welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. secretary of state antony blinken meeting face-to-face right now with chinese president xi jinping in beijing. the high stakes one-on-one is part of blinken s efforts to meet with china s top diplomat. an effort to lower the temperature amid rising tensions between the u.s. and china. cnn s kylie atwood in beijing this morning. just the fact that their meeting is a huge meeting, kylie, we learned 90 minutes ago their meeting was a go. what do we know about it? reporter: that s right, it s here in beijing, the secretary of state who is the first cabinet member to visit china from biden administration in 2 1/2 years. sitting down with president xi, we don t know much about the meeting because it s so ongoing. here s what we do know, there have been a number of hours that the secretary has engaged with chinese officials over the course of the last days in beijing. spending more than five ho
now. where are you? good evening. did you say where am i? yeah. you re not here. it s just that you know what it is it s steve kornacki and the big board. oh, the board is here. i got it. so i m here. come visit. i miss you. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. donald trump handling winning the iowa caucus last night was not that much of a surprise. but this this was. i don t know if you know but they did polls tonight on the election of 2020. do you believe it was honest or not? 82% said 82% said it was not. now, before we go on any further here, i should clarify that much like the size of his inauguration crowd or his square footage in the new york city apartment, donald trump is inflating the numbers again. the real number is 66%. nbc news constructed entrance polls of voters as they headed into those iowa caucus sites, and 66% of caucus goers polled said they did not believe joe biden legitimately won the 2020 elect
iowa caucuses, my conversation with ron desantis about his strategy is coming up. the big news, in my view, is that the media are throwing in the towel. here s politico. the defining feature of the race is just how uncompetitive it s become. donald trump has already iced the rest of the field, trouncing his competitors like a slow motion coronation. washington post, a growing sense among political veterans across the state that the basic outcome is set and a trump victory is all but assured. and that view has spread to television. we ve been talking about this as if it s a real race, but so far we haven t seen evidence that there is anyone who s going to be able to steal this mantel from trump. donald trump is still the front-runner among republicans. and any attempt by his rivals to sell themselves as reasonable alternatives are going even further down the tubes. she does not have a strong performance, that could spell trouble for the end of her campaign. and once agai
of george floyd, the justice department releasing a scathing report accusing the minneapolis police department of a pattern of excessive force and racial discrimination. among the findings, officers systemically targeting black and native american people six times more than white people. pierre thomas with the attorney general merrick garland in minneapolis. the verdict tonight in the horrific mass shooting at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. 11 people killed. the defendant guilty on all 63 counts. the death penalty now on the table. news coming in late today about the deadly black bear attack at a national forest in arizona. the victim sitting in a chair outside. the bear attacking him and dragging him about 75 yards. the close call on the runway. the american airlines flight ordered to abort its landing, a delta plane still in its path. and what the american pilot did next. ultimate fighting star conor mcgregor accused of sexually assaulting a woman during an
three year after the death of george floyd, the justice department releasing a scathing report accusing the minneapolis police department of apattern of excessive force and racial discrimination. among the findings, officers systemically targeting black and native american people six times more than white people. pierre thomas with the attorney general merrick garland in minneapolis. the verdict tonight in the horrific mass shooting at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. 11 people killed. the defendant guilty on all 63 counts. the death penalty now on the table. news coming in late today about the deadly black bear attack at a national forest in arizona. the victim sitting in a chair outside. the bear attacking him and dragging him about 75 yards. the close call on the runway. the american airlines flight ordered to abort its landing, a delta plane still in its path. and what the american pilot did next. ultimate fighting star conor mcgregor accused of sexual assa