own words, and prosecutors say that a preliminary investigation is now under way investigation is now under way in order to ascertain whether a crime of sexual assault has taken place. let s talk about us china tensions because the us commerce secretary is in china where she has been engaging with senior chinese officials in business talk. as part of their effort to reduce tensions, us and china have now agreed to conduct a regular discussion addressing trade matters intellectual property and restrictions. she is the fourth high profile official from united states to visit china is a well s two biggest economies aim to address their trade dispute. let s bring in frank levin, a former us undersecretary for commerce and international trade who joins us live from france that makes san francisco. thank you for joining us today on newsday. there have been a lot of