up for discussion as well. but that same official played down the idea that a broad range of deliverables would come from this trip. the two days that secretary blinken is spending in high stakes talks marks the highest level american to visit china since president biden took office. keep in mind, the visit was already delayed once. that was after the chinese spy craft was detected roaming over the u.s. president biden this weekend called that air space intrusion silly. i don t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentioned. so i m hoping that over the next several months i ll be meeting with xi again and talking about legitimate differences we have but also how those areas we can get along. reporter: the taiwan strait is likely not one of those areas at present. the white house recently acknowledged that china secured a spy base in cuba, back in 2019. president biden has
a minivan. bill: close quarters for people inside. oxygen limited and complicating the effort to get them home safely. dana: the submarine s last known location is 400 miles off the coast of new foundland. bill: officials lost contact an hour and 45 minutes into the sub s descent on sunday morning. it s 13,000 feet. the deepest ocean recovery mission ever. dana: this is what we know. there are five people on board. they departed sunday morning. the coast guard is leading the search with help from canada. the passengers are estimated to have 45 hours of oxygen remaining. bill: the third voyage for this mission. the third year they ve done this now. pass passengers pay to see the titanic. dana: the coast guard is working to reassure passengers families. officials are mobilizing every resource possible. we re working very closely at this point to make sure that we re doing everything that we can do to locate the submersible and rescue those on board. the location
the ingram angle from new york city tonight. am e froa tourist submersible s way to see underwater wreckage . the titanic has disappeared with limited oxyge n on board. a frantic search is underway. we re going to bringti you allue the details in moments. but first, remember when biden said this. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend if it comes to that? yes. you are. e that s a commitment we madesd . well, what about when he said this? e would u.s. forces defend the island? yes. if, in fact, there anente unprecedented attack. so unlike ukraine, to bed cleas u.s. forces, u.s. men and women would defend in the event of a chinese invasion. yes. well, don t worry about any of that, because blinken this weekend made it clear to china stat we won t even i about stopping them if they invade taiwan. on taiwan, i reiterated the longstanding u.s. one-china policy. that policy has not changed. we do not support taiwan independence. right now that that s
she. bill: that visit designed to restore stability. the secretary admits it is not all sunshine and rainbows. we are clear eyed about the challenges posed by the prc. the united states will advance a vision for the future that we share with so many others, free, open, stable and prosperous world. i came to beijing to strengthen levels of communication. we agreed on the need to stabilize our relationship. dana: the trip was originally scheduled for last february but the discovery of a chinese spy craft in u.s. airspace prompted the white house to postpone it. i don t know what more that chinese communist party has to do in terms of violating u.s. sovereignty and international law for us to take a tough stand. i think the problem has been the entire biden administration has been filled with mishops towards china. he has made mistakes in terms of not being tougher against china on stealing of intellectual property. letting spy balloons fly over the country unharassed.
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