To asia. America is a Pacific Power and we are leading to promote shared security and shared Economic Growth this century, just as we did in the last. Nbc News White House correspondent Kristin Welker is traveling with the president and she has the latest from beijing. Reporter joy, this is president obamas sixth trip to asia. His second this year. One of his key Foreign Policy goals has been strengthening ties with the region, but many here feel as though he has been more focused on issues Like Fighting isis and ebola. This week will be a key test of his Foreign Policy. There was a grand spectacle to open the apec economic summit with leaders from the pacific rim wearing matching outfits. President obamas focus, the economy, trade and restarting his pivot to asia. Today he announced a new deal with chi to extend visas between the two countries, making travel easier. The president says the deal will create 440,000 new jobs and generate 85 billion by 2021. Still he has to walk a fine line with chinas president xi jinping. The two leaders are meeting for the first time on chinese soil. On the one hand, mr. Obama needs china for issues like pressuring iran to give up its Nuclear Program and fighting the spread of ebola. On the other hand, critics want the president to be tough with china for its dismal record on human rights and strong in his support of prodemocracy protesters. One more point, president Vladimir Putin of russia is also here. Of course, relations frosty between the two leaders. White house Officials Say there are no plans for the two to meet at this point in time. One white house official says its possible they could have an impromptu conversation on the sidelines. From here, president obama heads to myanmar, where he will meet with prodemocracy leader awning so aung song su chi. Over to the middle east where questions remain as to whethersis leader al baghdadi was wounded in a u. S. Air strike in iraq over the weekend. According to the associated press, the air strike took place on saturday as al baghdadi was meeting in qaim near the syrian border. Meanwhile, president obama has just sent a letter to House Speaker john boehner, formally asking for 5. 6 billion to fight isis. Lets head right to nbc news chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. Do we have any updated information if al baghdadi was there or are we still in a fog . Reporter weve been told they are still unable to confirm the claims al baghdadi was killed in air strikes over the weekend. The only one who has spoken directly about that has been iraqi members of the interior ministry there in baghdad, who said that it was iraqi warplanes that launched a strike that wounded baghdadi. Again, u. S. Officials are highly skeptical of the reports. And, in fact, some, quite frankly, dont even believe it. Intelligence officials report so far there hasnt been the kind of characteristic chatter on the internet or over cell phones. Any time that a large scale attack like this that would actually wound or take out a charismatic leader like al baghdadi, normally you would see that instantaneously on the militant website. Theres been no such conversation like that and right now they continued to look into it. Again, people here arent convinced. Well, i wonder if your sources in the pentagon are saying theyre seeing more fight out of the iraqi army. This claim would seem to indicate at least they want the perception out there theyre fighting harder than they were before. Certainly, the perception. Its not clear that iraqis actually launched any air strikes, according to u. S. Officials at al qaim over the weekend when this air strike is to have occurred. The u. S. Did launch a couple of air strikes but against targets that were not conducive or connected to any kind of senior leadership. So, in the fog of war, particularly a war like this, we are fighting a very elusive emy. Particularly elusive leadership. Its difficu to get your hands around any hard, firm facts in short order. Eventually this will be worked out, but so far theres again, theyre looking into it, but highly skeptical. All right. Thank you very much, sir. Over to nigeria where a suicide bomber dressed in a School Uniform killed at least 43 people. Most of them students in the northeastern part of that country. Earlier today 79 earlier today. 79 others were wounded. About 2,000 students were gathered for a Weekly Assembly when the explosion ripped through the school. According to survivors, the bomber appeared to have hidden the explosives in a type of rucksack thats popular with students. So far, no one has claimed responsibility. But the terrorist Group Boko Haram has waged similar attacks on nigerian skills with the now familiar kidnapping of hundreds of school girls. Joining me on the phone is New York TimesSenior Correspondent alan cowell who covers the region. Alan, any further information insofar as a claims of responsibility who set off those bombs at the school . There has been no claim of responsibility but i think its clear, the suspicion of local people have fallen squarely on boko haram, which has carried out similar attacks in that part of nigeria. This will be part of a campaign thats gone on for five years now with some 7,000 fatalities. It is a very bloody captor in a very long story. Alan, would it be a wrong perception to say it does seem like the fight with boko haram is very onesided. You hear about attacks by boko haram or militant groups but you dont hear much about Effective Response from the nigerian government. Would that be a wcharacterizati . Thats certainly what a lot of local people say. They are incensed theres been a lack of response. The Nigerian Military has been accused of corruption and ineffectiveness in dealing with ko haram. And the government of president Goodluck Jonathan certainly has not been able to hold this group back. That seems to be the fact on e ground. Alan, one other thing we have to ask abo this ongoing situation with these kidnapped nigerian girls. There was foa moment more kidnappings since. What is the status, if you know, of the investigation into where these young girls might be . I think thats a mystery. And i think the group of boko haram is now saying these girls have accepted islam, being married off, which may be a euphemism for many other things, of course. And i think their plight is a matter of is he serious concern. A horrible situation. Alan cowell of the New York Times, thank you very much. Thank you. Back here at home, the Northern Plains are dealing with the first winter storm of the season. This is what it looks like in west western wisconsin as parts of the state are getting anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of snow. While in rapid city, south dakota, School Districts have canceled classes today. And the Winter Weather has forced the city to cancel its veterans day parade, where we find reynolds wolf. Just how bad is it . It doesnt look good. You know, it doesnt. I mean, in terms of aesthetics are concerned, it is pretty to seal. The deal thats not so pretty is that less than 48 hours ago you had temperatures in the 60s. Yesterday we had 40s. Skies were mostly sunny. Now cloudy. Were talking temperatures around 15 degrees or so. The windchill its below zero. People moving through with no major issue as snowflakes are moving through. Thing is, we expect the snow to taper off a bit around 5 00 local time. But, joy, then we have another feature thats going to move in. The cold air were feeling now, youre going to feel even more of it. As you americans people tuning in across america can see the snowflakes moving across your scene, it will be the polar air mass setting up camp as we make our way across several hours. Temperatures lked in near zero with strong wind over the next several days, warming up to around 20 degrees as we get into saturday. Normal highs this time of year, 50 degrees. So, bigtime change. And its not just going to be felt here. Were going to see it across much of, lets say, back into moana, a the way into minnesota, moving into the great lakes, for much of the ohio valley. Cold times ahead, no question. Send it back to you, joy. I hope thats a very warm jacket you have on because that sounds really horrible. Really cold. Well send you an extra. Reynolds wolf in rapid city, south dakota. President obama, meanwhile, weighs in on the Net Neutrality debate. Well discuss the president s candidate for attorney general and the tough confirmation fight ahead. 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In a prerecorded Statement Released during his visit to china, president obama announced his support for Net Neutrality protections, that is, a new Regulatory Authority that would prescribe in narrow turns how the Companies Like verizon and comcast, which owns msnbc, can charge for their Services Wireless and otherwise. To put these protections in place im asking the fcc to reclassify Internet Service under the telecommunications act. Im asking them to recognize that for most americans, the internet has become an essential part of everyday communication and everyday life. The chairman of the fcc released a statement in response sounding basically noncommittal on the president s proposal. And while the fcc and perhaps the courts will be the final arbitrators blunt and to the point. Verizon called the president s call a radical reversal of course that would in and of itself harm competition and invasion. Comcast, seeking to merge with internet and Cable Provider time warner cable, used similar language saying the policy the white house is encouraging would jeopardize this engine for job creation and investment amy shatz, and comcast is a minority investor in her parent compy. The president said it was in plain english but lets make it plainer. He says the internet should be regulated like a utility. Why wasnt it regulated like a utility from the get go . Basically it was until about ten years ago when the fcc decided to deregulate internet lines saying theyre not like phone lines, theyre Something Else. And ever since then theyve been having this problem with thes Net Neutrality rules because they keep trying to pass rules but they dont have Legal Authority to do it. Basically what the president said today was cut out the crap and do this already. You wrote that one of the reasons broad band providers have fought this so hard to have their businesses regulated under title two, ill read your article, they dont want regulators setting the rates they can charge to consumers and businesses. Meaning netflix would get the same amount as inhouse movie providers . Yes. The rules the president was talking about today were made for phone networks and include all kinds of things. They were writt like 60 years ago. So, you can understand why broad band providers dont want to have this. They dont want rate regulation. They dont want to have share their lines with competitors. When they talk about, this is going to stunt investment, thats what theyre talking about. What the president was talking b we shouldnt have rate regulation. You should take parts of title 2, not part of it. Thats something internet activists have been suggesting. Lets talk about in sort of plain terms, whathis theet reticily could mean. I think what a lot of people worry about is if you lose Net Neutrality, for instance, a provider could say, i dont prefer this internet site. Ill slow it down or i dont like this Internet Service, ill make it really slow or make them pay a lot of money to make it fast. Is that what were talking about . Yeah. Basically consumers are really concerned. Consumers who understand this are really concerned about internet providers like comcast or at t making decisions about what your service looks like. Netflix, is that a Better Service than youtube . Is that at ts decision to do that . They want to keep those guys out of the way so consumers can look at whatever they want to online and not have anybody get in the way of that. Thank you very much, amy. I want to now bring in rashad robinson, executive director of colorofchange. Org, one of the organizations greatly impacted by Net Neutrality. What is your concern if Net Neutrality is abandoned . Essentially what the Telecom Countries have argued in court, it means they can slow down or speed up content. Were an organization that was founded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina with a single email. We worked to fight david and goliaths fights, sometimes taking on corporations, sometimes the government. We have been on the ground with our staff and members in ferguson, missouri. For a place like ferguson that didnt come onto the National Media map really until a million tweets were sent out around this, didnt become a national issue, its showing the voices of everyday people are heard just as loudly as corporations. That corporations can slow down the voices of people to be heard and counted and visible is of great concern. So, ensuring the internet remains a marketplace for ideas and for the economy regardless of how much money you have in your pocket is really important to us. Are you worried this will end up getting bogged down just like politics . Weve had ted cruz tweetet neutrality is obamacare for the internet. And youve had Speaker John Boehner say Net Neutrality is a textbook example of the kind of washington regulations that destroy innovation and entrepreneurship, federal bureaucrats should not be in the business of regulating the internet, not now, not ever. Does this get caught up in politics in part because groups that are considered more liberal or groups considered more grassroots may not be in the favor of the party now in power in congress are the ones seeming to benefit from Net Neutrality . Do you worry about that . Ive talked to tea party activists. Being able to be counted and visible and being able to hold those in power accountable, sometimes in their own party, and having an open internet to do that. The fact of the matter is the ternet thooifd for years because we had these rules. We had a set of rules that allowed all information to travel at the same rate of speed. As we look at the future of both of the internet, looking at the next billion people that will come online, ensuring the internet is just as powerful and just as open for those next folks of people, for people who are getting on the internet through mobile, for people trying to run campaigns or starting a new business, ensuring their information travels at the same speed is really critical. For folks at home who get their cable bill every month or get their cell phone bill every month with all the breakdown of services, we dont have a system of comtition in this country. We cant just leave it up to the companies to do this because you dont have choices. We do need the type of protections and regulations that will ensure all of us have a voice and continue to have a voice on the internet. Obviously, these regulations were written as amy shatz said, way before anyone conceived what the internet would be now. Its also younger consumers that are gravitating toward these things. We dont even know what the next thing is going to be. Are you concerned without Net Neutrality there will be, a sense, a discrimination by age, that younger people and invasions that they use will be at the short end . Well, yeah. We want to be able to support the next netflix, the net facebooks, the next twitters. We want those innovations to be able to come from all different places. We want maybe the next entrepreneur to come from ferguson, ne