made progress, but just how much is an open question with dramatic consequences for geopolitics. plus, reckless. a security threat, a consummate narcissist, two former trump officials warn another trump presidency would endanger the country, but only some of his gop rivals showed they re willing to confront him head on. a debate from affair over race on this juneteenth holiday. the first black president and only black republican in the u.s. senate disagree on how much progress america has really made on race. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, the american secretary of state takes a big trip and a big risk. today, antony blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with china s xi jinping. that handshake, 35-minute meeting was even possible, sends a signal that china and the u.s. are serious about taking the teeth out of tough talk these past few months. listen to the u.s. secretary of state as he strikes a realistic, but generally posit
ukraine, and those of a russian spy base in cuba. mike gallagher of wisconsin joined me now, chairman of the house select committee on china. welcome, good to see you again. you wrote this week for my newspaper that the administration is pursuing zombie engagement. what do you mean? reporter: like a zombie in a horror movie, rising from the grave the biden administration is bringing back diplomatic and economic engagement from the dead. there are three risks to this approach, the first, even to get to the negotiating table the biden administration is slow rolling steps to defend ourselves from chinese coming is party aggression like ending expert licenses to while away, sanctioning officials engaged in genocide or transparency when it comes to the spy base in cuba. the second is because biden is afraid of provoking xi jinping and the relationship spiraling out of control, we incentivized the ccp to act, no matter what we do and the third and most basic concern is that it is
o er the ramparts we watched were so gather lently streaming and the rocket s red glare the bomb s bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land f the free and the home of the brave pete: secretary of state antony blinken in beginning shinning this beijing this morning on a rare trip to china as relationships sour. will: unclear if he ll sit down with president xi jinping. rachel: alexandria hoff is live with the latest. good morning. reporter: yeah, the question is if the sit down will happen and the primary goal of the visit is to reestablish senior level communication and that includes military to military. there s also other issues that will be brought up as well. secretary blinken meeting with chinese officials and that official plaid down that a broad range of deliverables would come from the trip. the visit was delayed once after the chinese spy craft was found drifti
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 cooling tensions with china. secretary of state antony blinken arrived in beijing sunday for two days of high-stakes talks. it s the first u.s. diplomatic mission there in five years. cbs s margaret brennan is traveling with the secretary in beijing and leads us off tonight. reporter: jericka, after more than 5 1/2 hours of intense and very direct talks between secretary blinken and his chinese counterpart, ther
reelection again with a rally in philadelphia with union members. the president is seeing endorsements from some of the country s largest unions, a preview in just moments. also new today, more details on trump s indictment. the justice department filing for a protective order which if granted would prevent trump from sharing any classified material for people not involved in the case. new york times says that order says ongoing investigations could identify uncharged individuals. i ll be discussing the latest on the diamond later this hour with jasmine crockett. secretary of state anthony blinken traveled to china today on a high stakes mission to ease rising tensions. blinken is the highest level american official to visit beijing since president biden took office. earlier today, president discussing china, despite balloon incident that delayed blinken s initial trip scheduled in february. i think one of the things about that balloon, it was not that it got shut down but i