from this month's face-to-face meeting. and joining me is a international affairs analyst, ambassador mcfaul. i think we will be seeing a lot of you over the next couple of weeks. thank you for being with us. >> sure, and glad to be here. >> so no major breakthroughs, is that it? is that right? what are the expectations of the summit and is there daylight between the two? >> i don't often agree with him, but i do agree with him on this assessment. i think the goal of this meeting is to reduce misperceptions. the goal of this meeting is to talk about our differences, and the biden administration signaled that, and maybe in the margins they agree to begin negotiations over things we can agree on. the top of my list would be