world and the number of cases and deaths are dropping dramatically, but there are still too many lives being lost. we're still average in the last 7 days. the us of $370.00 deaths per day. 270 deaths. that's significantly lower than at the peak of this crisis, but it's still a real tragedy. we're approaching a sad milestone, almost 600000 last lives. because we covered 19 in america. my heart goes out to all those lost love one. i know that black hole is seems a consumer that fills up your chest. when you lose someone's close to that you adored. that's why continue to say to america. if you have not been vaccinated, get vaccinated,

get vaccinated as soon as possible. we have plenty vaccination. plenty of sites we have more work to do to beat this virus. and now is not the time to let our guard down. so please, please get vaccinated as soon as possible. bad enough, enough folks, i know it's after 930 brussels time, 9 30 pm and i'm still at nato. you're all excited about that. i know. but i've had a chance to meet with several leaders recently. and i've had calls with others. it's been m credibly productive day. here i just finished meeting with present early on a turkey. we had a positive and productive meeting. much of it one on one. we are detail discussions

about how to proceed on a number of number of issues. our 2 countries have big agenda's. our teams are going to continue our discussions and i'm confident we'll make real progress with turkey in the united states. but now i want to thank secretary general, stolen bird for leading a very successful nato summit. today, i the honor of leading off the discussion today among the 30 nations. and i pointed out that we're facing, you know, once in a century global health crisis. the same time, the democratic values that undergird our lives are under increasing pressure both internally and externally. rush in china, both seeking to drive a wedge in our transatlantic solidarity. we're seeing an increase in malicious

cyber activity. but our alliance just a strong foundation on which we can our collective security and our shared prosperity can continue to be built. and i made a point to make clear, the u. s. commitment to article 5. the nato treaty is rock solid and unshakable. it's a sacred commitment. nato. nato stands together. that's how we met every other threat in the past. it's our greatest strength. as we meet our challenges of the future and our many and everyone, everyone in that room today understood the shared appreciation. quite frankly, that america is back. we talked about russia's aggressive acts that pose a threat to nato and our collective security. that's why i met with the bucharest 9

eastern flank allies in advance of this summit. and today i also met with the leaders of the 3 baltic stage, a stony, a lot. for lithuania, i share that our allies that i'll convey to press what i'll convey the president bowden. but i'm not looking for conflict with russia, but then we will respond of russia continues, it's harmful activities and we will not fail to defend the trans atlantic alliance. we're stand up for democratic values as our eyes. we also affirmed our continued support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine were agreed to keep consulting closely on nuclear deterrence, arms control and strategic stability. and there was a strong consensus in the room among the leaders. in that meeting on afghanistan, our troops are coming home. we agreed that our diplomatic economic and you monetary

commitment to the afghan people. and our support for the afghan national defense is security forces will endure and welcomes our allies and partners the recognized counter terrorism. the counter tears. evers must continue to ensure that afghanistan never again becomes a safe haven for attacks on our countries. even as we take on terrorist networks in the middle east and africa. i'm deeply gratified that as well alliance, we adopted a far reaching plan to make sure nato can meet the challenges that we face today and in the future. not yesterday, the nato 2030 agenda. and that we agreed to fully resource that agenda. last time they to put together

a strategic plan was back in 2010. when russia was case it said in a partner and china wasn't even mentioned. we talked about the long term systemic challenges, a chinese activities posed to our collective security. today. we agreed to do more to enhance the resilience of our critical infrastructures around the world, including trusted telecommunications providers, supply change, and energy networks. we agree to enhance our cooperation with our democratic partners in, in a pacific to meet challenges that exist there. we also endorsed to know cyber defense policy now was 1st in the past 7 years to improve the collective ability to defend against counter dredge from state a non state actors against our networks at our critical infrastructure. we adopted

a climate security action plan which several years ago, people thought we would never redo for reducing emissions from nato installations and adapting to the security risk of climate change while keeping a sharp very, very sharp on our ability to deter, defend against threats. and finally, we agreed that among the most him port and shared missions as renewing and strengthening the resilience of our democracies. i pointed out, we have to prove to the world into our own people that democracy can still prevail against the challenges of our time and deliver for the needs. were people wrapped a route out corruption? a safe is off our strength guard against those who had stoke hatred and division for political gain is funny. populism invest in strength in institutions that under

pen and safe guard are cherished democratic values, as well as protecting the free press. an independent judiciary. sh. all of those around the agenda, that's how approved the democracy in our alliance can still prevail against the challenges of our time delivered for the needs and the needs of our people. this is going to be looked at 25 years from now is whether or not we stepped up to the challenge because there's a lot, a lot of talker sees that are counting on them being able to move more rapidly successfully and never complicated world and democracy can all conclude, we're going to prove them wrong. and now i'm happy to take some questions. cecilia vega, baby c. thank you so much, sir. good evening. you mentioned your sit down with vladimir putin and

russian aggression that came up in your conversations today. i'd like to ask you 2 questions. if i may on that front. is it your sense walking into this meeting that american back home shouldn't expect much in terms of an outcome? could you provide some specifics on what a successful meeting would look like to you? are there going to be specific concessions you want to make? and then i'll just give you my, my follow up right now. you've met vladimir putin before. what have you learned about him that informs how you approach the sit down with him? and what's your mindset? walking into a meeting with a former k g b agent, who you that has no soul of tell you all that when it's over. look, i've been doing this a long time. the last thing anyone would do is negotiate in front of the world, press the how are you going to approach a critical meeting with another adversary and or someone who could be an adversary

. so last thing i'm going to do, but i will tell you this. i'm going to make clear to president food and that there are areas where we can cooperate if he chooses. and if he chooses not to cooperate and act in a way that he has in the past relative to cybersecurity and some other activities, then we will respond. we are responding kind there need not be we should decide where it's in our mutual interest in the interests of the world to cooperate, to see if we can do that. and the areas where we don't agree make it clear what the red lines are. i had met with him, he's bright, he's tough. and i have found that there he is a, as they say,

when used to play ball a worthy adversary with the fact is that i'll be happy to talk with you when it's over not before about what the discussion will entail. nancy quarter. cbs. thank you mister president. i also have 2 questions about latin. we're putting the 1st is have any of the world leaders you've met with this week? expressed concern that by meeting with president putin, this early in your presidency that it'll look like you're rewarding him. what's your 2nd question? the 2nd, the 2nd question is, what it will mean for the us russia relationship if election evolving were to die or be killed in prison. every world leader here as a member of nato and spoke today and most have mentioned it. thank me for

meeting with bruton now every single one that spoke and i think there are probably about 10 or 12 i spoke to it saying they were happy that i did that when i was going to do that. and they thought it was thoroughly appropriate that i do and i had discussions to them about oh, in the open about what they thought was important from their perspective. and what they thought was not important. and so the interesting thing is, i know, and i'm not being critical of the press, i really mean this. give my word. but generically, you all thought was bite me too soon. i haven't found a world leader who doesn't think it's not sooner. i'm just just soon enough. every one and i've spoken to privately and publicly doesn't mean are some out there. but

it's not, it's not likely that a head of state is going to stand up in front of 29 other heads of state and say, boy, i'm glad you're doing this in effect. so there is a consensus and a thank me for being willing to talk with them about a meeting and what i was, what i intended to do. so i haven't found any really, any result is there may be someone but not an open today or in the meetings, probably privately had as well. and novalis death would be another indication that russia has little or no intention abiding by basic fundamental human rights. it would be a tragedy. it would do nothing but hurt his relationships with

the rest of the world in my view. and with me. jeff sally, cnn. sir. good evening. thank you. in a weekend interview, bodamer prudent laughed at the suggestion that you had called him a killer. is that still your belief, sir? that he is a killer? and i'll continue the trend if you don't mind of asking a 2nd question. do you believe if he does agree to cooperate, then what kind of a challenge do you find yourself in? how would you ever trust him? and if ronald reagan said, trust but verify, what do you say to buy them? or actually the 1st question i'm laughing to they actually i well look. i mean, he is made clear that

the answer is i believe he is in the past, essentially acknowledge that he was are certain things that he would do or do. but look when i was asked that question on air, i answer honestly. but it's not much of a, i don't know. i don't think it matters a whole lot in terms of this next meeting we're about to have. the 2nd question was really big. what i'd verify 1st and then trust. in other words, everything would have to be shown to be actually occurring. it's not about, you know, a trust in it's about a grain. you know, when we, when you write treaties with your adversaries, you don't say,

i trust you. you say this is what i expect, and if you violate the agreement, you may then we the quote, the treaties off the agreements off. and i'm hoping that that present improvement concludes that there is some interest in terms of his own interest in changing the perception of the world has him in terms of whether or not he will engage in a behavior that is more consistent with what is considered to be the appropriate behavior for head of state and guarantee washing post. thank you, mr. president. here at this meeting and earlier at the g 7, you've said several times that america's back at allies side. but a lot of those allies are themselves pretty rattled by what happened on january 6th and attempt to overturning of your election. and they may still be alarmed by the

continued hold that donald trump has over the republican party. and the rise of national figures like him around the world. what do you say to those allies? what have you been saying to them at these meetings about how the next president of the united states can keep any promises you make? what i'm saying is them to them is watch me. i mean, i'm not saying anything, quite frankly, i'm just going out. people, as i've said before, don't doubt that. i mean what i say. and they believe that i keep my commitments when i say it. i'm not making any promises to anyone that i don't believe are overwhelmingly likely to be cap. i think that we're at a moment where, i mean, i mean put it this way. you may have had a different view,

but i think an awful lot of people thought that my showing up that the d 7 would not produce any kind of enthusiasm. but american leadership about where america was . i would suggest that it didn't turn out that way. i would suggest that there is a the leaders, i'm dealing with in nato, and the g 7 are leaders who know our recent history know generically the character, the american people. and know where the vast center of the public stands. not democrat republic, but who we are, where decent, honorable nation. and i think that they have seen things happen as we have that shock them and surprise them that could have happen. but i think they like, i do believe the american people are not going to sustain that kind of behavior.

and so i, you know, i don't want to give this to the statistics because you know that all phrases, disraeli, street kinds of lies, lies, dam license statistics. but i think it's appropriate to say that the republican party is vastly diminished in numbers. the leadership of the republican party is fractured and the trump wing of the party is the bulk of the party. but it makes up a significant minority the american people. and we'll see, we'll see. i believe that by a standing up and saying what we believed to be the case, not engaging in the overwhelming hyperbole that gets engage in by so many

today that we i guess that all expression the proof that we put these in eating when we said that when i said i was going to deal with beating the virus, i was going to focus on that. and i was going to get many a shot in people's arms. wasn't me. i just knew the american people. i knew the kind of help i get from the defense department, from police departments, from, from the hospitals, from, from retired docs from i just knew and look how rapidly we move. now we have a group of people who were everything from the political rejection of the notion of taking a vaccine to people who are simply afraid of a needle and everything in between. we have a way to go, but i never doubted that we would be able to generate the kind of support we got

and get so many millions of people step up and get vaccinated. so i think it, it is a shock and surprise that what's happened in terms of the consequence of president trump's phony population has, has happened. and it is disappointing than so many of my republican colleagues in the senator, i know no better have been reluctant to take on, for example, in an investigation because they're worried about being primary. but at the end of the day, we've been through periods like this in american history before where there has been this reluctance to take a chance on your reelection because of the nature of your party's politics. at the moment. i think this is passing, i don't mean easily passive. that's why it's so important that i succeed in my

agenda. the agenda, whether it's dealing with the vaccine, the economy infrastructure. it's important that we demonstrate, we can make progress and continue to make progress. and i think we're going to be able to do that. so as i said, the proof will be and where it is, you know, 6 months from now where, where we are. but i think you're going to see that there is that god willing we're going to be making progress and give me a call lesson. a lot of republicans, particularly younger republicans who are coming up in the party and last questions, sebastian smith, they f t p. thank you miss president. ukraine once a clear yes or no. on getting into the need for members faction time. so what's your answer, and for me, a 2nd part of the same question. well,

now that russia has invaded parts of ukraine, does that effectively rule out ukraine ever answering? so, given that being a nice, i would mean the u. s. and nice of having to defend ukrainians against russia. thank you. second question is the answers no. the 1st question, it depends on whether they meet the criteria. the fact is i still have to clean up corruption factors have to meet other criteria to get into the action plan. and so it's, you know, schools out on that question remains to be seen in the meantime. we will do all that we can to put ukraine in a position to be able to continue to resist russian physical aggression. and it will not just depend on me whether or not we conclude that that ukraine can become part of nato, depend on the alliance and how they vote. but i know for one thing, there has to be a, can they have to convince?

and it's not easy. i made a speech years ago to the rata saying that, that ukraine had an opportunity to do something, never occur in the history of ukraine. actually generate a democratically elected, and not corrupt, led by oligarchy in any other regions. nation. and i pointed out to them when i made that speech, that they will go down in history as the founding fathers of ukraine. if in fact they do that, they have more to do. but does, does not justify the fact that have more than do russia taking aggressive action, either the dumbass or in on to see or in any part of ukraine. and we're going to put ukraine in a position to be able to maintain their physical security. thank you also very much . sorry. you're all here. so late. thank you very much to abide in

there at his news conference in the brussels nato headquarters after that meeting with fellow natal leaders. a day that he described is incredibly productive . he started by talking about the discussion that he had with president of turkey thing. it was a productive and positive day, much stronger words that he used in relation to russia and china saying that there were seeking to drive a wedge in transatlantic is solidarity. he again repeated his statement that he's been making that we heard of the g 7 meeting as well. that just finished here in england. that america is a back and also saying the 25 years from now, you know, the actions taken now by the nato alliance. that will be judged. let's go to kimberly how kids are. whitehouse correspond who's actually in brussels? of course, following developments of the nato summit and president biden's,

1st official trip, i guess all of this to europe as president. what did you make of that news conference? kimberly what i made of it was that even though he's wrapping up these meetings, he's wrapped up the g 70 just wrapped up the meetings of nato. what the questions seem to focus on when the us president was talking there was about the meeting that's still yet to come. and that's what on wednesday in geneva, where you as president, we'll sit down with russian president vladimir putin. the u. s. reporter seemed fixated on that meeting and what could be expected and you heard there the us president very clear about what he intends to convey to the russian leader when he sits down saying that he's not looking for conflicts, but what he's looking for are areas where they can work together and to that end when there is concern about increased russian aggression, particularly when it infringes on the united states and its own security that it

will be met in kind well, but he didn't use a terminology this time. we've been told repeatedly from the white house. some of those responses by the united states will be seen as well as unseen, but they will be proportional. it was interesting that we also heard from show by to about how he views vladimir. he sees him as a worthy adversary, that he is right in the words of joe biden, and also he is tough. but he also made it clear that he doesn't believe that this meeting is coming to soon in his presidency. and that was a concern from some of the report, a lot of criticism back in the united states about that, that he was rewarding vladimir putin. but instead, what we heard there from him is saying that he believes that this is the view of allies that he has consulted with extensively in these meetings at the g 7 in the nato meetings. and now he goes into an in position of freight. so this is very

important, but i think there's one more important thing we need to mention. and that is that, he commented on whether or not alexi, nevada need the russian opposition leader if you were to die in prison. and the impact was that would have in us russian relations. he said that it would be a tragedy and also that it would really have to move in date and where, right back in a few minutes. ok. and that was kimberly there with the latest from russell, stay with us. i'm going to be back in just a few minutes with more of the days. thanks for watching. ah, ah. ah, june 16th the leaders of the united states and russia meet face to face the middle trained relationship from ukraine to the jailing of

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