it is good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. we start with that breaking news out of fulton county, georgia, a major admission from the lawyer for one of donald trump s codefendants in that sweeping rico case. nbc s blayne alexander is following that. for folks who weren t here, setting the stage, fani willis, the d.a. went to the judge after some videos were linked of people who had turned evidence and said, i need a protective order. but we didn t know who might have leaked those videos. what just happened in court? reporter: well, we now know at least one of the people who leaked the videos. it was an attorney for one of the 15 remains codefendants. jonathan miller, he represents misty hanson, one of the 15 codefendants, just said during this open hearing, during this virtual hearing in open court that he did leak the videos to at least one media outlet, and so he kind of gave a small preamble said that in order to make sure he can sleep
us from california. are you hearing anything about how this meeting went, the meeting started obviously with reasonably optimistic statements and smiles by both leaders. reporter: it did. it felt like it started on a positive tone, jack. i m a bit surprised that it went just a little over two hours as i look at the clock, wrapped up around 1:35 local time. we all saw that long list of issues between the two countries, and you expected it to go over the four hours allotted. they are still together. it s moved on now to a second portion of this, and that s essentially a working lunch. so they will dine together and continue discussions. you mentioned that optimistic tone starting things off. we expected that from joe biden. there s a bit more transparency on the u.s. side going into this. they wanted to cool those tensions. it s another issue off his plate. if he can stabilize things between the u.s. and china. but what surprised me is president xi in his opening remarks, he
happening right now a rare face-to-face that could change the world order. president biden in china s xi jinping meeting in california. biden saying he wants to get the two world powers back on, quote, a course. israeli troops raid gaza s largest hospital after accusing hamas of operating in the tunnels beneath it. meantime, the conditions in the hospital are deteriorating fast. its director saying there are newborn babies that are in, quote, severe danger. and a controversial border bill would make it a state crime to cross into texas illegally. opponents are concerned latinos will be racially profiled. it s now heading to governor abbott s desk. we are following the major developing stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. happening now, the leaders of the two largest economies are sitting face-to-face as the world faces some of the most turbulent issues in modern times. president biden now speaking with china s xi jinping in a historic estate
a rare face-to-face between the leaders of two global powers. moments from now president biden and china s president xi meet on u.s. soil amid rising tensions. can they reset relations? plus, israeli troops raid gaza s largest hospital after claiming hamas is using it as a terror cell. will the idf show evidence as hamas and hospital officials deny this? where are patients supposed to go? an emergency hearing in fulton county, georgia. why the district attorney says they need to seal evidence in the case against former president donald trump and others. all these stories coming in right here to cnn news central. at any moment president biden and chinese president xi jinping are set to meet face-to-face for the first time in a year. president biden is hoping this highly-anticipated meeting will put the u.s./china relationship on steadier footing. the president has been lowering expectations heading into it. the summit is taking place in san francisco. cnn s dana
sunak and keir starmer are being quizzed by beth rigby, this evening s live show that started at 7pm. so let s speak to our political correspondent hannah miller who is inside the spin room for us, where journalists and politicians will be dissecting the leader s performances. hannah, isn t quite a debate, it s a different format so what can we expect? what can we expect? quite an interesting what can we expect? quite an interesting format, what can we expect? quite an interesting format, actually, i what can we expect? quite an - interesting format, actually, here this evening. both leaders will face a 20 minute interview with political editor beth rigby, that will be alive. after that they will have a 25 minute grilling by a studio audience, that has been made out to be politically representative of the whole country, it s got people from grimsley on the local area as well as some people who live around the country. from grimsby. whether they get into more policy, w