Biden hails ‘constructive’ meeting with China’s Xi Jinping

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: President Biden announces major moves on fentanyl and military communications after meeting with China’s Xi Jinping. Also, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Plus, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey is seeking a fourth term in the 2024 battleground. And members of Pussy Riot stage a protest against the Indiana abortion ban at the state Supreme Court. Ben Rhodes, Rick Stengel, Andrew Weissmann, Gwen Keyes, Sen. Bob Casey and Nadya Tolokonnikova join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Now it is time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell. Good evening,
0:04.0	Lawrence. Good evening, Alex. We have the very best, Pennsylvania election expert
0:11.4	joining us tonight.
0:13.1	His day job is senior senator Bob Casey,
0:18.5	but he has joined us to explain Pennsylvania
0:22.0	before in a way that no one else can.
0:24.3	Can I say, Lawrence, I was camped out in Pennsylvania in the week of the 2020 election and
0:29.5	Bob Casey arrived to the interview that I had with him with like spreadsheets and flow charts the man is a
0:35.5	walking encyclopedia of all things election related and Pennsylvania election
0:40.8	related so he will be exactly the man you need him to be
0:43.7	tonight. He's the guy. He is the man. Thanks Alex. Thank you. Bye. Well after a day of
0:49.5	meeting with China's President Xi Xi Xi Xi Jinping in California today.
0:54.6	President Biden held a press conference.
0:56.5	President Biden said the number one issue in the discussions today
1:02.2	was fentanyl.
1:04.0	First, I'm pleased to announce that after many years of being on hold, we are restarting cooperation
1:10.7	between the United States and PRC and counter-narcotics. In 2019 you may remember
1:17.8	China took action to greatly reduce the amount of fentanyl shipped directly
1:22.2	from China to the United States.
1:25.0	But in the year since that time, the challenge has evolved from Finnish fentanyl to fentanyl chemical ingredients and pill presses which are being shipped without control.
1:36.5	And by the way, some of these pills are being inserted in other drugs like cocaine.
1:41.0	A lot of people are dying. More people in the United States between the ages of
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