Welcome to the amine for our, heres where were headed this week this week, we examined power and all the ways it affects our lives. First, were going to compete with china were determined to do that. Todays big Power Conflict between china and the United States. My conversation with veteran diplomat us ambassador To Beijing Nicholas Burns, then people have always been interested and now theyre sort of worried. And concern about oh, no Luck Power unchecked power. And the fact that it might be coming for america, the writer who examined a man named Robert Moses who had the power to build and trample over new York Pulitzer prize winning Author Robert Kara joins me. Why 50 years on his seminal book is still flying off the shelves now its safe, you know, so people stay in the deadly Power Struggle in El Salvador between a Strongman President and the criminal gangs. And what it all means for the United States and then in our letter from london, he unleashed her as his secret Weapon Kingmaker
hour. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is live pictures at the white house. the guests are arriving as we speak in honor of the chinese president hu jintao. it s been 13 years since the last lavish dinner for a chinese leader. despite differences on trade and human rights and a growing security rivalry, the red carpet is out. the white house is pulling out all the stops to make this a successful visit. you see jackie chan, the actor there, he s among the official guests. the 225 of them, over at the white house. there are tough topics on the u.s. chinese agenda now. let s go to dan lothian. the to-do list for the visit is long, important. the stakes are enormous. that s right. enormous.