in brussels, the secretary general calls extraordinary under these circumstances, especially as russia fires missiles within niles of border, a nato member alliance. what kind of discussions is the white house preparing to have. >> white house officials described president biden as someone a big fan of face-to-face diplomacy. that's something he will engage in as he heads to brussels next week. he will be in brussels thursday for a full day of meetings including the extraordinary nato summit where they will be talking about defense and deterrence measures in the wake of russia's aggression towards ukraine. of course in will also be an opportunity for biden to reassure nato allies that the u.s. is committed to defending them. additionally, biden will participate in a european council summit where they will talk about things like sanctions and humanitarian assistance. and he will also be joining a meeting of g 7 leaders. this was a meeting that was