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and others. find all our podcasts by downloading the c-spannow app. and on our website c-span.org/podcast. n the sidelines of the asia-pacific economic cooperation summit president biden holds a news conference last night and here's what he had to say about the resumption of military dialogue with china. [video clip] >> we are re-assuming military to military direct contact. it has been cut off and that is how accidents and misunderstandings happen. we are back to open, clear communication on a direct basis. no miscalculations on either side, it can cause real trouble

with the major country. i think we have made real progress there as well. it is important for the world to see that we are implementing the approach in the best traditions of american diplomacy. were talking to our competitors being blown up with one another so there is no misunderstanding as a key element to maintaining global stability. in the months ahead we will continue to preserve high-level diplomacy to the prc and keep the lines of communication open between president xi and me. if either one calls each other they will be spoken with immediately. the washington post knows that this agreement on communication

reestablishes key military panels and communication and a burst of anger over house speaker nancy pelosi's trip to taiwan. they also agreed to strengthen narcotics -- here is the president on that. >> after many years of being on hold we are restarting cooperation between the united states and prc on counter narcotics. in 20, china took action to reduce the amount of fentanyl shipped from china to the united states but since that time they have evolved from finished fennel to chemical ingredients and pill presses which are being shipped without control. some of these pills are being inserted into other drugs that a

lot of people are dying. more people between the ages from 18-49 die from conventional than any other cause. with this new understanding we will reduce the flow of precursor chemical and pill pressers. this will save lives and i appreciate president xi's commitment on this issue. we have test our teams to make sure that it works. host: president biden on this agreement with the chinese leader on combating fentanyl. it made the business section of the new york times. china to stop the flow of fentanyl. they have stopped more fentanyl from entering the united states than in the prior venous -- previous five years.

synthetic opiates may have resulted in over 77,000 overdose deaths in the united states between 2022 and april 2023. the problem with overdoses are acute in san francisco. china was the primary source of fentanyl coming in through the mail. the chinese government agreed to prohibit the production and sale except through special licenses but that resulted in chinese countries -- companies rerouting through mexico. the main source became mexican criminal organization that use chinese components and money laundering services.

we go to joe in georgia, a republican. what you make of this agreement between these two leaders? caller: i love c-span and i've been calling for 30 years. i think that's good to stop the fentanyl but i think biden is an extremely weak president. i am looking forward to getting trump back in office because i think china has been stealing our technology for years. i think we ought to adopt another approach. i'm happy that they're helping to stop fentanyl but i don't trust biden to be strong enough to deal with the chinese leader. i do trust donald trump. c-span you do a great job keep up the great work. host: thank you for calling in all these years. back to that article u.s.

officials have said problems have compounded because many of the ingredients used to make fentanyl our legal chemicals that can be used for legitimate purposes and other industries. in september biden added china to the list of major drug producing countries. this morning, we are getting your thoughts on president biden's meeting with xi jinping. on the sidelines of the asia-pacific economic summit. the two met there and talked for four hours and their meeting and agreements are making headlines in the papers this morning. democrats (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001 and

independents (202) 748-8002. text us as well include your first name city, state at (202) 748-8003 you can join us on facebook facebook.com/cspan or on acts with the handle http://twitter.com/cspanwj. the china moved to reopen ties biden and xi agreed to communications in the world is big enough for both powers. you have the wall street journal as well, biden and xi dial back rancor to stabilize ties. david from mulberry, florida, a republican. caller: good morning thank you for taking my call.

i wanted to comment on both of the issues out of the summit yesterday. the communication between china and the u.s. as far as the military, i really don't agree with that. i agree at higher levels the president, vice president but not the military level. we saw this with mark milley communicating with the russians and whoever else. trump may be crazy enough i'll call you before trump can do anything. any kind of attack i'll call you first. in world war ii, if one of truman's people his head general had called hirohito and said, this guy is crazy and he's

thinking about dropping the bomb on you. that should never happen at that level. even the joint chiefs of staff should never be involved in that. host: i went to get your reaction to the reporting on reopening military cooperation. they will likely face disagreements with elections and taiwan. the u.s. and china have differed sharply over the israel/hamas war as well. caller: i didn't hear that part of it on the wall street journal. the other point i was going to make was on the fentanyl. that is so easy to get around. it's not even meaningful.

china kinship precursors to somewhere in europe and they can send it wherever in the world. just to say that he will make sure it doesn't get into north america, that is meaningless. the one thing i've never heard anyone say this only one person has said this, if china is making most of our prescription drugs what is to say they can't put fentanyl in those? and the legitimate drug supply? those are all my comments this morning. host: thank you for calling and we appreciated. republican senator mitch mcconnell said biden was naive when it came to economic competition with china.

[video clip] >> strategic competition with china will decide the next course, but the biden administration has met this moment with weakness, naivete and sacrifice competition on the altar of green climate policy. in the quest to change the automobile industry electric he has made peace with sending tax dollars to the chinese that dominate battery making input. in pursuit of climate diplomacy, the administration has been left out of beijing, it keeps increasing its carbon emissions

and has no plan to cut them for years. host: senate leader mitch mcconnell on the floor yesterday. from the washington post, the u.s. and china will restart talks on climate. the united states and china the largest greenhouse gas emitters are in talks. the two countries said they would also step up coordination on curbing methane and work together to speed up the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy. the announcements were made in a joint statement between john kerry and his chinese counterpart. erica from maryland, and independent. caller: i don't trust one think

that the chinese say and i will tell you why. when it comes to the economy, they will steal whatever they can from the united states. they come over here and kill their own dissidents to flee their own oppressive regime. when it comes to their own population in china especially if they are muslim they are in concentration labor camps. when it comes to the fentanyl crisis, i want to see one country that would have such a devastating crisis in the united states. it comes from china and imported here and comes across a border that is wide open. it's almost an act of war that we haven't country like china that literally exterminates a

generation of americans with all of these illegal drugs. i have been watching this for 15 years. and it gets worse and worse. we need to close down the border and there should be some serious consequences for a country like china who supplies all of this stuff so this can happen. this is not an accident i think this is done on purpose which is why i don't trust them. i think there should be some serious consequences in our government should take a look at this economically. i don't want everything we buy from china i want things produced in america. host: you may be interested, on capitol hill homeland security

mayorkas testified about global threats to the homeland and part of that conversation was the southern border. you say that you want to close down then you may be interested in what those officials told lawmakers. go to c-span.org and when you hit the play had the stars will appear in those are the moments of interest you can follow along there. in jamestown, north carolina, hi dale. caller: i am soful for c-span which provides a national fo the first comment as i am so happy to see equity for the host there are four or fivle host versus males. the old set looked liket s put together at a flea market ight.

the third -- and the third president xi visiting with president biden, evenh united statess a massive coi would like them to declare bankruptcy. in china, great britain and the japanese have sand surrounding their countries. let thuntries pounce and as and declare bankruptcy and say to all of those countrieso we are not showing partiality just to china say, we are bankrupt our debt is 33 trillion we will take you back some of these, perhaps 20% but the fentanyl has

to stop and the purchasing of landing companiehe united states has to stop. this will get china's aention when they see we are not going to honor debts that we owe to china, i think the government of china will say we better s manufacturing fentanyl and we better get our human rights position and moral character. host: those ideas on how to deal with china. president biden meeting with the leader yesterday and announcing that the two have agreed to reopen military dialogue as well as combat fentanyl coming into the united states. we will take more of your calls on the presidents meeting with the chinese leader in the agreements that were announced

yesterday. he held a news conference and will show you more of that on the washington journal along with your calls. joining us now is a congressional reporter with axios here to talk about the ethics committee report on george santos. when will we see this report? guest: where expecting to see this report later today. they said it will not include a recommendation for expulsion but it should be interesting to see what the committee found there. host: what do we know about this report in the investigation? guest: the investigation has been going on for months in an effort to expel george santos last month the members said the ethics report had not been dropped yet.

the report will not recommend expulsion that they will try to force a vote on that. host: what were they looking into exactly? guest: he has admitted to multiple lies and misleading voters in there been allegations of misuse of candidates funds. host: you have mentioned earlier attempts to expel george santos. who was behind them in do we expect to see that again? guest: it was republican freshman members and they are expected to bring it back up after the report. we heard dan goldman say he is willing to bring a petition forward.

we will see how it all plays out there. host: what were the votes like the first time this effort was brought to the floor and do you suspect that changes? guest: some members were saying they were waiting to see what was in the ethics report so we could see an influx of members. but he is a reliable vote for the gop leadership so that remains to be seen. host: the former speaker kevin mccarthy sent george santos would be removed if the panel concluded he broke the law. what has speaker johnson said? guest: i have not spoken to speaker johnson but he will be reading the report. host: there will be news coming out. if he is expelled what happens to that seat? guest: we would see a special

election and a lot of the new york freshmen have been frustrated with congressman santos and would like to see someone else there. he is not the most popular colleague among the new york delegation. it will be interesting. host: they will be watching for this ethics report and you can follow her reporting if you go to axios.com on x. host: we appreciate reporting. guest: thank you for having me. host: back to president biden and president xi on military dialogue and battling fentanyl. jason an independent. thank you for waiting. caller: first of all i appreciate your interviewing

style. it's a breath of fresh air. i appreciate what c-span does. if we are speaking about president xi, are we speaking about the meeting? i think it's a wonderful thing. host: tell us why. caller: as a humanist, a human being, why should we not converse? why are we so partisan? our differences are our strengths we are a small planet. host: do you trust the chinese leader? guest: i trust joe biden. host: tell us why. guest: i trust him more than

donald trump because he has a

senator risch: you got the republicans saying this thing about the democrats and whoever side you are on, they think the side they are on is telling them the truth. this is a capitalist country. we don't produce nothing here hardly. and everything that we ever made has been done, done. we don't make anything. what china does is take everything we have made and they do a better job of it and do it faster. people who think they are going to do something what do they

do. they vote for the same people over and over again. host: do you think president biden should have met with the chinese leader? caller: no. if donald trump were doing the same thing, we are being manipulated. host: independent, what do you say? caller: between covid and fentanyl, these two culprits are the cause of all of it and they are monster and and what they

have caused -- host: columbus, ohio, republicans. and chinese leader, and mr. biden. my question is, why would biden the chinese leader a dictator when he does the same thing that trump did. leading a sovereign state, dictator, to make peace with him. it doesn't sound right. host: at the news conference that president biden held in san francisco, he was asked whether or not he regards president xi as a dictator and here was his

response.