shocked. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken met with the china president xi jinping in beijing. the atmosphere has been tense. you just said that china did not agree to military mine. did xi jinping just say no? it s a work in progress. it s every parent s worst nightmare. holiday celebrations and cities have been torn apart by gunfire. several people have died in a series of shooting spirit i was pleading for help. i thought that i was going to die. norah: and our new series we explore one reason the country is facing a shortage of ob-gyns and the impact it could have on your health. the criminalization of providing medical care is the primary driver. norah: we will introduce you to the program increasing diversity in classical music, and meet the young harpist playing her way to success. it allows me to express myself in ways that sometimes words can t. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this juneteenth hol
after a strange of deadly storms barreled through the region, leaving at least six people dead and dozens of others injured we re in a texas community still picking up the pieces. later highway collapse pennsylvania s governor vowing to reopen that busy stretch of interstate 95 through philly within weeks let s begin with the breaking news out of china this morning. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken just departing beijing after that high-stakes meeting with china s president xi jinping. that included the secretary s crucial two-day visit aimed at stabilizing the spiraling relationship between the two countries, upended recently by the downing of a spy balloon and this tense encounter by a chinese fighter plane and a u.s. jet. plus the encounter with military ships. let s discuss with janis mackey frayer in beijing as well as nbc senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell standing by in washington we know the meeting between blinken and xi lasted about 35 minutes,
dana: describing a shooting over the father s day weekend. it was hardly and isolated incident with the city facing a wave of gunfire that killed nine people. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: good weekend? dana: yes, you? mine was quiet. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. investigators looking for suspects and motive after shots were fired into a crowd during a juneteenth celebration and looking into a horrific shooting at a father s day barbecue in a park. mike tobin on a monday morning has the latest from chicago yet again. mike, hello. hello, bill. the weather was perfect this holiday weekend that brought people out celebrating juneteenth and father s day. time and again in chicago when people gather, guns come out. in rows lawn on the south side people were bash cueing in the park for father s day. a sedan opened fire and five people were killed. the shootings were not limited to the violent areas in the south
man. today after being called a gutless paid, bill barr went on cbs with a damning assessment of his former boss. saying trump s look at a fight nine-year-old. that trump is all but a victim. that the indictment against him is not government overreach. do you believe he lied to the justice department? and personally, do i believe. it yes. the legal theory by which he gets to have battle plans, and sensitive national security information as his personal papers is absurd. it s just as wacky as the legal doctrine that came up with for having the vice president unilaterally determine who won the election. obviously, these documents are really private. it s obvious. it s obvious. and yet, whatever obviously maybe it will put our court system to the test in the months to come. for numerous reasons. it s classified documents case highlights the danger of partisan judicial appointments. a judge, trump appointed, helped him delay the doj s investigation now oversees this trial.
lincoln s arrival to beijing s arrival shows how frayed the relationship is. only a low level ccp official will be there to him. no red carpet on the tarmac like other dignitaries have received just a redline. lucas tomlinson s life in the white house with more on today s meetings. scott has been five years since u.s. secretary of state has visited china great secretary blinken s last trip was abruptly scrapped back in february when the giant chinese spy balloon floated across the country. some republicans are glad he s finally on the ground. looks all throughout the cold war she continued diplomacy with china. we should have ongoing arms control talks but despite all the things that all the complaints we had a leak from the lab. we have a lot of discussions and needs to occur. i wish blinken well invite is making a trip. vice president biden called the chinese spy balloon incident and embarrassment for beijing a republican lawmaker says is the opposite. x it s embarrassing f