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
now. good monday morning. i m erica hill alongside victor blackwell. let s get you started with five things to know. a high stakes meeting between secretary of state antony blinken and xi jinping aimed at cooling tensions between the u.s. and china. xi says the two sides have made progress in just a few moments. we ll hear blinken s take. more than 50 million people in the southeast are under severe storm threats. a large tornado left damage in mississippi and a heatwave is pushing texas power grid to the brink. across the state of kansas, at least 100 public officials and legislators have received letters containing suspicious white powder prompting an investigation. and another weekend marred by gun violence from washington state, illinois, sggeorgia, liv lost and communities on edge. and ww and wiyndham clark c victory at the u.s. open. good to be with you this monday morning. yes, it is a weekday and i am here at 6:00. and you re back in new york. and i m b
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