this morning on early today, agreeing to disagree. president obama and his chinese counter part pledge closer ties, but remain divided on trade and human rights. deer in the headlights, authorities in delaware rescue one very lucky deer from a car s front bumper. and up, up, and away. space shuttle atlantis blasts off on one of its final delivery missions for the international space station. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello, and good morning, everyone, i m dan kloeffler. and today we begin with big countries, big challenges in a changing complicated relationship, the united states and china are now working to bolster partnership in key areas while acknowledging there are some fundamental disagreements. president obama is in beijing this morning where several hours of intense private talks with his chinese counterpart ended with bold statements on some critical issues. nbc s chuck todd is traveling with the president joining us live from the chinese ca