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thing at the same time. so we're asking why and should we be concerned. abc7 is your source for all things apec this week. today we're putting a fun spin on the summit with our partners at the san francisco standard. they'll give us a sneak peek inside of those swag bags. but first, the stage is set for a high stakes meeting between president joe biden and china's president xi jinping. the leaders of the two most powerful economies in the world will meet tomorrow right here in the bay area. thanks so much for being here on a tuesday. you're watching getting answers. i'm julian glover. that meeting could impact the future of relations between the us and china. president biden arrived in the bay area just over an hour ago. we brought you those images live here on abc7 news. you're looking at video from sfo moments after air force one touched down. the president was greeted by governor gavin newsom , first partner, jennifer siebel newsom, congressman kevin mullin and san francisco mayor london breed. and tomorrow president biden will head to the historic

filoli estate in woodside to meet with president xi. voice of america, a government funded news network, reports the two leaders are expected to meet for four hours there tomorrow. that will include a working lunch and a stroll on that beautiful estate. but before that, there is plenty unfolding today at the apec summit, which is underway at san francisco's moscone center. abc7 news anchor kristen sze is live for us there with today's developments. kristen, you've been very busy with big interviews with attorney general rob bonta, the lieutenant governor. kounalakis what do you have for us now? >> that's right. a chat with secretary john kerry as well, who is, of course, the us special envoy for president biden on the issue of the environment and climate. so, yes, the delegation is are starting to arrive. of course, the big meetings really start tomorrow, including the ceo summit. but you know what's important already today on the agenda, the issue of sustainable city and how these apec member economies are going to grow their economies and do so in a

way that is equitable and sustainable. so here with us to talk about some of that is monica whaley, who is the president of the national center for apec. monica, it's really great to see you. thank you. it's great to be here. i know this is such a big event, so much to talk about. you've been bouncing around, but i got to start with this, which is our viewers are barely beginning to know what apec is. what is the national center for apec? well, so back in 1993, when president bill clinton gathered the apec leaders for the first time at that presidential level, he did so in seattle. and after that was finished, one of the one of the real priorities of that meeting was bringing the private sector closer into the apec process, and the national center was established to work with the private sector to integrate them into the apec process. so we've been doing that for 30 years out of seattle and doing, you know, there's a lot of the apec ongoing work, the working groups and ministries, ministerial meetings and that that are doing a lot with the private sector, get a lot of private sector

input. and that i think helps make better policy in the end. can you talk about why that private sector involvement in specifically the ceos involvement and the stakeholders as well? is vital to get things really done? well, one of the things a great example is the forum we had today on sustainability. it was called the sustainable future forum, but it was all built on the agreement that leaders had last year out of bangkok. they agreed on the bangkok bio circular green economy model as the model to use going forward and this sustainable future forum focused on the ways that the private sector is working with the public sector to try to attain some of those bio circular green goals. so there's a lot of we had a lot of chief sustainability officers. we had secretary kerry speak at our luncheon. and in fact, we do have some video of that. i caught up with him as he was walking in to speak to you guys and while he didn't go into details, i was trying to ask what he was hoping in terms of a statement that might come out of

this. what is your sense for whether there might be some agreement, especially with china signing on as well? i don't know whether the apec group will have a statement, but there's a lot of subgroups and bilaterals, as you know, and i know that everybody's anxiously looking forward to the bilat with president xi, with president biden. but i also know that it was secretary kerry mentioned that he was meeting with his counterparts and has been meeting with them. and so i think we're hoping for some some good news out of that. those exchanges. i think all of that dialog is just really bringing us in the right direction of a more stable and normalized relationship with china. right. and of course, the us and china are the two biggest carbon emissions emitters, right? so how do we each approach bringing that down? well i think what's interesting today that secretary kerry did mention at lunch is what a great example california was of some of the ways that you could address these climate challenges and try to reduce emissions and do that on a broad scale that you don't have one panacea answer to everything. it has to be a range of different kinds of approaches that will

come together and make it possible for us to really reach our climate goals. i think it's and he just really underscored the urgency of doing so. yeah, i mean, obviously we are currently on track, as i understand, to be three degrees celsius warmer by the end by 2000, 2100 if we stay the course. so we cannot stay the course. no, that was what his point was. we cannot stay the course. we have to go for the more aggressive, ambitious, i guess i would say ambitious goals that were set and that california is a model leading the way. so right. well, since we are a model and i know we are in terms of innovation, research, development, all that. right. but what about in terms of equity and to be able to also serve the small farmer, maybe on the other side of the country? well, i think there's a lot of work going into especially we're talking about ai and how that seems to be like the next frontier for everybody. but how do you make that from the beginning of its sort of launch? i know that people have been doing it, been doing it for many more years than that. but as the

general public and people like farmers, ranchers, you know, workers, everybody gets more realize more that it's part of their life life, that how do we make that a more equitable, how to make the benefits more greatly felt by a broader number of people. and that's how we feel about trade as well. i mean, people don't always understand and know the benefits they get of trade because it might be just a few pennies less on on a product that we buy. and i think that there's a lot of issues of equity. when you when you say that for regular consumers, the family table that that president biden is always talking about trade relationships with these other economies and especially these ones in asia pacific, which make up 60% of world trade. i mean, the this is where the action is happening here in apec. and i think a lot of people here think that mainly the asian countries benefit from trade with us, but actually that is not the case. it's not the case that trade is very much a two way street. the things that they buy from us american products are still very much desirable all over apec for

sure, but all over the world. i think there's some things which, you know, we make second to none. so that's definitely a two way street. the only way trade can happen is if it's a two way street. so i think the benefits are something that can be broader, more broadly understood and more broadly felt. so i know you have you're behind the ceo summit doesn't happen without you. it officially begins tomorrow. and there are going to be a lot of great forums, including one with president biden right? yes, there's sessions going on for the two days, the 15th and 16th. and we have i think it's 12 big ceos here. a lots of big ceos here. and 12 world leaders that are going to be speaking on the agenda and adjusting their schedules and making sure everybody gets their time on the on the stage is going to be great. but we have more than ever. and you talked about equity and sustainability more than ever, women's participation in the ceo summit, small and medium enterprises participation in the ceo summit. we're super excited about the way that we've tried from the beginning of this year really to broaden the

access and the reach of the ceo summit participants while still maintaining its focus on these big trade and economic policy issues that affect all of us. supply chain and digital. and i know you took many trips to san francisco in preparation for this summit. what is your impression of the city right now and how prepared it was and what a great place if you think so, to do business in international business. it's absolutely been amazing to see the enthusiasm of the city leaders. and we've met with business and organizations and the mayor's office, and there's just been a 100% support for this for the year that we've known about it. early 11 months that we've known this was going to be happening here and over the course of that time, the people that we meet out on the streets, the ambassadors in the street, et cetera. there have been so helpful. and it's i think the city's sparkling. it looks great. and i think it really is going to be an eye opener for some of the people who are coming to san francisco going, oh, i haven't been here since the 80s. somebody said today, you know, so i think a

lot of these people, it's kind of a refreshed view of san francisco. it's going to be great indeed. have you had the chance to ride the ferris wheel? not yet. but the mayor made me promise that i would saturday morning. so so there we are. okay morning's plan. once this is all finished, right, you get a chance to just enjoy the city afterwards too. thank you so much, monica whaley, president of the national center for apek. thank you. thanks, kristin. all right. good stuff coming your way. a lot more interviews as well. so, julian, i'm going to send it back to you for now. okay >> we look forward to seeing you on abc seven news at four, five and six. we appreciate it. thanks, kristin. up next here on getting answers, we're talking about what's inside of those eight pack swag bags. all the items that will be given out to the media, the folks who are covering the summit and they were handpicked by mayor london breed more on that when our media partner, the san francisco standard

one of the fun things for members of the media is the goodie bags that they'll be getting as they cover those big events. our media partner, the san francisco standard, they took on the tough job of finding out what's inside those bags as their new article details. it's all things that are meant to show off the best of san francisco and joining us live now is the author of that story, julie zigas, arts and culture reporter for the standard. julie, we appreciate your time. thanks for being here. >> thanks so much for having me. okay. >> so first things first. what is inside of the apec media goodie bags? we've seen the outside of it and we'll show a picture in just a bit. but it's gorgeous. it has the golden gate bridge. what better symbol of san francisco, for sure. >> and inside the bag, there's

way more symbols of san francisco packed in there. and all of these items were hand selected by mayor london breed and the chief of protocol, miriam mccullagh, which is a very orwellian sounding job title, but really it just means the person who is the liaison on between san francisco and foreign representatives of government and so basically the hospitality 8-80 person who rolls out the welcome mat to san francisco. so she and mayor london breed together. tell did all of the products that went inside the goodie bag and you'll see there's lots of san francisco treats inside there okay so this is something like mayor breeds favorite things right? >> kind of thinking of the oprah's favorite things list that comes out every holiday season. talk to us about what's inside of the bags because like you mentioned, so many of the items are really symbolic of what san francisco has to offer. >> yeah, for sure. so there's a kettle corn that's thatcher's

kettle corn. that was a little tiny shop that was born in san francisco and now is a very large company that does wholesale orders and is very well known, delicious popcorn, of course, their label is the golden gate bridge, keeping up with all the san francisco icons. there's a beautiful journal i brought an example to show you that has the cable car on it, of course. and this beautiful international orange color, which is the color of the golden gate bridge. this is another local purveyor that, you know, makes their goods right here in the city. there's another story i really love. so this is elizabeth w, which is a sort of wellness line. they make perfumes and eye pillows and this is hand sanitizer. and this company is named after the founder's great grandmother who had a ranch in the sierra nevadas. and he learned about plants and plant medicine and

sort of natural ways of taking care of oneself from his grandmother. so another san francisco company with a really sweet backstory. >> you can never be too safe, right, when there's such a large gathering of people got to have that hand sanitizer because you're going to be shaking a lot of hands. another one that caught my eye, of course, blue bottle, instant coffee, right to keep the. yeah. >> and i was yeah, just going to jump in and say that not only do you have to keep your hands clean, but you also have to stay awake right? this long conference. so there's four packets of espresso powder and the blue bottle package and again another kind of signature for san francisco company that is well recognized and well loved, but also some companies that are not as well known, like , i really love this little keychain from a company that's called ellie and ava, and they have it's actually a music store on jackson's jackson street on the border of chinatown. and so even though they sell mostly tsay musical instruments and vintage instruments, they made

this special keychain for apec. and it actually i don't know if the camera can pick it up, but it says apec, sf 2023 on the side of the keychain. so just a sweet little memory of people's experience at the summit that is really cool. >> and hopefully this will inspire some folks to go out and support so many of these local businesses here in san francisco . i know there's been some concern, especially for those businesses that are in the highest security zone around moscone center of, you know, well business have to take a hit because people are being deterred from coming down here. we showed the video just moments ago of president joe biden landing at sfo and just seeing how many members of the media were there on the tarmac. do you have a sense of how many members of the media will be in town for apec? how many of those swag bags they'll be handing out? >> well, you know, they really haven't prepared enough swag bags for all the media because when i went down to the basement of city hall where they were putting together these bags,

they were making about 600 or so city hall volunteers were. but there's really over a thousand journalists, at least coming to apec. so i'm not sure if everyone will get their bag. but we'll see. hopefully there's not an outcry. >> okay. so it's going to be a hot ticket, a highly coveted item. before we let you go, any thing in particular that really caught your eye as being your favorite thing that was stuffed inside of the bag? >> yeah. so two things i would say. one is the silk koala chocolates, which was a box of four truffles. and what i loved about this, it was called the san francisco collection. and each chocolate had a different picture of san francisco on it. so there was alamo square, golden gate bridge, the cable car. and then what i found kind of hilarious was the fernet flavored chocolate, which, as many people know, san francisco fans love their fernet, but it's very bitter and it's not for everyone. and on the fernet, chocolate was alcatraz, so i thought that was a fun, a fun little note. and then the other

thing i'll mention is just that the media swag bag is only one version. there's another version that has much more elaborate goodies inside it for the dignitaries and the delegates, which will also have some of the same brands like elizabeth w, but instead of just hand sanitizer, they're getting the vetiver eye pillows and the lavender sachets and a much more elaborate assortment of goodies. >> okay. as you imagine, as you mentioned, rather, san francisco really rolling out the red carpet for all of those folks, some 30,000 that are expected to be in the city as they take in apec this week. julie zgorze, we really appreciate your time. thanks so much for joining us. of course. >> yeah, thanks for having me. as always, you can check out julie's story and more of the san francisco standard's other original reporting on their website. >> all you have to do is go to sf standard.com and a reminder for abc7 news is your station. when it comes to everything uh- apec 2023. our complete coverage has everything you need to know. you'll find it all on our front page. abc7 news.com or when you

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it's also causing a bit of panic there, too. since late october, tens of thousands of earthquakes have been reported in the southwestern part of the country, causing fissures in craters to form in the earth. you're looking at video of some of that, including seeping steam, coming from the ground. officials say the increased seismic activity indicates a significant likelihood of a volcanic eruption in the coming days. but that's not the only volcano capturing headlines this week with plumes of smoke. also spotted in japan and russia. in fact, 19 volcanoes are erupting

at the very same time. but it left us wondering is all of this normal? joining us live now with some insight is andy calver, scientist in charge of the usgs california volcano observatory. andy, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me so the big question, 19 volcanic eruptions, is that a lot or is that normal when it comes to volcanic activity? it's pretty normal. i mean, the earth is a heat engine and it's got a few different ways for volcanoes to erupt. and typically, we, you know, any at any given time, there will be ten, 20, 30, 40 volcanoes erupting around the world. it's a continuous process. sometimes we get more that are sort of around civilization and around people. but it's really just sort of a continuous, typical. event >> it's just a part of life on

this thing that we call earth. so i guess i guess you're saying that it would be unusual if we didn't see multiple volcanoes erupting at the same time. you mentioned upwards of 30 volcanoes erupting at certain parts in our history. yeah typically we have multiple volcanoes erupting at any time in alaska. >> currently, there are, i think, 2 or 3 that are at elevated color codes. hawaii is not currently erupting, but it could very, very soon. etna is one of the most active volcanoes on earth, and it's currently erupting as well. >> the video that we're showing fermenting right now, it's absolutely gorgeous to take a look at. can you explain the connection between volcanoes and earthquakes and how they're related? are we talked about it a little bit with what's happening in iceland right now, but break down that connection for us if we can. >> yeah, well, there are a lot of different sorts of earthquakes. we obviously get them mostly say, along the san andreas fault in california, and

that's where one of the large lithium spheric plates is grinding past another one. and those cores cause earthquakes. but when magma rises up toward the surface, it breaks a lot of rock on its way up and those are earthquakes as well. they're they're somewhat different in character, but that's one of the main ways we use to monitor active volcanoes is we watch for earthquakes. that's especially around our known volcanoes. and they tell us kind of where the magma is, is and whether it's whether it's coming up to the surface or not. >> and then that's when we would see that eruption, that gorgeous orange glow that we often see when earthquakes erupt. >> yeah, often, though, is the key word, really, because sometimes the magma gets very close to the surface and doesn't erupt. it's very possible that this event that's going on in iceland won't culminate in an eruption that the scientists

there are really top notch. and they're they're keeping an eye on it. they're very used to these sorts of eruptions in iceland. and typically, you know, there have been over the last few years a number of eruptions nearby. where this one is, is looking like it's going to happen. but there are times when the magma gets very close to the surface and stalls and freezes as well. >> well, speaking of the situation there in iceland, we know that there are some towns that are being evacuated near that volcano. so and also warnings of possible and we do want to stress possible disruptions to flight activity. what should people know? >> well, yeah, so there are typically in iceland when there are the lava typically comes out in as as fountains similar to what you're seeing at etna right now. you'll have orange rock

coming out. and it doesn't go high up into the into the air. and so flights can easily be diverted around it. sometimes times when it interacts with water or ice, you can actually get at a significant amount of ash up in the air and it can affect aircraft. it did that in europe up, what, 8 or 10 years ago. um you know, the best thing really is to pay attention, to listen to what the, the geologists, the government vocal archeologists are telling everybody to do. and, you know, just to keep your safe distance. >> okay. great advice, right there. andy calvert, scientist in charge of the usgs, california volcano observatory. we really appreciate your time and explaining all of this for us. thanks for being here. >> you're welcome. anytime. >> all right. well, a reminder, you can get our live newscast breaking news, weather and a lot

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