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Indeed here with the people traveling with the president, they are certainly waiting with anticipation of what is happening inside the room, but for now at least, certainly we know the issues being discussed, and now we just have to wait. wolf? >> we did hear the russian president say i hope our meeting will be productive. we all hope it will be productive. were going to get back to all all of you. john berman, lets go to you right now. >> im here with max boot and bianna golodryga. bianna, i di...

Room together. and to give your viewers a little bit information about what the format of this is going to look like. we know at the beginning it will be president biden and president putin and one staffer each in the room while theyre meeting. later on, that ill open it up. there will be bagger delegation. the white house says no meals are expected during the summit even though its expected to go on for four or five hours. i think what that says and underlines, this is all formality, all busine...

>> thank you, wolf. were looking at this video. that is the moment president biden shook hands with president putin before walking in to the villa la grange for the meeting which by all measurements has probably already begun. im joined again by max boot and bianna golodryga. max, the trappings and the visuals, something of the past here. >> yeah. all of this looks very much like the classic superpower summits weve gotten used to over many decades, and its a little inappropriate because putin no...

Political analyst john avlon and max boot, a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. good evening, one and all, or i should say the both of you. john, im going to start with you. when an american president travels abroad, they usually focus on promoting democracy around the world. today we saw president joe biden try to assure the world that democracy is alive and well right here in the u.s. is it? >> um, its under threat. >> you hesitated. you hesitated. >> yeah, because its a good -...

>> he kind of hedged on that. he didnt say he was a killer when asked the question recently. but, max, bhiden took a big sho at trump and republicans who are still pushing his lies even after the insurrection. watch this. >> i think it is a shock and surprise thats whats happened in terms of a consequence of trumps phony populism has happened. and it is disappointing that so many of my republican cleolleags in the senate, who i know know better, have been reluctant to take on, for example, an in...

Mcconnell is saying. highly unlikely that he would let biden confirm a supreme court vacancy in 2024 if the gop wins back the senate in 2022. theres only one thing he cares about, and thats power, right? >> yeah, power and judges. the two being the same thing. look, for those keeping score at home, this is obviously a complete flip-flop from -- weeks from an election when early voting had already started. but this is all situational ethics and it should be a wake-up call to democrats and the pre...

Hes the president of turkey. just wanted to clear that up. max, what are some of the potential pitfalls with putin that president biden needs to avoid? >> well, obviously the big danger is you dont want to seem to elevate putin in the eyes of the world. he is not the equivalent of the president of the united states. "a," hes not democratically elected and "b" russia is not the same level as the united states. its an economic pygmy compared to us, equal to us or close to us in nuclear weapons and...

Understatement with biden at the helm of these meetings, and nato member states, 30 of them, coming out with a communique that makes it clear china is a challenge, the first time nato has mentioned china in its communique but russia is the threat. russia absolutely first and foremost on everybodys minds here, its no secret that some nato members were not entirely comfortable with president biden taking the decision to sit down with president putin. president biden has been trying to alleviate th...

While these world leaders covered serious ground today president biden face to face with russias vladimir putin two days from now is a major distraction, saying u.s. relations at its lowest point in years set the stage for a very fence showdown. we have white house correspondent phil mattingly, clarissa ward, max boot, and hes also a "washington post" columnist, and our very own chief political analyst gloria borger standing by as well. start with you, clarissa, what are you hearing from america...

Yes, they have to figure out a way to work together on all kinds of things like cybercriminals and swapping prisoners, et cetera, et cetera. afghanistan, syria, you know, but i do think that biden is very clear about what hes going in there with and what he needs to say and hes not going to come out like donald trump did in helsinki, you mentioned, saying oh, yeah, well he said russia didnt meddle in the election and i have no reason, you know, not to believe him. so i think its going to be a ve...