real mature. >>> secretary of state antony blinken in beijing for day two of high-stakes talks. e's meeting with the chinese president xi jinping according to china's state broadcaster. he held closed-door negotiations with xi a short time ago. cnn's kristie lu stout joins us. what's the goal? >> reporter: christine, both sides are seeking to stabilize the relationship on the final days of the high-stakes visit. secretary of state antony blinken is meeting with xi jinping, the steps to rebuild the relationship, a relationship at its lowest point in decades. now, this meeting comes days after xi met with the microsoft co-founder bill gates. in that meeting saying the u.s./china relations is in for people. for the spokesperson who was also present at this meeting said this, quote, president xi said state-to-state interaction should be always be based on mutual respect and sincerity. hoping that this visit by secretary blinken could stabilize china-u.s. relations. earlier, blinken met with wang wangyi to halt the crackdown and reiterated that taiwan is one of the core concerns. and

kylie atwood as more on why this trip is at a critical moment. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken shaking hands with president xi during his two day high stakes diplomatic visit to china as the united states sets out to normalize communications between two super powers. >> the trip has three objectives. first, to establish open and empowered communications so that our two countries responsibly manage our relationship including by discussing challenges, by addressing m misperceptions, and avoiding miscalculations. >> on sunday blinken invited the foreign minister to washington, an offer that was accepted. u.s. officials say that there won't be major deliverables from the two day visit but deemed the engagement critical. particularly as they hope to regularize military to military contact. in the last few weeks aggressive chinese maneuvers resulted in two military incidents between the u.s. and china in international waters and air space of the south china sea. last month china also refused a meeting between secretary of defense lloyd austin and his counterpart on the sideli

secretary of state antony blinken wraps up his high stakes talks with china's top diplomat. we'll go live to hong kong to hear what each side is saying now. >>> another holiday weekend marred by gun violence. we're following shootings all across the united states. >>> and russian opposition figure alexi alexei navalny facing new charges expected to appear in a moscow video link this morning. >>> live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. >> good to have you with us. >>> we begin this hour in beijing where top diplomats from the u.s. and china met for talks in efforts to attach down tensions between the world waste two largest economies. hours ago u.s. secretary of state antony blinken held closed-door discussions with china's top diplomat one day after meeting with china's foreign minister. both sides have come into these meetings with a goal of improving their deeply strained relationship but are playing down expectations of a major breakthrough. cnn's kristie lu stout joins us live from hong kong with the latest. talk to us about what has been achieve

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secretary of state antony blinken face-to-face with chinese president xi jinping today in beijing. >>ent biden asked me to travel because he believes the united states and china have an obligation to responsibly manage our relationship. >> reporter: blinken, who's been holding marathon sessions with other senior chinese leaders, is the highest ranking u.s. official to visit china since president joe biden took office and the first secretary of state to do so in five years. >> it's in the interest of the united states, in the interest of china, and in the interest of the world. >> reporter: frayed relations surround issues from the status of taiwan to human rights and trade. but officials say the u.s. goal is about signaling to the world that the two superpowers can work together after months of escalating tensions and incidents, including when the u.s. shot down that chinese spy balloon off the carolina coast earlier this year. followed by a series of close calls. this month, the u.s. releasing video showing a chinese warship nearly colliding with an american destroyer, coming within

secretary of state antony blinken and the chinese leader held in china.saw blinken shaking hands with chinese president xi jinping with the tensions between the two global superpowers extremely high. xi has described the meeting as very good, and bnd blinken offe this -- >> very candid, in depth, and in places constructive and in other places we have a lot more work to do. >> cnn national correspondent kylie atwood is in china and we have our correspondent at the white house, and how would you describe these meetings, kiley? >> well, the secretary of state was clear that there was progress in some areas, but it is a relationship that is a work in progress here, and so, he said that the two sides did agree that they need to stabilize the relationship, and that is in and of itself significant, but the officials set out to achieve here that they are not going to achieve that they do not have an agreement to reinstate communications between the two countries. the reason it is significant is because of close calls and incidents of the last two to three weeks o

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we begin in beijing, where us secretary of state, antony blinken has arrived in the highest—profile visita by a us official since president biden took office. it's been five years since a secretary of state has met with chinese counterparts. tensions have been growing between the countries. mr blinken�*s visit was originallly scheduled for february but was put on hold after the us found what it said was a chinese spy balloon in its airspace. we'll hearfrom our correspondent in beijing injust a moment. first, our north america correspondent in washington sets out what the us hopes to achieve. us secretary of state antony blinken arrived in china in a moment when tensions between the two countries are very high and expectations for the trip are incredibly low. this is the first major re— engagement between the us and china since that big saga over the alleged chinese spy balloon, which floated across the united states back in february, and that really is hanging in the background of these talks. the biggest goal here is a simple one, and it'sjust establishing and reopening those diplomatic

we begin in beijing, where us secretary of state, antony blinken, has touched down, at the beginning the highest—profile visit to china by a us official since president biden took office. it's been five years since a secretary of state has met with chinese counterparts, and us officials say expectations for the meeting are low. tensions have been steadily growing between the countries. earlier i spoke with the bbc's china correspondent stephen mcdonnell. stephen, its been a very tense few months between both sides, i think it is fair to say and the white house has now been saying that expectations are low for this particular trip, so what is this visit all about? well, the goal of the meeting is the meeting itself or rather meetings, i should say, because they do not expect some huge breakthrough as a result of antony blinken coming to beijing butjust starting to talk again, possibly lining up future meetings so that more high level us representatives can come to china, more chinese high—level representatives can go to the us and, you know, we are talking about serious matters. i mea

where is, is wanted dogs june 29 on dw the w news alive from berlin. us secretary of state antony blinking is in beijing of crucial talks. lincoln is washington's highest level official to visit china in nearly 5 years. of tensions between the 2 powers remain high. also coming up on the show of war and ukraine must stop. that is the message from south africa's president, serial. remo closer to russia's, vladimir putin, african leaders, are pushing for peace as they meet him in saint petersburg. the hello i'm claire richardson. thank you very much for joining us. you are a secretary of state antony blinking his invasion on the highest level diplomatic visit between the 2 countries in nearly 5 years ahead of his trip. blinking said he hopes to ensure that competition doesn't fear into conflicts. lincoln started to visit with a meeting with chinese foreign minister sion con. both powers have said they're interested in stability in the face of increasing tensions over time. want a and journalist of how the impression are in beijing told us what both sides are expecting from lincoln's visit. an

us secretary of state antony blinken touches down in beijing for a high—stakes weekend of talks withis chinese counterparts. quick thinking to survive missile attacks and communities coming together to help each other. the latest out of ukraine as the counteroffensive continues. and, king charles takes part in his first trooping the colour as monarch. hello, i'm helena humphrey. thanks forjoining us. we begin in beijing, where us secretary of state antony blinken arrived a short time ago at the beginning of the highest—profile visit to china by a us official since president biden took office. it's been five years since a secretary of state has met with chinese counterparts, and us officials say expectations for the meeting are low. tensions have been steadily growing between the countries. live now to the bbc's china correspondent, stephen mcdonnell, in beijing. we just saw antony blinken touching down a little earlier. what will be on his agenda? the first thing he _ what will be on his agenda? tue: first thing he will what will be on his agenda? tte: first thing he will be doing, t

the biden administration taking a victory lap after secretary of state antony blinken returns from beijingdespite saying the u.s. does not support taiwan's independence, an apparent gaffe, xi refusing to re-establishing military communication with the u.s. what you need to know, all morning long. then, a big week on capitol hill. fed chief jay powell speaks before the house tomorrow and the senate on thursday on the future of rate hikes and bringing inflation down. then, special counsel john durham gives congress the rundown on his report on who began the russiagate hoax. we are on it. futures on the downside after the juneteenth holiday, markets reopening today after a three day weekend. as you can see, dow futures down 134, nay nasdaq down 79. big housing data coming out today, we'll get may housing starts and building permits at 8:30 a.m. eastern. european markets closed in the red yesterday. this morning, same story, ftse, cac and dax lower. asia overnight, the markets were mixed. the coughs pi and hang seng -- cougkospi and hang seng a little lower. president trump speaks out about th

i'm michael roku, us secretary of state antony blinking is in beijing on the highest level diplomatic visit between the 2 countries in nearly 5 years ahead of his trip. blinking said he hopes to ensure that competition doesn't vere into conflict. blinking started to visit with a meet with chinese foreign minister chon gun. both powers have said they are interested in stability in the face of increasing tensions over taiwan. anthony blinking has expressed the hope that this visit will open a new era of the diplomacy between the us and china. earlier i ask for being pressure in beijing if that's likely to happen. well, it could be a new era of diplomacy if blinking book be able to yes, stop this negative spiral. this escalation between the 2 about powers. um, and i think that's the best we could hold for um the status quote of the of our, let's relations is that both sides this trust each other as strongly as if never before since the founding of the people's republic of china. and i think blinking has to prevent the worst case scenario. i think that should be the goal. and the good new

the us secretary of state antony blinken says the wagner rebellion has exposed weaknesses in putin'st pose a threat to russia, which has, as you know, been part live from washington, this is bbc news. the whereabouts of wagner mercenary boss ngeney priogzhin are unknown following a deal reportedly struck by belarus for him to leave russia. the us secretary of state antony blinken says the wagner rebellion has exposed weaknesses in putin's rule. prigozhin himself saying that ukraine and nato did not pose a threat to russia, which has, as you know, been part of putin's narrative. these create more cracks in the russian facade. and bbc�*s exclusive interview with christine dawood, the wife and mother of the father and son who died in the titan sub disaster.

is wanted thoughts june 29 on dw, the this is due to the news why from berlin, us secretary of state antony blinking is in badging for crucial talks. blinking is washington's highest level official to visit china in nearly 5 years as tensions between the 2 powers remain. i also on the program, the war in ukraine must stop. that's the message from south africa's presidency around the post. to russia's blad, improvement african leaders are pushing for peace as they meet the russian leader in st. petersburg and crowds turn out for the opening ceremony of the special olympics here in berlin. we meet 2 german twins who were swimming for go the i'm michael local. welcome to the program, us secretary of state anthony blinking is in beijing on the highest level diplomatic visit between the 2 countries in nearly 5 years ahead of his trip. blinking said, he hopes to ensure that competition doesn't v or into conflict like and started to visit with a meeting with chinese for administer chon gun. both powers have said they're interested in stability in the face of increasing tensions over time. want, as

thanks so much. >>> overseas, and secretary of state antony blinken's high-stakes diplomatic mission to china. blinken is hoping to ease tensions between the two nations. he's the first secretary of state to visit the country in five years. china's foreign minister says relations between the superpowers are at the lowest point in years. hopes for significant breakthroughs are relatively slim. abc's matt rivers is in beijing for us tonight. >> reporter: tonight, secretary of state antony blinken stepping off this plane and into a series of high stakes meetings in beijing. he's the first biden cabinet member to visit here, but with recent tensions between the u.s. and china over taiwan and the war in ukraine, both sides had already tempered the prospect of any diplomatic breakthroughs. >> we're trying to make sure, through better communications, that the competition doesn't veer into conflict. >> reporter: the top u.s. diplomat, kicking off his whirlwind trip meeting foreign minister qin gang, who called u.s. china relations at their "lowest point." the pair meeting for nearly eight hou

secretary of state antony blinken face to face with chinese president xi. the meeting was confirmed only one hour before it began. 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

secretary of state antony blinken meeting with xi jinping after meeting with the chinese foreign minister says the u.s. must choose between cooperation or conflict. this as president biden over the weekend downplays the chinese spy balloon that flew across the country for a week, suggesting that beijing lost sight of it. we are following all of the developments this morning on this fast moving situation between the u.s. and china. meanwhile, markets are closed for the juneteenth holiday. futures markets are open and trading and at this point a mixed picture. markets will reopen tomorrow morning. we are expecting fed chief jay powell to testify in front of the senate on thursday. and the national debt hitting $32 trillion for the first time in history. this is also a big week for housing data. today is the june home builder confidence index, housing starts, building permits come out tomorrow at 8:30, existing home sales coming out on thursday. european markets are open, they are trading and are in the read. the ftse, the cac and dax all lower. in asia overnight, red across the board. as yo

earlier today, we did hear the first administration response from secretary of state antony blinken.e described the situation as a moving picture and said it's not one that is yet completely resolved. he also noted that there are cracks emerging as is evidenced in this episode about russian president vladimir putin's hold on power. one big question going forward for u.s. officials is they're going to try to ascertain the larger ramifications that this could have, not just for putin within russia, but also on the war in ukraine. and that is why the white house has said the president has wanted to stay close with allies and partners over the weekend as they continue to assess what exactly happened and what impacts it will have moving forward. >> all right, must be some very interesting conversations going on between the white house and u.s. allies right now on this situation. arlette saenz, thank you very much. >>> russia's vladimir putin is dealing with the most serious challenge to his authority since he came into power 23 years ago. an adviser to ukrainian president zelenskyy says p

that is how secretary of state antony blinken's trip to china is being described., blinken is on his mission to mend relations between the u.s. and china after months of tensions have been rising. the secretary is meeting with china's top diplomat and other officials. >> the state department says the main goal is to reestablish line of communication between the two superpowers. cnn national security correspondent kylie atwood is traveling with the secretary. she is joining us from beijing. so officials downplaying expectations for the visit. talk about the goals and what the u.s. is saying will come out of this visit and what we should not expect to happen. >> reporter: well, listen, victor, this is the first time that secretary of state antony blinken has visited china since the biden administration came into office. he is the first cabinet member of the biden administration to come to beijing. of course, the backdrop here is one of incredible tension between the u.s. and china. as you were saying, no major deliverables expected out of this visit, but u.s. officia

it's more embarrassing than it was tension. >> secretary of state antony blinken departed last night beijing month after abruptly canceling his last visit because of the chinese spy balloon. the first visit by secretary of state to china in five years. he spoke ahead of his trip. >> intense competition requires sustained diplomacy to ensure competition is not fear into competition, conflict. that is what the world expects the united states and china. >> a series of recent provocations in addition to the spy balloon. a chinese fighter jet recently buzzed u.s. air force spy plane in the south china sea and chinese worship cut in front of an american guided missile destroyer recently, the white house admitting china has been spying on the u.s. and the island of cuba since 2019 and biden's defense secretary recently stopped by chinese counterpart during a recent visit to singapore. some republicans went to see a more muscular china policy. >> it's important for us to have conversations to adversaries to lower the temperature so to speak but we can do that best from a position of strength,

secretary of state antony blinken arrives in beijing.ving relations with china under historic stress. >>> also -- >> are you with me in this fight? >> president biden adds new urgency to his re-election bid, as republicans consider a crowd of candidates. >>> brutal fight. casualties in ukraine are adding up. >> i'm ian lee in eastern ukraine, where father's day for some has become a painful holiday. >>> gun violence erupts across america this father's day weekend. >> we will not tolerate such acts of violence in our community. >>> an update on one of the biggest names in college basketball after a run-in with the law. >>> and later, mixed messages on the state of the u.s. economy. empty malls, but americans still spending. inflation high but dropping with less credit available. >> cost of living has really increased a lot. so it's getting a little harder would typically do.you know, i >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> tonight we begin with the new diplomatic push aimed at cooling tensions with china. secretary of state

♪ k" secretary of state antony blinken is trying to push for diplomatic relations between the u.s.nd china. >>> i'm robert costa. the 2020 campaign picked back up after a tumultuous week with donald trump. we'll have the latest on the investigations and the legal challenges facing trump. we'll speak to his former attorney general, william barr. and one of the newest gop contenders, former new jersey governor, chris christie. we'll talk to democratic senator richard blumenthal, about the investigations of the planned merger between the pga tour and the saudsaudi-owned golf tour l. that's all on "face the nation." ♪ >>> good morning. welcome to "face the nation." we got a lot to get to. we want to begin with secretary of state antony blinken's trip to china. the first u.s. diplomatic mission there in five years. margaret is in beijing. looks like good evening to you. >> good morning to you. 5 1/2 hours worth of talks between secretary blinken and his chinese counterpart concluded. they were very direct. they were very candid. it's good they were talking at all. one of the u.s. offici

secretary of state antony blinken in beijing. he says the u.s. should cancel its illegal sanctions on china. goldman sachs the latest bank to slash -- and ermotti says credit suisse may be due to a massive downsizing. take a look at the futures. a lot of the markets closed in the u.s. we could see a lot thinner volumes across the board. pressure on the european stocks. 50 futures down here the focus on mainland china. we are expecting a massive stimulus on infrastructure and trying to support the housing market and so far we have not had that. equities opening in europe with the ftse practically unchanged. looking at commodities, pressure on brent crude, natural gas and some of the other commodities that we watch out for. and we have the sovereign bonds. a lot of the bonds issuance that we look at but what is happening in the u.k. because we have cpi on wednesday and the boe on thursday. 30 year at 4485 in the u.k. cross assets at some of the other things moving. s&p futures, forget about that because that is giving us an indication of what will

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we begin in beijing, where us secretary of state, antony blinken, hasjust touched down, at the beginninghighest—profile visit to china by a us official since president biden took office. it's been five years since a secretary of state has met with chinese counterparts, and us officials say expectations for the meeting are low. tensions have been steadily growing between the countries. joining me now to discuss the trip is jacob stokes, senior fellow for the indo—pacific security program at the centerfor a new american security and former acting special advisorfor asia policy to then—vice presidentjoe biden. thank you so much for being with us on bbc news. how crucial do you think these talks are? i crucial do you think these talks are?— crucial do you think these talks are? i think this is an important _ talks are? i think this is an important trip. _ talks are? i think this is an important trip. as - talks are? i think this is an important trip. as you - talks are? i think this is an | important trip. as you said, the secretary of state from the united states has not been to china in fi

this is in a meeting with the secretary of state antony blinken according to cctv. t stop the downward spiral of ties and he is also urging china u.s. ties to be put back up on a stable track and urges the united states to drop unilateral sanctions equity futures staying the course after these lines. let's get to a bit of a different story. this is so boring. raising taxes for large multinationals. the minimum tax rate plan was supported by 79% of those. geneva rejected this on their citizens. turning to banks, the financial group has agreed to sell its investment banking business. to a management team group led by the ceo of securities. elsewhere, the ubs chief hinted at massive cuts to credits we spa's idea of it division. they went through similar steps later on during this previous tenure with the bank. barclays has ramped up lending to hedge funds in asia. the move is part of a global plan to expand his market franchise as rivals have been scaling back. the head of the european central bank must carefully calibrate dietary policy to avoid hardline. but should co

. >>> breaking overseas, the state department says secretary of state antony blinken will meet with china's president in beijing today amid tense relatitween the u.s. and china.beon >>> extreme weather. another round of severe storms expected to slam the south today, halting recovery efforts. >>> well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a violent holiday weekend across america. multiple people are dead and dozens more injured after a string of mass shootings. they include a juneteenth celebration outside chicago, a nightclub in georgia, and a music festival in washington state. jarred hill is in new york tracking the latest developments for us. good morning. >> reporter: there were at least 16 mass shootings over the weekend according to the gun violence archive. as you mentioned, there were a lot happening at places where people were trying to celebrate juneteenth, father's day, good music. some of the victims here children. a father's day celebration turned deadly on chicago's south side yesterday evening. at least two people were killed, three othe

thank you so much. >>> secretary of state antony blinken is standing by president biden after mr. biden referred to chinese president xi jinping as a dictator. the president made the comment last week during a fundraising event in california. it came after blinken met with xi and other chinese officials in beijing to try and ease tensions between the two countries. during an interview yesterday on "face the nation," blinken said mr. biden always speaks candidly and directly. >>> three san antonio police officers have been charged with murder in the deadly shooting of a woman. the officers were first suspended without pay and later arrested on murder warrants in the death of 46-year-old melissa perez. video shows police responding to reports of a woman cutting wires to a fire alarm. the police chief said she was experiencing a mental health crisis and refused to leave her apartment. officers opened fire after she allegedly threw a candlestick and swung a hammer at them. >>> the coast guard announced that it is leading the investigation into what caused the submersible to implode wh

us secretary of state antony blinken telling jon karl on this week he doesn't believe we've seen the final chapter. it's still a moving picture and i doubt we've seen the last act, but i think we can say this much. >> first, we've seen some very serious cracks emerge. >> historically, prigozhin's been a longtime putin ally taking his armed mercenaries around the world, fighting and securing business interests for russia and himself. most recently, they were instrumental on the front lines in parts of ukraine where they were accused of terrible war crimes. but his relationship with russia's senior military leadership broke down to the point where he suddenly declared an armed revolt at the ease of prigozhin's march through still stunning and electrifying putin's opponents, mikhail khodorkovsky, the exiled former oligarch, telling abc's patrick reevell it's exposed extraordinary fragility he regime putin, he says it's clearly demonstrated to everyone that the regime is weak practically on the floor. khodorkovsky, jailed by putin for ten years now backing efforts to overthrow him in exc

secretary of state antony blinken met with chinese leader xi jinping. we talk to blinken to find out what the leaders discussed. >>> dramatic video. a florida deputy nearly drowns while trying to save a stranded driver. the heart-pounding footage ahead. captioning funded by cbs well, good morning and >>> well, good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin this morning with a race to find a missing submerse nbl the north atlantic sea with five people on board. the small tourist sub disappeared sunday while carrying a pilot and four passengers to ewhe wckagtitanic" it had enough oxygen to stay submerged for only about four days. jarred hill has the latest. jarred, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. >>> we hear the race against time a lot, but the clock is really ticking with this to find a missing sub with people on board. there are aircrafts, submarines, sonar buoys all involved in this search-and-rescue mission in the remote waters about 900 miles east of cape cod. the u.s. coast guard is leading the desperate multi-nation

secretary of state, antony blinken will be traveling to the region. traveling to rehab and jetta to have conversations about how that can continue to expand. there has been commercial air traffic between israel, as well as saudi arabia. the united states feels that there can be much more in terms of economic development, advancement, in terms of stability, prosperity and integration. this is what those conversations will be about, a building upon the abraham accords, hatched under the trump administration. the obstacle in all of this is the acquiring of a nuclear weapon or the attempts to do so by iran, something the white house says is not an option in the eyes of the u.s. as a result, all options on the table for preventing that, should iran decide to ignore the path to diplomacy for resolving this issue. the national security council spokesperson, john kirby, speaking at a white house briefing on monday says although, if iran chooses to open an embassy, this will help transparency, it will help the stopping and interception of ships, that will be v

secretary of state antony blinken got the high stakes meeting. he had been working for. 35 minutes face-to-face with chinese president xi jingping relationship was at point instability. both sides recognize the need to work to stabilize. blinken called the meeting an important conversation. i stress that direct engagement and sustain communication. senior levels is the best way to responsibly manage our differences and ensure that competition does not veer into conflict. blinken says the 2 nations were unable to resolve any major policy issues, including disagreements over trade policy and taiwan. and he expressed disappointment that china remains unwilling to resume military-to-military communication to avoid an accidental conflict. former national security adviser retired lieutenant general hr mcmaster told cbs news that the meeting itself was important, but he worries the chinese will use it against the u.s. optics of this meeting. and i'm sure secretary point is quite aware of is to create the perception that we're going there to pay homage t

secretary of state antony blinken told cnn "state of the union" earlier today that he does not think this is fully resolved. >> it's too soon to tell exactly where this is going to go. i suspect that this is a moving picture and we haven't seen the last act yet. we can say, first of all, what we've seen is extraordinary and i think you see cracks emerge that weren't there before. >> russian president vladimir putin has only been seen in public once since the crisis began on friday. wolf, certainly more questions than answers, which only deepens this ongoing mystery. >> it's a great mystery right now. we'll see what unfolds in the coming hours and days. i want to go to sam kiley. sam, what is the narrative come being out of russia today? i know you're following this closely. >> it's very interesting in deed, wolf. a disaster averted by this extraordinary intervention, if that's what it was from lukashenko to get these column of armored vehicles turned around before, as prigozhin said, blood would be shed. i think what's emerging on the streets in russia is a very carefully controlled

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> overseas now, secretary of state antony blinkens two superpowers. it was the first trip to china by a u.s. secretary of state in nearly five years. cbs's margaret brennan is in beijing tonight with more on what was discussed at the high-stakes meeting. >> reporter: this 35-minute face-to-face encounter with xi jinping, china's all-powerful leader, is why president biden sent secretary blinken to china. >> the united states and china have an obligation to responsibly manage our relationship. >> reporter: an intense diplomatic push meant to avoid a direct conflict with a nuclear power. last month, a chinese fighter jet buzzed a u.s. surveillance aircraft weeks before a chinese warship nearly collided with a u.s. ship. in two days of talks, blinken's main goal was to persuade chinese officials to resume contact between the two militaries, cut off since august last year. >> it's less a hotline and more regular engagement, regular communication so that they understand what we're doing and not doing. >> reporter: but xi did not agree. u.

how the critical overseas trip ended for secretary of state antony blinken. >>> a race against time, inside the desperate search to find the missing crew after a "titanic" expedition went off the radar. >>> the suicide hotline, the growing problem crisis centers are facing. >>> and proof that laughter is the best medicine. how one son isn't holding anything back in a viral tribute to his father. "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. we begin with more severe weather ripping across the southeast. another tornado touched down in mississippi last night. the small town of moss point appears to have take and direct hate. hit. one person was killed by another tornado in mississippi. our blayne alexander has more on this wave of extreme weather. >> reporter: across the south, it's the unforgiving sound of summertime severe weather, striking in the dead of night. its latest target, mississippi. >> whoa, that was big. >> reporter: a reported tornado tore through this community, an hour outside of jackson where people were rushed from their mang

secretary of state antony blinken arrives in beijing.is meetings aimed at improving relations with china under historic stress. >>> also tonight -- >> are you with me in this fight? >> president biden adds new urgency to his re-election bid as republicans consider a crowd of candidates. >>> brutal fight. casualties in ukraine are adding up. >> reporter: i'm ian lee in eastern ukraine where father's day for some has become a painful >>wiotole suencer pt thi ther's >>> an update on one of the biggest names in college basketball after a run-in with the law. >>> and later, mixed messages on the state of the u.s. economy. empty malls but americans still spending. inflation high, but dropping with less credit available. >> cost of living has really increased a lot, so it's getting a little harder to do things that, you know, i would typically do. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka duncan. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us on this father's day. tonight we begin with a new diplomatic push aimed at co

secretary of state antony blinken met with the president of china today., the biden administration is calling for the meeting, and they say it's an important amount of progress. but challenges remain from taiwan to trade and the war in ukraine. nbc's alice barr is tracking that story from washington. >> reporter: a high-stakes meeting today in beijing aiming to stabilize a critically important and seriously strained relationship between the u.s. and china. secretary of state antony blinken telling nbc news his talks with chinese president xi jinping were an important start. >> both of us recognize that we have an obligation to responsibly manage the relationship, and that starts with communicating. >> reporter: but the discussions failed to restore one key area of communication, a direct channel between the two powerful nations' militaries. >> china has not agreed to move forward with that. >> reporter: the need to avoid any military miscalculation becoming increasingly clear after recent incidents when the chinese military came very close to u.s. craft in

secretary of state antony blinken is not only going to meet with his counterparts, but will meet with salman, after years of rifts, and some of the topics will include finding common ground when it comes to topics like prices of oil, regional security, and economic cooperation. potentially on the line is also the prospects of the saudis joining the abraham accords. it's a series of peace agreements between israel and several arab countries and blinken addressed the subject, calling for the normalization of relations between saudi arabia and israel which benjamin netanyahu calls one of the top priorities. >> more integrated, prosperous stable region, serves israel, the partners, and the united states. >> he traveled to saudi arabia and met with the prince and faced some backlash after a fist bump taken on video, and during blinken's three--day visit this week, he will join the gulf council to talk about security and stability in the region as well as co-hosting a meeting of the global coalition to defeat isis. jake sullivan recently traveled to saudi, makes it the second high level vis

moments ago, secretary of state antony blinken wrapped up his visit to beijing. the first top diplomat to do so in five years. he was supposed to do so a few months ago but the alleged spy balloon by china that came over the united states, when that happened, after that, the administration decided to scrap visit. now the secretary of state met with his counterpart yesterday in beijing. this morning he did visit with the president of china, xi jinping. you can see they met at the table and the reporters were allowed to capture the beginning of the meeting and then it happened behind closed doors. the secretary of state finished his news conference and you will be able to find out later on c-span.org. while we wait for more of your calls to come in this morning, as we mentioned a moment ago, today is juneteenth. when president abraham lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation on january 1, 1863, to free enslaved african americans, it took time for war to spread. even though the emancipation proclamation was made effective that year through the 13th amendment, it

we'll hear from secretary of state antony blinken and the head of the house intelligence committee mike turner. >>> one year after the end of roe versus wade, the march to ban abortion in some states continues. >> we will never rest and relent until we restore the sanctity of life to the center of american law in every state in the land. >> as do efforts to motivates voters to fight for the right to choose an abortion. >> the court was betting that all of us would remain silent, butt but we're not. >> we'll talk with texas congresswoman veronica escobar. >>> finally the new head of the united nations world food program, cindy mccain, joins us to talk about where the hunger crisis is worst and why we need to do more. it's all just ahead on "face the nation." ♪ >>> good morning. welcome to "face the nation." there is a lot we don't know yet about the motivations behind and the consequences following wagner group leader yevgeny prigozhin's actions in russia this weekend. what we do know about what one senior administration official calls a very bizarre episode, is that there seems to be a

overseas, secretary of state antony blinken sat down with china's president xi in beijing, hopes of easingerpowers. it was the first trip to china by a u.s. secretary of state and nearly five years. cbs's margaret brennan is in beijing with more on what was discussed at the high-stakes meeting. >> reporter: this 35 face to face encounter was xi jinping, china's all-powerful leader is why president biden sent secretary blinken to china. >> you have an obligation to respond. >> reporter: and intense diplomatic push to avoid conflict with the nuclear power. last month a chinese fighter jet buzzed a surveillance aircraft weeks before a warship nearly collided with the u.s. ship. and two days of talks, the main goal was to provide chinese officials resuming contract between the two militaries. cut off since august last year. >> this was a hot item more regular engagement, regular communication so that they understand what we are doing and not what we are doing. >> but xi jinping did not agree. and the defense minister with an excuse of why he does not return calls. china recently expanded the s

us secretary of state antony blinken holds talks with china's top diplomat on the second day of his trip to beijing, aimed at soothing tensions between the two sides. a bbc investigation casts doubt on the greek authorities�* account of the boat disaster in which hundreds of migrants are feared to have died. plus, the royal mint unveils a new 50p coin to pay tribute to the windrush generation. hello, i'm carl nasman. we begin in beijing, where us secretary of state anthony blinken is having talks with china's top diplomat wang yi on the last day of a whirlwind visit to china. it still isn't known whether he will meet china's president, xijinping. mr blinken touched down in beijing on sunday morning, and embarked on more than five and a half hours of talks, plus a two—hour dinner, with his chinese counterpart, foreign minister qin gang. american officials described the talks as candid and constructive, but the only concrete development thus far is a commitment from the two countries to loosen visa restrictions on each other�*s citizens, and to hold more talks in washington in the future.