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
again. and so i don t want to be in the prediction business with something as heavy as that. what i will say is that my meeting with the director of the masad last night, we met for more than twice the expected 45 minutes because we had a very detailed conversation about how to move forward to secure the release of the hostages. ultimately that will be something that we have to work in a very sensitive way between the u.s. and israel, working with qatar, with egypt, with other actors. and so i will leave that conversation where it belongs in those sensitive channels. but i will just say this has seized the attention from the very first day the president of the united states and every other senior member of his team and just this week the president met with the families of the american hostages to reaffirm for them that we re going to do everything in our power working with our israeli counterparts to ensure every hostage comes home safely and i ll leave it at that for today.
frame. we have been watching israel mark this somber anniversary holocaust remembrance day. with the whole country. on the six million jewish victims of the holocaust, as well as millions of others, the nation coming to a complete standstill on the 80th anniversary of the warsaw ghetto uprising. and you re hearing that siren blaring it will blair for two minutes. and that is as a mark of respect for all those lives lost during the holocaust, a moment of reflection for a nation and indeed. alright we move on now with our news and akron, ohio, is bracing for more protests today after a grand jury declined to indict any of the officers who fatally shot 25 year old jail and walker last june. all public schools are closed and the city has set up 24 hour demonstration zones outside city hall and in front of the police department. the mayor, police chief and walker s family calling for protesters to remain peaceful. ohio s attorney general says the grand jury concluded the officers
measured in feet. so much snow, some ski resorts close. cars buried, roads shut down, some people trapped in their homes as another major system barrels towards the state today. a high-profile hearing on china s threat to america, a new host panel meets in primetime, as global tensions are rising amid the spy balenciaga. and fears china will provide lethal support to russian forces in ukraine. plus, at least 32 people are dead after two trains collide head on in greece. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. while, california under blizzard warning, parts of the golden state have been buried in up to seven feet of snow over the past few days, as a freezing cold system moves inland over the u.s.. on tuesday, 23 million americans were under winter weather alerts, with many those in california. the surprise snowstorms also bringing high winds, streaming across the southwest. and more snow tracking up across the pacific nort
just ahead, epic snowfall in california, measured in feet. so much snow, some ski resorts closed. cars buried, roads shut down, some people trapped in their homes as another major system barrels towards the state today. millions of americans will wake up this morning without a pandemic era benefit that helped them buy groceries, even as inflation has caused food prices to soar. plus at least three dozen people are dead after two trains collide head-on in greece. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. well, california under blizzard warning. parts of the gelden state have been buried in up to 7 feet of snow over the past few days as a freezing cold system moves inland over the u.s. on tuesday, 23 million americans were under winter weather alerts with many of those in california. the surprise snowstorms are also bringing high winds streaming across the southwest, and more snow tracking up across the pacific northwes