would provide stability for the region and the whole world. the us and china agreed on resuming high level military communication and slowing the production of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid responsible for tens of thousands of drug overdose deaths in the us. however, the leaders are still at odds over taiwan with president xi calling it the biggest and most dangerous issue in bilateral ties. beijing considers it part of its territory, while the us maintains unofficial relations with taiwan as a democratically self governed island. for more on the apec summit, i spoke to chief presenter sumi somaskanda in san francisco. this really has been an all government approach, several members of the biden administration cabinet here working with chinese counterparts, the commerce secretary, the secretary of state, and also the us special climate envoy, john kerry, an important part of negotiations as well. president biden said, we want to make sure there is a level economic playing fi
minutes from now, president biden will speak after making progress with china, but then calling president xi jinping a dictator. the live remarks ahead. plus, new indications that israel s ground offensive in gaza could be expanding to the south. leaflets with being dropped in the area warning civilians to move toward known shelters. all of this with the idf six hours into its raid at gaza s largest hospital. questions still remain about what was found inside. and congressman george santos says he will not seek re-election after a damning ethics report, one that found, quote, substantial evidence he used campaign funds for personal purposes including botox and onlyfans. we re following these major developing stories and more all coming in right here to c cnn news central. president biden says he made progress with chinese president xi jinping in their four-hour meeting yesterday, but did president biden squander good will with their off the cuff statement after thei
government shutdown. now just six days away. the big question is, can he get his members to support it? in a moment, i m gonna speak to democratic congressman, greg casar about the potential shutdown. as well as his call for a cease-fire in gaza, which puts him at odds with the white house. we re gonna be on the ground in israel, with fighting ongoing. at least one major hospital, just heard from israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, vowed to continue to war on hamas undeterred. donald trump on the campaign trail in new hampshire, just days after unleashing a vision of what would be the theme of a second trump presidency. revenge. that could certainly happen, it could certainly happen in reverse. what they ve done is, they ve released the genie out of the box, you understand that? they ve done something that nobody thought would happen. i happen to be president, i see somebody who s doing well, beating me very badly. i say, go down and indict them. mostly,of busines
here right now on cnn. hello, everyone. i m christianne amanpour in london. welcome to the ammanpour hour. in the next 60 minutes, we will take you around the world, to ask the questions, tackle the big problems, and let history be our guide. here is where we re heading this week. nobody s hands are clean. is america reaping of the consequences of value in the middle east? the former. df soldier joins me, before israel s last invasion of gaza. this is a leadership that i don t really trust. guns alone are not going to defeat hamas. two super heroes, a high stakes meeting months in the making. it is time to ratchet down the temperature. my exclusive conversation with one of biden s top china whisperers, u.s. commerce secretary gina raimondo. also ahead mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. 34 years ago this week, that wall finally did come down. from the archive, my interview with reagan s partner, the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev. and finally, why
welcome to the journal editorial report. israeli troops pushing to gaza, attention turning to what will happen after hamas, benjamin netanyahu saying israel will likely retain security control of gaza indefinitely. the biden administered and expressed its opposition to a reoccupation of the palestinian enclave. here s john kirby on wednesday. it is plausible israeli defense forces are going to be in gaza to manage the aftermath and security situation. nothing has changed about our view that it shouldn t be the long-term solution, should be about idea preoccupation of gaza as a long-term governance solution. paul: let s bring in the chief executive of the foundation for defense, good to see you again. is this really a dispute over gaza? doesn t seem to me it is. in the sense that someone has to have security control. in the aftermath of the war, it has to be israel. it has to be is real, the israelis will never give back security control. security control in the west ban