expect xi jingping to open the welcome mat to the u.s. especially at a time when many american businesses have feel they have faced crackdowns while doing business here in china, expect for him to encourage more foreign direct investment. but above all, in many ways, this is preventing future diplomatic meltdowns. that's going to be a big goal here. it's something i talked about with one longtime china observer, let's take a listen. >> the u.s. prc relationship could potentially spiral out of control and i think beijing recognizes it's probably not going to be in beijing's interest for that to happen either. >> and looking at things from china, for xi jingping, this is a chance for him to look strong in front of the chinese people especially as china deals with so many different domestic issues. and then from a broader picture, as a chance for xi jingping to really come across as almost a leader on the world stage. we've been hearing a lot of discussion from xi jingping himself about creating this new world order, almost an alternative to

on wednesday, biden meets with xi jingping.u can imagine, security is tight inside moscone center. 20,000 guests and all of the locals serving the guests. terry mcsweeney, under the embarcadero, lit up under that laser beam. >> reporter: san francisco, putting on its best look for this week-long party known as apec 2023. if you're going to have a big party, you better bring a laser people with you. we have one going on from the ferry building to market street towards twin peaks. it's spectacular. something else going on, monday night parties. lots of them. while we're at it, let's drop a ferris wheel at fisherman's warf. what a colorful welcome at a party at fermination labs. it's a v.i.p. reception for apec 2023. the future starts in california. put on by global s.f. >> lots of excitement. more crowd than we thought. but that that's around the energy. >> reporter: if you're invited to one of the apec parties or coming to check out the christmas tree, i can guarantee you that anywhere near moscone center this, is as safe an are

xi jingping will make his first visit to the united states in years. >>> we begin in the middle east. the humanitarian situation in gaza is growing more dire. israeli forces say they went deeper into gaza city on sunday, reaching the outskirts of the refugee camp and conducting raids in multiple areas. it's arrested 20 alleged hamas members, including some accused of taking part in the october 7th attacks in israel. multiple hospitals in gaza closing, due to air strikes and lack of fuel. health officials and aid agencies say patients, staff and thousands of displaced civilians trapped inside gaza's biggest hospital, due to fighting nearby. israeli military said it put 300 liters of fuel at the entrance to the hospital complex on sunday. providing this video of the fuel being carried by soldiers. cnn cannot independently verify the contents of the video. the idf says hamas blocked the hospital from receiving the fuel. but the director of the hospital says the staff had been too scared to go out to get it. the fuel would have run the generators for about 30 minutes. we have more and som

president joe biden will meet with xi jingping. we will have a live report from beijing this hour. >>> a surprise announcement from tim scott, as he suspends his presidential campaign, thinning the field vying for the republican nomination. >>> good to have you with us. we begin in the northeast, where the medical situation in gaza is growing more dire, as israel steps up its war against hamas. israeli forces reached the outskirts of the jrefugee camp. the idf has arrest ed 20 allege hamas members. meantime, multiple hospitals in gaza are closing due to air strikes and lack of fuel. aid agencies, say patients and staff are trapped inside the biggest hospital, due to fighting nearby. we have more on the desperate situation in gaza hospitals and a warning. some of the video you are about to see is graphic. >> reporter: these are the sounds of the final gasps from gaza's collapsing health care system. medical staff, working under bombardment for nearly a month. now, this chorus of frantic voices, seen here working under torchlight, te

president biden and xi jingping arriving in san francisco today. let's get to jessica aguirre, leading our team coverage tonight. >> reporter: the stakes are higher tonight, with the arrival of president biden and chinese leader, xi jingping. it may be apec summit of 21 economies. make no mistake. there's a lot of focus on those two leaders. what will they discuss? how it will be displayed to the world is important. the two leaders will try to diffuse tensions between our two countries. spy balloons, the human rights violations. the war between russia and ukraine. and very important, trade. it is a very detailed, very delicate, diplomatic dance, that is about to unfold. now, all of this is also unfolding as the streets of san francisco fill with protests. you're looking right now at a live look at market and powell. thousands of people have been out there, since about 5:00, hoping to get global attention, particularly president biden's attention. the protest is on the move. moving up market street. palestinian demonstrators are calling for a cease-

biden spent much of the day trying to build bridges with xi jingping.ric meeting that captured the world's attention and inspired protests across the city. good evening. tonight, we're learning more about what was discussed and the progress that was made. >> terry mcsweeney is on the emba embarcadero. there were protests and parties. >> reporter: i hope you like surprises. there were several of them at the exploratorium where the city put on a biden for the president. the surprises inside. we had a few of those. a big surprise outside. a large and loud fireworks show following the president's event at the planet tore yum. there is every team that needs for leaders. >> mr. biden spoke long enough. he's been one hell of a governor. we could have the job i am looking for. >> and this for nancy pelosi. >> nancy, you are the finest speaker of house. >> and told london breed mayor is the most difficult in america. and what follows apec. >> i'm looking forward to the bridges we will build. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of dem stralters called for a cease-

china's president jingping. he's also in town as well. we do know that the motorcade will shut down to 80. so keep that in mind as the morning moves on. as far as the meeting. we do know that a lot of things need to be hammered out, including reestablishing military communications between the 2 countries. you might recall that china had a spy balloon floating over the united states earlier this year in the u.s. shot it down the u.s. apparently tried to contact china's military, but sister not talking these days. they couldn't do it. and then shot down the balloon which did not sit well, which china not to mention. then speaker of the house nancy pelosi visiting taiwan back in 2022, they also want to talk about iran. what does iran have to do with today's meeting? president biden wants to stress that china to stay out of the middle east conflict china buys a lot of oil from iran and china. >> according to a lot of sources, could way their influence on the run. and the president, according to some of his people, they're telling china today,

the president announced he and x jingping made an understanding to crack down on chemicals trafficked from china used to make fentanyl. this is 20 minutes. president biden: i didn't know there was this many people in town. please have a seat. i just came from several meetings with xi and i believe they were the most productive discussions we had. i've been meeting with xi over 10 years ago. our meetings have been candid and straightforward and we haven't always agreed but they've been straightforward. and today we built on the groundwork related to the past several months of high level diplomacy between our teams and made important progress, i believe. first, i'm pleased to announce after many years of being on hold, we're restarting cooperations between the united states and p.r.c. and counternarcotics. in 2019, you may remember, china took action to greatly reduce the amount of fentanyl shipped directly from china to the united states. but in the years since that time, the challenge has evolved from finished fentanyl to fentanyl ingredients and pill presses which have been shipped w

. >>> and chinese president xi jingping will soon travel to the u.s. where he is set to meet with president joe bide p. a look at what's at stake for the two leaders. that's next. >>> welcome back, everyone. well, the field of u.s. republican presidential capped d candidates is shrinking. as tim scott is suspending his campaign for 2024. we're told his announcement caught many of his aides and donors by surprise. he was facing an uphill battle with donald trump. he won't endorse another candidate right now. he plans to serve out his term in congress that runs out in 2028. >>> members of congress are working against the clock with a friday deadline to keep the government up and running. the new speaker of the house is pushing an unconventional plan that would provide staggering funding into the new year. it remains to be seen if lawmakers will approve it. >> reporter: speaker mike johnson in his first test as speaker unveiling a plan to keep the government open with a handful of days before tend of the week deadline. facing fire from the right flank, ab

country, much like we saw during yesterday's summit with president joe biden and chinese president xi jingping. three agreements were made during those talks. a re-establishment of direct communication between military leaders that was cut by the chinese earlier this year because of the spy balloon incident. an agreement to chak crack down on the manufacture of fentanyl. and during comments by president xi after the meeting with president biden, he mentioned the streamlining of visa requirements an increase of international flights between the two countries. chinese air carriers stopped flights to the u.s. at the start of the pandemic. this is manager local leaders had been hoping would be a boost for bay area tourism. >> translator: we hope two people will make more visits, contacts and exchanges. and write new stories of friendship in the new era. >> reporter: while biden and xi were meeting, meetings between the other nations happened here and continued today. the president has mentioned the progress of some of the meets. antony blinging announced a new policy. >> we'll ensure you own trade

including chinese president, xi jingping, canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. he hosted leaders for a dialogue at a working lunch session that was held after that event. we did get a chance to speak with some of the ceos after the address. the ceo of san francisco-based autodesk. the software company makes design and software tools. he appreciates the chance to meet business people around the world. and agrees with the president that working together is better for business. >> we're trying to balance risk and reward. you can't be all-in but you can't be all-out. you are trying to find the right line. little things we hear from the president make a big difference when you are hearing about these things. >> other ceos applauded the president's commitment on a.i., security and climate tech. the website is a wonderful resource to keep up with all things related to the summit. all you have to do, scan the q.r. code on your screen. that will take you to the apec guide online. you will find a lot of information on the road closures and events surrounding the summit th

he will have what they call a sideline meeting today with china's president jingping.at he's also in town. this will be their first time talking and more than a year. never mind face-to-face. they haven't even been on the phone for more than a year. the relationship between the 2 superpowers. it has been frosty ever since last year. many events including united states shooting down the spy balloon last february and then also then speaker of the house nancy pelosi visiting thai one that upset china. what they want to do as far as this meeting is concerned for the biden administration is to re-establish military communications. they will, of course, talk about the economy. and sources also say that president biden will talk to china's president about iran. >> china buys a lot of its oil from iran. iran is a big supporter of hamas and the president, according to sources, we'll try to lean on china's president to at the very least stay out of the conflict between hamas. >> and israel saying if anything should happen, united states will be forced to step up its efforts as i

gaza, is that your previous commitment to defend taiwan for many chinese military action and to xi jingping outline the conditions under which china would attack taiwan? president biden: i reiterate what i said since i became president and what every president as of late has said. we maintain the agreement that there is a one china policy. i'm not going to change that, that's not going to change. that is about the extent to which we discussed it. next question was bloomberg. >> it appears, among other issues, that your agreement with president xi over fentanyl would require a lot of trust in verifications to have success curbing those drug close. after today, and considering all you've been through in the past year, would you say that you trust president xi? secondly, on taiwan, you and your administration has warned president xi in china about interference in the upcoming elections. and wondering, what with the consequences be if they did interfere in the selection? president biden: i did not expect any interference, any at all. we had that discussion as he was leaving. i trust that verifi

hosted a welcome reception at the exploratorium following his meeting with chinese president xi jingping. high stakes event that brought out demonstrators rally for a variety of global including china's foreign policies and the ongoing war. the little when fun time from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news. >> good evening. thanks for joining us 10. i'm ken wayne and i'm vicki liviakis. president joe biden tonight hosting a party in san francisco after reaching agreements with chinese president xi jingping. let's take a live look right now at the exploratorium tonight. biden hosted that welcome party for visitors attending the apec summit. our kron sarah stinson joins us now live from the embarcadero. sarah man, it was quite a scene earlier, little quieter right now. how's it looking? >> vicky, what a production. and yeah, much more quiet right now. they're starting to tear down this welcome party. put on by president joe biden earlier tonight, we heard glenn stefani, her music blaring through the streets of san francisco and it ended with a long fireworks show

and xi jingping to its predecessors, he seeks to change the status quo. and personally the united states is now responding to the dynamic and therefore apparently unstable because of these factors coming together. so when you turn to the question of u.s. strategy over the core strategic question of taiwan, its strategy is one of integrated deterrence in order to maintain strategic awill inreunacross the -- east coast will inreup to the s -- equilibrium. it's the best way to prevent the unconscionable from occurring. i told you before, preserving the status quo is what we seek to do in relation to taiwan. i don't think any of the countries represented in this form would in any way support any move by taiwan towards the dependence is literally a violation of china's policy. so the alternative is to preserve the status quo and the way that is best achieved is through a strategy of integrated deterrence. if we can maintain the status quo and restore the equilibrium and get back to economy and development, which is the granddaddy of them all, climate change wh

xi jingping, we know he has favored state owned enterprises. perhaps national security assets would be in better hands in state players rather than the private enterprises like alibaba . it rishaad: perhaps this is a question you can ask our next guest. yvonne: he would know more about it, founder and chairman at pdh china joining us from beijing. he has written about alibaba, so he is the expert on the company and really the future of it, given now that this restructuring is in doubt. why do you think this spinoff of the cloud unit was basically next? >> now looking back at it, it looks more like spin them spinoff. we knew they were looking for a good story. there were looking for the consumer rebound story. but on top of that, they were looking at unlocking the synergies. that's all these planes that are queued up at hong kong airport trying to take off. now they are not getting air traffic control. one of the big reasons is, they are not performing well. as we just heard on the cloud business, they are blaming the chip wars, that's a factor

eyes will be on tomorrow's high stakes meeting between president biden and chinese president xi jingpinge pair set to meet for the first time in a year. emily finn has a closer look at what could be on the agenda. >> there are at least 3 americans detained in china. and while their family members hope that talks of their release will be on the table for discussion at this week's meeting between biden and xi. they're not feeling too optimistic. mark speed and kylie and david lynn have been held in china for years. all of them still have significant time left in their sentences. the has been in prison since 2018 and lynn has been held since 2006 speed and who the state department calls wrongfully detained is accused of drug charges and has been in chinese prisons for the past decade. he's facing a death sentence, though. chinese officials did suspended for 2 more years. news nation spoke with sweden's mother katherine, who says no one has seen her son at least 3 months. she has concerns about his well-being and his health since he does have injuries and has lost about hals of his body weig

president biden along with chinese leader xi jingping are expected to come wednesday, but it was on saturday. the first event started at 1 o'clock in the afternoon with opening remarks from senior officials. >> meeting chair nora todd during the opening remarks, todd pointed out the city's connection to the asian culture with historic chinatown and a large portion of the population with asian or pacific islander route, as well as its close proximity to business leaders in silicon valley. >> president biden's decision to host economic leaders in the city of san francisco was a natural one. the city is synonymous with connectivity. it has long been recognized as a gateway to the asia pacific. if there ever was an american city that personified a pack. this is the place. >> now city leaders have prepared for the summit fight, had 6 security at barricades and checkpoints for pedestrians and cars. want to show you a map to show you the areas that are going to be impacted the most in and around this county center and the fairmont hotel. so traffic will be temporarily blocked off from market to har

. >> reporter: in comments after his meeting with president biden, chinese president xi jingping signaled that pandas may make a return to the united states. he stated publicly that china is not interested in a cold war aggression towards any other country. chen points out one of the biggest disagreements remains the status of taiwan. >> china's position is that taiwan is a renegade province. >> reporter: he says the united states will need to be careful about its defense of the small democracy. taiwanese elections are in january. the most substantive agreement between biden and xi is likely the renewed promise to have open dialogue with each other. that's an important step in repairing what appeared to be an unraveling relationship between two superpowers. at the apec media center, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> tonight, so much talk about san francisco, did we clean up just for apec? mayor breed is hearing the criticism. why didn't the city be this clean and safe all the time? we'll chat with london breed coming up on the 7:00 news. we send it back to you. another

positive takeaways, lee hopes the historic meeting between president biden and china's president xi jingping brings about more tourism to the city. lee says san francisco also showed it could be a clean and safe place in front of a global audience. >> anything, as a city, we did our best to i'm kind of. tell the people that time. >> you know, we're doing we're we're here. we're okay. you know, just come out and >> and see for yourself. >> well, president biden and china's president have both left san francisco, but many global dignitaries are going to be hanging around town throughout the weekend. and as for those street closures around moscow, nice enter and throughout the south of market neighborhood, expect those to last until at least sunday reporting live in san francisco. dan thorn kron. 4 news. >> thank you, dan. and with 20,000 or so, people here for a packed this weekend warnings about traffic for locals. apparently not that many people rode bart this week, according to statistics published by the transit agency ridership throughout most of the week. rim aided less than 50% of pre-p

conference, there will be a face-to-face meeting between president biden and chinese president xi jingping tensions between the 2 countries remain high and details of the meeting, including the day and time are still being worked out. when it does happen, it will be the first meeting between the 2 men since november of 2022. at the apec conference in bali. whether time here in the bay as we take a live look at the bay bridge, which will be affected by a packed crowd for chief. meteorologist lawrence karnow is here to tell us how things will be tomorrow morning. yeah. looking like we're going to start out nice tomorrow morning around the bay area. of course we have some rain across the bay area last 24 hours. things begin to part just a bit cloud ways in the rain. >> really coming to an end out there right now. some partly cloudy skies over san francisco at this hour. but skies start to clear out overnight tonight, but we do have some decent rain. also a half an inch in petaluma and mount tam dublin, just about a 3rd of an inch pacific at just under a quarter of an inch of rain, lesser amou

important task a meeting today to implement the important common understandings between president xi jingping and president biden. >> well, this since relations between china and the u.s. are very fragile disagreement on trade, on human rights, economic practices. china's refusal to condemn the russian war in ukraine and both sides are deadlocked on things like spying, accusations. so what janet yellen and her chinese counterpart are talking about today and tomorrow really could matter and might go a long way and holding things together before the bigger apec meetings next week. back to you. >> high-level talks. thank you, catherine. coming up on kron, 4 news at 5, the largest medical worker strike is over. but did employees get everything they wanted? the negotiations that will bring kaiser permanente workers off the picket line. plus, the fallout from racist text messages allegedly sent by a former police officer continues. >> in san jose now potentially putting hundreds of criminal cases in jeopardy. but first, the trial begins for the man charged with breaking into the pelosi home and ass

. >> and chinese president xi jingping. we'll be in san francisco for that week long apec summit. and that means that there's going to be tight security all around the city. the u.s. secret service and francisco police announced this afternoon that starting monday night, a security barriers are going to place around the fairmont hotel and the hill area. the city we went by the fairmont little earlier today in crews were already bringing out the barriers. yeah, around mosconi authorities say you're will be split into 2 zones, a green and red. this is a map provided by the city. public will be allowed in the green zone, but vehicles will be searched in that zone. >> the red zone not open to the public. they're right in the center. only those who have proper credentials will be allowed in secret service agents will be present in near buena area. 24 7 kron four's dan kerman was at this announcement. he is going to have a full report for us coming up a little later on in the the area around muskogee center and certainly stranger to homelessness. but >> just like during dreamforce, ther

president biden and chinese president xi jingping. >> met face-to-face in woodside tonight for the first time in more than a year. the 2 of them discussing several issues, including the wars in the middle east and europe, the world economy and tensions in taiwan. the meeting went on for several hours. as we mentioned, kron four's. catherine heenan reporting from what side. >> about a mile and a half from full. only hundreds of protesters were allowed to gather not allowed to come any closer. the scene quite remarkable today. hundreds of people supporting president xi jinping showing up in buses. they outnumbered everybody else. but there are also a lot of blasting chinese regime talking about taiwan and human rights violations. meantime, the leaders of both countries had 4 hours to meet and talk, which considered quite extraordinary. biden says progress was made, i welcome the positive steps we've taken the day. >> and it's important for the world to see that we're implementing the approach in the best traditions of american diplomacy. we're talking to our competitors and the and just ju

important task a meeting today to implement the important common understandings between president xi jingping and president biden. >> and yes, this does matter because relations between china and the u.s. are very fragile. there's disagreement on trade, human rights, economic practices. china's refusal to condemn the russian war in ukraine. both sides also deadlocked on things like spying, accusations. so what janet yellen and her chinese counterpart will be talking about today and tomorrow. it matters might go a long way and holding things together before the bigger apec meetings next week. back to you. >> all right. a lot happening here in the city over the next 8 days or so as we take a live look. at the city here on a thursday night. transamerica pyramid do lawrence is here, though, that we're going to shift our attention up to the >> high country. >> where? >> it's dumping a lot of snow. we're going to see a ton of snow this that time of year. a lot of folks kind of get caught up there. they'll travel up there and they'll say, well, it's going to be just like it was nice last week, right

president joe biden and chinese president xi jingping landed at sfo tuesday afternoon ahead of what's going to be their first face-to-face meeting in a year. >> the last meeting was at the group of indonesia summit in the fall of 2022. since then, tensions between the 2 countries have grown. get back on the normal course of corresponding being able to pick up the phone to talk to one another christmas. >> being able to make sure our military still have contact with. of biden and xi are scheduled to meet at the fa lowliest state. >> historical country, house and museum in the town of woodside on the peninsula. >> about 30 miles north of the meeting spot dozens of pro china and a few anti china demonstrations took place near the nissan for the apec meeting is being helped. police lined up to limit the view of protesters from passing dignitaries. biden says he wants to work with the president to help china while keeping the u.s. strong. if you average citizen and china. >> will have a decent paying job. salmon benefits, homeless. i'm not going to continue stand support for positions wher

xi jingping understands that. he knows that. he's losing on the battlefield. he's counting on winning on capitol hill. he's counting on winning on this battlefield. let me tell you something. this isn't about slogans. let's talk about ukraine has done over the last two years. i haven't heard anybody talk about that in this discussion or debate. i hope my colleagues on the other side are listening because you will not hear in your lifetime a list of greater courage or sacrifice than what you will hear from ukrainians and it's not slogans. they defeated and reversed the russian attack on kyiv which, by the way, kyiv was supposed to fall in 72 hours. they reversed that. they forced russia to retreat r- retreat from sunni. they won the battle of kharkiv. they took by kherson. they took back safe island. ukraine has taken back more than half, more than half of the land that russia took from them in this invasion. colleagues, more than half. nobody two years ago would have predicted that. everybody would have said putin would never relinquish that land. they almost

xi jingping alongside his so-called best friend vladimir putin at moscow's zoo. there's been pandas at other countries, including denmark, finland, and germany. and qatar getting their first panda last year. regions where china looks to bolster relations and increase infl influence. staff is hopeful they will lend over more pandas. >> we're hopeful for the future. >> reporter: that's up to china to decide. zoo officials tell me they have no plans to ask the state department or the white house for help here. instead, they will hope that the chinese counterparts grant them continued in the panda program. >>> i'm kim brunhuber. cnn newsroom continues now. nice footwork. man, you're lucky, watching live sports never used to be this easy. now you can stream all your games like it's nothing. yes! [ cheers ] yeah! woho! running up and down that field looks tough. it's a pitch. get way more into what you're into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network.

important task a meeting today to implement the important common understandings between president xi jingping. >> and yes, this does matter because relations between china and the u.s. are very fragile. there's disagreement on trade, human rights, economic practices. china's refusal to condemn theerussian war in ukraine. both sides also deadlocked on things like spying, accusations. so what janet yellen and her chinese counterpart will be talking about that matters might go a long way and holding things together before the bigger apec meetings next week. back to you. >> all right, catherine, you know, you can always follow our coverage of the apec conference that on our website kron 4 dot com just scan the qr code on your screen. it will take you to a page with what you need to know about a pack. all the street closures and the list of events. p>> well, you can expect to se some bart officials if you commute using the transit system in the morning. bart has launched what it is calling a listening tour where riders can talk to bart officials about safety and other concerns in person at station

president joe biden and chinese president xi jingping. >> landed at sfo tuesday afternoon ahead of what's going to be their first face-to-face meeting in a year. the last meeting was at the group of indonesia summit in the fall of 2022. since then, tensions between the 2 countries have grown. what we're trying to do. >> he's changed the relationship. >> for the better president biden says he hopes this meeting will just be the beginning of the conversations. get back on a normal course of corresponding being able to pick up the phone to talk to one another. your questions being able to make sure our military still have contact with. of the biden and xi are scheduled to meet at the fa lowliest state historical country, house and museum in the town of woodside on the peninsula. >> about 30 miles north of the meeting spot dozens of pro china and a few anti china demonstrations took place near the nissan or where the apec meeting is being helped. police lined up to limit the view of protesters from passing dignitaries. biden says he wants to work with the president to help china while keeping

most anticipated meeting during the summit will be between president biden and chinese leader xi jingping. the 2 will meet on wednesday, but details about the specific locations about this meeting have not been released at this time. this will be the first time the 2 have met face-to-face in nearly a year and they will discuss very important topics and issues like trade, taiwan and israel-hamas war. now, the first event today is set to start at 1 o'clock this afternoon. we'll we'll have her coverage about this week long event all week reporting live to be justice. back to you. all right. a very busy week ahead for san francisco. thank you so much for your coverage. tiffany. >> you can also follow our ongoing coverage of a peck on our website. kron 4 dot com. just scan the qr code right there on your screen. it will take you to a special section of our website with everything you need to know including street closures and a list of events. and turning now to a police investigation. now underway. it timber and robbed at gunpoint after getting money from an atm kron four's. dan thorn has the

we are getting breaking headlines from president xi jingping.according to them saying there is no one's interests to decouple and break change. he's meeting japanese prime minister basically saying that japan should properly handle nuclear waste water, that they have agreed to maintain communications at all levels. and it looks like also making comments when it comes to the united states, agreeing to discuss the protection of trade secrets. again, really trying to put his best foot forward not just for the united states but for japan as well. he's made those comments over the apec summit and it looks like he is still in san francisco when those comments are being made. let's go to our reporters across the continent because geopolitics are alive and well in europe. from berlin to madrid to brussels, start off in madrid where the german chancellor is set to meet with the president of turkey this afternoon. amid the wars in ukraine in the middle east, berlin is a visit by a difficult partner. let's go to our germany correspondent, oliver crick. the

speculation, the white house confirmed today that president biden will meet with chinese president xi jingping on wednesday. we don't know the exact location of their talks for security reasons, but it will be the 2 leaders first face-to-face meeting in a year. they are expected to discuss several issues, including taiwan's upcoming election, north korea and the israel-hamas war. analysts say the fact that these talks are happening is significant. >> one of the most important things about effective diplomacy in the asia pacific region is just showing up and it it's been difficult for president biden to get to asia as much as he would like to. and he's in some cases his his counterparts in the region who are looking for significant u.s. leadership. so this is in san francisco. he's got no excuse to not attend. >> while no major breakthroughs are expected next week. analysts say the main goal is to reaffirm the commitment to stabilize the u.s. china relationship and also lay the groundwork for cooperation in the future. now, protesters are already making their voices heard ahead of the apec summ

conference where there will be a face-to-face meeting between president joe biden and chnese president xi jingpingn the coach. 2 countries remain high and the details of the meeting haven't been released yet. they're still working out the exact day and time. when it does happen, though, it'll be the first meeting between the 2 men since the apec conference in bali. and that was back in november 2022. >> happening tonight, the san francisco police department will be hosting a public safety meeting about that upcoming apec summit. police chief bill scott is inviting anybody interested to join a virtual town hall between 5, 36, 30. they're going to talk more about those security measures and the traffic impacts and get around it. meantime, san francisco's emergency management is responding to those who say they've noticed more homeless encampments being cleared ahead of a pack. city officials say they're not opening any special shelter capacity for a pact, but they do have new money for a new shelter that set up to open this friday and run until march to house people during the winter months. >> it's

they're calling a xi jingping, a dictator. they are have up posters of people. they consider dissidents who are martyrs for the cause. >> so this is a whole different group. earlier in the day, both sides were. >> kind of thrown together. one side of the road. now police are making more of an effort to keep the 2 sides apart. meantime, at slowly where president biden and china's president are meeting, if they're sticking to the schedule, things are probably wrapping up. they have 4 hours that's considered rather extraordinary. had a working lunch. they may have taken a stroll in the gardens and they both have been sounding a sincere going into this about improving communications. that's one of the big goals, for example, nancy pelosi as speaker last year stopped in taiwan, china was outraged, slamming the door on military communications. that's one of the things they're hoping to fix. president biden will later hold a news conference. both sides know they can only benefit from making this thing work or at least making some improvements in relations. stephanie. >

with the new details we've just learned about president biden's meeting with chinese president xi jingping in san francisco. the white house confirming that meeting will happen on wednesday. both leaders will be in san francisco for the apec summit, which begins tomorrow. this will be the first face-to-face meeting between the 2 world leaders since last year. details about the exact location have not been released because of security concerns. the 2, though, are expected to discuss several major issues, including taiwan's upcoming election, north korea and the israel-hamas war. and because of the apec summit all next week, road closures are going to cause a traffic nightmare for anyone who commutes into the city. kron four's will tran has the details. >> traffic around the muskogee center is moving for now. but pretty soon this area will be shut down as the summit will begin starting tomorrow and last throughout the week. it will be air tight. look at all the san francisco police officers and that is just a sliver of officers already here as they are sweeping this area to make sure everybo

are underway right now for a face-to-face meeting between president biden and chinese president xi jingping. the 2 leaders. we'll sit down together on the sidelines of next week's asia pacific economic cooperation summit happening in san francisco. details of that meeting, including the exact day and time still being worked out. this though, be the first meeting between the 2 men in nearly a year. they last met during the apec conference in bali and last november, tensions between the 2 countries still, though, remain very high. here on kron 4. we are your election headquarters. the primaries are just 4 months away. california will be holding its initial election on march 4th. >> that's super tuesday. and when we go to the polls in the spring will find a new ballot measure that governor newsom vows will help address the state's homelessness and behavioral health crisis. if passed prop one but approved 6.0. 38. billion dollars to provide more than 11,000 behavioral health beds and supportive housing units across the state. the proposal also seeks to modernize the nearly 20 year-old mental he

learned more information about the meeting between president joe biden and china's president xi jingping. we know it's happening at the apec summit in san francisco. now the white house confirms it will be taking place on wednesday. now, we don't know exactly what time or the exact location because of security concerns. that's private. >> but we do know is the first face-to-face meeting that these 2 world leaders have had since last year. and we do know some of the topics that they'll be discussing several issues taiwan's upcoming election, north korea and also the israel-hamas war. and because of the apec all next week, road closures are going to cause a whole lot of traffic going nightmare gari. it sure is what we've been trying to give you as much information in advance warning as we can crop was will tran is live in san francisco with everything you need to know. i will warn will. >> the traffic problems already happening. this is howard right behind me. and they've already shut it down. look at that. no cars going down. howard, only personnel that setting up this summit here. you ca

. >> between the president, joe biden and china's president xi jingping. we know it's happening in san francisco at the apec conference now the white house confirms it will be on wednesday we're not sure about the actual time or place because of security concerns. they're not going to reveal that. but we do know this is the first face-to-face meeting between those 2 world leaders since last year. and we do know some of their discussions will be centered around taiwan's upcoming election. north korea and the war that's happening between israel and hamas. and because of apec next week, road closures, going to cause a whole lot of traffic. it's going to be a nightmare anybody that's community. yeah. if you're not in the media or in the summit, you're going to want to avoid a kron. four's will tran is live in san francisco and as more what you need to know high will it will. >> but if you have no choice but to go into san francisco, they are encouraging public transportation. bart is ready to ramp up to help people come here. let me show you how things are mus

california governor gavin newsom met with senior chinese leaders including president xi jingping.morandums of understanding among them, the expansion of offshore wind energy development and of the green shipping corridor between los angeles and shanghai. he says that the visit will help california reach its goal of carbon net neutrality by the year 2045 banning the sale of all new gas powered vehicles by 2035. >> for me, it's simple. california can't solve climate crisis along the partners. and as i said, united states can without the partnership trying is ultimately impacted decision the court might be issue that defines so many other issues. >> there's some u.s. faced criticism from republicans who argue that he should have canceled his trip to focus on other matters that are facing california. they took issue with this visit amid china's alleged human rights abuses and purported role in america's deadly fentanyl crisis. >> definitely because it's a national stage. he's running for president at some point. i don't know when baby soon, that's his goal is to always talk about wher

white house did confirm today that president biden will be meeting with the chinese president xi jingping on wednesday. we don't know the exact location of their talks. that's for security reasons. but it will be the leaders first face-to-face meeting in a year. they are expected to discuss several issues, including taiwan's upcoming election, north korea and the israel-hamas war. analysts say the fact that these talks or even happening at all is significant. >> one of the most important things about effective diplomacy in the asia pacific region is just showing up and it it's been difficult for president biden to get to asia as much as he would like to. and he's in some cases his his counterparts in the region who are looking for significant u.s. leadership. so this is in san francisco. he's got no excuse to not attend. >> well, no major breakthroughs are expected next week. analysts say the main goal is to reaffirm a commitment to stabilize the u.s. china relationship and also lay the groundwork for cooperation in the future. warning now from the santa rosa fire department today after a

countries, highlighting the summit will be tomorrow's high stakes meeting with china's president xi jingping. a pack in those talks are putting san francisco in the global spotlight this week. we talked with mayor london breed before president biden touchdown. she said the goal today is all about making biden and other world leaders feel at home. >> looking forward to the conversations that so many of our leaders and our ceos will be having about, you know, our economy, san francisco is that gateway to the asia pacific. and we know how important this city is to the global economy. my plan is to welcome the president and make sure he has an eventful trip that we're here to provide whatever support necessary to ensure the success of a pack. >> several parts of san francisco will be tough to navigate because of street closures related to the event. the president we'll meet with global leaders at the exploratorium along san francisco's embarcadero tomorrow. and that is where kron four's ella sogomonian joins us now with the latest. good afternoon. l. >> grant security here is extremely tight. an

happening on the heels of that high stakes meeting between president joe biden and chinese president xi jingping in san mateo county yesterday. that was all part of a pack kron. 4 charles clifford has been tracking the latest situation on the bay bridge for us all morning long. charles, what is it like now? traffic is now moving again into the city. i'm wondering what the ripple effects are. >> well, good afternoon. i'm standing in the bay bridge toll plaza. he behind me there? traffic westbound is moving again. but this protest this morning caused the backup that lasted for hours. let's going take a look at some video from earlier today. now, the highway patrol says that just before 8 o'clock this morning around 80 protesters blocked westbound lanes on the bridge just before treasure island. many were laying down on the roadways. you mentioned in. according to chp, the group arrived in around 15 to 20 cars, a park, those vehicles in the traffic lanes and then through the keys into san francisco bay around 250 officers responded to the scene and spent hours taking the protesters into custody. th

this one is down in woodside where later today we expect president biden and chinese president xi jingpingmeet for historic discussion and here flanking what's expected to be the motorcade route. you've got demonstrators on both sides of that issue. and by most accounts, the bus loads are arriving in an organized fashion that are. >> pro china and pro she and they have been brought in to orchestrate this demonstration versus the more grassroots effort of people that are coming to protest president xi and will tran has been out there before anybody got there and watch this all unfolding. let's go to him live now and see what's happening. will. right now. >> as many protesters are showing up as police officers. look at this on the right side of your screen. police officers, they are getting their own motorcade to come here by minivans because they want to make sure they are ready to go just in case. this turns. violent right now it is not violent, but you can see them side by side. now i've covered protests before. usually they're on opposing sides of the street and this particular case beca

less than 24 hours after president joe biden and chinese president xi jingping met face to face international relations are once again in full force at the apec summit today in san francisco. >> great to i it's wonderful to have you >> this is california governor gavin newsom meeting with the australian prime minister that who spoke on the sidelines of the summit to address the need for climate action. it comes just months after california and australia signed a memorandum of understanding to ramp up renewable transportation and clean energy production over the next 5 years. apex, which stands for the asia pacific economic cooperation forum also included thousands of attendees from various nations as they partner on trade and the economy with a large focus on the manufacturing industry >> this is probably the best thing to happen to manufacture probably the last 20 years because manufacturing is the economy. and when you think about and break it down to its core manufacturers, make everything. so we're going to that. let's do it together and work cooperatively with these other countries and e