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Only an official visit, symbolism is very important. look how the chinese are reporting it here, theyre saying hes contributing to world peace. this has been a testy relationship, as you know. richards touched on some of the issues of the currency issue, the trade imbalance between the u.s. and china, but also the tensions over photocopnorth kor theyre saying is hu jintao trying to right this relationship. >> richard, youve seen it all. did anything about this visit and the meeting between presi...

Going to be a presence in the pacific because we are a pacific nation as well as an atlantic nation. but we want to partner with all countries to create an environment in which trade and commerce and the exchange of goods and people and ideas and cultures is thriving. and, look, asia is obviously on the move. chinas on the move. thats a positive thing. that shouldnt be a threat to anybody. what we wanted to make sure of, though, is that through dialogue, through forms like the g-20, through form...

Countries to create an environment in which trade and commerce and the exchange of goods and people and ideas an cultures is thriving. and, look, asia is obviously on the move, china is on the move. that ils a positive thing and that shouldnt be a threat to anybody. what we want to be sure of, though, is that through dialogue and through forums like the g20 and forums like apec or the other multi-lateral institutions we have set up, that all countries are meeting their responsibilities, even as ...

Hillary clinton, secretary of state addressed apec as well and was rebuked to some degree, in statements afterwards saying, if you dial it back a little bit, remember the historic relationship between the united states and israel. did the administration overreact on that particular point do you think? >> no, i dont think so. i think that it was very important to have a moment of clarity in which the administration said enough is enough. were not talking about building in suburbs of jerusalem. we...

The box, no withstanding, prime minister netanyahus statement to apec about building in jerusalem. that is not being contested. it is not doing provocative things in jerusalem that will create problems for the negotiations about to start. that part is being resolved. the big question now is how those negotiations will proceed. i hope the prime minister will share with the president his vision of how he wants to achieve an agreement. on that basis, they could perhaps now construct a new partnersh...

>> this is an important ally, why not come out together and say that? >> its how the coverage of the meetings going to go. >> andrea mitchell, nbcs chief foreign affairs correspondent, host of "andrea mitchell reports," joins us now. this is the second straight visit of netanyahu to the white house. no cameras. >> exactly. no cameras -- >> close ally? >> no cameras yesterday also when secretary of state hillary clinton met with netanyahu. they were supposed to meet initially at the state departm...

Drug violence in mexico. both issues at the top of the agenda for secretary of state hillary clinton this coming week. monday she speaks to the apec conference here in washington. the american israel public affairs committee, also speaking at that conference, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. both speeches coming at a time of tension in the relationship between u.s. and israel. wednesday, trip to mexico. im poppy harlow in new york. heres some of the big stories well bring your way on...

Apec meeting. everybody will be there including secretary of state clinton and netanyahu. you will see politics played in america as well on this stage. it will be something to see. >> thats next week, right? are we here? >> it is really going to be something. >> still ahead, senator -- >> by the way, your father is coming on tomorrow. >> i dont know that they let dr. brzezinski speak at apec. >> can tiger woods make a comeback? hes set to return to golf next month. the fact that im excited abou...

Is overreacted and should tone it down. apec came out that way today. thats the american-israeli public affairs committee, and the most famous of the jewish lobby groups. also, the adl came out that way. on the other hand a more moderate, new jewish lobbying group called j group or j street stead was up to israel to calm things down, and martin indeck a william respected former american ambassador to israel has said basically, israel has got to realize that america has interests, too. now, indyk...

Staff shake-ups here, but now theyre left with this fight inside the republican party, wolf. >> a serious fight indeed. thanks very much, jeff zeleny. well have a lot more on the tariffs, the potential for a trade war. thats coming up. right now joining us is aaron david miller. he worked closely on peace negotiations in the state department for more than 20 years. aaron is now with the wilson center here in washington. lets talk a little bit about u.s.-israeli relations. both of these leaders u...