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,
the country. looking at that map speaks to what we re dealing with here across the country we saw the president tweeting about gun violence this weekend as well. you point out that some of the victims here were teenagers. we know gun violence is the leading cause of death for people under the age of 18 in this country right now it is a sad day when that is the stat thank you so much, jesse kirsch, for that reporting. now to a new timeline for when that destroyed critical section of interstate 95 in philadelphia is expected to reopen officials are now saying it may be repaired in a matter of weeks, not months, as initially estimated. let s take a look at the progress here where crews have been working all around the clock to rebuild this portion of elevated highway of i-95 joining us now from philadelphia is nbc s george solis. george, what are officials saying about this new timeline reporter: ana, this project ramping up into even more high gear it s a 24/7 operation. pennsylvan