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Covid variant predicted to dominant cases in the u.s. and china launches three astronauts into space. they're due to dock with china's space station at any moment. ♪ good to have you with us. well, the u.s. president is now back at the white house after the highest stakes summit of his lengthy career. joe biden's big one-on-one meeting with russian president vladimir putin was considered a critical test of his ability to confront that country. the talks lasted just a few hours with both leaders calling them constructive and positive. we were warned from the git-go not to expect any drama...

Down on the opposition in russia? >> translator: well, the first overall evaluation, i don't think there was any kind of hostility. on the contrary, our meeting was obviously a fundamental one. many of our joint positions are divergent but nevertheless i think that both sides manifested determination to try to understand each other and to try and con verbal our positions. i think it was very constructive. as far as cybersecurity is concerned, we agreed that we would begin consultations on that issue and i believe that it is extraordinarily important. obviously both sides have to assume certain...

President biden did what needs to be done as a president. stand up to our allies and stand up to those that wish us harm. putin got a clear message. and the way he acted in a press conference, was a putin less confident, less braising than i've seen in previous press conferences. >> before departing, we got biden assessment of the putin summit. it feels like we got a statement from joe biden on how he sees the world at this moment. let me play this for you. >> the world has raised a fundamental point of what it's going to look like ten years from now. i mean that literally. not hyperbole. not ...

United states could respond in this way. the administration is saying, hey, we will respond in this way. does that mean that putin will curb his behavior? only time will tell. >> really, guys, you and i both heard from different sources, different diplomatic sources, that a message had already been sent to the russians before this summit. that we had capabilities far beyond what the russians were capable to do. and while we haven't been used our offensive capabilities to the degree that we're capable of using it, that it's a real possibility. >> no question about it, in terms of responding to ...

I did shout questions at him yesterday, too, about alexei navalny, why he was afraid of him, he just stared at me and did not respond and sent his friends there to get me out of the room, which was truthfully a heated scene, some of my colleagues were knocked to the ground, as we were discussed yesterday. not the entire u.s. press pool was a i believe to get inside that room, and that fracas set a tone for that day, to reflect the tension that had been surrounding that summit since it has been announced. >> katty kay is here. also with us, pulitzer prize winning historian, rogers chair and the...