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hear in the next few minutes? reporter: they are walking into the room where they will have this bilateral meeting, this is at a hotel here in hiroshima. the president there shaking the prime minister s hand. and this is real an important moment. u.s. officials say that they view prime the prime minister a political ally in the surprising role that he has taken over the war in ukraine and applying sanctions on russia that haven t been a guarantee. so you hear a lot from american officials how pleased they are at how strong the relationship has become. this summit only takes place every seven years so i think that you will see china playing a significant role. of course president biden wants the leaders to coalesce to counter beijing s military and economic aggressions. and you have seen that the backdrop is quite significant. that hasn t always been easy. there are significant differences in how they want to approach china. and so heading out of the summit president b ....
Trip. the president and his team are very committed to talking to america s friends and being there in this time of uncertainty vis-a-vis china. reporter: yeah. and all the discussions about how the trip would proceed. the g7 was the stop that they really did want to maintain. the president really wanting to get around the table with these other leaders to ensure that they are on the same page. when it comes to ukraine or china. certainly the debt ceiling issue will come up. there is no more pressing issue at the moment. so you can expect that the president will be talking about that around the table. but the president places quite a premium on the face-to-face meetings. the gchlgt 7 has degg7 has emer critical bloc, and it is an important summit for the president for the last two years. this is his third g7 as ....