teachers to walk off the job. and not even the teachers' unions are immune from being struck against. 48 field employees with the national education association voted this week to authorize a strike. over at the other major teachers' union, american federation of teachers president posted on x, formerly twitter, article with the headline "what's behind the increase in home schooling." she says it's because of gun violence, bullying and a lack of services for special needs students. but a lot of people in the comments pointed out also because of powerful teachers' unions pushing for school closures during the pandemic and pushing for progressive curriculum. so, i guess school's out for november over there in portland. >> sandra: oh, man, we'll be watching that. thank you. right now by the way, as we top a brand-new hour here, president biden sitting down with xi jinping the first time in a year, and a lot of catching up to go. >> live shot of the balloon going down. it has been taken down, now falling from the sky there over surfside beach, south carolina. >> they sent a surveillance balloon into sovereign u.s. air space. >> china has been trying to achieve intelligence gathering capabilities in cuba. >> threat to the national security, innovation than the chinese government. >> sandra: we kick off "america reports" hour two with that high stakes summit, i'm sandra smith in new york. we know the president has arrived on the west coast, john. >> john: john roberts in washington. when you see the sound bites back-to-back, reminds you of what the president is up against here. infamous spy balloon, china's hold on tiktok and american farmland, just some of the issues straining relations between the two nations. 0 military communications with beijing, even as the pentagon reports china is growing its nuclear arsenal. >> sandra: relations so bad, china even took back its pandas. president biden says time and time again, he knows xi, he's >> i met many times with xi jinping and candid and clear across the board. >> i met more with xi jinping than over any world leader has over ten years. 91 hours of one-on-one conversations, 68 hours. i was asked by xi jinping years ago could i define america, and i said one word, possibilities. >> sandra: in moments, speak with mark warner on what he wants to see come out of this high stakes meeting. >> john: but first, peter doocy is travelling with the president in northern california. why does president biden think he has leverage over xi in this meeting? >> president biden thinks the u.s. economy is performing so much better than the chinese economy at the moment. and last night in san francisco, president biden told a group of wealthy donors, contributing to his campaign the following. president xi is another example of how reestablishing american leadership in the world is taking hold. they've got real problems, folks. and the white house officials are elaborating on that today. >> it is a fact that president xi has domestic economic challenges. how he deals with that is up to president xi. >> a group of republican senators is writing the you state should not throw any sort of economic lifeline to xi jinping after the mess he has made of the chinese economy. these two are expected to officially restore a hotline between the u.s. and chinese military, and keep a.i. out of nuclear weapons system and try to figure out how to crack down on fentanyl's precursor ingredients made in china. >> we made clear the most important thing we want to accomplish tomorrow when the two leaders meet. >> and that meeting is going to happen here at faloli, a 40-minute drive outside downtown san francisco, historic home and gardens that usually is rented out for weddings but today reserved by the world's two most powerful men. john. >> john: well, let's hope they have a marriage of some sort or a meeting of the minds. peter, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: virginia democratic senator mark warner. thanks very much for joining us. does president biden have the leverage he thinks he has? >> well, listen, in china we have a competitor unlike anyone we have had in the past. russia, soviet union was a military threat, ideological threat but china is investing at almost the rates we used to in advanced technology, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, 5g and beyond, and interest to establish mill to mill communications, god forbid we have another shoot down incident, someone has to pick up the phone. they have to understand that fentanyl is killing 100,000 americans and be held accountable. >> will the president say that to xi? >> i think he will. any american leader would say that to xi, and a.i., not a very high bar but something obtained as well. because candidly, a.i. is moving faster than policy makers in the united states or china are moving at all. >> as peter doocy reported heading into this, president biden thinks he has all this leverage because the american economy is thriving. that is obviously his perception of the economy. we continue to get reports, latest oust of the university of michigan, consumer sentiment has dropped 5%. people are souring, because of the interest rates are 22-year high to tame inflation. the economy is not polling well as you know, senator. >> sandra, let me take that on. in china, you have economic circumstances they have so overheated their economy, they're tearing down fully built apartment buildings, nobody to live in them. secondly, china has stopped reporting on youth unemployment. any time a country stops giving out data, you know it's not a good sign. inflation still too high in america, absolutely. but yesterday, dropped at a level beyond what the experts expected. the fed has got high interest rates but i think you may be seeing what nobody would have predicted and i know you are not keen on biden, but you know, you might have to give the fed a little credit, they may get a soft landing here. >> i don't know who you guys is, but i'll challenge you with this. senator, this is john kirby on american businesses, ok, a big part of the presidential debate that has been happening in this country, brought up by some of the candidates, on american businesses investing in china. i want to ask you a question, listen. >> many american ceos are looking to diversify investments, so in multiple countries, including china, of course. we have been clear about some investments in china we believe are injurious to our national security and so we don't support that. >> sandra: i guess a few ways to look at that. if things are so bad in china, why are the top american ceos looking to invest in china and two, should we allow that? >> let me try to answer the question. one, there have been years of investment in china, and frankly, they do it for lower prices. starting in 2017 on a bipartisan basis, i've been meeting with business sector to sound the alarm in a classified setting about chinese $500 billion of intellectual property theft, the fact they are out investing in some key technologies and some parts of american business would not even meet with us. american private equity precovid would not hear because they were involved in bite dance, other things, chinese tech companies. point now is we are seeing -- let me finish the answer, ma'am. >> i'm asking if they should be allowed to. >> i'm trying to be polite and answer. do i think we will go through a complete decoupling between china and the united states, no. continue to put particularly in advance technology, the kind of sanctions on shifting advance technology to china, yes. do i think we should put additional pressure on great american iconic companies like apple to actually move some of that operation out of china, and should we go ahead, which we passed, i'm proud with john cornyn, the two key authors of the chips deal that says you know, to be competitive we have to build semiconductors back in this country. we have $52 billion, doing that, we ought to be bringing those jobs, not just back from china, but frankly, we don't make any advanced chips in this country. they are all made in taiwan. that is a national security concern and finally point out the last point, which is -- >> sandra: now it's my turn. >> some folks don't appear to understand, when you give an authoritarian a green light, whether it's president xi or when it's iran, or vladimir putin -- one leads to success for all. >> sandra: some saying this deal shouldn't have been made unless russia was involved. >> what deal are you talking about? >> sandra: what we are seeing from the president and the deal heading into the meeting. by the way, these are live -- >> the president of the united states should not meet with the president of china without putin in the room? the artificial intelligence arms deal. the president, some are saying, has handed china a big win with this military deal. some are saying it's an incredibly poor decision. phil seigel, told our fox news digital the agreement at hand is necessary, though he argues that other major powers such as russia should be involve in the pact as well. the deal that china has apparently struck limit the use of artificial intelligence in nuclear weapons. do you agree with that? >> we need a deal with a.i. on china, europe, all nuclear powers. i don't trust communist party of china for that matter president xi, i don't trust a war criminal in vladimir putin who is continuing to needlessly not only invade ukraine but not operate by any rules of engagement and the fact some want to walk away from that commitment to ukraine would be a historic mistake. >> sandra: we'll see. this is about to happen. we have the live pictures up, woodside, california and senator, mark warner, appreciate your time. thank you for joining us. >> somebody saw an israel birthright sticker on my laptop, they looked at me and said free palestine. >> to see the unfortunate consequences of being a jew in america. >> john: jewish students describing the wave of antisemitic incidents on their college campuses in recent weeks. lawmakers are holding a hearing to investigate whether schools are doing enough to protect the billions of dollars as well as the billions flowing to the schools from arab countries. >> sandra: standing by to join us in moments, live. but first, mike emmanuel is standing by on who are we expecting to hear from at this hearing, what should we expect? >> sandra, good afternoon. the hearing is just underway and the ways and means committee, the primary tack writing panel in the house will dig into antisemitism on college campuses and some finances of tax exempt charities and funding groups like hamas. lawmakers will hear from an israeli actress and activist, and hear from the anti-defamation league. this comes a day after the massive march for israel here in washington with some students telling us the hurt being felt after hamas's attack on israel. >> israelis are completely and utterly shocked by how the rest of the world has reacted to the situation because they just don't -- you know, in israel, this war is a battle between good and evil. hamas is pure evil. >> some people what wanted to attend the march did not make it. 300 people from detroit were stuck on the tarmac, bus drivers walked off the job forcing the folks to miss out on the march. >> it's hard to always feel empowered to voice your opinion about israel, especially when you are supporting the jewish people and when antisemitism has been rising to drastically the past month and yeah, it's -- it's upsetting. >> back to the congressional hearing under way, lawmakers are looking into what they describe as a lackluster response to rising antisemitism from many universities. sandra. >> sandra: mike, thank you. live in washington. john. >> john: a powerful moment in washington when tens of thousands of people showed up to show their solidarity with israel. the march even brought republicans and democrats together in a rare show of bipartisanship and couldn't have come at a better time as we see a surge in antisemitic incidents across the country. the jerusalem post editor and chief was also at the rally yesterday. good to see you, avi. the last time we saw each other we were in jerusalem. >> nice seeing you across the atlantic. >> welcome to a respite from the war. and we may have interrupt to see presidents biden and xi meet. this picture, a rare show of bipartisanship in washington, speaker of the house, senate majority leader, minority loader and joni ernst, raising their hands in solidarity. >> inspiring and what we needed at this time. speaking not only as an israeli but also as an american jew, many feel scared, disempowered and quite fearful in light of the rise of antisemitic attacks across america and around the world. this is a moment for the community to come together, jews and nonjews, democrats and republicans from across the country, gathered together to show their solidarity with israel, to express their condemnation of antisemitism and call for the release of the 240 hostages held by hamas in gaza. >> we have not had official estimates, but you put the number close to 300,000 people. >> if you read it in the jerusalem post, must be true. estimates are about 290,000. largest pro israel gathering in the history of the united states. >> john: a very powerful moment when debra messing called for a moment of silence -- just a moment, we need to pause for a second. president biden is walking out as xi jinping arrives. watch this moment and take it in. there, sandra, one we have not seen in a year as the two presidents greet each other look like warmly and also their poker faces on, now a game of three dimensional chess here as they try to work through some of the thorny issues that are really sticking in the side of the united states. everything from fentanyl to china's military build-up to the spy balloon and so many other things as well. >> sandra: and against the backdrop of increasing tensions between the two countries, john, i mean -- what a remarkable moment to see him here on u.s. soil meeting with the u.s. president. we are left to wonder what the conversation will look like as it is reported they are signing the deal to keep a.i. out of control systems for nuclear weapons. so, we'll see what we learn here shortly, john. >> john: the whole skynet thing, you want to make sure it does not happen but as you were pointing out with senator warner, if you are talking about that, that russia should probably be involved as well. but you know, there are a lot of people who are saying this potential deal that they have as we look inside now, the room where the two sides will be meeting, that they have on fentanyl since china is the main supplier of precursors of fentanyl to countries like mexico, and some people would say it's in china's -- in china's interest to keep the u.s. population addicted to fentanyl and the instability that that creates. why would china ever make good on that deal. so, i don't want to say there is trust, there is a lot of mistrust as well. >> sandra: when you think about how high stakes the meeting is, a brief shot inside the room, hear more from the meeting with xi but opposing sides in the ukraine con flibt. you have the war between israel and hamas happening, beijing criticized the conflict in gaza, there is so much at stake and so much on the plate. we'll see what happens in that room, john. >> john: and overarching all of this, what china plans to do about taiwan, it has stated it wants to bring taiwan back into the fold and what the u.s. would do if that ever happened. we'll keep on watching that and the latest on that. meantime, avi mayer, jerusalem post editor and chief in attendance yesterday, and the screen, when the president came out. poignant moment, a moment of silence, held up posters of people kidnapped in hamas custody, stands in sharp contrast to what we have seen with the people ripping down posters that were put up. how do you think that moment was taken in israel? >> extremely poignant. this is a country traumatizeed and wrought with anxiety over the fate of the 240 hostages, most of whom we don't know where they are at. they don't know what their well-being might be, whether they are still alive. family members are wrought with anxiety for such a long time now and that moment of solidarity was i think extremely, extremely powerful. in light of that, this ugly phenomenon that is taking place, people are tearing down the photographs of hostages, including a 9-month-old baby and a holocaust survivor. it's an act of dehumanization and what we saw yesterday was a celebration of humanity, of life and a confidence that we will indeed bring hostages home. >> john: irony, you came from a war zone to be here in w, d.c., and tweeted this. my american friends have told me to stay safe in the war in israel. as i made my way to d.c., my israeli friends told me to stay safe due at antisemitism. the rally was designated as a level 1 event, secured for massive events targets for terrorism like the super bowl. >> it's astounding. what we are seeing on social media and across world is horrifying. i was at my alma mater the other day. >> university of maryland outside of d.c. and when i was a student there 20 years ago it was a quiet, apolitical campus and it is being torn apart by what's going on right now. jewish students are fearful of demonstrating their solidarity with israel, they are doing it anyway, which i think is a huge testament to their braverly, not only maryland but a climate of intimidation. and we have to fight back. >> john: our gillian turner went to columbia, and she said you could never imagine the campus right now. joe biden and kamala harris, bipartisanship and people coming together, the biggest rally against antisemitism that i believe has ever occurred in the united states, neither one of them was there. now, biden was making his way to san francisco, but he had four hours of down time. could he have delayed his departure to show face at the rally. what did you make of the fact neither one of them showed? >> i wouldn't read too much into it. i think the president and the administration have been hugely supportive of israel during this time. israel and israelis are extremely grateful to the president for his leadership, for his support for israel as right to defend itself. and what we saw on stage was a tremendous bipartisanship, speaker of the house and chuck schumer and joni ernst up there, and i think that and of itself is extremely powerful. this is a period in which america is torn apart in partisan ways, and democrats and republicans do come together. >> john: as you head back to jerusalem, stay safe over there. back inside the room in woodside, california, the shot is back up. you see the chinese and american delegations sitting down at the table. president biden is talking here. >> and united states is a great honor and a pleasure, particularly as regards to our summit today. and for the apec leaders meeting this week. look, this time of year, about a year and a day ago we met in bali on the sidelines of the g20. since then key members of our teams have had important discussions on issues ab matters to our nations and the world. as always, no substitute to face-to-face discussions. always found our discussions straightforward and frank and i've always appreciated it. mr. president, we have known each other for a long time. we have not always agreed, not a surprise to anyone, but our meetings have always been candid, straightforward and useful. i've never doubted what you told me in terms of your candid mate you are in which you speak. i value our conversation because i think it's paramount that you and i understand each other clearly, leader to leader, with no misconceptions or miscommunication. we have to ensure competition does not veer into conflict. and we also have to manage