welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. secretary of state antony blinken meeting face-to-face right now with chinese president xi jinping in beijing. the high stakes one-on-one is part of blinken s efforts to meet with china s top diplomat. an effort to lower the temperature amid rising tensions between the u.s. and china. cnn s kylie atwood in beijing this morning. just the fact that their meeting is a huge meeting, kylie, we learned 90 minutes ago their meeting was a go. what do we know about it? reporter: that s right, it s here in beijing, the secretary of state who is the first cabinet member to visit china from biden administration in 2 1/2 years. sitting down with president xi, we don t know much about the meeting because it s so ongoing. here s what we do know, there have been a number of hours that the secretary has engaged with chinese officials over the course of the last days in beijing. spending more than five ho
good morning. everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, june 17th, 2023. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. we ve got a lot going on, including some live pictures. here is what we re starting with for you this morning. a live look in london where the military ceremony known as the trooping of the color is happening. crowds have lined the streets. you re going to get a glimpse of the royal family and they re going to take in the celebrations there. we ll take you live to buckingham palace. there are more details about the tornado that ripped through the texas panhandle as efforts are under way to clean up, millions of people across the south are facing more severe storms and extreme heat. the patterns and practices we observed made what happened to george floyd possible. the justice department issues a blistering report highlighting what it calls systemic problems at the minneapolis police department leading up to the murder of george flo
you are live in the cnn newsroom and i am jim acosta in washington. president biden just wrapped up the kickoff to his re-election campaign in philadelphia. he did it surrounded by union workers and county poll prolabor policies. i am more honored by your endorsement than you can imagine . it is going to make a gigantic difference in this campaign. we are joined now by cnn s priscilla alvarez. it is very significant to the re-election campaign. isn t that right? reporter: that is right, jim. president biden highlighted his personal times by having this union rally in philadelphia and it was an event put on by the labor movement and they were celebrating the endorsement along with 17 prolabor groups and you heard it from president biden because it was the earliest that they have endorsed a presidential candidate. there was enthusiasm in the crowd of 2000 union members as president biden tries to wrap up his campaign and with became very clear over the course of his rem
be sure to tune in who an episode of the whole story with anderson cooper, one whole story, one whole hour airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific only on cnn. the next hour of cnn this morning starts now. all right. good morning, everyone. it is 7:00 and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, june 18th. happy father s day, first of all, to my husband and my father and brother and everyone else who is spending time celebrating their fathers this morning. last hour i said to all the dads and daddies and pops and poppies, one of our producers said don t forget the zaddies. we will never forget. thank you for being with us. here is what we re watching for you this morning. secretary of state antony blinken is meeting with his chinese counterparts in beijing at this hour. this is being called a high-stakes, low expectations visit. the purpose of the trip and the issues that blinken plans to raise. president biden makes his pitch for four more years i
that s food. not true. the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. you are up, we are glad you are with us. welcome to cnn this morning. it s saturday, june 17th. i m victor blackwell. do you eat in the first six hours every day? yes, i come in and have breakfast every morning right when i get to the studio. what do you have? two boiled eggs, yogurt and some oatmeal. so healthy. sometimes. cake does the body good. it s the sugar. you ve got to have something sweet with your coffee. i m amara walker. thank you so much for spending your morning with us. what are you having for breakfast? tweet us. we re following several developing stories. there are new details about the tornado that ripped through the texas panhandle and as cleanup efforts get under way, we are tracking a threat for more severe storms today. russia strikes back at ukraine, launching dozens of attacks, as ukraine s counteroffensive is happening now. we ll show you how ukrainia