Im really pleased to welcome such close allies and good partner. The United States and japan have a big agenda ahead of us and we are two important democracies in the indopacific region and our cooperation is vital in my view, and i think in both our views, to meeting the challenges facing our nation, and ensuring the future of the region remain free and open and prosperous. So im looking forward to speaking with the prime minister and our teams are tackling a shared agenda. We are ready to get to work. So welcome, mr. Prime minister. As we say in the body i used to work in, the United States senate, i yield the floor to the prime minister. Its all yours, yoshi. Prime Miniister Suga thank you very much. Thank you for expecting me as the first foreign leader under your presidency. My deepest gratitude to you. And yesterday there was a shooting in indianapolis, so i heard, and causing much casualty. I would like to express my condolences to the victims and my sympathies to the families. Innocent citizens must not be exposed to any such violence. Freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law are the universal values that link our alliance that is prevalent in the indopacific and this is the very foundation of Prosperity And Stability of the region and the globe. And the importance of such values has heightened to unprecedented levels and upon my visit to the United States, i wish to reaffirm the new and tight bond between us and in order to realize a free and open indopacific, there are many common challenges, as well as emerging global issues, including covid19 and climate change. I wish to spend time with you to, again, confirm the close ties between our two countries and thank you again for accepting us. Reporter mr. President [indiscernible] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its Caption Content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions copyright national Cable Satellite Corp. 2021] cspan is your unfiltered view of government. Were funded by the television companies and more. Including cox. Good morning, students teachers are doing whatever it takes to connect with their students. And cox is too by connecting students in need with lowcost internet. Who wants to see it again . With connect to compete program from cox. Cox supports cspan as a public service, along with these other television providers. Giving you a front Row Seat to democracy. Sunday on q a, a conversation with karen on her book the triumph of nancy reagan, on the Strength And Entan tenacity of the former first lady who helped shape the reagan presidency. She had but one agenda which was ronald Reagans Wellbeing and success. And she was also she had better instincts about people than he did. And sort of a better nose for trouble than he did. So the people in the administration who understood all this, who recognized her power, people like secretary of state george schultz, or white House Chief of staff, later Treasury Secretary james baker, really understood that she was a very important, a crucial ally to have if you were trying to get Ronald Reagan onboard. Karen Tumultys Biography sunday neat ate 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. You can also listen to q a as a podcast where you get your podcasts. Monday, the closing arguments in the Derek Chauvin trial. Watch our live coverage at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan2, online at cspan. Org, or listen with the cspan radio app