U. As the president has been trying to pivot to asia, what these individual relationships prove is how much china always plays a role. South korea has been trying to cooperate more with china. The president raised eyebrows when she appeared at the Chinese Military parade. So what does that message show . Is she going to back up the u. S. On certain issues that the u. S. Disagrees with china on . Are they willing to pressure on cyber security. And south korea has also been the subject of many sign r attacks. And if south korea is trying not to of fend china, what does that mean as far as a new misill Defense System . What does that mean for the South China Sea . The u. S. Opposes that and is possibly soon planning to run ships by there. Is vout korea going to back the u. S. Up on that . And is china going to put more pressure on north korea versus its Nuclear Program . North korea is going to weigh heavily in the discussions that are happening still as we speak. But theres also going to be this press conference where president obama is going to take questions. We expect him to weigh in on the troop drawdown that he announced yesterday in afghanistan. Other big topics like israel and the 2016 campaign. Thats significant he will be taking questions. This is an important moment. The white house, well take it live. Well check back in with you. In the moan time, she mentioned some of the other issues overseas. A troubling situation in the skies above syria. Turkey shot down a mystery aircraft flying in its air space. Its an unmanned drone. We know that for weeks turkey has been warning russia to stay out of its skies as Vladimir Putin wages war alongside his allies. Defense sources are telling cnn otherwise. Lets go straight to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. What are your sources telling you about what happened and who the drone belongs to . Lets start off by saying officially the russian government says that all of their drones are accounted for. Nothing of theirs got shot down anywhere, especially not over turkey. You see this wreckage on the ground. You see Turkish Military forces near this wreckage. Now u. S. Officials are saying they believe there are initial reports that are drone was russian. Maybe a separate question who was operating the drone. We dont know if there was some russian operators at some ground station operating it or operated by someone else. But u. S. Officials say the initial reports they have is it was a russian drone. All American Drones are accounted for. The russians say all of their drones are accounted for. But thats a pretty busy border these guy days. The russians, according to official, have strayed across into turkish air space with manned aircraft in the past. The turkish government strong on this poirnt warning the russians to stay out of their air space and they would risk getting shot down if they came back in again. No indication this was a manned aircraft. So its interesting to see who is going to claim its theirs. I want to bring in Lieutenant General mark hearthling. So general, i was on tv this morning talking to the press secretary at the pentagon and he said this isnt just turkish air space. This is nato air space. So in addition to this, you have the recent intercept between russian and u. S. Jets over syria. He said he is concerned. Whats your biggest concern here . My concern is that theres a lot of aircraft flying in an area without any control. And going back to barbaras comment a a minute ago and russia claiming its not their aircraft, from the pictures we have seen it looks like a russian drone that they have used in ukraine u. Several of those crashed in ukraine as well. Its almost identical and nonmarke nonmarked. Ed so i think we have a couple problems. First of all, you have for the first time in this air space the yoous of drones. It obviously went beyond its link capabilitcapability, whiche radio control of the drone was probably not shot down. It probably crashed. Most of the drone we used in iraq and afghanistan dont get shot down, they crash because they go outside their range. Its a difficult aircraft to shoot down any way. Its small, weighs about 50 pounds, maybe 2 by 3 feet long. So thats a tough airplane to shoot down. Im not sure im buying any of the russian story because we have seen them give this kind of propaganda before where nothing ever goes wrong in president Russian Military, but we have seen a lot of things go wrong. Thats the thing. Thats so important. Youre not buying it. Barbara, i was watching one of your pieces recently. The russians videotaped a conversation between u. S. And russia. They are trying to agree on a safety plan over syria, but how can you trust anything . How do you agree with anything if russia is not telling the truth . Well, we spoke recently to a former air force Intelligence Officer and asked him this very question. He said, no, he would not trust the russians. Hes long experienced in air force intelligence. His view was that u. S. Pilots are going to have to look out for themselves. Thats not the way its supposed to work. People are supposed to cooperate up there. And thats why the u. S. Wants to have this Technical Agreement. Nobody is looking for a disaster. Nobody is looking for some accidental really terrible incident to happen. So the u. S. Pressing hard to get the russians to come to a Technical Agreement about how they operate up there. The pentagon very strong, very adamant. This doesnt mean the u. S. Is cooperating with the russians. They are really just trying to avoid a disaster at this point. General, how do you see this playing out specifically regarding u. S. And russia in syria . I think the russian aircraft are going to continue to have problems because they are doing uncoordinated action and the coa ligser are being controlled by what we call a plane that has sighting where various aircrafts are and have fine targeting procedures. It appears the russians are attempting to fly anywhere they want to. Its going to cause problems. Theres going to be some type of accident. Its lucky that this first one was a drone, no one was hurt. It was over flying turkish air space but nato air space. Youre going to continue to see the turks have problems with this. They will continue to shoot at and they already have in the pa past. So if the russians to continue to. Push the envelope, someone is going to get hurt. Thank you both so much for your reporting. This is something the president could be answering after this q a. Were waiting any moment now. Live pictures from the white house. Two podiums, the president of the United States and the president of south korea deliver addresses here. But again, they will allow for some time for q a afterwards. Youre watching cnn, im Brooke Baldwin. Take you live to the white house. The president obama and the president of south korea. Lets dip in. Good afternoon. Last year in seoul the president welcomed me to the blue house. Today its my pleasure to welcome her back to the white house. Madame president , during your last visit here you addressed a joint sgs of congress, which is an honor thats reserved for americas closest friends. You noted that the founding document of both of our countries and a commitment to the people with the same words to their pursuit of happiness. For more than six decades, americans and koreans have stood shoulder to shoulder in that pursuit. Once again your time here includes a visit to our korean war veterans memorial. Were very grateful for that. Thats a reminder that our people have fought and bled and died for one anothers freedom. I know your gestures mean a great deal to the American People and especially to our proud korean war veterans. In recent years we have work ed together to strengthen our awe license for the future, and today i want to reaffirm that the commitment of the United States to the defense and security of the republic of korea will never waiver. Our Alliance Remains a lynch pin of peace and security, not just on the Korean Peninsula, but across the region. So south korea plays a central role in americas rebalance to the asiapacific and e we continued that work today. As we agreed in seoul last year, our militaries are investing in shared capabilities, including the technologies in missile defenses that allow our forces to operate together effectively. We want to ensure that our korean allies have the capabilities that are needsed to take on greater responsibility for the defense of the peninsula and the potential transfer of control of the alliance. Were determined to maintain our readiness against any threat. Madame president , i want to commend you and the people of south korea for the resolve you displayed this summer following north koreas reckless actions that wounded two of your soldiers. North korea was reminded that aggression will be met by a strong, united response by south korea and the United States. Like wise, the nuclear misill program achieved nothing except deepen their isolation. We are reaffirming that our nations will never accept north korea as a Nuclear Weapon state. We will continue to insist that they must abide by their obligations in a peaceful manner and given the horrific treatment of the north Korean People by their government, our two nations will continue to expose abuses and call for accountability for human rights violatio violations. We do support the president s efforts to improve relations between south and north korea. As my administration has shown with iran, cuba, we are also prepared to engage nations with witch we have had troubled histories, but they need to understand that it will not achieve the Economic Development it seeks so long as it clings to Nuclear Weapons. In contrast to the president s better vision, a free korea and thats a vision we very much support. She shared her proposal that northeast asia peace and Cooperation Initiative to build greater Cooperation Among the countries of the region and we welcome those efforts. We discussed shared challenges with a summit can be another step forward in building positive relations between south korea, japan and china. With respect to trade, we reviewed the first three years of our trade agreement. Bilateral trade is up including american autos. We do still have work to do and when the issues of implementing course have risen, they have been resolved but we need to resolve them quickly. President park discussed what she is pursuing. Those are reforms that we welcome. And finally, im pleased that our alliance is increasingly a global one. South korea is not just an important player in the region. Its increase i guessly an important player in the world stage. South Korea Remains a partner in development in afghanistan, a member of the coalition against isil, a generous donor of humanitarian aid to refugees. Now were expanding our cooperation to new frontiers. For example, given the increasing Cyber Threats to both our nations, including from the dprk, were stepping up efforts to strengthen cyber defenses and coordinating at the highest levels. The white house and blue house making sure were in sync in dealing with that challenge. In the fight against climate change, were accelerating our investments in clean energy. Our new Civil Nuclear agreement reflects our shared commitment to the safe use of nuclear power, which is a low Carbon Energy source. I want to commend south korea for announcing its post 2020 target to limit carbon emissions. As we head into. The paris conference, south korean leadership can be an example for other nations around the world. Having already worked together against ebola, south korea has stepped up. Our Development Agencies will partner to reduce poverty and encourage Sustainable Development in southeast asia. And both our countries are standing together to promote education and health for girls around the world. Our let Girls Learn Campaign so, madame president , thank you once again for your partnership, your leadership and your friendship. I believe that we have shown again today that our Unbreakable Alliance is not just a foundation for security in the Korean Peninsula and in the asiapacific region, more and more our alliance is helping people around the world in their own pursuit of happiness with dignity that they seek for their families and for their nations. Madame president. Mr. President , thank you very much for your remarks. I also thank you and the American People for the very warm welcome you have extended to me throughout my visit. In todays summit, you and i discussed not only the koreanu. S. Alliance but issues surrounding the northeast asia and a shared global agenda. During the past two and a half years, we have been able to create a resolved sense of issues as conditions based operational control and the revision after 42 years in cooperation agreement, which evidences that the koreau. S. Alliance is stronger than ever. Our alliance is now moving beyond a Security Alliance and an Economic Alliance and evolving into a comprehensive global alliance. The big. Est threat to peace and security in northeast asia is a north korean provocation and advancement of their Nuclear Capabilities. And president obama and i share recognition in many aspects of this issue. First, by the north, korea and the u. S. Will strengthen efforts with the International Community including china, russia and japan. And to this ends, we will try to fully utilize the various regional and multilateral gatherings that are to take place. Second, with a sense of urgency and firm commitment, we have agreed to strengthen diplomatic efforts to resolve the north Korea Nuclear problem on the basis of cooperation that will strengthen coordination among the five parties. While korea and the United States will deepen consultations with other countries including china. Should north korea demonstrate a willingness to denuclearization, we affirm that we stand ready to extend cooperative measures to the north. In our discussions, we looked beyond today the current pressing of the peninsula and engaged in deeper conditions of the peninsula with regard to the changing situation in the korea peninsula and the process, we will continue to pursue coordinated policies on north korea. At the same time to create conditions conducive to deepen the strategic consultations between korea and the u. S. I would also like to thank president obama for support for the korean governments ideas on peaceful renunification. And today we adopted a joint statement on north korea that contains shared recognition on these related issues. The koreau. S. Alliance is the linchpin of peace and. Stability in the asiapacific and there exists a synergy between president obamas rebalancing policy and our peace and Cooperation Initiative. I would like to thank president obama for his warm words of welcome and strong support for that. In late october the Second High Level Forum will be held in seoul and i hope korea and the United States will engage in close cooperation in that forum and beyond. Also reviving trilateral talks that were on hold for the past three and a half years. And he also expressed his high hopes for the korea, japan summit that will be held. We also shared the recognition that such meetings may contribute to bilateral relations in our region. President obama affirmed that koreau. S. Relations can be compatible and supported koreas policies toward china. The recent summit meetings between korea and china, the u. S. And china and now korea and the u. S. Have started to build consensus regarding north korea and its Nuclear Program and we believe that this will play a positive role in ensuring peace and stability in the peninsula and throughout northeast asia. In dealing with the north korea Nuclear Program, we will also seek to strengthen cooperation between korea, u. S. And japan. I believe that strengthening dialogue between korea, the u. S. And japan, korea, japan and china will open new channels for cooperation. Regional peace and stability becomes stronger when countries build closer ties of economic dependency. In this regard, i would like to congratulate president obama for the tpp negotiations. Korea and the u. S. Already have high standards and in this respect i believe that we make nat Natural Partners in terms of the tpp. I sense negotiations have now been concluded. We will be engaged in closer cooperation with participation in the tpp. Todays meeting was particularly meaningful in that it provides impetus to efforts to open new frontiers between the koreau. S. Alliance and strengthens our global partnership. Korea and the United States will focus first on health security, cyber security, space and cooperation which are gain. Ing the spotlight in this 21st century. Particularly we will work to conclude talks on the koreau. S. Agreement on space cooperation to establish a foundation for such cooperation. And in order to enhance capabilities, we have agreed to establish a hot line between the white house and blue house for cyber cooperation. Our global issues, president obama and i on the o