so it s been two months and even waiting around for the republicans to offer a counterproposal. that s expected today but it hasn t been without a lot of work, without a lot of disagreement. what you read most recently was over the weekend a last-ditch negotiations with steven mnuchin, the treasury secretary, mark meadows, white house chief of staff. they are up on capitol hill saturday inside a meeting with gop staff and is been disagreements both between the white house and the senate republicans and within the senate republican conference itself. there s a couple different camps. you have some moderate kind of centrist republicans who are facing tough reelections and they wanted to put their foot on the gas and get this money out the door. then there s conservative camp that says wait a minute, deficits are through the roof, we ve already offered $3 trillion. it s unprecedented and we can t just throw trillions out the door. i will saddle future generations with the debt.
over the last 70 years, japanese and americans have built this incredible partnership. i think this really symbolizes how far we have come and the power that comes from building that kind of trust which is not just an icon nick moment of leader visits but really what kind of other things it makes possible to benefit theeopl of both countries. reporter: as you can imagine it is not going to be just the united states and japan watching this historic event today. it will be the world. peter? tammy, what can we expect this afternoon? the president will meet with the prime minister for a little bit. they will deliver remarks as well. what s on the plate for these two men today? reporter: well, they will start with a bilateral meeting and move on to a wreath ceremony, putting wreaths down at the u.s.s. arizona memorial. finally they will give remarks to the media. they have also invited survivors to attend that. so it will be a full day. a day that will have particular me
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