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>> it was for the people and the country. >> we showed up. we treated people with respect. >> stop spending your time denying the election, and work to get something done. >> consequential sit down between president biden and president xi jinping. >> chinese diplomats, chinese state media have acknowledged how bad the relationship is with washington right now. ♪ >> announcer: live from london, this is cnn "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca that ba low. it's 9:00 a.m. here in london. 5:00 p.m. in indonesia where world leaders are meeting for the g20 summit. this hour u.s. president biden is expected to meet with the kpie these leader xi jinping for a high stakes meeting. >> their first face to face meeting since mr. biden took office. and comes at a time when u.s./china relations are at the lowest point in decades, with

tensions flaring over trade, technology and taiwan. but china's foreign minister says that beijing hopes the u.s. will put bilateral relations back in the right track. >> we are joined in bali, indonesia. we have to talk about taiwan, that's where the most tensions appear to be. we're not expecting anything substantive to come out of the meeting. >> reporter: no, not likely. american officials have been fairly frank that they don't see any, quote unquote, deliverables coming out of these talks. they don't expect a joint statement that you sometimes see that would list areas of cooperation, but they do see they are expecting to go in this meeting for these two leaders to sit down, look at each other in the face, define the parameters of this relationship. define some of the red lines they each have going forward. and of course, taiwan is the overriding issue that has caused so much tensions over the last

several months. these two leaders both decided they wanted to talk to each other face to face back in july. it was a month after that the house speaker nancy pelosi visited taiwan that cause d fur in beijing. officials were able to talk to set up this meeting. this morning officials describe them as serious, con striskt and occurred over the ensuing two months and up to last night officials were still going over the agenda, talking about what president biden wanted to emphasize, wanted to de-emphasize. so that will be the setting in which these two leaders talked. remember, president biden said four times that the u.s. would defend taiwan militarily if china were to make a moove on i. that caused intense anger in beijing. president xi has responded with a metaphor. he likes to use this metaphor. basically, if you play with

fire, you will get burned. when you look at that rhetoric heading into this meeting, it really does show you how far relations have fallen. it is telling that this meeting is taking place here in bali, here at a neutral site. it wasn't that long ago it was common for a american president to visit beijing, chinese president come to the white house. now it's almost unthinkable that would be something that would happen as this relationship sours. so what white house officials say they want to do is, quote unquote, build a floor for this relationship. essentially, ensure it doesn't fall any further. that will be president biden's objective when he sits down with xi later today. >> okay. we'll be following very closely. kevin in bali, thank you. ♪

back in the u.s., all eyes are on the balance of power in congress, which remains uncertain nearly a week after election day. control of the house is still up for grabs. >> 19 uncalled races remain, ten of them in california. republicans are just six seats away from the magic number needed for majority, which is 218. >> thanks to saturday's victory in nevada, democrats will keep the narrow senate majority for another two years and may expand it depending on the results of georgia's runoff next month. >> despite the uncertainty, democratic leaders from both chambers took a victory lap on sunday, celebrating the party's better than expected showing against long odds. >> this is a very happy day. we had great candidates. they had flawed candidate. our candidates were talking about the issues. they cared about people. the incumbents had gotten a lot done. their candidates were off

talking about lack of democracy and spreading the big lie and all kinds of other things. >> this is so -- such a cause for a celebration. chuck schumer was so correct when he said it was a victory for the people and for the country. i personally know it's a joy to harry reed in heaven as he is that his state came through. >> so much for predictions of a red wave. cnn's harry enton looks at how the democratic party defied history and expectations. >> reporter: although votes are still being counted the 2022 election will go down as historically good for the democratic party. normally in midterms the president's party does poorly. this midterm we saw the democratic party have a net gain of gubernatorial seats, not lose any senate seats and may, in fact, gain one and net loss it looks like of ten house seat. the last time that happened in a

midterm election, 1934. so how did democrats pull this off? well, despite high inflation, the issue of abortion was also on the minds of voters. in fact, a look at our exit polls show that about as many voters said abortion was important to their vote as inflation. and those abortion first voters voted overwhelmingly democratic. and, of course, joe biden's popularity sunk considerably over the course of his presidency. and indeed our exit polls showed only about 41% of voters had a favorable view of joe biden, but when you also ask them whether or not they had a favorable view of donald trump, trump's favorable rating was right around the same level. indeed, there was a solid portion, just a little less than 20% of the electorate, that did not have a favorable view of either donald trump or joe biden. and those voters, who you might have expected to go overwhelmingly for the republicans because joe biden is the president of the united states, in fact, basically split their tickets fairly equally. only slightly going for republican candidates. of course, it's not just about

biden and trump. it's also the fact that there were a lot of candidates running for the united states senate who in the minds of the voters were extreme. indeed, in pretty much all of the key battleground senate races, more voters said the republican candidate was too extreme than said that the democratic candidate was too extreme. lastly in the governor's races, there were a lot of republicans running who denied that joe biden legitimately won the 2020 election, which of course he did. all of those candidates who are running in either swing states or in blue states currently with gop governors are either trailing or lost. the only one currently trailing who cnn has not been able to project as a loser yet is kari lake who right now in trailing h in the state of arizona. democrats secured control of the senate, but the georgia senate seat is still up for grabs. democratic incumbent senator raphael warnock will face off against republican challenger herschel walker in a runoff on december 6th. after neither candidate garnered the 50% of the vote that's

needed for an outright win. on sunday, they were out on the campaign trail making their case to voters. >> maybe senator warnock, former senator, former senator, and leave the people house because we are sick and tired of him going to washington representing everybody else except us. he's not representing us. he been representing himself. do you all know as we have gotten poor, he's gotten richer. his income has gone up. how in the world did his income go up. he's supposed to be the captain of the ship. he pushing us down. >> people of georgia need a champion. and a champion for working people. that's the work i've done my entire life is the work i've been doing in the senate. it's work i'm actually able to do. herschel walker is not. he's not able to do this work. he's demonstrated that he has neither the competence nor the

character. >> now, if warnock wins re-election, democrats would hold a definite majority. another critical race that we're watching is arizona. while the state's senate race is being called for democrat mark kelly, it's still too early to call the governor's race. >> right now democrat katie h hobbs a slight lead over trump supporter kari lake. kim law has the very latest. >> reporter: report 85 to 95,000 remaining ballots to be counted in the most populous county in the state of arizona. in the hotly contested governor's race here in the state, democrat katie hobbs maintains a very slim lead over republican kari lake. now, thips a hotly-contested race with accusations from republican lake saying that there's something going wrong

with the count taking place here in this county. election officials in maricopa pushed back strongly, saying if anything, they are moving at a faster rate than they have in other elections. what is so important about the information that we got, this latest election report from the county, is that the lake campaign views this batch of votes as her path. it is a path that continues to narrow, especially with this latest report. in addition to the 85 to 95,000 remaining ballots that need to be counted, there's also about 8,300 ballots that are still having to be cured. so, while the rhetoric continues, the count here in this county continues. kyung lah cnn, phoenix. as the ballot count continues in arizona, kari lake is slamming the state's election procedure which is she says is making arizona a laughing stock. but one arizona congressman says the delay is of her own making.

>> arizona elections are run, run by republicans. the reason we have so many people dropping ballots, everyone is excited about the race and kari lake people told their voters do not mail your ballot in, walk it in or turn it in and vote in person. so, this whole backup is of their own doing. in the last two years instead of trying to update our systems, republicans say were trying to take away people's rights to vote by mail. so there was no serious effort to make this better. to give credit, it's going to get done and they will be professional and i believe in the professional people that work for the department. >> let's look at some other key races that we watched closely around the country. republican doug mastriano finally conceded in the pennsylvania governor's election. cnn called the contest for democrat josh shapiro nearly a week ago now. however, mastriano, leading

proponent about the falsehoods of the 2020 elections refused to admit defeat in days. sunday he changed course and publicly accepted his loss. >> as difficult as it is to accept the results, there is no other course but to concede. which i do. and i look to the challenges ahead. josh shapiro will be our next governor. and i ask everyone to give him the opportunity and to pray that he makes decisions beneficial for the state and not necessarily for his party. and that he leads well because it affects all our lives. >> we showed up. and we treated people with respect. and we spoke to them about practical things that would make their lives better. we ignored the noise coming out of washington, d.c. instead focussed on the good people of washington county, pennsylvania. i think it's just a matter of showing up, treating people with respect and showing them that you're going to make their lives better. helping them understand how you can actually build a bridge between the parties to kind of take down the temperature and get real things done.

meantime, michigan governor gretchen whitmer is speaking out about her win against republican challenger dixon. she says her team's focus on kitchen table issues helped secure a win, a message that she believes resonates nationwide. ♪ >> we stayed focussed on the fundamentals, whether it's fixing the dam roads or making sure our kids are getting back on track after an incredible disruption in their learning or just simply solving problems and being honest with the people. you know, governor can't fix global inflation, but what we can do is take actions to keep more money in people's pockets. protect our own right to make our own decisions about our bodies and this was front and squarely for a lot of michigan voters and suspect that's probably true for voters across the country. now, list of republicans who don't want to see donald trump run for president again in 2024 is only growing. after the party's disappointing results in the midterms. adviser to trump says he'll

announce his third presidential bid on tuesday from his mar-a-lago resort in florida. larry hogan, the outgoing republican of maryland is the latest to pin his party's midterm losses on the former president's influences and says it's time for the gop to change course. >> there's no question he's still the 800 pound gorilla. it's still a battle. it's going to continue for the next two years. i would just say that we're two years out for the next election. and we're just trying to -- the dust is settling from this one. i think it would be a mistake, as i mentioned, trump's cost us the last three elections. i don't want to see it happen a fourth time. well, as the backlash grows, trump reminded those around him that many republicans turned their backs on him in 2016 and he still won. >> still, u.s. voters said no thank you to trump-endorsed candidates in key senate races and republicans who pushed conspiracy theories and election lies were rejected in swing states, too.

now, some republicans say that the party faces a moment of reckoning over the influence of the former president. >> i do think the republican party again, they're going to have to do some soul searching on a state level and the national level. you know, what happens if kari loses, i will be very, very happy. i believe in my state of arizona. i've said that for months now. i have openly endorsed and been happy for katie hobbs and texting with her and cheering her on. so i really hope katie hobbs wins. again, it will be the voters speaking act no more chaos, no more election denials, no more lies, just govern. just do what's best for the state. >> americans came out and they voted for democrats. you know, republicans don't want to say that outloud. they're kind of sitting there looking at each other thinking what happened. oh, are we a bad messaging. no, you ran terrible candidates and we told you you would lose and destroy the party if you

went down that route. democrats had better candidates this time around. i think the gop will continue to see losses again in the future if they continue to allow these sort of narratives to take hold in the party. look, i also think they need to stop with this anti-immigrant stuff. i know everyone is glorifying desantis's win in florida. well, i don't know. i don't know if the rest of the country stands for bussing people out of the -- across the country like cattle and having immigrants shipped around like that. i mean, if you're actually going to talk about immigration and border secure, i need to see real policies here i don't see that coming out of these people. exit polls confirm gop candidate problem in the senate in every tossup senate race except georgia. most voters said the republican candidate's views were too extreme. still ahead, we'll have the latest on the deadly air show crash in texas. six are dead and investigators are asking for the public's help. also, airport security agents in the u.s. are being retrained after a man brought two box cutters on to a

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six people have now been confirmed dead after two world war ii era military planes collided during a dallas air show. >> all people kill wrd on board those two planes. there were no fatalities on the ground. cnn aviation correspondent pete mo money tan has the latest details. >> reporter: the hard work of what went wrong is only just beginning. investigators from the national transportation safety board are now at the scene of the dallas executive airport documenting the wreckage of not one but two planes involved in this mid air collision. both part of volunteer organizations that keep world war ii planes flying.

the larger airplane b 17 flying fortress seen it in the movies famous for the daylight bombing raids over europe, other airplane, king cob ra, single seat fighter plane. both cases only a handful of examples flying worldwide. airplanes like this do not have a flight data recorder or a cockpit voice recorder, so investigators now say they'll listen to the recordings of radio traffic that took place during the air show. they're also asking for witnesses to come forward with photos and video. more examples of that horrific scene keep getting posted online by spectators. thankfully nobody in the crowd was hurt. in fact, in the u.s., an air show spectator has not been killed at an air show in more than 50 years. air shows are heavily regulated, very choreographed and the pilots must have special qualifications. they are the ones who accept the most risk in the name of keeping history alive.

pete muntean, cnn, washington. u.s. transportation security administration is admitting to multiple failures after a man with two box cutters was aloud on to a commercial light over the weekend. >> he allegedly threatened passengers mid flight as they were headed from kentucky to tampa, florida. the plane had to be diverted to atlanta where the man was taken into custody. the tsa says agents did not fully use the screening technology at their disposal and also returned visible blades to the passenger even after the inspection. >> unbelievable. no one on the flight was injured. the agency says employees nationwide will be given reminders on the proper protocols on this type of situation. >> i should hope so. in custody in connection with the blast in istanbul turkish officials are calling a terror attack. turkey's interior minister blamed separatists for carrying

out the attack. >> it happened on a busy street. the heart of turkey's largest city. >> now for the latest on this story, we're joined by scott mclean. you've been following developments this morning which have been coming pretty fast. what did we learn from turkish authorities. >> i'll walk you through the time line. the justice minister outlined what happened in the hour before that blast actually took place. so he said after she gets up and leaves, the bomb goes off. we know what happens after that. police are saying just this morning that woman then fled the scene taking a taxi to another part of town. obviously there was a huge man hunt to try to figure out who this woman was and what her involvement actually may have been. and what her motivation may have been. so, overnight, police were led to an address. in fact, they searched 21 addresses associated with this

woman. but one in particular in the western part of the city. police released a video actually. we're not showing it at the moment yet, though, of them going up the stairs into this apartment arresting this woman at gunpoint searching the apartment from what you can see in the video, there's cash, there's jewelry and what appears to be a gun, a clip and some ammunition as well. so they describe this woman as a syrian national. and the interior minister says that they're pointing the finger at the pkk, the militant separatist kurdish group. they also say, police say, of those 21 addresses searched, 46 people were detained. these are people that police say had been in contact with this woman recently. and police also claiming that they now have a confession that they've managed to attain from this woman. >> what are we learned about the victims of this attack?

>> yeah. this is horrific. an eyewitness who was nearby described the horror of the scene in the moments after. he was in a store maybe 10, 15, meters away. people missing legs, someone bleeding out of their ear and chaos screaming everywhere. it's actually remarkable that the numbers are not higher. as of this point right now, six people have been killed more than 80 wounded. of those six, we know there was a married couple, a mother out with her 15-year-old daughter and 9-year-old boy out with a male relative as well. all of them killed. the vast majority of the more than 80 people who were hospitalized have been released. there are still five, though, in intensive care right now. >> scott mclean, thank you for joining us. we know you're continue to give us the latest developments. now congressional republicans head back to washington today to discuss their electoral losses and debate who should lead their

party. plus the high-stakes meeting between president biden and his chinese counterpart is set to begin this hour. we're live in bali next. >> reporter: that's right, max. president joe biden and the chinese leader xi jinping are about to meet here on the sidelines of the g20 summit in bali. the white house says it wants to establish guidelines to prevent u.s./chinese competition from escalating into conflict. i'll have more on this story after the break.

two most powerful people in the world arguably, u.s. president joe biden and chinese leader xi jinping are meeting on

the sidelines in the g20 summit in bali this hour. >> the first time the two leaders will sit down face to face since mr. biden took office and comes as u.s./china relations are at the worst in decades. >> hoping to see pictures very soon. covering the story from all angles for you. ivan watson is live in bali. steven gee yang from beijing. first thing we're looking at is body language. we want to get a sense of how they are together with relations so low. >> reporter: that's right. and you know, president biden has made it very clear that he values immensely face to face contact with his counterparts and that's part of why this meeting is so important is because these two leaders have not met face to face since biden was elected president two years ago. they are known quantities to each other, however. they have been meeting especially since president biden was serving as vice president and those meetings go back more

than a decade. they have not met face to face since 2017 in dabos. xi jinping has not met with a u.s. leader since meeting with trump in 2019. both of these leaders are coming into this meeting with considerable, political wind in their sails. xi jinping has just secured a third precedent-breaking term in office after last month's communist party congress. and of course, president biden is coming in with unexpected relatively good results in last week's midterm elections, which he's basically alluded to. but added that he doesn't need the extra strength that this will give them. the list of disagreements between beijing and washington are quite long. the biggest flash point being taiwan. china accusing the u.s. of basically ignoring past agreements that taiwan -- accusing the u.s. of intervening in its own internal afairs by

allowing top government officials to visit the self governing island. and just last month, the biden administration put a ban on the transfer of semiconductor technology to china. we haven't heard a response yet from china on that. and there are other disagreements as well. that said, these two leaders do need to meet face to face. the white house argues because of their immense role in global politics and in the economy as the world's two largest economies. the white house is saying that they want to reestablish lines of communication to maintain them going forward so that there can be some progress on day to day work between these two effectively superpowers. white house officials also pointed out that xi jinping has kind of shaken up the leadership, added new loyalists into the top ranks of the government. and they say this is an

important time to figure out who those individuals will be and to figure out if they will be empowered to work face to face with their american counterparts to deal with the everyday issues that come up. max? >> stephen, we have spoken on the program and the network about what the biden administration hopes to achieve. they want to emphasize a rules-based order, freedom of navigation, level economic playing field, but what are xi jinping's objectives going into this and how is it being presented in china? >> reporter: well, bianca, xi jinping wants time, chie to be self reliant to upgrades its economy but also more crucially to upgrade its military to counterplay the u.s. he can afford to play the long game as ivan pointed out assuming that precedented third term, paving the way for him to rule for life. we have seen him offering a slightly more conciliatory tone by telling a group of u.s.

businessmen that he's willing to work with the u.s. to find ways to cooperate. they're also have been signs or hints about china may possibly tweak its position on ukraine. it's going to be very interesting to see what mr. xi does or doesn't say to mr. biden on that issue in the coming hours. so, overall, the state media here and officials here are echoing their american counterparts by portraying the meeting itself as a positive sign, stressing the importance of keeping lines of communication open. the free fall is not because of lack of report, it's because how each side views its own strengths and the other's intention. washington has been very vocal about xi jinping's china increasingly getting authoritarian at home and aggressive abroad. xi's perspective, biden is doubling down to contain rise on

global stage economically and more importantly on the issue of taiwan. so that's why xi jinping indicated he is shifting the communist party's top priority from economic growth to national security, something he reminded his top generals just a few days ago that the focus of their training should be fighting and winning wars. so it is this kind of rhetoric and policy directions make this meeting so more -- so crucially important despite the low bar of expectations set by both sides. bianca and max? >> ivan, we're probably going to hear from biden after the meeting there will be a press conference? let's have a look actually. we're told the pictures are coming in. there they are .

>> that's the two most powerful people in the world ahead of a quite substantial meeting. how long do you expect this meeting to last? >> reporter: the white house blocked out hours potentially for this. and they have also indicated that biden will be surrounded by his top advisers and they're expecting the same for the chinese leader xi jinping as well. we are not expecting a joint statement to come out of this meeting. from both the chinese and the u.s. sides. we will expect to hear biden talk about this. he in advance of this said that he's not anticipating making any concessions on any issues. and he's repeatedly staked out u.s. positions. whether it is taiwan or the south china sea or trying to get china to help reign in north korea with its nuclear ambitions or trying to get russia to help

to try to reduce some of the loss of life and the damage to the global economy by that. so there are a whole host of issues that these two leaders can discuss here. the chinese come back again and again to this one issue of taiwan which they say is a core issue and accuse the u.s. of meddling in their internal affairs every time a top government official travels to taiwan or weapon sales to taiwan. and it's hard to see where these two leaders can find some common ground when the disagreements are so stark between the two governments and where taiwan has basically been a sticking point between washington and beijing going back generations as well. so we'll watch this closely. this isn't just an outreach coming from xi jinping to the u.s. president here.

beijing is at odds in recent years and emmanuel macron as well. max and bianca? >> thanks, ivan. steven, it's quite clear that the expectations for this meeting in terms of progress is extremely low referenced to try to find a floor in the relationship. but where are any potential areas of convergence of policy, of small issues even where they could begin to build trust and cooperation together. >> reporter: yeah, bianca. one of the most mentioned issues, of course, is climate change. which they have not been talking officially since very controversial visit by house speaker nancy pelosi to taiwan in august even the concluded cop 27 summit. the two envoys from both countries, they chatted privately, they did not hold any official talks because of the

chinese suspended all official communications on this front. and of course, the chinese blame the u.s. for this suspension. but it is one of these issues you can see both sides may find some common ground and may also be relatively easy for them to resume communication at a working level if not at the more senior level. but at the end of day, though, this kind of handshaking, this kind of all smile photo ops they are not going to change the fundamental differences between the two countries because of their assessment of their own strengths and the other's intentions, as i mentioned. that is at the end of the day what is increasingly worrying a lot of observers not only in this region but around the world because, you know, from the chinese perspective, biden could be talking the talk. but if he's not walking the walk because he has not only kept most of the trump-era tariffs on chinese imports rampg up restrictions including export

controls -- >> two leaders are going to the room where they're going to hold this negotiation. ivan saying this could last hours. certainly about two hours, could be up to four. but this is a really sort of central meeting. this is probably, would you argue, the most important relationship in the world right now? >> yes, because they are each other's greatest strategic rival. so much emphasis on the relationship between the u.s. and russia because of russia's invasion in ukraine. but, let's just take a listen. i feel like i think they're talking. >> and you and i had a number of candid and useful conversations over the years. and since i became president as well. you're kind enough to call me to congratulate me and i congratulate you as well. and i believe there's little substitute, though, for face to face discussions.

our two countries have so much that we have an opportunity to deal with. as leaders of our two nations, we share responsibility in my view to show that china and the united states can manage our differences, prevent competition conflict and to find ways to work together on urgent global issues that require our mutual cooperation. and i believe this is critical for the sake of our two countries and international community. was a key to the theme of cop 27 meeting where i spoke on friday and will be discussing a lot of these challenges together, i hope the next couple hours. and the world expects, i believe, china and the united states to play key roles in

addressing global challenges from climate changes to food insecurity and for us to be able to work together the united states stands ready to do just that, work with you, if that's what you desire. president xi, i look forward to our continuing and on going open and honest dialogue we always had. i thank you for the opportunity. >> translator: mr. president, it's good to see you. the last time we met was in 2017 during the world economic forum in davos, that was already more than five years ago. since you assumed the presidency, we have maintained communication via video conferences, phone calls and

letters. but none of them can really substitute for face to face exchanges. and today we finally have this face to face meeting. from the initial contact china and the united states have gone through 50 plus eventful years. we have gained experience and also learned lessons. history is the best textbook. so we should take history as a mirror and let it guide the future. currently the china/u.s. relationship is facing a lot of

challenges. we all care a lot about it because this is not the fundamental interest of our two countries and peoples, and it is not what the international community expects us. as leaders of the two major countries, we need to chart the right course for the china/u.s. relationship moch we need to find the right direction for the bilateral relationship going forward and elevate the relationship. a statesman should think about and know where to lead his country. he should also think about and know how to get a long with other countries and the wider world. in this time and age, great

changes are unfolding in ways like never before. humanity are confronted with unprecedented challenges. the world has come to a cross roads where to go from here this is a question that is not only on our mind but also on the mind of all countries. the world expects that china and the united states will properly handle the relationship. and for our meeting it has attracted the world's attention. so we need to work with all countries to bring more hope to world peace, greater confidence in global stability, and stronger impetus to common development. in our meeting today, i'm ready to have a candid as we always

did have a candid and in-depth exchange of views with you on issues of strategic importance in china/u.s. relations and on major global and regional issues. i look forward to working with you, mr. president, to to the benefit of our two countries and the world as a whole. thank you. >> so, cameras are being pulled away at this point for that major meeting to take place on the sidelines of the g20. biden talking about how important it is to keep those lines of communication open. and both of them being quite positive about this -- xi was talking about a cross roads in the relationship which the whole

world is looking to them to negotiate. >> well, they have to be at this stage. those were just the opening remarks. and actually despite it underscoring both of their intentions to start out on a positive note, underscored the lack of relationship that did exist because they were scraping the barrel in outlining the connections they had, the fact they called each other when they respectively were affirmed as head of state. but let's bring in ivan watson and steven jiang who were listening to that as well. ivan what were your first thoughts? >> reporter: everybody but two leaders are wearing masks and reflection of china and its dynamic zero covid approach. biden met with the indonesian president, the host of the g20 summit earlier today. there the two delegations were not wearing masks. that's one difference. and we did hear biden and importantly xi jinping saying

that the world is paying attention to this meeting. the world wants some kind of movement forward and a dialogue to avoid basically bad things from happening. i think it's important to note that he talked about a cross roads. xi jinping in february when meeting with a man he described as a close friend with no boundaries, the russian president vladimir putin they talked about establishing a new world order. they clearly chafe at the preeminent position the u.s. had since world war ii. meanwhile, president biden is coming to this meeting trying to establish new guidelines as the white house put it to try to prevent a crisis from emerging between the u.s. and china. so, it does sound like these two leaders are talking about some kind of new framework for interacting with each other, recognizing that what's been going on in the past simply

isn't working. >> okay. ivan, we'll come back to you as well, steven, later on. so much to dissect here. that meeting, crucial meeting, under way between the world's two most powerful leaders of china and the united states. and the whole world really is genuinely watching today to try to get some positivity about that because it's so central. we'll be back in just a moment. with my student loan. the interest was costing me... well, us... a fortune. no matatter how much we paid it was always just... there. you know? ♪ soso, i broke up with my bad student loan debt and refinanced with sofi.. turns out wewe could save thousands. break up with bad student loan debt. refi and you could save thousands. plus, we're paying off up to a million dollars of student debt. enter at sofi.com/million sofi get your money right.

♪ ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has visited the recently liberated city of kherson. this as ukraine is taking stock of the widespread damage that russian troops left behind. cnn's sam kylie joins us now from the ukrainian capital of kyiv. sam, what are you learning about the president's visit? >> reporter: well, this was one that was anticipated, although obviously kept secret officially. there are large numbers of other international journalists now getting into herson. as indeed are civilians and, of course, it's been the whole area that's been liberated is being invested with ukrainian troops. now that poses great difficulties as the president zelenskyy said last night they have already, they believe, uncovered evidence of some 400 war crimes but also perhaps more

importantly in the immediate term, there is a very wide sewing of mines and booby traps across that region by the retreating russian military who also destroyed a lot of critical infrastructure, particularly power generating plants which affecting the kasty of the region to move water around, for people to drink. the food supplies are not so bad. the communications have also been destroyed there. show's going in to reassure the population that their government is back. is back in earnest and able to repair the damage. but, and this is a big but, bianca, on the other side of the river, the russians dug in, had plenty of time to prepare for this moment. this was an organized retreat, not a rout by the russians. therefore they will have large amounts of artillery and rockets already got predetermined targeting on areas in kherson and right along that western river bank there have been signs already that they have been targeting it and can be expected to go in very much heavier as

more and more targets present themselves. and those targets, we know from the russian perspective, civilians and militaries. bianca? >> thank you so much, sam kylie, in kyiv. >> we're keeping an eye on the crucial meeting of xi and biden throughout the day. thanks for joining us here on "cnn newsroom," i'm max foster. >> i'm bianca nobilo. "early start" is next. neuriva plus is a multititasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger. when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. it makes ireally easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just like that. shipstation. the #1 choice of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free.

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