committed by hamas by having their military hidden under a hospital. that s a fact. it s showing that america is willing to stick by an ally in the face of growing international pressure. the rally calling for a cease-fire in gaza that turned tense outside of the headquarters of the democratic national committee. sgllt situation is deteriorating by the hour. he s not shying away from the points of disagreement in the crucial issues. face to face, they play nice after a year of tough talk. it s communications between two respective militaries. there s been a reset. a glowing messaging coming from chinese state media. curious to see how they are going to portray it in the days to come. trust but verify. clear that there s a the lot of work to do. good morning, everyone. we begin with that hugely consequential watched all over the world bilateral meeting between president biden and xi jinping coming at a time of extreme global turmoil. there are wars raging in uk
right now. top of the hour. 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. president biden is giving a rare press conference last night talking about his highs stakes meeting with china s xi jinping and signaling a hostage deal could be coming soon in the israel/hamas war. biden says he has been deeply involved in the negotiations quote mildly hopeful. we will be joined by the family of a 3-year-old who is being held hostage in gaza right now. kaitlan collins speaking with joe manchin about his political future. she is going to join us with the details. and the pentagon s ufr chief is resigning. he says there are ufo sightings that could be the act of foreign adversaries or even aliens. we will get into it. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. new this morning, a shooting attack near jerusalem. israeli police say six israeli personnel were injured at a security checkpoint. the three attackers were shot and killed. getting a better picture of why the israel defense forces decided