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end of may, that he's getting at least daily briefings heading into next week. we still don't know who's going to be in the room with president biden for this face-to-face. and that is an important question, you'll remember, because we fond out when president trump had meetings, the only people in the room were in addition to those two leaders were the interpreters. heading into next week, i'll tell you, the white house, they're downplaying expectations for outcome, saying the real goal is to come out of it with a predictable relationship with russia. >> cecelia vega leading us off again tonight. thank you. i'll be right there with cecilia next week for the face-to-face meeting with vladimir putin. we'll be on the outside. that meeting next wednesday. our coverage throughout the day on abc news and on "world news tonight" next tuesday night and wednesday right here. in the meantime this friday night, back here in the u.s., the coronavirus and the growing concern about the delta variant first seen in india, of course. now the dominant strain in the uk and now in at least 29 states here in the u.s. 6% of cases now.