the e.u. is threatening new sanctions. plus, fears of holiday covid surges, how countries on both sides of the atlantic are preparing. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. the meeting is set to take place in the coming hours as both nations look to ease recent tensions. mr. biden and chinese president xi jinping have spoken twice on the phone. but this will be the first meeting between the two men since the u.s. president took office. and it comes after tensions have flared over taiwan, trade, and human rights. president xi has hinted at a slight warming of relations, saying his country is willing to boost cooperation and get the two sides back on track. so, what are the expectations? reporter: rosemary, thorny issues are aplenty, but expectations are low because this relationship often described as the world s most important diplomatic relationship has been in a nose dive for quite some time. but things didn t really pick up since mr. bide
have got to hope for results. in the end, the changes going to be driven, notjust by the end, the changes going to be driven, not just by the feelings of end, the changes going to be driven, notjust by the feelings of people in the western democracies, but also by the clinical pressure on the pressure from business that is already being felt within china and russia as well. i already being felt within china and russia as well. already being felt within china and russia as well. i was pleased to see in the prime russia as well. i was pleased to see in the prime minister s russia as well. i was pleased to see in the prime minister s statement . in the prime minister s statement his action on trees. in scotland we produce 80% of woodland planting all across these islands, not least by small groups but what more can the prime ministers do elsewhere in the uk to try and get action on tree planting and follow the lead of scotland? i planting and follow the lead of scotland? .
all right, it s 6:00 on the east coast. welcome to morning joe on this tuesday, november 2nd, you know what it means. today is election day. one of the most highly anticipated off year election day in recent history. virginia, terry mcauliffe looks to hold off the searching momentum. a republican glenn youngkin of what many say is as test of a national political landscape. in new jersey, republican challenger, jack ciattarelli, cutting in the lead of phil murphy, in a state that president biden won by 16 points last year. new york city will decide its next mayor, eric adams seeks to become the second black mayor of the city s history if he defeats curtis sliwa and in minneapolis, a ballot measure is asking voters the city should amend its charter replace the police department with a new department of public safety. a lot going on there. i think virginia is the one we are looking at. virginia is an important one to look at. we ll talk a lot about that but also willie geist
the pope and the two met for 90 minutes and an unusually long amount of time presenting biden with a challenge coin that represents his son beau. the tradition, is and i m only kidding about this. the next time i see you and you don t have to. you have to buy the drifnlgts back noam no drink flowing yesterday. there you going off the personal sales pitch the president made. house progressives are holding their votes and manus, raju on cap pill. the white house doing its best to spin this delayed vote but obviously not what they wanted to see on the heels of the president making his way to capitol hill yesterday yeah. i think when you have the speaker of the house, a very powerful speaker of the house as well as the president of the united states come up and urge action as quickly as pop, the speaker being explicit she wanted something yesterday and having it not happen, that s what you didn t plan but having talked to white house officials, one thing that s been repeated
things they care about. we don t have to make things up when the republicans do their big tax bill in 2017, they said it will reduce your taxes to the average middle class person. it was aimed at the rich. we are talking about exactly what this bill does. we don t have to make it up because we are aiming directly at the american people and what they want. so, let me say this. say no to something is easy. it gets mistaken that no, say no, that is tough. there is no strategy or counting to saying no. it s simple, it is easy. legislating is about getting to yes. i ve always been a yes person. not a no person. always wanted to get something done. if you ask me, what helped you get the stun? some people have asked me that. i put it in one word, persistence. i just tell you a brief story for those of you who haven t heard about my dad. my dad passed away in november, he would have been 99 on flight day, june 14th. he was i won t go into the whole story, but he was a brilliant par