Good evening once again.

I am Stephanie Ruhl.

Welcome to the nightcap, and we have got a whole lot of news tonight.

The president has arrived in Beijing for a high-stakes summit with his Chinese counterpart.

And in the last hour, the two leaders sat down for their first face-to-face meeting.

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We're going to have a fantastic future together.

Such respect for China, the job you've done, you're a great leader. I say it to everybody.

We have the greatest businessmen, the biggest, and I guess the best in the world.

We have amazing people, and they're all with me.

They're here today to pay respects to you and to China, and they look forward to trade and

doing business, and it's going to be totally reciprocal on our behalf.

According to the president, the focus of the meeting is getting China to purchase more American

soybeans, beef, and aircrafts. But the U.S. war in Iran obviously hangs over the summit in a big way.

Reuters is reporting that Trump is expected to ask for China's help to resolve the costly

in very unpopular conflict,

though analysts say he's unlikely to get it. And tonight, the Washington Post reports that a

confidential U.S. intelligence analysis details how China is actually exploiting the conflict

to maximize its advantage over the United States across military, economic, and diplomatic fields. That is according to two

U.S. officials who have read the report. We're going to take a deep breath tonight. I'm going to bring in

MS Now White House reporter Laura Barone Lopez. She is in Beijing tonight, Laura. Thank you for

making the trip. This is really important reporting. You are with the president. So far,

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