live from america s news headquarters, i m kelly wright. while moments ago president obama welcoming leaders of the world s major powers at camp david, the president hosting the annual g8 summit and the issues at the forefront, iran s nuclear program and international response to the ongoing slaughter in syria. tonight shall the president departs to chicago to host the 2012 n.a.t.o. summit. the u.s. state department confirming a famous blind chinese activist is headed to the oust. cheng guangcheng is headed, in a wheelchair boarding a flight bound for new jersey. he escaped house arrest nearly a month ago seeking sanctuary at the u.s. embassy in
tested relation between washington and beijing and it began when cheng sought refuge at the u.s. embassy there after escaping his home. authorities had turned it into a makeshift prison. cutting the human rights advocate off from the rest of the world. but now, again here, in the u.s., where he ll attend law school, we re told at nyu on a fellowship. doug mcelway is live in washington and, i understand they are already putting out the welcome mat. reporter: they are, after landing in europe, he s expected to go to manhattan where a welcome ceremony is planned at the new york university. where he ll be studying law as a fellowe, and, chinese authorities took him to the airport without telling him where she was destined and after his arrival, he and his wife and two children were provided passports and put on united flight 88 bound for newark and the deputy national security advisor reacted to his release
again, we re not sure whether or not she ll translate for him. you can see, there is quite a gathering there on the campus of nyu. as we told you at the beginning, of fox report he had arrived at newark airport which is about a good 30 minute drive from there in new jersey, all the way to the center of manhattan, part of the island here at nyu and now that he is there, students and others have gathered at the nyu campus, to show their support. he s been an activist and advocate for people with disabilities, very much so in china for women, forced to have abortions under the one child only rule there in that country and is seen as a hero through the process and caused a diplomatic stir and our secretary of state was in the country at the time he was said to be hiding out in our u.s. embassy in beijing. i don t know how much english he d speak. but let s listen:
browne. benjamin netanyahu wants to hold elections in november. he wants to strengthen his ability to deal with issues including iran s nuclear program. the prime minister calls the pursuit over nuclear weapons relentless. there have been rumblings of actions against iran if u.s. led diplomatic actions fail. david axle rod says the u.s. is making progress helping a blind chinese dissident come to the united states. he escaped house arrest and fled to the u.s. embassy in beijing. he has a deal with the chinese government to study in the united states and brought his family with him. he is pleased with the offer of a fellowship at new york university. head to the web site at foxnews.com. . [applause] young people women and minority have a big impact
hillary clinton is waking upright now. let s see if she can pull it off in the next 12 hours or not. william crystal obviously a communist. kidding. the 12 hours that he was talking about yesterday when he said that or last night are just about up now. this is a fast, fast moving crisis. the politics around this will continue to reverberate. in terms of understanding the resolution to this, we are turning to a man that s been involved in many crisises like these is a former ambassador and vkt vis. he s former new mexico governor bill richardson. we feel lucky to have you with us. thank you for being here. thank you for having me. you ve been a part of negotiations around human rights activists, hostage negotiation, prisoner releases. once mr. chen was inside the u.s. embassy in beijing, what do you think was the best possible