happened in tunisia. yes, we do agree shockingly enough. i think juan is right. i think that is the problem. secular governments, moderate governments don t want to stand up and speak out because they are afraid of what is going to happen. do you want to reconsider no. shannon: stay tuned for an exit.
that happen as quickly as possible. reporter: republicans welcomed it too with skepticism. think this is wonderful expression of boards but the problem too soon words don t match the action. reporter: president offered an example, of contradictory maze of rules that businesses face. fda calling sack run safe while epa considered it dangerous, until epa changed the rule. he called it fuel agreement a model of how industry, unions the states and environmentalists all provided regulatory clarity. others such those cap standards were a model of dysfunction. those same oil companies that thought they had a deal they could live with is now suing for exactly those rules. republicans and industry leaders their skepticism is based on the bigst regulatory hurdle to come down the pike, 2,000 page healthcare law.
aircraft. the problem that obama now, currency on trade, hillary spoke about human rights the other day it s coming late and coming after obama established himself as weak and soft in relation to china. once you establish that perception, it s hard to undo it shannon: has this administration made a conscious effort to change how they started the relationship with china. charles mentioned there has been a lot by cabinet officials in advance of this visit. will it work? no. this has been a tone for some time. president obama and he is having hu jintao here as an interested in changesing the relationship. this comes at a critical stage. charles mentioned the military tensions that are emerging in terms of the relationship with korea but assertive military in china where people wonder given
at the west. to go directly after christians. is there a role for the u.s. in this situation, or would it be overstepping in any way to get involved? i m not sure. clearly we have a christian majority here in the united states. i think we have tremendous concern about human rights issues in general. under the claim of being interested in human rights, i think we could certainly say this is wrong. now i think what we re seeing here is something that i think dr king referred to is feeding the people the bread of hate. i think a lot of governments don t necessarily have any hatred directed toward christians themselves. they see in the islamic extremist community they let it happen then they somehow feel they are winning points with the extremists in their nation. that is the problem here. it s weakness on the part of the government. we ve seen it signified what
former attorney general heidi hidecamp, but she appears to want to run for governor. and then congressman earl pomeroy said he just moved to washington to become a health care lobbyist. okay, thank you very much for all of that. meanwhile, china s president hu arrives in washington this afternoon. there will be a private dinner with the president and all the fanfare of a state dinner the next night. at the same time the white house is trying to take a more assertive strategy with top cabinet members challenging china s stance on currency on trade, military and human rights affairs. william cohen, chairman of the cohen group, knows china well from a military standpoint, strategic standpoint. what is the most important challenge that we face right now from china? the most important thing that we need to do is set up a regime whereby we can have a measure of