matt rivers joins us now from beijing. it's monday morning there. what's on the docket today for secretary blinken? >> reporter: in just a few hours from now, he'll be meeting with china's top diplomat. will he meet later today in beijing with chinese president xi jingping? the last time the secretary of state was here, xi chose not to meet with then-secretary mike pompeo. i do think the odds are more likely that he meets with xi this time around. secretary blinken meeting with xi. until that meeting happens, anything is possible. >> matt rivers for us in beijing. thank you so much, matt. >>> back here at home, a weekend of deadly violence across this country, with at least three mass shootings. one person is dead and 22 others hurt after gunfire erupted after a juneteenth celebration outside of chicago. and one person was killed and nine others injured overnight in downtown st. louis. the victims ranging in age from 19 to 15 years old. here's abc's alex presha. >> reporter: in a year that's already seen more mass shootings than days, at least three

matt rivers joins us from beijing. for years, tensions have been high at best.he stankes could not be higher >> reporter: secretary blinken did a quote hell of a job in beijing. it was an incredibly important meeting. no more contentious issue than taiwan. china angry over the continued support for the island, and the united states not likely changing that posture anytime soon which means the relationship between these two countries will remain fractured. >> matt, thank you. >>> next tonight, a federal magistrate has agreed to impose a protective order to prevent former president trump from sharing evidence in the classified documents case. special counsel jack smith asked for the order because some of the evidence may be classified or relate to other ongoing investigations. the order also applies to the former president's co-defendant, his long time aide walt nauta. >>> to the war in ukraine, powerful images of the bitter battle tonight, trench warfare and close combat as ukraine wages its counter offensive, claiming to have retaken an eighth village, but the f

matt rivers in beijing. >>> the war in ukraine, new images of grueling trench warfare between ukrainian and russian fighters. ukraine now claims to have driven russian forces out of eight villages since the start of its latest counter offensive. ian pannell in ukraine. >>> here at home, images of dare rescues, the houseboat going under with several people trapped inside. other boaters jumping to the rescue. >>> the popular musician, bebe rexha injured in stage in new york. hit in the face by a cell phone thrown by someone in the crowd. what the singer is saying tonight. >>> and this juneteenth, a celebration of freedom across the u.s. >>> from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >>> good evening, everyone, thank you so much for joining us on this juneteenth holiday, i'm linsey davis in for david. we begin with a submersible missing in the atlantic with five people on board. they began a dive to see the wreckage of the titanic sunday morning. one hour and 45 minutes later all contact was lost. the submersible is a start of the art vehicl

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abc's matt rivers is in beijing with the very latest with the secretary. matt, good morning. well, andrew, this meeting between xi jinping, the president of china and secretary of state antony blinken, no doubt the apex of what has been a whirlwind 36 hours on the ground for the top us diplomat here in beijing. this, of course, comes after a series of crucial meetings with china's top two diplomats that led to this point. xi jinping speaking briefly in front of reporters at the beginning of this meeting, saying, quote, it was very good that the us and china could have these meetings, saying that he hopes this could lead to more positive developments in the relationship. secretary blinken saying that he wants china and the us to continue to move forward in their relationship as well. andrew i can't overstate the importance of the meeting between these two men. all right, matt rivers for us in beijing, thank you. president biden hits the campaign trail today. he's headed to california to announce a new climate investment. it comes after his first reelection campaign rally this

matt: rivers crisscross the island, flowing through villages, farms, and rice fields. e: tourists per capita generate three and a half times more waste than locals. gary: we're bringing 2 tons of trash every day in our research station to sort. there's a sorting table here to sort plastics into 15 different types of categories. bring it to recycling. matt: of the 300 tons of plastic collected so far, only a third can be recycled. gary: these guys, unfortunately, can't be recycled. this is a one-time use and it has a lifetime behind it, you know. it lives longer than our grandkids' kids' kids' kids' kids' kids' kids. what we're trying to leverage is the brands that are responsible for the plastic packaging. gary: sachets of instant-- matt: through their comprehensive documentation, sungai watch hopes to hold the manufacturers accountable. gary: sungai watch, in many ways, is more of a data river clean-up organization. so, really, giving that transparency as to what we're finding in the rivers online, for everybody to see, so, you know, they can engage. gede: i believe, l

abc's matt rivers visited haiti to shine a light on this forgotten crisis. >> reporter: in a nation paralyzedstation and violence, these are the sights and sounds of solace. on the surface, it might look like this man, matiel, is a merchant of chaos, handing out machetes to civilians on the street. but there is so much more going on beneath the surface. matiel is a leader in haiti's wakali movement. civilians armed with weapons forming a phalanx of regular people, banding together to fight against the rampant gang violence here. it's an open call to arms. where every man, woman, and child is enlisted. haiti is no stranger to crisis. but what we're seeing now, we've never seen before. the country's future plainly at risk. >> we now have breaking news. the of haiti has been assassinated by unknown assailants. >> there's been a dizzying array of headlines, twists and turns. >> port-au-prince could descend into chaos at any moment. >> reporter: not far from america's shores, rate now all of haiti is dancing on a razor's edge. this land is already one of the most bleak places on the planet, beset

let's get the latest now from abc's matt rivers who joins us live from beijing. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, janai. right now secretary of state antony blinken in a series of crucial meetings with senior chinese officials, and i can tell you from being on the ground here, there is no shortage of tense issues to discuss. this morning, high-stakes diplomacy. secretary of state antony blinken touching down in china. first up, a meeting with chinese foreign minister qin gang. the critical visit coming at a time of strained relations between the two countries, and marking the highest ranking member of the biden administration yet to visit beijing. before departing, secretary blinken emphasizing the importance of diplomacy. >> intense competition requires sustained diplomacy to ensure we do not veer into confrontation or conflict. >> reporter: while in the country, secretary blinken plans to discuss issues like china's role in the fentanyl crisis, the war in ukraine, and tensions over taiwan. this trip coming on the heels of a series of what the u.s. c

the horrific violence in our matt rivers tonight on the dangerous journey to get help to the children. back in the u.s., the young lawyer who worked in new york city arrested tonight facing charges for a series of in boston. of how authorities tracked him down. the fda warning tonight about off-brand forms of drugs being used for weight loss with the hope they will work like those epic and what the fda is saying. tonight, the piano man, news coming in on billy joel. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight with david muir." >> david: good evening, great to have you with us on the thursday night and we begin tonight with a frightening image, president biden falling on stage of the u.s. air force academy in colorado springs. he had delivered the commencement address, the president taking part in the time honored tradition addressing the graduates at one of america's military academies and shaking their hands. but afterwards as he turned to go back to his seat, the audience witnessing him fall from the stage. real concern on the stage an

matt rivers is in beijing. good morning, matt. >> reporter: the meeting between those two men happening not long ago here in beijing after months of high stakes diplomacy. this as china's foreign minister says the u.s./china relationship is at its lowest point in 50 years. this morning a major moment in u.s./china relations. president xi sitting down with secretary of state antony blinken in beijing. the meeting not confirmed until just an hour before it happened. the two men meeting for about 35 minutes. xi saying that through this visit, he hopes blinken could, quote, make more positive contributions to stablizing china/u.s. relations. >> i expressed that direct engagement and sustained communication at senior levels is the best way to ensure competition does not veer into conflict. >> reporter: this meeting, the culmination of a whirl wind 36 hours for blinken which featured ten hours of talk with top diplomats. major flash points in the relationship have erupted in recent months, in particular u.s. policy to

. >>> urgent cleanup after the train derailment into the yellowstone river. matt gutman on the river's edge, where big splotches of asphalt are washing up on shore. >>> the idaho college murder suspect in court, as prosecutors say they plan to seek the death penalty. >>> abc news exclusive. 17-year-old ralph yarl telling his story for the first time about the night he was shot and wounded in the head and arm. after mistakenly going to the wrong house to pick up his brothers. were there any words that were exchanged before he shot you? >> he only said five kwrords. don't come here ever again. >> how his recovery is going, what he wants the world to know about him? >> i'm just a kid and not larger than life because of what happened to me. >> and what justice looks like to him. only on gma. >> the new report on heavy metals in baby food. what parents need to know. and swift on his feet. they got out of the woods with three straight wins. >> the sportscaster with the taylor made news cast for the ages. >> announcer: live in times square, this is good morning america.

abc's matt gutman is there along the yellowstone river here you can see these giant splotches of whatears to be asphalt in the sun. >> it gets sticky. now we're only about half a mile away from where that train derailed, dumping multiple rail cars with molten sulfur and asphalt into the pristine yellowstone river here. >> and right now, divers are trying to assess how much material spilled. no word yet, though, on the cause of that derailment. >> police outside of boston say they've captured the man who stabbed a husband and wife celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. the suspect in the murders of bruno and gilda d'amore and her 97 year old mother will face a judge today. their bodies were found in their home in newton. the suspect lived nearby and a neighbor says he struggled with mental health issues. police say the attack was apparently random. >> m now to an abc news exclusive with 17 year old ralph galle. he was shot and wounded when he went to the wrong address in kansas city to pick up his brothers in april. the 84 year old home owner claimed he thought someone was trying

river. there is a race under way at this hour to clean up potentially hazardous chemicals near yellowstone national park. abc's chief national correspondent matt gutman on the scene in montana tonight. >> reporter: tonight, that urgent environmental cleanup under way after a freight train derailment and bridge collapse sent hazardous material plunging into the yellowstone river in montana, northeast of the park. investigators say saturday morning ten cars tumbled into the water, several of them leaking hot asphalt and molten sulfur into one of the most pristine rivers in the lower 48. the railway says they're investigating sightings of asphalt and tar mats on the beaches along the yellowstone river and they're not hard to find. you can see this entire beach area is littered with these giant black mats, and you can smell that powerful odor. the train derailed just a couple hundred yards in that direction. officials say crews managed to extract hazardous sodium hydrosulfide, a flammable and toxic chemical used in paper and dye manufacturing, from two cars that didn't fall into the water, and fertilizer from other cars. >> so far, what we're find

molten sulphur and asphalt spilling into the yellowstone river after a bridge collapsed there. our chief national correspondent matt gutman is on the scene for us. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, linsey. officials worked overnight to remove the most hazardous of the materials from that train. a flammable and toxic substance, called sodium hydrosulfide. rail officials say that early saturday morning a train was going over the bridge, over the yellowstone river when a bridge collapsed. ten rail cars derailing. seven of them tumbling into the river. several of those dumping that sulphur and asphalt into the river. this is considered one of the most pristine in the lower 48. the latest rail derailment in the u.s. now, the rail company said so far no environmental impact has been detected but towns downstream from here, including billings, the biggest city in montana, have stopped drawing possibly contaminated water from the river. also the rail company saying it's investigating pools of tar that have been spotted on the beaches here. whit? >> definitely something to watch closely in the coming days, matt

river and retaken a village near kherson in the south. he was a key figure in britain's response to the covid—19 pandemic. and today mattth that occurred. he told a covert inquiry that the comment had not prioritise pandemic planning. the former health secretary said that resources were taken away from pandemic planning to focus on the threat of a no—deal brexit. i focus on the threat of a no-deal brexit. . ~ , , , , brexit. i take full responsibility for the fact _ brexit. i take full responsibility for the fact that _ brexit. i take full responsibility for the fact that in _ brexit. i take full responsibility for the fact that in the - brexit. i take full responsibility for the fact that in the face - brexit. i take full responsibility for the fact that in the face of l for the fact that in the face of brexit and the threats that a disorganised brexit could do, resources were moved across the department to focus on that threat, including away from pandemic preparedness planning. this was proposed to me by the cn and i signed i regarded the secretary of state's job not to run the department in terms of resource allocat

river wyre in lancashire, died accidentally after falling into cold water. drjames adeley said the mother—of—two did not have "any desire" to take her own life injanuary. the former health secretary mattt ready for a pandemic and its preparation had focused too much on the aftermath of an outbreak rather than on stopping or containing disease. he also heaped blame on international organisations such as the world health organization for advising against lockdowns. strike action by the royal college of nursing won't continue after the union's ballot of its members in england failed to achieve a legal threshold. while the majority of members voted to continue to take industrial action, the numbers taking part in the vote failed to meet the mandate. just over 43% took part — below the 50% threshold required by trade union laws. you're live with bbc news. next, the israeli government has advanced plans for some 5,700 new homes in the occupied west bank, despite us pressure to stop settlement expansion, which it sees as an obstacle to peace with the palestinians. a us spokesperson said washington was "deeply troubled" by the development. four israeli settlers were shot dead by palestinians

the river was high due to heavy recent rains, but it's unclear at this point if that contributed to the bridge collapse. nobody was hurt. the cause is under investigation. san jose mayor matt says the city is cracking down on its open air drug markets. he delivered the message today outside a 7-eleven store in downtown san jose, a place he says has become a hotspot for drug dealing. we're here today to send a very clear message to san jose is to have trucks. we will be arrested and processed here. the mayor says drug buyers will be provided treatment and drug sellers will be arrested. his announcement comes as san jose's police department faces short staffing and slipping response times. mayor mehan says the city is working to solve those problems . well bay area weather temperatures today not change it around too much, just some 60s and 70s once again and some low clouds and fog out there. take a look at the highs from this afternoon. 62 in san francisco. some warm temperatures inland, but just not extremely hot today . no 90s, no 80s. that could eventually change as we head into the new week. but for tomorrow morning, some cloud cover out there. skies becoming partly sun

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but this spot along the river thames is a place to remember those who died. dad's heart — it was the first one, but... mattoing to be incredibly difficult, but i'm going to have to do the best that i can. the inquiry has maintained that bereaved families will be at the heart of this process. and as part of that promise, recorded testimonies from people who lost loved ones will be played at today's hearing. i do not feel that i am front and centre of this inquiry. i do not feel that i am at the heart of this. i do not. for saleyha ahsan, the inquiry brings back vivid memories of being an intensive care doctor, and of losing her dad, of being an intensive—care doctor, and of losing her dad. it was horrific — thrashing, fighting for breath. that's what i was witnessing. i witnessed that with my patients, then i was witnessing it with my father. you know, he's a tall man, a well—built man, a dignified man, a retired teacher — six children, all medical. and to see him sort of... yeah. saleyha feels her loss is one of many different experiences of grief, and that the inquiry needs to hear from more of the bereav