The US and China on the Taiwan Issue

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China’s President Xi Jinping hold a high stakes meeting aimed at cooling tensions between the their countries. Xi says the two-sides have made progress. CNN This Morning brings you Blinken's take. Plus, across the state of Kansas, at least 100 public officials and legislators have received letters containing suspicious white powder prompting an investigation. And, extreme weather fuels deadly storms and outages in the South. Also this morning: the potential monetary impact of the culture wars, Alexey Nalvany faces a new trail over “extremist views”, and the epic Father’s Day drama at a Sox-Yankee game.

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