Thanks for being with us. Its been five years since president obama visited the worlds secondlargest economy. Now he is heading back to china and the region on a trip that could shape Foreign Policy legacy. They touched down in an air force base. Patty culhane has more on the president s itinerary and agenda u. S. President obama once again heads off on a long journey to asia, with stops in china, myanmar and australia, a chance to fulfil a longtime promise of his presidency. Pivot by the United States back to asia. Our desire to pivot and focus on the asia pacific region. We were able to pivot to the asia passivic region. Into the pivot was part of the election campaign. Is it a reality. Experts say except for rotating a few thousands troops, the military presence has not increased by much. The numbers and potential may have looked higher. Since the budget cuts went through, theyve been able to hold asia level. Its not been as dramatic as one might have thought in the first place. If
Those are angry spectators, upset over the disappearance of dozens of students in mexico remembering the fall of the berlin wall. As the world marks 25 years since a divided germany was reunited. Good morning, thank you four joining us on Al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford, live in new york city two americans held in north korea are back home with their families this morning. Kenneth bae, of len wood washington, and Michael Todd Miller of bakersville california, both arriving last night to the welcoming arms of their loved ones. They flew back with the director of national intelligence. Alan, good morning to you. This release. It happened suddenly. What finally convinced North Koreans to let the men go . Like a lot of decision, we dont know what precipitated it. Interesting timing. Interesting timing. A place where north korea may come up in high level talks. In terms of timing, the u. N. Is considering taking action against north korea for perceived widespread human rights violatio
Wall fells, germany sell brace in the east and west n. A. S. A. Test a craft that could send a crew deeper into space than ever before. Good to have you with us. We start in asia, where president Barack Obama Joins the apec summit. He starts in china, a country the president has not visited in five years. Analysts say that repairing u. S. Relations with the secondlargest economy is pivotalle Patty Culhane has more from washington d. C. President obama heads off to asia, with stops in china, myanmar and asia. Pivot by the United States back to asia. Our desire to pivot and focus on the asia pacific region. It was part of a reelection campaign, is it a reality. Experts say except for rotating a few thousand troops into australia, the presence has not increased by much. The numbers may are looked higher, and the potential greater. Since the budget cuts have gone through, theyve healed asia level. While other areas faced skiers cuts. Fis not been as dramatic as the if you look at trade. It
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