king and the other, the other got the recall much other than it was really a good one day. and i, i had joe biden arrives in geneva, 40 summit with the russian president. we pour over the big ticket issues on the agenda, and also check out the luxury location of the upcoming rendezvous. head of the meeting, the last president told me to put in a worthy adversary, but avoid giving a direct answer as to whether or not you still think the russian leader is a killer. is that still your believe, sir, that he is a killer? especially the 1st question i'm laughing to and we'll find out who will have the last laugh as president putin is expected in geneva. early on wednesday, to discuss election interference,

cyber attacks and military build up the top, the russian delegation appeared a, pete, it's a government and israel's new government faces its 1st major test as air strikes, rock, gaza after incendiary balloons are launched from the palestinian territory. ah one cuz you live direct from studios moscow. this is art international and john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. right now the summit between the us. 3 and russia on wednesday is the leading story around the globe, but will it bring a reset of relations or could it in fact spoil the years ahead? all will become clear in geneva. and a few hours from now and our special coverage team is there.

ah, ah ah hello, at a very warm welcome from a very warm in geneva ahead of the hottest ticket in town, the summit between joe biden and russia's president vladimir putin, the delegations of all ready, started arriving. haven't they got is exactly why i think we even may how court side, with our own eyes of the russian delegation, he saw foreign minister gala ralph when he was snapped coming out of his call into the russian mission in geneva. when off how he was feeling, this is what he said. the 2nd grade is gonna come on him in football, i didn't, we know that he came in earlier as well. we saw him on the 4th one didn't waste. so

i'm just saying that we might have an exclusive of his brain coming to i'm not promising anything that bought. let's look at, i'm not playing spots, but that does look like a 747 be. 1 tell you it will be a 4 swap thing. pass and i'll tell you what it looks like president. so that's all i'm going to say moving in a presidential fashion, every lighting in geneva quite often to meet with the president. know well yes he is. how that meeting with the swiss president, what we've heard from the switch side in terms of what they talked about was that the switch president said that's a want to see successful talks between the 2 sides, between russia in the united states don't say seems from the read out the job, i didn't miss an opportunity to to work the hustle a little bit. and discussions by selling us fighter jets to switzerland was also brought up during that very short. busy one study might well, you bore,

we have heard way come to this meeting is a number of things from both sides, but particularly when it comes to you as president joe biden, the number of words that perhaps wouldn't go down as diplomatic ago. you referred to vladimir putin as a killer. we've also heard and refer to vladimir putin as a worthy adversary when pushed about whether he saw me, it was a killer. well, he was a little reticent in coming forward with the issue. now weekend interview. vladimir putin laughed at the suggestion that you had called him killer. is that still your beliefs are that he is a killer? especially the 1st question. i'm laughing to. they actually well look. i mean, he is made clear that the

answer is i believe he is in the past, essentially acknowledge that he was there 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. well, this is just the latest and what has been a bit of a boxing match of bubble boxing? much definitely were advocating violence in any way. neither of the presence of really held back when it came to what they think of each other. they did. of course, meet back in 2011, president biden was, and vice president, president putin was under prime minister. they do have a history on, by all accounts, it wasn't necessarily the cosy list of meetings, but not necessarily the best of friends on that thought. and the war was slightly

escalated in recent weeks and months. let's take a quick look at some of the highlights of what they've said about one another. oh, you know, let him or do you think he's a killer? i do what price must pay, the price is going to pay. well, you'll see shortly when i was a child, when we had arguments in the courtyard, we were thing bound to the of me and it's not just the children thing. the meaning is very deep present by regret calling. and i know that the president gave a direct answer to a direct question which people, i want to prove them by didn't to continue a discussion. but on the condition that it's going to be live online, we want to stable predictable relationship. ah.

the relationship between russia and the united states is about as frosty as it been since the cold war. there's an awful lot for these to, to get through how much progress they can make. well, that's anybody's guess. really one person knew i'm going to gauge, i guess you would ever guess, of course is nicholas markovich. be a political commentator. thanks very much for joining me. what is a successful cement? what does that look like? i think it's like a successful some. it would be something whereby presidents would come back to their countries with some sort of victory, maybe some sort of roadmap on strategic affairs that they can discuss on. i don't think anything spectacular will come out of the summit, but definitely it would be positive on both sides if they show their own populations on the world that moscow and washington can discuss on both sides. very common. there's some things that have to different together that can bring this back type of roadmap, maybe on, on the, on the missile missiles maybe on security, maybe all depend on it. for example,

maybe starting off with the subject. that would be a victory for both sides. definitely, i also i, i get a sudden the more, but we speak to people to we read that that's almost a 3rd country lacking his silently and not country as china. obviously the u. s. is quite concerned. it's made it very clear now that it considers it threats to. it's obviously economic domination as well. know what pression between russia and china is i want to count during strength from strength to strength. in fact, teaching thing very few supreme court has bus front a couple of years ago. obviously the annual trade, also $100000000.00 military joining to gather sharing technology is not worrying for the u. s. is extremely warring. cohen, professor at john hopkins, said that the u. s. s. 4 major threats and the biggest threat today definitely for which the u. s. is ready to have some sort of military type of response is the rise of china. and us is really afraid of russia getting close to china. and don't forget that the us build up china for

a long time. the west naval countries. america thought that china was going to be an eternal sweatshop, but that's no longer the case today. so i'm trying to now dominating technology building. it's on planes building a strong military defending itself. and it's not responding only to the requests of western company, western companies and russia is getting closer to china. but don't forget again that the u. s. has been pushing russia towards china with the sanctions, with the aggressions, with all the finger pointing. and all this, this is only bringing, this is brought russia and china closer together and they're doing today. $1000000000.00 deals technology in banking and construction, and the dollar rising. they're not using the dollar anymore. in 2013, we had about 90 percent of exchanges between russia and china, which were in dollars today. we're under the 50 percent mark, and it's going down. why is joe biden pulled away from blocking or attempting to block nordstrom to pipeline project? because i think maybe he see that this is now was off because it's too far were further down the pipeline. this is practically already finished. they're doing decided to do and, and a 1000000000 euros day. more than that,

even. exactly. that would be too many. there were the withdrawal from this project would, would be really strong penalties for all the companies and germany would need it. gas and central european would need his gas as well. so i think we can do that. and also germany, i think that woman said, will say partners, germany is you in the united states biggest partner in europe. it's you want to say partners for, it's a part of just back off north from to and we need that gas and leave us some sort of independence in our own country. or the things that we have discussed with nuclear. hey, i decided to look out a bit more detail a bit, tongue and cheek on at the same time, take in the sites over geneva. these are the funniest things in washington and most sides. take a look behind this son who tenant bite and we'll meet face to face. and if you're lost in the sea of what to expect, i've made it easy because here are a few that favor a thing. just weeks before the summit, americans were in crisis. no gas,

no grass fed to beef ransomware attacks left people queueing hours to refuel that tanks. anything beacon vargas from tase on you'd never guess who's to blame. i'm going to be meeting with president putin. and so far, there is no evidence based on from our intelligence people that russia is involved . although there is evidence that of actors ransomware is in russia. but the president totally looked like someone starring the pre summit part. he is a veteran of russia gate off to rule the r yes, america, his favorite foreign policy tool. just perfect for the mega solo and pack. not all who did it, but let's just function a few russians of russian, tactful. i'm through in a few russian fine up. so group q the applause biden is sending a truly message to russia, theories of tough, new sanction,

new tough sanctions on moscow. president biden is signaling that a new sheriff is encountered on the campaign trail president by said, who were coming for you, and now he is sanctioned and so much more fun than dealing with one's own domestic problems. i'm a right joe. most good and expelled. some americans and blacklisted some u. s. groups apparently up to meddling the stabilizing. no good. the, a slippery topic over which the u. s. has been sanctioning. everyone stamping its feet and even pulling its allies. but, you know, it's got tired in what way, where we were going to be able to stop a project in another country that had been revealed. why didn't call it was praised for being reasonable, so much more reasonable than you know. the one for nato has been waiting, rouses 1949. i just said that union or russia to thought

a war and you will really don't mind and want to be waiting. it's been building this whole basis. i'm doing not a wardrobe, but not aggressively. you know, nato is there to defend all our allies. and this exercise sends a message about our ability to transport a large number of troops, equipment across the atlantic, across europe, and also to protect maritime power attorney, a total coincidental. but it's all just happening, you know, near russian border. and while the criminal does believe in coincidence, it's so not a fool. so knowing that there is now a need to walk it just 15 minutes away from moscow. it's formed a few new military units, but not aggressively. you know, america take on that. that's why it keeps people in painters at the border and dozens of indefinitely entertained guantanamo bay with hundreds of others, having been tortured, meeting with president fulton in

a couple weeks in geneva. megan declare that we will not. we will not stand by, let him abuse those rights, which some could say has a distinct width of double standards since you flew him. but we are following with interest the persecution of those who are accused of the rises on january the 6th this year. and also really interesting things that happening there from the point of view of the rights of the opposition and protecting those rights. washington shopped at its own reflection. the mirror replied that it doesn't need any tips from russia, from international law. thank you very much. the will it be smooth, lin chocolate? will they be reaching those famous swiss army knife you have to watch and see. so this isn't the 1st time that geneva has played host to an important summit when relations between moscow and washington of being the lowest back in the 1980s that

were an important site for meetings between us president ronald reagan and the soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. it's now absolute pleasure to be joined by somebody who is a crucial part of those meetings, profit publishing, co, who was the senior diplomat, diplomat on the interpreter during those meetings that took place. this is probably a thank you very much for speaking to it. i do want to, if i could just question, no, i do because you are an inside for us. and of course all we do here on the outside is speculate what are they going to talk about? what did they say? what's the person relationship? someone who's been on the inside who sat in rooms where so many important globally important questions and issues have been resolved. you know, what is the atmosphere that, is it a sense that this is a business deal? is it more informal? just what's it like for us or for them rather. describe it throughout please?

oh, it depends. you know, the very 1st meeting between which region, which was a one on one meeting was only one inter with depression. but i did have a read out and then i read the record of the meeting was difficult because friend reagan started with a long list of complaints list of miss needs of the soviet union. and also she complained of the aggressive nature marxist when it started, the ology, et cetera, he just wanted to have it all out and got your listen. but gradually the conversation went into be real specific issues the discussion of what can be done to improve relations. i suspect that there might

be some moments rather chance exchanges, but i think both leaders are experience people and they will want to to have a conversation about what can be done by both sides to normalize relations. and in particular to. ready security, accomplish? i think the use of saying that might be some moments between the 2 periods, a full bit of diplomatic understatement. what we've heard from joe biden is liese kogler, me a food nicola, going into this me think you've been there. you've got the big table when it comes to the type of important diplomatic discussions. how important does the language that you use outside of the room? how important is that when they eventually sit down opposite one another in the room? while i,

i don't expect them to, to say this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship for from the very beginning. but i do think that they will want to establish some kind of are for and you know, in my view, the sooner the media begins to forget this, the so never so doing the so called killer remarks which was. busy by the way, set up by a member of the media, the better i think that the negotiations will be business like i understand from. busy the presence of visor or international as you're sure that the the summer has been well prepared that they have gone through their agenda. i wouldn't be surprised if there was already a draft that joined statements typically on the resumption of egypt. stability goes

asians. so i think it will be quite different from the way it is being for trade sometimes. so the notices of the, on the negatives for things that have been happening and have been said, well, it's not just the presidential delegations that have started descending on geneva. there's also a horde. i think that's the correct collective noun of journalists that have come to geneva as well, including one of our very own the let anybody in here that you said is ms mariah because they have very own you've been over by the, the chateau where the, the, the summit will take place. what's it look like? well, i can tell you that wasn't the whole. they're just the lead. anyway, we were, we were let you walk inside. there's a library room and inside this live room, the american and the russian flags. and there's 2 chairs where the presidents will sit, where they'll meet, where they'll be a photo opportunity. and the ancient ancient library with some of the books never

bowed. i mean about everything politics about culture, about the east, the west. heels hoping that the 2 presidents will have a look around and there bear in mind not to repeat the mistakes of the past. well, i mean, you just mentioned before you came on that you weren't allowed to sit in the chairs, but you did touch the chairs that you presidential pulse theory is what the security like. wow, did they treat that where, you know, there is all over them that causes the army of police as a troops with troops says security services to move and biden's, you know, they're, they're making very sure that it is going to be absolutely safe. and this will have done an absolutely remarkable job. i mean, add new small inconvenience for themselves. they've closed off ross parts of the city to make sure that these 2 men again, to move from and the world values can sit out and safety and privacy security comfortably. and they can face these try to result gargantuan task before the and

you're going to get fired from the john this you've also been reading and thinking, what's the kind of by, what's the expectation for what's a plan for tomorrow? is there anything coming out a lot of people who have never been to these things? who haven't? that isn't necessarily a bad thing, but what you've learned, what a from it is, especially when it's just to lead this. now, you know, never to expect too much, especially when it's to such high profile. there is an army, again, a bureaucrats to make sure to enforce, to make reality, whatever it is that biden imputed, and their closest advisors agree on. and here the, again, the, there is a vested interest and understanding here in switzerland, in europe, all over the world. that it is good for the world. if russia in the united states agree. it isn't about resolving the multitude of disputes of arguments of conflicts, of scandals that have you tested on attended for years between the 2 nation. it isn't about that because i can tell you right now there's going to be no huge

breakdown. what this is about is making sure that the 2 sides can finally can finally, really to speak to each of the overseas with the g. 7. be meeting with nathan. he's met with your leaders. do you think he comes here with the packing of all of those bodies in order to sit down with me? if, of course not native doesn't. what native the institution itself. i'm talking about the members that these people who make money will pay rapp friends into the defense industry. they, of course they want an enemy, they what they want, if they don't have it. and if they go to have a really exciting reason, they are busy they, they don't was a nuclear. but what they want is there to be enough tension to justify the unsaved 700000000000 spread. dig in the united states rising spending in russia. ultimately though, look biden's here, despite the move problems that he has a play through the problems back at home, he's here and on his 1st trip he is meeting with black food and that's the signal.

it says the signal that there is finally an understanding between the 2 sides and the equally want this that's a start resolving things. it'll be baby steps. but you know, you've got to start somewhere. we're expecting a small step towards something. do you think that the us and russia will agree fully on anything? come on quickly. tell me, what do you think there will be complex? there will be disagreements. but what is more important than anything else is that there is dialogue conflicts and disagreements and even scaffolds. they can be settled down and they can be put the rest. they can be forgotten. what can't be forgotten? you then, which is hatred. and you've seen plenty of that lately. ah, meanwhile, us mainstream media has been pushing their president to talk to bruton from a position of strength as these headlines show. and it's kill him up and now explains it is the kind of fan club by the predecessor could only have dropped off

us media. love joe, by now there's a few exceptions, but for the most part us, mainstream media describes joe biden as a protector of democracy. writing in like a savior on a white horse. this is how he's being presented in the count down to his summit with the russian president. president biden is trying to be not only the loudest voice against authoritarianism in the world, but the best example of why the authoritarian model is wrong. and he's not about delivering deals, but rather setting boundaries with russia, saying america is back to defending democracy. it looks like the white house trust the media enough that it can actually use them to plant the ideas it deems to be useful. being able to look, president, put in the eye and say, this is what america's expectations are. this is what america stands for, and this is what america is all about. we have a bipartisan agreement that the president has to be very tough regarding ransomware and look to in, in the eyes widen. and his advisors now say the goal really here is to, 1st of all,

look, putting in the i or president by to look in the eye and make clear where america stands and what will and will not be tolerated. so what exactly is special here? this is pretty much what would be expected from any us president. however, when biden does it, it sounds so glorious. now to folks recall when trump met with back in 2018, a little bit of a different vibe. now don't you think you have been watching, perhaps one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president at a summit in front of a russian leader showing that i've ever seen an extraordinary press conference. i don't think any american was ever seen a press conference quite like that from an american president and a russian leader who is described by all of our allies as an adversary and a dangerous one. following their meeting in helsinki, the president wasn't soft on vladimir potent. some had feared he embraced him,

he validated him, he sided with potent over the home team when given the chance. now trump had roughly the same goal, but apparently he wasn't tough enough. who really knows how the breast is going to spend the much awaited stomach. however, it's pretty safe to say, mine will not get the same treatment as his predecessor fail up and are to new york . ah, ah! over now to the middle east, explosions, rock gods after israel mount air strikes. for the 1st time since the end of last month's fighting. israel says the strikes were a response to balloons designed to cause fires sent over the border. the flare up a major challenge for israel's new government followed a march in east jerusalem by jewish nationalist. the drew threats of action by

hamas protestors took to the streets of garza burning tires in protest. a correspondent policy clear was absolutely curious. 1 march, what you see happening is the annual jerusalem day celebrations is a repeat of what happened 5 weeks ago, but at that time, just moment off to the day, march started, my sidewalk has some gauze, that triggering and 11, they conflict, and the march was disbanded. it is now happening 5 weeks later, but as you can see, there are hundreds of thousands of young to have one thing. celebrate israel capture all the way to moore during the 6 day war of 1967. however, i will be re lease and finance according the case and have not had wars that you know on appropriate. you have more than 2000 police institutes. offices on stand by

the entire area has been co thought. i'm standing here in front of damascus game, which is, and this is in an effort by this to people to try and prevent any kind of conflict from taking place and not approach cases. yet on a way to the gate, which would be likely to be all. and then from there they'll make the way to the waste and all this is my country. i'm not going out and i'm not training anyone. i'm just walking with a leg and thinking you're dancing. why? why is it important for you to do this? because to resend them, this is ruth and i'm and we lost a chance on your me, we shall. i am with bon falling all over the show. and this is are closer to that home. we're here to raise our aflac. it's our cap, $250.00. we are proud to raise our flag in front of our arabs in the old. i mean, you know, he saw a country he will live, he's the state of israel and also our country. now the police arrive to push the

shop owners gathering on this side of the road further away to try and tell him the patients. but the michael being the protest, but they certainly anger and frustration beyond publication. it's a dictation with your patient in order to do that. we are so good and you are under our to get anything that we do not accept that we do not accept it. and we are here to hear that when we pray here, they have no respect for us all the time. they come here, these races, they make problems for us. it's not the country of israel, this is the country of palestine. why am i angry? because his broken look at these dogs, i don't, no way in the world, they come from to seek my home on my mother's life. no. today has gone off with any kind of passion which might be a wedding. so the new government up, not the bennet,

but the reality on the ground is that you had to, we should raise on one side of the road behind me. and then if we move across the road here, you have an arabic re lease. those that are out in the area, just standing and watching the 2 side separated at 30 minutes. that's when i'll be back with your headlines. this is our international by the have you with me? i look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except when the shorter the conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. the point obviously is to great.