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How remarkable that he has to say that and is that a message that u.s. allies find credible? zblun >> unclear. that is one of the most fascinating parts of this first european trip, this first foreign trip that president biden is on. is the about whether or not his fellow leaders of democracies in the g-7 are going to look at him and say, you know, are you, you know, you are the same -- are you the president of the same america that we and our predecessors have been dealing with for, you know, a...

And so meetings that he goes into, never mind in the short term at the g7, but more importantly with vladimir putin, other presidents, his predecessors have been able to say, dont back slide on democracy. dont do things like calling your opposition an extremist organization because that is not the way democracies work. vladimir putin can turn to him and say, really, youre going to lecture me about democracy because you had an insurrection at the u.s. capitol. thats certainly not bidens fault but...

His son beau served and you saw the president get emotional there wishing his major, son beau would have been with him. we have a tendency to measure these trips against the predecessors. the differences between the two and there are so many, of course, that well get into over the course of the next eight days but in terms of consistency of this presidents message, the very last trip he made overseas as vice president, 48 hours before donald trump was sworn in as president he came to europe with...

Portray itself as global britain and it needs the united states to do that. boris johnson wants a strong and positive relationship with president biden and all the indications are that there will be -- that there will be a positive and strong announcement on that. boris johnson is also looking to president biden for support for some of his post-brexit wrangling, particularly over northern ireland. now, on that president biden doesnt favor boris johnsons position, he favors the irish position. so...

Terrifying. >> turning to the world lead, the stakes and expectations could not be higher for that summit that biden is about to have with vladimir putin. john sullivan warned that the biden administration is at risk of making the same mistakes as previous administrations when dealing with putin. natasha bertrand joins us with this new reporting. what did he have to say? >> the u.s. abd to russia john sullivan said that hes concerned about the u.s. giving concessions to moscow in hopes of restor...

Into our carriage. i dont know what happened after that. my wife, my daughter and my friend all died. some of the injured remained trapped by the wreckage, whilst helicopters helped carry others away. many of the most critical patients have been brought to this hospital, including six—year—old zuneira. both her legs are fractured, both her parents are still missing. "its the governments incompetence," says this relative. "they need to ensure drivers and railway staff are properly trained." a...

To do. so, part of what were going to see at the g7 summit as well is a counterpart, a western counterpart, to the chinese belt and road initiative, for instance. but so much of the focus, of course, will be on that last stop in geneva, jake sullivan defending the decision to meet to have to meet, to have this meeting with the russian president, saying its not in spite of our differences, its because of our differences that we want to have that confrontation. >> yeah, and so to talk about that m...

Both her parents are still missing. "its the governments incompetence," says this relative. "they need to ensure drivers and railway staff are properly trained." accidents in pakistan are common. this is at least the fourth major rail disaster in this part of the country alone in the past two years. officials in prime minister imran khans government have blamed their predecessors. hes promised to conduct a comprehensive investigation into railway safety in the country. the majority of those trav...

Further violence, to further corruption. >> reporter: now, those are all things, of course, the u.s. doesnt want to see on its southern border. some foreign policy experts i spoke to recently say they do expect the u.s. to address these concerns publicly, maybe use economic leverage to push hit in a more economic direction. if his party does well, does that make him less willing to listen, brianna, to what the u.s. has to say? >> yeah. it seems like it certainly would. matt rivers, we know youll...

And a burned cargo ship near th sri lankan coast and will cause an environmental disaster. at the site of one of the bloodiest chapters in u.s. history, president joe biden has done what none of his predecessors have done before. he is the first sitting u.s. president to pay tribute in person to the victims of the tulsa race massacre. one of the worst acts of racial violence in american history. tulsas greenwood district encompassed 35 blocks of entirely black owned businesses. and became know...