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That all of these other issues when were talking about trade, when were talking about the value of currency and so forth, that all of that should really take the back seat until china really makes an effort to address the issue of human rights. >> dan lothian live at the white house, thank you. you can hear directly from president obama and president hu. the joint news conference is set to begin an hour from now at 1:05 eastern. cnn will bring that to you live. all week, were focusing on china...

Full schedule, as you heard is set for the president and president hu. this hour, theyre expanding bilateral talks to include some of their other top officials. at 12:30 eastern, the meeting with chinese business executives. at 1:05, the two will hold a joint news conference. the glitz and gam gets under way at 6:00 p.m., the president and mrs. obama hosting a state dinner in honor of the chinese president. of course, trade is one of the biggest points of contention between the united states and...

>> youre welcome. thanks for having me, gretta. >> at about 2:05:00 a.m., the morning of the killing, loughner called a friend. the friend did not answer his phone but loughner left a voicemail. >> its jared. i had -- i just want to tell you, good times. peace out. >> theres a heavy sigh at the end. >> it was all in past tense. it sort of bothered me how he said weve had good times. i was afraid i was going to wake up and see his name in the obituary in a couple days. >> the accused gunman spend...

The congresswom giffords is among the 12 wounded. police have a 22-year-old suspect in custody. hes identified as jared lee loughner, heres what we know about todays events how they unfolded. giffords public event was scheduled to run until 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. eastern. she was at a shopping center in northwest tucson. cnn first confirmed the story at 1:05 p.m. eastern time or 11:05 a.m. in tucson. the next few hours were a rush of confusing and contradictory reports. things started to clear up ar...

Voluntary trade. why does government, in this case congressman sherman has anything to do the process at all. >> jonathan, a union is a collection of employees. >> who are given special treatment by government. >> they are not given special treatment they are given the ability to bargain with their employer. >> let me go back to wayne. you pointed out the 10 year spread for private sector jobs added. if you look intob9d 05 less thn 10 years private sector jobs 20%. the more you shrink it the bet...

Cnns karl penhaul is with them. >> reporter: they have to get the camera down and check ow it is, not a problem with rock falls. there there is a likelihood of rock falls, what theyre going to do, put steel casing down the whole shaft of that. possibly only have to put steel casing on the first 100 yards, and the that means that the miners could be starting to be extracted, brought to the surface from monday or possibly tuesday, and that really is great news here for the families at camp hope. t...

An al qaeda captive in afghanistan. >> the spectrum of information suggests that we needed to put something out to warn people about the potential for attacks. >> reporter: what might be the target? tourist attractions like the vatican, big train stations in europe are well guarded. another 9/11 would be tougher to pull off than london 05, a bus and subways hit. >> if they want to cook up a bomb in their kitchen or pick up a gun and shoot someone, thats far more difficult to stop than a sophisti...

Theyll have a serny in the east room at 11:05. it was originally supposed to be in the rose garden. but it looks like theyre preparing for bad weather. as weve been reporting all day as well. and its potentially an acting role in the job. dont assume hes only there for the short term. hes somebody that has been with the president longer than any other person in the white house short of david axelrod, who had a political consulting relationship with candidate obama then for the senate. he has bee...

It is a breathtaking difference. >> it is a significant thing for a soldier to see iraqis he might have trained two years ago and they didnt have that much initiative, they werent that well trained, not that aggressive. now were watching them, were following them, hes getting paid back for the time hes spent here. >> reporter: more than 4,400 american troopd dis died fighti "operation iraqi freedom," another 4,000 were wounded. when you look back at your experience in 05, 06, 07, was it worth it...

Them, hes getting pay back for the time he spent here. >> reporter: more than 4,400 troops died, and another 34,000 were wounded fighting operation iraqi freedom. when you look back at your experience in 05, 06, 07, it was it worth can. >> absolutely. a lot of soldiers made sacrifices here. soldiers faces and people i worked with, if their sacrifice is worth where were going, were doing the right thing. >> reporter: some american troops are month optimistic about the future than many iraqi peopl...