. >> colinat reiterates this and passes a note and says congrats, you're the new national security adviser. like what? there's no fanfare. there'she none of this going to talk about them and that's how your father and reagan can find going for the national security adviser >> in the memoir and coming after ron cont are, a as you note and years of defense buildup and all the money are going into the department of defense to carry out reagan's vision of peace through strength and community and came out in a way of fully appreciating it. >> they were concerned about it's a baseline enclosure. he was aware that the infrastructure of the military could be reduced. given an up or down vote 24 congress and be able to reduce spending overall withoutu cuttig costs to military personnel. going for the likes of him in the best position. going to put them on the line and going for the end of the day and he can bring people along like nobody i've ever known and the security blanket for a cabinet and national security adviser. it's an honor and writes about it sensibly and the second thing is reagan was

have breaking news we have just learned that chinese president xi jinping is meeting with national security advisere sullivan in beijing. this is quite an unexpected development. we know the national security has been on the ground meeting with chinese policymakers, including wang yi, and the outcome is that we would see a leadership taking place between the two leaders in the coming weeks. this is a surprise given that we have the chinese president meeting with the national security adviser. we'll continue to follow that development and we'll bring you that as well with ambassador david adelman. we just wanted to update you on that news as it develops. arjen, bringing you back to the nvidia, what can we expect of the company moving forward? and to what expect did blackwell impact delay around the results? >> yeah, i think the growth rates continue to come down a bit. still, pretty solid growth. i think one thing we have heard from the big tech giants this quarter, gone is the fact that they're continuing to spend on kx and infrastructure for a.i. that means buying up nvidia chips. so what looks cl

had announced the imminent withdrawal of american troops from the country, now the iraqi national security adviser announced the implementation of the agreement for the complete withdrawal of american troops in october next month. reported on this pretext , we went to the office of qasim al-aarji, the national security advisor of iraq, and asked him about the details of this agreement, but because of this, the agreement on the withdrawal of american soldiers and even other foreign soldiers was supposed to be signed in september, but due to the current developments in the region, the signing this agreement was postponed , however, we believe that this agreement will be signed at the latest by october, i.e. in one month, and the process of withdrawing foreign troops from iraq will begin. it was said that the government of iraq insisted on ending the presence of american soldiers. he emphasized: we told the americans: the withdrawal of your forces should be in two stages. from september of this year to september of 2025, leave the two bases in baghdad and an al-aswad , and leave the bases in the kurd

if the president doesn't take your advice, that goes with the job, you are the national security advisert the national security decision-maker. but, most assuredly, what your job is not is distantly say yes, sir, when the president says something. you have to do what you can , and you are dealing with a human being obviously, but you have to do what you can to make sure that all the information is available, all of the feasible options are laid out and if you fail to do that simply by saying yes, sir, every time the president speaks, you are not serving the president, you're not serving the country. >> john bolton, great to have you. >> glad to be with you. >>> up next, a big question has been, what happens to donald trump's court cases, now that he has one toe. special counsel jack smith is responding for the first time today, and we will tell you what he is now asking from the judge overseeing that case and whether that means americans will get to know more about what he was planning when it came to his evidence. >>> tonight, jack smith is hitting pause, maybe for good, and his electio

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let's talk more about the president-elect pick for national security adviser. >> this is a critical one, anderson, given everything going on in the world. the national security adviser's portfolio is often quite wide and they are dealing with whatever crisis arises at the time. jake sullivan, bidens natural security national security adviser has been dealing with russia's war in ukraine and now israel's war in gaza and those are likely to be two crises that mike walz is going to inherit, as donald trump's fifth national security adviser. he follows a long line of the four that we saw donald trump having his first term in office, starting with mike flynn, and ending with robert o'brien. obviously, two in the middle, mcmaster and bolton, that trump had fallen out with, including alton, who is now one of dalton's biggest critics. did not vote for him in the before election, but mike walz is a congressman from florida, he is an ardent defender of donald trump and is actually the first green beret to ever serve in congress. he is bringing that experience here to this position, so that will b

it's not something that we would ascertain, as the national security adviser said, these are separatend totally unique issues, while of course, we welcome this news and welcome that four americans are going to be reunited with their loved ones. ukraine continues to be under attack, and the territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukraine continues to be and what is it -- does today bring any insights or any experience that will now be applied in trying to get more americans home? >> so, our message is pretty simple, and it is that while today is a good day, that the work doesn't stop, and to the american citizens who continue to be wrongfully detained or held hostage around the world, let me just be very clear that this government, this administration is not going to stop working. we're going to continue to work tirelessly, around the clock, to do everything we can to make sure that they, like paul, like evan, like alsu, like vladimir can have a day where they can be reunited with their loved ones as well. of course, in the case of mark foegle, we've spoken about this before. we have

my father really respected andd depended on colin powell now is after he was chosen to be national security adviser. this iskn right after the iran-contra so he was on the national security council and the only person he wanted working for him was colin powell who had just gotten a -- in germany and had no interest in returning and i can see you know this story. so he calls on the phone and says i would like you to be my number two in colin powell said i thought you were calling me for my congratulations for your new position. he said i have no it just in returning to washington frank. i'm here and my wife likes germany and i'm commanding troops over here. i don't want to come back to that state and he said i'm going to need a call from the president so later that evening my dad gets president reagan to give him a call to say we need you back here. he comes back. cannot relationship he was a military system in another example worked cap weinberger asked him to be as military assistant and hadn't appreciate it the years that they work together. and my father was so low-key and when they switch in my

>>> general hr mcmaster served as donald trump's national security adviser for 13 months.had an undisclosed one on one with vladimir putin while denying russian medaling in the 2016 election. he told nato allies if they didn't pay their dues, the u.s. wouldn't defend them. he went to china and agreed with president xi that south korea military exercises were a quote, waste of money. he met with the president of the philippines rodrigo duarte, offering praise for his war on drugs. if he was accepted by strong men like duarte, he might convince others he was strong. joining us now author of the new book "at war with ourselves" my tour of duty in the trump white house, general h.r. mcmaster. that's a great title for the book. we're so happy to have you. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> you said that donald trump had a pension for pitting people against one another instead of building collaborative teams and that would cause friction in his administration and in our relationship. explain that. >> this book, the title, katy, it refers to the degree which we

the national security adviser announced _ it. the national security adviser announced they _ it. nal security adviser announced they were sending l it. the national security adviser - announced they were sending $300 million in aid from saving the state own in the pentagon budget and contracting they had made savings on. it's clearly a stopgap, but what would that offer the ukrainians in the interim? it’s would that offer the ukrainians in the interim?— would that offer the ukrainians in the interim? �*, ., , the interim? it's a welcome stopgap but far from — the interim? it's a welcome stopgap but far from what _ the interim? it's a welcome stopgap but far from what is _ the interim? it's a welcome stopgap but far from what is needed, - the interim? it's a welcome stopgap but far from what is needed, and . but far from what is needed, and more important is the initiative that was announced at the un security conference that was followed by other nations, acquiring a mission on world markets to get to ukraine and i believe that is in progress. ukraine and i believe that is in rour

let's talk more about the choice for the president-elect's national security adviser. >> reporter: this is a critical one, anderson, given everything going on in the world. the national security adviser's portfolio is often quite wide and they are dealing with whatever crisis arises at the time, jake sullivan, biden's national security adviser, of course, dealing with russia's war in ukraine and israel's war in gaza and those are likely to be two crises mike waltz will inherit as donald trump's fifth national security adviser. he'll follow along the first four that were in office starting with flynn and ending with o'brien and mcmaster and bolton in the middle that trump had fallings out with and bolton did not vote for him in the 2024 election. mike waltz is a congressman from florida, an ardent defender of donald trump and is the first green beret to ever serve in congress. he's bringing that experience to the house armed services committee he chairs with him in this position. that will be critical as you watch this take place. i will say he is someone who backed donald trump's effort

ago, nbc news has confirmed that trump is picked florida congressman mike walls to be his national security adviser. according to three sources he's an outspoken opponent of china and agreed with trump's criticisms of the nato alliance. trumps former national security adviser john bolton has warned that if reelected, trump would try to withdraw from nato entirely. rubio and walls are the latest personal decisions over the last 36 hours. here is mike colleague eric cake with more. >> reporter: president-elect trunk making his first cabinet pick tapping top eleanor congresswoman elise stefanik as his ambassador to the united nations. also announcing it when a former republican congressman lee zeldin as epa administrator. >> we have the opportunity to rollback regulations that are forcing businesses to be able to struggle. >> reporter: environmental groups criticizing the pick. it comes as the scope of the victory grows. nbc news projecting he will win arizona meaning trump swept all seven battleground states and leads vice president kamala harris in the popular vote as counting continues. today the v

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who announced the imminent withdrawal of american forces from the country, now the iraqi national security adviser has announced the implementation of the full withdrawal agreement. the american military announced in october next month. under this pretext , we went to the office of qasim al-aarji, the iraqi national security advisor, and asked him about the details of this agreement . it was supposed to be at the beginning of september, but it was supposed to be signed in september this month, but due to the developments currently in the region, the signing of this agreement has been postponed, however, we believe that this agreement will be signed at the latest by october, which is another month, and the process of withdrawing foreign troops from iraq will begin. the united states demanded a 3-year deadline for the complete withdrawal of the iraqi government forces, insisting on ending the presence of american troops . leave the bases in the iraqi kurdistan region in 2026. any extension is against the agreement and we have rejected it. in addition to the issue of the withdrawal of the american mi

jason: president-elect trump's incoming national security adviser michael waltz talking to maria last robert o'brien, trump's former national security adviser. really do appreciate you joining us, ambassador. i want to start off and if talk about china because you look at most of the issues around the world, somehow they start bumping into china. so the president's going to take a very different approach than joe biden. i mean, we just saw pictures of joe biden coddling up to help do business with hunter biden, for goodness sake. how is trump going to deal with things differently with china? what's at the top of the agenda? >> happy new year, jason. thank you for having me on. look, i think you just saw one of president trump's great additions was mike waltz as the new national security adviser. mike's going to be terrific. he's a former green beret. and if between mike waltz and president trump, your not going if to have -- you're not going to have foreign dictators and terrorists pushing america around the way they have the last four years. and if that goes to hamas. the fact that i

it's not something that we would ascertain, as the national security adviser said, these are separateotally unique issues, while of course, we welcome this news and welcome that four americans are going to be reunited with their loved ones. ukraine continues to be under attack, and the territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukraine continues to be aggressed on by the russian federation, and in that regard, the united states will continue to support our partners in ukraine. you saw us do so as recently at -- as recently as the beginning of this week, with the announcement of another presidential drawdown authority. >> thanks. i think i can say on behalf of many of our colleagues that this is a great day for the state department and across the administration, the united states. >> for the united states. >> congratulations. i wanted to take a moment to you to ask you about the americans that are still in russia, in china, in afghanistan, in other countries around the world. you have, as jake mentioned, the american teacher, mark fogle, who is still in russia, i believe jake said that t

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my national security adviser says — reporters. my national security adviser says we _ reporters. urity adviser says we are close - reporters. my national security adviser says we are close but l adviser says we are close but it is not done yet. but my hope is that by next monday we will have a cease—fire. those comments follow strong words from the head of the united nations. antonio gutierrez said nothing justified what he called the collective punishment of the palestinian people and accused member states of turning a blind eye to international law and israeli military has not presented the work cabinet with a plan for the evacuation of palestinian civilians from rafa. previously warning israel that an offences without proper planning would be a disaster and with more on that here is the diplomatic correspondent. paul adams.— the diplomatic correspondent. paul adams. although we know what was that _ paul adams. although we know what was that today _ paul adams. although we know what was that today is - paul adams. although we know what was that today is that - what was that toda

i havejust been detailfrom the us national security adviser.just been looking and we have it on our screen again, at one of those tweets from the wall streetjournal, saying... russia has three to the wrongly convicted wall streetjournal reporter, evan gershkovich, ince part of the largest and most complex east— west prisoner swap since the cold war. in the last few minutes another tweet from them saying, the evan gershkovich case unfolded over three continents involving spy players, political ad series and is loosest advocate, his mum. no doubt a political on an operation, painstaking and detailed, has gone on and taking a very long time to make this exchange happened. yes. make this exchange happened. yes, absolutel , make this exchange happened. yes, absolutely, this _ make this exchange happened. yes, absolutely, this is _ make this exchange happened. yes, absolutely, this is not _ make this exchange happened. 1&1: absolutely, this is not an easy thing is to achieve at the best of times and these are far from the best of times. there is a fu

security national— questions. we just heard the us security national adviser - questions. y national adviser deliver| security national adviser deliver some remarks after his meeting in beijing. he called it a working visit and described it as 14 hours of talks on key areas they want to cooperate on, including counter narcotic operations. the us receives illicit drugs that they believe originate in china. they talked about corroborating on al safety and discussed deal negotiations when it comes to the gaza war. he did not shy away from talking about areas of tension between the two countries, including the economy, access to us technology, unfair trade policies, is the way he discussed it. as well as china's relationship with russia admits the war with ukraine. he is on his third and final day of talks with top chinese officials and his trip to beijing is seen as a way to create dialogue and reduce tension between the two countries. he talked about the importance of those open lines of communication. earlier i spoke to a lecturer in chinese and international politics. she e

>> brian: congressman, soon-to-be national security adviser, john bolton didn't work.. have you talked to them? what is your approach to having this position with the 47th president of the united states, who you know very well? >> i think some of the fundamental flaws, to be candid, brian, was that a number of people tried to conform president trump and his style and his way of thinking to the system, to kind of the established, you know, policy-making process system. i think that's a completely wrong approach. his instincts are phenomenal as i have talked about publicly and even in my book. and then you conform the inner agency to execute on those instincts and on his broader strategic intent. everything from the border to reemphasizing the western memo miss fear. the competition with china, burden sharing from our allies. focusing more on iran as the driver of stability in the middle east and pressuring them, rather than our great ally israel. those are the broader contours of his foreign policy. and i can tell you with this team, you don't have anybody on the team t

the man who advises president biden on national security advisers tells meet the press the u.s. is not done with strokes. >> it began with the strokes on friday night. that is not the end of it. we intend to take additional strikes and additional action to continue to throw -- the united states will respond when our forces are attacked or our people are killed. >> we have correspondents overseas and at home covering the very latest developments on the retaliatory strikes. let's begin with nbc national security and global affairs reporter dan balloons. we are getting new information on the impact of those strikes on both iraq and syria. the first sign of retribution with those, what do we know? >> that's right. the pentagon, alex, is now giving a bit of an assessment of how those strikes on friday went. those were the retaliatory strikes in iraq and syria against those iranian-backed groups who they say were responsible for that lethal attack last sunday which killed three u.s. troops and wounded dozens of others. they say that, out of those 85 targets that were hit on friday, th

that is the man donald trump has picked to be his national security adviser and he finds himself in rareny, tonight trump announced that fox news has pete hegseth to be the first security of defense, he had some questionable reviews on personal hygiene.>> i don't think i've washed my hands for 10 years, really, i don't really wash my hands.>> somebody help me.>> germs are not a real thing, i can't see them, therefore they are not real.>> today trump picked elon musk and vivek ramaswamy, he claims the new department will dismantle government bureaucracy, cut wasteful expenditures all in the name of making government more efficient because nothing says government efficiency like topping two people to do one person's job. there's also trump's nominee for ambassador to israel, mike huckabee, when he ran for president in 2008, he told voters at one campaign event, i have to be careful saying this because people get really upset, there's really no such thing as a palestinian. that has been a political tool to force land away from israel. all of this is a part of his worldview as evangelical ch

been tracking it, and in fact, as you reported earlier, he was the one who directed his national security adviser to engage congress, engage the gang of eight and speak to them about this which we know is scheduled for tomorrow. you saw there that the national security adviser even expressed his own annoyance there that you could pick up that this was happening and playing out with the press corps and people asking questions when he really is limited in what he can say, so the really notable thing here that i would stress is that we're learning from officials that in addition to the president directing his national security adviser to engage congress, they told us that was among other actions that he has directed as it relates to this threat of a russian military capability. so we don't know what those other actions are, but that suggests that this has been going on for some time, as some other lawmakers have indicated, so the white house was puzzled at the approach here, but they say that they feel they have been handling this in the way that is diligent, in the way that is responsible, and also

president biden�*s national security adviser is due to hold talks with saudi arabia's crown prince inudi city of dhahran. it's the latest us diplomatic initiative to try to halt the fighting in gaza. previous talks involvign israel and hamas have failed to make a significant breakthrough. in the latest violence, a gaza hospital an israeli air strike targeting a house at a refugee camp in the centre of the palestinian territory killed at least 20 people. benny gantz, a member of the war cabinet has threatened to withdraw his centrist party from the coalition unless prime minister benjamin netanyahu sets out a post—war plan for the gaza strip. in response, benjamin netanyahu said implementing his demands would amount to defeat for israel. first let's hear those comments from benny gantz. translation: something has gone wrong. - essential decisions were not taken. acts of leadership required to ensure victory were not carried out. a small minority has taken over the command bridge of the israeli ship and is leading it towards a wall of rocks. while israeli soldiers are displaying incredi

giving you a front row seat and national security adviser jake sullivan. they responded to the arizona supreme court ruling that upheld the 19th century a law banning all abortions except in cases where the life of the mother is threatened. they previewed the state visit for japanese prime minister this is 50 minutes. >> good afternoon everybody.

mike turner is making documents available to all members about this serious national security threat. national security advisersullivan offered to speak to top lawmakers tomorrow but is cagey about the threat. >> americans understand that there are a range of threats and challenges in the world that we are dealing with every single day, and those threats and challenges range from terrorism to state actors, and we have to contend with them. we have to contend with them in a way where we ensure the ultimate security of the american people. >> sullivan comes to capitol hill in the next hour to speak to lawmakers about fisa, so this may be part of the conversation, too. fox asked multiple lawmakers about the threat over the past 24 hours but members of the intelligence committee would only say it's serious and not talk about it. tensed up when i asked about. but members can review the information between now and friday. fox is told it's not a threat to congress nor a hack. aishah. >> aishah: chad, we know sometimes members of the intelligence committee and the gang of 8 get these briefings. do you know if the meet

operatives, people involved with this scandal, people like robert mcfarland, who had been the national security adviser, who was deeply involved in these orchestrated efforts to channel well, to go to the iranians to try to secure the release of hostages in exchange for the sale of these weapons systems. and then the money being channeled and used to support the contras. so mcfarland was a very, very important part of the of the the proceeding. fine. paul who was the assistant to oliver north who helped him destroy documents? she was, you know, a young woman who was kind of got lot of attention because she was she was attractive and the whole thing sort of played to the media's feeding frenzy on this overall situation. so, you know, there were many people who who appeared before this these proceedings who became quite prominent and gave important and ultimately the iran contra hearings and investigation revealed a great deal about the way the executive branch was operating, the way the reagan administration felt it had the power to circumvent the will of congress and and pursue a what really became a s

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continue to work in those issues wherever possible is already a success, however small, so national security adviser jake sullivan wrapped up his three-day visit to china, the first visit by a us national security adviser to beijing in eight years, in what experts interpret as a warming. in relations between the united states and china. salevan held meetings with the chinese leader, the foreign minister and other high-ranking officials. they discussed, in particular , russia's war against ukraine, although they did not reach concrete decisions on this issue. and they agreed on a phone call between the leaders countries, which will take place in the coming weeks. the chinese side noted that beijing is committed to stable relations with washington. so, subscribe to our pages in social networks so as not to miss... more important news , we are on facebook, instagram and tiktok, on youtube you can watch our news release if you suddenly missed it on the air, and we will see you tomorrow at 21 hours kyiv time and look for more stories on our website bbc.ua and on our pages in social networks. see you tomo

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i'll speak with national security adviser, jake sullivan. and, separate. >> it was growing, growing, growing with the number of kids. >> harm to children was part of the point. they believe it would terrify families into not coming. >> erol morris and jacob are here to talk about their new film, examining the trump administration's family separation policies. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc's senior national politics reporter, jonathan allen. kimberly atkins stohr. republican strategist, matt gorman, and sahil kapir. welcome to sunday, it's meet the press. >>> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with kristen welker. >> good sunday morning. president-elect trump proving once again he plans to shake up washington in his second term. announcing plans to nominate patel. a hard line critic of the bureau who has called for shutting down the agency's washington headquarters. firing its leaders, and bringing the nation's law enforcement agencies quote, to heal. >> do you bel

according to former deputy national security adviser charles, has as a political executioner who would root out people who are not as loyal as they should be. what are the consequences of giving someone like that the reins of an entire u.s. intelligence agency? >> that would require senate confirmation. it is not impossible. we have seen republicans go back. commenting these fights saying they won't confirm somebody as out there as this. and they have. so, how kash patel may have a role in the administration confirmed or not, it would show you how many of the guardrails that were around president trump in from the 2017 to 2021 period have fallen off. kash patel was only prevented from doing what he wanted to do. imposing what were effectively loyalty oaths on staff. there were people like the president's former counsel around to say wait a second. this is not ad good idea. it may not be legal. and it would be terrible for morale and probably unenforceable. i don't know if there will be that many people around in a second trump administration empowering people who really are there to do

pavle, here that there was a meeting of advisers on national security issues here in kyiv, at which mrsullivan might not have been, and we still do not know who was at this meeting, why it was held, why suddenly the previous meetings were covered in different capitals, in different cities, it was said that they were connected there with the preparation for the summit, which should be held in switzerland, which is currently being prepared by the ministry of foreign affairs of this country, but this meeting of advisers, it actually... turned out to be so secret that not even in telegram -channels that can invent any news, you can order even this, no information about what it was, and well, the question is not for me, i think that if you write something to your telegram channel, then this blockade there will of course be broken, well the national security advisers, to be quite serious here, they can afford not to report... on what and how they are doing, because again they are not politicians, we are used to a different logic during the war, because in us representatives of weapons. force

operatives, people involved with this scandal, people like robert mcfarland, who had been the national security adviser, who was deeply involved in these orchestrated efforts to channel well, to go to the iranians to try to secure the release of hostages in exchange for the sale of these weapons systems. and then the money being channeled and used to support the contras. so mcfarland was a very, very important part of the of the the proceeding. fine. paul who was the assistant to oliver north who helped him destroy documents? she was, you know, a young woman who was kind of got lot of attention because she was she was attractive and the whole thing sort of played to the media's feeding frenzy on this overall situation. so, you know, there were many people who who appeared before this these proceedings who became quite prominent and gave important and ultimately the iran contra hearings and investigation revealed a great deal about the way the executive branch was operating, the way the reagan administration felt it had the power to circumvent the will of congress and and pursue a what really became a s

look, you were the national security adviser for president trump.unparalleled, but are we able as the united states to defend ourselves and fight on multiple fronts? >> well, jace, good morning. -- jason, good morning. it's getting tougher. the chinese have are the biggest army in the world, the biggest navy in the world. they've upped their defense spending this year by 7.8% notwithstanding the financial crisis they're in. so they're serious about it. they're not building this military machine to defend themselves, they're building it to invade taiwan, and now we see them in the philippines, a treaty ally of america, a longtime ally for a-hundred years of the united states, and they're stealing islands in the south china sea from the fill peens and kicking fishermen who rely on that area to fish, they're kicking them out. and what are we doing, jason? in the trump administration we had a plan for a 365-ship navy. that's never going to happen under the biden administration. defense spending's gone up 1 president. but keep in mind that increase is ty

we heard earlier from the us national security adviser saying - national security adviser saying theyy supported all efforts to secure the release of the hostages being held by hamas. including american citizens. he went on to say, this includes through ongoing negotiations or other means. two points. could you first clarify, to what extent did the us provide intelligence and logistics support? there have been local reports that this was done. and secondly, ongoing negotiations, where does likud stand on those for a peace deal?— on those for a peace deal? israeli forces and _ on those for a peace deal? israeli forces and intelligence _ on those for a peace deal? israeli forces and intelligence have - on those for a peace deal? israeli forces and intelligence have the l forces and intelligence have the best knowledge of what's happening in gaza. we know much more than we did in the past. we know much more than hamas thinks we know. today is a great example of how we used the best intelligence to penetrate in the most intimate places of hamas. we know how to do that in the future. hamas

and the philippines sullivan was the 1st us national security adviser to visit china in 8 years. w as east asia correspondent james to try to ports china's top diplomat 20 in talks with us national security advisor, jake sullivan. it's the 1st trip of an american national security adviser to china since 2016 or in recent years, these 2 officials have met several times in the countries, often to stem spiraling tensions between the 2 superpowers. but this is the 1st time basements engaging on the agenda, managing friction across a range of issues, including china is growing, relationship with most go as well as tensions with more symptoms. asian parts, like taiwan, president binding has been very clear. these conversations with president, she is committed to managing the support relationship responsible, how you move with the taxes, the coming us selection. donald trump has promised to double down on his tough thoughts towards aging. from his last time in office nights including raising terrace on china is good. but coming to harvest is get to make clear how she'll approach relation