joining us is joyce ko and john avlon. thank you for joining us this morning. shelby, i want to start with you. the geopolitical imcomplications of that meeting were noenormous. china is a huge political issue. xi jinping actually raised concerns about perceptions and media coverage related to it. how do you think people looking towards 2024 will view what happened last night? >> i'm actually kind of surprised there hasn't been more chater from 2024 republicans yet on the meeting. i do anticipate that that's going to change probably this morning or this afternoon. because particularly with republicans, china has been a huge topic on the campaign trail that's playing really well in early states like iowa. people really care about it. overall, i think the sense of optimism that biden portrayed is not necessarily the same that we're hearing here in the u.s. i think maybe he was a little overopts mystic and just historically, you look at he called xi a dictator again. that last time around really didn't bode well for the relationship. so i would say it remains extr