the us and china agreed to slow the production of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid responsible for tens of thousands of drug overdose deaths in the us. and they agreed to dialogue on artificial intelligence, people to people exchanges, and to boost flights between the nations. but the leaders are still at odds over taiwan, with xi calling it the biggest and most dangerous issue in bilateral ties. beijing considers it part of its territory while the us maintains unofficial relations with the democratically self governed island. here s what president biden had to say about the us relationship with china at the apec summit on thursday. let me be clear. we are de risking and diversifying our relationship, not decoupling. we will be firm, standing up for our values and our interests, and i was very straightforward, as he was with me yesterday, and at the same time, with critical global issues such as climate, aia, narcotics, it makes sense to work together and we have committed to
now for bodies, thoughts to be connected to an ongoing investigation into the gambino crime family. what the new york attorney general is saying about former president trump s request for a mistrial in the new york civil fraud case. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we start in san francisco, where president biden is scheduled to address ceos at the apec summit. they, those ceos have been grappling with the impact of world conflicts on their businesses. monica alba is traveling with the president. what are we expecting to hear from the white house today? reporter: well, this is really a continuation of some of the progress made yesterday in the summit with president xi jinping of china. but of course this now broadens out the conversation, but many of the themes we expect will be similar, and president biden will be speaking here at the ceo summit at this site of the asia pacific economic cooperation conference where of course now ma