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white house as president biden and first lady jill biden held their fifth state dinner. the guest of honor, japanese prime minister fumio kishida and his wife. this marked the 15th state dinner held at the white house in honor of a japanese leader. next, the arrival at the north portico of the japanese prime minister, fumio kishida, and his wife.

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[sirens blaring] ♪ >> next, a look at the menu for the evening from the white house

executive chef and pastry chef. among the japanese touches, shiseido pepper butter, sesame oil, and a matcha green tea. >> [indiscernible] we cured it for hours. avocado, cucumbers. our inspiration for this dish is the iconic american california role. -- california roll. it has been such a wonderful innovation from the countries. [indiscernible] a japanese chef invented the dish in california. here we are still enjoying this dish. all these wonderful favors incorporated into the salad. that would be very springy and very delightful and fresh. for the main course, i have a

dry aged ribeye beef in a sauce. [indiscernible] greens and some wonderful seashell leaves as well and shiseido pepper butter. it's really an amazing dish. hopefully, you can try them as well. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for being here. i am the executive pastry chef and very excited to stand here before you today to tell you about this dessert we will be serving. we will have a salted caramel pistachio cake with matcha, cherry ice cream, and raspberry drizzle. we wanted to bring a little bit of the cherry blossoms that are here right here to our dessert

in order for everyone to enjoy cherry blossoms that we enjoy every year. and so, we are hoping that this dessert will help make everyone smile when they see the cherry blossoms out here. and then, we complemented the desert with cherry ice cream, and then also inside is a salted caramel. the salty with the special cake and -- pistachio cake makes a wonderful combination for everyone to enjoy. thank you very much. >> this is the hall of the white house where most of the state dinner guests arrived for their official announcement. among the highlights on the evening's guest list, actor robert de niro, amazon founder jeff bezos and his fiancée, lauren sanchez, apple ceo tim cook, former president bill clinton, and former secretary of state hillary clinton, and 1992

olympic figure skating gold medalist kristi yamaguchi. ♪ >> ms. yamaguchi. ♪ >> will we see you on the campaign trail with the bidens? >> [indiscernible] ♪

>> the honorable tony devers and mrs. kathy evers. -- tony evers and kathy evers. ♪ >> how are you feeling about his chances? >> his chances are really good. positive about the ability of the bidens to win. he's all about lowering costs for higher education. looking forward to it. it's all good. thank you. >> mr. peter neil.

♪ [indiscernible] ♪ the honorable nelson and mrs. nelson. ♪ >> i went to cleveland and there was no cloud cover, the sun was shining. and it was fabulous. when it went dark, it got cold. >> representative and the honorable. ♪

mr. and mrs. rogan. ♪ mr. and mr. smith. ♪ ms. o'donnell. ♪

[indiscernible] the honorable powell and mrs. powell. ♪ mr. woods and missed wooden -- ms. wooden. ♪ the honorable podesta and ms. podesta. ♪

mr. fukushima. ♪ ambassador. ♪ mr. bezos and ms. sanchez. >> how are you? >> -- the biden campaign this year?

mr. resnick and mrs. resnick.

♪ the honorable thomas cini and -- tomasini and mrs. tomasini. the honorable mr. ricchetti and mrs. ricchetti.

♪ mr. and mrs. donilon. ♪ the honorable hochul and mr.

hochul. >> the honorable verma and ms. verma. ♪ senator merkley and ms. merkley. ♪ mr. and mrs. dimon.

the honorable emmanuel. mr. zachariah emmanuel and ilana emmanuel. ms. richards and mr. adam. ♪ >> [indiscernible] >> going on in this election and the fact that we made such strides. to have it all taken away, it's been very motivating for women and for men. >> thank you. >> thank you. ♪

>> [indiscernible] senator hirono and mr. oshima.

mr. de niro and ms. chen. >> robert, how do you feel about the election? robert: what do you think? ♪ general brown and mrs. brown. ♪

>> mr. cook and ms. jackson. ♪ >> are you going to be campaigning for the president? ♪ >> the honorable kamala harris,

vice president, and mr. doug emhoff, second gentleman of the united states. ♪ senator hagerty and mrs. haggerty. president clinton and secretary clinton.

how does it feel to be back? >> great. >> [laughter] >> what do you guys think about 2024? thank you. >> thank you all. ♪ >> secretary clinton, who is your dress by? >> the honorable dr. leo brainard -- dr. lael brainard. ♪

the honorable mr. greenfield. -- the honorable linda thomas

greenfield and mr. greenfield. the honorable antony blinken, secretary of state and the honorable evan m. ryan. the honorable alejandra mayorkas. ♪ -- alejandro mayorkas. the honorable roy cooper, governor of north carolina, and mrs. cooper. ms. ashley biden and ms. finnegan biden.

the honorable janet yellen, secretary of the treasury, and the honorable adewale adeyemo, deputy secretary of the treasury. the honorable gina raimondo, secretary of commerce. >> before dinner was served, the two first couples descended the staircase in the white house's cross hall for their official portrait from the evening --

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and finally, a peek into the dinner itself, the only view the public gets for this kind of white house event. we will hear president biden and japanese prime minister fumio kishida's toast to each other in their countries. pres. biden: and i'm delighted that you are here. even the cherry blossoms bloomed early. they did, by the way, they did. those blossoms are the first

time spring gives rise and a reminder we can begin a new every year. and to all -- tomorrow can be a better day than today. what both our countries hold dear, new beginnings. thank you again for being here. and a few days after my inauguration over three years ago, i received a big, shiny blue and red envelope covered with stickers on the envelope. it was a big envelope. it was full of letters from elementary school teacher in japan who compiled them from her students. she teaches children who stutt er, like i did as a child, and she wanted me to know that when she told her class that i had a similar liability at the time, the kids lit up smiling, and they said, we are the same, we are the same. well, we are the same, japan and

the united states. we may be divided by distance but generations after generations we been brought together, the same hopes, the same values, the same commitment to democracy and freedom and to dignity for all. antedate, without question -- and today, without question, our alliance is stronger than it has ever been. this was both not inevitable but also the fact is that both the prime minister and i came of age as our countries came together. we both remember the choices that were made to forge a friendship that was once only a devastating fight that existed before. we both remember that hard work, when it is done to find healing, and where there was once such hardship. we both remember japanese and american people who not only brought us together, but who brought us forward, transforming our relationship from better -- from better photos --bitter

foes to the best friends we could be. tonight, we pledge to keep going. we stand at an inflection point where the decisions we make now are going to determine the course of the future for decades to come. a future that the kids of our two families and children in two our countries remember. i also know that japan and the united states stand together and everyone should know that as well. committed to each other and committed to keeping building the future, the highest hopes our predecessors dreamed of. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in raising your glass, and i don't have a glass. there you go. you have one for the prime minister? join me in raising your glasses to our alliance, to our friendship, and in the words of those young students in japan,

to the same future we share. cheers. >> cheers! pres. biden: over to you. [indiscernible] pres. biden: mr. president, dr. biden, ladies and gentlemen -- p.m. kishisda: mr. president, dr. biden, ladies in general, thank you for hosting such a warm dinner and your warm welcome and hospitality. before i came here, my staff told me that no one had

complained that my speech was too short. [laughter] this is probably good advice so i will keep my speech short. first and foremost, to be honored, my breath is taken and i am speechless in front of such a huge number of prominent american and japanese guests. my wife, yuko, also left breathless, just told me that it was hard to tell who the guest of honor is. so, i was relieved when i was shown the seat right next to the president. [laughter] last year, president biden and

dr. biden visited my hometown of hiroshima to attend the g7 summit meeting. it is a little-known fact that the largest number of japanese immigrants to the united states came from hiroshima. many hiroshimans headed to the united states to seek a new world, a better future, and greater heights. mr. president, i know that the late senator was a good friend of yours. his mother was also from hiroshima. looking back at the long history of japan and the united states, our predecessors have carved out

the path in various fields such as business, academia, art, and sport, traveling back and forth between the two countries. the pacific ocean does not separate japan and the united states. rather, it unites us. these are the words that president kennedy sent to prime minister ikeda, also heading from hiroshima at the state luncheon held at the white house about 60 years ago. i like this align. i use it so many times that my staff tried deleting it whenever it appeared on speeches.

however, there is nothing that expresses our relationship as visibly as this. and never have these words been more relevant than today. japan and the united states are united than ever before. [applause] i believe that the pacific ocean has brought japan and united states together and so close because of the pioneering spirit of those who came before us, and the spirit we all have income.

the sick -- in common. the success of those standing on the frontier is not just because of their individual efforts, but also the result of collective efforts as a team. this holds true, even between nations. , our joint efforts -- our joint efforts, valuable and indispensable for a bright future and for the peace and stability of the world. we are now standing at the turning point in history, embarking on a new frontier. the unshakable japan, u.s. relationship to even greater heights and headed to the next generation. finally, let me conclude with a

line from "star trek," which you all know. to boldly go where no one has gone before. [laughter] [applause] by the way, the actor who played the head man of the uss enterprise, also has roots in hiroshima. [laughter] [applause] mr. president, dr. biden, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen, i would like to propose a toast to our voyage to the frontier of the japan-u.s.

relationship with this word, bald eagle. bald eagle, cheers. [glasses clinking] good job. thank you. pres. biden: thank you. [applause] >> one last bit of the night's festivities, a performance by singer-songwriter paul simon of his 1986 hit "graceland." ♪ paul: thank you so much.

♪ ♪ ♪ the mississippi delta ♪ ♪ was shining like a national guitar ♪ ♪ i am following the river ♪ ♪ down the highway ♪ ♪ through the cradle of the civil war ♪

♪ i'm going to graceland, graceland ♪ ♪ memphis, tennessee ♪ ♪ i'm going to graceland ♪ ♪ poor boys and pilgrims with families ♪ ♪ and we are going to graceland ♪ ♪ my traveling companion is nine years old ♪ ♪ he is the child of my first marriage ♪ ♪ but i've reason to believe ♪ ♪ we both will be received in graceland ♪

♪ she comes back to tell me she's gone ♪ ♪ as if i didn't know that ♪ ♪ as if i didn't know my own bed ♪ ♪ as if i'd never noticed ♪ ♪ the way she brushed her hair from her forehead ♪ and she said, "losing love is like a window in your heart everybody sees you're blown apart everybody sees the wind blow" i'm going to graceland ♪ memphis, tennessee ♪ i'm going to graceland ♪ poor boys and pilgrims with families and we are going to graceland and my traveling companions are ghosts and empty sockets i'm looking at ghosts and empties but i've reason to believe we all will be received ♪ in graceland

♪ there is a girl in new york city ♪ ♪ who calls herself the human trampoline ♪ and sometimes when i'm falling, flying ♪ ♪ or tumbling in turmoil i say ♪ ♪ "whoa, so this is what she means" ♪ ♪ she means we're bouncing into graceland ♪ and i see losing love is like a window in your heart ♪ well, everybody sees you're blown apart ♪ ♪ everybody feels the wind blow ♪ ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ in graceland, in graceland ♪

♪ i'm going to graceland ♪ for reasons i cannot explain there's some part of me wants to see graceland and i may be obliged to defend every love, every ending or maybe there's no obligations now maybe i've a reason to believe we all will be received in graceland ♪ whoa, oh, oh ♪ in graceland, in graceland, in graceland ♪ ♪ i'm going to graceland ♪ ♪ ♪