commentators suggest president putin s visit to vietnam is designed to show the world that russia is not isolated from asia. he flew directly to hanoi from pyongyang, where he and kim jong un signed a pact to help each other in the case of aggression. the bbc s shaimaa khalil reports from south korea. vladimir putin s pyongyang trip was choreographed to a t, with some surreal, made for tv moments, like this one of him driving kimjong un on the streets of pyongyang. earlier, kim il sung square, at the heart of the north korean capital, was buzzing with crowds and colour, as the two globally isolated leaders revelled in each other s company and what mr kim described as a new level of alliance. translation: we highlyl appreciate your consistent and unwavering support for russian policy, including the ukrainian direction. i mean, ourfight against the hegemonic imperialist policy imposed for decades by the united states and its satellites. since his war on ukraine, vladimir putin
what is in it. and house minority leader is taking a hard-line stance against a bill urging not to pass it. we want to make sure that what is the strategy behind it? this is what they are doing it again. they need to continue resolution right before christmas. they are passing, trying to pass this were nobody can read it. the american people are smarter than this. the american people understand. they want to stop wasting money causing more inflation. they want a say in the process. don t buy into what the democrats planned all along. they never moved these bills to the later date and never had a hearing and the process. when we take the majority, we will not allow the senate bills to come up unless they move through committee. we won t allow them to do omnibus again. they need to stop this one out and let us craft one in the beginning of next year where we can save and eliminate waste but actually save money for the taxpayer as well. the government set to shut
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president obama would get 45 percent of the vote, 43 percent to romney, so if romney takes that state a virtual tie if you look at it as far as the poll goes, but again, this is the result we see on the screen. with rick perry on the ticket, the president tops perry 46 percent to 40 percent, those numbers, again, still within the margin of error but it speaks as to how close we are right now. i should add, more than a year ago from the election. jon: and those numbers are obviously going to play a key roll in this next presidential election when it comes to the electoral college. right now the issue the democrats and republicans can agree on, the senate pushing a bill urging china to stop manipulating its currency, this after critics have long complained that china s juan is yuan is greaty underpolled undervalued. congress wishes, putting it on a potential collision course with the white house. our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel takes a look at that. reporter: