president obama hasn't given up the vow to close detention facility at guantanamo bay. >> no one expects this to be easy. but i know that the president has not and will not give up on the goal. >> mr. obama promised to close gitmo his first year in office. now with republican s republica control of the house, there is little chance congress will approve funding for facility in this country, according to steny hoyer. >> with the given concerns and make-up of the congress, probably won't happen. >> the not guilty trial for embassy bombing in kenya and tanzania where 224 people were killed embolden mr. obama's critics. liz cheney, daughter of the former vice president said it signalled weakness in a time of war. family members of the victims supported civilian trial and the single conspiracy charge he was found guilty of will keep him in prison for 20 years. the president supporters say it's not clear more damning evidence the judge tossed out, entained by

wendell goler reports from new delhi. >> reporter: a formal dinner capped the president's longest visito a foreign country, a trip he was interested in focus on jobs. in mumbai he told college students he'll have to sell a republican controlled house on the change he promised two years ago. >> it requires me to make some mid-course corrections and adjustments and how those play themselves out over the next several months will be a matter of me being in discussions with the republican party. >> reporter: toward that end mr. obama this weekend announced new experts of boeing, military and civilian planes and harley davidson motorcycles and other products totaling billions of dollars and supporting more than 50,000 jobs. the indians 1.2 billion people have a economy growing at 10% each year but they lack electricity. they want what u.s. is selling. >> america is a home of high technology. we need that technology to upgrade our skills both in the civilian sector and also in the defense sector. >> reporter: in a peach to the parliament, the president endorsed the country's long held desire t

wendell goler is traveling with the president and joins us live from japan. hi, wendell. >> hi.ident medvedev will be looking for the promise that the congress will ratify the treaty during the lame duck session, booth's not necessarily a promise president obama can make. republicans are demanding billions more spending, the price for nuclear modernization as the price for their votes. it will take 67. pentagon officials say it's important to ratify it quickly because it's that treaty that allows the u.s. to inspect russia's nuclear arsenal, something we haven't been able to do isn't the old treaty expired. the president focused most of his efforts on expanding u.s. trade just as he did at the g-20 summit in seoul. but he has not had any more obvious success in japan than in south korea. the emerging economies, china and brazil exerting influence they didn't have before this global economic forum was expanded from eight countries two years ago. mr. obama told a group of ceo's here, one of the lessons of the global economic crisis is that the world can't depend entirely on americ

wendell goler is live in seoul with the latest. what's happening now, wendell?alisyn, the president spoke to some of the 35,000 u.s. soldiers who were stationed along the demilitarized zone between north and south korea, the most heavily fortified border in the world. he spoke about the forgotten war that ended 60 years ago in an armistice. there's never been a peace agre agreeme agreement. some of the soldiers that fought in south korea felt their sacrifices were unappreciated. the president assured them it was not. >> because the korean war ended where it began geographically, some ended up using the phrase die for a tie to describe the sacrifices made here. as we look at the thriving democracy and its grateful and hopeful citizens, one thing is clear. this was no tie. this was victory! >> the president came here looking for a free trade agreement with south korean president but it was not to be at least not yet. democrats in the senate objected to the deal reached in 2007 by president george w. bush because it didn't clear the way for u.s. exports of cars and

wendell goler, fox news. >>> and the week kicks off on a green note on monday.is america recycles day. this year's theme is i recycle, do you? and the week kicks off -- let's talk about tuesday. former president george w. bush heads to dallas, texas, to break ground on his new book. there will be a future from his two terms in office. when people magazine celebrates it's 20th year of sexiest man alive when the issue and the cover boy hits stands. previous honorees include george clooney, done -- johnny depp and mel gibson. >>> and there is a meeting on both sides of the aisle for a lame duck meeting. at the top of the agenda, a discussion about the tax cuts. and after that the president will head to the nato talks. >>> and millions will flock to see harry potter. it's the final book in the beloved harry potter seares. >>> well we've come to know the famous students of hog worts but what about the icons who went through the famous military school. >> still ahead of what you can learn online about the biggest names ever to attend west point. >> and his fall from g

wendell goler reports on how an apparent road block here at home could cause trouble overseas. >> hours before leaving for the nato summit in portugal, president obama made another appeal to the senate to ratify the now stark treaty during the lame duck session. >> if we don't, then we don't have a verification regime. no inspectors, no insights into russia's strategic arsenal. >> a bipartisan group including the former republican secretaries of state henry kissinger and james baker backed the white house but arizona republican senator has pushed to hold the issue until the new congress convenes next year. he wants more than the $4 billion the administration is offering to modernize the u.s. nuclear arsenal and he wants more time than the lame duck session allows to debate the treaty. deputy national security advisor says the president shares some of kyle's concerns but -- >> we believe the best way to protect the national security is to ensure that this is ratified before the end of the year. >> in lisbon, mr. obama will push nato to guarantee afghanistan's security. his aides say gett

as wendell goler reports, the president is pushing the senate to ratify that treaty. >> we'll have an hearing. >> reporter: hours before leaving for the nato summit in portugal, the president made another appeal for the senate to ratify the new start treaty during the lame duck session. >> if we don't, they went don't have a verification regime. no inspectors, no insights into russia's strategic particle. >> reporter: henry kissinger and james baker back at the white house. but jon kyl is pushing to hold the issue until the new congress convenes next year. he wants more than the $4 billion being offered for the arsenal and wants more time to debate the treaty. dennis mcdonough said the president shares some of kyle's concerns but -- >> we believe we need to make sure this is ratified before the end of the year. >> reporter: in lisbon, getting troops out by the end of 2014 is said to be just a goal. >> it does not mean that all coalition forces would be gone by that date. >> reporter: officials say the frap withdraws will been troop withdraws will be based on conditions. >> the reason

bill: wendell goler, thanks, sir.we're watching the situation with heath shuler of north carolina. he wants to take nancy pelosi's job and we have tape of him walking in. look at this: >> congressman shuler. ... for today? >> hopefully we'll get the votes today. martha: former football player says simply, hopeful we'll get some votes today. it's an uphill battle, for shuler but he has gotten a lot of attention, saying he thinks democrats need to go in a slightly different direction than nancy pelosi has taken them and believes he's the man to do the job. we'll see what happens. bill: this is going on, too, the man in charge of medicare and medicaid and faces questions on the hill for the first time. the latest on what could become a fiery senate hearing in moments, a live look there. martha: wait until you see some of this video from mexico. there is a bloody war going on, and is a lot closer than iraq and afghanistan. the man behind the shocking inside look -- and this is dangerous to get the video, folks -- at our s

. >> wendell goler has the details. hey, wendell. >> how are you, brian? here in seoul, leaders of the 20 leading economies agreed to monitor the trade imbalances the u.s. believes are slowing recovery from the global recession but they couldn't find a way to actually even things out, in countries that have trade sur mrauss in particular china to import more and export less so other countries have a larger share of the global market and create more jobs. the leaders rejected the idea of setting limits on trade surpluses and the u.s. and south korea failed to reach agreement on a free trade agreement that officials had hoped would serve as a model for other countries on how to share the wealth, president obama blames the restrictions on u.s. autos and beef. leaders failed to find a way to keep countries from spending the value of their currencies. artificially low to make it sell cheaper. mr. obama says china racked up a huge trade surplus by depressing the value. >> it is undervalued. and china spends enormous amounts of money intervening in the market to

wendell goler is live at the white house with reaction there. ndell, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, martha, the incident serious enough that president obama was awakened well before dawn, and briefed by his national security advisor, tom donelon, a we're told he phoned south korean president, well before dawn, in fact, press secretary robert gibbs released a statement, saying, quote, the united states strongly condemns this attack and, calls on north korea to halt the belligerent action and fully abide by the terms of the armistice agreement and the statement said the u.s. is fully committed to defend south korea and the island, yeonpyeong is in dispute, south of the 38th parallel, the armistice line divided north and south korea without a formal peace agreement since the war ended in 1953. martha? martha: so, wendell, talk about how all of this started. and, if you do know, when we expect to hear any more from the white house, on the next move. >> reporter: well, it is unclear when we'll hear from the white house, about this. th