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korea. they are testing new form of icbms. president xi not liking this chummy meeting that is going on right now at camp david. we ll keep you posted as they come out moments away. jim ratcliffe is here to tell us what he thinks of all of this and congressman mike gallagher, who is the chair of the select committee on china. what a great team we have to talk about this. they ll be with us in just a moment. first to jacqui heinrich who is live on the ground at camp david as we await the president me moment now. hi, jacqui. hi, martha. we re waiting for the president to speak. they ve been walking the grounds speaking informally. we re told a build-in time for that type of discussion outside of their tri-lateral meeting. this is a significant moment to have these three leaders appearing on a stage together. it was two years ago the deputy secretary of state for the u.s., windy sherman, had to stand alone on a stage following a tri-lateral meeting to do a news conferenc ....
35-year occupation of the peninsula. the united states has long tried to strengthen the relationship to create a more formidable bond across asia. but it hasn t quite worked until now. what s changed? and will today s summit lead to something in writing, a joint agreement between all three nations? what would that mean for china? joining me now is nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell, who is at camp david, you saw her there with the president and the the director of the meeting. how did president biden get these two leaders to come and stand side by side at camp david today? reporter: part of it has been one of the themes of the biden presidency, where he s wanted to strengthen this relationship in part because of the rise of china economically and militarily we ve seen, and of course the ongoing threats from north korea. so as you pointed out, the u.s. has strong independent relationships with these two nations despite generations of being at war ....
any minute now, joe biden is set to speak alongside the leaders of japan and south korea. the president using camp david to help deepen ties between these two key allies, especially amid increasing provocative actions by china and north korea. we ll bring you his remarks live. plus, the atf now on the ground, joining the investigation in hawaii into what caused the fires on maui. more than 1,000 people are still missing. crews have not even searched half of the burn zone. lawyers for donald trump are pushing to delay his federal trial for more than two years. we ll show you their legal arguments, why they are arguing to push it back, and whether the judge in the case will buy their reasoning. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. at any moment, we re expecting to hear from joe biden and the leaders of japan and south korea. you re looking at a live picture right now of camp david. today ....
staying in emergency shelters with many not knowing when basic services will be restored and if their homes are still there. plus hunter biden is being investigated by a special counsel. why republicans aren t pleased with the developments. and australia and france fighting for a spot in the world cup semifinals. we ll have the latest on all the actions. . we begin this hour in hawaii, where we re getting a better understanding of the devastation caused by deadly wildfires that tore across the island of maui and sadly a new death toll. 80 people are now confirmed dead from the fire. that number could rise dramatically in the coming days as crews with cadaver dogs sift through the ashes of homes and buildings. the only public road in and out was open briefly on friday to give people a chance to see what s become of their homes, but authorities closed it again a short time later. officials say the fire is 85% contained, but the danger isn t completely gone. criticis ....
jon heffernan, professor of semiconductor materials and devices at the university of sheffield and director of the national epitaxy facility, tells us more. it s part of a global battle to control the semiconductor industry, which has been undertaken by many countries. the 21st century is going to be a technological century and it is completely underpinned by semiconductors. you ve got semiconductors everywhere, from lighting to computer chips, yourfridge to your car. and the pace of innovation is accelerating and it is going to be more and more important. so each country around the world is actually considering very carefully what its strategy in this technological area is and what its economic strategy is, its security strategy is. and so this is just the latest example, particularly between china and the us, but there are other countries involved. some countries control different aspects of the semiconductor industry. some control the natural resources, the minerals ....