military cyber offensive. the president will also stop and brussels to meet with eu leaders and attend a nato summit. it's a highly anticipated meeting that's in geneva on the 16th and as if that wasn't enough. the probably keep an eye on israel to see how the new coalition government is coming along. they could vote on the unlikely partnership this wednesday. let's discuss all of this with a former director of the national security council and former spokesperson for the u.s. mission to the united nations. good to see you again, let me just start with a trip overall. what is the overall goal of this first international trip? is president biden trying to send one big overarching message or does he have a bunch of disconnected to do is on his to do list for this trip? >> there is definitely a theme here and the theme is reinforcing democratic values and reinforcing our alliances which is really a direct