captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, june 13: the biden administration says “america is back” as the g-7 summit wraps and the president prepares for nato and a later meeting with vladimir putin. a new israeli government dislodges prime minister benjamin netanyahu after 12 years in office. and the annual tribeca film festival celebrates 20 years and getting back on track after an unconventional year. next on “pbs newshour weekend.” >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the anderson family fund. bernard and denise schwartz. the cheryl and philip miin

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you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. president joe biden said today that america is back at the table and leading the world alongside nations that share democratic values. at a news conference following the final session of the g-7 summit the president said the g-7 leaders agreed to provide one billion doses of covid vaccines to the rest of the world, with half of the supply coming from the u.s. >> the u.s. contribution is the foundation, the foundation to work out how we're going to deal with a hundred nations that are poor and having trouble finding vaccines and having trouble dealing wi reviving their economies if they were in the first place in good shape. >> sreenivasan: in a 25 page communiqué issued at the conclusion of the meeting, the g-7 leaders agreed to consult with one another on what they called non-market economic policies from china. also they are “callinon china to respect human rights and

fundamental freedoms, especially in relation to xinjiang and those rights, freedoms and high degree of autonomy for hong kong.” during theeeting the countries did not reach agreement on completely ending the use of coal, but mr. biden did say the other leaders noticed a significant change in e u.s. position on global warming. >> one of the things some of my colleagues said to me when i was there was, well, the united states's leadership recognizes there is global warming. and i know that sounds silly, but, you know, we had a president last who basically said it's not a problem, global warming. it is the existential problem facing humanity and is being treated that way. >> sreenivasan: on wednesday, president biden will meet with russian president vladimir putin in switzerland. during the conference he was asked if he agrees with putin's statement that the relationship between the two countries has deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years. >> i think he's right. it's a low point. and it depends on how he

responds to acting consistent with international norms, which in many cases he has not. >> sreenivasan: before heading to brussels for a nato summit tomorrow, the president and first lady jill biden met with britain's queen elizabeth. the private meeting followed a formal review of the guard of honor at windsor castle. ♪ ♪ ♪ newshour white house correspondent and "washington week" moderatoyamiche alcindor is travelling with the president and joined us from brussels. so indianapolis, the g7 did pu out a communique and yesterday, the against china in there. the did he get what he warranted? >> reporter: there was this 25 page communique, that is a strong difference from when president trump came to the g7. this is back tout standard g as something we needed to note. president biden in a press

conference later said he was quote satisfied on the issue with china this time around you have china being called out for using forced labor, also using efforts and issues that were not market friendly here and traditional here. the other thing to note is that president biden was really part of a group of leaders here who wanted to see china called out by name. so this is i think in some ways, president biden got a bit of what he wanted. other things, the communique talks about shared value democracy, the need to do as much as possible to try to fied covid-19 pandemic, especially when it comes to these 7 wealthy nations, doing what they can for nations that are struggling and needy. >> sreenivasan: there are several disappointments what's not in there. >> reporter: that's right, to set a goal the way to end the use of coal around the world. there was real feeling they did

not go enough on that. yes he did get what he wanted on china but did not get what he wanted on climate change. >> sreenivasan: he had a press conference, first one of this trip, a lot of questions about what's coming up with him and president vladimir putin. what did he say? >> reporter: this be press conference led to a lot of talk about russia from president biden. he looked forward to talking frankly with presidential putin. these rang so manyware attacks, if president putin would exchange information about what broke the law when it came to russia. the other thing to note though is hsaid there still needs to be a lot of human rights issues called out in russia about but he also wants to find a way to somehow work together. russia has a lot of dilemmas a lot of economic problems when it comes to the pandemic.

but it's open to have some type of communication that might benefit the american people. >> sreenivasan: when president trump went to this and when he tenanted nato he was interested in nato footing more of the bill. ing president biden isn't that different, he also wants nato to participate re but what's different how they carry themselves? >> reporter: almost every american president has come the nato and said, they should spend more oon nato. there was an agreement to spend a certain percentage of countries gdps on defense and as a result you had president trump really coming back and wanting to push for that. experts told me that actually hurt and you saw some european countries actually go left and some percent, not wanting to do president trump's bidding poop lot of things in nato, they'll be tking about the state of democracy. january 6th is seen as a

security risk not just to the united states but around the world. there is a lot of talk about defense that addresses need to show they're can functioning and needing to the push off autocracy. finishes a defining thing of our generation and the generation to co. >> sreenivasan: in the conversations with vladimir putin i'm assuming this cyber hacks and the ransomware attacks, but president biden will also be dealing with along with nato and the european leaders. >> reporter: that's right. cyber security and emerging technologies is a big big focus. of course there was the military aspect that came forward, nato and world war ii but now the battle is a really cyber battle. and we saw recent with the u.s. infrastructure being disrupted by ransomware attacks with gas

lines. in there is this talk president biden might even be pushed to issue a sort of ultimate mate up to the russian president. the president hasn't agreed to that but you're hearing democrats and republicans say, they want president biden to really get into that meeting and when you're talking about nato, a hard linen ransomware attacks. >> sreenivasan: there is a pressure on the president and the first lady visited, any news on what happened there? >> reporter: from what we can understand, this was sort of a traditional visit, there was no temperatures-snatching of the korean, nothing that seems cringe are worthy as of yet when president trump met the queen, he was criticized for turning his back on the queen at some point. the white house said president biden last had a meeting with the queen in november of 1982. so this actually wasn't his first time meeting the queen but

it seems as though everything went smoothly as of now. >> sreenivasan: newshour's white house correspond yamiche alcindor, thanks so much. >> reporter: thanks hari. >> sreenivasan: for the latest on the g-7, president biden's overseas trip, and the latest national and international news visit pbs.org/wshour. >> sreenivasan: israel's parliament is voting today to approve a negovernment, sending former prime minister benjamin netanyahu into the opposition after a ror12 years in office. one of the leaders of a new coalition party, naftali bennett, is set to become prime minister when the vote takes place. bennett was continuously interrupted by loud heckling from netanyahu's suprters as he addressed the knesset ahead of the vote. thright-wing, hi-tech millionaire thanked netanyahu for his years of service, and promised that his new administration would reach across the aisle. >> ( translated ): our government will make an effort to deepen and nurture relation with our friends in both

parties-- bipartisan. if there are disputes, we will manage them with fundamental trust, and mutual respect. >> sreenivasan: bennett's coalition is the first to include an arab minority party, along with left-wing and centrist legislators. netanyahu used his speech to defend his record, and vowed to return to power. >> ( translated ): if it is destined for us to be in the opposition, we will do it with our backs straight until we topple this dangerous government and return to lead the country in our way. >> sreenivasan: netanyahu failed to form a government after an election on march 23, the fourth election in two years. for more on the new israeli government, i spoke with national public radio correspondent deb amos who is covering the events in jerusalem today. >> reporter:ment benjamin netanyahu has been in power for quite some time. how did we get to this position where he's actually potenally out? >> reporter: so it took a while. and it took two years and four inconclusive elections. he couldn't put together a

coalition. even though he won 25% of the vote. this is a parliamentary system. and so that was his problem and it went to how popular he really is. and he has been chalingsd challenged which i think is why it's so stinging for him, by men who were his political allies, the future prime minister, the one who -- the prime minter nanaftali binnette worked for. there are two party heads who broke off from him after he booted them out. they are the ones who are taking him on. and israelis are tired of the political paralysis. and there hasn't been a budget since 2019. and so you know, post-covid, post-gulf war these were issues that were divisionive here.

this coalition was -- they were able to cobble together this very strange gravity deguying coalition that is from the left, from the right, there is an islam palestinian party for the first time ever, it is quite mazing group of people. >> sreenivasan: let's talk about the issue, ton one hand, naftali bennett has said reare peteedly, he thinks palestine as a state would be a bad idea, but at the same time, this coalition only has a majority of what, one vote? >> reporter: indeed. so what you hear from analysts here is that they will stick to the stuff they agree on. mostly domestic policy. you know, netanyahu set a standard for how you do these things and one of the things that he was able to do over the 12 years that he's been in power was show israelis that they could actually do okay without

settling the palestinian issue. and they have made not one single move towards trying to resolve it. and this coalition can last for a while without doing that either. and it's quite likely that they will not do it because they cannot do it because they are so ideologically opposed to each other on the big issues, they could agree do we need another airport, can we have, that would be good. what about a second hospital, yeah that's great and for te first time let's have quite a bit of money, a remarkable amount of money has been pledged to help arab towns to beef up the police departments in those places, to make better roads, let's see if that gets throug the budget but these are all domestic issues and the big stuff they can't agree on anyway. >> sreenivasan: tell us a little bit about what happened today. i imagine that benjamin netanyahu is not the type to go quietly into the night nor are his pporters.

>> reporter: today what you say was members of parliament brought the fight to the floor of the knesset, the israeli parliament. naftali bennett couldn't do it. there were lekud members shouting, other orthodox fathers who walked out. shouting so loud that naftali could not speak. it was supposed to be a 15 minute slot, it ended up to be almost an hour. there were members escorted out of t chambers and it was kay owes. finally, bennett said something like the strength of your screams reflects the strength of your failure. he got into if fray as well. the next was netanyahu which was a flame-throwing speech. he essentially called naftali

bennett as a liar, he couldn't stand up to the israelis even the palestinians, he eentially said, we will be back and we will be back soon. you know we're not going to shrink back and be quiet. this is not a presidential system like ours where the president goes off t texas and he's quiet. that's not how this work. so netanyahu will remain the head of the opposition and he will be as loud as he has been as divisive as he has been. now, there are some commentators here who say that is exactly what may keep thi coalition together and keep them in their seats because they have this guy who is right over their shoulders, and will yell at them, for everything they do and it may keep them together. you know, if you don't hunts together you will hang alone. >> sreenivasan: npr's deb amos, joining us from jerusalem, thank you so much.

>> thank you. >> sreenivasan: last wednesday marked the 20th anniversary of the annual new york city-based tribeca film festival. it was the largest film fest held in person in north america since the start of the pandemic. this year's event, called tribeca festival, removing the word "film," including multiple platforms such as gaming and podcasting, runs through next weekend. but opening day was all about the movies. newshour weekend's ivette feliciano spoke withhe festival's producers about what it was like to plan this major event and has more. >> reporter: on wednesday evening in new york city, the tribeca film festil marked its 20th annual opening night at the united palace theater in washington heights. it premiered with the screen adaptation of lin-manuel miranda's broadway musical "in the heights." >> it's so thrilling to be in new york as it starts to open

back up again and people start to feel safe to be in a movie theater. it's an honor to be part of the tribeca film festival. i'm even more honored that they had the premiere uptown so that this love letter to this neighborhood is premiering in the neighborhood it's about. >> reporter: the film's release date was delayed last year due to the pandemic, but on wednesday evening, for the first time ever, tribeca screened its premiere movie outdoors, in each of new york city's five boroughs, as part of the 12-day festival that also includes shorts, tv series, podcasts and games. tribeca film fest producers cara cusumano and loren hammonds believe "in the heights" set just the right joyful tone, on the heels of a traumatic year. >> as we saw it, and we saw people dancing and singing in the streets, we said, "this is what we need. this is what we want f ourselves. so this is what we want for our audiences." >> finally being able to premiere that in front of an audience across all five boroughs is hugely symbolic.

we know that a lot of people coming to the festival are seeing a film together on a big screen for maybe the first time in over a year, and that's a really meaningful return and moment. >> tribeca was first started as a direct resulof 9/11, and that was the thinking of our founders, jane rosenthal and robert de niro, at that time to give art the opportunity to heal an audience. so, i think this is a unique position that we find ourselves in on our 20th anniversary to do the same thing. >> reporter: last year the in- person film festival was canceled due to the pandemic, yet organizers continued planning for 2021, reviewing a record number of 11,220 film submissions. >> even though people had these incredible limitations and hardships this year, more work was made and submitted than ever before, and that's just something that's incredibly exciting to see and really inspires me for the future of film. >> reporter: planning during a

pandemic led to several innovations in the festival's programming, which organizers hope to carry into future festivals. for people who have been to the tribeca film festival befo, how will this year look different? >> well, we are bringing almost everythi outdoors, so that's a huge difference. and they're separated into pods. so, you're in a two person or a four person pod that's socially distanced from the next pod. although all of these amazing things are happening here in new york city, the festival is still available to you at home. >> reporter: this year, almost all of the films in tribeca's lineup are available online through the festival's virtual hub, tribeca at home. and there are new immersive installations, some virtual, and some in-person and outdoors, such as "current," by annie saunders, which includes a sound walk through lower manhattan. casey baltes, vice president of tribeca games, says the pandemic also sparked a major expansion

in the festival's online arcade and virtual reality platforms. >> we have opened up a full lineup of games for official selections for the first time this year, and i think this year, during the pandemic, many people who probably had never played video games before probab picked up a controller or probably tried that first game. and so, that's the kind of experience that we also want to replicate in trica. >> as we were all stuck in our houses and looking for a way out, looking for something to transport us, these artists have worked tirelessly to create new worlds for anyone who has a headset, a tethered headset at home, yocan buy a ticket and see brand-new experiences in the comfort of your own home with your own hardware. so, it's really great that we're able to expand the audiences not just through the five boroughs of the city, but also throughout the country, and we really hope that people will tune into the festival even if they're unable to travel.

>> sreenivasan: that's all for this edition of “pbs newshour weekend.” for the latest news updates visit pbs.org/newshour. i'm hari sreenivasan. thanks for watching. stay healthy and have a good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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