>> broadband is a force for empowerment. that's why charter has invested billions, building infrastructure, upgrading technology, and powering opportunities in communities big and small. charter is connecting us. supporting c-span as a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front row seat into democracy. the headlineme at politico.com foreign policy reversed the trump agenda but hit one a similar note. departing on wednesday for england and it will be part of a weeklong visit that will include stops to brussels and a meeting on june 16th with russian president vladimir putin. joining live is alex thompson who is following all of this as a white house reporter and

co-author of west wing playbook thanks forti being with us on ts monday morning. >> thanks for having me. let's talk about the trip on wednesday. first the g7 and one of the agenda items is 15% minimum corporate tax worked out by the finance leaders this past week so what will that mean? >> this has been a huge part of the biden agenda to not have an international race to the bottom when it comes to trying to attract corporations. how much is it really going to mean in practice? there are several details in the ways corporations can still get around these sort of minimums through loopholes and sanctions. we really don't know. but the whole point of saying we don't want a country to entice a corporation to leave america or any of these countries if it offers a tax rate below 15% so

it's trying to sort of stabilize this period of destruction when it c comes to jobs being outsourced but there's a lot of devil in the details. we don't know if it is going to have the intended results that the administration wants. >> this is another headline the prime minister johnson calling to vaccinate the world as the u.s. and other countries try to get a handle on what's happening in countries like india and continents like africa. what's that all about. a. >> because a lot of the countries including the u.s. have held onto their excess vaccine prioritizing their own system. the u.s. will say we've donated more vaccines than any other country that places like china and russia have sold a lot of vaccine internationally in a way

otthe u.s. hasn't done. china i believe has already sold over 250 million vaccines internationally and the u.s. has prioritized its own. the biden administration basically started to ease that now as we are getting closer to the 70% vaccination number joe biden has wanted to get to. but what boris johnson is trying to do and what i think joe biden is going to start doing more and more as the vaccination rate climbs is try to distribute that internationally because as we know with a covid vaccine, you can ease the crisis domestically but it's never going to be completely over until the entire world is vaccinated and honestly health experts i've talked to say we are talking about the end of 2022 or early 23 until we get to that vaccination number internationally. >> the president and vice

president both with international trips this weekend the white house again saying one of the goals for harris her first stop in guatemala is to deal with what they are calling the root causes of illegal immigration. what does that mean? >> it means if people are coming here why are they coming here leaving their homes, abandoning their families and friends in order to take a risky trip across the border to enter the country illegally. the idea is the economy in guatemala is better and if the economy in guatemala is better they won't have as much reason to leave. they've given well over a billion dollars internationally to guatemala specifically in recent years but yet immigration has gone up and people have fled. there is some concern about how much the u.s. cann really do. you can start giving more and

more money but then you might have a political backlash at home so she's going to try to take an effort to study what are the root causes so the u.s. can do much about them. but sort of again the devil is in the details here. we don't know exactly if it is a problem that is going to be very easily solved. >> and her arrival is delayed because of some mechanical problems. they had to fly back after only being in the air for about a half-hour and then a delay to get another plan in place. what was the cause? >> we know there was basically a weird sound in the landing gear and it wasn't the most auspicious way to begin your first international trip outside as vice president but she did finally get a return.

everyone ended up getting to guatemala anyway. so mission accomplished. >> senator joe mansion in an op-ed with theme charleston gazette saying he will not support the democratic led voting rights bill it isn't a huge surprise.ma even though he's the most public i can tell you that he is not alone there's a lot of stuff that makes them uneasy in terms

of the way it changes that interaction with election laws. to continue to block the party. i don't think there is any scenario where you will see the filibuster change which will ultimately make it harder to pass y the agenda. >> is the government doing enough to prevent the threat from cyber attacks.

it dominated the sunday shows. what are the challenges facing this administration? >> they had the ability to take down the national electric grid. people have a way of blaming the people in charge so the political consequences could be normal. this has been an issue where it's ramping up year after year so you're trying to get the gears of the federal bureaucracy to move and prepare for some of these potential attacks.

more details and politico.com. alex thompson, white house reporter and co-author thanks for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you.