president has been very clear that we are leading with diplomatic and economic efforts. >> reporter: those efforts are referring to china, it is up significantly this year. despite efforts to cut trade with the rogue nation, the other bilateral meeting besides vladimir putin, higher stakes between donald trump and chinese president xi jinping, beijing is pushing diplomatic solutions calling for end on us and south korean warning if it strikes in their neighborhood. and secondary sanctions on chinese companies and banks to further starve north korea of cash to get something done. there will be news out of that meeting. heather: bill diblasio, did you hear about this? he skipped out to honor a fallen police officer to protest donald trump and other world leaders at