this is president xi jinping's _ time. this is president xi jinping's first— time. xi jinping's first visit - time. this is president xi jinping's first visit and i time. this is president xi jinping's first visit and it | jinping's first visit and it has been carrie lam's previously but what can we expect from john lee and his time in office?— time in office? john lee is a lifetime policeman - time in office? john lee is a lifetime policeman and - lifetime policeman and questions from and about service and about how much experience he has on things not related to security, like the economy. we are already hearing members from his cabinet talk about border control around covid—i9 based on western business communities because we have been locked down for so long but also they could be further national security legislation going on as promised by the local government after beijing has amended their law. government after bei'ing has amended their law._ government after bei'ing has amended their law. the biden administration has condemned a supreme court ruling which cu

xi jinping overseeing the swearing in.ohn lee is a for chief executive for hong kong, this is the six terms since the 1997 handover. no chief executives has lasted the allowed to terms, either by scandal where one did not make it through to terms, carrie lam had one term, and -- had one turn in a little bit and there were a lot of protest. we will see if john lee brings stability to wet carrie lam acknowledge to me a couple weeks ago as a very difficult job serving two masters, xi jinping on the communist party and the leadership in beijing, and the people of hong kong. it's unenviable, obviously. rishaad: hold that thought, john lee has been sworn in as the hong kong chief executive, he was pledging his loyalty both china and to hong kong, doing so with the chinese president by his side. that of courses accompanied by much fanfare. we have the cabinet now coming out as well. as steve was telling us, we have principally a lot of beijing loyalists will now be taking the oath of office as well. we have the finance secretary

to xi, taiwan dispels his myth model for freedom.ispels his myth that the chinese culture could not live under democracy and he wants it destroyed. and when i went over there and said i will not bend in the two xi and i don't think anyone should either and they don't think speaker pelosi should as well, and what xi is doing is warmongering and he continues to do that. i think the rest of the world, to be quite honest, is getting sick and tired of it. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. an ongoing battle between rival gangs in haiti has reached the centre of the capital, port au prince. video showed gang members and police engaged in a fierce gun battle on wednesday. it's not clear how many people had died since the violence began three weeks ago, although the united nations estimates that more than 200 people died in a nine day period earlier this month. the democratic republic of the congo has put 30 oil and gas drilling permits up for auction, opening up part of the world's second—biggest rainforest to drillin

what is president xi's position — good shape. what is president xi's position and _ good shape. president xi's position and stands - xi's position and stands towards hong kong signal towards hong kong signal towards taiwan, for example? definitely, in the beginning, when china crackdown on hong kong, after 1997, there was a lot of discussion about whether it showed a bad example to taiwan and made the taiwan people more hesitant in accepting beijing olive branch in striking a deal. but after 2019 uprising and the national security law, i don't think beijing has about taiwan's reaction anymore and they would judge that, the taiwan people not that enthusiastic about reunification anyway so they are preparing in full force the military options in solving the taiwan question and making hong kong fully in control, i don't think they care too much about taiwan reaction anymore. you mention there _ taiwan reaction anymore. you mention there hong _ taiwan reaction anymore. you mention there hong kong fully in control. it has been 25 years since it re—entered beijing's severe of influenc

chinese president xi jinping took part in the trip.aised the city's response to covid, defended the controversial national security law and talked about the importance of the one country two systems policy. >> translator: no those who support one country two systems, support the prosperity of hong kong, whether from hong kong or overseas, thank you. >> the new chief executive took the oath of office replacing carrie lam. lee is a former police officer who rose through the ranks. he is known for overseeing the anti-government protests in 2019. the day kicked off with a flag raising ceremony at the city's convention center. the flags of hong kong and people's republic of china raisera raised side by side there. ivan watson, first to you, what stood out for you from this momentous day? >> i think -- i covered xi jinping's last visit to hong kong five years ago at the 20th anniversary. and in that speech, he issued warnings, he said that anybody who tried to threaten china's national security from hong kong to try to take advantage of the

plus, biden's two-hour phone call with xi jinping.n, liz cheney has been the face of january 6th committee and the new darling of the democrats while her republican challengeer is winning over wyoming voters. harriet hageman is here with her plan to unseat cheney in november. all here right now on "sunday morning futures." ♪ ♪ maria: and first this morning, president biden with covid again, testing positive on saturday after testing negative for four days prior, even before the second case of covid is worries heightened over the commander in chief's mental capacity and ability to lead. here's dr. ben carson on this program last week calling biden's. condition a national security risk. >> there's no question, you know, he's in that age range that puts him at an increased risk, and he has underlying problems as well. so it ises a serious issue. -- it is a serious issue. the good thing, of course, is he has access to the best medical care in the world at walter reed. so i suspect he will get through it, but i hope and pray like many othe

xi reiterated his stance that taiwan is part of china. the ministry of foreign affairs was more blunt saying, essentially, whoever plays with fire will burn. that is a veiled threat about nancy pelosi's a visit to taiwan. again, nancy pelosi leaves later thursday, on her trip to asia. right now it is not the itinerary. we don't know the official itinerary. there is still a possibility she could go to taiwan. that will very much anger beijing. yvonne: thank you. stephen engle there. let's get to the first word news. vonnie: the forecast for the asia-pacific region is 4.2%, 0.7% lower than it was in april and will below the -- well below the percentage last year. aipac next year is one of percent. the economic shock from the war in ukraine, china's a slowdown in rising global interest rates. the u.s. economy has attracted for a second straight quarter raising the chances of her session. the gdp rate fell .9%, following a 1.6% decline in the first three month of the year. the report shows decreases of businesses and government spending and p

a call has been made by joe biden to xi jinping in the next l joe biden to xi jinping in the next few to taiwan was in 1995, and it was newt gingrich who said to china, "don't get too scrappy about this," and they were saying, "don't worry, we are planning to do anything with taiwan." and how things have changed. taiwan." and how things have chanced. f , , changed. this'll be the first time president biden _ changed. this'll be the first time president biden has _ changed. this'll be the first time president biden has spoken - changed. this'll be the first time president biden has spoken to l president biden has spoken to president biden has spoken to president xi jinping since march, which _ president xi jinping since march, which really tells you something. they are — which really tells you something. they are having emergency calls to try and _ they are having emergency calls to try and calm things ahead of nancy pelosi's _ try and calm things ahead of nancy pelosi's visit. but they've not been speaking _ pelosi's visit. but they've not been speaking at all for months. and what str

joe biden bragged over the last couple of years he has known xi for a long time. when i asked he said they aren't old friends. it is strictly business. we're now seeing what that is looking like. the pentagon says commander-in-chief has ordered military access into the south china sea. we have a statement that says i can confirm u.s.s. ronald reagan and strike group are underway operating in the south china sea following a successful port visit to singapore. as matter of policy we don't discuss future ship movements. reagan is continuing noble scheduled operations as part of her patrol in support of a free and open indough pacific. china watchers believe xi wants the self-governing taiwan back under chinese control to cement his legacy. president biden has pledged to help taiwan defend itself if china decides it will take an invasion of taiwan and the chinese are responding to the u.s. military moves in their neighborhood. a foreign ministry spokesman says this is not the first time the u.s. has sent its aircraft carrier to the south china sea to flex muscles. it

i want to get your take or your assessment of the call between joe bide and xi jinping. we have no evidence that joe biden raised the origins of covid-19. we know that all of the circumstantial evidence tells us that covid was leaked from the wuhan lab, the virology lab and ccp has covered it up and will not allow an investigation into what went on and joe biden spoke with him five times. this was the fifth phone call and hasn't brought it up, why? >> well, maria, unfortunately i think world leaders have pretty accurately assessed joe biden and his administration as being completely weak. just about every action this administration has taken since taking office has weakened this country. opened our boarders, 41 year high inflation, record gasoline prices, embarrassing and dangerous defeat from afghanistan. this is the year 2022 and we don't have enough baby formula to feed our infants. you throw on top of that with the people like chinese leaders, they know exactly to the extent to which joe biden is compromised by hunter biden's financial entanglements around the world.

a visit by xi jinping has been heavily choreographed with tape security this is the first time xi hase mainland since covered. >> in the past few years, hong kong has withstood severe tests. after the wind and rain, hong kong has risen from e ashes and demonstrated vigor and vitality. lewis: president ix -- xi will oversee the transfer of power from carrie lam to jon leyne but that is overpowered by covid restrictions. >> current government officials, including carrie lam, have been put under quarantine. she was supposed to meet president xi, but she could own a travel between the quarantine hotel and her office. there is high pressure and many officials -- because they have to manage so many people just for joining this celebration. lewis: our china media analyst. >> there has been so much media rollout to promote the message that hong kong is under control. there has been a strong message of unity between the mainland and hong kong. i have seen footage in hong kong of chinese flags all over the city and an emphasis on how moving forward things are going to be better for hong kong ci

working on plans for president biden and president xi.his as tensions over taiwan continue to rise. we are joined by the president of the national committee on u.s.-china relations. good to have you with us. what was achieved at this meeting? >> i think the mere fact that the meeting occurred was an accomplishment. we had speaker pelosi -- and i was derailed. the meeting itself, the fact that it occurred, the fact that there were reasonably positive statements put out by both united states and china is progress, because you have to start from the baseline that the relationship is deeply, deeply troubled. the elephant in the room to the conversation was speaker pelosi strip, the fact that it occurred , literally one week before was interesting. it's -- you've heard mentioned on this program that is likely between november 15 and november 23, president xi and president biden would meet in person on the sidelines for the g20 and apac meeting in indonesia and thailand, respectively, which is great news. and to the extent that remains on track

biden and xi talked about tariffs, that's the only thing xi cares about. obviously china wants them removed. this will make china richer and stronger and american manufacturing weaker. of course biden is thinking about doing it, you can't make this up, this is insane. unless this is all part of biden's plan, meaning whoever controls biden's plan. biden and the democrats have put america behind the eight ball. this is an emergency that requires a radical change in leadership in congress and later on in the white house. if you ever want this country to be strong again, for our families to be prosperous, your street to be safe again, we have to get rid of these people. that means taking back the senate -- every seat is critical. a vote in georgia for raphael warnock is a vote for decline. a vote for john federman in pennsylvania is a vote for high energy prices. vote for tim ryan in ohio is a vote for high food prices. a vote for mark kelly and arizona is a vote to send more american jobs overseas. none of these people, none of them are moderate. they are in

he's trying to make xi jinping understand that and give xi jinping the political ammunition he needs internally, i did what i could, let's not overreact and turn this into a larger issue than it needs to be. >> and it's about the economy as well. we note that china's economy is at play there. president xi's approach to economics and policy internally and the zero covid and word that china's growth estimates will be lower than initially forecast. i'm curious, is there any deliverable on the part that president biden could perhaps offer in terms of the $370 billion in trade tariffs that are still in play from the trump administration. is that an area where they could see eye to eye in lifting those is this. >> it an opportunity to negotiation. it's easy to forget these days, we have more than $370 billion of tariffs on american goods here. that is a point that both sides would like to see ultimately change. i think the chinese side expected the biden administration to change it when they came into office. that was a misreading on china's part. the biden administration said we're in no

my beef is with the communist party of china and xi zing ping and their approach and it's not with the chinese people. when people don't make that distinction, they play exactly in to the ccp's agenda that somehow these are anti-chinese activities. they are not. they're activities against the government of china and particularly the communist party of china. the semiconductors often called chips are the backbone of our modern lives. they can be found with literally anything with an on and off switch, from cars and trucks to washers and dryers to smartphones and laptops. chips are an essential component in so many of the devices we use today. the growth in chips is going to be exthennal -- exponeial. devices connected to the internet, autonomous driving would be one example. for every connection, there is a sensor, most of those requiring a semiconductor chip. unfortunately for -- looking backwards for many years american semiconductor companies led the world in both design and manufacturing of this critical technology. but the truth is our leadership has languished. in recent years we

xi jinping was very clear on this. and also particularly when it comes to hong kong's unique status in the world as a global financial hub, shipping and trading hub. both mentioned that. i believe it is a great sign of encouragement, and john is up for executing that plan. stephen: absolutely. one thing that stood out to me was the timeline. he says, the next five years for hong kong will be critical. and in lockstep with that comment, he said, "we need the hong kong government to rule better and execute our policy better." basically telling john lee, you have got five years to implement, get results and get it done. do you expect an accelerated kind of agenda for john lee? frederik: i expect that. i would never have reduced john lee to a cop, to a police man the way that i met him, before i came in, was pragmatic, listening carefully to the concerns of the business community. and we expect and want him to continue that, and we are looking forward to more continuous exchange with the new government, now that they have

this is less than 24 hours after the president is on the phone be with xi jinping? this suggests that that call went very poorly that xi jinping believes they can move about the cabin pretty darn freely they can't intimidate us. sign me up, it's a strange place to be, but i'm with nancy on this one. >> jesse: i'm with nancy too, even swalwell. i would be even eric swalwell if he wanted to spend the night taiwan and spend the night fancy fancy hotel and steak dinners. explain why you think joe biden did this. i believe it's because he is compromised. his son is come pro-mizeed. his brother and family. they have taken millions, everybody in the u.s. government knows it and he gets off the phone with the chinese and has this kind of weak response up there as press secretary saying ahhh, is it because he is compromised? >> jesse, i don't know. i know this. with respect to afghanistan, the taliban, he was weak. vladimir putin invaded europe on his watch and he has responded in ways that haven't instilled our -- in our allies the backbone necessary to expel him from doing

coming up, we will look deeper into the call between joe biden and xi jinping.s grover taiwan. pat anderson joins us to discuss giving australia's indigenous people a seat at the table in parliament. that's it for daybreak australia. daybreak asia is next. this is bloomberg. ♪

plus a quarter century on, president xi visits hong kong to submit beijing's control. francine: we have had lots of talk about risk aversion out there across global markets and if you look at what we are in for these equity features, they are down. the dax is down 0.8%. bolstering some of the bonds out there. tom: what that tells us for the second half, this consumer sentiment out of the u.s. and that also weighing on equities state that. you are range bound on the ftse 100 and a relatively safe haven in the first half. the superlatives include the fact that the s&p 500 fell to it lowest levels in 70 years, since -- i should say 50 years. and the lowest level since 2008. the cap lower by 0.8% and the spanish idea backs -- ibex also lower by 50 points. we look ahead to that eurozone cpi and what that will tell us about where we go in terms of the inflation pressures in europe and the gas component of the geopolitics for that as well. futures stateside pointing to losses of over 1%. recession fears are strung on the back of that consumer data. you are seeing a five basis

plus, investment rif, china getting the cold shoulder from global investors as president xi's policies backfire. let's check on the futures after a decent day on wall street friday, for the week european equities ended marginally lower but the s&p 500 ended up more than 1.5%. teachers with gains of the .8% despite concerns about the politics of italy. we look ahead to the ecb's decision on thursday. economists expecting 25 basis points from the ecb, the boj expecting their decision the same day. that was a 100 gaining .4%, a rebound in iron ore and copper. china pledging to support the economy and officials weighing on banks to ensure liquidity for property developers as the mortgage strike continues. the ftse 100 gaining, the cac 40 gaining by .6%, and in spain gains of .7%. let's see how things are playing across assets. the s&p futures currently getting .6%. building on the upside we saw friday. the dollar softening and that is part of the risk on mood we are starting to see, down .2%. pointing to relief possibly for the euro and yen. we watch the italian 10 year on the back of that

. >> xi jinping spoke at an inauguration ceremony for hong kong's new chief executive. xi said the one country two system policy has been recognized as a success. >> translator: i want my compatriots in hong congress to emphasize mainstream values suitable for the principle centered on patriotism. >> he arrived in hong kong on thursday. it's his first visit there since beijing tightened its grip on the city. the anniversary used to be marked by massive protests for those calling for democracy. this time police are warning against acts of violence or public disorder. more than 30,000 officers will ensure security at the events. >>> nhk world senior ross mihara correspondent is in beijing and has been following xi's visit. i spoke with him earlier. what was the president trying to accomplish with this speech? >> well, he wants to show citizens and the world that the central government attaches great importance to hong kong's development. xi tried to boost patriotism among hong kong residents, especially the younger generation. he expressed his affection for the city and a

no need to be mean president xi. that kind of rhetoric from the chinese side is clearly unhelpful and not necessarily. again there's been no trip announced and there's no call for that kind of ex claytory rhetoric. >> laura: what a weenie. unhelpful? actually i think it's very helpful because it's always helpful when the american people get to see china for what it really is. a ruthless dictatorship that has grown so powerful it thinks it can dominate us and it's helpful for us to see just how weak and pathetic our own government is. of course in reacting to china's own aggression, pathetic. and even worse than kirby's flaccid response is the fact that we're actually rewarding the communist party of china after they threatened the speaker of the house. now, biden is reportedly expected to speak with xi by telephone on thursday. this is an absolute embarrassment. this would never have happened under president trump. i'll tell you what the agenda's going to be. xi gets what he wants, he promising nothing and biden's co

who the hell cares what president xi thinks. you should've been lecturing him about the death and horror that china unleashed on the world about how they treat minorities in their country. you should have compensation for the well over 1 million americans killed by the virus they tried to hide from the world. remember you could fly from wuhan to any other part of the world but if you were in wuhan, you weren't allowed to fly anywhere into china. if you are in any other part of china, you weren't allowed to fly to wuhan. i wonder why. why didn't you challenge him on their unfair trade policies become of their intellectual property theft. sadly joe biden was a wimp today. he showed nothing but weakness, nothing but appeasement. joe, the next time, just hang up the phone of some dictator threatening you. keep the tariffs. maybe double them. support taiwan. green light nancy pelosi strip instead of capitulation like you showed today. make the communist chinese know that there will be serious, deadly consequences for any invasion. yo

do you think today's call with xi jinping worked to solve any of those other problems? >> i wasn't on the phone and i haven't seen a readout of the call yet. so i don't know. i know joe biden has spent many decades dealing with chinese leaders, leaders around the world. he has a great team surrounding him. again, engagement matters, but we live in a very complicated, volatile world. there are no simple issues any more, whether it's russia and ukraine, china and taiwan, issues in africa, south america, central america. it's all complicated and that's why having good leaders in the right roles matter. >> congressman, thank you so much. >>> coming up, new reporting on the justice department's investigation into january 6th. the possible challenge from donald trump as federal prosecutors are preparing for. but first, the new warning aimed at slowing the spread of monkeypox and the concerning data coming in about testing for the virus. stay with us. and the bill payer, baker, and nightltlight maker? that's a lot. so, adding “and student” might feel dauntining. but what if a

so, what more are you learning about this covid scare for china's president xi?er: i mean, look, if, if president xi's closed loop does not keep covid one row away from the president of the leader of china who is so paranoid about covid that people who want to be in his presence have to for several weeks before meeting him have a private car taken from their home back to their office, back to home, no public transportation, no unnecessary outings, daily covid testing, a night in a quarantine hotel before meeting president xi -- if all of those precautions did not keep this hong kong lawmaker, steve ho chu yin from being covid positive and one row away from xi to prove this was the case, then what's going to work? how is china's zero covid policy going to work? they certainly have case numbers down to extraordinarily low levels considering they're a cun country of 1 1/2 billion people, less than 500 cases reported. the chance of getting struck lightning is greater than getting covid with 500 cases and 1 1/2 billion people. whenever a handful of cases pop up in a c

president xi jinping says those who played the -- plawith fire will get burned.iden says the u.s. policy has not changed and the u.s. opposes unilateral efforts to change the status quo. let's remind ourselves what this is about. inay, this happened. >> are you willing to defend taiwan militarily? >> yes. >> u.s. president said they will officially -- taiwan -- defendant taiwan. the u.s. has a relationship with taiwan. they have no official diplomatic ties. -- for decades, the u.s. had described his policy to taiwan as strategic ambiguity. president biden's words put that position into question. >> we deplore and reject the u.s. remarks. taiwan is a part of the chinese territory and the taiwan issue is a part of -- >> is an inviting rearrangement on a china policy to ensure that there is confusion -- no confusion. >> the agreements are to sell weapons defensively to taiwan, not necessarily to come to its defense. it keeps it ambiguous. why is that happening? for some years, china military officis have noted that chinese military actions have been aggressive to ta

under xi — that becomes a hostile situation. under xi jinping _ that becomes a hostile situation.it sounds— it is not admirable, it is pathetic, it sounds absurd. little england strutting — it sounds absurd. little england strutting about, saying... was saying — strutting about, saying... was saying in— strutting about, saying... was saying in the times today, the uk will not _ saying in the times today, the uk will not rest until hong kong gets back its— will not rest until hong kong gets back its freedoms. but will not rest until hong kong gets back its freedoms.— back its freedoms. but that is the cuestion i back its freedoms. but that is the question i raise, _ back its freedoms. but that is the question i raise, whether- back its freedoms. but that is the question i raise, whether in - back its freedoms. but that is the question i raise, whether in a - back its freedoms. but that is the i question i raise, whether in a sense you can sabre rattle like palmerston used to sabre rattle, but you have got to have something... is hong kong unfortunately an example of us not being ab

we look at xi as omnipotent. he is not. that is what she says.athan: others are joining that position in the last couple of months. tom: liz has been adamant that it is far more fragile than the western media plays it. it was my book of the summer, five summers ago. jonathan: i always forget. tom: my book of the summer five years ago was the frankfurt lunch. it is like a john cheever thing that starts with remove and then end with gin. i think this is timely. we can bring kailey and bramo. francine can jet down. kailey: as long as there is gelato. tom: i will be there overlooking. jonathan: you are selling it to management. featured down .2% on the s&p 500. 8:15 eastern time, your ecb rate decision. it is about 20 minutes away. so many people are overweight now and asking themselves, "why can't i lose weight?" for most, the reason is insulin resistance, and they don't even know they have it. conventional starvation diets don't address insulin resistance. that's why they don't work. now, there's golo. golo helps with insulin resistance, getting ri

president's xi and biden are due to speak later.he united states says it has offered russia a deal aimed at freeing the american basketballer brittney griner. trying to avert a global food crisis, the first ships carrying crucial grain supplies prepare to leave ports in ukraine. he's credited with inspiring the global green movement, tributes are paid to environmentalist, james lovelock who's died aged 103. it's eight in the morning in singapore, and eight in the evening in washington where a potential visit to taiwan by us house speaker nancy pelosi is stirring alarm in presidentjoe biden�*s administration. they fear the trip may cross red lines for china, and that there is no exit path. beijing, which claims sovereignty over the island, has already issued harsh warnings — even suggesting a possible military response. against this backdrop, president biden is expected to call president xi on thursday for the first time in months. i asked bonnie glaser, drector of the asia program at the german marshall fund, what conversations coul

president xi said: "those who play with fire will only get burnt."ed to that by saying "0n taiwan, the us policy has not changed." so where does that leave diplomatic relations? with an assessment of that phone call, here's the bbc�*s barbara plett usher in washington. the chinese are pretty blunt about their position on taiwan and that readout said that xijinping had emphasised that position, which is that taiwan is part of china and there is no room for taiwanese independence, that he had told president biden that they should stick with the one china policy. that means basically that washington recognises that there is only one chinese government and that it is in beijing, but it only acknowledges china's position on taiwan and it says that the status of taiwan should not be decided by force and there had been some question for some time about whether those goalposts were shifting. chinese were wondering, there was some confusion about whether the us policy was changing and then the trip that nancy pelosi may or may not take at this point sort of a

that's what president xi said.ies the speaker of the house, the speaker of the house of all people, denies a trip to taiwan, what does that send to president xi, weakness to our adversaries, and putin, right, when he did the nord stream, invaded scraping. it lays a predicate for invading taiwan. i think it's a trip that needs to go forward and extraordinary for the president of the united states to defy a speaker of the house to travel to taiwan and a sign of support tore that country. >> sandra: congressman, the latest tweet out of chinese state media, the latest development in the story, in that it posted a tweet with this threat. u.s. fighter jet escorted pelosi's plane into taiwan, it is invasion. p.l.a., the army, has the right to forcibly dispel pelosi's plane and fighter jets, including firing warning shots and tactical movement of obstruction. if ineffective, then shoot them down. what's your response to that? and how should we respond to it? >> well, they have been very provocative, and if the biden admini

i don't think xi jinping would democratic election if it hit him over the head with a police truncheonuk conservative mp chris pincher resigns as a deputy chief whip, responsible for party discipline — saying he's �*embarrassed himself�* — as a newspaper alleges he groped two men at a private members�* club. ukrainian officials say at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes in and around the city of odesa. and more than a million people are expected to take to the streets of london this weekend for pride, as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the chinese president, xijinping, has led a ceremony marking 25 years since the end of british colonial rule in hong kong. in a speech, he said true democracy began after the territory was handed back to china. mr xi also swore in hong kong's new leader, john lee, who praised the new security law that's been used to crush pro—democracy protests. britain and the us have accused beijing of failing to live up to the promises it made in 1997

but president xi is personally issuing these orders.e he commands near absolute power, this is how people's lives are being affective. >> will ripley joining us live from taipei. officials are growing more concerned with the ever increasing number of monkey pox cases. according to the cities for disease control and prevention, 60 probable or confirmed cases have been reported across 32 states. the biden administration announced the delivery of more vaccines as part of the nationwide strategy for preventing the this. the cdc reports there have been more than 5700 cases of monkey pox worldwide. and earlier, i spoke with dr. amish about the global spread of monkey pox. and i asked him what lessons from the covid-19 pandemic might prove useful as health officials deal with rise cases. >> the best lesson to take from covid-19 is that you need to be proactive with an infectious disease emergency to start to anticipate what's going to be the needs for public health agencies. and i fear that that lesson hasn't been learned because we are behind

he was one row behind president xi. photos showing the two of them, essentially looks like almost next to each other. and then the next day he tested with a mild positive. and the following day on saturday, this was a thursday, friday, saturday. by saturday he had full-blown testing for covid. the question this raises, max, if that closed loop did not work in keeping somebody who had covid-19, you know, a breadth away from the president, well within the reach of somebody who, you know, could potentially be infected, then how is china going to continue to sustain this zero-covid approach? why are 1 1/2 billion people potentially facing, you know, months or years of lockdowns, of hours long waits every couple days to test negative for covid so they can have a green qr code and go get medicine for their loved ones or go to the supermarket? why are cities going into lockdown for dozens or perhaps a couple hundred cases, the vast majority of them asymptomatic? because all of that is happening right now in china. a country of

yvonne man is tracking the story and visit by xi jinping, great to have you with us. we don't often get you in our time zone. what do you think his key message was domestically and globally? ? >> we are dealing with a typo in. -- typhoon. history repeating itself that way. we heard the tone from president she was not as the mulch u.s. as the weather right now. -- president xi was not as to mulch u.s. 0-- -- tumultuous as the weather right now. this speech was positive and warm, and he talked about how hong kong was always on his mind. he was like a father speaking to a child, that a harmonious family would always prosper. he defended the crackdown hong kong has gone through whether it is the crushing political dissent and how that was important in restoring stability. and now that hong kong can focus more on economic development and stability. stability is the key word here. we heard in his speech yesterday of hong kong having this rebirth after years of tumultuousness environments, people storming the streets. the last time he struck a really harsh tone saying anyone

president xi said: "those who play with fire will only get burnt."esponded to that with "on taiwan... the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave us? well, with an assessment of that phone call here's the bbc�*s barbara plett usher in washington. the chinese are pretty blunt about their position on taiwan, and that readout had emphasised that position, which is that taiwan is part of china, and there is no room for a independence, that he had told president biden, that they should stick with the one china policy. that means, basically, that washington recognises that there is only when chinese government and that it's in beijing, but it only acknowledges china's position on taiwan and says that the status of taiwan should not be decided by forests. there had been some question for some time about whether those goalposts were shifting. chinese are wondering, there was some confusion about whether the us policy was changing, and then that trip that nancy pelosi may or may not take at this point sort of added fuel to the fire, because she's

white house's assessment of a marathon phone call between president biden and his chinese counterpart xiinping in which taiwan was the main focus. on the frontline in ukraine where western weapons are said to be making the difference against the russian invaders. let the games commence: 5,000 athletes from around the world are in birmingahm in central england for the start of the commonwealth games. and the return of the tiger: why nepal kept its promise to double its numbers in the last decade. president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan, which has once again emerged as a key point of tension, following reports of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn't been confirmed, mr biden told mr xi that washington �*strongly opposed' any unilateral moves that would change the island's status, or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: joe biden responded to that by saying, "0n taiwan, the us policy has not changed." so w

>> bret: basically he said xi said. [laughter] on the north lawn. thanks.he president did get a victory of sorts when west virginia senator joe manchin agreed to a deal on a revised very scaled back but revived build back better spending plan now retitled. republicans are already slamming the bill calling it build back broke and say it would devastate american families and businesses. democrats do fear voting shifts by the g.o.p. on other bills after this deal has been announced, congressional correspondent aishah hasnie has the latest on that from capitol hill. >> i'm here -- i have never been in reverse in my lifetime. >> a defiant senator joe manchin firing back at accusations that he flip flopped when he brokered a $740 billion drug, energy and tax deal with senate leader chuck schumer. the pair says by increasing the corporate tax rate, reforming prescription drug pricing, and expanding irs enforcement, the package will reduce the deficit by 300 billion. it also invests 369 billion in climate change provisions. including expanding the $7,500 tax credit

president biden holding a highly anticipated call with president xi jinping.ar. it comes a s the relationship between china and the u.s. has deteriorated to its lowest point in decades

president biden will have talks with president xi of china.pull boxes a little bit, down 0.2% on the s&p. on the nasdaq 100, down 0.6% following the biggest one-day pop on the nasdaq 100 going back all the way to november 2020. a dove us interpretation of chairman powell in the news conference from interview -- for many of you. for many others, the opposite, who believe we can get the fed funds to 4% by the year-end. that is the view at citi. in the bond market yesterday, yields in. 2.97 36%, so the curve just a little steeper, led by the two-year coming a little lower. again, gdp, 8:30 a.m. eastern and the range about this wide. a big range. tom: the formula, all the export and import noise as well. a consumption making up 70% of the economy. but the adults don't look at consumption. they look at the investment dynamics, 11% of gdp. the major mystery off inventories is the import-export dynamic. i don't think anybody has a clue. they are guessing. jonathan: the trade balance improved. that's the good news. that is why the updates we saw yeste

arthel: so as xi jinping assesses u.s. support for ukraine against putin's horrible invasion declaring war on ukraine, would president she'd be mistaken to correlate u.s. support for taiwan as he is watching how the u.s. is supporting kind of doling at support out? lots of support but critical being doled out step, by step, by step. >> china is a real military threat. they've taken over the islands in the pacific where they are on a nuclear modernization bill we need xi jinping to understand that we will strongly support taiwan. and china can't try to do to taiwan, what vladimir putin tried to do to ukraine. that would be a huge, huge mistake. we need to deter that so the military presence, our diplomacy and potential speaker pelosi visit, that is all part of deterring china. we need a china hawk, let's send her in. >> send her and i like the way that sounds great doesn't matter politics i'm all about girl power. that's what i'm talking about. [laughter] speaking of another strong woman who i respect doctor rebecca grant t

xi warning biden not to play with fire when it comes to taiwan. speaker pelosi's possible stop there. the speaker is set to leave for asia today and expect to hear from her later this hour. general jack keane criticizing america's passive approach to an aggressive china. >> the old paradigm we've used for years, which is self-censorship and self-deterring in our relationship with china all because we don't want to spook them. we don't want to aggravate them. that paradigm has failed massively. >> dagen: jacqui heinrich live at the white house. >> good to see you. president biden and president xi had a long conversation today, 2 hours and 17 minutes. then the white house agreed to a face-to-face meeting. an odd thing to do critics say after a death warning. the chinese urging the u.s. not to meddle with taiwan that beijing considers to be part of china with xi telling biden those who play with fire will perish by it. it is hoped the u.s. will be clear eyed about this according to the chinese read-out of the call. it comes as the white house has bee

and then china's xi jinping gives a dire warning to the u.s. and president biden plan a face-to-face meeting next time. we're on it. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed.com/hire and get started today. reliq health is a profitable global medtech company achieving whose resumes on indeed strong quarter over quarter revenue growth. with a rapidly expanding base of over 120 us clients, reliq expects to uplist to the nasdaq this year. reliq health technologies maria: welcome back. stocks are up this morning on this, the final trading day of july and what a month it has been. futures indicating a gain of 88 points on the dow industrials this morning, the s&p is up 30 points right now an the nasdaq is up 150. part of this rally has to do with apple and amazon, both up this morning. showing strong sa

president xi said: "those who play with fire will only get burned." responded to that with "on taiwan, the us policy has not changed." let's speak now to craig singleton, a national security expert, and former us diplomat, who's a senior china fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies. thank you forjoining here on bbc world news. it was something of a marathon conversation by all accounts, two hours and 17 minutes. do we take it from this that the biden administration didn't exact leak condone the prospect of nancy pelosi's make visit to taiwan? . ~ of nancy pelosi's make visit to taiwan? ., ~ , ., of nancy pelosi's make visit to taiwan? ., ~ i. ., ., taiwan? thank you for having me. taiwan? thank you for having me- would — taiwan? thank you for having me. would say _ taiwan? thank you for having me. would say overall- taiwan? thank you for having me. would say overall the . taiwan? thank you for having | me. would say overall the call went about as well as the two sides could have hoped although expectations were generally pretty low at